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  1. I don't know, Rocky. I imagine more than one aspiring actor paid the rent working nights on commission. But I agree with your larger argument. Clearly if ho's, strippers and peep shows represented the economic highest and best use of the district, we wouldn't be talking about the good ol days before Disneyfication. Personally I suspect you lost your last, best chance for a red light district when the do-gooders redeveloped the High Line as a park.
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  2. vinapu

    Moonlight Gogo Bangkok

    it's why if we see they guy we like , we should go about meeting him ASAP as next time he may not be there. Sure it will be others but it will always be that feeling of missed opportunity. I hope Sunny will do well wherever he is and will not be one of those trophy guys sent back after a while when benefactor gets bored with them
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  3. I have not seen much info on Costa Rica here, so I wrote up a report about a trip I took several years ago. I checked as I was writing, and most of the info still seems to be relevant (places are still in operation, etc.) Prices may have changed, of course. I have visited Costa Rica twice now, but haven’t been since summer 2012. I am excited to return next month. I found Costa Rica to be beautiful and laid back, and a lot of fun. The country’s infrastructure is very basic, with a clear division between the poor/older areas and the newer upscale areas. All of the gay attractions I visited were in the older areas. I stayed in San Jose and in Manuel Antonio and enjoyed both. San Jose The strip club Pucho’s has a very standard formula: At 10:00 PM, the strippers all come out in G-strings and dance for exactly 10 minutes. Afterward, you get 50 minutes of drag queens who are actually pretty good. At 11:00 PM, the boys return, but this time fully nude…then 50 more minutes of drag queens. At midnight, the dancers return, but this time with erections, and they dance for 10 minutes. Many clients approach the stage and sample the merchandise (sometimes even with their mouths). If at any time you decide you want a “private” with one of the dancers, you pay the bartender, and the dancer takes you behind the scenes. I did not go, but it seemed that they simply took clients into the dressing room, where other strippers and drag queens were located. Any of those strippers is available for a fee, but you may have to pay a fee to the bar if they leave before the midnight show. Pucho’s is popular among locals, but not just for the dancers. They have a restaurant and a patio and a dark room attached. This was not immediately apparent, because the door is kept closed between the two parts…you must go through what looks like a door to the outside, but is really a door into the restaurant, cut through the corner of the restaurant, and then exit again onto the patio. The dark room and patio are packed. Many types of guys. Younger, older, nondescript, handsome…truly all types of guys go there. There is a brothel in San Jose called Oasis Erotic Massage. You enter the place, and the proprietor calls all the working guys to the front, and you get to make your choice. There are different price points, and the proprietor explains in Spanish that everything is included including oral, or penetration if you go with the more expensive option (you also get a nicer room). You basically pay $25 or $40, depending on what you want, and that includes the use of a room for an hour. Despite the very explicit assurances by the guy who runs the place, the guy I went with (a handsome and friendly 19 year old from Honduras), tried to get more money from me for basic services. I wouldn’t say it was a great option, but a few of the guys were at least young/cute/fuckable. The better place I found to look for escorts was on craigslist or on the Spanish language websites that offer erotic services ads, or on Grindr (I apologize, but I can’t recall the specific website that had many ads for escorts and massage). On this next trip, I will also try Planet Romeo. I had a lot of luck simply going to bars and meeting people. Ticos are friendly and approachable, and gay tourists are enough of a novelty to garner some attention just by their presence. Late one night, after exiting Pucho’s and getting into one of the many waiting taxis, the driver asked me if I was looking for a boy, because he knew a place where lots of hustlers hang out--Parque Nacional on Av.1 and Calle 19. He said that any of them would be very happy to do anything I wanted for $20, or they would stay the whole day/night for $40. I had already arranged to meet someone at my hotel for massage and oral ($20), but I took his card and he promised he would take me there the next day. Unfortunately, with the janky cell phone service at that time, I could not reach him the next day, despite trying about 20 times. I got a message each time saying the person you are trying to reach is out of the area or unavailable. I did call a regular taxi and try to drive past the park the next evening, but the driver did not speak English, so rather than explaining what I was doing, I asked him to drive slowly past the park because I was looking for a friend. After one trip around the block, and not seeing any likely candidates, I told him to circle back and I would get out and wait for my friend, and he immediately responded with alarm, “No, no, no. Muy peligroso! (very dangerous)” This was something I encountered several times in San Jose: warnings from the locals to never walk anywhere downtown after dark. Always take a taxi. Even for a trip of one or two blocks. I didn’t spend enough time there to gauge if these warnings were overblown, because I figured it was probably better to