Gay Thailand

Now, in keeping with "What's wrong with this picture?", I can't help but be somewhat sympathetic to this person despite my negative feelings about pedophiles. The article says he is 65 years old. It also says he has been on the run for 42 years. When I do the math, it tells me he was 23 years old at the time of the offense. While he was technically a pedophile, if he is actually guilty in the first place, this is the first time I have ever thought of someone 23 years old as a pedophile, unless he was molesting babies or children. I expect criticism because I always take such a harsh stance against pedophiles and it probably seems hypocritical for me to express …

Note: Bear in mind that according to people who live in Chiang Mai, the reports a few days ago of weather devastation there were at best greatly exaggerated. Nevertheless, the weather has been poor lately. Even today, in Pattaya, there was a strong squall with heavy rains. It was over in less than an hour, but it was probably generated by this typhoon. If you are going to be in any of the areas predicted to be hard hit, be careful. ___________________ BANGKOK, Aug 3 (TNA) The Meteorological Department has issued a flash flood warning for low-lying areas in 14 provinces this week as more rain is expected from a typhoon. The department forecast that …

Tomorrow, Friday, August 4, is literally going to be a big day at Carrefour. Bob,of Bob's Barbeque, is going to try to beat the Guinness World Record hamburger. There will be representatives from Guinness and even the Mayor of Pattaya will be there. Here are some details, direct from Bob's web site: _________________ Worlds Largest Burger Bob's BBQ & Grill Restaurant will unveil the Gennius World Record Burger on August 5 2006 at the Carrefour Center from 12:00 to 16:00. There will also be a charity presentation as this is a charity event and the children from the orphanage will eat the Burger. There will also be a burger eating contest in which contest…

Thew following appears in THE NATION: _______________________________ Unprecedented Floods Devastate Chiang Mai Roads, rail lines cut, leaving tourism in tatters and many businesses in despair for the second year in a row Chiang Mai is reeling under unprecedented flooding with businesses suffering huge losses, the tourism industry in tatters, schools being closed and train services being suspended. Since floods hit the northern capital early on Monday, hotels and tour companies have received massive cancellations from tourists concerned about their safety and disruptions to their tour programmes. Kunchit Changsuwan, chairman of the tourism busin…

Radio Free Sawatdee, better known as Hedda's Hopper or simply Hedda's blog, turned one yesterday. Nay sayers had spelled an early death for the blog but it has withstood slings and poison-tipped arrows to produce consistently thought-provoking, witty and accessible articles/editorials on Thailand and world affairs. I'd like to congratulate Hedda on the one-year anniversary of her blog and wish her many more to come. Perhaps a fiiting tribute would be for the moderators to link the blog as a sister site to the global forum of Gay Thailand - while this forum is slowly coming into its own, that one could do with a jumpstart. No 90Bt cocktails necessary. ht…

is exactly 30 minutes closer to Pattaya as Don Muang International is. ( normal traffic) So if the new highways are finished , we will be able to reach the airport in just over one hour.

You're probably all familiar with that Gladys Knight rendition of "the Way we Were", where she asks whether the "good old days" were really that good and whether things like the grass was really greener then. Well, since spending much more time away from Thailand for the last six months, I've been asking myself that same question about Thailand, and especially Pattaya, lately. No doubt this town is getting a lot bigger every day, but does bigger mean better in any way that's meaningfull for an expat ? Let's begin with the one thing that brings most gay men here in the first place : Thai men. It's my impression, based on more years at the beach and bars than I c…

As you all readers of this board may know Thailand is the land of Smiles. ( LOS) We always think that smiles have to do with happiness and or friendlyness That is different in this part of the country. Thai people always smile. They have for every situation another smile. For example if you get a car accident they smile ! If they see somebody sad they smile. Any of you know some more unfriendly smiles in this country were everybody always seems to smile. There are some places however in Thailand were you do not see to many smiles. That

Last night a close friend and I tried Monty's Enchanted Hut, located in the Jomtien Complex. As many of you know, there are three entrances to Jomtien Complex. To get to Monty's Enchanted Hut, take the first entrance as you are going toward the beach from town. If you know where the L'Olivier restaurant is, just keep going a bit further and you'll spot it. We were very pleased with it. Monty was there himself and we had a really nice chat with him. In a few days their show will be ready. Monty said the show will be "unlike anything you have seen in Pattaya." To prove the point, despite the fact that we were the only ones in there at that time except for one ot…

A new outbreak of Bird Flu is occurring in Thailand. So far it is confined to the Phichit area, which is just to the south of a city with which many of you may be more familiar, Phitsanulok. Phichit is also located in the Kamphaeng Phet-Sukothai area, and that's the same area where the last outbreak occurred. So far there has been one death and several illnesses that, to date, have not resulted in death. From what I have read about Bird Flu, you don't get the disease from eating poultry or eggs. You get it by direct contact with infected bird droppings and/or direct contact with live or dead infected birds. So, unless you are going to be somewhere where you …

WEEKLY REPORT ON THAILAND FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 30, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruno's Restaurant, Jomtien, to host next Pattaya Gay Festival Dinner Sunday, August 20 Pattaya Gay Festival at Amor Restaurant brings in 185,000 baht for PGF's charities; full house, great meal Le Caf

