Unspeakable acts of sexual perversion! The kind of love that shrieks its name from the second floor of the Nana Plaza! Beware the temptations of Ladyboy Lust!

A retired Brit, living in SE Asia for 5 years, I penned this submission because I was struck by the remarkable similarity between the behavior of Thai bar girls and their “ordinary” (non sex worker, but equally poverty stricken) Philippino sisters.

"Girls? Liquor? Money? Sex? Drugs? Chopsticks? Buddhism? Camaraderie?" They ask, trying to figure out why you have chosen to live in Southeast Asia. Usually, they try the vice angle first. You must be here to partake in everything that would be seen as taboo at home.

If you spend even a little time in Thailand you will notice that a lot of men are adorned with tattoos, some may have only a single small tattoo, while others seem to be virtually covered in them.

A report on two nights exploring the gogo bars of Makati, Manila.

Your correspondent is given to understand that Asian Explorer Marco Polo was greeted at the court of Kublai Khan by courtiers laden with silk.

Yeah, I dated western women for a long time. What a bore! Fat pigs with their own agendas that only included me if I went along with what they wanted. Gimme, gimme, gimme.

This four-part series offers some ideas about how to use your Thai girl’s interest in the supernatural to get the most out of your relationship (or barfine) - Part 1, Palmistry.

Even though the vast majority of Thais are Buddhist, animistic beliefs are still a big part of daily life for a big portion of the Thais; especially (though not exclusively) the lower educated ones.

The second part in this series explains how to tell her fortune (and much more) with just an ordinary deck of cards.