Perhaps the most controversial topic we write about here at WoWasis is the excesses of the NGOs and governmental bodies involved in policing the sex trade in Asia. $30,000 Pedophilia NGO scam: if allegations are true, who’s watching the Watchers? NGO Pedophilia controversy heats up in Cambodia and Is it time for a website to archive […]
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Macau’s King of Gambling’s Tricky Abdication
Stanley Ho’s massive Macau empire is proving difficult to divide up among the Ho family because of arguments and lawsuits.
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis book review: ‘Blue Stories for Adults’ erotica from Sri Lanka
In her introduction to Blue Stories for Adults (2010, ISBN 978-955-8897-20-1) editor (and contributing author) Ameena Hussein writes that one of the aims of the book is to challenge stereotypes of Sri Lankan sexuality. She also mentions that it does not “claim to be the representative literature of Sri Lankan erotica… but it is a […]
Read the rest of this entry »Pa Farang’s advice: am I being set up by a Thai lady in Macau?
The Good Manner: Advice on Asia from WoWasis’ Pa Farang Today’s dilemma: am I being set up by a Thai lady in Macau? Dear Pa Farang, I’m Korean-American, but work in HK and frequent Macau saunas once in a while. I don’t even look at the Chinese girls. My eyes shift directly to Thai girls […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis bids fond goodbye to publisher Barney Rosset
Legendary publisher and WoWasis friend Barney Rosset died this week at the age of 89. Although primarily known as the publisher of Grove Press and the Evergreen Review, he is particularly memorable in Thailand for publishing Patpong Sisters, the late Cleo Odzer’s role-switching romp through the nightlife of Bangkok. We interviewed him back in 2004 […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis beer review: Some great beers from Sri Lanka
Similar to the situation in which we found ourselves while reviewing Vietnamese beers, we here in your WoWasis beer tasting room can’t find any reason not to stay exclusively with Sri Lankan-produced beers while in that country. Sri Lankan stouts and lagers rank with the best in Asia. Here’s our report: For sheer everyday drinkability, […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis book review: Chinese prostitutes in 19th century San Francisco by Benson Tong
As Benson Tong attests in his book Unsubmissive Women: Chinese Prostitutes in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco (1994, ISBN 0-8061-3284-1), the Chinese prostitution dynamic in California has been thriving quite a while. As WoWasis reported in April, 2011, Asian Apartment Massage Parlors (AAMPs) proliferate today through the San Francisco Bay Area and the west coast of North America. […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis travel clothing review: a Panama hat that’s packable and great looking
Here at WoWasis, we use the durable T3 Tilley Hat for just about everything we do in the bush, desert, jungle, and forest. But sometimes we need something a touch more fashionable when we’re wearing a light-colored summer suit in hot, tropical climates. And we can’t carry around a hat box, so we need a hat […]
Read the rest of this entry »Bachelor in Bangkok: Khun Lee on comparisons between Thailand and the U.S.
Sitting in one of my favorite bars with a mate last night, we were discussing our various methods of charming the opposite sex and satisfying our disgusting animal urges. My mate happened to mention that when making love to a woman “doggy” style he often attempts to enter another pleasure zone in that general region, […]
Read the rest of this entry »A 3-way for my wife and I in Bangkok?
The Good Manner: Advice on Thailand from WoWasis’ Pa Farang Today’s question: a 3-way for my wife and I in Bangkok? Dear Pa Farang, We will be traveling to Bangkok at the end of January. We are married (she is Chinese; I am white) and looking for adult fun for both of us. She is […]
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