Feedback is welcome:
Last summer my wife, Heather and I went to Thailand for two weeks and had such a great holiday we booked to go back the day after we got back. We thought it was going to be just a regular holiday away in the sun with 9 days of sightseeing and then 4 days relaxing at an exclusive resort on the beach. The first part of the holiday was great and we saw all the sights and the major cities and visitor attractions, including buying all the rip off 'Lacoste' & 'Pierre Cardin' polo shirts etc. I eventually had about 20 plain white XXL sized T-shirts and 20 pairs of white 'Calvin Klein' cotton boxer shorts, all for less than £20.
We then went on to the relaxation stage of our holiday and arrived quite late at the small hotel that we were staying at. Although a hotel it was made up of nine chalets and a larger building with a large bar, restaurant, sports room, reception area etc. The chalets were built in a crescent with the larger building closing off the open end to form a 'D' shape with a large pool and Jacuzzi in the middle. By walking through reception you were taken to a path that led to the beach about 200 yards away.
We were welcomed by two lovely Thai women who checked us in and gave us an inventory of the activities that would be on during our stay. A young man who introduced himself as Tsau (said with a silent 'T') then took us and our luggage to our room via the beautifully landscaped and secluded courtyard. We weren't hungry and were tired from our travels so we turned the air con onto max and had an early night to catch up on some well needed rest. We awoke to bright sunshine filling our room as we had forgotten to close the curtains but we both felt relaxed and ready to hit the poolside for a day of sunbathing, swimming and general relaxation. We both put on our swimming costumes and headed for the pool. Heather was considering going topless as she often had but decided to wait and see if anyone else was topless before committing herself.
It was nice and quiet around the pool with a few other couples of similar age to ourselves doing as we were by just relaxing. At lunch time I wondered to the bar to mingle with three other guys whom were drinking, chatting and laughing. As I arrived I ordered a Thai beer and the group all welcomed me and introduced themselves. Most of the others had already been here a fortnight and were telling me how they all got together in the evenings with the wives and girlfriends to drink into the early hours.
'Most of them will not wake up until after lunch!'
One of the men said with a chuckle in his voice. They were telling me that you could still get completely pissed for £10 even in this hotel. They told me how much fun we would have if we chose to join them tonight.
'Last night was a toga party,' I was told, 'the best bit was that my girlfriend ended up showing her tits accidentally as her toga slipped when dancing!'
I asked if the girls went topless here but was told that none had. All three said that they had tried to persuade their wives and girlfriends to go topless but none had wanted to be first.
I was then told that tonight was due to be a wet T-shirt contest but that none of the girls had the bottle and had hidden all the light coloured T-shirts. With no shops nearby it wasn't going to happen. I then realised that I could become the best loved man here with my case stuffed with more T-shirts than you could shake a stick at. When lunch came around the other four couples arose and the blokes came straight over to us and I was introduced. The youngest guy was just 22 and here with his 19 year old girlfriend and the oldest guy was 44 here with his wife who was 35. As we ate I told them about my stack of T-shirts and was instantly handed about 1000 glasses of beer by the others, all of whom wanted their partners to attend.
After Tsau had served lunch I went back to our chalet and met up with Heather for a chat. As we talked about the people who were here (she had met most of the women) I casually picked up the itinerary and brought it over so we could look at it together.
'That looks like fun!'
I said quite casually pointing to the wet T-shirt contest. Heather laughed thinking that I was messing about as she took the piece of paper from my hand.
'Free Drinks For 24 Hours is the first prize,' she read. 'Sounds like fun but I'm only doing it if the other girls attend'.
I explained that the two reception staff from the hotel were in it and that it would be up to my wife to persuade the other wives and girlfriends to play along. During the afternoon around the pool Heather was going around trying to get the other women to join her but spoke to each woman individually and alone. In under 30 minutes she came over to me and Ray, the oldest of the men here, and explained that they would all attend but there was one condition. Ray and I seemed oblivious to this condition as Heather wouldn't say exactly what it was until the evening.