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Okay u can all have Ohm...Rome is mine, haa haa

When travelling I always use bottle water both for drinking and making tea/coffee.
Even if the water as supplied by the water is drinkable I am not sure if it is drinkable when coming to the room tab.

FYI
https://southeastasiaglobe.com/the-many-faces-of-khlongtoey/
 
 

From  Coconuts Bangkok
Bangkok’s water supply is likely to continue tasting and smelling nasty for another four months, but is completely safe to drink, officials said 
The brackish water that’s been flowing in Bangkok for about one week due to severe drought conditions is still within acceptable water quality standards, according to Health Department Director Panpimol Wipulakorn.
According to Panpimol, the sodium levels of Bangkok’s water supply – ranging from 100 milligrams to 150 milligrams per liter – are still below the 200 milligrams considered acceptable for drinking by the World Health Organization.
Bangkok’s surprisingly potable tap water took a foul turn just before the New Year due to higher salt content. The drought ravaging the kingdom means lower water flow and increased salinity in the Chao Phraya River. 
  The Health Department warned people to reduce their salt and sodium intake in the meantime. Those with kidney problems and high blood pressure should be exceptionally cautious about consuming the salty tap water.
https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/bangkoks-tap-water-to-remain-stanky-until-may/

Moonlight is starting to use social media, i.e. Facebook, to market its New Year / Tet shows. First guy to be featured is a Mr Rome. 

Yes, me too...he got my attention with his pics...

looks hot.. never caught my attention before but now he certainly does!

No need to tolerate background music. You can turn sound off o the device you are watching the video.

New feedback on Esso's guiding service in Bangkok:
 
Esso's profile is here: https://siamroads.com/esso-bangkok/

How about this, pda is allowed?!

