Hi-So Thai Guy in the Bangkok Night

"Hi-So Thai Guy in the Bangkok Night" - Chris Coles

Hi-So Thai Guy in the Bangkok Night

"Hi-So Thai Guy in the Bangkok Night" - Chris Coles

He wears his smile like a nice suit, everyday, day after day, no matter how he's actually feeling....happy or sad, who cares......the important thing is to never stop pretending.......

Hi-So Thai Guy in the Bangkok Night

"Hi-So Thai Guy in the Bangkok Night" - Chris Coles

Born into privilege, possessing a full helping of entitlement and impunity, plenty of available funds and a condescending attitude towards his fellow citizens born with darker skin, the Hi-So Thai guy floats effortlessly through the Bangkok Night....5 star "Private Member Clubs" stocked with the beautiful young girls, glossy discos, rooftop bars where a drink costs an average day's wages, gourmet nouvelle cuisine, a hi-end BMW coup, he's on top of the world............

Young English Teacher in the Bangkok Night

"Young English Teacher in the Bangkok Night" - Chris Coles

He teaches English at Bangkok's most exclusive private school, helping kids from the richest families in Thailand get into top universities in the U.S.  His circle of friends includes other Expat teachers from the U.S., England, Canada and Australia, all earning 10 to 20 times the average yearly wage of a Thai person, all living inside the Young Expat Bubble, many with wives or girlfriends who are also Expats and who work day and night to keep their Expat husbands and boyfriends safe and on a tight leash.

His Thai friends are all from rich families, hi-so kids, graduates of universities in the U.S., England and Australia, born into lives of privilege, impunity and entitlement.

He has yet to become contaminated by the surrounding darkness of Southeast Asia Noir, the bars, the girls, the gangsters, trafficking, extortion, corruption, any drugs other than weed.  He carries with him an air of moral certitude and seems confident of his own good intent, immune from degeneracy, degradation and temptation.

Hopefully, he will complete his Bangkok stint without straying outside the Bubble of his pre-conceptions, received ideas and righteousness and make it back to the States with his original personality and character still intact, carrying with him as souvenirs of his Southeast Asia adventure, many photos.

Gay Hi-So Guy in Bangkok Night

Gay Hi-So Guy in Bangkok Night - Chris Coles

In Bangkok, there are really no barriers for people who are gay, both men and women. There are gay business tycoons, government officials, military generals and even higher. Gay entertainers, factory workers, bank clerks, whatever. While in some places, to be gay is to be at the forefront of movements for equality and civil rights, in Thailand, a gay person might be rich, powerful and rightwing, care nothing about his "fellow man", and possess an overwhelming feeling of impunity.......