be safe than sorry, and I took a taxi everywhere. And one final note on the taxis: three of my taxi drivers let me know very plainly that they would be willing to fuck for a little money, and I got the feeling that several others would have been open to the idea. Manuel Antonio Manuel Antonio has a reputation as a gay destination, but the reasons for that seem to be historical (there used to be a popular nude beach, but it has been shut down because a hotel was built overlooking the beach). There is a gay hotel that I enjoyed very much (Hotel Villa Roca: https://www.villaroca.com/ ), but the area has very little to offer in the way of sex tourism, at least that I could find. It is pretty much a beautiful jungle paradise, with an amazing national forest where I saw sloths, toucans, howler monkeys, spider monkeys, and a beautiful but very poisonous golden eyelash viper (oropel). The tour guide I hired through the desk clerk at my hotel turned out to be a fun and friendly gay bear who came onto me, but he wasn’t really my type, so I passed, but I did enjoy his tour very much. There were two guys in the area offering massage, but it was clear that it was legit/therapeutic massage, and the desk clerk acted completely scandalized when I asked if there were any guys who offered “extra” service. He shouted at me, “NO!” and said there was no way any guys in the area would do such a thing. This despite the fact that I was hit up by a few guys on Grindr, so I knew very well that there WERE locals who were willing to provide services for a fee. Most of those guys live in the nearby town of Quepos, so expect to pay for their taxi to your location if you stay at Villa Roca or one of the resorts closer to the national park. There were multiple other clients staying at the property. They have a happy hour each evening at the pool, and that offered a chance to hang out with the other guests, who were mostly from Mexico and Costa Rica, or from other Central and South American countries. I got the vibe that the very handsome bartender would have been available for pay. One last note about Manuel Antonio/Villa Roca: After I returned to San Jose, I happened to see one of the owners of Villa Roca at a bar with an attractive, much younger guy. So, if I were to return to Manuel Antonio, I would be more likely to ask the owners of the property about the availability of rentboys, rather than the officious desk clerk. Or maybe hire someone in San Jose and take them along if you want to be sure of companionship.
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  4. reader

    Boyz Boyz Boyz Parade

    From Asian Correspondent (Jan, 25) Pattaya city faces an oversupply of condominium units THAILAND’S resort city of Pattaya has been highlighted as one of the country’s most attractive places for high-end properties, but a renowned consultant has warned that an excessive supply of homes could put the market in troubled waters. Last year, Pattaya saw 10,239 condominium units launched with a combined worth of THB55 billion (USD1.7 billion), a huge jump from 2,192 units in 2017. A large portion of the homes remain unsold due to the massive supply last year, Phattarachai Taweewong, Senior Manager of Collier’s research department, told Bangkok Post. The research department’s research showed that new condo developments in the city should not exceed 5,000 units as more than 12,000 units remain unsold. This figure was the highest since 2015. “The amount was highest in four years,” Phattarachai was quoted as saying. “The key driver of new supply last year was the Eastern Economic Corridor,” he added, referring to the government trade and investment drive approved early last year. Phattarachai said the market for condominiums in the city has been slowing down since 2015. Prior to 2015, the supply of new homes averaged 15,000 a year and the oversupply had softened the confidence of buyers and developers. “Developers should be more cautious of new supply launches as most buyers in the Pattaya condo market are investors expecting attractive yields. Very few buyers purchased for personal use,” he said. “If the economy slows down and yield is not as good as expected, these buyers may refuse to accept unit transfers. The new condo supply being added should not be excessive.” A local industry expert earlier said Thailand has a total of 454,814 residential units worth US$41 billion left unsold last year. President of the Agency for Real Estate Affairs, Sopon Pornchokchai said unsold units in Bangkok made of for 40 percent of the total units left over from 2018 and 55 percent of the total value. The supplies included detached houses, semi-detached houses, townhouses, shophouses, condominiums, and residential land subdivision catered by formal private housing developers in Thailand. By the end of 2018, the total condo supply of condo units in the Pattaya reached 88,330 units and developers have been told to focus on selling existing stock before launching new projects. https://asiancorrespondent.com/2019/01/thailands-pattaya-city-faces-an-oversupply-of-condominium-units/
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  5. In my experience this is Typical Thai Mentality. Would rather have the place empty then accept what the market deems a reasonable rent. Have experienced this multiple times in looking at apartments . Never could quite figure out why an educated person and probably financially stable would allow any kind of property to sit vacant for months rather then adjust the price in order to get a guaranteed revenue stream. Defies logic but then again it even appears to to have infected certain boys in certain bars. They would rather go back to their apartment with no baht rather then accept a reasonable offer even at the end of the night. And it will probably never make any sense to me!