This is not a trip report. Let's call this a trip review since I feel I wrote similar stuff only 2 months ago so I will summarize this short BKK visit in a single yet exhaustive post.
35yo Israeli guy here. This is my 7th trip to my favorite city in the world. My BDay was on August and my husband asked me what do I want. We both knew that he really owed me a nice gift this year for taking care of our child while he had to study very hard this past year. Thus, I asked for a thing I knew will make me very happy and he could enjoy as well: 2 round trip tickets to the White Party in Bangkok. I already heard the rumors of my favorite DJ return to BKK: Offer Nissim. We didn't want to leave our daughter for long, and also I had work so this was an insanely long distance short trip of 3 nights. But as I previously wrote: A trip is better than no trip.
The 11 hour flight to Suvarnabhumi went easy as we got upgraded both directions. Fast track made things easier and it took us from airplane door to hotel lobby 56 minutes. Compared to my memory of BKK traffic 2 years ago in NYE, this trip traffic was usually free and not jammed. Don't know why.
Le Meridien - this was my go to hotel in BKK. I have very good memories from it so I booked 3 nights for us. It's NYE rates so it costed way more than it should but I knew this was good. I'm afraid that this hotel is not what I remembered it was. My last stay there was Oct 16. The hotel seemed tired: The rooms, the breakfast, the gym, the lounge. I'm not sure if I was too nostalgic about this hotel since I had good memories conceived in it, but I'm kinda sure it's not the case. I think that the same amount of money can get better accommodation, but it's location is unbeatable in my opinion. I do need to emphasize that all was OK with this hotel, just not as fine as I remembered it. 
The Prince - after arrival, we went to prince to officially start this vacation. Place was PACKED, as you would expect at 5PM a day before NYE. I told my husband we wait and see who comes out of the rooms since the guys on display were the ones no one chose for a reason. After 15 mins a hot guy comes out so I point him out quickly to the mamasan and send my husband with him. After several minutes another guy comes out, athletic figure, and before anyone else can take him, I just point him out and go in. I did not expect him to be that great, but he was. Name was Jack. Massage was everything I expect for when I go to prince. And surprisingly both of us got a full 1H session. Usually I don’t care if we finish earlier when I'm that satisfied but this was a refreshing turn of events. We both left very satisfied to our room to prepare for my queen’s appearance.
WPBKK2020 - This was the fifth WP hosted in BKK and my personal 2nd. I visited that party 2 years ago when my DJ queen did her debut performance there. I already wrote in the past the true and important meaning of DJ Offer Nissim in my life so I will spare that text again. I will say that his performance this time was outstanding. The crowd loved him and that party was as I expected it to be and even better. Take everything I'm saying here with some proportion as I am criticized by my friends on not being able to be critical at all when it comes to my queen. Regarding WP production, it definitely got bigger and all small details were taken into consideration on this events. They did an outstanding job regarding production in terms of lights, ambience, scenery, bars, toilets. This productions quality is the best I've seen in the gay circuit world. And believe me, I've seen a lot lol. Being the critical person that I am, I'll point out also the flaws: sound was WAY above decimal limit. Just as it was last time I was there. I had ear plugs but I don't know how people survive this event without. This is illegal in my country and should be also anywhere in the world. Also, on the WP Main event's Offer Nissim party Dec 30 the queues in CentralWorld were about 1H long when we arrived at 22:30. Being the good Israelis that we are, we of course passed them by and did not stand in line like good civilized people. But that queue was a result of bad planning. Last, the production got a bit too commercialized. Lots of booths selling merchandise, and video art inside the party sometimes displayed commercials. Other than what I have written’ the production was on the highest standards in the gay circuit industry. We attended both the WP(Dec 30) and NYE party (Dec 31). Both were kinda similar if you exclude the fact that on the first party my favorite DJ appeared so for me it was way way better. Similar to previous experience, party is 90 percent Asian, 1 percent female. Crowd is mostly Asian foreign since this party is expensive. Our VIP ticket was 120USD for a single ticket to one party. Crowd is very friendly, with a very good representation of what is eye candy for me. Most of the party attenders were likely on recreational drugs. Most of the party attenders were shirtless as it is usually the custom in these kind of parties. Lots of dancefloor flirting and making out occurs, and we do so and enjoy that as well. Party ends rather early but standard for BKK: 3AM. In TLV this is the best time to actually arrive to a club LOL.
Babylon - we went to Babylon twice. Jan 1st and 2nd. Both times place was packed and serving my favorite dish: Asian muscular men. Babylon was very generous on me on both times and I left both times shocked with satisfaction. I will add that it's the only sauna in the world that combines the ability to find sex but also to REALLY chill and relax in a nice atmosphere. This place has a warm spot in my heart (and my dick).
G Bangkok (G.O.D) - We went there on Jan 1st. As I previously wrote, I love that place in terms of music, crowd, atmosphere and smoking. This was a similar experience. It was PACKED as I expected so we arrived early. In my opinion, the music in this club was better than WPs NYE party. Smoking is allowed and the ambience is dark and sexual, just the way I like it. Ear plugs are essential here as well but music level is not as severe as in the WP. This place and babylon remain my BKK jewels.
In lack of time, I spared the Grindr and sexual text, also considering that I wrote extensively on those on my previous reports. This was a BKK quickie with the main objective of enjoying my queen in my favorite city, and so I did. I have no plans to return to BKK soon, but I will, sometime. Maybe Songkran 2021. I'm kinda addicted to this place. But, new experiences are needed and my first taste of Sao Paulo and Rio is coming this Passover, so it will probably be a while till I return to BKK.
Love and best wished to y'all! 
 
 
And now to some party photos and videos. They are kinda shitty lol but all was taken by yours truly. 
I heart Offer Nissim: 

 
Offer Nissim - Hyms to god - This is Ofra's apperance song in WPBKK2020 which means that songs start and she appears after a long intro. Cheering and shouting in this video is done by yours truly. 

Hyms.mp4 Offer Nissim - Crazy Things at Night - This is one of my favorites and also the title of my previous trip report. 

Crazy.mp4  
Offer Nissim - Everybody Needs a Man - This is Ofra's most famous worldwide hit. Crowd went insane here.

ENAM.mp4  
Offer Nissim - Completely Yourself - Zoom out on the party - This was her farewell song and the end of her WPBKK2020 3H set. 

Complety.mp4  
From The NYE party this is Tommy Love playing Offer Nissim's newest song - Light My Fire. Note the commercials instead of proper video art.  

fire.mp4  
And from GOD this is DJ Spektrum K playing an Ofra classic song - Deborah Cox - Easy As (Offer Nissim remix). Notice that in GOD Soup Du Jour is as always hot shirtless men. 

