Can't stand Go-Go bars in Thailand.
1) They all look the same when they are shuffling around on stage.
2) You can't judge attitude during a quick ladydrink.
Did I mention that the vast majority of girls in Thailand are ugly as fuck.
So did you end up having a single punt there Jim? You say looks are Important, well you might find a diamond In the rough, at a beer bar, but It's like going to a League 2 match and expecting Premier quality, If you want the cute good lookers you've got to frequent the places they work, ie. the top gogo bars, bump into them In Central festival, or after 1am In the clubs like Insomnia.
I'm planning a trip to SE Asia either the tail end of this year or the start of next. Excluding flights, I'm hoping to get by on circa £500 per week. Not a punting trip per se, more a backpacking trip, still in the planning stages, but I do plan to check out the punting hotspots and see what happens. Is that budget realistic? I'm not worried about roughing it a bit.
Marm gave you some good advice, yes 500 quid a week Is doable for a backpack travel trip with the odd punt thrown In, If you like thai food and eat as the locals do your budget will stretch, also drinking In bars can become expensive (especially in Singers & Malaya!) big bottle of Chang from 7/11 cheap cheap.
Obviously a Pattaya punter will burn more than that In a week, on average It used to be £100 a day, but since things Including pussy has gone up In town so a daily budget does too, but at least the Pound has got stronger a little, about 54thb to a quid.
Starting In Singapore and travelling north Is a good Idea, I've seen cheap Singers Airline flights online recently, unusual as they're always pricey, train, bus or minibus are your transport options, a few years ago I took a cheap minibus from Hat Yai to Penang, and back. If you're staying at cheap hotels and hostels you will bump into young backpackers, some can get annoying fairly quickly, did you watch the recent BBC3 series, Sun sex and suspicious parents from Thailand? I would of ended up slapping a few, You might get to shag some though. Phuket has a mix of tourists and punting options, but on a smaller scale to Patts, Bkk can be expensive, but there Is so much choice, you could stay downtown In backpack central Kao san, but I prefer other districts of the city, that are as cheap, with few farangs and close to the MRT and Thai nightlife and entertainment, and I don't mean Sukhumvit.