Greetings from Bangkok, Thailand! I am here soaking up the local transgender / crossdressing culture.
As you might know, Thailand is considered the transgender capital of the world. The “third gender” is an accepted part of Thai society, making it a haven for transgender people. It’s been wonderfully refreshing to witness.
Here are a few highlights from my trip:
Thailand is a shopper’s paradise with bargains galore.
Shrine in front of a Bangkok shopping mall.
Let’s Talk Travel!
If you’re seeking your next fabulous en femme getaway, look no further than Thailand! But even if you stay closer to home, traveling is the perfect opportunity to unleash your feminine self away from the routine and expectations of home.
Here are 3 great benefits of traveling for crossdressers and transgender women:
1. Traveling gives you an opportunity to reinvent yourself
Nobody knows you and nobody will ever see you again, so you can literally be whoever you want to be.
2. Traveling is the ultimate rut buster
Does life feel like the same old, same old? Traveling exposes you to new experiences and gives you a fresh perspective on life. (And who can’t use that?)
3. Traveling teaches you to go with the flow
Most trips (like your own male to female journey) are full of unexpected surprises. Traveling teaches you to go with the flow – and enjoy the experience.
Do you travel en femme?
I’d love to hear about your en femme travel adventures (or travel dreams), so please share them with me in the comments section below!
Love,
Lucille
While you are there would you mind researching FFS surgeons? American doctors are just too expensive.
Have a great time!
You look great, Elynn! I have met Dr. Cardenas in Guadalajara and know several people who have had procedures with him. (They are all happy with their results.)
There are many options for FFS outside the U.S. My advice for you girls is to do your due diligence and speak to as many former patients as possible.
Love,
Lucille
Thank you for the referral Elynn, the prices are right and I have to say you look great. 🙂
Tina,
Check out TransOp.com in Guadalajara, Mexico. That’s where I had my FFS, Lipo And Brazilian butt Lift done by Dr. Lazaro Cardenas. All the pricing is there for you to see. They provide all the meals at the Recovery CCenter and the foo s great. I know I have been there twice this year, 2012.—Blessings, Elynn
Hi. I wish I could enjoy en femme travel however my first experience landed me in gaol as my appearance did not match to my passport and I have been unable to get a passport in mt enfemme name without surrendering my “normal passport”. It took my 18 hours to get out and as I had been put in the “male prison” the jibes and ridicule I got was unbearable. So a precautionary word to those wanting to travel en femme overseas. Please make sure you dont get into any trouble whilst away from home and all dressed up ready to party en femme. Especially where the language is different to what you speak & understand.
Hi Laurie,
That sounds scary! Did this happen at the airport?
I’ve often heard that Thailand is the TG capital of the world … but is this a safe place overall outside North America?
I have been driving 2.5 hours to the Harrahs Casino in Cherokee NC several weekends over the past 6 months completely en femme and enjoying some “LoriDee time”. I am sure I don’t pass on any close inspection, but I no longer worry about it. I always wear skirts and dresses when I go.
Last weekend I actually won 2 jackpots and of course had to show ID and sign forms for taxes. On the first jackpot, a woman came to write up the win and she pulled my players card and looked at it and said “this isn’t your card, you are obviously not Larry”. I had a great comeback and said “I wouldn’t bet on it”. She seemed surprised, but treated me like a lady, and talked to me while she did her job. The next jackpot was handled by a guy of about 45, and we went throught the same scenario. Except he was very complementart, asked me my femme name, and talked to me about just about everything. I felt special having someone to talk to who wasn’t judging me, and called me Lori without thinking twice about it. It was memorable for me, as it was the first time I interacted with someone and felt good about being “me”. I appreciate all you do for us, Lucille. Love, LoriDee
You look great. You said you to Cherokee nc. I dont live to far from there myshelf. I have thought about going there in femm. How our you treated, did you have any problems.
