[Taking off shoes before entering a house]

Just now, 10tazione said:

Interesting, but when in Bangkok you insist on guests taking off everything

Is your stamp collection that sensitive to dust?

not that it's not true  but I wonder how do you know?

When we were neighbors in Quarter Silom and you pay visit to my room I can't recall any undressing part and it was before my first goin of thee day

Truth to be told I don't insist on guest taking off everything, quite opposite , I rather remove their clothes myself. After all it's me who invited them so need to be nice to my guests,  no? 

[Visiting Pattaya in July]

10 hours ago, Londoner said:

The choice between Jomtien and Boyztown is the big one.

I have solution I came to few years ago by chance - by putting wrong date on reservation I found myself in possession of rooms in Zing resort and Copa  for the same night, both non-refundable. Then moment of enlightenment came , isn't it great to have option depending  on where I find suitable negotiator for border delineation between France and Netherlands ?

so in short, if one can afford,  rent for 1-3 nights cheapest  rooms in both Ambiance or Copa AND Zing Resort or The Venue and you don't need to worry when you finish the night. 7/11 to buy tooth brush and Colgate are close by here and there. For 60 $ you may have freedom of choice and save money on night transport between two and as a bonus you can get extra drunk knowing bed is steps away.

I did it two or there more times already and plan to do again whenever I'll be in Pattaya 2-3 days. For more than that easy 2 night here -2 night there is better solution.

[Visiting Pattaya in July]

6 hours ago, kokopelli3 said:

In Boyztown, Copa  is a good place to stay with very nice rooms. Copa is across the soi from Ambiance.

+1

2 hours ago, Londoner said:

Yes. The rooms are, if anything better than at Ambiance, including the penthouse ones. A friend stayed there a few years back and his only criticism was that it was more of an apartment block than a hotel in terms of front desk. He was a newbie and liked someone on the desk to review visitor IDs.

For my part, I wondered about the noise from down below. But the rooms...yes, excellent. Prices were  similar to Ambiance's. 

there's always somebody at the front desk at Copa and yes , they do check id of your visitors with humble exception of guests of undersigned for  two reasons - I'm regular at Copa and my guest rarely can be suspected of having new driver license.

47 minutes ago, Keithambrose said:

Recommended  by Vinapu, say no more. 

thank you very much but I wouldn't put much in store about my hotel and restaurant opinions . That's general, when comes to Pattaya yes,  Copa, Zing Resort and Classrooms are my favorites in equal measure and I usually alternate between them. Copa's Executive rooms are big and feel like an apartment, great value for money.

Attention newbies , Zing Resort is in thick of the action  but in quiet corner of Jomtien Complex. Don't mix it with ZING HOTEL which is on the main road , half  way between Pattaya and Jomtien. Nothing wrong with that hotel , just bit further from the action also with excellent transport links either way.

[Need up to date info]

and right by the Saphan Kwai station are G'beat on the left and KMan on the right.

[Groups and massage parlours]

reader , I reposted your valuable answer here because originally it looked as part of Dradens question. Hope you don't mind

 

 

Sort by "LATEST ATTENDANCE" and those who have made themselves available to work should pop first, followed by those who have last done so in descending order. Those who appear toward end of list may have stopped working. Shop has culled some who no longer answer calls or just moved on. I've had best success by choosing guys on first 7-10 pages search results.

• When messaging a parlor, is it customary to do it in English or should I message them using a translation app? 

Suggest you translate first with guy's number, time you plan to arrive and massage duration time. As Stijntje  says above, do this at least a few hours before on the same day. Bear in mind that many of these same guys also work for KK Massage down the road.

[Taking off shoes before entering a house]

45 minutes ago, reader said:

I ask visitors to remove shoes because I have very light colored carpet. No complaints so far.

I'm opposite , unless is snowing or raining cats and dogs I tell my guest ' you can leave shoes on' . Most do , some still remove, it usually depends of their own house custom.

My friend Henry usually visits on last Saturday of the month and always removes his shoes before I protest. Why do I ? because I suspect his  sock changing day is

last  Sunday of the month. 

[New Patpong 2 club]

I wish them luck. Certainly it will bring more traffic to the soi ( and more noise)

[Foreign Minister resigns]

wonder what really made him to go away. Strange practice to inform wide public  before one's boss. It shows some cracks on top level of power

[Taking off shoes before entering a house]

7 hours ago, a-447 said:

That may or may not be the cause of my plantar fasciitis.

After years of pain I finally came across a solution! Compression socks.

Who would have imagined that such a simple solution existed? 

 

I had bout of PF in early XXI century to a point that while alighting from train in Chicago , due to pain I collapsed on the platform. Solution- doctor prescribed  one- custom made insoles and sugested another one - wear original Birkenstock sandals. Both worked to a point of being distant memory even if I walk around the house barefooted.

[Taking off shoes before entering a house]

1 hour ago, unicorn said:

 how should I approach this problem in the future? Should I just carry slippers in my car, then, if unexpectedly asked to remove my shoes, explain that I have a medical condition, and can go back to the car, get the slippers, and then transfer the shoe inserts into the slippers upon my return?

when we are invited  and accept it we need to obey whatever house rules are.  When invited to new place we also need to anticipate that some of the rules maybe weird to us.

