Go-go bars gone as coronavirus hits Bangkok's sex district

[Pilotman]

Just now, Lacessit said:

I tend to focus on the body. No-one looks at the mantelpiece when they are stoking the fire.

yes, but the mantelpiece is where you park your beer while you are poking. It needs to be functional and mildly attractive.  

[Lacessit]

3 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

yes, but the mantelpiece is where you park your beer while you are poking. It needs to be functional and mildly attractive.  

I can remember one I barfined years ago, best described as pleasantly ugly. One of the most superb bodies I have ever seen on a woman, and she knew how to use it to boot. Late twenties.

Functionality facewise is not important to me, I am not into BJ's. Each to his own.

[Mulambana]

21 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Always stuns me how people can be afraid of Covid in the red light centers.

So much more to worry about.

Never had to worry about anything else. Of course I'm worried now. 

[johnray]

It's not as bad as their army / monk fight thing a few years ago.  That one looked terrible.

 

I think they will recover quickly.

[SupermarineS6B]

Here we go,   justification for closing down the very thing that brought millions of tourists to Thailand..... Seriously, it's like watching a bloke shooting himself in his feet one round after the other......    Utter madness....... 

[Lacessit]

14 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

How on Earth can a young girl enjoy having sex with a 60-year old Gunther, Lars, Bert, or Chip?

Perhaps it may not have occurred to you young girls could enjoy sex with 60 yo men because the men can be gentle, considerate and know how to pace themselves. Not wham-bam-thank you mam, common among young men.

 

 

[Magenta408]

Patpong went T-shirt and Japanese go-go a long time ago. The latter will not be very happy. 

[digger70]

"Bada Bing" "Bada Boom" Life's Good the Sex is Marvelous forget about the 1 Mtr apart we don't come from Longreach  Qld . ???? ????

[19DL86]

On 5/30/2020 at 10:48 AM, Neeranam said:

Because it's true.

You've obviously never worked in a Isarn drug and alcohol recovery centre. 

You must live in that world of denial, which so many sex addicts do.

How on Earth can a young girl enjoy having sex with a 60-year old Gunther, Lars, Bert, Abdul, Hiro, Bruce,

or Chip?

Fair play and respect to you fir giving your time to this.

However your area of work might skew the demographics, and your experiences aren't a direct correlation - as not all bar girl/protitutes are drug users.  Nor would it be a fair assumption to say that doing this work brought them to be "junkies".

 

I have engaged in activities with many and regularly who wouldn't touch drugs even when offered for free, many girls don't even smoke cigarettes.  So it's safe to say that those with whom you met and helped may well have become addicts in an situation had they the money to spare.  

 

Furthermore those Thai girls who I know who do do drugs many haven't worked in a bar, most get in it through their Thai boyfriends, especially up in Isaan.

 

Finally another feature of girls who move down from the countryside to work in bars, love the feeding, the fun the wide selection and choices of EVERYTHING.  These girls squander most of their money on absolutely anything, just shhht. Many also like to screw the plentiful young handsome Farang guys, there's shed loads of lads under 35-40.  These girls often don't want paying and still come back for more. Try Google "global penis sizes", that might help you to understand why there's a preference !!

[bodga]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

"A lot of ladies here working in nightlife are mostly from a poor family or upcountry," she said. "They have no chance to go work in a company."

That old excuse, Wife  came to Bangkok when 15 and started work in a  factory, lying on your back is so much the lazy option.

[Knocker33]

Yet another $hite headline from this lot. People just reading the headlines and not the  full articles as I do sometimes, could think there has been an outbreak in the go go bars

[Jiggo]

21 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Always stuns me how people can be afraid of Covid in the red light centers.

So much more to worry about.

Pity a few never worried about AIDs

[Miami007]

1 hour ago, SteveK said:

Getting back to normal will be a great thing, but I can't help but think that there will be a lot of very desperate people out there who haven't been able to earn anything like a decent wage for months now. So I would suggest people who go out to enjoy Thailand's nightlife might need to take a bit of extra care both when out and about, and when entertaining your new friend back at your hotel. A wallet with several thousand baht in it, that MacBook Pro or an expensive watch might be extremely tempting to someone in massive amounts of debt.

Very good point... probably a good idea to have the friends check their IDs with hotel security/ front desk. 

But in general, it is good policy to lock your wallet, laptop and watch in the safe, if you are meeting the girl for the first time (or on your last day in LOS as you don't have time to deal with any trouble)

 

[OneMoreFarang]

21 hours ago, Henryford said:

I won't be worried at all about my safety.

Maybe one of those BarBar girls will hit you.

[OneMoreFarang]

Do we really need a Reuters article in TV to tell the locals about the nightlife?

[Jiggo]

On 5/30/2020 at 10:48 AM, Neeranam said:

Because it's true.

You've obviously never worked in a Isarn drug and alcohol recovery centre. 

You must live in that world of denial, which so many sex addicts do.

