Most bars closed at 9 pm tonight
I had hoped this weekend would see The Great Wildlife Migration of girls in their provinces during the New Years week holiday back to Bangkok. But it was not to be.
Have to assume the reports and rumors of Omicron / Covid upticks kept most of them in their home provinces. The 3 most delightfully doable bargirls I have seen regularly over the past few months did not return to Bangkok and said they might not do so for several weeks. We'll see.
The bar and walking traffic was very light tonight, Friday night. Most bars in the lower Sukhumvit area were closing by 9 pm. Only a few sidewalk cart bars remained open on Soi 7 along with one or two cheater bars on Soi 4 and a couple of bars on Soi Cowboy with a few girls hanging around as late as 10 pm. Maybe 5-6 real females were in front of Thermae at the 9 pm hour.
I don't know what the scene was like after 10 pm because I was back in my apartment to meet a long time and pre Covid online regular for a lovely and satisfying Short Time by then.
Bars stay open until 11 pm now
The bars are staying open until 11 pm now. Not sure if anyone is concerned about openly serving alcohol after 9 pm. I really haven't been following that issue. I saw some boys in brown show up at the entrance of the Soi 7 bar alley last night about 9:30 pm, chat briefly with some Asian customer and leave while the booze was being openly delivered to tables all around.
Have to say in the past week or two there has been a big increase in the number and quality of girls working in and around all the bars in the lower Sukhumvit area. Two of my three favorite regulars returned to Bangkok a few days ago.
Virtually all the beer bars are open, lively and many are packed with girls, the usual 10-20% of them as doable or better than your above average Bangkok go-go girl during normal times. Nana Plaza ground level as one big beer bar is a party every night. Aside from Soi Cowboy, free rapid Covid tests are available but not required to enter any bar that I have seen.
And as of last night there were very few customers around. We were outnumbered by available girls by many multiples.