Tarts or temples? What brings you to Thailand?

Hugh Hefner says:

I never authorized you to release my photo with those two tarts. I'm calling my lawyer.

Stromasher says:

Looks a bit like Alan Alda after another hard shift at the M.A.S.H. A&E...but they gotta be snide Raybans hes on.

Telemachus says:

I came across this website
www.bangkok.com yeah kinda obvious but haven't seen it before. Informative really lays out the scene. Lacks the brutal honesty and sardonic wit of Mangosauce though.

CanadianBacon says:

After looking round his abode and think bout the doledrums his feelin in farang land, CB sits up and with a mischevious smile thinking "I wanna be that guy !!!" sniff sniff

Conan says:

Why is he only asking Tourists - they have rose coloured (or more likely Chang coloured) glasses on. Just look at the short term freaks leaving Nana at 2am or on Walking street.

What about us long term tourists (because none of us live here) - after all we really know what this place is like.

Charles Edward Frith says:

Part of my job is market research and I can tell you that Dr. Howard has written a questionnaire that would never see the light of day from a Thai Bureaucrat.

Trapped in a perpetual state of denial and an indifference to things like veracity and truth, the normal questions about how friendly looking the elephants are and how good it is that the spas are cheaper in Thailand than Malibu. Answers as follows:

a) Very very very good
b) Very very good
c) Very good

You get my drift. Not quite the Likert scale that professionals advocate.

Truth? God forbid that truth and transparency gain currency in the land of smiles.

I'm giving my yim yor smile this time.

http://www.into-asia.com/thailand/culture/
smile.php

Landmark Larry says:

There's a misconception that a single male goes to Thailand only for the sex, and is always labelled a sex tourist.

If it was purely for sex, why fly 6000 miles and spend $3000 when you could get sorted out in your own country with a hooker for $40?

It's the whole package. The climate, the atmosphere, the food (for some), and the knowledge that if you want some female attention you can get it. It's tittilating, even if you don't actually do anything.

Is a 20 year old British girl who goes to Spain with her mates primarily to get drunk and get fucked also a sex tourist?

Dana says:

This academic (of course) online survey and questionaire stuff is a ricocheting bullet that will just not come to rest. I think it is all silly and of no consequence.

Of what consequence could any of the answers to any of the questions have? Don't tell me it is knowledge for knowledge's sake. That old chestnut is just not relevant 100% of the time. I know why I spend time in the Kingdom. It does not relate to any one else and no one else's motivations relate to me. With no human interfacing the knowledge is uselss. I think this is just academic voyeurism and silly man talk.

Wombat says:

Landmark Larry

Are these $40 hookers attractive & if so where do you live?

As for 20 year old girls holidaying in Spain of course they are not sex tourists. They are on a romantic holiday.

Prufrock says:

Why YES Wombat: And of course, Pattaya sex dwarf Dana (and his countless alternate sillyman identities are ALSO on a romantic holiday (when they're not hawking cheap condos in susburban Boston)
It's virtual Love Boat cruise with Capt. John "T. Bone" Steubing currently killing time in the brig :-)

meister says:

The Tarts, the food, the interesting characters, the culture, the people, the temples, my friends, the skytrain, the shopping, the laughs, the tears, discos in Pattaya with a fun go-go girl, the kids who play with you like you're a pet monkey, taxi divers sleeping at traffic lights, looking at men who your 100% heterosexual self finds so sexy, jacuzzi sessions manage-a-toi, the amazing beaches, those are the reasons why I love Thailand.

Landmark Larry, you want to come to Whitehall, London and see the hookers here, then you'll understand why I come to Thailand.

Echobeach88 says:

Not to mention good cheap dental and the hospital stuff which makes the usual horrenous western country hospital visits seem like an scene from the film 'Hostel'

I agree its the whole package and if you mix n' match, not just stick to the night time antics, Thailand is really rather special. Mind you, the night time antics are also rather special as well :-)

hentaigaijin says:

it's exotic. the people are friendly. but take away those stunningly beautiful girly-girls whose legs spread faster than utterly-butterly and the whole thing would start to wear pretty thin, pretty quickly.

ozricdan says:

an aircraft..........!

randy a says:

i have seen the temples . they are magnificient . the restaurants terrific . the massages the genuine ones terrific, the girls you fuk with fab. take two at a time . they aim to please you . they don't hurry you . take your time . go to the strip bars watch live shows and tip the girls $5 at a time . they are grateful . they will try to make you come right there in a way you like . anything goes. but the people are pleasant and friendly. it is the whole package . there is no comparison