So I guess an advice you  put above is very sound one. If house rules are bothersome to us , right thing will be to decline an invitation or at least address it with host well in advance. 

[Need up to date info]

2 hours ago, floridarob said:

....... so nice of you to remember me on one of your your rare appearances here  😛

where I was born there is handy saying "old love never gets rusty"

[Need up to date info]

5 hours ago, abidismaili said:

I will be back in Thailand end of June for 1.5 week after more than 1 year since the last visit. Anyone has up to date info regarding where the most sexy twinks are in massage shops in Pattaya and Bangkok ? I will of course go over some of the recent posts here also, but this may speed it up.

I assume prices are still the same? Drinks, off fees, short time? I came in 2014 for the first time and haven't noticed any significant changes really. Maybe Bangkok got more expensive.

Bangkok got bit more expensive  but mostly in more "upscale" bars some boys may ask for inflated tip , say 2000 where 1500 was norm or 2500  up to 3000 instead of 2000.

Tips in massages are rather the same . Soi6, Silom and Suriwong are your friends and Saphan Kwai /Suthisan area where min tip oscillate between 800 and 1000 .

As for "sexy twinks " what that really means ? The same guy may cause sudden erection in one and screaming run away in another one.

Thailand and all SE Asian are not areas with shortage of sexy twinks

[Thailand voted the World’s best country to visit in your lifetime]

while wholeheartedly I agree with Thailand top position, rest is bit questionable -  relatively low place of India or Italy with relation to Greece, absence of Mexico , USA , Spain , France , Turkey and UK and prominent position of Emirates makes me wonder. 

Truth is , always  those types of rankings produce results questionable results. Me and my travelling friends often recall similar ranking from one of luxury travel magazines in early  90 ties when Palm Springs California came on top of most desired cities to visit leaving in the dust behind Paris, Rome , Rio, Tokyo, NY and all other worthies including   St.Olaf,  MN

[When you've got to go...]

3 hours ago, Moses said:

Unless changes are recent, it is wrong map: "Beach road and 2nd road loop" (red) is included to "From Jomtien and Pattaya" route (blue) and to "Naklua route" (purple).

I think both variants are operating i.e all the way from Jomtien to Naklua and Beach rd loop. Last trip I boarder one at soi Post Office  thinking it will take me to Jomtien but it turned left on Second Road and terminated there. To be sure  it's better to look for signs 'Naklua" or "Jomtien" on the vehicle

[Tawan Bar in Bangkok Closed: Police Raid Reported]

Good to know boys are still on the market so to speak. As for better days, it goes without saying , without bar to facilitate meetings with clients it must be much harder to get some business.

Not everybody is keen on hooking with guys on the street. Not sure about other apps but I combed grindr few times and saw only one advertising there. 

As for opening at end of next month , question is : which is "next month" in that story. I wouldn't bank on it but will be happy to see I was wrong.

47 minutes ago, Shax said:

 

Looking to off one or two of them in the following nights, hopefully for me to have a good time and to show support for the guys from one of my favourite bars. 🙂

that's very commendable and they deserve it.

[I may do a side trip]

5 hours ago, bkkmfj2648 said:

 - too much free time as a retiree....

 

there's no such thing

[When you've got to go...]

and it seems there are also blends of those as on few occasions on Beach Road  I stopped baht bus  going all the way to Jomtien without need to change and in opposite direction was able to catch one going from Jomtien all the way to Naklua

[I may do a side trip]

14 hours ago, bkkmfj2648 said:

 

so, I guess I need to do a trip report -

yes

[Line Booking is more challenging and more comical than I expected...]

1 hour ago, Daddy415 said:

Now that I am here in Bangkok it is going much more smoothly. 

 

hope you have fun

[New rules require fight refunds]

2 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

And the security line was horrendous. In 15 mins, I moved 10 feet.

Passengers are to be blamed. Instead of sitting home and tending gardens or just watching re-runs on TV they decided to travel inconveniencing airport personnel 

[anybody want to go in on a US$12m Bangkok condo]

16 hours ago, KeepItReal said:

I can't imagine paying that much for a property. 

I can imagine , I just don't have the money

[Gang fight in Lopburi]

12 hours ago, macaroni21 said:

 

 even as the two gangs of monkeys were confronting each other, they largely ignored the humans.

the same way we ignore our lesser cousins

[Gang fight in Lopburi]

12 hours ago, macaroni21 said:

 

However I was always on guard among the monkeys. You never know when one might come real close to snatch your bag or hat or phone just as you were taking a photo. So, I didn't feel relaxed and it wasn't a pleasant day.

 

reminds me my visit in Ulu Watu temple on southern tip of Bali, another monkey infested place . All my time there I kept one of my hands on my glasses

[Villa Gianni in London, UK]

3 hours ago, young11 said:

 tourist who would disturb the local market. 

most of us tourists anywhere are never part of local market. I'm always amazed how few farangs in comparison with sidewalks of Silom  I see in Silom market in soi 10 and it only steps from Silom itself.

[Gang fight in Lopburi]

I never been there so have question - with those  hordes it's even possible to visit those ruins or only marvel at them from the distance. I can imagine monkey's poo may be substantial obstacle  to wander freely too.