Post: #26

(11-23-2012 05:02 AM)scotian Wrote:  I didn't say "no bangs", I said I've yet to doink a Thai girl

Are you just not feeling Thai girls or what? Given your past exploits, this is an incredible statement. Are you frustrated? Not feeling the vibe of the place? Dying from a disease? We gotta know.

Post: #27

lol Not sure why everyone's trippin' on Scotian about this, given that he's training his ass off right now and probably too tired to go out most of the time. For guys who avoid the usual foreigner traps, not getting laid in 16 days is not that big of a deal in Thailand - especially if not in clubs every night.

Also, a lot of foreign guys aren't into Thai girls when they first get into town, including myself. It can take a while to see the appeal or to figure out which ones are worth spending time with.

Shit, when I first got there, I was deathly afraid every chick might be a ladyboy. Realized later I was being way too paranoid.

Point being, it's not that out of the ordinary.

Beyond All Seas

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes
frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Kipling

Post: #28

After my experiences in Peru i would be pretty fucking pissed off if i only banged 5 chicks in 3 weeks in Thailand. Maybe everything i have heard about the place has been over blown or maybe some guys are doing something thats been costing them lays.

(11-23-2012 03:03 PM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  lol Not sure why everyone's trippin' on Scotian about this, given that he's training his ass off right now and probably too tired to go out most of the time. For guys who avoid the usual foreigner traps, not getting laid in 16 days is not that big of a deal in Thailand - especially if not in clubs every night.

Also, a lot of foreign guys aren't into Thai girls when they first get into town, including myself. It can take a while to see the appeal or to figure out which ones are worth spending time with.

Shit, when I first got there, I was deathly afraid every chick might be a ladyboy. Realized later I was being way too paranoid.

Point being, it's not that out of the ordinary.

Actually this is probably whats costing "normal" guys lays. They aren't predators. They don't really care about fucking a lot of chicks and thats cool if thats how they want to be.

Me personally, I live for fucking.

I would be out every night.

I'd be going for the bang every night.

I'd be putting thai friendly to use during days and evenings if i wasnt busy.

If i hadn't pulled from a mainstream club then i would have an afterhours shoring spot lined up.

I want to fuck every night. I'm actually hoping thailand makes peru look somewhat hard in comparison. Wishful thinking perhaps. I will soon find out.

Post: #29

Temporarily cockblocked by the government of Dubai! I am on my four hour layover and thaifriendly is blocked here, classified as pornographic web contents... Bummer, I had hoped to shoot out a few more messages.

Post: #30

Ya, if you want to get laid the best way to go is online dating - thai friendly in particular. You can get onl from girls at clubs but it is a lot more difficult and to be candid I think you are far more likely to get a semi-pro that way (especially if you drink as much as I do). With that said though, I never really had a problem with semi-pros because I made it clear I had no money to pay them when they stayed the night (if you are younger just say your parents pay your rent and other shit so you have no cash).

The best route to take with girls from thai friendly is take them to dinner, drink during dinner, and transition that to drinking. Then you just need to get them to your room. I would sometimes say I needed to get money, other times I would simply invite her in to watch a movie. Once you get them in the room its a cake walk. They may put up a little last minute resistance, but the girls are pretty passive and in many cases really want to date a rich foreigner, so with some push and pull you will be banging her in no time.

I agree to that there is no problem with treating these girls to nicer dinners and drinks. To be honest, I think you are far more likely to get a middle class and good girl if you are willing to treat her to dinner and drinks. In most SE asian cultures the guy is expected to pay for everything, it would be a huge loss of value if you don't. Besides, if you enjoy nice food and will be eating there regardless, one extra person (especially thai women who don't eat or drink that much) will not be that much more expensive. I only spent $50 per date and I went to super nice restaurants where I lived in Thong lo - and I would have spent $30 if she had not been there.

Post: #31

@Beyond Borders makes a good point I didn't know Scotian was there training. I am assuming of course muay thai? When I first went to Bangkok back in the day as a backpacker I hated it and didn't even try to hook up with thai girls for a long while, happily banging all the euro girls which was new for me back then. It can take time to adjust to Bangkok and thai girls but once you get comfortable and bang a couple of them a whole new world will open up to you.

