I’m waiting for my flight for Shanghai which will board shortly. I’ve had 10 days in Thailand and spent half the time in Hua Hin and the other in Bangkok. I’ve really enjoyed Hua Hin and met some nice folks along the way. I really didn’t want to come back to Bangkok but I had already booked the hotel, so not much choice there really. Hua Hin is a lot quieter than Bangkok and I can understand why so many people go there. My hotel was right on the water and you could hear the tide coming in. It was only a short walk to the beach and as I mentioned before I enjoyed the beach because it was empty of those annoying tourists that get everywhere.
I found a small restaurant which sold great food and was run by some really funny Thai ladies. They invited me to join them one day for a drink and so after that spent some time with them. Noy was coming to Bangkok for a visa and she gave me a lift to my Bangkok hotel along with her good friend Phon that I spent a few days with in Bangkok.
I also made time to see the wonderful Kaew who works in a small massage place in soi 4. When I break my body from carrying my suitcases or twisting my ankle, she manages to put me back together again.
Soi 4 can be a seedy place because it’s full of girlie bars Ladyboys and other colourful characters of the night, but it’s great to spend a few days in this other world and of course I like to get a massage , but don’t ask for a happy ending if you go to see Kaew because you will get a smack in the face instead.
I guess I’ve had my fare share of booze over the years and I’ve drunk myself into oblivion on many occasions but you know, you reach an age and that age for me was around 45 that I no longer did that. My body just wasn’t happy and I was feeling like shit. It’s got to the stage where a couple of glasses of red wine or a few beers are drunk my head feels like someone is trying to escape from the inside by crashing their fists against me skull. So these days I’m sober most of the time but do have a couple. But I’m amazed at the guys my age or older (56) that still drink to the levels of my youth. How can they do it? Why are they not dead? Maybe they will be soon. Their beer belly’s are certainly testament to the amount of training they still do. Funny thing is the more they drink the younger they feel I guess and of course they are surrounded my hundreds of young ladies ripe for the picking, but for a fee of course.
So this is how it works in these bars. Man likes girl, girl needs money girl goes with man for “Boom Boom” long time short time up to you. The price is negotiated before you leave the bar and once agreed you pay the mamasan a bar fine of about 400bht about 10 pounds. Price for girl varies of course to what’s on offer and for how long. You can rent for an hour or a month, Up to you. Short time 1000 bht, long-time maybe 3000bht. I really don’t know as it’s been some time since I have made this kind of purchase. And I know this will horrify many people but in Asia, having sex is no different from any other commodity. Tonight I might go for dinner and then maybe a drink. After that I’ll have some sex and have an ice-cream at McDonald’s or maybe both at the same time. …..Up to you.
Thailand is a lovely country and it’s certainly not all about seedy bars and sex, there are many other things to do in Bangkok and of course the rest of Thailand. I’ve been lucky to have driven many thousands of kilometres here and I’ve gone off the beaten track and if you do that here you will find many amazing places, discover many fantastic foods and meet interesting people. For me I love Thai food and now I’m on my way to China to start a new adventure which also has many things to offer but unfortunately the food in China is just not as good as Thailand.
If you have never come here (Thailand) then you are missing out on a wonderful country. So do yourself a favour and come to Thailand. Love you long-time.