GOD EASY AS.mp4  
I invite you to witness my queen's appearance on the previous TLV pride. All and all included, her best performances are at her hometown, take a look how she combines gay house and opera. My queen shows up at 3:14 but you got to watch the build up as well.
 

Here's a bit of the eye candy for you 

I am trying to fill the gap until my next south-east-asia trip and decided to watch some gay thai dramas on Youtube.
So far finished 5 (yes the Christmas/New Year holidays where rather convenient this year ...):
- Waterboyy the series
- Kiss me again
- Dark blue kiss
- Theory of love
- 3 will be free
While not always of highest artistic quality, the stories are entertaining, there is a lot of eye-candy and I can try to improve my
(extremely modest, close to 0%) listening comprehension of the Thai language (now reaching 7%).

It feels there is an almost unlimited number number of gay love series. Every time one of us guys enters a gogo bar in Thailand,
somewhere in asia the production of a new gay love series starts. Why is that so? Ok I know why we visit gogo bars, but why are there so many
gay drama series? The last (and only?) series in the western world that comes to my mind is queer as folk, and that is now quite a few years in the past,
but since then nada?
Is it the general love of Thais/Asians for dramas, and the many gay series only reflect the 5-10% gay in the population?
Who is the main audience? (ok I think I can answer this one myself by checking the comments on youtube: mostly asian teenage girls probably)
There is a website for asian lakorn/drama series, https://mydramalist.com
That's basically the IMDB of asian drama.
"3 will be free":
I liked it a lot. It is not a typical BL story.
The story is embedded in the mafia mileu, so a lot of dead bodies.
Neo, one of the 3 main characters is a gogo boy in a gogo bar for women.
Shin, the other guy, is the son of the mafia boss, very cute played by the actor Tay Tawan. He appears in many more BL stories.
The third main character Miu is a girl, and the three develop some attraction/love to each other so they become some sort of "triple".
I am suprised that such a theme is shown on a Thai TV Channel, but maybe I underestimate the tolerance of (younger?) Thai people.
There is also a ladyboy role that was actually quite good (not the typical screeching ladyboy)
I won't tell you how the story ends, because a least some of you will watch till the end after you have seen Neo showing off his abs in a gogo dance
in the first episode:
Who else here became a fan of Thai Drama?
 

As of the 1st of the year, 
Where I live, as of the first of the year, we have to pay a surcharge if we buy a coffee and need a disposable cup!

that  must be true emergency as at that time  of the night most likely most of us in BKK  suffer rise in blood pressure . heavy breathing and a sweating, often still forced to exercise by their just recently hired short time personal trainer.
And that repeats night after night at least for those on short time assignment in the city

Hank....I paid a visit to the BCH in June to replace some lost blood-pressure medication. It was 0030; the hospital was almost deserted and I had to wait no more than ten minutes before I saw a doctor, who spoke excellent English.  I bought the replacement medication  at a total cost of 1500 bht. The service was impeccable.  
The answer to your question from my experience is yes.

Even if readers have never visited Bangkok, they can get the feel and true flavor of Silom thanks to your reports. You've mastered the balance between what to include and what to leave to  imagination.
Having met Van when he stopped by our table at Maxi's a year ago, it was clear that he holds you in much esteem.  Those familiar with reports of your earlier trips are familiar with him and how you've looked out for him over time. And, as you show above, he has been looking out for you. We can count ourselves lucky if we meet a young man like Van in our travels.
I think you returned home with no regrets because you left few stones unturned. If someone caught your fancy, you gave them a chance--as the wait staff at Freshboys can attest. And allowing us to sit in on your off with Babe was the dessert.
Thanks for the memories.
 
