Bikinis

The pool at Pulsawat Resort this weekend was a scene out of a summer teenage drama: 40 plus students splashing, jumping, swimming, drinking, taking pictures, chicken fighting, dancing, singing, etc. The only difference I could tell was that although most girls wore the typical two piece bikini, the Thai girls wore clothing. There was no different in the apparel of Thai and foreign boys, as both wore swim trunks. In American culture (as well as most European cultures, as some girls were German and French) and some Asian cultures (a few girls were Chinese and Japanese), I think it is more acceptable to expose female bodies in a bikini. I asked the Thai girls why they wore clothes and what they thought of bikinis and I found that since this was a school sponsored trip (Thammasat's law school), they thought did not feel comfortable to wear bikinis. According to them, most Thai girls feel this way, but had it been a vacation with friends that had nothing to do with school, they would have worn more revealing swimsuits.