no sex between 23:00 and 06:00
I took the trouble to sit and observe one of the round-ups the other night. There were a great many police on motorbikes going both ways on the beach promenade, as well as going the 'legal' way on the actual beach road, accompanied by police trucks and paddy wagons. These were almost all 'real' police - the brown shirted thugs rather than the black shirted thugs.
During this particular sweep they caught very few girls as there were almost none on the beach - it was about 1:00 AM and had apparently been preceeded by many sweeps earlier in the evening. Girls I talked to and other locations reported that the sweeps began somewhere between 10:00 and 11:00, and continued till dawn.
These same girls reported that they had been forced to pay at times the 'legal' amount - which is just 100 baht - while at other times they had been required to pay 500 or 1,000. They did not understand why the amounts differed. Other girls reported that the police simply took whatever they had on them and kicked them loose without taking them to the station. All the girls seemed very fearful and shaken, and said that a few months in jail was a very real possibility for them.
After observing these dismaying events I repaired to Walking Street to see if anything had materialized there, but as usual there were no freelancers there, other than ladyboys.
Guess I should ask 1 more time...
Anyone travelling alone and up for a round or two, or a tour of the bars?
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Greetings,
I appreciate your interest in advising other members of your impending travel plans, but this section of the Forum has a separate thread titled [b]TRAVEL PLANS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS[/b] specifically for posting these sort of personal announcements so that they don't clutter up the General Discussion threads.
You might also consider using the Forum's Private Message system for exchanging personal travel plans with other Forum Members.
On behalf of your fellow Forum Members, [i]Thank You![/i]
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