Judgement...

Pattaya, Thailand:

There is beauty in everything as long as we are receptive to finding it, it's there. However there is one exception to that case and that is Pattaya, Thailand. I cannot find any beauty here and although I haven't even been here for twenty-four hours, my judgement about this is place is that it truly is the armpit of Thailand. There might have been potential for this place long ago since it's a coastal town but it has been destroyed by hedonism and the Asian persuasion culture.

After a certain breakup, I told myself that I would never date anyone who has Asian persuasion again. There is just something about it that I no longer find amusing and now after being in Pattaya, I find it highly disturbing! (Really, no offense to anyone).

First off, my hotel is situated in the Red Light District. All day and night, I hear the "nnts nnts" of the loud bass thumping and the glow of the red light shining into my room. Second, you walk outside and all you see are Thai women, dressed incredibly scantily (sure it's fun at first but becomes sad very quickly, I would take photos but like Amsterdam, they don't really like it), hoarding like vultures waiting for their prey. The thing is, their prey is everywhere!

A minor detour: On my 15 hour bus ride from Cambodia into Pattaya, I was on a bus with 2 foreigners, an old white man and myself. I didn't understand at the time why everyone on the bus was so surprised that I was going to Pattaya, and gasp, going by myself! I now understand.

All throughout the town, are white men, many of them holding a tan line of the wedding ring and draped across them, like the latest fashion accessory is a beautiful Asian woman. Their amorous interaction with each other only suggest that they are not, married to each other.

I am the only woman traveler in my hotel. Walking through the streets, I am the only woman not walking with a man on her arm. During my meals, I am the only woman eating by herself without the company of a white male. Eavesdropping on many of their conversations, I hear the words "take me home," "you want marry," "let's go back to hotel (all the while giving him a hand job)." I understand that this is the life here but all I see is sadness here, no beauty, no life, nothing. My judgment is that I hate this place. Married men come here to have affairs. Incredibly ugly men (sorry but probably have a horrible time getting laid back home) come here to find women. And yes, even drunk college boys looking for some cheap action.

This is not the place that I expected. It truly does make me sad and only want to leave this place. Unfortunately, I am here for a week to get my PADI certification. At least I have that to keep my focus but if it wasn't for that, this place would have seen my dust the minute I stepped foot here.

Oh.

I also keep getting ripped off with my money...Maybe because I'm not a white male.

Really, I hate it here.