Post: #32

(11-23-2012 03:29 PM)DirectDanger Wrote:  @Beyond Borders makes a good point I didn't know Scotian was there training. I am assuming of course muay thai? When I first went to Bangkok back in the day as a backpacker I hated it and didn't even try to hook up with thai girls for a long while, happily banging all the euro girls which was new for me back then. It can take time to adjust to Bangkok and thai girls but once you get comfortable and bang a couple of them a whole new world will open up to you.

If he's training then that's totally understandable...I thought he was there just for vacation.

Post: #33

There seems to be a consensus here that online dating is the way to go. I did it for a while and was able to get several girls to come directly to my condo with out any of this dinner/drinks routine. For guys coming to BKK for a few weeks I can see how this is a great strategy to get a bunch of bangs. Also some guy don't have anyone to do something with in the evenings and this gives you some one to go eat dinner with and check out the night life so it will work well for that.

I will say however you are not going to get high quality girls this way but for those who are on a short trip then who cares.

For those of us who live in BKK I still think getting out there and being social, not just night clubs, is a much better way to meet quality girls. If you are just constantly out and about around the city and always on top of your game it can really open up doors. I was able to bang the girl who works the desk at my gym, The receptionist at the dentist, the receptionist at a hotel my friend was staying at. Most guys focus constantly on night clubs but tons of the best quality girls simply dont go out to night clubs. They work normal jobs and stay home at nights and maybe to go the movie on weekends.

Post: #34

@RioNomad
When i am at RCA my routine is to share a bottle with a couple friends outside then make a walk around inside the club every so often and try to pull girls outside. If you get a bottle inside it is way to packed and you can sometime feel like you are always protecting your spot. I prefer going Tues/Wed/Thurs as weekends can get so packed its not even fun.

All the clubs on Thong lor are harder to pull including Demo and Funky. You can try Nunglen/Escobar on the corner of Ekamai soi 5. Nunglen (nunglen.net) will be packed with a thai band and Escobar is the room right across that will be a DJ. Not many farang here so you will be a bit of a novelty compared to someplace like Demo.

For a non club environment check out the outside seating area at Brew (brewbkk.com) it is next to several restaurants on Thong lor soi 13. This is a much more upscale vibe and prices reflect it. The farangs are almost all people who live in BKK and not tourist so a great place to socialize. The thai people here are only the rich and I have met several thai actors/actresses here. Not the place to try and hook up with chicks but a really nice vibe for something that is not a club.

Post: #35

(11-23-2012 03:06 AM)scotian Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 02:55 AM)Asaxon Wrote:  This is to chronicle my upcoming (leaving today) trip to Thailand. I have set the goal of getting at least 5 notches in three weeks. The girls have to be non-pros, reasonably attractive and speak some English.
To avoid grey areas ( semi pros) I will not pay for anything, no gifts, no "cab money". The only exception is dinner or a drink (keeping it under $10). To accomplish my goal I have made my appearance thaifriendly ( no beard, clean haircut) and pipelined a few girls online. I hope to be able to close deals without having a girl play vacation girlfriend and eat up too much time. I have a first date set up for Saturday (cute architect), hope she won't flake. This girl has already offered for me To crash at her house if it gets late... My flight leaves in 4 hours. Any hints on how to game Thai non- pros?

This should be doable given the recent success I observed of a fellow forum member in BKK last week, I'll let him chip in if he cares to elaborate.

Myself, I've yet to doink a Thai girl in the 16 days I've been here.

Hey scotian

I just have to hit you up for some advice...what is the quality in Thailand like compared to Colombia....and just how much harder if any would it be to get laid by an equally attractive non-pro as compared to Colombia.

I have a friend that just got back from Kiev and from the pics he sent me....he dated some very fine women....but the stories he told me made me not what to go at all.....he literally had to jump through hoops like a trained circus dog to get any bangs.

Post: #36

(11-23-2012 01:39 PM)MaleDefined Wrote:  However, you will be one of the few farangs there, as I had more than a few girls ask me how I knew about RCA so quickly.

Not really, a year ago maybe but the last few times I was there there were many farangs. Slim has less than Route 66 though.

Funky, Muse, etc probably has less, but you got to go to the other clubs not in the Sukhumvit area if you want it to become a novelty factor.