 

Apologies for the abrupt end to the last portion of my report.  A friend, who I haven't seen in 15 or more years, decided to visit the SF Bay Area from his home in Massachusetts and he was able to carve out some time for a get together.  We were doing this by text message while I was writing my report and it turned out that the best time then.
So, back to my report...it's was Tuesday night, I've taken Van to the hospital, and decided to make it a quiet night and get some sleep. 
It's now Wednesday, only thing on the agenda is dinner with Van.  After I've run my errands, I walk toward the park and then head over to check out the construction work on the what was the Dusit Thani hotel site.  Can't see much from ground level, more is visible from the Sky Train statin level and the walkways to the park.  Someone is making a fortune on this job.  Huge amount of land that was gardens and low lying outer buildings is getting the high density high rent treatment.
Van comes by around 5pm, definitely looks much better.  He tells me they released him after making sure he had breakfast.  He shows me pictures on his phone of the nurses and the doctor and the IV tubing that fed him for a while.  He said the money I left (2000 thb) covered the cost, or at least they didn't charge more (or, there was change which I won't see).  He says he is going to skip work tonight and rest but he want me to go to the club and off his Viet friend who he has invited to meet up with us at the hotel at 6!
I would caution readers to know that I wasn't totally surprised.  Van has done this before when he wants to play matchmaker.  There is enough time between the suggestion to text his friend and call it off, but Van says he knows me fairly well (true) and thinks Banana Viet (my name for him) would suit me well.  He has done this in the past, once even bringing someone to the hotel who I'd offed from Screwboys (using a room at Pavilion Place) who I had not told him about.  In that case I forgot the Vietnamese internet and was very happy with the intervention and 2nd round.
 So, I say, let's see how dinner goes, let him join us for dinner.  He does, we eat at Mango Tree.  No one eats much so the bill is reasonable.  Banana Viet and I head over to soi 4,  Van goes home to rest, we say goodbye as I'm leaving after midnight on Thursday and he will be at work.  At Banana, I pay the off fee for Van and my evening guest.
It's still early so we have a drink at Balcony.  I learn about the gogo boy life and what options there are at home in Vietnam.
Back at the hotel, he is engaging, he has been coached as to my likes, dislikes, and blends his limits to make it pleasant but not exceptional.  Somehow, I think Van was substituting someone for himself as he was still recovering.  Decided that there was no future in trying to figure out the motivations of the guys, it had been a pleasant evening and so I said good bye to  him.  
I went to bed around 11.  I woke fully rested and ready to start my last few hours when I looked at my watch and found out, I'd been asleep for all of 3 hours as it was just past 1am on Thursday.  
Decided to get up and go out for a walk, maybe checkout the guys taking down the Patpong market stalls.
On Patpong 2,  the Red Dragon bartender, is surprised to see me as he is about to lower the shutters.  Some of the waiters are leaving Freshboy where the 2nd show has ended.  There is some joking about my stopping to off another waiter.  I laugh and say "no more", I'm invited to join them for dinner over at the outdoor dining area on Surawong.  I go with them, more waiters come by, as do several of the boys from the rotation.  I'm not hungry but arrange for a couple of platters of food for the table.  This increased my good heart reputation.  I have very little idea of the conversation but it was very much an after work time to relax moment.  It broke up sometime after 3pm.  Waiter 3 (see above) told me he was going to stay with me tonight because he liked me and wanted a good shower.  I laughed and agreed.  At the hotel he had his shower and we cuddled, I think I fell asleep first.
Thursday morning
It's Thanksgiving in the USA, or will be when the sun crosses the Atlantic in a few hours.  Waiter 3 is up around 10 and wonders if I want to have some morning sex, the answer is affirmative, and we do.  Then we have breakfast and he departs.  Given how the match up took place, I give him a short time tip even though he stayed the night, he's fine with that.
I organize my packing, check the mail, read up on the news from home (depressing).  
I consider a massage and that's as far as that goes.  I'm sort of in an end of trip mood.  So much I might do, so few things that I actually want to do. Following a suggestion from Reader and positive words in one of Vinapu's reports, I check out the Amara hotel.  It has definite possibilities for the future.
