Moses
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1,300 for a taxi to Pattaya? Go up to the departures level, grab an incoming taxi and you should be able to get it for 800-900 baht (can't remember if this includes tolls though... anyone?).
could you please to read my message again? I wrote "fix price is in table"... In fact you can get even less than 800... lowest fare I got from private car - it was 500 Baht (in July)... but I think it isn't possible to get this price from taxi...
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I am not sure what you mean in the last sentence. I went with a BF to the bar. I saw several boys go home with Farangs and some of the boys tried to catch my eye BF or not. To me it looked like a great place to pick up cute boys.
Keyword in this sentence is "for free". Linga is filled with moneyboys. You have chance to pick up for free if you are 25-30 yo and good looking.
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I went to General Taxi stand where you wait to get your ticket and was told 1300 for taxi. Not 1050. How do you know this? Did it change?
In BKK all taxi have table with fixed prices for destinations outside of BKK. Some drivers who is working in Suv.Airport take it out, but while you are in BKK you will see it in each car - they must have it like they must have table with photo and name in car..
And yes, I use normally 1000 Baht when I arrive at deep night when Bell's buses don't working... usually I use Bellservice coz time and result is the same (door to door) for 200 baht...
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Fixed price for taxi to Pattaya from Suv airport is 1050 Baht incl. toll fee... but at departure level you can hire taxi for 1000 Baht and even for 900.
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Ok, I know the staff at MENS are straight (or so I was told). I know the bar staff at Linga (one of the bar tenders is really handsome!) and Miss Wong are straight. I have a terrible Gaydar. But the staff at GB felt as gay as anything to me. Are you sure about this?
On that note, the boy who took care of my arrival and showed me to my room at Golden Banana Resort was very new to the job. When we got to my room, he stood there nervously, then took a deep breath and gave a speech (introducing me to the room, facilities etc.) you could tell he had been practicing in English a lot! So cute LOL.
Ah... Do you trust to everything what people tell you?
It's easy to check - look at GayRomeo... You will found some accounts with known from MEN's faces there, but will not found anyone from GB... Staff from MEN's tell "I'm straight" coz it easy "to keep distance" with guests at this case, but profiles will tell you true And about gayfriendly hotels: yes, as I wrote - there are many gayfriendly hotels in Siem Reap, but in general cambodian people are more conservative about gays. It isn't like in Thailand where in general nobody worry about behavior.
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Very good report, thank you
Since in 2010 I have been in Siem reap 5 times already, I will put here few "fixes" coz Siem Reap changes very quickly
1. Golden Banana since July has 4 parts - new one is new part of B&B - with chic rooms and pool. If count price\quality ratio - now it is the best part of Golden Banana. IMHO resort in GB is overpriced. Staff in GB mainly straights, but they are extremely friendly, guests are allowed in GB for free (1$ for extra towel). Food in GB's restaurant is so-so, but their Lemon Ice Tea is the best in Siem Reap.
Walking time from GB to Pub Street is about 5-7 min.
2. Men's resort. It is men only hotel. No womans allowed to enter in Hotel. MR is best place if you come to SR for Angkor AND for "adventures" coz every evening (6PM-10PM) sauna in MR is filled with local boys and they aren't moneyboys.
Sauna has "Turkish\steam" and "Sweden\dry steam" sauna-rooms, dark labyrinth with private rooms - each with door, fan and dimmed light, paper towels. As well complex has big jacuzzi (for about 12-14 persons), pool with sea water. Entrance fee for locals is only 4$, for tourists 7$, for guests of hotel - free.
In MR guests are allowed, free. Hotel has very good bar near pool. Since one of owners is from France french meals in MR are very good. In MR resort they offer only oil massage (good) for 18$. There are no sport\thai\khmer\foot massage.
MR has own tuk tuk and car. Time to Pub Street by tuk tuk is 10 min, price 2$.
3. Temple bar\disco has very small dance floor - just about 3x4 m so it is VERY crowded every time. Just behind Temple (and Pub street) at next very small street is local disco (formely name "Hard Rock").
4. Linga bar is one only officially gay bar in SR since Miss Wong is "gayfriendly". Crowded every evening with moneyboys Linga bar is interesting only for to watch queer-show by Saturday evenings, you cannot find there local boys who is waiting for some meetings "for free".
5. Best place to eat native khmer food is "Khmer Soup" restaurant at Pub Street (about 10$ per evening\per person\with alcohol and tips). More simple but VERY popular with locals is "Karo" - just 50 m from Pub Street, close to Night market (about 5$ per person)
6. Almost all hotels and "touristic" restaurants in SR accept bank cards (add 3-4% to rate)
Few "IMHO":
1. Since Siem Reap is very small city (3x4 km) it isn't so important "where to stay for gay life" - if you will stay close to Pub Street then you will need visit Men's "for actions". If you will stay in Men's then you will visit Pub Street for dancing. In both cases you will have the same distance to Angkor (about 5 km to Park's entrance).