Looks like you had an awesome trip Lucille….someday I’d love to go! Nothing like traveling, haven’t been to Thailand…yet 🙂
i wrote this last year, 2011. after reading her post i thought it would be the perfect place to share it. since last year, i have opened up to a whole part of myself that i never knew was there. traveling really is awesome. :)……………………………
I dont even know what to say here, just thought i should share my experiance. Over the past halloween weekend i spent a wonderfull 4 days and 3 nights as a lady. I left my
home as shantel on a thursday and dint return until sunday. It was so exiting for me to go out in the world as a lady for the first time. well i went once b4 but it was just one small
trip to nowhere. anywaze, i dint take any male clothing or anything so that i cldnt chicken out. and it was great, i felt confident that i passed well, other than when i was forced
to speak as i havent developed any kind of a fem voice. Um lets see, we done some shopping and dining, lots of walkin around difff stores and interacting with people. and we
went and seen our first drag show at Martha’s Vinyard in springfield MO. so, my first night out, i was feeling very very nervous and as it was kinda late b4 we got up there, we
just ate and went back to our room. while we was at dinner tho, the most amazing thing happened, the waitress came to our table and said **How are you ladies this evening** i
almost melted right there. im sure i was blushing, i was torn between exitement and embarassment, afterall, from a distance sure, but right there at the table, surely she can see
my adams apple, or my square face with thick straight eyebrows. so i guees i kinda tried to *hide* behind my hair. my wife had put in very nice extensions and it seemed to
frame my face well, guees i figured if i didnt look ppl straight on they wouldnt notice i was a guy ina dress. my wife told me i come across as a total bitch tho 😀 not being overly
friendly and so afraid to speak that i looked away. but we finished our dinnner and the waitress says *you ladies have a nice night*. i went to extasy again, omg a whole dinner,
in public, as a lady. and no one even noticed. what a great trip this was going to be. so the second day after we spent forever getting rdy, i needed new glasses as its been a cple
years since i got new ones, we went to one of those 2 pair places as i wanted a reguler set for everyday, and a ladies set for when i dress up. i felt great that day as my wife had
out in the extensions again and curled them very very nice, it looked so hot and gave me so much confidence. so our first stop was the eyeglass place, i just marched right up to
the countr, and waited on my wife to ask if they took walk ins, lol. thankfully for me the guy behind the counter was wearing eyeliner and seemed like he would be riht at home in
a gay bar, wich put me at ease for some reason. so while we was waiting to be seen, i picked a guys frame in about 12 seconds , because odly enuff i felt wrong being a lady and
looking at mans frames. thats normally how i feel looking at heels when im out regular 🙂 then my wife found a beutiful set of ladies frames for me that i liked. so 2 pair in hand
we sat down an waited, it seemed like forever but i wasnt feeling self conscience or anything, just waiting as a lady for my apointment. well the wife got bored and wanted to go
take a nap so she went out to the car and litterally 30 seconds later my very male name gets called. fuck, my voice just went to the car, and when the lady said a males name
and gott a lady coming, she looked at me, looked back at her paper, you could see the puzzle onher face only for a moment b4 she said right this way. so on to the docter lady,
thank god it was a lady, somehow i feel like women are much more understanding and less judgemental than men. so my first time to speak i tried the soft voice, but it cracked
terribly and i just gave it up. just used the regular voice, forget im wearing a sweaterdress, and just do the appointment. well getting glasses has always been a pain for me and i
dint even think about how my eyes watering was gonna make my makeup run. what a mess this had turned out to be. and since my wife was in the car, idk, shes like my security
blanket, i was wishing anything she was there to help me, i dint wanna ruin the makeup worse than it was already, but the lady docter handed me a tissue and commented on
how *we wouldnt wanna ruin that pretty makeup* suprisingly that put me back at ease. i was obviosly a man in a dress and she dint care. so i tried to dot at the tears with the
tissue , where as normally i wlda just wiped them on my sleeve. well that was weird 😛 so im about to leave and the doctor says * i love your hair by the way, where did you get
it done?* and i just said, awhh thankyou so much, my wife does it for me. !!! a compliment as a lady, i dint know what to do with myself. wich of all the days i think it looked best
that day. so then i had to do the consult thing where they fit the glasses to you and like figure out the lenses and sunglasses and such. thankfully it was another lady, even tho,
when they call a male name and get a lady, you can see the puzzle in a face for only a moment, then its business as usual. so i left feeling super confident, i mean, i just sat thru
like 2 hours of obviosly being a man in a dress and i never felt more comfortable. so we went to eat again, as we was leaving there, the host says * you ladies have a nice day*,
wow again with that same phrase by some1 new, amazing that i pass as long as i dont talk to anyone. then we went to marthas ( a gay bar) where i felt like passing or not im
having a great time, and we did. met alot of the staff as it was kinda slow, very friendly and boosted my confidense even more. allthough they brought it to my attention that to
be out as a lady, i needed a ladies name. i did have one picked out but like, it felt wrong saying it, or maybe it felt like it dint fit me. so we told them i dint have a girls name and
my guys name is b******. i thought about it over a few days and i think i have settled on shantel, but im not 100% still. anywaze, we ended up getting pretty drunk there that
night and satying out most of the night, and by the time we got to the room and did the night thing and got to bed it was crazy late. so we slept in way way late the second day.