I attend the Thursday Manager's Cocktail party at the Tarntawan and have conversations with the Manager and the Assistant Manager.  I wish them the best in their battle to bring an old hotel through its upgrade.  I tip the breakfast waitress who is serving drinks at the party and say goodbye.  She has been a welcoming face most mornings.
I head over to Silom Plaza where I'm meeting anddy and Reader for dinner at the Wine Connection.  We catch up on our activities since last week.  As there is no turkey on the menu we have a fine dinner and enjoy a bottle of wine toasting one another and forum members we know.
After dinner, Reader and I say goodbye to anddy, and head over, to where else, Red Dragon.  The show's started upstairs so there are only a few barkers and waiters around to muss our hair, so to speak.  Across from the bar on the  Dreamboys side of the road, I see a good looking guy who has been staring at me.  He has a ball cap on and appears to be fairly tall.  The bartender being a source of wisdom tells me that he used to work in the clubs, is Vietnamese and gets a seal of approval.  I engage him with a smile and a wave to come over, which he does rapidly.  He is "Q', he has the swimmer's physique that I like and the height to make him seem panther like.  He takes his cap off and his head is shaved!  This is a first (for me).  We have a drink and I know that I am attracted but that I'm ignoring Reader.  Reader smiles and encourages me to continue with exploring the panther.
Fifteen minutes later, having said goodbye to Reader and agreeing to meet up again in the future, we are in my room at the Tarntawan.  Q did not know from the Viet internet where I was staying, nor my floor, nor my room #.  This is a good thing to my mind. He was quick to undress himself and then me.  He has a sleek body and a generous endowment and is proud to show off and encouraged me take a photo or 6.  He goes into wash up before his shower and encourages me to watch, then we shower together, no worry about getting his hair wet.  He dries me off, then makes a small performance about drying himself.  Q understands  some eroticism heightens the evening's events.  He is very good in bed, better than I am ( not that that says much).  I get off on his looks as well as his actions.  He tells me that we have been together before, I cannot remember and I think I'd remember someone like him...but, it's possible he worked on his appearance/body, etc.  He said that was why he was staring at me, as he remembered me.  Whatever, it was a nice couple of  hours at the end of a good visit.  We exchanged Line information, went for a second round in bed, mostly cuddling, then another trip to the shower.  He left around 1am.
I got back in bed to catch some sleep, I need to leave the hotel around 3:30am for my flight.
Around 2am the hotel phone rings, it's security telling me I have a guest.  It's Van, he knows I'm leaving and wants to help me get ready.  He's done this on many trips, and it involves making sure I have shower, that I'm packed, that my electronics are in the right carry on, and making me a cup of tea to relax.  His visit is a surprise but a very pleasant one releasing memories of other trips and departures.
At 3am, I go to the desk to check out, the clerk goes up to inventory the room, returns as everything was in its place, the security guard has found a taxi.  Van tells me he thinks  the fates brought me to town to help him when he was sick.  He doesn't come to the airport but says goodbye in the hotel courtyard.  
Taxi is waiting, I tell him to take the expressway and I'll cover the tolls.  Arrive at the airport, by 4am, in time to have the ANA staff bow to those waiting in line, lots of Americans in line, they just finished a Viking Cruise, looks like i'll be with them to Japan and with many onward to SF.  I use the expedited exit line, then park, as Numazu did, in the Thai Royal Orchid lounge and have some food I trust.  Flight was full to Tokyo, and Tokyo to San Francisco flight was even fuller.  Three days later, I came down with the flu which lasted three weeks.  Pardon that bit of whining...
Good memories of this trip, lots of messages from the guys, especially Van, Q, Yoyo, and some of the waiters.  A month after I return, the messages sort of shift to the needing money kind, which I ignore.  Then they shift to New Year's wishes.
Thanks to all who take the time to report, short, brief, detailed, highlights only, or commenting on reports all help and are appreciated.
And, so readers, Happy New Year!  May the 20s be good to all of us.  I hope to return in late spring to Thailand and is I do, there will be report. 
 