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  6. DivineMadman

    Klong Toey

    For the ever-so-slightly adventurous, a visit to the Klong Toey "slums" is a fascinating experience. There is a delightful cooking school in the slums, which is how i got there. Highly recommended and the school benefits the Klong Toey community in many way. The school is charmingly called Cooking With Poo. CookingWithPoo Like all Bangkok neighborhoods, I think it safe, but it is very confusing and even with GPS and google maps I probably wouldn't venture very deep there unaccompanied. But the couple times I have been there I thought everyone was the usual nice and polite people we would all expect. Somewhere in the midst of it all is a tiny sports field that takes clever advantage of a unique footprint and one some design awards. I do want to get to see that at some point.
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  7. Here’s the New York Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/world/americas/jean-wyllys-brazil-gay-lawmaker.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur
    1 point
  8. reader

    Klong Toey

    Good Kids, Mad City: The Teenage Rappers Changing Minds About Bangkok's Notorious Slum Eleven Fingers knows exactly what people think of his hometown. "Poor. Bad. Wicked. Criminals: This is the way people talk about us!" he raps on his song "Klong Toey, My City." Klong Toey is Bangkok's most-notorious slum, a densely populated patchwork of illegal and semi-legal settlements that rose up in the space between Sukhumvit Road and the Chao Phraya River more than 60 years ago. It's home to an estimated 80,000 people and more representative of the Thai capital than most people would like to admit. As much as 20 percent of Bangkok's 8.3 million people live in slums like Klong Toey, which makes streets like the ones Eleven Fingers and his friend 19Tyger grew up on more common than the glitzy malls of Pathum Wan—only six kilometers away down Sukhumvit Road. Still, the public perception of Klong Toey has long been associated with crime, poverty, and drug abuse. The slum began as a home for rural Thais who moved to the capital to look for work, most of them finding it at the nearby Klong Toey port. The port authority actually owned most the land where the slum currently sits, and a community of poor port workers soon sprung up on the port's peripheries. Continues with pics and video https://www.vice.com/en_asia/article/mbwgbq/good-kids-mad-city-the-teenage-rappers-changing-minds-about-bangkoks-notorious-slum
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  9. ...a coy description of the preferred geometry of their cock?
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  10. You are correct. See this news report concerning his first lackluster appearance outside of Brazil: https://www.fairobserver.com/region/latin_america/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-president-davos-news-latest-headlines-32009/
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  11. Yes me too, I was hoping you did not let the hunk have his way. Glad you had a good experience with Copa masseur- that’s the way it should be, price negotiation fails but he voluntarily approaches you with a discount showing he wants your business. And you were rewarded with a more pleasant off. Rather than agreeing to a short time at extortionate rate and having boy rush through it.
