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  1. U can add me on instagram if u have one. Just started my acc few months ago, and my instagram is more of a latergram, only uploaded select few pics that i consider unique or beautiful.

     

    Its not expensive per se, but compared to entry fee to other places in indonesia, borobudur temple @monohara is the highest (around usd30) and u can only enter during sunrise through the hotel. The normal entrance during other times is lower.

     

    I can share some pics later on when im home.

  2. Great report vinapu. Your title is akin to a porn title so yeah it is really catchy lol.

     

    Regarding sunrise/sunset, i really enjoy taking pictures of sunset, more than sunrise as it requires much less effort and is often as stunning. My best and most expensive sunrise would be the one i took in borobudur temple in yogya with a view of Merapi volcano on the background. Whenver i travel, i usually try to at least get 1 sunset viewing area, usually up in a hill that gives a good panaromic view of the city. Needless to say, some day the sunset are just amazing while other days it is just like a view in my house lol

  3. Given that hutong also discriminate fit hunk and young locals to the point of free entry in their sauna, i dont see why this is a problem. 24 kaikan also have different pricing according to age. Its the business right to set their prices. As a farang, i would want to see many fit locals when i visit a sauna rather than a sauna full of fossils farang haha.

  4. I always like the room tip in trip advisor, tells u which room has the best view, bigger room etc. i also like to read the bad reviews as well as the hotel management reply. Admittedly, i always used the score in agoda/booking/tripadvisor to narrow down the hotel choices. Usually 7 and above is acceptable to me. Location, bathroom and comfortable and clean bed are my priority, space, decor and services are my least concerns, so reading detail reviews help me making my choices

  5. Its the same one with the tourist sim. Went to a 7e asking for the sim, the cashier brought up the box with bunch of simcard, and showed me the tourist one, i scan trhough the box and the 49 bath simcard were on the other end. The top up will be printed on a receipt and u need to key in the code, but if u have used a prepaid sim before, its pretty easy to do even if u dont understand thai

  6. That is the local train station. For 5 bath, definitely not air conditioned. They have the first class coach, not sure how much the price is though. I took the same train to ayutthaya and back, and we did stop at dmk.

  7. For fresh and bbboy, u just need to go there and see for yourself, ask the counter guy if u can see them first before massage. For the freelancer, some people actually asked for a video call, which i think is a great idea. Or else, asked to meet somewhere in public, like hotel lobby for example, that way, if he comes not as advertised, flee and pretend u dont know.

  8. In malaysia, KL especially, sauna is the best for encounters and yeah, mostly mutual interest. There are a few saunas around, kakiku, mandi manda, otot2 being mentioned are the popular ones, theres also day thermos, oops, chakran to name a few. Then there's massage center exclusive for men, namely aromann, purnama, fresh, bbboy, sempurna, kursani and borneo native. fresh is the only one that actually offer full service on their pricing, while others were really up to you and the masseur. Aromann and purnama is in bukit bintang, better facilities and their prices reflect that, and it is out in the open, with proper licences, so masseur are fully clothes and the extra are usually very discreet and brief. Bbboy and sempurna only charge you massage, and tips discussed with the boy inside the room, so does the extra. Kursani and borneo is more of a proper ones, but cheaper, masseur almost always fully clothed and most only do HJ for HE, unless there's chemistry and again very discreet if it ever happened. There are a few more massage center and sauna around that i cant talked about since ive never visited them. There are also a few more freelance male masseur who do outcall or incall in nearby hotels around KL. i know a few bars and clubs cater for gays as well but ive never been to any of them, but they do have drag shows on weekends as far as i know from reading others experience

  9. in defence of Chinese mainlanders, I just flew in 777-300 full of them and despite of 13.5 hr flight all including children were extremely well behaved and we all left plane in quite decent cleanliness despite so many hours spent inside

    Had same experience in flight as well, but one of them actually standing up and walked right after touch down and the stewardess had to told him to sit.... I guess they behave coz they fear for their safety? Haha. I guess thats about the only time they behave, when they are in fear

  10. I guess all other tourists dont like chinese mainland tourist when they go visit places. While not able to queue in correct lane or queueing at all is a annoying, i am more annoyed with their overall cleaniless, especially when using toilets. And they almost always travelling in a big group, making very loud noises when talking. There is one time, in milan airport where we do our vat refund, they have specific lines just for chinese tourist, with one italian girl staff who speaks mandarin literally have to shout and repeat herself a zillion times so that those people will keep queueing in line....

     

    Apparently the theory were these tourist were instant country bum millionaire from beijing and shanghai, where they own piece of land on the outskirt of these town and sold them when the city expanded for a really high price, hence explained their manners. That is how they behave back home so dont expect they will change that anytime soon

  11. OMG, what a difference! The mode of transport in Bagan in 2006 was this (my own picture):

     

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    See, this is charming indeed, what i see in yangon were the opposite of charming, there are high builidings in patches, traffic (not really because too many car but rather very ineffienct traffic light and traffic system as well as drivers attitude, dirty roads, people crossing big highways and actually walked in the middle of the road as if its their road, spitting the red leaves they chew on the road (in malay we called it sirih). I could go on and on about the negatives, but i didnt get to experience the countryside and the tourists area like inle/mandalay/bagan which i believed will definitely counter the neg in yangon. That being said, yangon temples are beautiful. Let me rephrase, id never go back to yangon but wouldnt reject the other areas of myanmar :) myanmar now reminds me of ho chi minh 10 years ago. I went there not as tourist though, went to visit my relatives who worked there. Even my relatives rental house, where its really at a really high class neighbourhood, the road are narrow and needs a lot of repair.

  12. Completed day 1 in tokyo and otw to osaka. I cant help but miss the cheap thai hospitality, from hotel, train, food, massage and the boys. a great 2 hour massage at prime cost me 800 bath, and looking at male massage option here, runs around 12k-15k yen for 90mins full body massage, thats higher than what i pay to off a tawan boy lol, and 6 times higher than 2 hour massage. I did spent overnight at 24kaikan, which was interesting and cheap, for tokyo standard, 2900 yen only. A lot of activity, even when i arrived there almost 1 am. Though it creeps me out when people were wondering from bed to bed touching others, but a simple gesture of surprised and they leave u alone. Waken up a few times but i think i slept all the way to 8am+ after 3am or so, so not a bad choice. Great facilities, lots of places to sleep, even have private room option if u want a peaceful uninterrupted sleep. I have another night in tokyo without any hotel booked, so maybe will pay another visit. Actually thinking of staying in, around fuji but staying in fuji alone isnt my idea of fun travel lol. Maybe a day trip is better.

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