Gay Boy Thailand

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Something had changed in KK. Authorities had installed bright lights in the park by the fountain, thereby scaring away the timid cruisers that used to sit on the benches in the dark.

I bought a local SIM card and put it in my mobile phone. At 8.95 RM it was worth it if only for a weekend. I called Chalerm in Bangkok but only the Noodle Sister was in our home.

I sent Azir a text message saying I had arrived. It was unclear what we would do if we met again. In April I had chatted with him and his friends by the harbour and taken pictures of them. Maybe I should do the same again? I had sent him prints of his photos by airmail.

The KK boys were still cute and the locals still friendly. Again the tribal people, the former headhunters, who are the sweetest and gentlest of all, fascinated me. The popular name for them is Kadus - which is short for Kadazan-Dusun.

The Kadus are light skinned and at first I mistook them for Chinese when I saw them on the street. But they don’t have Chinese eyes or faces. Their faces are rounder. But what set them apart are their personalities; they are a laid back and relaxed people. Much can be said about the overseas Chinese but they are not laid back.

In Kota Kinabalu the Malay control the government, the Chinese do the business and the Kadus fill many service jobs, such as waiters or shop assistants. The receptionist at my hotel was Kadus. The girls working at Burger King were also Kadus but the manager was Chinese.

The Kadus remind me of northern Thais from the Chiang Rai area. They have the same unhurried approach to life, and the same cute looks. I dug up a couple of photos from a web site to illustrate their ethnic look:

Like the Thais, the Kadus are traditionally rice farmers who prefered to live in river valleys. The Kadus like to do things in groups. They don’t like to be alone. Also similar to Thais, the Kadus are fashion-conscious and like to be admired. If you see someone spectacularly good looking in KK it is often a Kadus boy or girl.

I saw a Kadus gay boy in a shopping centre. Actually I saw several, but this one was with a group of faghags. The Kadus are tolerant people and it looks like the gay boys are accepted. I certainly hope so.