Karon, Kata, Rawai update
It's time to provide a sad punting picture update for my beloved southern Phuket.
The prices have made a pretty dramatic jump over the last 3 months, for basically everything in Kata, Karon and Rawai.
I even noticed the same in Kamala.
The reason is that the high season peak of Christmas New year hasn't stopped, its continued to grow into late February.
It's driven by high volumes of cashed up semi-tourists, mainly long stay Russian conscript evading refugees.
They have moved out of Patong, and setup in the south, bringing big spending with them that wasn't hereabouts before.
And the working girls have clicked onto it, and upped their prices.
Of course, there are some lower prices still, ones I have known for a while, but anything new seems to hit this new floor.
Massage sex was 1000-1500 baht before, now 1500-2000 baht.
ST rates were 1000-1500 baht plus bar fine 300-600 baht, now 1500-2000 baht with some asking 2500-3000 baht, bar fines still same.
LT was 2000-3000 baht, now they are asking 3000-5000 baht, plus bar fines still.
So I am being very selective now with taking punts, and more often walking away with a no deal hands cross mid massage session.
Or when in need hitting up great service provider known "old faithfuls", who still recall and value how I helped them though covid.