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Stickman's Weekly Column
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March 27th, 2016


The bar industry is more challenging than ever but one bar operator is striving not just to get customers but to offer an enticing product so that customers feel it's worth going out of their way for. The Strip in Patpong soi 2 is making up for the
debacle of recent months as it winds back the clock to capture the fun atmosphere the bar was once known for. The Strip has introduced a new version of the show that made the bar famous. Snake shows are back!



Over the years a number of Bangkok bars have featured shows that go beyond merely sexy. Some bars have become known for shows that are more exotic than erotic.


In Nana Plaza, G Spot's legendary shower shows were tasteful, sexy and sensual. For me, they are still the best shows I've seen because they actually made you want to barfine the ladies.


At the other end of the scale, the frog and fish shows in Hollywood Carousel were anything but sexy.


Many of the bars doing shows these days are stale. Think of the famous show bars and Angelwitch and Long Gun come to mind. I swear the shows performed in Long Gun go back to the '90s – maybe that's one reason the bar gets so few customers these days?



In late 2008, and early 2009, a sexy snake show was performed at the newest bar in Patpong soi 2, The Strip. In the bar that was previously known as Target, a Burmese python was brought in and one lady would perform a sexy routine with the snake draped around her. Now punters had a reason to visit the, until then, unknown Patpong bar – it was offering something not found in any other venue in any bar area.


The current management wanted to repeat the snake experience but the original snake girl was long gone. The first task at hand was to find a girl willing to do a dance with a snake. Amazingly, there was no shortage of takers.



A spread is put on for the girls before the snake arrives. It's a big night and the bar is keen to get the girls sweet and ensure everyone is happy and in a good mood.



The snake shows of old in The Strip featured a sexy girl in a bikini. The new management wanted to do something special. Costumes were sought for the girls. The whole idea was not to replicate the snake shows of old, but to create something new and make a statement to punters and the industry that, yes, some bars are willing to invest money and daring to be different.



At every part of the process The Strip sought something different, something to make them stand out from the crowd, something that would make it genuinely worth punters' while to go out of their way to visit the bar. Remember, we're talking Patpong here, far and away the quietest of the three major Bangkok bar areas. So when they discovered that an albino python was available, they made a booking. The striking looking beast is no ordinary snake!



This variety, the Burmese python, is common in Thailand, and albino snakes are hardly unique and not nearly as rare as say albino humans.



The unnamed snake – I like the name Randy – is 6 years old and weights around 10 kg. That makes it a fully grown adult. It can expect to live to around 20 or so.



But the snake was nervous at the thought of performing in front of a bunch of foreigners so its handlers brought its younger pal along to keep it company.



The girls of The Strip love the snake, almost like he is a favourite uncle. They all want to pat it and be around it.


When they go outside to pose for a photo with the beast around their neck it creates an instant scene with traffic coming to a stop on Patpong soi 2. Everyone stops at the sight of a giant albino snake draped around a tiny, pretty Thai lady. Even taxi drivers – many of whom are natives of rural Isaan, an area known for a variety of wild reptiles – stop to admire and snap a selfie of the exotic beast.



No cues are taken from the snake shows of old that were full of sexual innuendo with gesticulating, hip-thrusting and general sexual carry on.


Sex has been eschewed and the snake show at The Strip today is much classier, more in a cabaret style.



The little snake was as cute as could be and in many ways reminded me of a puppy, putting its nose in to everything, is very curious about everything going on around it and appeared to be, for want of a better word, playful!



Three snake handlers are on hand at all times to ensure that the snakes are looked after and the girls – and the punters – are safe. The snake handler is fully licensed and the snakes taken very good care of.


In fact the snake earns more than the girls. It costs The Strip A LOT of money to get the snake in for just a few hours. Figure a coyote girl's barfine, long-time fee and then some…



Off the top of my head, I guess there are around 150 or so gogo bars in Thailand these days (80 odd in Pattaya, perhaps 50 in Bangkok and another 20 or so around the country). With the profile of customers changing and many of the mainstream visitors who end up in the bars looking more for entertainment and a spectacle than a hot little number to barfine and take back to their hotel room, bars which do something different to set themselves apart from the crowd will give themselves a great chance to succeed. The new management at The Strip doesn't want to be just another Thailand gogo bar ; they want to stand out from the competition, and they know the best way to do that is to do stuff no other bars are doing and which cannot be easily replicated.



The snake show – tentatively called Snake Dancer – will take place each Friday. The first show takes place at 10 PM with another performance at 11:00 and the final show of the night at midnight.


The management team is looking at tweaking the choreography and lengthening the show. They're also looking at an Egyptian theme, a Chinese concubine, rock & roll and other themes – figure the same snake and ladies but different costumes and show. Basically, they don't want returning customers to say the same thing we have been saying about Long Gun and Angelwitch for years – that it's the same show at the same time and we're bored of it! At the same time, they don't want to promise too much right now and are concentrating on what they can deliver. Improvements will follow.



