No, I Don't Want To High-Five You, Go For A Drink With You, Or Get On The Back Of Your Bike

There is something about Pattaya that turns all males here into lecherous old men. I expect it has something to do with the fact that, walking down many of the sois here, men will be wolf-whistled at, cajoled into entering bars with the calls of 'herro sexy man' and even physically get pulled into them by a bevvy of scantily dressed Thai women. They get used to being wanted, and seem to forget that it's only their money these women want and therefore sleazing on a normal girl walking down the road won't result in them running up and jumping in their arms.

It's this 'money for honey' philosophy that pervades Pattaya which draws, to be blunt, the ugly, the boring, and the social outcasts to this city. Pattaya is perfect for the type of man that no girl would look twice at in their home country. Here, they have their pick of beautiful Thai women, even if they do have to pay for them. Go-go girls are experts at making even the ugliest men feel like Adonis’. Many of the male tourists here don't just pay for sex - when they hand their money over they are paying to feel good about themselves. The girls will hold their hand, hug them, tell them they're handsome, funny, intelligent. That's all fine, as long as these men remember that they can't just approach any woman and expect them to fall at their feet or, as most often happens, expect them to jump on the back of their mopeds.