2. Do not forget to include to program of visit Tonle Sap - biggest lake in Cambodia with floating villages (after rain season lake takes about 5% of Cambodia's territory), 15$ per boat +15$ for car, 4 hours, best time to visit is before sunset (to watch from lake).
3. Normal hotels in SR not like in Thailand mainly not allowed to your guests overnight stay - check before booking if hotel is gayfriendly, some (few) hotels will offer for 2 men only twin rooms. But there are a lot of gayfriendly hotels in SR, don't worry (all mentioned in first post are GF).
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for travels I have 2-SIM phone and use 2 SIMs at the same time: local and my own... local SIM for Thailand is 1-2-CALL card...
from my experience: 1-2-CALL has best covering in Thailand: even in hills at North of Thaialnd it continues to work when rest aren't working already (no signal) - from 2-sim phone it easy visible: when 1-2-CALL at local card continues to work, after few switches my own card est. roaming via 1-2-CALL too: rest networks are unreachable...
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Their rates are great. They pick you up at your hotel/apartment in Pattaya or Bangkok and deliver you to the next city for 350 baht. I have several friends who love the service and use it often. I was planning on giving it a try today but something came up.
Here is their link:
I use their service many times from airport to PTT and back... rate is 200 Baht.
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till 5000 Bahts seaside
Ok, I agree with you what 5000 isn't fair price and it is overpriced
By the way: did you check Ef's massage?
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Room Club is a strange place, we had construction noise while
our 3-weeks stay at Tui's
then they had a re-openingparty and 2 days later the reburbishment was going on. The room
I saw in looked very dark und the 'jaccuzzi' on the balcony also
not very inviting although the room rates goes from 2000 to 5000
Baht
(Neil told us this construction noise is going on since July 2010) 
<KurtWe spend 5 days at the begin of July in Rooms and 5 days in Tui's in best rooms of each - 1-st floor (both rooms are just wall-to-wall). So I can compare both guesthouses.
Tui's - is more friendly, better kitchen, more simple rooms. In Tui's we got fire training when lighting system in our room started to burn and emit smog to room from under-cells. Shortcircut followed to that turn off all electricity in hotel then
As well bathroom in Tui's was much more simple and looked more older (in fact it looks like bathroom from 500-Bath-guesthouse). There are not too much space at balcony and no roof - so at daylight is very hard to sit long time at balcony - too hot. One more detail - bed was very nice and soft, but made many noise Price was 1200 Baht + 300 baht for 3-d person.Rooms - more moderm style, more chick room, very clean bathroom. Yes stone jacuzzi in balcony isn't modern, but we spent a lot of time in it. And balcony has roof and "screens" by sides - so you can spend hot time in shadow. Room's staff wasn't so friendly like it was in Tui's. Breakfast was much more expensive than in Tui's. Price was 1600 baht + 300 baht for 3-d person. In first half of July there were no construction noise in Rooms.
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But I agree, Tui's Place is great. Only downside is it's a little bit of a walk (5 minutes) to the main road. Those suites on the top levels are huge aren't they? They really should put a big jacuzzi in them. I'd pay 1,000 more for a room with a jacuzzi... especially if it overlooks the beach.
Rooms Club at next door with Tui's has jacuzzi and rainforest shower at balcony
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Obviously the recession must be well & truly over.....
High season starts...
About recommendations: I wrote already my point of view - I like to have accommodation with sea view and eye-candy view
so I prefer to stay very close to beach - in Jomtien: there are about 5 gay hotels and even more gay friendly hotels, so you can choose from 600 Baht till 3000 per night... -
Usually I use booking in 3 months in advance and have price from Europe to BKK about $560-610 with Emirates or Qatar Airways in low season and about $590-690 in high season. Past year I got $660 even in Christmas time with Swiss.
Sometimes when I have free time I use "last minute" offers for short visits (7-12 days) if have nice offers from charter's market - it can be as low as $380 (all mentioned prices are for 2-way tickets in economy class).
I just check - lowest price for now for December LHR-BKK-LHR offer Air India for $770(2-way) Dec.9 - Dec.26 via Mumbai (transfers 1.5 hours)
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Has anyone tried "Copa Rooms"?
Due to special offers, it looks like there's a slightly better room on offer for the money at the moment.
Even when I like "to eat meat" I prefer not stay in hotels in center of "meat market"... in fact it is the same like "Ambiance": in center of noise of bars in gay area within path of straight touristic groups ... their prices are with marketing tricks: without taxes and without breakfast...
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Gentleman!
Yesterday I had conversation with Ef. He asks all of you who got his service to write reference about his technique of massage and your impressions.
