During my first visit to Bangkok, I had wanted to watch a show in Patpong but turned back once we were walking in the area. Patpong is an entertainment district in Bangkok, Thailand known as a red light district at the heart of the city’s sex industry. Go-go bars feature women dancing on stage. Some establishments advertising massage are disguised as brothels and several have bars upstairs that feature sex shows. We decided not to go ahead as planned as we were becoming wary of flocks of locals luring us to watch the shows. Scary.On my next trip to Bangkok, I got curious as I was leafing through the tour brochures at our hotel’s lobby. As we were on our way to Ayutthaya, we asked our tour guide if he could take us to a Lady Boy show that night. We wanted to see some Katoeys.Thailand has a lot of Katoeys. In fact, one can see a Katoey in almost all of the places of the country. Thailand is a country where Katoeys are tolerated. Katoeys are transgenders. They are mostly men who had sex transplant surgeries. They may be men but they have the heart of a woman. That is why they preferred to be operated externally to become a woman.Our tour guide picked us up from the hotel lobby at around 8 p.m. and we headed towards Rama III to watch the Mambo Cabaret show. Picture taking was not allowed inside the theatre but everyone had their cameras ready while waiting for the show to
begin!!I enjoyed the show. In fact, there was one Lady Boy who I called “Kikay” who kept waving at me while on stage so come picture-taking time after the show, I had mine taken with her (for a BHT50 tip). For around BHT1,200, it was a truly an enjoyable experience!
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