[Siammy]

Songkran. What Songkran?

It used to be that Bangkok would be dead and deserted during Thai New Year’s. Hardly any traffic. Almost all shops shuttered. Only the workers at some stores would be out throwing water in the Sukhumvit area. Massage shops and AGGs operated with bare minimum staff.

Last night this popular AGG at Nana was totally packed out. The stage was full of dancers. Customers kept pouring in. The latecomers had to sit on the stools by the stage or in the back by the DJ. No different than any other Saturday night.

The biggest country source of foreign revelers? China. The PRCs were out in force. Loads of young, hot-looking XMMs. They didn’t seem to know how to get in the festive mood. For example, they weren’t wearing aloha shirts.

Understaffed? Higher prices? On Songkran eve, Butterfly had a extensive lineup of about a dozen providers. That doesn’t include those already working upstairs, resting or on a meal break. Only ฿1,800 for 45 minutes.

The sidewalks were total mayhem. People were walking in the street and crossing where they shouldn’t. The city should block off lower Sukhumvit like Kao San Road and Silom.