Finding a salon was a littler trickier. We live in a really nice area of town, full of coffee shops, trendy stores, and restaurants. So I thought I could “shop around” for the best price, so off I went. I visited 5 different shops, the prices I was quoted ranged from 1,000Baht -2,500 Baht for highlights only (32 Baht = $1 USD). One of the shops looked at me, looked at my hair, looked at the hair color book, looked at her friend, and then said no and pointed to the door. Well, that was that… Most shops the stylists would talk between themselves and then punch in a price on the calculator. The lack of communication skills wasn’t the problem, most of the “stylists” were men, nothing wrong with a man stylist BUT these men were Thai ladyboys, once again nothing wrong with a ladyboy, BUT when the ladyboy has 2 day old stubble and pink lipstick, clearly struggling with keeping their own appearance together… I didn’t have much confidence with these stylists, I am sure they are fine stylists but… seriously you didn’t see your mustach growing when you put that lipstick on??