Bangkok is one of the World's most visited cities. So it's quite common for friends and former acquaintances to come and drop by and visit me for an evening or two.
One night I met a friend I used to work with, and he was interested in sampling some of Bangkok's riotous nightlife. So sure enough, we ended up in Soi Cowboy - a short street packed with bars and somewhere you'll recognise if you've ever watched Hangover Part 2.
Anyway, we walked up and down the street a couple of times while my friend took in the neon and the scantily clad gogo dancers and the smell of Thai street cooking.
Eventually we got to near the end of the street and my friend spotted Soi Cowboy's only all ladyboy gogo bar, Cockatoo.
Well, I had no idea my friend was interested in ladyboys. But he spotted the bikini clad ladyboys outside the bar, and by the time I turned round he was practically through the door of the place.
So I followed him in and sat down next to my friend. It turns out we had to choose a drink (Chang beer for me, naturally) and choose a ladyboy who would sit next to us. I'm not sure if it was mandatory to choose a ladyboy, or whether it was just a rule made up to help ease some money out of the wallets of gullible farang tourists.
Well anyway my friend seemed to have no difficulty choosing his ladyboy. He went for the most feminine looking cutey in the whole bar. She had an orange bikini, huge pneumatic breasts and false fluttering eye lashes. Not hard to see why he was so smitten with her.
As for me, well I was confronted by three or was it four ladyboys who were all vying for the chance to be my girl for half an hour or so, or maybe longer.
I couldn't choose between another girl in orange bikini or one with a black one.
In the end I chose the one in black.
Big mistake!
My ladyboy turned out to be the exact opposite of the sweet beautiful thing sat on my friend's lap.
All mine wanted to talk about the whole time I was in the bar was going back to my hotel later for some sexy time.
Admittedly for 2000 baht plus a 600 baht bar fine it was a pretty good proposition from a financial point of view. That's quite a bit less than what you'd have to pay to take a girl home from many of Bangkok's other top gogo bars. And probably less than what you'd have to spend on dating a "good" lady or ladyboy before you got some bedroom action.
But my ladyboy just plain irritated me. I wasn't interested in bar fining anyone. I'd rather work on my dating game and meet some "good" ladyboys. Plus if I did want to take a girl for some short time fun, I'd definitely cut the bar's commission out of the equation.
Well needless to say even buying her a lady drink wasn't going to satisfy this diva.
Whine, whine, whine, whine, whine. Heck, if I wanted that all night, I'd get married.
When it was time to leave she demanded a tip, which I certainly wasn't going to give her. To my mind, tipping should only be rewarded for good service. Like the other night I got a fantastic Thai neck and back massage from one of the waitresses in Suzy Wong's. That was definitely worth a good tip!
All the time my friend was busily exploring his new ladyboy friend. Well I tried doing the same to mine, but damn - my ladyboy hasn't shaved her legs. Stubbly legs - that's a big turnoff for me whether I'm checking out ladyboy or lady.
So a bad night for me, but rather better night for my friend.
Sunday, 29 September 2013
Who Wants Ladyboys? Not Thai Guys It Would Seem...
Living in Bangkok I see a whole lot of ladyboys.
Foreign visitors to Thailand are often left open mouthed at their first sighting of a particularly hot ladyboy.
Once you've been living here a while, you get used to seeing ladyboys everywhere. My 7-11 employs one on the checkout. I once used a ladyboy staffed currency exchange booth. I also bought my new shoes from a ladyboy.
But one thing puzzles me - why don't Thai guys actually like ladyboys?
Well maybe they do, but in over 3 months in Bangkok now, I've NEVER seen a Thai guy walking round town with a ladyboy by his side.
I've seen plenty of farangs and Japanese guys with ladyboy partners. Near where I live there are a couple of foreigners who have particularly hot girlfriends - both of which are ladyboys.
And there are whole parts of Thailand devoted to foreigners who like ladyboys.
Here in Bangkok, Nana Plaza is pretty much given over to ladyboys these days:
Japanese guys tend to prefer the places on the bottom floor, farangs are more catered for on the first and second floors.
And while I was away partying in Pattaya, I spotted a bar catering for Middle Eastern guys who like incredibly loud music. This bar was exclusively staffed by ladyboys:
Ladyboys are also a common sight in my favourite Middle Eastern restaurant in Nana. It's safe to say that Middle Eastern guys are intrigued by the exotic.
