“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

Introduction

Unfortunately, I spent quite a bit of time sick this trip. Cellulitis found me in the Philippines and it was all the doctors there could do to NOT kill me before I got back to Thailand where they actually treated me effectively. The infection caused some major swelling in my calf making it impossible for me to fly for two months. Isn’t that terrible - having to stay in Thailand for two months?!?!

I know this SOUNDS like a good deal, but it was NOT as exciting as one might think. There were no orgies (except for a few here and there) along with me acquiring a Thai girlfriend (who ended up being COMPLETELY loony). It’s one thing to be on vacation, quite another to be “stuck” there. Still, I did my best to stay occupied.

Fellow hobbyists (and GFs) I met this trip:

Mr. X: My roommate from the US. I had taken him to TJ a few times and so I knew he was up for P4P action, but this was his first dedicated trip. When we went into our first NEP gogo he looked like a kid in a candy store…

Kuhn Mor & Da: This was before their breakup (and subsequent makeup) and you could see they were happy. You could ALSO see that she was HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT!! Her friend was HOT too - can’t forget the hot friend - but Da was DEFINITELY the hotter of the two biscuits.

KM and I spent an hour or so in my favorite NEP bar: Mandarin. He’s seen just about everything in this country, plus read the stories on CH, so I’m certain the way I act was not a big surprise. We flirted with the cutie spinners and just made a nuisance of ourselves. Too bad he left early as five minutes after his departure I ended up eating out one of the dancers while we were sitting on the benches around the dance floor upstairs. She tasted good and I figured “what the hell” so I paid her bar…

WickedWilly: This guy is a RIOT!! We found out we’re BOTH absolute degenerates and so got along famously. At one point, while stuck outside of Thailand, he allowed me to arrange our “party” with four Eden Club girls. I arranged for my “A” list talent to show up and we were not disappointed.

Size 15: This gent is TALL and has a voice so deep it starts about 2’ above the earth’s molten core. Good guy to party with, plus we both haunted the same foot massage places which had us hanging out together quite a bit.

Nabi Asia: Met him briefly in Bangkok, then again in AC. I remember first meeting up with him in Carousel on the 3rd floor of NEP. He told me he hooked up with this “nice girl” in G Spot. I asked him “is it ‘XX’”. He says “yeah, you know her?” “We’ve bumped into each other…” Other then being a lying whore, she’s a pretty good kid!! Anyway, he is a real cool guy that’s easy to spend time with. He’s quite the character and I’m sure the girls just LOVE him.

Wombat88: This guy is LIGHT YEARS ahead of me photo wise. We chatted or four hours over brunch at JW Marriott. He gave advice about photography (a LOT of REALLY GOOD advice) and he got some needed info about pooying management. No, not the Tony Soprano type, but the “don’t let them play you for a sucker” and “how to not throw good money after bad” type. Hope he got something out of it - I know I did.

This report includes a change in the way I take photos. I was used to a relatively cheap, easy to use, point-and-shoot digital camera by Sony (DSC-P8). That camera wasn’t great, but it was good enough.

Soon I found I wanted a better camera. After spending time with Bahtman last July, I became intrigued by the camera equipment he was using. He emailed a few pictures, and the quality was NOTHING like I had seen before from a digital. I inquired about the hardware he was using and, upon pricing it out, almost passed out. The Canon 10D and L series lenses did NOT come cheap.

Eventually, Canon took pity on me and released the Rebel 300D. It included an ULTRA simple yet effective lens for a price that‘s only horrendous, not devastating. Unfortunately, I REALLY did not know how to use it. Changing to a giant SLR from the other little POS I could do little more then point-and-shoot. Lucky for me they had a retard setting.

Use of the ULTRA basic options, along with constant fiddling around, yielded better-then-Sony results. The stock flash worked well with this camera. I could take 5 flash photos in 5 seconds. Also, the women wearing makeup stopped looking like powdered donuts. It’s been a long wait for these pics, but I think the wait was worth it once you see some of the output from this camera.

Many thanks to Wombat. During his casual perusal of my pics he offered a few helpful hints. His advice took a bit of work to digest and apply, but all tidbits were appreciated. I’ll be bugging him for additional help for YEARS TO COME.

I also began pruning pics for “content”. Recently, Hombre’s been removing “pink” and action shots. He doesn’t want to run afoul of Darth Ashcroft and his evil minions. This significantly reduced the number of pictures I bothered to send to Hombre. Why send it if it ain’t gonna get used, eh?

Not blaming Hombre for this. Who in their right mind wants legal grief, eh? Just explaining the reduced quantities…

E

(Message edited by epimetheus on October 17, 2004)

Thank you, my friend, you made my morning. Your vivid descriptions of events is as priceless in written form as it is in person over the many lazy meals we've shared together over the last year-plus. I've been lucky enough to see many of these pics already in full size, but am looking forward to seeing them again on this site.

Oh, and if you're ever looking for feedback on the harder core versions, my yahoo email inbox now has lots and LOTS of space for new emails! Oh, and Xmas is coming up and I'm trying to put this DVD player to use!!! Hint, hint!

It's admirable that you would extend such a generous offer to me while banished to the bowels of Mexico. Indeed, expect a few "tidbids" thrown your way over the following weeks and months.

BTW, what did you think of that last batch to hit your inbox?

E

All your pics are damned impressive. Of course I'm part of the 'photos for dummies' crowd and gotta admit I'm partial to high-res action shots! Which means that I preferred this morning's batch a little more! I'm still kicking myself that chick at PP Banana's was so weird toward me. As the song from the OH so shitty film 'Whore' chanted: 'I wanta Bang her, wanta bang her'

Well Epi, your long awaited opus. Looking forward to see which pics get honored here.

It's impressive how many guys you've met on this board, until we hooked up, I didn't really search them out because of a few bad apples from prior encounters. Now I've all but neglected my non-monger buddies, it was getting a little stifling to keep my Walter Mitty life to myself. I need our coffee breaks/hostess breaks to unload. I think it's refreshing to come across so many likeminded guys, who are also a lot of fun. Thanks for bringing me out.

Keep the reporting coming.

I've noticed that Hombre hasn't put in any of the photos from "The Fool Returns to Asia" series of reports--even though they are now at least 2 days old. Anyone know what this means? Have they been censored out? Or is Hombre just overloaded?

Scotsman

Hombre's a busy lad. Give him time...

E

Well I wish he'd hurry up. I'm sitting here at my monitor with my pants around my ankles waiting to jack off to your latest batch.

Master B.

Cellulitis is no fun regardless where u r. I had it on the ankle while in the USMC as a young lad. It was probably the worst week I can can recall. Of course I didn't have a spinner and a bar full of Singha's to dull the pain...