Category Archives: Drinking

Barless Day # 2 in Pattaya

February 21, 2008 – 10:39 pm

Yesterday Pattaya bars were closed at 6pm in accordance with Thai tradition for Maka Bucha Day. The punters huddled in darkened corners of their rooms with clandestine bottles of booze, praying for the dawn to bring relief from the ban of alcohol sales. Surprise. Tomorrow is Election Day for the Thai Senate. Bars close today […]

By Peter | Comments (0)

Tornado A Go Go RIP

February 14, 2008 – 4:27 am

A ladyboy a go go sounds like a good idea. Ladyboys are wild. They like to strut like Vogue models. Ka-toeys will do almost anything. Long legs. long hair. Skinny bodies. The right linghting and you’re lost in a haze Tv hell. Location is key. Soi 6 seem the perfect street for such an enterprise and Tornado […]

By Peter | Also posted in Sex | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Decimation of the ranks – Pattaya

January 6, 2008 – 11:44 pm

Decimation is a misunderstood word. Most people think it means a 90% elimination, whereas its actual definition comes from the Roman Legion punishment for mutiny. One in ten men were chosen from the ranks for execution and decimation is what is happening to the ranks of go-go and bar girls this high season. The Winchester Arms has been enjoying a […]

By Peter | Comments (0)

Isaan Beer – Cheap and Local for NE Thailand

November 13, 2007 – 11:57 pm

After my drinking partner, Nick, returned to the Land of the Teabags aka the UK, my bar visits shrunk from a daily occurence to once a week. Not much fun drinking on your own, since AA deems solitary drinking as a sure indication of having crossed the line from drunk to alcoholic. I might qualify for several other […]

By Peter | Comments (0)

First Beer of the Day 2:32pm

October 30, 2007 – 3:41 am

The Thai word for humid is choom or cheun. In French it’s lourde or heavy. Either way the days in Pattaya have exorcised a sweaty demon from my flesh. This loss of water weight has my neighbors and mia noi remarking that I look a little thinner. Down to 85 kilos and a BMI of […]

By Peter | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)