The Thai baht is continuing to get stronger against the US dollar. Only a couple of months ago the predictions were that the exchange rate would reach 42 baht to the US dollar. It isn't working that way, at least not yet. This morning, the exchange rate opened at 37.69. BANGKOK, July 30 (TNA) The baht/dollar exchange rate could hit yet another new height this week as the Kasikorn Research Centre anticipates the baht to hover at the range of 37.65 to 38.15 per dollar. Factors affecting the exchange rate this week include the US economic performance in the second quarterand the monthly key economic indicators for the month of June, which are due to be ann…

I was meeting a friend for dinner Friday nite and we decided to meet in day nite area.. Every restaurant was dead and or deserted and it was spooky on a Friday nite at a prime time.. Even Luxor only had two or three tables full and many had no one at all.. My friend had been to Jomtien earlier that day and said it was very very quiet.. Last week was very busy and this week very quiet.. We were wondering how the restaurants can stay in business with no customers on a traditionally big nite like a Friday but I guess they know how.. No need to make reservations at the moment in Pattaya.. Even Niddy's Nook was quiet... B)

I will be paying a new mobile in the next few days for a boy and I am not thrilled with 1,2 call, especially in the early evening from 5 or 6PM thru around 9PM as it is busy and hard to get thru.. I am leaning towards buying D-Tech but perhaps there are problems there too..Any info would be appreciated ... By the way, he will be using the mobile mostly out of Pattaya, if that makes a difference... B)

The "Under New Management" party this evening (July 28) was great fun for all. The buffet was set up right outside and was catered by the Whte Night Restaurant. Everything you can imagine was included, ranging from salads to main courses to desserts. Everyone was getting their food and sitting down inside the bar. It was a ton of fun having dinner and watching the go-go boys at the same time. It was a great crowd too. Allen (Pattayagay.com) was there. Of course Googie and Dave were there. Phil Graham, owner of "Spice" Magazine was there. WowPow came too, along with Richard Burk, owner of the Amor Restaurant, Jim Lumsden of the Ambiance and Boyz Boyz Boyz, and…

I have come across a webpage for a guide named Pek in Bangkok: http://www.thaiboyguide.com/main1.htm I was wondering if anyone has used his services and could recommend him as a guide. Thanks.

BANGKOK, July 29 (TNA) The first commercial test flight from Don Muang Airport to Bangkok's new Suvarnabhumi Airport of Thai Airways International (THAI), the national flag carrier, landed successfully at the new airport Saturday morning as scheduled. The THAI Boeing 747-400 aircraft, flight TG181, carrying Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, other cabinet members, senior government officials and some other 400 passengers, landed to make a place in history at 08:09 a.m. at Suvarnabhumi Airport. THAI offered a special airfare of Bt999 for the inaugural commercial flight from Don Muang Airport to Suvarnabhumi Airport. Prime Minister Thaksin told journali…

Bad experience with low cost air carriers. We decided not to fly with a low cost airline anymore. This year we booked three times a flight with them to Ubon.. Three times the flight was delayed for about three hours. They just cancel the flight if the plane is not full enough. Some kind of airline.!!!! priced at 299 baht for one way is Yes...very cheap.....try them and find out wha ( C ) attle class means!!!

As many of you know, the Top Man bar at Sunee Plaza is under new ownership and has been for about three weeks. The new owner is hosting a party, beginning at 9:00 PM, Friday, July 28. There will be a free buffet and all are welcome. See you there!

Hello all. Stef worked very hard to get the ban lifted inside Thailand. We are not going to let all his hard work go to waste. We will be more careful in what photos are posted on the site and delete any questionable images. One of the first posts today was a post which contained a link to a porn site. This is not the type of site material we want. We have said all along that we want the site to be an informational guide. Inappropriate posts will be deleted and the poster will be banned. Sorry guys, but that is the way it will be. Bitch, moan, and complain all you want. We will not let a few guys who have an agenda to cause problems for the rest. Thanks…

Last night I tried the Dolphin Restaurant with a group of friends. It's a 'hole-in-the-wall' restaurant, just off of Soi Day-Night. It's easy to find. Starting at the Flamingo Hotel or Ol

Have you ever lusted after a policeman in those tight tight pants they wear or a sailor looking cute as a pin in their uniforms.. Well, like earwig, I have a soldier bf and see him on his leaves.. I really get off on the whole military thing and I look forward to taking orders from my capitan, or maybe giving orders.. Not really so kinky but just fun and lots of fun at full attention or at ease.. One great thing about a soldier on leave it that they go back to the army after a few weeks and one can spread their wings and continue the endless search for the hottest pollen from flower to flower..Ocassionally one even unflowers or is it deflowers one and that can be …

A special boy I like needed some baht to come to Pattaya from his village in Issan.. He gave me the required information and I went to the Post Office on Soi Post Office (Prasanee?) and for less than 50B. I was able to send him money same day.. Even thou the P.O. is open Sat. and Sun. mornings, the remittance part is only open weekdays until around 3PM.. I believe Western Union also does the same thing but I believe it is more expensive than the P.O. Another special boy (aren't they all) got me to open a bank account and he took the ATM and I kept the bankbook, so it would be easy for me to make deposits.. While this system worked fine, it got old af…

TOT is offering ADSL at the 1024/512 speed for 1000 baht per month. I signed up for it two days ago. I had been using their service at the 512/256 speed for the past several months. That costs 790 baht per month. Double the speed for 210 baht more per month, less than US $5, seemed worth trying and apparently this is a new offer. I'm very pleased with it. It truly is lightning fast now, as fast as anything I had back in the USA. For those of you living in Pattaya, if you want to try it, then go to the second floor at Carrefour. That's where you'll find the TOT office to sign up for the service. I signed up for it Wednesday afternoon and it was up and runni…