Post: #37

I'd be willing to be there are 100+ clubs in Bangkok that are just as classy as RCA but have 0 foreigners. Hell, I remember going there 4 or 5 years ago and all my Swedish friends were already keeping their bottles there so they could come and finish them later, which isn't uncommon in clubs. Hard for a place to be a "secret" to the farang crowd when it's discussed online.

That city is so fucking huge, and everyone I've ever met who lives there at least knows about RCA; not that it isn't a great club or anything. My project when I post up in Bangkok this winter (at least I think that's where I'll be lol) will be finding the classy out-of-the way spots.

Considering that you can find nice clubs in almost every city, this shouldn't be too hard - you could honestly live on the fringes of the Bangkok and essentially feel like you're in a 2nd or 3rd tier city. Shit I've even been in clubs and restaurants walking distance from Khao San that don't have foreigners. Found plenty of clubs in Chiang Mai and Samui with 0 foreigners too - nice, fun places.

It's amazingly simple to find places where you're a novelty even in a country as well-traveled as Thailand; the typical traveler tends to walk the same path as most other travelers.

I will say that it's definitely not as easy to bang when you get off the beaten track, but for me it's all about that raw cultural experience. And I enjoy banging or trying to bang the ones with no farang-experience. More of a mystery to unravel. More of an accomplishment.

That doesn't matter to a lot of guys who just want a warm hole, and that's for sure fair enough. I guess it's all about what gets your motor running and excites you in life.

By the way, speaking of the models and actresses mentioned earlier, has anyone ever considered going suited up in Thailand or a similar Asian city, becoming fluent in the language and culture, networking with successful locals (or expats), building a real business, and aiming for women that would be considered even top-notch to Thais?

I don't think anyone here can deny it's a whole different ballgame as far as quality and difficulty goes. Again, for most people it's not worth it, but it would certainly be an interesting and exciting life to build.

Beyond All Seas

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes
frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Kipling

Post: #38

Wow I sure am catching some heat over not banging any Thai girls yet so I'll break it down for you guys:

1) I'm not really attracted to Asian women, I prefer Latinas and Black, although I've seen some pretty Thai women, I haven't yet caught the Asian fever a la VP.

2) I have an irrational fear of hooking up with a lady boy as some of you may have seen in some posts I made before coming here. I actually made myself a promise that I wouldn't hook up with any locals until I"m 100% confident in my ability to tell the two apart, Rionomad was right though, its not that hard.

3) Jet lag. Don't underestimate this guys, I was a write off for the first 4 days when pretty much all I did was chill in my hotel, eat and sleep, including one epic snooze of almost 18 hours on the second night. I'd venture out in the night for a couple of hours but that's it.

4) I hooked up with this east African girl I met at MBK mall on my third day, she has a fat ass and a set of knockers that you won't find on many Thai women. She kept me occupied until I left BKK and I'm even thinking of flying her up to CM to hit that some more, it was that good.

5) I've been in CM since Monday, first couple of days was busy with looking for a Muay Thai gym and a hotel close by, once I found those, I started training. I'm out of shape and this training is taking its toll, I"m so tired after each session I just go back to the hotel and collapse.

6) I've had a bad case of explosive diarrhea for the past two days, not conducive to gaming women.

So there you have it, my reasons for not banging any Thai women yet. I'm here for another three months so I have plenty of time, I don't like to rush things and the purpose of my trip isn't to rack up as many notches as possible, its about getting in shape.

I know some of you guys are able to fly into whatever country in the world and right away start chasing the local women, but not me. I don't put any pressure on myself to meet up with and bang X amount of women in a certain time frame, I like to relax and have some alone time after staying in a shitty work camp surrounded by 3000 dudes for weeks on end while at work. Also, if I do meet a chick who is cool and I can hang out with, I'll just stay with her, sometimes a week, sometimes a month, depends. I have other things on the go while travelling and I find that chasing women can, at times, be both emotionally and financially draining.

When I go to a place for 2-4 months, I usually give myself an entire week to do absolutely nothing because I'm working like a madman right up until I leave and just want to sleep in and be lazy. It takes me time to get used to the weather, city, language, culture, food, etc. This took me about 2-3 weeks in Colombia and its been about the same here in Thailand, I'm just getting into the groove now but am trying to focus as much as possible on this Muay Thai.