But single guys just want hot girls, cold beer and good music, right? What have snakes got to do with it? The industry is changing and every year mainstream visitors make up a bigger percentage of customers in the so-called naughty bars – and critically, some of these mainstream customers spend a lot. As such, the snake shows are, in my humble opinion, a step in the right direction in terms of a bar's business model. The Strip has snakes AND cold beer and plenty of hot girls.



Of course, if there is no snake show there's always something going on at The Strip and when the snake is not present you'll have to make do with the Nina & Noi Show – which like the snake show of old is absolutely full of sexual innuendo!



The snakes are as popular with the girls as they are with the punters which makes the snake show at The Strip a hit. Do drop by to The Strip in Patpong soi 2 and check the
snake show out for yourself. A bar which strives to be different by offering customers a unique experience is a bar that is worth going out of your way for.


Last week's photo was taken of the small alley between the original Villa Market on Sukhumvit, between sois 33 and 33/1
and the Subway branch opposite it.



FROM STICK'S INBOX (These are emails from readers and what is written here was not written by Stick.) Preference may be given to emails which refer to the previous week's column.



EMAIL OF THE WEEK – Eradication of the sickness .


Many Stickman readers have pointed out the demise of the industry and all things sanuk in Thailand. Among the contributing factors mentioned are changing demographics, new technology, alternative employment opportunities, etc. Readers
have differing opinions regarding the tipping point for when we knew the party was over. Regardless of our respective jumping off points, it is worth noting that there is one affliction among Westerners that seems to have waned over the years
and is a good indication of when the atmosphere changed. The contributing factors mentioned above have provided an immunization effect on this illness which clearly demarcates just when fantasy land lost its lustre. Consider “the sickness”
which Christopher G. Moore mentions in his novels. In summary, “the sickness” is when a man has an obsession with Thailand and / or a Thai bargirl to the extent
he has no control over the urge to repeatedly travel to Thailand or to see her, even when it makes no logical sense. It's all he thinks about. When not in Thailand he obsesses and plans his next trip. Many visitors in the past would often
start planning their return at the airport when boarding their flight back to Farangland. Years ago, and well before “the sickness” was even coined, Stick wrote about this affliction on many occasions. There was a man so obsessed
with Thailand and Thai girls that he would travel from his job in Los Angeles to Bangkok just for a long weekend! Another considered selling his passport for extra money to stay in Thailand. There was even one bloke who farmed in Isaan just to
stay in the country. The stories used to go on ad infinitum and while many of us may have scoffed at these men, we understood their predicament very well. Many of us had a friend who caught “the sickness” or perhaps we were even
infected ourselves at one time. Fast forward to 2016 and how many friends or acquaintances do we know who now suffer from “the sickness”? It is a rare occurrence, if ever, in the last several years that we hear about this affliction.
The immunization has been remarkably effective and “the sickness” has been sadly eradicated along with the memory of sanuk . But what a great memory!


You mentioned the smell of Patpong in your weekly. There is another repugnant smell that lately has been catching my attention in Bangkok which I smell in many places. When walking in to many establishments, notably massage and soapies, but it can be anywhere, even in nice places. I smelled it in a JW Marriott room. I smell it on towels, in bathrooms, on bed linen and I've even noticed it on lovelies' breath. It can often be encountered on clean dishes, cups and drinking glasses. Also, it is in the watered down Listerine one is obliged to imbibe. Klongs have it and certainly the odiferous sewers can assail one's senses with it, although that is usually mixed with other pungent fragrances as well. I refuse to drink Bangkok tap water because there is that same damn smell. I guess it must just be the local specific mildew microbe that is so prevalent here. Last week even the little lady de joir's private (commercially available, however) freshly washed bits emanated of that Bangkok smell, and we're not talking jasmine and incense here!


I think many men lie to themselves about the nature of their relationship with their Thai lady. A woman I have known for awhile who is clever in a good way, and a great companion, made me this offer knowing that I would prefer a regular girlfriend to a paid consort. Knowing how much I pay for a hotel room, she offered to let me live with her and receive the full girlfriend treatment if I paid her the same rent as I was paying the hotel. She also said that if I preferred, I could stay with her for free and pay for the girlfriend treatment, but that would be prostitution. The amount was exactly the same. I believe that some men convince themselves that they aren't paying for services rendered by just paying for everything else.


I have been to Thermae an amazing 4 times in 15 years. 2003/4 – it disgusted me, both girls and clients. I went 6 months ago as a friend needed a wingman. We went last night and we were amazed! 100+ girls and 30-50 men. Of the girls, I would rate 15 as outstanding, 15 more as very good, and 40 or more as good as anything at Nana Plaza. There was one girl we chatted up from Chiang Rai, so beautiful I was very tempted – and I get regular sex and do not buy hookers, yet I was very tempted. Her English was outstanding. I felt like asking "What the F are you doing working here?" She never goes with farang, only Asian. We were there from 11:30 PM – 2 AM. 100 baht beers, lots to watch and they played Eagles greatest hits and then repeated it, so 1.4 hours of decent music at decent volume, and no smoking inside. I would go there just to drink and observe. I wonder how many nights I could do it before I break down?


