The Dutch Farang Bench in Pattaya

There is that Western side of my stupid farang mind always looking for rational explications to an unsolvable dilemma, always wanting to knop that which it shouldn`t question, 24/7 in conflict with itself and trying hard to get rich, stay in the picture fast and furious.

There is also the Oriental side to my mind, divine since it came later in my life instead of the childhood trained Western and better capable to withdrawn to its inner sanctorum where peace and stability rule my mental chemical processes , shrouded in sleepiness when I`m in the West, a consumer`s paradise where a big Mercedes is not just a transport mode but also a show-off to the neighbors.

It`s near nightfall and the ladies are busy trying hard to convince the punters a shorttime before the night will really start is surely worth considering, clickety-clack their high heeled platform shoes go on the boulevard`s pavement. dressed in short skirts or even shorter jeans showing off shapely female legs the color of cafè-au-lait.

They are all around me asking me every so ofen for 20 Baht "me hungry Hans", now that was Moo. 35 Baht for a can of Chang, now that was Tuan, "not have man tonight, Hans", now that was Nang I remnember from last year. 12 Baht for a coffee, now that was Lek who has been walking this boulevard longer than I care to remember.

I`m sitting on the Dutch Farang Bench right in front of the 7/Eleven, conveniently close, just have to cross always busy Beach Road if you want another beer, and the gathering place for the farang population of Pattaya. People from Holland who have saved up enough dough to sit it out here untill there pension, small time criminals who spent their black money on cheap booze and even cheaper s*x, but also the hard *sses like Johnny Mieremet - one of the notorious Heineken kidnappers and who got shot in neighboring Bhanglamung some years ago.

This is the hang-out bench of the Dutch in Pattaya and therefore off limits to the fat-bellied Germans, rowdy English, Belgiams that are rumoured to be child molesters or French entrepeneurs but the countless Hot Mommas are more than welcome bringing a bit of entertainment to otherwise boring Dutch conversation topics, send them across the road to the 7/Eleven for beers and sigarettes.

Yes, that is The Dutch Farang Bench in Pattaya.

written by  heraclio on April 8, 2009 from Bangkok, Thailand
from the travel blog: Farang Chronicles.
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