Letters from Sex Tourists (pre internet)

#thailand #bangkok #patpong #history #redlight #storytelling

I went to an exhibition at the Patpong museum last Friday.
There was a spoken word performance by the museum’s founder and curator Michael E Messner and a professional dominatrix Mistress May.

In part one, Michael reads love letters from lonely sex tourists to their favourite bar girls whom they met while visiting Thailand in the 1970’s and 1980’s.

In part two, Michael and Mistress May read an interview held between a journalist and several bar girls in Thailand during Thailand’s golden age of the red light.

In part three, Michael reads letters written by either associates or adversary’s of Charles Sobhraj and also Charles Sobhraj Bangkok’s deadliest serpent.

Excerpts of letters and interviews are taken from the book:

"Hello My Big Big Honey!" Love Letters to Bangkok Bar Girls & Their Revealing Interviews
by Dave Walker & Richard S. Ehrlich

Excerpts relating to Charles Sobhraj are taken from the book:

Apocalyptic Tribes, Smugglers & Freaks, by Richard S. Ehrlich.

For more information about Richard S. Ehrlich, go to:

https://asia-correspondent.tumblr.com...

Interesting and informative evening, I hope you enjoy.