Why a Booktrail?
2000s: A warning to anyone thinking of going to Thailand and picking up a certain kind of woman in a certain kind of club.
Private Dancer
What you need to know before your trail
It starts as a bit of light hearted joke – this man Peter walks into a go-go bar……and thinks he’s met the love of his life.But these kind of clubs are not your usual meeting place which often lead to long and fulfilling relationships.
This is all a game to many who go there – the men who select their the perfect girl on their arm and the girls who select their rich men.
But who is playing who here? And is Joy all that she seems? As you enter the world if prostitution, sex and drugs, then nothing is as it would first appear.
Travel Guide
The Year of the Rat – 1996 – quite apt when you’ve read the book.
We all have some kind of perception as to the Thailand that tries to stay hidden – that of the go go dancers and ladyboys. Many western men travel over here every year in search of sex and fun. Thai women often seek western men as their passport out of a life trapped in poverty.
Whatever the whys and wherefores, its a sorry state of affairs to see the games people play.Interesting that Pete is a writer who has only gone there since the last writer got rather ‘ too involved’ with the place. In that sense, this should and could act as warning guide.
The notorious Nana Plaza is the largest legally endorsed prostitution area in Bangkok and where Joy is working when Pete meets her. The cultural viewpoints of the game the two of them are playing is interesting. First person allows you to sit inside their heads and not judge but only see what they do.
A depressing look at the seedier side of life in Bangkok
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