I was back in BKK on Sat and turned up at Tawan at 9:30 to be greeted and told I was the 1st customer that night (!).
I walk in to find about 2/3 the usual No. of guys there staring out into the mid distance. My usual friends came over and 'hung out' at my table (no tip required; they were just happy something was happening. They played pool on my iPad). Still the same guys that always walk past me coldly cruised passed me avoiding eye contact...oh well, whatever!
Arthur asked if I wanted to go bowling the next afternoon, so we agreed to meet at MBK with Pong, one of the other guys.
I stayed till 10:15 and in that time only one other customer arrived.
I offed Nop, one of the older guys who I have offed once previously; I passed out a few packs of cigarettes and tips to some of the waiter staff and off we went into the night.
It was 10:15 on a Saturday night in PatPong, and Surriwong Rd was so quiet of traffic I lay down in thre middle of it as a joke. When would you ever be able to do that again? We had to wait a few minutes before a taxi passed by. It was like a ghost town.
The threat of flood certainly has put a dampner on life in BKK. Nop said that if Tawan closes (only temp due to flood) some of the guys were thinking of going to Pataya and 'work' there.
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