A Night in an Adult-Only Museum Bella Smiles

Model @bellasmilesmodel Photography by Nantpipat Vuthisak | @FotoCandiny Shooting Venue Patpong Museum - Bangkok | patpongmuseum.com

What do an Austrian, David Bowie, the movie Apocalypse now, the CIA, American Airlines, top model Kendal Jenner and rock star Steven Tyler have in common? Think about it for a moment. Okay, we didn’t think of it either. It is the oldest red-light district in Thailand: Patpong. And in the middle of this red-light district, the Patpong Museum tells the story of this district.

When you think of a museum, you might not necessarily think of the CIA, David Bowie or Robert De Niro and the spectacular movie: The Deer Hunter, nor of Go-Go dancers, or the movie Kickboxer with Jean Claude Van Damme or the airline Air-America. Nor to the war movie Apocalypse Now or a 72-ton marijuana confiscation by the U.S. Coast Guard. The artist Salvador Dali also plays a role here. Confused? Rightly so. Because all of this - and more - has an origin in a banana plantation in Thailand. And where this banana plantation was in 1946 is now the oldest Red-Light District in Thailand.