There is very little Soi Six Magic to be found in most bars in Pattaya, and not just in Soi Six bars, but everywhere.

The late afternoon started out great. Because Surf and Turf was playing great music as I swam back and forth doing 400-meter laps. That’s two-hundred-meter lengths between the buoys. So, each time I swim to the outermost buoys and back to my favorite beach side restaurant, I’ve completed a quarter mile lap. I’m good for 70 minutes. But the icing on the cake is I can hear the restaurant’s music clearly whenever I get within 100 meters of it.

Surf and Turf gears its music for wealthy Thais, Russians, Europeans, Chinese who live nearby.

And for well-heeled tourists who can afford Wongamat Beach’s four- and five-stars hotels and resorts. And guys like me who appreciate an area that’s far from the beaten crowd who prefer Central Pattaya’s nonstop nightlife action.

So even though I’ve lived here for 20 years now, Soi Six is a rude shock for me tonight. Because practically every bar here is playing what it passes for music as loud as it can. Making the entire street resonate with amplified noise.

Mali and I start off at Sweet Bar where the manager plies us with tequila where Soi Six magic starts to assert itself the more shots we drink.

Here at Sweet Bar, Mali will become our DJ, favorite (and only) female vocalist, and entertainer. For two reasons. 1. She’s willing to play the part and 2. management encourages her to strut her stuff.

None of my friends will join us, with the exception of Lyle. Because all of them find Soi Six to be too loud and noisy. We will hit three more bars before we high tail it out to Soi Chaiyapoon. Because Mali has finally convinced me that most of Soi Six’s clientele (falang) totally enjoys all the loud obnoxious noise, that begins with electro mindless crap and ends in Hip Hop. In the past I’ve been blaming this on the bar girls. But now I’m starting to realize that most of the bars here, run their YouTube music play lists in accordance with what they feel most of their customers want.

Or that’s what most of the younger guys want. And it’s getting to be more and more obvious that most guys in the Soi Six bars are getting to be younger and younger. Thankfully this is not the case with Sweet Bar.

If you want to see a lot more of Mali, click here. She’s appeared in over 100 videos here on the Jack Corbett Video Channel.