Entertainment
Most of the nightlife in the town is centred on beach-front spots. The original beach bars, Drop-In Bar and Cactus Bar attract the largest crowds, with nightly drinks promotions and fire shows. Here, popular chart tunes, R&B and club classics entertain the crowds. Other beach bars include Vinyl Club, Zoom (both playing psytrance, the original Full Moon Party style of music), Orchid (playing Drum and Bass and Jungle) and Boom Boom Bar (playing deeper house and trance music).
The Outback Bar is one of the drinking holes where many visitors' nights begin, situated further back from the beach in the centre of the town, where a large variety of European, American, Australian, and Thai foods are served in a relaxed environment.
In recent years, the Floating Bar has been introduced, forming an alternative location for partiers to while away a few hours with freshly caught crab and oyster on the sundecks of the raft-based bar-restaurant before rejoining the beach via a traditional Thai long-tail boat. The Bar (thanks to its mobile nature) is located according to seasonal tides, alternating between Haad Rin Nok and Haad Rin Nai. In fact it is currently grounded on the harbour and disintegrating.
While there are a few massage parlours, this part of Thailand is largely devoid of the prostitution prevalent in other areas such as Phuket and Pattaya.
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