November 19 2003
Does Thailand turn you into a sex freak?

Farang sex freak
When you see a half-dressed old codger mauling ladyboys on a public street, you have to wonder how his life came to this. More importantly, could those of us who stay here too long end up the same?
It crossed my mind that it would be quite amusing to put six naked Thai women on the kind of roundabout normally seen in a children's playground. In a sexy version of Russian roulette you could have your wicked way with one girl and then spin the roundabout when you fancied a change. To add bit of excitement, one of them could be ugly. In Thailand, you could easily find six willing girls. It's finding the roundabout that would be the challenge.
I used to be incredulous when stars like Michael Douglas confessed to a sex addiction. For most people, the chance would be a fine thing - but most people don't live in Thailand. Here, the opportunities for misbehaviour are mind-boggling. Everywhere you go, pretty girls hover like flies. Anyone with a few quid in his pocket can share the suffering of Hollywood's elite.
I don't know whether living out sex fantasies in real life is a good or a bad thing. The roundabout adventure would certainly be fun but you would have to consider its effect on your state of mind. You could begin to think that circus sex was normal. It might be the first step towards totally losing the plot.
When you live in Thailand, staying on the straight and narrow is tough. You get so used to hanging out with adventurous western guys and fun-loving Thai girls that your inhibitions start to fall away. With no one to point the accusing finger, the temptation is to push the boundaries a bit. Not everyone has the self-discipline to resist.
Recently, I heard about a guy who spent 20 years bumming around Thailand. Eventually, he flipped out so badly that he thought it was ok to send nude photos of his bar girl conquests to his 80 year-old mother. Now back in the States, the guy is a wreck and totally unemployable.
This guy's story may be extreme but I know plenty of fellas who change girls almost every night. They are not sex tourists on a two week shagging spree but ordinary guys living and working here. Even those who don't go crazy tend to try out new girlfriends as casually as they try out new restaurants and the married guys usually have a mistress tucked away somewhere. Farangs with a conventional love life are definitely in the minority. If you took a tough moral stand, you would soon be Billy No-Mates.
A glut of sexual opportunities is just one of the many temptations facing westerners living here. Throw in cheap whiskey, drugs and gambling and you have a smorgasbord of vice that would make Caligula blush. It's the Old Testament come to life and not everyone can handle it. You see the casualties everywhere - especially in Pattaya.
As night falls on the Pattaya promenade, you can see some of humanity's saddest specimens trying to bargain down the ugliest hookers. It's a compelling freak-show of grotesque couplings that you just have to watch. These guys need sex like crack-addicts need a fix. Could this be the fate that awaits us all?
Thailand is a country where any male fantasy can come true. If you want to cover yourself with Buddha amulets and shag ladyboys in the back of a tuk-tuk, then it's entirely up to you - but don't expect any sympathy when you hit rock bottom. Katherine Zeta-Jones might not be there to rescue you.
[Posted to Farang Life by David]
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