So ladyboys seem universally popular, except maybe with guys who actually live in a country that's actually home to a lot of ladyboys. Strange, but I'm happy to stand corrected if you know otherwise.
Foreign visitors to Thailand are often left open mouthed at their first sighting of a particularly hot ladyboy.
Once you've been living here a while, you get used to seeing ladyboys everywhere. My 7-11 employs one on the checkout. I once used a ladyboy staffed currency exchange booth. I also bought my new shoes from a ladyboy.
But one thing puzzles me - why don't Thai guys actually like ladyboys?
Well maybe they do, but in over 3 months in Bangkok now, I've NEVER seen a Thai guy walking round town with a ladyboy by his side.
I've seen plenty of farangs and Japanese guys with ladyboy partners. Near where I live there are a couple of foreigners who have particularly hot girlfriends - both of which are ladyboys.
And there are whole parts of Thailand devoted to foreigners who like ladyboys.
Here in Bangkok, Nana Plaza is pretty much given over to ladyboys these days:
Japanese guys tend to prefer the places on the bottom floor, farangs are more catered for on the first and second floors.
And while I was away partying in Pattaya, I spotted a bar catering for Middle Eastern guys who like incredibly loud music. This bar was exclusively staffed by ladyboys:
Ladyboys are also a common sight in my favourite Middle Eastern restaurant in Nana. It's safe to say that Middle Eastern guys are intrigued by the exotic.
So ladyboys seem universally popular, except maybe with guys who actually live in a country that's actually home to a lot of ladyboys. Strange, but I'm happy to stand corrected if you know otherwise.
Saturday, 28 September 2013
Ladyboys in Malaysia
A couple of months ago, I had to renew my Thai visa. I could only do this outside of Thailand. So I embarked upon a side visit to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
While in Malaysia, I did a bit of research into the ladyboy dating scene over there.
I'd guestimate that Malaysia is the 3rd best country to find Asian ladyboys in, after Thailand and the Philippines.
What puts ladyboy loving Westerners off exploring this country's delights could be the fact that it's a Muslim country, and therefore less tolerant of anything that could be looked upon as being vaguely sexually deviant.
But fear not - there are plenty of ladyboys in Malaysia. But the whole transsexual thing is simply more underground there.
I did see a few ladyboys in Malaysia. And they were quite easy to find on mobile chat apps. So if you like ladyboys and you're ever visiting Kuala Lumpur or Penang, then make sure you bring your smartphone with you!
I found this rather gloriously chubby Malaysian ladyboy on one of the mobile chat apps I happened to have installed on my phone:
Sadly I was only there for a week, so I never did get a chance to meet her in person.
I'm sure I'll be back to Malaysia though - it's a fabulous and very underrated country. And they gave me a 90 day visitor visa on arrival. Wonderful.
Here's a couple of photos to whet your appetite...
The iconic Petronas towers:
The amazing Batu Caves:
These caves are only a 30 minute train ride out of central Kuala Lumpur. And they're surely a wonderous location to take your Malaysian ladyboy on a second date!
While in Malaysia, I did a bit of research into the ladyboy dating scene over there.
I'd guestimate that Malaysia is the 3rd best country to find Asian ladyboys in, after Thailand and the Philippines.
What puts ladyboy loving Westerners off exploring this country's delights could be the fact that it's a Muslim country, and therefore less tolerant of anything that could be looked upon as being vaguely sexually deviant.
But fear not - there are plenty of ladyboys in Malaysia. But the whole transsexual thing is simply more underground there.
I did see a few ladyboys in Malaysia. And they were quite easy to find on mobile chat apps. So if you like ladyboys and you're ever visiting Kuala Lumpur or Penang, then make sure you bring your smartphone with you!
I found this rather gloriously chubby Malaysian ladyboy on one of the mobile chat apps I happened to have installed on my phone:
Sadly I was only there for a week, so I never did get a chance to meet her in person.
I'm sure I'll be back to Malaysia though - it's a fabulous and very underrated country. And they gave me a 90 day visitor visa on arrival. Wonderful.
Here's a couple of photos to whet your appetite...
The iconic Petronas towers:
The amazing Batu Caves:
These caves are only a 30 minute train ride out of central Kuala Lumpur. And they're surely a wonderous location to take your Malaysian ladyboy on a second date!
