“I’m going to be a bit late tonight, I’m going to a workshop this afternoon.”
“Oh, ok…”
I quickly understood the vibe. ‘Its on speed reading. I’m really interesting in reading more books, quickly!’
Their smiles offered a sense of relief. ‘No problems, whenever you can get here is fine!’
I understood their trepidation. There are many and varied workshops offered here in Koh Phangan. Tantra, Astrological Tantra, Spiritual healing of all descriptions, Goddess awakenings, you name it, and someone’s got a workshop on it. Usually framed in a ‘spiritual’ manner, like ‘awaken yourself with…’, ‘become one with the universe with…’, ‘enlighten yourself in these ….conscious ways…’ And then it gets better.
I met a guy recently at a local cafe. His opening for the conversation was complimenting me on my hair.
‘It’s so golden, such a lovely colour.’
‘Thank you. Thank you very much.’
‘What cakes do you recommend here?’
‘Everything, but the banana cake is amazing.’
We got talking about ourselves and what we are doing here. When he found out I was a writer he said, ‘I’ll have to watch what I say then.’
I laughed, ‘Being a writer can be quite good payback for sure, but, of course all my characters are completely fictional!’
We kept talking. A little while later he said he initially came to the island to run a few workshops, but then decided against it because ‘it’s not the right time’.
‘Oh cool, what sort of workshops were you going to run.’
‘Group sex.’
I desperately tried not to look shocked, and/or burst out laughing.
‘Oh, ok’. I tried frantically to find some sort of question in which to respond, to act like, I’m so cool, I’m down with that…
‘But it wasn’t the right time’.
‘But it wasn’t the right time.’ Repeating his words I nodded, trying to maintain a sense of calm.
‘Yes, a lot of people would like have group sex, but they don’t know how. I just want to give them the tools so they can arrange it. But I’ve realised it’s probably best coming from a woman, not a man. I need to find a woman who has had a couple of good group sex experiences.’
‘Ok.’
Fortuitously I had a massage appointment to go to, so I had a reason to excuse myself pretty soon afterwards. I almost ran out of the cafe, but not before he said,
‘Maybe I’ll see you here again.’
My friends were understandably a little cautious about asking me what workshop I was attending. Koh Phangan brings out some pretty interesting characters, people and workshops!
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