[SteveT]

I went to LOS for the first time in August o5 on impulse due to my wife deciding leaving me,having to sell the business and so on.. and thought b*****ks ! need to get away so it was either the maldives or Phuket as i always wanted to do my PADI course,flipped a coin and landed in phuket armed with five good books and every intention to chill and take time to re evaluate my life....then i found Patong ! Having read the forum threads over the past few weeks i know i am not alone in having full blown thai fever and it is amazing how it affects you long after you come back home. I can honestly say i did not go for the BG experience but bumped into a fellow UK man on his own and he took me to patong. For anyone on the edge of the cliff or hovering above it, take the leap of faith and go... you will never be the same again. its been differcult for me on returning to get a grip on work and anything else, i know what the bargirls are and what they can do for you but it makes a reasonable intelligent and rational man complete and utter jelly ! and i can relate to other threads where grown men weeping at airports or want to marry them within a week etc... leaving with thier wallets empty but happy. The experience has changed my outlook on western women(now known as whitebait) and if they could absorb just a fraction of what the BG's do for us in LOS , we would all be happier men. Why do we all try and keep in contact with these women and send money etc.. when untimately we know what they are and what they will be doing the minute we head for the airport.
The mate i met in LOS and I talk every day about LOS (been back since AUG) and the fever shows no sign of going away as we planned to go back in may 06 but cant cope and are going back on 28th Dec to 9th Jan
I for one my grateful i stumbled across Patong as the trip probably saved my sanity and makes me smile every day. if there is a cure don't tell me !
P.S any one want five unread books to read !