I'll be in party mode around new year's when I plan on being in BKK and then the entire month of January when a friend from Canada is joining me and we're travelling to the islands down south. For the moment, I'm concentrating on training.

Post: #39

(11-23-2012 06:53 PM)WEDO Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 03:06 AM)scotian Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 02:55 AM)Asaxon Wrote:  This is to chronicle my upcoming (leaving today) trip to Thailand. I have set the goal of getting at least 5 notches in three weeks. The girls have to be non-pros, reasonably attractive and speak some English.
To avoid grey areas ( semi pros) I will not pay for anything, no gifts, no "cab money". The only exception is dinner or a drink (keeping it under $10). To accomplish my goal I have made my appearance thaifriendly ( no beard, clean haircut) and pipelined a few girls online. I hope to be able to close deals without having a girl play vacation girlfriend and eat up too much time. I have a first date set up for Saturday (cute architect), hope she won't flake. This girl has already offered for me To crash at her house if it gets late... My flight leaves in 4 hours. Any hints on how to game Thai non- pros?

This should be doable given the recent success I observed of a fellow forum member in BKK last week, I'll let him chip in if he cares to elaborate.

Myself, I've yet to doink a Thai girl in the 16 days I've been here.

Hey scotian

I just have to hit you up for some advice...what is the quality in Thailand like compared to Colombia....and just how much harder if any would it be to get laid by an equally attractive non-pro as compared to Colombia.

I have a friend that just got back from Kiev and from the pics he sent me....he dated some very fine women....but the stories he told me made me not what to go at all.....he literally had to jump through hoops like a trained circus dog to get any bangs.

WEDO that's a tough question to answer. I prefer Colombian women because if you want a short, petite woman with a body similar to an Asian woman, there are plenty in Colombia. However, if you want a woman with ass for days and/or big hooters (either real or fake), there are plenty of options there. You just don't get that same variety in Thailand, most of the women are petite. One good thing about BKK though is that it is such an international city with plenty of foreign students, business people, expats, travellers (not just back packers,etc), way more so than Bogota.

I can't speak to how hard is is to get laid by an attractive Thai woman as I haven't done so yet, but from what I can tell, they are similar to Colombian women in that they are horny and will fuck but you better bring something to the table and not just be another run of the mill gringo/farang in town for a few weeks. This may even be more of an issue in Thailand as there's just so many western men over here either wife hunting or doing the sex tourist thing.

Post: #40

(11-23-2012 01:39 PM)MaleDefined Wrote:  I can vouch for what DD says here. RCA is the place to go if you want to hit on regular Thai girls just out for a night of fun. Get there early, get bottle service at Route 66, preferably inside and go nuts. Bottle service ranges from $40 for basic vodka to $80 for JW Gold. No, I'm not making that up.

I don't get it. Sure, if you enjoy the club and drinking your alcohol, it does make sense. But if this is just to get the girl, this doesn't make any sense. But Thailand was always unique in terms that you always have a choice - either you pay for sex directly, or you pay (typically much more) indirectly.

How's the English nowadays there? Back in 2010 most people I've met outside the tourist industry spoke very limited Thaiglish, so even the basic conversation was hard. Did it get better?

Post: #41

(11-24-2012 01:04 AM)oldnemesis Wrote:  I don't get it. Sure, if you enjoy the club and drinking your alcohol, it does make sense. But if this is just to get the girl, this doesn't make any sense. But Thailand was always unique in terms that you always have a choice - either you pay for sex directly, or you pay (typically much more) indirectly.

If you chase low class girls then yes, you may end up paying. I never pay for shit except for a few drinks. I stayed at one girls house for three nights and she paid for all of my food. I would stay in bed until she came home from her early class, and she would bring tons of food. One time she bought me food from Chesters Grill, which isn't cheap.

There is the misconception that even if you don't pay a girl outright, that you end up buying her tons of shit and spending money anyways. only chumps do this. Not all Thai girls need money from you. It really isn't a country filled with low class whores, regardless of what some guys with no game will tell you.

The last girl I was seeing goes to Bangkok University, has a Louis Vitton purse, dad owns some kind of car dealership, and they have a beach house in Hua Hin. She took me to Paragon for sushi, but I refused to let her pay for me. This girl is loaded. Definitely not the kind of girl so many people think of when thinking about Thai girls. But the truth is, there is thousands of girls just like her in BKK. Stay off of Sukhumvit, and find one like her.

