FB lover needs budgeting advice for Bangkok!

[FB-lover!]

So, I'll be living in BKK from November through January.  I found a nice apartment through a friend, but I am (overall), quite a poor artist - I plan to spend many nights of my time there inside and working at home, actually - in other words, not going through lbs or fine dining at a rate I would choose for myself.

But...as the name suggests, I do love the lb's  

If one is semi-budget conscious, and in it for a longer haul of 3 months, and staying in numerous nights to work...my question is:

How little could I hope to squeeze by on in BKK, and still taste some of the local cuisine I've been e-drooling over for years?  And yes, I mean ladyboys, not food...but then, also food too, if you know what I mean.  My priorities are so together, right?

[El_hefe]

I suppose the obvious answer is to find a girlfriend in a non p4p environment & avoid the farang barmonger crowds so you won't be seen as a customer. Lots of lbs on campuses I'm told...... not to mention the traditional areas of fashion, cosmetics, salons, etc...

Should be interesting.

[Bicycle Pump]

(FB-lover! @ Oct. 14 2009,02:56) How little could I hope to squeeze by on in BKK, and still taste some of the local cuisine I've been e-drooling over for years?

How long is some string?

The city of Bangkok is busy during the months that you will be here. Many of the ladyboys will 'migrate' into the P4P system at least part time to take advantage of this.

If you are looking for P4P workers in Bangkok then expect to pay Bangkok prices - and these can be quite low if you are clever about where and when you do your prowling.

Where is your apartment? Close to Rachada or Nana or the gay bar scenes?

If you don't have time (and you don't if you are only here for about three months) to find a NON P4P relationship then I suggest that you go to Sukhumvit around the Nana Plaza vicinity at about 3am and just sit at one of the outside bars and wait for them to find you.

You'll be getting shagged from 500 baht on up!

This depends on the quality of the girl, her need for a bit of cash and what you look like... but even if you are drunk or you smoke or you look sweaty, dirty or fat, you'll still get a few desperate streetwalkers willing to do it for you on the cheap... but they might steal your paint brushes on the way out!

[FB-lover!]

Thanks for the thoughts.  It's appreciated - and also, I can't believe there's an emoticon for an artist painting, haha.  In my normal world, I would usually meet ggf's through my art scene - you know, a girl likes my art and theater, happens to be an actress, would like to talk with me about that...sometimes there we go, you know I wouldn't necessarily expect that to be the case somewhere so far away. Just trying to be realistic, while my fantasies nag at me the whole time.

The apartment I've booked is a bit in the suburbs, from what I can see.  It's quite close to the sky train, and about 8 (?) stops away from Nana.  It's probably not lb friendly, or any kind of obvious p4p, so I don't expect to be visited there a lot. I personally have no embarrassment about lb's, but I can't expect others to react like me, right?

My fantasy - as if anyone really cared other than me - would be to meet a ladyboy who would want to be treated as a lady I really enjoy knowing, and make her feel like a guest of honor at one of my performances or something, or walks around interesting places.  But...these are just dreams.  I will really have to keep my fantasies in check, I'm thinking.

My plan is to look like a fool, while trying to not look like a fool, I guess