Tag Archives: Pattaya

MELLOW YELLOW

Throughout the 00s I lived on Moo 9 on Soi BongKot in Pattaya. My house backed onto what I called nature reserve. The Thais said it was a ‘chaai laehn’ or swamp. Their definition was justified by the hordes of mosquitoes haunting the dusk, but the various birds thrived on the nightly swarms. Few farangs […]

NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL by Peter Nolan Smith

WRITTEN 2011 Outside the Pattaya Tai Big C Shopping Center there was a skateboard club. Some Thai kids tested out tricks on rails and ramps. Some were good. I tried a few moves to be surprised by an unintentional wheelie by putting too much weight on my back foot. The Thai kids applauded my move […]

BLISSFUL IGNORANCE by Peter Nolan Smith

Throughout history the husband has been the last to know and this truth holds true to course in Pattaya, the Last Babylon. Most farang men come for sex and it doesn’t take long for them to fall in love with a bargirl or go-go dancer. These novices tell their friends that their girls is different […]

Golden Smile

Fabo got fucked up in his motorsai accident. He’s lucky to be alive. A dentist replaced his lost smile. His teeth are all gold. In the afternoon he faces the west and his smile lights the soi of the Welcom Inn, where the the girls call him ‘yim thong’ or Gold Smile. They know their […]

GAAN-LOR by Peter Nolan Smith

Four years ago my ex-wife came back from the country. Her entire family was with her. She checked my phone without finding any strange numbers on my phone, since I had deleted all the messages from Mint. She were ‘friends’ and Mint wouldn’t call until my ex-wife returned to Ban-Nok.