I was horribly , horribly naive about the realities of prostitution in Thailand, and am only sharing my experience in the hopes that what I learned from it will help educate others on the subject and keep them from making the same mistake that I did when I was in Bangkok. So that first night, after an amazing introductory dinner of Pad Thai and green vegetable curry, my friends and I headed over to Soi Cowboy, one of these such streets. There were old white men walking down the street with young Asian women on their arms, women throwing themselves at tourists as they walked by, and bar patrons coupled up with prostitutes at every table down the block. None of the women seemed to look older than I left the show early, feeling sick to my stomach about what I had just witnessed. A few weeks later, a woman from an anti-trafficking and anti-prostitution organization called Night Light International came to talk to our group about the a ctual realities of prostitution in Thailand.