By Andrew on Sunday, December 08, 2002 - 09:51 pm: Edit |
I got up around 10:00am and went up Sukhumvit intent on finding a tailor - I mean weren't the suits the main reason I came to Bangkok? I finally found one that seemed reasonable and their finished product looked first class. Louis's Tailors @ 172/1 Sukhumvit Road near Soi 7 was my choice. Their designer, Mr. Kenny, help me with the selection, although I pretty much knew what I wanted to get. After picking out the materials and negotiating the price, they measured me 8 ways to Sunday. They asked if I could come back for a fitting the next day. I told them I planned on leaving for Pattaya @ noon on Tuesday; they said how about 3:00pm? I figured that would work, I'd still be in Pattaya in plenty of time to hit the go-go bars early. The deal we made was for four suits, all Italian super 150s wool/cashmere and 8 shirts, 4 in silk and 4 in Egyptian cotton. The total price was $650. About half the price of one custom made suit with that fabric in the States. I was thrilled. I went back to the Omni feeling like a million bucks.
Told Nim the good news (yes I left her in the hotel room alone, but all of my valuables were in the safe, what's she gonna steal - my toothbrush?) and she seemed happy for me. She got out off bed, took a shower, and I put 2,000 baht under her purse again. She asked me what I wanted to do and I said up to you. She had told me that her mother worked in a massage parlor and would I like to get a massage. I thought I was hearing her wrong so I said sure, not knowing what to expect. She called her mother and made the arrangements. We grabbed a late breakfast downstairs, the first time I used the breakfast voucher and we went back upstairs and fooled around. We took a cab around 1:15 and got to her mother's work place after 2:00, the traffic was terrible as it usually is in Bangkok. We went upstairs in a private room for two and her mother's friend massaged Nim while her mother worked on me. I'll tell you, I'd have done her mother who was 33, but it was obvious that we were there strictly for a straight massage. The two hours went by fast and I went to pay the cashier. It was 360 baht total for 2 people for two hours - 180 baht a person! Unbelievable. I tipped each woman 500 baht - a lot considering but when you add up everything it came to 1,360 for 4 hours of massage or $31. One hour of massage in Manhattan is $60. So to me, there's no question I did the right thing.
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Traffic was terrible coming back and it was the first time that we had trouble getting a cab. Took about 20 minutes 'til we got one. Didn't get near the Omni until 7:00pm and I told Nim I wanted to have a nice dinner that evening, preferably seafood. We swung by Angel Witch, paid her bar fine and took Nit out again as well. All three of us went to Ratchada, a place known for seafood. We ordered plate after plate of seafood, whole fish, crab, gigantic prawns, more food than we could eat and the bill came to 1,200 baht, under $30 for 3 people. That meal would have easily cost $250 in New York.
On the way back, at Nim's instigation, we stopped at Soi Cowboy and The Long Gun. She wanted to see the show there, she had heard it was good and wanted to see for herself. No problem with me. We sat down, ordered drinks and watched the girls dance - the "show" was to start in about an hour. I had read about The Long Gun and had it on my list. The girls were hot. I saw 10 girls that I just had to have; I mean one right after the other. And there was this one girl with black hair right in front of us who just looked like a little firecracker; I mean I knew she would be a handful. But she was in street clothes and sitting next to a guy, plus I was with two girls already and I was leaving for Pattaya the next day. And since I really didn't know the scene, I didn't know if she worked there or what the deal was, but I found myself looking at her the whole time. Anyway I get distracted and the next thing I know she's gone. The show starts and it's ok, very short as compared to the Angel Witch show and not as sexy. But there was this one featured dancer who blew everyone away - this girl could move, hanging upside down, doing splits, the whole nine yards. At the end she flashes the audience with her crotch and you can she she's pierced down there - this girl is dangerous. Well she runs off stage and my girls are ready to go back to the hotel and work off some of that seafood. Got to the hotel around 11:30pm and Nit left us around 1:00am, but not before giving me my money's worth. By this time I was on a Viagra schedule of 25m @ 4:00pm and 25m @ 11:00pm and I was set. No adverse effects and I could get it up on command. One of the best things I did to get ready for this trip. Went to bed around 3:00am, happy and content.