by suwon fish » Wed Nov 10, 2010 1:05 am
I've been robbed while sleeping a couple of times, but never awake. I take an Old Testament view to people who want to rob me ^^
That said, I had a funny (not at the time) incident in Pattaya some years ago...
My hotel was on Beach road, maybe a K from Walking street. Early one evening I wandered down Beach road on my way to Walking street for some, err, well, you know...
I was in a beautific mood, toting a cold one and a shit kickers grin. On my way I was drawn into a brief conversation with a charismatic ladyboy. No worries, we shared a joke, I wished the dude good luck etc. and off I went forgetting all about the encounter.
0500 saw me staggering home along Beach road back to my hotel. The lad in a dress was still there with a bunch of his friends. These dudes had obviously come down from their Yaba high and were twitchy and desparate. He recognised me and said that I had promised to bang him for Baht 1,000. I smiled and pointed out his error, noticing that I was the only Farang (white) fucker on Beach road at that time of day.
The dude becomes more and more insistent that I should pay him 300 Baht for a quickie and grabs me in a weird way (a grip I later saw in Cambodia), as his buddies started to encircle me. While trying to diplomatically extracate myself from this, as if by magic the group of 3/4 ladyboys became a group of about 20 or 30 in well under a minute. These dudes really looked like a zombie hoard, that is the effect of coming down from Yaba and poorly applied make up to a stubbly chin!
I had concluded I had to fight my way out of this, also knowing it was a losing proposition. Damn, the kicking of a lifetime from a bunch of boys in dresses :(
As I am preparing to move, a miracle happened! A tuk tuk speed right into the ring of LBs, and the tuk tuk cheerfully asks me if I need a ride. Fuck yes! I jumped in and we sped back to the hotel, my ass litereally saved!
And yes, he did get a good tip.
A day should not be praised until the Sun has set, a woman until she is burned, a sword until it's tested, ice until it's crossed or beer until it's drunk - Viking proverb