They Started As Strangers
-- Part 6
They Started As Strangers -- Part 6
Be careful whose advice you buy
- but - be patient with those who supply it.
Advice is a form of nostalgia.
Dispensing it is a way of fishing from the disposal heap of the past,
wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts, and recycling it for more
than its worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen.
Yang was a fun time last night but she left my room pouting; I wasn't
taking her to Phi-Phi Island, and I wouldn't promise that I would BF her
again. I've got nothing negative to say about Yang and there was no
real reason not to BF her again, except that I felt like it might be time
for a little something different. If I go shopping and don't find
anything to my liking, I can always cruise by her bar. And if Yang
isn't there, her friend didn't seem too bad… Oh, what the hell…
It's my last night in town this trip.
A couple years ago, Antman, MikeM, and I visited the Phi-Phi Islands,
and the report of that trip can be found here: http://www.jaiguru.net/thailand/tr/nptf_011.html
This part of the report is going to be a little light, so if you would
like more information on the Phi-Phi Islands, please read the other
report.
The Phi-Phi Island area is one of the most beautiful places on
earth. If you're unlucky enough not to have seen it yet, it is still
one of the most beautiful places on earth but the way it is overrun with
tour companies is a shame.
I understand Phi-Phi Don must be rebuilt due to the damage from the
tsunami. With a little luck, maybe the government will control the
tour operators as well.
Anyway, that's my humble opinion...
Photo courtesy of Reeb
Phuket Harbor lighthouse
Photo courtesy of Antman
Phuket Harbor
Photo courtesy of Bubbles
Land ho!
Photo courtesy of Reeb
Maya Beach, Location of the movie 'The Beach'
Photo courtesy of Antman
The overcrowding at Maya Beach really is a shame
Photo courtesy of Doozy
Photo courtesy of Doozy
Photo courtesy of Reeb
So much for the "Hidden Cove"
Jacques CouDoozy
The snorkeling was fun
Photo courtesy of Doozy
Great lunch on Phi-Phi Don
Photo courtesy of Antman
Phi-Phi Don before the tsunami
Photo courtesy of Antman
Bungalows on Phi-Phi Don
Photo courtesy of Antman
Photo courtesy of Reeb
Traffic jam on Phi-Phi Don
Photo courtesy of Reeb
Photo courtesy of Antman
Photo courtesy of Antman
Returning to the harbor.
It's a busy day...
Photo courtesy of Bubbles
Patong Beach
When we got back to the hotel, Reeb and I had to drop off some laundry
before going out to dinner. Usually I prefer to let the hotel manage
the laundry but Reeb found a laundry on Beach Road, felt strongly about
saving a few bucks, and talked me into joining him.
Photo courtesy of Bubbles
One of the Thara Patong pools
Photo courtesy of Bubbles
It wasn't too painful. The lovely girl behind the counter weighed
my clothes, gave me a ticket for the laundry, and I had to pay in
advance. It was only around 180 THB for a full bag of laundry which
would have been much more expensive at the hotel.
We asked what time they opened, and said we had to pick up our clothes
as soon as they opened tomorrow. No problem for them. Then we
went back to the Thara Patong lobby to meet the guys.
All of us except Antman and Wifey met in the lobby of the Thara Patong
to go out for dinner. We were in the mood for something different
and I wanted to stay away from Yang's bar for now, so I suggested going
out in the other direction. Doozy and Reeb pointed out an Italian
restaurant across from our hotel, and it was settled.
There were a few couples in the restaurant, but the size of our crew
took the wait staff by surprise. The staff ran off to push tables
together while we joked and laughed. Bubbles, Doozy, MikeM, Rama,
and Reeb are a good bunch of guys, and I hope we can travel together again
some time.
The food was good, and dinner off Beach Road was a lot less
expensive. And this restaurant even had mango with sticky rice for
dessert! You gotta be happy with that…
A few meters down the street is a beer bar complex we haven't been to
before. Since I'm trying to stay away from Yang's bar, it's a good
night to sample this new area.
This place has some good-looking girls, and not a lot of punters.
In fact, we're just about the only customers in the complex. Bubbles
and Rama BFed rather quickly and took their girls back to the room.
Doozy also BFed quickly, but he kept drinking with us. Reeb and I
kept busy playing games and buying ladydrinks for the girls. In
between sips of his beer, MikeM would run out to other beer bars to scope
out the talent.
After we sampled just about every bar in the complex, we went back to
our favorite bar and got serious. Doozy and Reeb were drinking and
playing games with their girls, MikeM was off at the bar next door
chatting up a couple BGs, and I was thinking about going back to the bar
where I admired that girl in a short-skirt bending over the pool table.
And that's when the mamasan sidled up… I bought her a drink,
and we flirted for a while before she dropped the bomb on me, "I
think you good man. I want you pay bar this girl."
"Wah???"
Kui was a beautiful girl. One doesn't see a girl like her in a
beer bar often. And no matter how hard she tried to strap them down,
there was no hiding the ample treasures hidden under her shirt.
Okay, she's got the nutty jutters, but she was only 25, and although a
lovely girl, I could tell by looking at her that she just was not my
type. I like the nasty girls, not the inexperienced type.
"I'm an old man. I no have power."
"Today first day her. You good man. You take care
her."
Her first day? This is not something I was looking forward to
getting mixed up in at all. Kui stood by patiently as the mamasan
and I went back and forth. She truly was a lovely girl and had an
impressive rack, but I really didn't want to end up wooing a girl out of
her towel tonight.
