Adventurous Kate contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I will earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Why do you think it is like that? Second, ladyboys. Xavier and I had met on the bus from Bangkok and discovered one of those amazing friendships that you can only have while traveling β within three hours, we had poured our hearts out and told each other our life stories!
He was from Paris and spending a month in Thailand. Like me, he was at a major point of transition in his life and came to Thailand to heal before making some big life changes. And β because so many of you have already asked β no, it was not romantic whatsoever! We were just buds, and that was perfect. This bar was in an area east of the old city, where young Thai women pair off with older Western men. You see this throughout Thailand and quite a bit in Chiang Mai, and it can be difficult to take.
For those seeking long-term relationships, I can understand completely. They want someone young, pretty, and submissive. The women want financial security and an easier life. But seeing it first-hand creeps me out nonetheless. T was playing pool with a Thai girl, and Xavier and I joined in. After watching the interactions throughout the bar, I think I learned quite a bit:.
T was a good-looking year-old guy. In fact, his girl was a few years older than him. Maybe he just wanted an easy hookup. At one point, another Thai girl joined us, I assume to put the moves on Xavier.
Which I found strange. Then I realized that I was the only Western woman in the bar and probably had no idea how things worked here. After endless rounds of pool, we decided to move elsewhere. We piled onto two motorbikes β Xavier and T on one, me and the girls on the other β and zoomed through the streets of Chiang Mai, our long hair whipping each other in the face, giggling like crazy.
