I had a drink at Winner bar with about 10 dancers on the stage and most were actually dancing for a while. A group of Thais probably on holiday for the long weekend entered and livened up the place buying drinks and throwing ping pong balls into the shorts of one of the dancers which he happily accepted. 89 baht for my Coke Zero plus tip for dancers so some good value entertainment.
Then it was to Nice Boys where myself and two others were the only customers. As no nearby shops are open the staff need to go down the soi to find a 7 Eleven or noodle shop to bring in food for the dancers. Tonight they were eating chocolate bars and chips and other sweets which is unusual as i usually only see them eating noodles or drinking big bottles of beer. I spread the tips around as best i could and a chuck wow show started with only two of the guys really working hard to earn the 300 baht in the cup. I think they are a bit tired and bored with the lack of customers but 300 baht would be come in quite handy
you could say for some of these guys. My Leo beer was 200 baht.I walked over to Boyztown and sat at the outside bar of Copa during some of the show. There were five customers to begin with but after 30 minutes there were about 15 customers inside and at the outside bar so not too bad in the current situation. I saw a Johnnie Walker Black and Red bottles opened while i was there so maybe some profit for the night. BBB looked to have a reasonable amount of customers but i only had a glimpse from outside and Cupidol had 5 guys on stage but no customers. I just had a look and kept walking around the corner to see if A Bomb was still open. There were 10 hunks sitting outside, not my type but my friend wanted to know if they were still open. No customers at that time so i can only guess as to how long some of the bars will survive. Dream Boys and X Boys were both open and X Boys seem to be fairly busy. 90 baht for my Coke Zero at Copa.
After Boyztown i took a songtaew back to Jomtiem Complex which can be very quiet on Saturday nights as many of the bar staff head off to the clubs and karaokes about 1100pm. I had a drink at Doubleshot bar where Erwin the owner of the bar provided some shots for all the customers which were appreciated. The good looking staff of Doubleshot also had their shirts off at midnight which makes it well worth a visit to the bar. There are also three staff at the nearby Cocka2 bar who have also started to take their shirts off later most nights.
It was too early to sleep so a motorcycle taxi to my last stop for the night was the Silipin (Sinlipin) Esarn nightclub on third road which was about 3/4 full of customers. I joined a group of Thai and Laos friends and it was definitely the most fun for the night. There is still fun to be had so i recommend to get out there and enjoy it and support these businesses.
