Phuket Reports

[Mr Enternational]

I wouldn't mind going to Thailand if there are a lot of girls like her around. Too bad the HIV rate is like 40% or something. Kinda making me reconsider (and seeing that freak with the white face doesn't alleviate my worries haha. Maybe she's trying to cover something up.) What are your thoughts on that anyway?

Come on man 40% You would actually believe that out of every 10 people you pass walking on the street in Thailand 4 of them have HIV? From the site that Goyave posted:

Estimated total population. 2010 67, 089, 500.

Estimated number of people living with HIV, end 2009 530, 000.

530, 000/67, 089, 500=.007 or. 7% which would be 7 out of every 1000 instead of 400 out of every 1000 as you have erroneously posted.

[Goyave]

Why is the second one's face so white. Looks kinda like a clown if you ask me. Not attractive at all. Seriously what's up with that? :S.

The first girl is the only attractive one IMHO. I wouldn't mind going to Thailand if there are a lot of girls like her around. Too bad the HIV rate is like 40% or something. Kinda making me reconsider (and seeing that freak with the white face doesn't alleviate my worries haha. Maybe she's trying to cover something up.) What are your thoughts on that anyway?

Well, in Thailand, as already stated by Bionicman, the whiter your skin is, the better! A dark skin is not attractive for the locals (therefore, you would notice that many Thai young women avoid staying in the sun and often use skin whitening creams and other cosmetics in order to look "whiter"). It's a little bit like in the past in Europe when aristocrats were applying powder to their face to whiten it. During that period, the pale look was very desirable as it distinguished the wealthy from the common people who had a darker complexion. That's still what most Thai people think nowadays: you can not have a white skin if you are a poor peasant working several hours a day under the hard sun. Therefore, if your skin is fair, you are supposedly a more important person (richer, probably better educated, etc.) than people who have a darker complexion.

I must say that, as someone who lives daily in this country since year 2002, my own taste in local women is very different from what it was several years ago. I did not care much about the local girls' complexion then and even thought that dark-skinned women were more attractive and exotic. Don't be afraid if that's your preference, there is plenty of this kind (girls with a fair complexion are less numerous, especially on the P4P market) in the Land of Smiles. But, for me, they are not very attractive anymore (although a few among them still are, but that's rather exceptional nowadays): I guess that's because I have spent a long time here and what is rarer (a fair skin) is more attractive to my eyes than what is very common (dark skin).

Now, about HIV prevalence in Thailand, I don't know what are your sources, but that's not what is said for instance here: http://www.avert.org/thailand-aids-hiv.htm

Anyway, if you practice safe sex, you should not worry much.

[BionicMan]

Why is the second one's face so white. Looks kinda like a clown if you ask me. Not attractive at all. Seriously what's up with that? :S.?

Typical asian make up.

In the western world it is fashionabel girls do add a skin-darkening make up.

Exactly the other way in Asia.

Girls look for a white and pale skin.

[Salsadude]

Your "standard Isaan ho." is probably very different than what I can get in the local brothels in my area for 300 or 400 baht (for Farang customers, I know at least two brothels where Thai customers are still charged only 250 baht per shag there) on premises. Here are a few samples (and those are not the most beautiful ones that one can find there) :

http://www.internationalsexguide.inf...hmentid=125563

http://www.internationalsexguide.inf...hmentid=127408

http://www.internationalsexguide.inf...hmentid=107115

Why is the second one's face so white. Looks kinda like a clown if you ask me. Not attractive at all. Seriously what's up with that? :S.

The first girl is the only attractive one IMHO. I wouldn't mind going to Thailand if there are a lot of girls like her around. Too bad the HIV rate is like 40% or something. Kinda making me reconsider (and seeing that freak with the white face doesn't alleviate my worries haha. Maybe she's trying to cover something up.) What are your thoughts on that anyway?

[Pau Duro]

Can anyone recommend a dive shop in Phuket? I'm coming down from Pattaya a couple of days for the express purpose of diving (of course I'll do some mongering too) and would like to see some Discover Channel type of stuff.

I recomend you Eden Divers. They have a shop at Patong and as well at Khao Lak. Very nice people for day trips as well as for safari.

[Belmont]

I had already done that! Called and got Bodega Hotel.

Further research reveled Lawan sold with new owner new Hotel name.

You french pussies are something.

Ever heard of Google? I got this on the first try.

The Lawan Residence.

191/2-3 Rat-U-Thit.

Pa Tong. 83150, Thailand.

076-602191

[Blake1]

Any one have phone number for lawan residence?

This hotel changed its name, owner an "joiner" policy about a year ago.

Many other alternatives in the neighbourhood.

[ThaiLearner]

Hello, . I will be in Patong in March. What is the best way. I don't want to pay joiner fees. Do I will have to pay some to go in an appartement?

Or do I have to choose a hotel?

Thanks!

It really depends on how long you are staying there personally a hotel will be the best bet

[Gefone]

Hello, . I will be in Patong in March. What is the best way. I don't want to pay joiner fees. Do I will have to pay some to go in an appartement?

Or do I have to choose a hotel?

Thanks!

[ThaiLearner]

Any one have phone number for lawan residence?

I wonder if they are still open as there isn't a website anymore.

[NicFrenchy]

Any one have phone number for lawan residence?

Ever heard of Google? I got this on the first try.

The Lawan Residence.

191/2-3 Rat-U-Thit.

Pa Tong. 83150, Thailand.

076-602191

[Belmont]

Any one have phone number for lawan residence?

[Fistmaster]

One of my favorite beach close to Patong is Lem Sing, it a 30 min drive by tuktuk, check it out! It's worth it.

[Goyave]

Where are you in Isaan?

I could directly answer this question in a few words, but I won't do that for several reasons.

Firstly, I already stated where I live in at least one of my earlier posts (just use the advanced search function with the good keywords and you should find it). Moreover, it's not very difficult to guess where my favorite playgrounds are located by reading some reports of mine in the Isaan thread.

Secondly, but not least important, I would like that people do their "homework" (= reading and retrieving the relevant information in the Isaan thread) before going there. I don't say that you wouldn't do that, but some lazy punters might not, and would just rush to the local brothels in my area without knowing the ropes, and it's how the best places go downhill eventually. Misinformed customers are easy preys and often pay more than the regular prices. If there is an affluence of this kind of visitors, the inflated prices soon become the "standard" prices for foreigners, and I want to avoid that as much as possible. I don't visit anymore some of the most renowned places of my area because now, the price there for Farang customers is almost twice than what it used to be just two years ago, and that's absolutely not justified (comparing to similar, but lesser-known, places offering the same quality of providers in the same town).

Hope you don't mind and understand my position. Thanks.

[Evianist]

Where are you in Isaan?