Long live the King

Around the Bangkok there are posters and pictures of the King nearly everywhere.  They range from relatively modest life-sized photos, to billboard-sized signs, to the truly enormous covering half of a skyscraper. 

       

The King’s picture is everywhere in Thailand because he embodies the spirit of Thailand for his people.  He is the unifying force; the power beyond politics; the one thing that all Thai people can look to and agree upon.

Modern Kings have had it tough for the past century and a half as the ideas of democracy and communism (both anathematic to monarchy) have taken hold so strongly around the world.

Undoubtedly, King Bumhibol of Thailand, the ninth King of the Chakri dynasty has been the most successful monarch of this century. 

Palaces of Pleasure in the Land of Smiles

 

I found this website today… lots of good information about P4P in Bangkok, especially massage shops and soapies. 

Click Here to see a well-put-together website with tons of good information.

Conflicted

In November I had sex with a G-Club girl at my home.  Let’s call her Mae.  She’s beautiful, she’s sexy, and she didn’t ask me for any money.  I didn’t write about it at the time, for privacy protection (hers & mine), but ever since I’ve been keen to get together with her again but haven’t managed it.

This afternoon, Noi called me to say that she wants to come to my house on Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. and spend the day with me.  Noi is sexy and fun, and doesn’ t ask me for cash.  She comes to my home on an irregular basis, when she wants to, and I am always thrilled to see her.

Tonight, while I was in the taxi on the way to listen to some blues music, Mae (from the G-club) called me.  She asked me to come to her Club tonight.  I told her that I was already on the way to the blues club, and invited her to join us.  She pointed out that she was working and couldn’t leave, but offered to come to my apartment when she got off work because of the holiday tomorrow.

Ad Here the 13th with the Dude

Tonight I went to Ad Here the 13th Blues club on Samsen Soi 2 in Banglampoo with my friend, the Dude. 

Getting there was a nightmare.  We hadn’t really thought about it, but the blues club is very close to Lang Suan and the Grand Palace area.  With the King’s birthday on Wednesday the whole area was decorated with beautiful yellow lights, and there were thousands of people on the streets.  The traffic getting there was unbelievable; it took us about 2 hours from Silom Road.

Ad Here is a tiny venue, with 5 tables and some seats at the bar.  It is packed every night, which means that it’s jammed packed with about 30 people.  Most of the men have some sort of chin-hair, and often very long hair or even dreadlocks.  It seems that about 1/3 of the crowd is always tourists.  The Dude and I looked conservative and out-of-place, and we were there with another 6 aquaintances, so we made up nearly 25% of the audience.

The band was the same one I’d seen at Tokyo Joes last month, and they were as good as before.  The band name escapes me… somebody and the dogs… something like that.  I’m sorry I can’t remember because these guys are very good.