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Fun game shows celebrities who have visited Patpong night life zone in Bangkok

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Footage shows an interactive game which reveals some of the celebrities who have visited one of Thailand's most well-known adult nightlife areas.

The fun activity is at the explicit Patpong Museum, which details the history and growth of the Patpong area in central Bangkok. The game shows those who have visited the area in a professional capacity to make films or videos there or attend parties.

The red light zone is known as the home of Thailand's 'ping pong' shows, where women fire objects from their crotches during shows in bars.

The adult venue is in the heart of the iconic Patong market, which sprang up in the 1970s as am R&R ‘rest and recuperation’ area for American troops fighting in the Vietnam war.

Since then, the Patpong district has featured in Hollywood movies, including The Deer Hunter, which starred Robert DeNiro and Christopher Walken.

While celebrities including Mohammed Ali, Don King, Hugh Grant and Steven Tyler have all visited. David Bowie even shot a music video in one of the red light district's raucous gogo bars.

Museum owner Michael E Messner said: ‘’The Patong museum tells the story of 100 years of history of Southeast Asia, connecting the dots from Chinese immigration into the modernisation of Thailand, the Vietnam war, CIA, popular culture and what Patpong is today and what it’s famous for in a fun and interactive way.

''I had the idea to open a Patpong museum after learning so much of the history that has happened here on the street and the famous people that came here. I think it’s an amazing story and people should know and it should be preserved.

''I think one of the most colourful stories is in 1983, David Bowie on his moonlight tour coming to Bangkok, waving his fee, playing at a very low rate for the people of Thailand and taking a car, driving into Patpong road, stopping here walking into a gogo bar and shooting a music video in the Superstar Club which is still here today, also here in the museum.''

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