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  12. Soon after Jean Wyllys, Brazil's only openly gay congressman, announced his resignation, President Jair Bolsonaro and his son, Carlos Bolsonaro, sent out tweets that showed they were very happy to see him leave. What is Brazil coming to? These cretins in power are going the way of the deplorable MAGAts in the USA. https://blogs.oglobo.globo.com/politicando/post/jair-e-carlos-bolsonaro-ironizam-decisao-de-jean-wyllys-de-sair-do-pais.html?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=O Globo
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  13. Because our dear Lucky is more focused on Pete's butt than his politics? Just my guess...
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  14. both numbers and nicks may be sometimes misleading when recommending and following advice. Boys are known to change both
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  15. It’s been a few years since I have even communicated with him at all, and I don’t know if the number I have for him is still good, so I don’t feel comfortable publicly listing the one I have. However, his email is still listed on a few websites and that most likely is still the same: alwaysreadyfreddy@hotmail.com
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  16. Tonight is my first official bar hopping lol. I told z909 that i wanted to see bars that ive not visited yet, that means other than BBB and Xboys. So after we pay our bill, we proceed to take a walk along the sois where kawaii boys, xboys, dreamboys and abomb are. In front of cupidol, we saw a small stage being set up and some boys in crazy costumes were chatting there too. We peek into kawaii boys, and only see 4 boys, all slim, had a little chat with z909 and we decided to move along first. We look in dreamboys, and saw they have maybe 8-10 boys and decided to enter and buy a drink and have a seat. Face wise, id probably like 1-2 guys there but body wise, none piqued my interest. We stay there maybe 20min or so then decided to hit a different bar. We passed Abomb and i decided to see inside and saw again similar number and quality like previous day, 2-3 boys no hunky ones in presence. We then walk back to boyztown, passing through second road and enter toy boy. There is around 10 boys on stage and few more waiting to go into rotation, probably 15-20 boys. At least 4-5 bigger frame guy with 2 that is muscular and totally my type body wise although one guy is definitely offing material to me, muscular, fair skin, handsome. He is definitely the star of the bar in my opinion lol. Didnt take long before i called him to sit next to me and buy him a drink. He went backstage to put on jeans but remain shirtless when sitting with me. So we start talking, and i start asking few things as usual and then we end up talking about possible off, he told me his rate, i asked for long time, he says his rate, i said what ill pay. He insist with his rate, and say he wont go for less. I paused for a moment, didnt give him my respond. I asked again if he will go long tine with me, he suddenly said he have customer after this so today cannot. I asked for tomorrow or the day after and he said he has customer take him for whole day the day after, and a regular will come from new year and take him for 4 days. So i am practically left with two choice now, to take him short time, or move on. I decided to move on, told him i wont be offing him unless its long time and excuse him. He asked for tips, i said i already buy you drink and say thank you. I dont know where i get the strength to refuse such a gorgeous specimen lol maybe i wasnt super horny, and we dont really have good chemistry when sitting together (he dont really initiate touching me and keep looking at the stage when talking). Anyway, he wai and goes back on stage and sometimes i saw him go outside. During our conversation, he did told me that he used to work in BBB before. Z909 didnt call any boy and just observed the boy at the stage. I asked him if he is ready to hit a different bar and he said yes. So we go outside, and when in front of copa, i asked the boy there about the muscular masseur i saw yesterday morning, and they say he didnt work today. Owh well. We then walk towards cupidol. I asked z909 about castro bar show, and he says its mainly ladyboy show, which i dont like either so we skipped it. As we get near to cupidol, the music is getting louder and louder, that i have to close my ears. We saw that the stage is now occupied with a lady/ladyboy singer and 4 dancers in a really fancy costumes singing thai songs. There's also tables and chais setup outside on the road spilling from cupidol. We enter cupidol and were given seats close to the door, not prime to have full views of the boys on stage but boys do rotate. As expected, boys here are 100% slim twink and fem type. But there are some good looking one and they are having fun. One particular guy was so perky and jumpy, flirting with one korean guy which i thought was funng lol. We stay here quite a bit, observing the stage and the boys. I see many more farangs here