I have spent the last week exploring the Bangkok bars under belly. I chat with bar girls I know as well as new ones. What I have seen is some changes.
Young bar girls have entered the industry and they are different than before as they are their from choice, not because they have babies to support. They are not all that interested in the Cinderella story of finding a Farang to look after them. What they are interested in is a short term liaison for 2 hours at the rate of $3000 baht. They figure their youth and good looks demand that amount and most punters, especially the Japanese are willing to pay it. Many work part-time, only on the weekends.
Considering that university grads haul in less than 30,000 baht a month, these bar girls earn 90,000 baht a month for a couple of hours work. It is not hard to understand the attraction for young girls. Remember, their religion does not condemn them for indulging in the oldest profession.
Older bar girls (greater than 30 years of age) still live the dream of finding a farang to support them but I also ran into a fair number who have had failed farang relationships for many, many reasons are have moved to short term encounters to avoid the resulting relationships than seem to happen when they pull an all-nighter with breakfast. However, the fee for short term is usually less (2,000 baht) and these ladies are found in beer bars rather than gogo or coyote bars.
The difference between gogo girls and coyote girls is 2 fold. Gogo girls will be on stage dancing in various degrees of clothing from nothing to bottoms only. Coyote girls tend to be a bit younger, better dancers, and are always wearing tops and bottoms. Gogo girls usually cost you 500-700 for a bar fine whereas coyote girls are anywhere for 1,000 to 3000 for the bar fine. Lady drinks for coyote girls are usually around 250 baht for a drink whereas gogo girls are 150 baht. In my humble opinion you are crazy to pony up for a coyote girl with one exception who will remain nameless :-)
The audience has changed dramatically over the past 2 years. Nowadays, it is Japanese who tend to be taciturn and not much fun. The girls refer to them as 333's. 3 inches, 3 minutes, and 3,000 baht. They consider them easy money but not too entertaining in the sack. At this time of year there are many, many Arabs, living out their dreams as well. The girls say both Japanese and Arabs smell but I am not sure of what. Could be smoke, body odour, or a combination of both. Thai girls are also not particularly keen on Indians or blacks for a variety of reasons I will not get into. The basic reason is Thai are a bit racist in nature.
I checked out the Beer Garden on Soi 7/1 and it is a huge meat market with about 100-200 working girls waiting around for punters to sit down and negotiate a price for short term is seems to be about 1,500 baht. The Beer Garden seems to attract a lower socio-economic punter and the ladies are all over 35 and most are showing their age. They are free lancers, some full-time and some part-time.
The street walkers are still going for 1,000 baht a pop and the bj girls are supplying oral relief for 800-1,000 baht. Lady boys are lady boys and they have a specific clientele that I do not come in contact with. The Japanese guys seem to patronize those bars more than anyone else.
So those are my observations form the past week. Some of these girls and ladies are my friends and I am happy to have them as friends. Boring they are not!
TTYL
No comments:
Post a Comment