I woke up about 7:00 AM the next morning, and called Tony. He had a girl in his room who he had brought over from Lucky Karaoke, and she wanted to sleep. We headed out to find a travel agent and do some sight seeing. We inquired at several agents and got the same price quotes for flights, so we decided to just book it at the Thai Air office a couple of blocks from the hotel. There was one flight a day to Phuket, and the cost was about 1200B plus 150B for a ride to the airport from our hotel, in a new, air conditioned car. I took a few photos around town, and we returned to the hotel to have breakfast. Tony's girl was still tired, so it was just the two of us. We went down to the lobby and discovered that the hotel had an awesome breakfast buffet for 90B. While pigging out, Tony recognized the diner at the next table from our bus ride. He waved hello, and we started talking. His name was Tan, and he was a businessman from Kuala Lumpur who was in Hat Yai for the same reason we were.

Tan was a regular in Hat Yai, and we pumped him for info about it and KL. He moved over to our table and proceeded to fill us in on what he knew. His MO was a little different than ours, as he only does short time girls, but we definitely got a different perspective on things. Our hotel was his regular breakfast destination, as he considers it the best in Hat Yai. For lodging he preferred the BP Grand Suites, and he recommended 707 Travel for the lowest prices in town. When I asked if he ever tipped the girl on top of the agreed price, he looked at me as if I had lost my mind, confirming what I had heard about the tipping practices of the "locals." He suggested that we try to change our flight to the next day and hang out together later. I was kind of bummed out about having slept through my only night in Hat Yai, so we agreed to give it a shot and meet up at 12:45. Unfortunately, it was absolutely no problem to make the change. I say unfortunately, because Phuket proved to be far more enjoyable than Hat Yai, and I wish I had had more time there.

We met up with Tan after Tony sent his girl on her way, and went walking around. We checked out the Pink Hotel, which has various sex related activities available. The only one open in the afternoon is the fishbowl "massage" area. This was my first time to see one of these, but I knew what to expect from what I had read. There were two sets of girls behind the glass. One group was 1600b, the other 1900B. There were also two groups of sideline girls, one costing 2600B and the other 4000B, I believe. Unfortunately, the 3 really expensive girls were the only ones there that really impressed me, and there was no way I was spending that much money. The rest were mostly in the 6 - 7 range, with a couple of possible 8's.

Tan wanted to go hit a karaoke and get laid, and I was certainly open to that. Make no mistake, a karaoke place in Thailand does not feature drunk singers butchering their favorite songs. It is just a small brothel, with some having a bar area as well. He called his favorite Tuk Tuk driver to come get us. This was the second mistake we made. While the driver certainly took us to a lot of places, I am sure that being with him inflated our prices by 500B, and maybe more. Tan found a girl in about 2 minutes at the first place we went and arranged for her to come to his room in a couple of hours. I wanted to keep looking and Tony was in agreement. We spent the next couple of hours going from karaoke to karaoke. None were of the fishbowl type; the girls were just brought into the room with you. The girls ranged from 5 to 8.5, with most being 6's or 7's. It was very frustrating. Frequently, the best looking girls were not available, either because they did not speak English, or they did not go with Westerners. I was never able to get a straight answer on this. Other times, the best girls did not give blow jobs, or "ice cream" as it was generally known. In addition, the prices we were being quoted were too high. On the plus side, most places had no difference in price for long time or short time, or if they did it was only 500B. The problem was that Tony had rarely paid more than 1000B, with 1500B being the most, and we were getting quotes of 2000B - 2500B everywhere we went. One girl was even quoted at 8000B, because she had supposedly only had sex one time previously. There was only one girl who really got me interested. She spoke decent English, supposedly gave excellent "ice cream", had a good personality, and was quite cute. Unfortunately she was only 19 and would only go for long time. This would not normally be a problem, mind you, but we wanted to check out the disco that night and the minimum age to get into a nightclub in Thailand is 20, so I passed. We went to a few more places, but I was becoming more and more determined to get rid of the taxi driver, and Tan was getting visibly irritated with our procrastination. When it was time for him to meet his girl, we dropped him off at his hotel, correctly guessing than he was ditching us for good. The taxi driver was going to take us to one last place, and that was to be it. It proved to be a soapy massage joint that looked very classy both inside and out. The girls were behind a fishbowl, and the priced ranged from about 1500B - 2000B. They were a cut above most that we had seen, but I was hot and tired and sick of this driver. Sorry, but I failed to write down the location of this place. We got back to our hotel, and decided to eat and then check out some places that Tony knew about.

On our own, we were more successful. Tony suggested that we go to Tanrattankorn Road, where there are three fishbowl karaokes located close to the Ambassador Hotel. The price at the first two was 500B for short time on the premises. There were some attractive girls, but I wanted to check out all three before making a decision. The third place was the charm. I immediately spotted 2 girls I liked, and one of them was flirting with me pretty hard. Not wanting to rush into anything, we waited around for about 5 minutes, and a couple of others come in who would have also done just fine. My lone disappointment came when I found out that the girl who I found the most attractive would not go with either of us. She said we were too big and it would be painful. I'm not sure if she meant that she assumed our penises were too big, or that we weighed too much and would want to be on top. Neither Tony nor I would be mistaken for jockeys, but we are not NFL lineman sized either.

The other three girls I liked all rated about the same, looks-wise, so I went with the one who was trying the hardest to get me to pick her. Her name was Iz. She is very petite, maybe 5'1" and 95 lbs., 24 years old, one child, from Udon Thani. The room was small, but clean enough. First came the shower, which I was not thrilled to learn featured only cold water. We then moved to the bed where she asked if I wanted a BJ, and then if I wanted to use a condom. I said yes and no respectively, and she proceeded with an excellent BBBJ, which continued for about 10 minutes because I requested that she keep going. She then got on top, after again asking if I wanted to use a condom, and began some very competent cowgirl action. Next came missionary, and I have to say that she will never get an Oscar nomination for her acting ability. I wanted to tell her to quit faking it, but her English was pretty poor so I did not bother. Luckily, she was amenable to whatever I wanted, including kissing and fondling. I finished with her on top, and then got a reasonably competent massage for a few minutes, and finished with another cold shower. Total price 600B, with no tip requested or expected.

Iz
Looks: 8 - 8.5 behind the glass, 7.5 - 8 up close
Attitude: 7.5 - GFE as far as what was allowed, but too professional
Performance: 7.5
Don't know about photo
Would probably not repeat, but good for one time

I went back to the lobby area, where I had about a twenty minute wait for Tony. During this time I saw a couple more girls arrive who were at least as cute as the one I had been with. When Tony came out, he said that his experience was equivalent to mine.