Post: #42

Update 1:
I arrived and am not sure if my hotel is an asset or a liability. The place is brandnew and all rooms look like they come straight out of a 19th century period piece (think pastel colors, lots of frills). I had a choice between the design type "pink lotus", "sissi", and "voluptuous orchid". See attached picture... Taste here certainly is different and I hope I won't be thought of as gay by whatever girl I bring back. I am meeting a girl from thaifriendly at 7 tonight. I complained to her about my room and she said she would have to see it for herself... hoping for a quick dinner and subsequent inspection of sheets and Bangkok's finest.
On a different note, the heat and smog are stifling, specially for someone who has arrived from subzero weather... needing lots of showers, deodorant and fresh clothes to stay somewhat presentable.

Post: #43

That's great your date mentioned seeing your room herself. Sounds like a promising night.

(11-23-2012 01:02 PM)DirectDanger Wrote:  @The Duke

Hey Brother you have got to stop spreading bullshit about things you clearly don't know about. Sounds like your experiences don't go beyond Soi 4, Soi Cowboy, and walking street in Pattaya.

Those are hooker places yeah? Sorry never been. Please dont spread bullshit about the places I've been.

I came close to taking a girl home from RCA (tourist from Singapore) but her friends cock blocked me at the last minute. The girl I ended up taking home was at the Windsor Hotel.

Only had one night out in BKK, which is a small sampling, but I felt strong vibe. Not quite as strong as the vibe I got in Peru, but still very strong. Was a lot of fun.

Post: #44

(11-23-2012 09:06 AM)RawGod Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 05:27 AM)20Nation Wrote:  I've been here for over a week and 3 of my 4 have been from Thai friendly. I have very solid date game so the only thing I have to make sure I do is hook them online. I have to give them a reason to really want to meet me. If you can do that, ThaiFriendly will be your friend.

20Nation, what's your hook with these girls? I wouldn't have thought you would need to really bring the extra value other than being under 40, white and a socially OK guy.

Just checked out ThaiFriendly to see the talent. Then I searched men instead of girls.
The place is like 80%+ white guys clearly searching for tourist pussy... I don't see how you could have any more success from this than from POF in north america, which requires mass-messaging to get one date a week.
Some of you guys make it out to seem that you can sign up in your airport on the way to BKK and have 3 girls waiting at the other end to pick you up??? (exaggeration haha)

Post: #45

(11-24-2012 09:41 AM)christpuncher Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 09:06 AM)RawGod Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 05:27 AM)20Nation Wrote:  I've been here for over a week and 3 of my 4 have been from Thai friendly. I have very solid date game so the only thing I have to make sure I do is hook them online. I have to give them a reason to really want to meet me. If you can do that, ThaiFriendly will be your friend.

20Nation, what's your hook with these girls? I wouldn't have thought you would need to really bring the extra value other than being under 40, white and a socially OK guy.

Just checked out ThaiFriendly to see the talent. Then I searched men instead of girls.
The place is like 80%+ white guys clearly searching for tourist pussy... I don't see how you could have any more success from this than from POF in north america, which requires mass-messaging to get one date a week.
Some of you guys make it out to seem that you can sign up in your airport on the way to BKK and have 3 girls waiting at the other end to pick you up??? (exaggeration haha)

Because 80% of those guys are old/fat/ugly. Look at the comments on the bottom of girls profiles. The things they hit them up with are cringe worthy besides the fact they look like absolute shit.

Post: #46

(11-24-2012 01:04 AM)oldnemesis Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 01:39 PM)MaleDefined Wrote:  I can vouch for what DD says here. RCA is the place to go if you want to hit on regular Thai girls just out for a night of fun. Get there early, get bottle service at Route 66, preferably inside and go nuts. Bottle service ranges from $40 for basic vodka to $80 for JW Gold. No, I'm not making that up.

I don't get it. Sure, if you enjoy the club and drinking your alcohol, it does make sense. But if this is just to get the girl, this doesn't make any sense. But Thailand was always unique in terms that you always have a choice - either you pay for sex directly, or you pay (typically much more) indirectly.

How's the English nowadays there? Back in 2010 most people I've met outside the tourist industry spoke very limited Thaiglish, so even the basic conversation was hard. Did it get better?

