Why are so many tourists flock to places like Phuket or Pattaya? Is it the sun, is it the beach, is it -- wow, I heard adult single males utter this -- truly #only# for the Thai food?!Truth be told, Thai food is delicious, but would you spend a cool EUR 1,000 on a flight ticket, to eat the same Fried Rice you can have in the Thai restaurant at your corner back home?
The real reason, why many, many tourists come here, are the Thai girls.
This does not necessarily mean, they are sex tourists, or perverts of some sort. This might not even mean that they actually take a girl home to their hotel room.Many men I have met are quite happy to have a nice evening in a bar, a few drinks, a few rounds of pool, and simply somebody nice to chat with. Just hearing a few kind words where life's reality might be a little bit harsher has healed many a scarred soul.
This is it, what many tourists here describe as the 'Thai girlfriend experience': somebody who will take the time to take care, say a few sweet words, all but unheard of things in many families in the west. Not always, there is a need for nudity in there.
Obviously 'kindness' goes both ways, so it is true that money will change hands; it is a service after all and not every utterance is an oath of love.
But maybe both sides to the game are happy with what they get: the tourists fly back to their work, wifes and life, just a little bit happier, while the Thai girls staying here have their own lives to life, and families to feed.
As long as everybody knows that this is the game, there might be not many better experiences than this one...
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