I am in Pattaya now and I have to say that this place feels different from just last year. I walked by many beer bars and either they are almost empty, closed, or have nothing that could possibly interest most guys.


Thailand: where girls-who-are-girls like girls-who-are-boys better than boys-who-are-boys. Where everyone (especially boys-who-are-girls) pretends to like foreigners, but only to get money to give to their landlord, girlfriend, boyfriend, or family. The foreigners don't care – anything is better than being back home, where women expect men to be men who treat women like women, except when they want to be treated like men. Clear?


Thanks for the update this week on the development in Washington Square. Given the reputation the Square had to the end for Korean and Vietnam war veterans and CIA spooks, recreating a 'Lost World' environment is rather appropriate. It is a radical idea for farang minds like mine but ghosts, monsters and dragons are Asian symbols that resonate with billions of people. Dinosaurs will capture imaginations of young and old! I look forward to visiting.




Could Patpong, Bangkok's oldest, most infamous and most historic foreigner bar area, be under threat?




2 more bar operators in the area plus one old Asia hand can be added to the list of those confirming leases in the Patpong area are only being extended for a year, suggesting the land owners are, at the very least, considering things . Could the end of Bangkok's oldest and most infamous bar area be a possibility? Nothing concrete has been leaked – the Patpong group runs a tight ship so there's no surprise there. The land on which Patpong sits is prime real estate, the value of which I can only speculate. A billion US dollars? More, perhaps? There's a decent argument that Patpong is a throwback to the Bangkok of old and it could be developed in ways which produce a much greater return. The area is full of history with some venues operating continuously for 50 years. If the end really could be coming, a lot of memories will go with it. Who knows what's going on, but leases limited to 12 months sure has chins wagging.


All of this makes the mooted Patpong Historical Museum which is at concept stage seem rather apt. It's only in the very early stages of planning at present with one bar owner who is passionate about the Patpong area in talks with various people.
The dancer from The Strip who suffered serious wounds after being stabbed in the bar multiple times by another dancer has made a great recovery and is back dancing, sporting a number of grisly scars. The longest scar runs the length of her left thigh and has been covered with a large, multi-coloured tattoo, with multiple scars over her legs and abdomen.
Rumours persist that Crazy House on Sukhumvit soi 23 will take over the rest of the building between it and the entrance to Soi Cowboy. The latest rumour is that this will happen before the end of the year. This rumour has been doing the rounds for a couple of years. The latest version has it that the ground floor will be another gogo bar (I would have thought it would be best simply to expand Crazy House given how busy it is) and upstairs is to be a pool bar.


Billboard, on Nana Plaza's top floor, is doing well. With more girls than it has had since its inception, the Jacuzzi is again full of small-bodied, large-breasted dancers which for many is the main draw. At the other end of the bar is the carousel on which the girls gyrate next to a pole as the carousel spins around. Billboard's DJ revels in playing with the carousel's speed control, increasing speed so that it rotates at a speed that causes some girls to get dizzy. A Tequila or two too many and customers sitting right next to carousel be in danger of being vomited on. Billboard expects another 25 girls to start early April so if you haven't visited recently, do drop by.


On the ground floor of Nana Plaza, it's the complete opposite in Bangkok Bunnies which is losing girls. Bunnies was acquired by the owner of Bacarra but don't take that to mean it's doing well. There has been a mass exodus of staff and customers are turning their back on the bar. It can't help that lady drinks now run 200 baht. I'd expect things will improve in Bunnies before long, but for the time being reports aren't encouraging.


200 baht for a lady drink? What's happening? Part of the appeal of Bangkok was that things were supposed to be cheap! You can get a decent Thai meal in Bangkok for 200 baht or take a 25 km taxi ride – so why oh why would you pay that for a girl who very well might sneer at you and walk away before you've had a chance to learn her name?!



Angelwitch in Pattaya turns 10 years old and there will be a party this coming Wednesday, March 30th. To celebrate, there will be giveaways – free shots, food and fun. A host of new shows will be performed for the first time too. 10 years of the best shows in Pattaya and Angelwitch is still going strong.


Dollhouse in Pattaya is extending its draft beer promotion until the end of April. Draft will set you back just 45 baht, all night, every night until the end of next month.


Faline at Pure Bangkok Escorts is getting great reviews. If you're looking for a fun escort who speaks good English and is very much in the style your average white guy in Thailand likes – dark skin and busty – do check Faline out .


Speaking of popular girls, Taitle is back at Club Electric Blue and is now dancing as #55. Taitle was girl of the week some 3 years ago and is one of the
best dancers you will see on a Bangkok gogo bar stage. She disappeared from Club Electric Blue long before I left Bangkok but has returned.


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