If You Like Ladyboys, Are You Gay?
I was thinking about some of the cans of worms that you could potentially open by dating a ladyboy.
Top of the list I guess would be...
If you date a ladyboy, does that make you gay?
So let's tackle the whole gay issue straight on.
The answer as far as I am concerned is NO - if you like ladyboys, you're NOT gay.
In fact quite the opposite. Ladyboys strive to be feminine and ladylike, so we ladyboy enthusiasts are seeking out femininity in our ladyboys.
Here in Thailand, being a top notch ladyboy means being as feminine as, or indeed, more feminine than the local ladies.
When you're in a Bangkok shopping mall, how do you spot the ladyboys?
Well that's easy - the ladyboys are much more likely to have shaved their legs!
And I'll also point out that you can easily date women as well as ladyboys. But if you don't want to answer awkward questions you're better off not telling women that you have a thing for ladyboys.
In fact, I've dated way more ladies than ladyboys here in Thailand. Here are my dating statistics after 3 months of living in Bangkok:
So from these stats I'm pretty sure that I'm not gay.
My experiences of meeting ladyboys has also been that they're very much a 3rd gender. They're not men, but neither are they women. They're exotically different, and should be regarded as such.
And here in Thailand, there ARE gay men. But the gay men here don't date ladyboys, they date guys. In fact there are clubs and bars and massage places just for gay guys - these are completely separate from the ladyboy clubs and bars and massage joints here.
So don't worry - if you like ladyboys, you're NOT gay.
Top of the list I guess would be...
If you date a ladyboy, does that make you gay?
So let's tackle the whole gay issue straight on.
The answer as far as I am concerned is NO - if you like ladyboys, you're NOT gay.
In fact quite the opposite. Ladyboys strive to be feminine and ladylike, so we ladyboy enthusiasts are seeking out femininity in our ladyboys.
Here in Thailand, being a top notch ladyboy means being as feminine as, or indeed, more feminine than the local ladies.
When you're in a Bangkok shopping mall, how do you spot the ladyboys?
Well that's easy - the ladyboys are much more likely to have shaved their legs!
And I'll also point out that you can easily date women as well as ladyboys. But if you don't want to answer awkward questions you're better off not telling women that you have a thing for ladyboys.
In fact, I've dated way more ladies than ladyboys here in Thailand. Here are my dating statistics after 3 months of living in Bangkok:
So from these stats I'm pretty sure that I'm not gay.
My experiences of meeting ladyboys has also been that they're very much a 3rd gender. They're not men, but neither are they women. They're exotically different, and should be regarded as such.
And here in Thailand, there ARE gay men. But the gay men here don't date ladyboys, they date guys. In fact there are clubs and bars and massage places just for gay guys - these are completely separate from the ladyboy clubs and bars and massage joints here.
So don't worry - if you like ladyboys, you're NOT gay.
Hey Mom - I Dated a Ladyboy!
"Hey, mom, I dated a ladyboy."
"That's nice dear. Now when are you going to get married and give us some cute Asian grandchildren?"
"Err..."
In this blog I'll share my experiences of being a geeky guy living and dating in SE Asia.
The particular emphasis will be on my forays into the wonderful world of ladyboy dating.
I've done some interesting stuff in my life, but first ever date with ladyboy was definitely one of my more extraordinary and memorable life experiences.
If you're interested in ladyboys as well, then read and learn from my experiences (and mistakes). Oh, I'll warn you straight up that if you thought women could be crazy, then ladyboy dating is just a whole new world of insane.
Thanks for stopping by.
GeekyGuy
Bangkok, September 2013.
"That's nice dear. Now when are you going to get married and give us some cute Asian grandchildren?"
"Err..."
In this blog I'll share my experiences of being a geeky guy living and dating in SE Asia.
The particular emphasis will be on my forays into the wonderful world of ladyboy dating.
I've done some interesting stuff in my life, but first ever date with ladyboy was definitely one of my more extraordinary and memorable life experiences.
If you're interested in ladyboys as well, then read and learn from my experiences (and mistakes). Oh, I'll warn you straight up that if you thought women could be crazy, then ladyboy dating is just a whole new world of insane.
Thanks for stopping by.
GeekyGuy
Bangkok, September 2013.
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