that ranking may be crooked toward  underscored ( by me ) criteria.
Residents  may have their own and tourists  their own still , all three  not necessarily aligning.
Not many cities of Bangkok size  and attractiveness  have so many affordable  and of decent standard  hotel rooms available right close to the center and main attractions. This is bonus for travelers but doesn't show on resident's radar. 
so while we feel burden of rising baht Bkk is still good value for money. Even that feeling is not distributed evenly as some currencies are tanking faster than others.
this is even more relative. More than that used to be , yes but expensive ?
We couldn't even probably name 20 ,not to mention 50 cities with options available in Bangkok. Where you have 6 boy  bars and  a man-to-man massage place all in stretch of 103 meters like in Patpong 2. And where  one can walk 500 m like from Patpong to Tarntawan swimming in choice of attractive guys offering massage ? 
Is 17 $ for  a right to remove employee from the premises  in order to explore his charms , sometimes for as long as whole night really   that much/
How much coffee in paper cup costs where we live? Or a bus ticket?

while your experience was dispiriting I always advocate against writing off both,  places and guys  after only one trial.
Comes from personal experience, my worst ever and one of best boys ever came from the same bar(Dreamboys) on the same trip only few days apart.
Guy who humiliated me most,  dumping mid-bar for another one after off fee was paid and one who provided me 2 years later  with probably best night-with-boyfriend experience in all my 20 trips was exactly the same  Tawan boy.
I'm pretty sure other experienced similar roller-coasters

Chiang Mai
Massages:
Classic House 600 baht for 1 hour oil massage and 1000 baht minimum tip. Had muscle hunks where some were probably a bit older but still very good looking. Was there at 10 pm and they only had one bottom. My masseur, a straight top with a big chest and flat stomach, mentioned that he has been doing it for 20 years, not sure if it was lost in translation. The facilities felt well maintained and clean compared to Common Spa. Communal showers with a mattress on the floor in the room. The one hour included shower time. With my limited massage experience, the definite plus was that he gave an actual good massage. Plus, at one point he oiled up and rubbed his entire body on me hehehe. The extra was wonderful as well - all in all was very happy and gave extra tip.
Common Spa the website mentioned 700 baht for 1 hour oil massage. Howeve, when I arrived, the mamasan gave me an all inclusive price list for which 1 hour was listed at 1700 baht. It has multiple floors with a communal shower on each. The facilities were a little rundown with the towel rack almost falling off. The boys there were younger, boy next door and jock types. The room sported a massage table and was dimly lit. The boy I chose had a swimmer build and was a top. Upon arrival, he set a timer at 45 minutes and then left for five minutes to shower. When the massage finally started, he lightly pressed my legs for a few minutes before proceeding to lie on top of me. Was confused as to what he was doing until he signaled that I can touch. Safe to say, the massage was nonexistent and we proceeded to other activities. This consisted of him lying down like a dead fish to be touched. I ended up topping, which is fine, as he could not get it up and looked away most of the time. Would not recommend going here. The all inclusive pricing gives them little incentive to try. Would have tipped him extra if the service was better but it was the worst of the three experiences.
Bars Adam Apple was closed both nights I stopped by. Circle Pub had five patrons and a diva show. Not worth going unless you were bored and in the area.
Other naughty bit never have any luck on hook up apps. The picture of my hook up was a cute younger bottom who was on the slimmer side. He showed up at my hotel and realized that the pictures were old and beauty mode was on. I was horny so we did the deed anyway. Future reference, ask for a shirtless selfie on the spot.
Hotel ISTY Hotel is a hipster hotel in he northwest side of the city by Common Spa and the gogo bars. It is a ten minute walk to the old city and thirty minutes to Classic House, which is on the east side of the city. Chiang Mai is small enough that you can really stay anywhere and just walk. 
Tourist stuff the city itself is food heaven and full of temples. Would suggest three days there, elephant sanctuary for one, roam the city for the next, and visit a tribal village on the last. 
The highlight was definitely Classic House. Would have gone back if I had more time!

