05 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Vendors and souvenir hawkers on Soi Arab in Bangkok. Soi Arab is an alleyway in Bangkok. What started as an alley has now grown into a neighborhood that encompasses several blocks of restaurants, hotels and money exchanges that cater to Middle Eastern visitors to Thailand. The official name of the street is Sukhumvit Soi 3/1, located in North Nana between Sukhumvit Soi 3 and Sukhumvit Soi 5, not far from the Nana Plaza night-life area and the Grace Hotel popular among Arabs. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