The worst part about the rehab and reopening is the large set of emerald/green-painted gates. You can't get into NEP anymore unless you go through this large set of doors. There is a guy with a mustache that opens a little window in the door first, and demands an entrance fee. If you don't pay, you don't get in. And the price seems to vary according to the customer. Once in, it's almost all Arabs now, though the RB's still have lots of Japanese. Makes me feel like a real fish out of water.
Of course, T.I.T, the little burger stand which was outside of what used to be called Big Dogs (which is now gone totally Arab) still sits at the entrance to NEP. I figure he paid off the guy with the mustache who works the entrance gate, so that he can make lots of money on pissed off farangs who can't get in...
