The Original Transsexual Cabaret - Tiffany’s Show

December 24, 2007 at 8:53 pm · Filed under Culture, Pattaya, Thailand

Even cheapskates like us couldn’t afford to pass the opportunity to see the world famous Tiffany’s Show! This is the show that in the 70s started this whole trend of transsexual cabaret shows. Today they have a full blown theatrical production with 100+ performers performing in a state-of-the-art auditorium.

The ticket booth and building facade is unremarkable, if not incredibly tacky.

But once the show starts, you realise the incredible amount of effort they put in to try and make this a “world class” production. Moreover once we saw the transsexuals, I can hear Julius reeling from denial, “Can’t be, can’t be. She’s definitely a girl.”

No cameras permitted but he managed to snag a couple of good shots …

… but you have to mind the choice of subject though …

After the show is the well known routine of photographing with the trannies. My father mentioned it used to be free but if I recall correctly, they’re charging 1000 Baht per individual photo session now.

It also explains why the following photos are blurry, long range and framed with other people’s head and armpits.

As you can see, some of them are really jaw-droppingly beautiful. Even Marianne is reeling from denial after surveying them from head to toe, “But … they’re girls! They must be!!”

We did manage to get a few close-ups.

I know that Julius has the hots for this one below … !!

What I find most amusing is when we were walking around the streets of Pattaya later, the go-go bar girls looked more like trannies than those at Tiffany’s !!!

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Pattaya - World’s Largest Brothel? (Pilgrimage, hmm)

December 18, 2007 at 6:14 pm · Filed under Pattaya, Thailand, Architecture

No visit to any country should be complete without a look at its seedier side. If extra-terrestrials think alike, I think they’ll choose Pattaya to visit as the seediest side of planet Earth!!!

Ok, I know that doesn’t look too seedy…. mmmm… Fast forward 12 hours!

That’s better. And in the centre of all this electric energy is Walking Street.

A closer look and you see bar girls sitting outside waiting for customers. I guess we’re still early…

In case you think these photos are isolated cases, they’re not!! The whole town is just packed with these sort of places wall to wall (okay, perhaps with the occasional “hotel”) with girls harassing passer-bys.

Normally you find poles inside buildings, but practically all of them here are open air! You can see them shaking booty while riding a songthaew around town. They come in other shapes and sizes as well …

The system is simple. They try to entice you into the bar with their good looks and demeanour, in order to sell drinks and make the establishment lotsa money. We’ve talked to them and I can tell you, even with broken English they are very very good at chatting.

Once you’re hooked, they will make you stay as long as possible. If drinks are not enough, you can bring them to “some place else” for as little as 1 hour up to 1 whole night. To do that, you will have to pay a certain “bar fine” because these girls won’t be making the bar money in their absence.

Like THIS guy!

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