Not just to get girls, I mean it was a great time getting bottle service, dancing, and meeting girls. I'd say it varies, though it's much more widely spoken than say for instance in China. The younger generation knows the basics.

Post: #47

Update 2:
I met my date at Terminal 21 shopping center, she was cuter than expected, fairly bubbly, great English. We went to have dinner, I paid 20 bucks for both of us and we went back to my room where I had "forgotten" my cell phone that we needed to buy me a sim. Unfortunately there was no opportunity for a makeout or futher action. She literally grabbed the phone with me, looked around and was adamant about leaving. We then went to an open air bar, had a couple of drinks. She splashed me with water from a fountain and giggled but did not like kino escalation. She is now txting me about how great it was and that we should get to know each other more... looks like the "good non-pro girls" take some time afterall (based on this first datapoint).

Post: #48

(11-24-2012 04:14 AM)RioNomad Wrote:  

(11-24-2012 01:04 AM)oldnemesis Wrote:  I don't get it. Sure, if you enjoy the club and drinking your alcohol, it does make sense. But if this is just to get the girl, this doesn't make any sense. But Thailand was always unique in terms that you always have a choice - either you pay for sex directly, or you pay (typically much more) indirectly.

If you chase low class girls then yes, you may end up paying. I never pay for shit except for a few drinks. I stayed at one girls house for three nights and she paid for all of my food. I would stay in bed until she came home from her early class, and she would bring tons of food. One time she bought me food from Chesters Grill, which isn't cheap.

There is the misconception that even if you don't pay a girl outright, that you end up buying her tons of shit and spending money anyways. only chumps do this. Not all Thai girls need money from you. It really isn't a country filled with low class whores, regardless of what some guys with no game will tell you.

The last girl I was seeing goes to Bangkok University, has a Louis Vitton purse, dad owns some kind of car dealership, and they have a beach house in Hua Hin. She took me to Paragon for sushi, but I refused to let her pay for me. This girl is loaded. Definitely not the kind of girl so many people think of when thinking about Thai girls. But the truth is, there is thousands of girls just like her in BKK. Stay off of Sukhumvit, and find one like her.

I agree that there are plenty of wealthy people there, but I do think there is nothing wrong with paying for dinner / drinks because culturally that is what is normal. There is a stark contrast though between just paying for food/drinks and paying to take her shopping. Adhering to social norms and paying for dinner / drinks / the date is not necessarily a chump thing to do. The simple fact of the matter is Asian cultures are a lot more rigid on social structure and more materialistic because of it. I have seen this first hand because I have been dating a very wealthy chick from Hong Kong (shes a university student in the US) and although she is getting better her and her friends constantly judge each other on the most materialistic bullshit.

I agree though you should avoid lower class girls and go for the middle-class and maybe even upper-class girls. You can definitely find girls with money there. With that said though I wouldn't really make it a rule that you won't pay for her drinks/food and stuff like that because due to the culture you are only hamstringing yourself. For better or worse, most girls there if they are looking for something long-term are going to take into account your social value which will be influenced by how much $ you have.

Post: #49

NewToPUA, I wrote in the very first paragraph that I pay for drinks. Drinks and food is no problem, and would make you look bad I'd you didn't.

Post: #50

(11-24-2012 12:50 PM)RioNomad Wrote:  NewToPUA, I wrote in the very first paragraph that I pay for drinks. Drinks and food is no problem, and would make you look bad I'd you didn't.

Ya I know. I wasnt so much disagreeing with you as I just wanted to make it more clear that paying for some things would definitely be the smart thing to do.

I didn't want him to get his hopes up and expect a rich girl to pay for everything. Even with wealthy girls from the region I personally think it is best to not risk coming across as cheap or poor - since many girls will view this as a huge loss of value.

I personally think it is cool you found a rich girl who wanted pay her way entirely but from my experiences its not super common. Further, not to be gay but you are a pretty good looking guy ( I think I remember seeing some pictures) and involved in mma so that probably gave you a different type of value than most guys traveling there. If you are an average looking young westerner and only there for a short trip, its probably best to do everything reasonable in your favor to improve your chances.

Food and drinks there are super cheap there and it is customary for guys to pay for it - don't feel beta at all for doing it.