ASIN: B07HCLZXST
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 194
“Mixed Massages (II)” is the second volume in a collection of short stories, essays and articles about Pattaya, Thailand and expat life. The author Jonathan Finch sets out to depict a Pattaya very different from the one advertised or vilified. His Pattaya is inspirational and sends out messages night and day but those messages are very mixed. Pattaya is alluring and may massage you into a false sense of security but in Pattaya’s underbelly are the seeds of bedlam. The fun in Fun City comes at a cost, and fuelled by enormous amounts of drunkenness and desire, the enticing party going on in Thailand’s extreme city, the lusts, the ladies, the gays, the cross-dressers, the nightlife and all its glittering lures, are sucking away at the revellers, many of whom are no longer free to make rational choices. Self-awareness, moderation and thought are essential if balance is to be maintained. ...