There's no dress code in Songkran?! Hahaha

Apologies for the break in my reporting, New Year's and visitors from out of town occupied my free time.
To go back to where I left off, after a more than active Monday, I woke up on Tuesday, usual routine, breakfast at the hotel, checked texts and emails.  Van text tells me he is back from his visa run and we agree on having dinner before he goes to work at Banana.  I go to Iconsiam to wander around and pass the time.  D'ark is my favorite western farang desert spot, so I indulge in an individual tiramisu. Recommended as is the baked Alaska (fondly remembered from another trip).
Ferry and Skytrain back to Silom, meet some friends for a coffee.
Back at hotel to meet Van at 6...he's late, no surprise, text, he's coming, but...  The "but" is that he is sick, he looks bloated, and has a rash.  He tells me it started a few hours ago.  He asks for some baht to go to a pharmacy.  I tell him, no, and take him to the Bangkok Christian hospital's emergency admissions.  I turn him over to the medical staff and give them my info for costs.
I get texts and photos on a regular basis from Van.  They will be keeping him overnight, are feeding him by drip, he has food poisoning.  He will later tell me it was probably the fish he ate on his way back on the visa run.
Note - I had given him 2000 baht and promised to come to the hospital to pay anything more.  I was never asked by Van or the hospital for any more baht.  Not sure if the 2000 covered  everything or he had some money of his own.  I know when I had to use the hospital's emergency services two years ago, my costs were like $30 USD.
It's now around 9pm, and I have no plans or commitments, so I head to Red Dragon for a drink with the waiters.  Two, who I haven't off, provide extra attention, but I decide to make it an early night, and I do.
Wednesday, dawns, and since I'll be leaving in less than 48 hours, I focus on what I need to do.  Thursday will be Thanksgiving in the USA, so there is a dinner planned with Reader and anddy.  I pick up things I've ordered from Excelsior and Tony Leather.  Van has texted that he will be released sometime in the morning and will go home to sleep.  Asks about dinner tonight.  
My next report will pick up from this point...more out of town guests to deal with...
 

Other things I did:
Dongtan beach: went here 3 times and just relaxed for hours. It was really nice. Everyone here seemed to know each other, and know the beach vendors. I ate a couple of times from one of the vendors, first time was fine, but the second time made me feel a little ill. But I was okay. It’s amusing seeing everything they sell, from food, clothes, souvenirs, manicures, pedicures, belts, medications, poppers, porn, you name it, they have it. 
Massage: I didn’t manage to visit any massage places that were in the complex (although I did walk past them a few times), however I did get a massage on Dongtan beach. I employed the services of a passing vendor and asked for a foot massage, which he agreed to. What ended up happening is that he pretty much avoided my feet for the most part, ended up massaging my legs (whilst brushing my cock sneakily, to which I kept pushing his hand away). He told me to take my shirt and shorts off and lay face down while he did my back, sitting just below my butt but covering it with a towel. And omg, his hands just went wandering, trying to stick a finger up my butt, putting my hand on his cock, and putting his hand underneath to try jerk me off, and if I didn’t stop him, he probably would have fucked me right there, it was kinda hot and pretty sensual but we were literally in public! There wasn’t many people around, but oh my goodness. I guess I shouldn’t have expected any less, this is Pattaya after all. He asked where I was staying and I told him and he said he could come later, and I was like nope. He wasn’t really my type. I saw him twice after that, but I didn’t engage his services anymore lol.
Final thoughts
I love Bangkok with a passion and I can’t wait until I go back. This was by far my best trip that I’ve had in Thailand so far. Jomtien I wasn’t too sure about, I mean, I had fun and I’ll give it another shot, but it’s not a place that I would go to regularly. There is no shortage of guys there, but I felt a little like there is already a bit of a community with the farang there, and host bars I don’t really understand. I didn’t really check out the gogo bars in boyztown so maybe I’ll try that the next time I go back. 
I didn’t really get too much attention on the apps, then again, I didn’t really make first contact a lot of the time. Could it be that I’m a little racially ambiguous (I was quite often mistaken for being Thai), and perhaps the guys would just skip over my profile in favour of farang? I don’t know!
Loved the Raya, but hated crossing Surawong Rd. Next time I will definitely stay in a hotel on the other side of the road. I’ve had my eye on the Crowne Plaza for a while, but I think it’s a little above my budget. Zing I wasn’t too impressed with, but it was clean (apart from the ant infestation in my bathroom) and on the cheaper side. If I come to Jomtien again, I’ll probably go for the Agate. Also note, if you want to get your laundry done at Zing, you have to take it to reception and pick it up yourself. 
I had a really nice welcome back from border control when I arrived back in my country. Basically when I tried to go through the e-gate, my passport didn’t work and I had to go to a desk (I thought my passport was broken but turns out not), then collect my luggage and then have border control officers search my luggage, ask me a bunch of questions (‘do you have any friends in Thailand?’ ‘um yeah’ ‘where did you meet them?’ ‘umm in.. bars..’ lol), and took my phone and went through that too. I mean, they were really nice about it and just doing their jobs, and they weren’t the ones who chose me. I was flagged probably before I even stepped off the plane. Single traveller, 3rdtime to Thailand in a 9 month period, any number of things could have flagged me, and I was really annoyed as this was the first time something like this has ever happened to me. But they were friendly and I was respectful, and they were doing their jobs, but after such a good holiday it was a little bit of a downer to be treated like a criminal when coming back home. I wasn’t overly worried though as I hadn’t done anything wrong, but it did make me nervous. 
Next year I’m planning on visiting Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam, so I think I might tack on a couple of days in Bangkok at the beginning and end. I would love to see Lao guy 1 and dreamboy again. Thanks for reading!

