Route 66: Get your kicks

For Bangkok’s hip-hop set, Route 66 is ground zero.

More a funky compound than a club, the nightspot many simply call “Route” is geographically divided into North, South, East and West wings. It’s that big. And yet, on any given weekend, the place is shoulder-to-shoulder, wiggle-your-way-to-the-bathroom packed.

If you can find one of Route’s many bars, you’ll want to order two rounds to cut back on trips. If the crowd doesn’t scare you off, you’ll enjoy all the hip-hop that can be found in American clubs, only with far less fighting, posing and strangers who think dancing equals butt grind sneak attacks.