First time in Phuket, day 1
Just touched down in Phuket a couple days ago for what will hopefully be a several-month long trip. After suffering through the visa application, the COE application, emailing hotels to arrange testing and inquire about girl-friendliness, a terrible layover, and getting my brain inspected by a covid swab, I'm happy to have finally made it.
My first day, I arrived in the afternoon, went through immigration, got my first covid test, and then took my pre-arranged ride to my hotel in Patong. Getting out of the airport was not too bad; it took me a little over an hour to go from landing to finding my driver. After checking in, the hotel asked me to stay in my room until the covid test result came back, so I ordered room service and took a nap. I ended up getting the call after around 5-6 hours or so. By the time I was free, it was around 10 pm, and I went out for a walk to see what was around. On my way out, the front desk was kind enough to remind me to buy anything I needed before 11 pm, as that was when all the convenience stores would close.
It's my first time here so I have no reference for comparison, but things seemed very quiet and dead. I walked down the large ratuthit songroipi road, and along the way the only stores open were a couple of massage parlors and a small restaurant or two with a couple of customers each. I turned onto Bangla, walked over to the beach, and checked out the side street with suzy wong's. Literally everything was closed, and the only activity was a few foreigners drinking near the beach, and taxi drivers hanging out smoking. There did not appear to be any freelancers at the gate area like I was hoping. I did see one attractive young Asian girl sitting around on the stairs, but my sense was telling me she was a little too pretty and western-styled to be in the business, and she didn't look up for more than a glance. I don't really have a conventional monger appearance though, and most of my experience is from mongering in the USA where anyone under 30 and remotely attractive must be assessed with extreme caution (slight exaggeration), so I might be mistaken. I'm kind of kicking myself for not at least saying Hi.
I walked back up ratuthit with the intention of trying out a massage parlor, but then I saw a slim girl in a short, tight, slightly unfashionable dress, with fake tits, around medium height, standing facing the street. Jackpot--even I can't miss these signs. I was a little apprehensive due to her height (not sure how to tell apart ladyboys yet) but decided to just go for it anyway. She looked at me and then looked away (I think she might have been about to go home, or I just really don't look like a monger enough). I figured it probably wasn't going to get any better so I approached her and said "Hi". I hadn't done much research and I readily agreed to 1500 for short time without really trying to bargain, which I'm seeing now was maybe on the higher-end but still within reasonable bounds. Her friend showed up immediately after we started speaking (weird timing) and drove us to her recommended short-time hotel. The room was 300.
I'm not much of a smut writer so I'll just say--assisted shower, BBJ, BBFS, CIP. She was very compliant, extremely tight (too tight--I'm not exactly known for my size, but I couldn't get all the way in and we didn't have lube) and did a bit of service but overall the energy was pretty low and not very flirtatious or enthusiastic. Much of this was my own fault for not speaking the language and being very tired, but either way it was not the sexiest vibe. Still miles better than the USA though, and I feel like I was becoming spoiled 10 minutes into my first short-time here. We left shortly after completion, exchanged lines, and she called me a motorcycle back to my hotel.
I'm planning to focus on civilian tourist activities over the next few days, with a bit of sneaking off here and there; however, at this point I'm not completely sure yet where to reliably search for and find attractive girls, especially for LT. I've seen a few foreigners walking around with very pretty young spinners, including in my hotel lobby (maybe one of you guys haha), so they must be out there and available somewhere. Not sure if the official freelancer spot is somewhere other than where I was looking, or if wandering around at 11 pm on a random weekday night was just the wrong timing. My plan is to try one of the walking-distance massage parlors, and then rent a scooter looking for other activity I guess. The girl mentioned that she worked in a bar, though I was under the impression that bars and especially girl-bars were closed. I suppose I'll have to look harder. I did sign up for Thaifriendly but the selection seemed poor without paying for the membership, and I didn't bother trying to message anyone, but I'll explore this option more if I can't find anyone live.
Anyways, I'm glad to have finally made it to the LOS. Hope everyone is enjoying their time here.
Getting to Bangkok from Phuket
So how terrible is the bus ride from Phuket to Bangkok? I'm concerned about getting into a long bus ride when I just have the sinopharm vaccination and I will have 2-3 suitcases because I'm moving to Thailand for at least a year (reports to come! I'm tempted to just do the quarantine in Bangkok, but Phuket sounds more fun.
Any thoughts / suggestions?