Jaidan and I toured the village on the motorbike yesterday and noticed there are many, many more girls in the village than usual. Many of the working girls would have returned to the village for Mother's day which was Thursday, and the Queens birthday which was Friday, giving them a 4 day weekend and a break from the bars. If you were in the bars over this weekend you would have noticed far fewer girls and mostly just the young ones without children of their own.
I am getting eaten alive by the mosquitoes ans noseeums (not sure what they call them here in Thailand, but we Canadians call them that).
On a more serious note, Thailand has been rocked by 11 explosions with at least 4 people dead and many injured. Most of these were in the south around Phuket but one major one was in Hua Hin, 2 hours from Bangkok. About 10 farangs were injured. Rumor has it that the Muslim rebels in Southern Thailand are behind the bombings and are trying to embarrass the government and hurt tourism.
No doubt, countries will be suggesting tourists not go to Thailand but consider the odds. There were 30 million visitors to Thailand in 2015 and maybe 50 farang deaths. Those are pretty good odds and if you adopt the herd mentality you can feel safe in Thailand. Probably a better chance of dying in a traffic accident. However, karma and destiny being what they are, when you time is up ...
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/12/asia/thailand-explosions/
It still amazes me how accepting Thai parents and boyfriends are of their daughters and girlfriends working in the bar industry. It has taken me years to come to grips with how duty to family trumps duty to self. Life in a fun bar is also probably a lot more exciting than village life to a young girl. I know what I find more entertaining :-) There are quite a few books written on the topic with 'Private Dancer' being the most common read. I find most of these books dwell on the failures rather than success stories. At some moment in time and space I will attempt to cover (write a book) the successes, spending more time on the motivations and rewards behind the successes. I have built up quite a few relationships that I can tap into for personal interviews. It would be a good read.
TTYL
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