took even a longer time getting ready again so by the time we left we dint really have time for no shopping, allthough we went to best buy and got a camera, so it was halloween
night and i was like screw it pass or not its halloween so ppl can think im just in costume. so in the store i did feel like there was definatly some people staring, but to hell with it,
im here in need of a camera so just try not to feel self conscience. then we went to eat again, at kinda an upscale place. wich the wife warned me it was the wrong setting
considering we was not only out as a crossdresser but like, in traditional slutty halloween stuff. she was a french maid, and i was a schoolgirl. so the host dint seem to notice,
*right this way ladies* amazing how good it feels to hear that 🙂 but our waiter when he was taking our orders, asked what we wanted and she ordered then he asked my wife
what he (you could hear him scream at himself inside) i mean she would like. and my wife says he would like this. i wanted a hole to open in the floor right then. so far we had
been to places that were slow/empty and this place was prety packed, people at like every table. i felt like they was all staring and they all knew and what a terrible terrible day.
everytime i heard anyone laugh i just knew they was laughing at me. wich i know they wasnt, they prolly dint even notice, but still emotions are hard to controll and i was very
ready to go. so we got to marthas again and again i felt right at home. and being halloween night it was packed, i mean, there wasnt even standing room really, so we dint stay
that long. + we had already missed the show being so late getting out. so day 3 we had to checkout so we was up and out early and had some time to do some shopping. wich
that day i did not feel like i passed well at all, but after the few days my confidence was thru the roof. so we went in a ton of shops , and all thru the day i dint feel like any one
noticed. other then in a few places where u cld kinda see the puzzled look on peoples faces ,or maybe it was just my paranoya, but all were friendly and at least pretended they
dint notice wether they did or not. so on our way home when we stopped for dinner at a more local location, i was so very afraid of seeing anyone i knew. but i was feeling so
great i dint really care, in fact at one point i told my wife it would almost be a blessing to run into someone i knew and then they could tell everyone so i dont have to have that
awkward conversation. they cld just know, and i wld know that they know, without ever having to open that book. and with it being a weird subject i prolly might not ever hear
anything about it. but at that dinner my wife shared that she felt weird saying *i love you* in public. because like, shes married to a man, but in public we would be seen as a
lesbian couple. anyway thats something i never thought about. i mean i realized she would be looked at differently because she was with a man in a dress, but i never thought
about her being forced into being a lesbian, wich she is kinda open to that but still, weird thought. anyway, moral of the story for anyone and everyone like me. just be yourself,
whether people understand it or not. but u will find that most people just dont care.
Delightful story
NICE TO SEE YOU TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS… WISH I WAS THERE WITH YOU TO SEE THE SITES AND THE FINE LOOKING GURLS…. WE’D HAVE A LOT OF FUN, I’M SURE…… LOVE YOU AND THE WORK YOU ARE DOING!!!!!!!!
In Quebec for my first week en femme trip…
Feeling free, comfortable and exicted !!
That’s awesome, Lisa! I haven’t been to Quebec yet, but am dying to go. Have a great time!