We went to a Muay Thai fight Monday night that was followed by a Ladyboy Cabaret. Where it was clearly targeting tourists, it was real fighting and real ladyboys.
We paid 350 baht to get in (a whopping $10.50) and had to fight to get the table we'd reserved, and after sitting a while, we noticed that the first fighters couldn't have been older than 8. What have we gotten ourselves into? Luckily that fight was relatively short and moved on quickly to real adults kicking each other in the head. Other highlights included a match where 5 blindfolded guys duked it out with one sighted referee making trouble. The real fights were pretty exciting, and Laura, who claimed to only come for the cabaret was standing and cheering and taking pictures at the most grisly moments. She does have bloodlust after all. Maybe we'll take a class together one of these days and she can take out all that latent rage.
Next came the ladyboy cabaret. It was like a normal drag show at first, with cheesy American pop, lipsyncing, makeup and camp. Then the tops came off, and those were boobs. Wow. Quite a show. Pictures will come soon.
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Dear Richard (and Laura),
First off, your blog is very entertaining.
Second, I saw Muay Thai and ladyboys, too! I didn't see any 8-year-olds, and I didn't see any boobs, either. My show was PG-rated, so there were no tops coming off. But it was still a good time.
My friends are coming to Thailand soon! I hope they have as awesome a time as you're having, although they'll only be there for 4 days or so.
Your friend,
Hannah
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