Miguel's Bachelor Party - Day 8 - Phuket

Our time in Bangkok has come to a close and after so much effort running around in Hong Kong, Macau, and Bangkok, we were awarded with a trip to Phuket. The beach was inviting, but the breeze that lightly passes under the umbrella as you shift between napping and reading had more power of persuasion with me. Afterall, I've been living on the beach for the past four months in Samara, Costa Rica. How could I not relish the lateral luxury at my fingertips? What a blessing.

If you had a chance to read our last night in Bangkok, you now have a good feeling of what Soi Cowboy is about. How the small street has to placate to the types of entertainment needs that requires being reined in by down-at-the-heel areas of a city. Magnify that alleyway and you now have a city called, Phuket. However, in Phuket, adult entertainment is front and center of the city.

Bobby may have been coming alive in the night time, every night of the trip thus far, but he just met his match. This city sleeps during the day to catch a breath from the night's activities. Your mental preparedness is not ready for the likes of dozens of club promoters vying for your lucratively lined pockets. They entice you with shows of glamour as they humbly and affectionately call, the Ping Pong show.

Little did I know that the Ping Pong show is a sliver of your imagination. The Ping Pong show is a color wheel that is spun in front of you, making sure that your attention is not distracted due to boredom. Who wants to see a Ping Pong show for 20 minutes, when you can see 20 different things every 5 to 10 minutes.

The beers are normally priced as they would be in the States to supplement the entertainment that literally unfolds in front of your eyes. You contemplate with great curiosity the physical capabilities of these women as they perform their routines to either shock or awe. The muses spend their time performing dance routines that play with your imagination and provoke your curiosity, while the lesser of swans are corralled into the type of entertainment that strips away your curiosity for imagination.

Appalled?  Is it so wrong that two guys are touching another man's breasts? You be the judge.

One may see the full spectrum in Phuket, whether they enjoy it or not. It's a day in the life of this city and those that keep its livelihood afloat.

Full Album of Phuket