December 2008

Five years ago, two of my friends came to visit me here in Thailand. Richard and Charlie were two complete opposite personalities. I had become friends with these two jokers through a good friend of mine, Teddy. Richard was fiftyish, yet was fit, and rarely lacking in energy.

We met at a small get together at Teddy’s and while we were cordial, we didn’t speak much. Ted also introduced me to Charlie, who was thirty-five going on sixty. The three of us visited a bar together, and it was at this time I learned the obvious, Charlie, was a drunk. For reasons I have never determined, he was booted out of the tavern we went to, but at the time, I didn’t think much of it.

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Located in one of  Jakarta’s swanker shopping malls and (oddly) above a bowling alley and pool hall is one of Jakarta’s best bar/lounges, the Mojito Lounge. The Mojito Lounge is a small lounge and bar with a great selection of cigars, comfortable couches and a wile menu of different types of Mojito’s (hence the name).

The first time I went to the Mojito Lounge I was invited by a local lady friend because she knew I liked smoking cigars. At first I was like “you want to hang out at a bar in a shopping mall?” but I figured why not go ahead and check it out.

The first thing I noticed when I walked in was ten drop-dead beautiful Indonesian girls all wearing white dresses sitting around.

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Their are several different methods of funding your travels or life overseas. You can make money through Internet marketing methods. You can become a service provider (like a graphic designer) and conduct your business online. You can also start a business that capitalizes on the fact that you are living overseas (like being involved in import/export or being a travel photographer).

And unlike your western counterparts you won’t have to make 20 or 30K a year just to cover your living expenses. Like I have mentioned before, making a thousand dollars a month can fund your expenses overseas, and everything after that is money in your pocket. Or you can build an Expat Empire and drive a Bentley, it’s up to you.

The 6 Most Common Ways to Make Money Overseas are:

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Thailand’s taxi drivers slide on and off my shit list as often an ass visits a toilet seat. There are days when I despise cab drivers and there are days when a driver has me howling with laughter.

A couple of weeks ago, I met James Grey at Suvarnabhumi airport. The PAD demonstrations were over and he arrived the day the airport re-opened. It wasn’t absolutely necessary for me to pick him up, but it’s nice having someone waiting for you at the airport, especially in light of the political situation. I took a cab to the airport, went inside to the prearranged meeting place, drank a M-150, and waited.

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The Expat Player here, this weeks GoGo review will be the Dollhouse Agogo located on Soi 23 Sukhumvit Road, downtown Bangkok. I went there with James Grey (he hates gogo bars so I had to drag him along) and Nick Gatsby.

Alott of people like the Nana Entertainment Plaza for hitting up gogo bars when they are in Bangkok but I prefer Soi Cowboy. In my opinion it is a bit cleaner and the girls are less pushy, I also like to check out all of the gogo bars just by walking down the street (nana is more like a multi-level strip mall).

When you first walk into the Dollhouse Agogo you see the familiar dancing stage with stripper poles and a bar in the back. We grabbed a seat at the bar cuz James G wanted to get his drink on and ordered a few drinks and took in the sights.

They had a bunch of girls dancing that ranged from -1 up to solid 7’s with allot in-between. The waitstaff was nice and not pushy and the gogo girls were also friendly and not pushy.

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When I first moved to the armpit of Arabia known as Qatar there were only two things I was worried about not being able to have; ladies, because I thought all of the women were kept on “lock down” and had to wear burkas, and no booze. I could pretty much deal with the no ladies thing because I figured whenever I got “anxious” I would just sweet talk an Army gal or hop over to Bahrain or Dubai.

Much to my relief, when I first arrived I saw a plethora of beautiful off-duty stewardess (from the local airline) hanging out at Starbucks I felt a wave of relief that at least one of my “needs” would be fulfilled. But not having booze would have killed me, I was positive that I would have had a “coming off of heroin” like experience if I couldn’t drink.

I quickly learned as far as Booze goes in Qatar there were only 3 options as a for me to get my medicine…

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A haunt of the wealthier resident expats, visiting businessmen, middle class girls and girls who work in the oldest profession, the bars in the five-star hotels are buzzing and busy most weekends. These bars are not for the expat rockstars on a tight budget, as drinks prices and in some cases prices for the girls are much higher than elsewhere. However, they are the place to come if you want to meet some of the better looking or higher class girls or impress visitors from out of town.

There is a mix of office girls out for a good time, some married rich girls out for a bit of fun and ladies looking for payment for their services. The more aggressive the come-on the more likely she is of the latter variety. However, each to their own, this is Asia after all. But the reason I myself like these bars every now and then is that you can drop lucky and meet a girl who is independently wealthy and has her own driver, apartment etc and treats you as a sexual plaything – which after all is the ultimate aim for any self-respecting man. So happy hunting.

The Three Best Jakarta Hotel Bars for Meeting Local Women are…

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