A Night in Koh Samui

Being a Friday night, the plan was to head out with the other Aussies to the Diva Cabaret show and then end up at Pride Bar, the only queer nightclub in Koh Samui. Jason decided to ditch the cabaret and instead got a massage.

I met up with the other Aussies at the Diva Cabaret show, which is really aimed at the cis-heterosexual audience. Kathoeys/Ladyboys with their queer backup dancers lip-synced to an array of Western hits, even doing the French song from the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. After the show, we stumbled a block to Pride Bar where we met up with Jason. With already a few drinks under my belt, I went straight for the bucket of gin and soda. Go hard or go home. But that was enough to do me in for the night.

Around midnight Jason decided that we would walk home. We needed to convince the others with us, but in the end it was the best decision. A few others had left earlier and taken a taxi home, which ended up taking them an hour to get home and 700 baht. And that’s just to go less than 2 kilometres!Read more