A gem or two among the sloths

[Pattaya One]

The New Star go go is the first den on the left-hand side in Soi Diamond if you are coming in off Walking Street. It’s easy to walk past, although the policy of having a couple of usually well-endowed and passably attractive dancing damsels stood behind the curtain at the entrance and ever ready to display their primary assets to passers-by usually means the place gathers a reasonable crowd of punters most nights.

A fairly short and narrow den, it only takes seven or eight girls and three or four bums on seats to make it look busy. The stage has three to five girls shuffling about while two damsels soap each other towards the centre. The preferred discounted thirst quencher is draft amber while lady drinks are a fair 110 baht (for a proper glass).

Of the 12 or so girls I saw on a recent visit, two or three were worth a second look while about half were pot boilers or potential ‘before’ adverts for Weight Watchers. There is a room upstairs, which can be rented for 350 baht for a short period of time (one hour), while the bar fine is 600 baht. The damsel of your desire wants you to part with 1,500 baht for an hour of her precious time. Doing the math, better value for the nocturnal emission baht can be found elsewhere, but the bar is usually worth at least a look.

©Duncan Stearn

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