than other bars, and one who looks like the owner, entertaining some customers, probably his friends. Drinks here is the cheapest amongst other bars in BT, and z909 said to me this is how a bar should be hehe. Full house and relaxing time, mamasan leave u alone, and boys all in underwear. Id say one guy do have more of a really fit 6packs body but i dont really fancy his looks, as he is more toward fem, but that body is golden hehe. Its now close to midnight, the music outside is still full blast and we can hear the vibration of the base from inside the bar, particularly bad each time the door is opened. The time is almost midnight now, I asked Z909 if he sees any boy he wanted to off, and he asked me the same. We both dont find anyone we would take that night. Z909 says he is ready to call it a day, and go back to his hotel, and i agree, but was thinking to go back to toy boy for the hunk before, and see if he is still around or be more flexible now. Along the way, i was stopped by one copa masseur, who is muscular and a bit tall, not a bad look and defnitely offing material in my eyes. I stopped and z909 waited for me while i asked him few questions of the usual. He passed my screening agree to long time until 6am, he said his price, i said mine. Cant come to a price id like, so i leave with z909 towards the mouth of the soi and say my goodbye. I dont see the toyboy hunk as i passed toyboy going back into the soi, and passed the copa masseur again, where i just smile. Now i think maybe i should go to xboys, or check abomb again, but then the copa masseur comes to me and gave a slightly reduced price, and i immediately agree to it. I told him my hotel is in jomtien, and he says not to worry, he has a motorcycle and can drive me back to hotel. I think i just hit jackpot hahaha, a tiny one. I finally get to ride a motorcycle with a hunk lol. Its one of the joy id want to experience in thailand and today itll happened. Only caveat is he doesnt have a helmet for me, but i go against my judgement and still ride the bike, hoping he will ride safely, and happy to report he does ride very safely with me. I am still in one piece and able to write this report. We also talk a bit during the ride, since we dont really chat much before. My legs are firmly squeezing his body and from time to time he will carress my legs with his left hand lol. He asked me if he can make a stop to buy fruits. Half a small watermelon, which is cheap. At the room, he asked if we can sit outside first to eat the fruit and chat. The weather is cool at night in jomtien so we sat and chat and eat the fruits together. I mentioned to him about the masseur i met yesterday morning and he said that the masseur is a good friend of his and even suggested me to have a threesome. Ive never done that but i told him if they can fuck each other, i might be willing lol. Anyway, i asked him if he can set me up with that masseur for tomorrow. And he said he will text him. Once done, we move inside. He commented the room is big. We chaf a bit more inside, and then proceed to clean up. He prefer to shower alone, so i go clean up first. And then he goes next. As he undress, i can see all his naked body and boy, i am glad i proceeded to take him. He is probably mid 30s, from thai, issan. Skin light brown, handsome face. The session was hot and he is very passionate and caring about what i want. After the session, we clean up and get on bed, and more chatting. He shows me he used to work as actor for karaoke video clips, and showed me some of the clips, when he was younger lol. His younger self is much more good looking but not muscular, more lean toned. We end up cuddling whole night, and he managed to catch some sleep but i didnt want the night to end, but fell asleep as well for a bit before he woke up close to six, go to toilet to clean up a bit and "woke me up" (i am already awake when he woke up but in lazy mode lol). We say good bye and i paid the tips and went back to bed. I woke up noonish, missing another breakfast lol.
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  17. From Coconuts Bangkok Come take a seat in the beautiful gardens of the Dutch Embassy on February 7, from 6-10pm, and enjoy a night of mind-opening documentaries focused on LGBTI+ stories. The night is organized by Document Our History Now a foundation that works in close cooperation with the Dutch embassy in Bangkok to support LGBTI+ storytelling in Southeast Asia. At this screening, you’ll get to see a few of the titles they have produced in recent years, including productions from Myanmar and Cambodia. Our Coconuts TV documentary “Toms: The Complex World of Female Love in Thailand” will also be screened as part of the evening. So click and watch now, or save it for February 7. We don’t mind! Entrance is free, but registration is mandatory so be sure to sign up via Eventbrite here. Like Document Our History Now on Facebook to keep up with all their events and updates. Continues with photos and map https://coconuts.co/bangkok/lifestyle/lgbti-documentary-night-dutch-embassy-friday-feb-7/
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