Today, I just saw a scene that I had never seen on the beach. It is not uncommon to see tourists on the beach in very small outfits ; when I say in very small outfits, I even happened to see a woman in a monokini in Phuket, which did not fail to strongly shock all the Thais who were present. Without going that far, there are frequently tourists who wear fairly minimalist swimsuits, especially at the buttocks, for example a bikini that covers the front but shows the entirety of their buttocks.

Even young Thai women tend to be covered from head to toe when they go to the beach and in the water. She is generally little exposed to the sun, and even when they bathe, it is either completely dressed or with very covering swimsuits, one-piece swimsuits like my partner for example.

It is both out of modesty but also to protect themselves from the sun because unlike Europeans, Thais do not run after tanning at all, they would even rather want to have a much lighter skin than they have.

This morning I saw a very unusual scene at the beach : several young Thai women were taking pictures of themselves as they often do. Taking pictures is a major activity for young Thai women and not so young as well.

What was amazing this time is that in this group there were three who were in this somewhat traditional outfit so I just spoke, and one who wore one of those minimalist jerseys that I have never seen worn for the moment in Thailand other than by tourists.

I don’t know if it’s indicative of an evolution of morals. After all, this is only one very isolated case, we will see in the coming years.