How on Earth can a young girl enjoy having sex with a 60-year old Gunther, Lars, Bert, Abdul, Hiro, Bruce,

or Chip?

Suppose you would not know unless you are a not so young girl...

[hotchilli]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Nonetheless, Patpong's nightlife district employed thousands of people, mostly young women. Most are now among the 2 million Thais the state planning agency believes may be made unemployed this year because of the impact of the virus.

Thai sex industry on it's knees... who'd have thought !!

pun intended.

[Jane Dough]

I grew up in Thailand going to Patpong. 

 

I find it very interesting that in translating thousands of stories about Thailand for Thaivisa over the last four and a half years I don't think I have once written one about Patpong, either trouble there or otherwise. We have few stories from Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy too.

 

The Thai media seems to be obsessed with Pattaya though.

 

Rooster

[CorpusChristie]

6 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Thai sex industry on it's knees... who'd have thought !!

pun intended.

Would have been on the floor if a super spreader had gone to Nana Plaza and not the boxing ring

[Expat Tom]

Everything changes eventually. Sometimes for the better and sometimes not.

[Darksidedude]

patpong nana cowboy and the like died many many years ago, would not care if it gone forever i had my fun there when it was fun.

[bluesofa]

3 minutes ago, Jane Dough said:

I grew up in Thailand going to Patpong. 

 

I find it very interesting that in translating thousands of stories about Thailand for Thaivisa over the last four and a half years I don't think I have once written one about Patpong, either trouble there or otherwise. We have few stories from Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy too.

 

The Thai media seems to be obsessed with Pattaya though.

 

Rooster

The first time I came to Thailand was in 1990 for six weeks as part of my world backpacking tour. It became a stay here for almost a year, the rest of the world tour went out of the window.

 

I remember Patpong too, the GoGo bars seemed more relaxed then. Not so much hassle, but also more risqué.

My involvement at that time was writing letters for bar girls to their boyfriends, pledging their undying love and requesting money. That was well before the internet or mobile phones here. My payment - one beer per letter.

 

[Darksidedude]

21 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Always stuns me how people can be afraid of Covid in the red light centers.

So much more to worry about.

i disagree i never come across any other dangers being a monger in Thailand and never had any STD in the 20 years i was playing the field just a bit of red eye occasionally, its more dangerous getting about Sydney's King Cross than anywhere in Thailand, now you dont have to anything and you could die this CV is the worst thing thats ever happened in the world well in my time

[Jane Dough]

8 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

The first time I came to Thailand was in 1990 for six weeks as part of my world backpacking tour. It became a stay here for almost a year, the rest of the world tour went out of the window.

 

I remember Patpong too, the GoGo bars seemed more relaxed then. Not so much hassle, but also more risqué.

My involvement at that time was writing letters for bar girls to their boyfriends, pledging their undying love and requesting money. That was well before the internet or mobile phones here. My payment - one beer per letter.

 

I rarely wrote such letters though I did teach English briefly in a bar in Nana Plaza and for a considerable time to staff at the Nana Hotel. 

 

Rooster

[Logosone]

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The lockdown has meant the whole sex industry has collapsed. Online escort service Smooci said activity in Bangkok fell to 10 percent in April

 

Let me explain something, Jiraporn and Matthew, sex for sale has survived earthquakes, tsunamis, plagues, world wars and it will survive this miserable virus.

 

One owner of a go-go bar has not renewed his lease? Oh no it's the end of Thailand as we know it, lol.

 

What a nonsense.

[Darksidedude]

4 hours ago, GAZZPA said:

We can only hope it's true. Thailand needs to grow up if it wants to survive and drop the seedy image. If they are not going to embrace the sex trade and drive it then just get rid of it, clean the place up and plan for better quality tourists. it will take years to shake the image but this seems like a great opportunity to start reinventing itself. i know there will be plenty of posters attacking this view but get used to the fact that times are changing for Thailand. All in all I think it could be good news...If you are going to respond with nonsense about how heroic you are feeding the poor families up north by paying for these services don't bother, I have heard it all before.

isnt it a know fact that 10% of prostitution applies to services for foreigners all the rest is for Thais i sure i read that somewhere

[ScotBkk]

For years these women have been using my body as a sex toy which became apparent over the years of abuse. Trying to hide my shame became somewhat impossible, especially, when I took friends over on holiday to Thailand, to these Temples of desire establishments, and the Mamasans acknowledged me on first name terms. The time has come to put a stop to these places and I will only visit them three times a week now as I'm not getting any younger.....

[CorpusChristie]

2 minutes ago, Darksidedude said:

isnt it a know fact that 10% of prostitution applies to services for foreigners all the rest is for Thais i sure i read that somewhere

More like 2 % (I read in Lonely Planet in 1998)

[Krataiboy]

Be interesting to know how the decline of the flesh trade has impacted HIV-AIDS and the spread of other sexually-transmitted ailments.

[NCC1701A]

now i know why they have the "are you feeling low" banner at the top of the forum.

 

it truly is the apocalypse.