Food:
Room service: I only got room service on the first night (as I was lazy), prices were slightly higher than normal (to be expected from a hotel), but I ended up ordering way too much, and there ended up being 2 people to deliver my food. Oops. It was pretty good though (had chicken wings, som tum, and green curry with rice). The Thais love their spicy food, and I don’t mind a little bit of spice, but I felt as though when I eat Thai spicy food, the spice level is fine to start with, and then the heat just gradually builds up until your mouth is on fire. It was crazy. 
Super Isan: in the Jomtien complex, I ate here 3 times, the food was simple, decently priced, but so tasty. Really long opening hours – 9am – 2am.
Sandbar: I decided to go here on the way back from the beach one as I saw some good reviews of it. Had a cheeseburger and fries and a mango sticky rice and it was decent. Slightly pricey though.
Apps:
I didn’t really get many messages from guys messaging me first on the apps (but however I found that when I messaged them first, they would mostly reply). I found a guy nearby on Hornet, his profile said he had an 8 inch dick so I was kinda intrigued. After some exchanging of messages (he quoted 1000), he came over to my hotel within probably 10 minutes I think, he was from Cambodia, and looked a little rougher than his photos (but I didn’t mind as that is kinda attractive to me), and said he worked in one of the bars, but I didn’t ask which. It was a pretty awkward encounter. I ended up sucking him for a while, while he watched straight porn on his phone, and roughly played with my hole. Even though his dick was pretty big whilst soft, he wasn’t really getting hard and I was getting bored, so I thought I would just cut my losses and finish the session. I said to him that we are finished and gave him the 1000 baht, after which he said he wanted to fuck me, to which I agreed to, so I went and gave him a condom, which he didn’t want to use, so I said no way, and then we ended the session. A bit of a waste of money on what turned out to be a dud experience, but hey, not every experience is going to be perfect, and I accept that. Later on he sent me a picture message of his (hard) cock but I didn’t really know how to respond so I didn’t.
Bars:
@Home bar: this was my first venture into the host bars in Jomtien complex. I knew I wanted to go to this particular bar, so I walked down the street and as soon as I got there, one of the guys that worked there grabbed me (they were all standing on the street) and asked if I wanted to come in, so since he was the first to make contact with me I obliged, Cambodian, but not really my type but I went along anyway. Bought him a drink and he was angling for an off really hard, so we ended up going back to my room and having some fun. Sweet guy though, and he even told me to lock up my valuables when I have guys over. Afterwards, he asked if I would off him again but I told him I am a butterfly and he understood. He did end up messaging me on line a few more times asking if I was going to the bar.
4T bar: so this actually started on grindr, I messaged this cute twinkish guy (Thai, 28), and moved our conversation to line. Turns out he works at 4T and I asked if he wanted to come to my hotel before he started work which he agreed to, as long as I could pay the off fee, which yeah was fine obviously. So he came over, and he was a really nice guy, and we were versatile with each other. Later on when we finished we both went to his bar and we had a drink and chatted for a while. When I got the check bin he said that I didn’t have to pay the off fee as he wasn’t gone from the bar for very long, so that was nice, saved myself 300 baht. I ended up offing him another 2 times, for a number of reasons – we connected somewhat, he knew what I liked, and it was convenient as I didn’t have to go to the bars (which I’m really not sure about yet). I paid him the Bangkok tip rate and he was really happy.