A Week Of Wandering In The Sexual Paradise Of Pattaya

Dancer in a bar in Pattaya.

A European man in his 70s wearing a brown hat and snakeskin shirt, traveling with a Thai woman in her 30s, apparently his wife, started a conversation with Luke Williams, a reporter for Australia’s News newspaper on the trip.

`Hello, I’m Dutch!`

`Yes, hello. I’m Australian,` he replied.

There are 27,000 sex workers in Pattaya.

In the city center, luxury white apartments, teeth whitening shops, and skin whitening billboards stand close together.

`Do you want a massage?`

Luke walks into a bar called Kangaroo Korner.

`I like Thai women,` he said.

“Are they only interested in money?”

`I know they like money, I don’t plan on having a relationship with them,` he rolled his eyes, looking at Luke.

Find a wife

Luke goes to the beach area in Pattaya.

He said he had just gotten engaged to a 23-year-old Thai girl he had just met 10 days ago.

`Thai women are very gentle. They know how to cook, clean, and take care of their husbands and children. I like that kind of life. I know that my wife and children will hate me, and even my friends will think I’m an asshole.

A week of wandering in the sexual paradise of Pattaya

A Western man dealing with a prostitute in Pattaya.

Tuesday night, around 11pm, Luke entered the famous `Windmill` bar.

White men sat around the stage, laughing, clinking glasses, and poking the girls with sticks.

`Sure. Western men come here for countless reasons. If they meet a girl who is jealous, or she herself is affiliated with a certain gang, or she wants to kill a robber

Ask for money

On the night of the fourth day, Luke’s search to interview several more Australian men was interrupted by a prostitute whom Luke believed had been trained to ask for money.

A quarter of the girl’s face was purple from hematoma.

Luke suggested she call the police, but the girl just shook her head and looked away, crying harder.

A transgender person waits for customers on the street.

At 10 p.m. on Thursday, Luke arrived at Boyz Town, an area specializing in male prostitution.

They offered Lord cigarettes to Buddha or a few cups of Vodka, praying that this night would be lucky.

Sitting in front of the bar, a 73-year-old single Brisbane man explained to Luke that he was attracted to male prostitutes because they only had sex with their hands.

`Aren’t you afraid they’ll get excited and harass you?`

`They have what I want, I have what they want – money. It’s that simple. This is just a transaction,` he said, emphasizing that for people like him, Thailand is a better place than Australia because

Empty pockets

On Friday in Pattaya, Luke felt sad, lonely and disappointed.

A 22-year-old guy with smooth skin, braces, six-pack abs and who speaks English very well approached Luke to get to know Luke.

When he finished, he turned to Luke and asked, `Can you give me the money now?`

Luke gave him $12 and said he only had that much in his pocket, because he didn’t expect him to be a prostitute.

`This is Pattaya, what did you expect?`

On the last day in Pattaya, Luke was almost empty-pocketed.

Local authorities said there are many homeless Western men in Pattaya who have had to turn to charity organizations for help, after going bankrupt due to heartbreak.