You can do it from this page of his massage website or write here and I will send it to Ef.
I think it will help Ef's business, he is good men
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On previous visits I have hired a small Honda or Yamaha motorbike (or what i would call a moped). If you are based in Pattaya it is dead easy to get to Jomtien and, if I recall correctly, parking is only 10 baht and very easy and convenient. Easy to ride back into Pattaya at the end of the afternoon.
I have no idea why to rent bike in PTT if baht bus cost only 10 baht...If we will start to talk about Samui (for example) where bus cost 60 Baht - then it have some sense.. But in PTT for ride within city...
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If I stay in Boystown or Sunnee, I just get a baht bus to Jomtien during the day.
If staying in Jomtien, surely it will usually be necessary to get a baht bus to & from Pattaya at night, complete with any guests who might be returning to the room? Isn't it easier to take the baht bus during the day?
My point of view on this locations is opposite to your
When I stay in Jomtien - I can visit beach as many times per day as I want, can to have siesta (day time sleeping), can to have nice clean shower as many times as I want, and visit (sorry) my personal and very clean WC, I can not change swimsuit before I want to visit my room, can walk out from hotel directly in swimming clothes and don't carry with me towel.
And for to visit BoysTown or Sunee I will need the same bahtbus, at evening time and it will be more easy - coz they work 24 hours but by evenings and nights they aren't crowded like at day time and at this time as well no traffic jams.
For example you can't have in Ambiance balcony with recliners and jacuzzi&shower, table and chairs and everything in flowers, but you can have this in Room's Club in Jomtien. Just imagine: you are laying in jacuzzi at balcony with you BF or guest, eating fruts, drinking wine and watching sunset... ah...
In Bondi you will have more simple room, but still nice and clean just for 900 with balcony (again, nice seaview) and one of the best coffee from gay places in Pattaya (don't tell me about coffee in Ambiance... brrr....)
In Tui's you will have excelent thai food in restaurant from early morning till late evening (what you can eat in Ambiance if you are lazy to go out?)
So I prefer have once per day two-way trip to Sunee or BoysTown, than spend whole daylight-time in uncomfortable conditions just in sitting in chair at the beach...
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as their 1114 baht/night rooms are OK
did you mean 1200 Baht? coz price of 1114 do not include taxes...
I had stays in all gay-hotels in Jomtien beach and prefer this location coz it has more nice view at day time as well 3 of 4 hotels have prices lower than Ambiance. One more advantage is after walk-out from hotel in 5 steps you are at the beach's sand. I had one stay in Ambiance and prefer Jomtien now.
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Hey, the boy in that blog is handsome!
Yeahh
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As per my friend rainy weather still is in Cambodia. Two heavy rains for past two days overfill river in Siem Reap, water is on the streets.
More images of flood in Siem Reap are in the blog of Angkorboy.
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It's depends on boy...
Homeless boy from beach will glad to join you even for 300 Bahts, Lao and Cambodian boys from Walking street or other "freelancers areas" will join you for 300-500-700 Bahts, Thai boys from bars will say you "up to you" but will expect 1000 Baht for short... Only cutest of bar's boy may be will pretend for more than 1000 for short time...
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I'm wonder about debates... "democrats", "republicans"...
Gents, USA-economic is deep in asshole. Anyone who will resolve this problem will become unpopular very soon: coz he will must cut, cut and cut everything: government's expenses to social programs, to salary for clerks, to military... to every thing... or "kill" dollar and establish something like "amero"... Look at USA-debts...
No ways to be popular and at the same improve situation with jobless, and economic on knees...
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With that arrival time the cheapest would be Bell Travel Service, but I doubt if you could make their 1200 bus and would have to wait until 1400. They charge 200 baht per person door to door. Otherwise you can just go to the public taxi stand. I think the rate is 1400 baht to Jomtien.
I suggest Bell Service as well... if your flight will landing at 11-30, then you will have exit from custom's zone about 12-30 or even 13-00... just proceed to first floor and you will find boy with "Bell Service" plate inside building near exit #8, as well all bus-companies are there...
Bell with "door to door" service is the best, but there are bus to Jomtien from another company at 13-00...
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I was told by a doorman that show was starting NOW, and I was stupid enough to believe him. 20 mins later and still no show, I walked out and swore not to return for good while.
Heh... To trust in words of doorman is the same like to trust if Santa Clause...
Design for business card
in Gay Thailand
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Hi there!
My friend and thai masseur Ef asks me to make him design for his business cards.
I made few designs and cannot choose which one he should to print. Since Ef's thai massage is for men only, I ask you at gay forum.
So, before printing I ask you to help to choose best one. Please vote. As well any comments are welcome.
Here they are (gray or white borders around card is only to show printing area, business cars is black only):
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Thank you for your help