Mid August my previous plans for a holiday fell apart, yet I decided I had to take some time off. Just to relax ... good beach, good food, -- and maybe some more physical activity? Hmmm, where to go? Wasn´t there this place called Shemale Island that would optimally meet my criteria?
Some quick research confirmed my impression, and so I spontaneously booked a flight to Phuket. Two weeks of reading followed (to most part of this illustrious forum) in order to prepare for my first trip to Thailand. And my anticipation intensified in particular after finding Jimbo’s fine C&D thread ....
After a pleasant, though largely sleepless flight in an almost empty plane I arrived at Phuket late in the afternoon, took a taxi to Patong, which I steered to the hotel first on my list: the Pacific Light Hotel (off Rat-uthid at Tiger´s Inn, opposite the Poppa Palace).
Central (to Bangla as well as to the beach), quiet, and ladyboy-friendly, these were my main requirements. Internet rate for low season was at 900, they offered me straightaway a room for 700 (but no further bargain for longer stay). The rooms are spacious, with a small balcony, everything clean, so I decided to stay.
---> pacificlighthotel.com
From the website I expected a slightly more upscale hotel, but it perfectly suited my needs. Very friendly staff, no problems with ladyboys (even on my last night when there was a real problem with a certain ladyboy .....).
The only little complaint I had was that there was no hot water for the sink (and believe it or not, this was not a temporary problem, but it turned out that the sink was not built for having hot water ---what do Thais think about when they build a hotel??? ). This was solved by providing me with a hot water boiler (which then played a role in that dramatic last night .... I will come to that later).
So I stayed with them for the whole fortnight.
Early evening I set out for a first exploratory tour. First some essential shopping (water, fruit!). Just around the corner from my little soi on Rath-Uthid there are 5 massage salons (that I would have to pass by daily) that gave me the first impression of Patong crazyness: massage, hello – come here ---- MASSAGE MASSAGE! And the girls surrounding you ... trying to drag you in ...
Then a stroll to the beach, long-stretched, with good strong waves. I looked forward to the next day, to immersing myself in the Andaman Sea.
On beach road, those wonderfully friendly people, saying hello and asking you where you come from. Ok, after two talks I learnt these were the infamous taylors. So, it was a polite No thanks from then on.
After strolling around for 2 hours or so I felt my tired body could in fact benefit from a massage. In some small soi there was a massage shop where the girls were a bit more restrained, so I walked in and went for an oil massage. Nice warm feeling. Half way through the girl made an extra effort not to touch and still to touch my best parts .... Mmm, I resisted a while, but then what do you do? So I agreed on some extra service, the first (and also the last) time .........
Still tired, but pretty relaxed I finally hit the center stage: BANGLA ROAD. Absolute crazyness for someone being there the first time. Not the party life in itself, but literally ..... those hundreds of girls trying to find your attention: hello sexy man, PLEASE COME AND FUCK ME!
I soon learnt how to move around without too much delay as my intentions of making contact with the local population were not so much centered on the (admittedly often) lovely ladies.
Huh, and now this must be Soi Croc! Ladyboys dancing in public.
YEAH! I watched for a while, then moved on towards my final destination. Yes, this must be the Tiger complex, again many bars, girls everywhere, but I kept course ... until suddenly I was THERE: ground zero, the source of so many DREAMS of COCKS and TAILS ....