Mango Sunsets and Ping Pong "Shows" in Bangkok

Courtney Comstock
Dec 13, 2017
2 min read

So yesterday I had a tinder date (with surely the tallest person in Bangkok at the moment, a guy from the Netherlands who had to be 6'7'' minimum) and after drinks on the river for the sunset we walked around the Khao San night market. We keep passing these signs for "ping pong show" and he's like, do you know what that is? Yes, sure, you watch a game with near-pros, they love ping pong here! I had seen ping pong matches on TV here instead of football and soccer, so I just assumed. Nope! He was not no naive, told me I was wrong, and explained what he thought they were (basically a porn show) and when I was dubious, he asked one of the guys. Sure enough, they are shows where the women pop out ping pong balls.. south of their mouth, shall we say. The mental image was enough for me!

Before that, I spent my day eating rice and crispy egg for breakfast, ordering a fitted blouse, walking around the city into the mazes down tiny alleys, getting too hot and tuk tuking around the city, watching the sunset, and eating street pad thai and coconut ice cream. Pretty parts pictured below.

Breakfast at Kopi Hya Tai Kee for the third time, love this place! It's near The Big Swing and a long street lined with shops selling all sizes of plastic gold buddhas, including unimaginably massive.