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Butterfly: An Erotic Odyssey - Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines (Sex in Southeast Asia) | 
 enlarge | Author: Steven Yang
Publisher: Full Moon Books
Category: Book
Buy New: $11.99
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 228833
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 430
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 9749270509
EAN: 9789749270509
ASIN: 9749270509
Publication Date: March 20, 2005
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Product Description
Butterfly explores love for sale in Southeast Asia and the sensuality of the twenty-six young ladies profiled in this erotic odyssey . . . sexual technique, travel, culture, history, politics, and Pattaya's wild celebration of Songkran. In Butterfly, our intrepid photojournalist is writing travel guides in Pattaya and Phnom Penh, shooting illustrations, and making love with pretty Thai and Vietnamese women every night. Butterfly is hot, relentless and explicit, a virtual Kama Sutra of sexual variations. . . . told in a man-to-man fashion. Author of ten guides to Southeast Asian destinations, Yang has woven a treasure of travel information into this erotic tour de force.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 Be a voyeur to a connoisseur of life! November 26, 2006
Elliot (Boston, MA.)
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
Aside from learning a great deal about sexual positions and how to live and enjoy life, Steven Yang shares with his readers lots of true to life nuances like the physical build and temperament of the women he encountered in Thailand, Cambodia and The Philippines. In true artist's fashion he elaborates on the minute details of his experiences, teaching us how to be cognizant of life in all its facets. He also teaches a great deal about Southern Asian society and their women in particular. He shows an uncanny ability to quickly read a personality, something few of us men are adept at.
Steven's writing style allows one to vicariously share his voracious appetite for life. By generously allowing his readers access to some of his intimate thoughts, he shares experiences with us that we would ordinarily never have.
Overall I realy enjoyed his writing style. Some of his material is peppered with humorous and poignant remarks, like when he comments about some young US solders who visited an area with seasoned working girls "they looked like they had just fallen off a cabbage truck". Many lines throughout the book are worthy of being emblazoned in bronze.
As a person, Mr. Yang seems quite the sophisticate. He has clearly been around the block many times and I'm astounded at his scope and wide grasp of many subjects.... Most importantly, he knows himself well.
I presume his portrayals were of actual events (they seem real enough) and this gives the added dimension of a guide that others can follow should they choose to. In fact he teaches throughout the book, from tidbits of Thai language to locations and much more. A virtual treasure trove of information!
AWESOME! An exciting, sex-filled romp through Southeast Asia October 15, 2006
KD (Atlanta, GA USA)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Butterfly is a must read for any guy with an interest in, or curiosity about, SE Asia...especially its women. Having made over 50 trips to Thailand myself, and more than a handful to the Philippines, Butterfly is spot on. Sex is available the world over, but nowhere is it available like it is here.
In SE Asia a sexy, warm, charming, beautiful "girlfriend" (or "girlfriends"!) can be had for an hour, a day, a week, or more. The author shows us just how easy it is to be a "Butterfly"...fulfilling fantasies most can only dream of, yet still, raising questions many will likely struggle with.
In Butterfly, Yang quotes, 'Asia changes a man', which is true...but this quote can be taken a step further..."Asian women change a man". Revel vicariously as Yang explores all the pleasures these treasures of SE Asia have to offer in this true story written over his three month adventure in Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines.
 Basic common infomation April 20, 2007
Seasoned Pro (Worldwide)
11 out of 18 found this review helpful
This book deals with prostitution in Asia, while I have nothing against men paying for services. What one needs to consider about places like Thailand (I have been there) is that the poverty is what drives the sex trade. NOT the interest in sex by the women. If the women could find jobs in other fields for the same amount of money prostitution would no longer exist in Thailand. Consider the difference by the extreme poverty, the average person in the north working in fields makes less then $5 a week. A great majority don't even have jobs and make less. When men offer them what they make in one month or even one year then paid sex is an option. Many of these girls are pressured to work to support starving families, another reason they do what they do. Knowing this you need to look at prostitution, not that you're doing these women any great favor by having sex with them. Try reading a book call "only 13" by Derek Sharon. This book is a true story about a typical Thai working girl forced into the sex trade at age 13. She does exist and is real, in fact you can find photos of her on the web.
Excellent book! Even for expats in SE Asia! January 25, 2007
Prussian reader in Siam (S.E. Asia)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is one hell of a read! I thought I'd seen and done it all in Thailand and Cambodia, but Steve shares some experiences that have made me re-examine my travel plans so that I can have as much fun as him! Keep it up Steve, in every sense of the phrase!!
 Not impressed October 4, 2007
D. Gomez
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
I purchased this book thinking that the stories may actually be more about the girls lives versus one mans' conquest. This book reminds me of being in a bar in Asia and asking a seasoned pro about his experiences with the women.
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