This is what it looked like in front of The Sea last night.

Pattaya go go bars were closed last night in observance of the King’s birthday, but word got out early that one Pattaya go go was still open in spite of the blackout.  The Sea was rockin’ to a full house.

The Sea A Go Go on Soi Diamond remained open on-the-sly and they really packed them in for the show. In fact, by 9pm it was standing room only and guys were still trying to get in. At one point it looked like they were going to run out of girls.

Pattaya was dead last night. No music anywhere and almost every place on Walking Street was closed. The only music to be heard was coming from that place that sells CDs on the corner of Soi 15. A few of the beer bars were open, but they were dark. The beer bars in the Simon Complex were open, but without music.

I decided to take a walk, snoop around, and see if I could find any real action anywhere. After all, this is Pattaya and I figured that there had to be someplace that was up to something.

First, I cruised all the way down through Walking Street and there wasn’t even a go go sign that was lit. No girls in front of the any of them. I did see a lot of guys out strolling with their wives, however. I guess it was as safe night for men and their wives on Walking Street. It was depressing.

Then I took a walk down Soi 15. You know, I figured Baby Dolls might have something private going on. After all, Baby Dolls always stretches the limits. Wrong again. Soi 15 was deader than a doornail.

Next I thought I’d check out Soi Diamond. It was totally deserted. It was so dark back in there by the Windmill that I could hardly even see to get around, another disappointment.

Just as I was about to walk out of the Soi, that’s when I noticed The Sea. It too was totally dark, but there were 3 Thai guys sitting out front by the door and a girl sitting at a table by candle light. It looked pretty tame, but nevertheless dark.

As I walked past, the Thai boys noticed my interest and just opened the door a peek. Wow! What a change. The heavy beat of the music filtered through the crack in the door, and I could see that there was definitely something going on inside.

As I approached the doorway, the Thais opened it up and quickly whisked me inside. The place was jammed. I lucked out because there was one seat left. That’s right, just one seat left. It was only about 9pm and The Sea was full of eager customers.

The go go girls on stage were all topless and looking good on this dark night. To tell you the truth, I’ve never paid much attention to The Sea. It’s always seemed kind of nondescript. Last night it looked damn good! They have some really gorgeous go go girls in there after all. They keep their tops off even when they leave the stage.

I ordered a Sang Som and coke and settled in for the rest of the evening. When they brought my drink, the hostess wanted paid right then and there. No check bins on the King’s birthday. Nobody had a check bin. I guess they figured that if they got raided, they could say that everybody brought their own booze. At any rate, it was pay-as-you-go the rest of the night.

All the punters were having a good old time. There was one guy over on the left side of the stage with a huge afro wig and he was driving the girls crazy shaking his hair on them. Everyone was really enjoying the show.

The Sea isn’t a very big venue. It’s a small room with the go go stage right in the center. The stage has 8 poles and last night they tried to keep at least 8 girls on the stage all the time. The problem was that as all of they guys quickly realized that The Sea was the only game in town, the girls started to get swooped up pretty early in the evening.

The mamasan was busy shuffling girls around and pairing guys up. The Sea has bench seating all around the room. Not a seat was open. They also have stools all around the stage. The stools quickly filled as more and more guys poured in. Like I said, by 9:10 it was standing room only.

There’s something about a packed house of horny guy’s and half-dressed go go girls that makes for a great time. The girls were looking great. The drinks were flowing and a good time was had by all. Thanks to the crew at The Sea for keeping things lively on the King’s birthday. Long live the King.