We gathered at the Hollywood Bar, alcohol pouring from all the tables in unspecified quantities. Each of us was extremely tired, at the peak of our powers, but the idea crossed everyone's mind that going home to Thailand alone, without a local girl, would be insulting. What kind of men would we have been? Yes, that's what happened. We took a liking to all certain girls and took them by the hand and kindly took them back to our hotels. You don't doubt that each of us was in a private hotel room? The girl I went home with was exceptionally pretty, about six foot seven, great body and nice features. I believe there are a thousand exclamations of laughter around here somewhere, but that was the very truth. We did what we did at the hotel, lunch came and the girl left, but with the agreement that for the rest of my stay in Thailand, much of the time to be with me whenever I wanted. In the evening I waited for her again at the appointed hour. During this time the whole company went to debrief the events on Patong beach. So as not to traumatize and lose the fair half of my readers, I will omit the important highlights of the debriefing. However, I can't help but share that I was the hot topic of discussion in the company. As I said, my girl was a real beauty and charming, 28 years old ...or so she told me...My friends laughed at me for spending most of my time with the same girl, but you could tell their envy that she responded to me specifically. They started insulting her, calling her words that you guessed it yourself. I really wanted to prove them wrong. I tried to get into the psychology of local Thai women and find some positive side. And I seemed to find. There are many girls who are really looking for their love, to be respected, courted, and not to be treated like sex slaves. I don't deny that they are also skillfully looking for their European in this case passport and desire to escape their reality. But let's not forget that they are human too, they too have the same cherished dreams and desires as any woman, regardless of where she was born and where she currently lives. Anyway, I decided to give this girl a chance, at least for the time I was going to spend in Phuket. However, I also took the advice of my friends who made me "check her out" and see for myself that they were right. On the second night, I decided to go for dinner at a European restaurant called "Wine connection". Elegant and stylish ambience, delicious food and variety of wines, perfect air conditioning and cleanliness. We sat down at the table, ordered some goodies, a bottle of New Zealand wine and got entangled in sweet talk. Tonight I got to hear her story. She showed me first a picture of her parents, then her sister, and finally...her 2 children. Checkmate! This is where I lost track of where I was and almost felt weird. Turns out that while she was 18 she married a local Thai man, who the kids are from, and quickly after their birth he left her. I guess it's everyone's story, I don't know. But I decided to trust, after all, I was in Thailand to have fun, nothing more. I sensed in her, however, a desire for more than a fleeting relationship, which would become a big problem in time. At the end of the dinner came a bill of 2,000 baht, the local currency, or about 50 euros. As I mentioned above, I had listened to my friends and to test her, I said I had forgotten my money at the hotel, which was about a mile away from the venue. And I was indeed out of money, on purpose. Here came the next shock.

The girl said "No problem at all. That's why we're together. Today it's me, tomorrow it's you!" I watched and couldn't believe my eyes, but it somehow subtly grabbed me and made me think. Leaving the restaurant, I suggested we walk to the hotel and get my money and I'd be the one on the line to pay bills later that night. It immediately went through my mind that she would agree, and I would pay her back the 2,000 baht and there would be no point in this whole attempt on my part for some test. Here the shock was even greater. She said "No, there's no need. You're on my account tonight, wherever we go!". Wandering in my thoughts from one extreme to the other, I thought I was a big idiot and had acted extremely unfairly by listening to my friends. Anyway, we moved on. The next stop was a bar I didn't remember the name of. We checked out the activity there with cocktails, hugging and kissing. A little while later we ended up at one of my strip bars-turned-favorites, Suzy Wong's, and an hour later we were having drinks outside my other favorite, Tiger Bar. There, much to my surprise, the girl introduced me to the bar owner who was dressed all in black, surrounded by his many security guards. He first bowed to the ground as a sign of respect to her and then offered me his hand. The other big shock I experienced was that she introduced me as her new and intimate friend. I don't know if that was a good idea. After the gentleman and his entourage left and I asked the inevitable few questions, "How do you know each other? Why is this respect? What's going on?" She then confessed that in the last 6 years she had had two long serious relationships with an Italian and a Frenchman who owned hotels in Phuket. Somewhere in there, I found an answer for the fact that unlike many Thais, she was fluent in English and French. But why was she left alone? She told me that she had recently broken up and was looking for a serious relationship, not to play games. Hmm, nice and sounds logical and interesting, but I immediately asked her "Ah, why did she choose me? I don't have hotels; I don't have a business here or in Bulgaria!". Her answer was amazing, she said "Because I'm tired of liars and you're honest and your honesty is ”written” in your eyes"...here came another big shock somewhere.

I thought to myself, "This one is a scary sly fox! But, what the heck, let's have some fun." The film started to become more and more interesting to me, as if I wasn't the main character. Let me move on. Around 4 am, we were back at the Hollywood Bar, which turned out to be the friendly finishing station of each night. There, somewhere, we were counting which of us was available at those hours of the night. My Bulgarian company immediately inquired about the result of the test. When I told them what had happened, they decided that they would still prove me wrong. "Okay, let them try," I said, resolutely deciding that I would no longer tie myself to their attempts to spoil my mood in these 14 days. Anyway, we had a lot of things to do together, we went around with the company to many different beaches and interesting places in Phuket, many sea trips, to the islands of Similan, Raya, Coral, Krabi, Tup, Chicken, Poda, Pra Nang cave, etc.