It was in December of the year 2000 that I first came to Thailand. It was an organised trip for one week. First Thailand And The Nightlife we would have 3 days in the capital and then four days relaxing on the beaches of Phuket. I didn?t read a lot about it and was expecting all kind of thing to see in that strange country. I had heard the strangest stories about the girls and I always responded that the nightlife (prostitution) was not my kind of thing to do, let alone partake in it. Those parties I intended not to have and stay away from it. I would come to Thailand for the food, the culture, the nature, the people, etc...

After a very comfortable flight of 12 hours I remember that we first landed in Phuket for a short stop of 1 hour and after that flew on to Bangkok. I asked the stewardess if I could get off the plane to take a quick smoke and have myself some fresh air. She opened the back door of the plane and I walked out. Wow what heat was the first thing I noticed. The blue sky, the hot sun, the heat, I liked it right from the start. Mostly because I come from a country where it was cold and rainy at that time, Winter time to be more specific. I stood there in the opening of the door for about 10 minutes and then I left the plane for a walk around and a quick smoke in the airport building. After an hour or so I returned to my seat ready for the last short flight of 1 hour to Bangkok. There would start my first week in the land of smiles.

Another 2 week visit to Thailand done and dusted.  After going there for the first time last December with my friend, this time I went alone.  You might have read 'My Nightlife' posted on 27/02/04, where I said I?d be going alone because my friends girlfriend wouldn't allow him.  It's not surprising really seeing as he confessed everything he did out there to her!!

I want to touch on the fact of how much my views on western women have changed since I returned from my first trip.  I look at them differently now, I?m noticing how clear the differences are between them and Thais.  I don't even bother looking for an English girlfriend anymore and I?ll be the first one to admit how sad that is.  Now just to set the record straight, I don't have any trouble getting a girlfriend in the UK, it's just the fact that I have no desire to.  I don't want to be moaned at all the time by women who think the sun shines out their ass.  Women who lack feminism, drink too much and have attitude problems.  Don't get me wrong, I have been out with some great English women.  Its just the fact that I?ve seen the grass on the other side of the fence and its a damn sight greener!!

In my experience, again I don't profess to be an expert, the 'normal looking ones' can indeed be more dangerous, certainly in my experience. A bargirl while being more business like, at least you know where you stand and it's a 'contractual' thing, quick and clean with no feelings to mess with. Perhaps her education is lower, and she has not been afforded the things others have, but this makes her no less of a person to be reckoned with in fact. Like the vast cross section of Thai womanhood, there's good and bad. [in any country for that matter] You take your chances similarly however with the jean-clad bar beer/go-go girl, or the mysterious and beautiful girl sitting pretty in the Hyatt Erawan bar in a Gucci dress.... Know it, because it is true.

Sawat dee khrap...it means hello, goodbye, good morning, good night, welcome or any other greeting you can imagine?..(Greetings) from Bangkok, the City Of Angels as it?s known locally (Grung Tep).  You thought that title deservedly belong to Los Angeles?  Well, LA is for Hispanic angels and BKK is for the Oriental angels.  Remember that there are good and bad angels.  Bangkok is also known as The Big Mango (vs The Big Apple). I think an expat named it that and it stuck.  Bangkok is the biggest city in Thailand, LOS, the Land Of Smiles (it?s also read Land Of Scams or the land of traffic, temples, sex, drugs and rock?n roll), with an official population of 6 million but it is estimated at any given time there are twice as many people in the city and during peak hour (read between 5 AM in the morning until 3 AM at night), it seems that there are 4 times as many people in the city, especially if it?s raining.