{"id":26,"date":"2009-03-14T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-14T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/?p=26"},"modified":"2010-11-25T11:07:55","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T04:07:55","slug":"arab-nana-vs-nana-plaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/arab-nana-vs-nana-plaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab Nana vs. Nana Plaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.motorcycle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/bangkok_nana.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 190px;\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.motorcycle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/bangkok_nana.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>I wonder how it would be go grow up with the last name &#8220;Patpong&#8221; or &#8220;Nana&#8221;.  Guess if you&#8217;re loaded .. who cares.  Or ask <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lek_Nana\">Lek Nana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Nana is actually split into two, and the South Nana of beers and bargirls is a world away from North Nana and its &#8220;Soi Arab,&#8221; with Middle Eastern restaurants and shops that make up a sort of separate country within Bangkok.<br \/>Much of the land on which North Nana and &#8220;Soi Arab&#8221; now rests belonged to one family: the Nana family, a prominent business clan with Middle Eastern roots.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/in.reuters.com\/article\/lifestyleMolt\/idINTRE52C1E120090313?pageNumber=3&amp;virtualBrandChannel=0&amp;sp=true\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wonder how it would be go grow up with the last name &#8220;Patpong&#8221; or &#8220;Nana&#8221;. Guess if you&#8217;re loaded .. who cares. Or ask Lek Nana. 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