To end negotiations, I bought drinks for Kui and the mamasan. Kui
ran off and came back with the drinks and the dice game. Actually, I
had ordered a gin and tonic and have no idea what she brought back, but I
decided to grin and bear it. Kui was prolly much more nervous than I
was disappointed in the evening, and I felt there was no reason to make it
worse for her.
Kui knew a little English but being shy and nervous, she didn't say
much. We played the dice game and to work on our numbers she called
her numbers out in English, and I called mine out in Thai. We had
fun playing the game and helping each other, and after a few games I could
see that Kui loosened up a little.
MikeM came back with a big smile on his face, and a BG under each
arm. Doozy was getting glassy eyed, and Reeb looked bored so it was
time to check bin. I gave the cup to a passing server girl, and with
the mamasan watching in the background.
Kui started looking up at me with those big brown eyes of hers.
Could it really be her first night in the bar? I didn't know what
to believe; I've heard more than a few like stories before, and I'm sure
it can't be every BG's first night in the bar. Yet, Kui was pleasant
company and kept me in the bar longer than the 1-round-and-split rule
allowed.
I really didn't expect much from Kui in the sack but I decided to toss
her a bone and asked her if she knew how to give a massage. My
thought was that I could get a massage out of the deal, declare a Short
Time, and get rid of her before Yang showed up for her nightly fuckfest.
Kui got pretty excited. I couldn't tell if it was because she got
an opportunity to show off her massage talents, or she was happy about
being barfined. But I took that as a positive thing and asked Kui,
"Tow rai pay bar?"
"100 baht."
"100 baht?" That's not possible. How could a
barfine be so low?
Thinking that Kui was new and didn't have a clue what she was talking
about, I motioned the mamasan over to aske the same question.
I think Kui didn't understand what was going on, and perhaps thought
the barfine was too high for her; she looked pretty worried. But
when the mamasan said the barfine was indeed only 100 baht, I pulled a
bill out of my 100-baht pocket and handed it to Kui. She responded
with a lovely wai, and was off to get her stuff.
We must have been quite a sight as we staggered out of the beer bar
complex. Only Reeb could walk a straight line, and MikeM was being
held upright by his two girls. Other beer bar girls would shout out
greetings and good wishes as we passed, and our girls responded in
kind. Somehow we made it across the street okay, and up the steps to
the Thara Patong entrance.
It's funny; I don't mind giving 500 baht away if I have half a reason
to, but the idea of paying a joiner fee really sticks in my craw.
Especially when I've had a little to drink. When we got to the
hotel's front lobby I remembered that I had my key in my pocket, so I
wasn't going to stop for anyone. I took Kui by the hand, walked into
the bar area, and down the stairs to the rooms.
The other guys didn't make it down behind me, and I don't know what
happened to them that night. But no one complained of a joiner fee
the next morning.
When we got to the room, I tried to talk Kui into joining me in the ab
nam but she wouldn't have it. As I showered by myself, I had to
laugh about that. Can I pick 'em, or what? Nice girls are nice
but I'll take the nasty ones, if you please.
Out of the shower, I showed Kui where the shower cap and girly soaps
and lotions were kept, and got comfortable on the bed while she showered.
Kui finally joined me on the bed, and I was amazed; I don't think I've
ever seen a towel wrapped more securely around a TG, and I don't think
I've ever seen a larger pair of nugs hiding under one. I playfully
tugged at the towel, but it was pretty clear that Kui wanted to keep it
on. Remembering my massage and out plan, I rolled over and let her
get to work.
Kui gave a pretty good massage; easily one of the best I've ever
had. When it was over we talked for a while, and Kui told me she
used to work in a spa. No wonder the massage was so good. Kui also
used to work in Bangkok as a cosmetics representative for Chanel and
Shiseido. Hmmm… No kidding… Whatever was this girl
doing working in a 100 baht backstreet beer bar in Phuket?
My curiosity got the better of me, and I considered the towel a
challenge. After a while it seemed pretty funny to me; Kui might
allow the towel to be up around her neck for a moment or two, but she
didn't want to let it go. I actually had to dust off the never-fail
move, before I could victoriously throw the towel to the far corner of the
room.
It was nice. It wasn't nasty; it was nice. Kui was a lovely
girl, and was there to please once she got warmed up.
When the smoke cleared, we talked some more. Kui got married at
an embarrassingly young age, and had one baby before the father
left. She left the baby with her mother back at the farm, and went
to Bangkok to work as a massage girl in a spa. There, a Japanese
agent of Shiseido was impressed with Kui's beauty, and Kui was given a job
as a cosmetics representative for the company. Chanel offered her
more money, so Kui jumped ship.
So I had to ask the question, "What are you doing working in a
beer bar in Phuket?"
Kui exploded into tears. She wasn't merely crying, she was most
sincerely crying. According to Kui, she came down for Phuket for
a holiday with her girlfriend, and her girlfriend ran off with some
Swedish guy leaving Kui all alone. Kui ended up at the mamasan's
house, and the mamasan put her to work in the bar to pay for the room and
board.
That's when I started thinking… Always a bad thing when my
brain is pickled in gin… If I had any brain cells left, I would
send Kui back to the farm, and pay her to wait for me until I could make
the move over. I can't imagine ever finding another girl like Kui
again. I wracked my poor pickled brain running numbers and trying to
see if I could really pull it off, when it occurred to me; the same thing
happens to me every trip.
Okay… Kui really is a lovely girl with nutty jutters…
And what if I really could keep her idling on the farm… What
happens the next time I come across a girl with nutty jutters? Am I
going to support her too? And/or maybe stop supporting Kui?
Let's face it; gin and tonics and thinking don't mix well for me.
I was able to calm Kui down, and fell asleep still doing math and
wondering what I should do.
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