Olddaddy

It looks that soon we will have new hotel of Japanese brand right across Park Silom and I  between Thaniya and soi 4. 
I, m afraid it will.be one of those quite costly place with postcard size rooms like Quarter Silom and Ibis Styles but we will.see when somebody reports from there.
Pics taken this morning

It looks that whoever is being  built on former Dusit Thani hotel site, be it condo  , hotel or gigantic go-go club   will be sporting identical spire famous hotel did.
Pics taken from Lumpini this morning. Mahanakhon in the distance.
 

Flew Nonstop on Thai Airways in Business class, old 777-200 tired plane, but still the best, friendliest service going.

I did my e- Visa on arrival while in Bangkok and so angry at myself for not noticing an error on my passport expiry date. It self populated from the scan of the passport, but while I scrolled down, I must've changed the date without knowing.

The immigration guy was super nice and great English...when he said there was a problem, I thought it was I entered my hotel address as Bali, because in my mind I was going to Bali first. But that wasn't it, was the wrong expiration date of my passport. My option was to do it online again, go to the VOA counter and he said if I had exact Indo cash, I could pay there. He seemed surprised I had IDR, I paid him...I thought it was a scam, but he gave me an official printed receipt and was easy without having to line up again. It was 500,000 IDR ($30usd) cheap mistake but still mad at myself for being so careless.

I had forgotten how much time from the airport into Jakarta, 1 hr. Grab was about $20usd. 

By the time I got into my hotel and unpacked, it was raining, I just watched some youtube and chatted on some apps and went to sleep.

Next day I was looking on Grindr and someone in the same hotel on a work trip hit me up...a nice 25 yr old guy sent me his pics, but since he was with a large group of people from his job was really shy about meeting, be we did have fun.

The thing that is annoying here, since it's a Muslim country, most everyone is deeply in the closet. Using fake profile pics or old pics. When they do send you a pic, it's always an expiring one....Lots of free action and massage guys. 

One guy asked for a million and I laughed at him, everyone else was 400k-500k.$25-32usd.

Did a live chat with a 26 yr old, looked latino to me and we made plans to come over.

I'm staying at the DoubleTree and they have an executive lounge with free drinks....he's not a big drinker but had 2 beers and got tipsy, cheap date!

He gave a 2 hr amazing massage and GREAT sex....he came about a liter, or so it seemed. He said he hadn't had sex in a long time. This is the advantage over Thailand, where sex is like a job, here it's a treat 😁

I ended up going with him again 2 more times...why keep searching when you found something so good?  No expensive drinks, no crazy off fees but not as convenient as Thailand.
The gay disco Apollo that I went to last time here, has closed, Covid victim. He said there are a couple of places frequented by gay guys...the cover is about $15usd , is a little far from my hotel, no thanks.

Indonesia is so affordable....I had a fat attack and wanted McDonald's, the food was piping hot and fresh, a double cheeseburger combo mean and a filet o fish sandwich was $5....that would easily be $15 is Thailand or USA.

One Grab motorbike ride was 35 cents USD and another was $1,01.

While walking in the street, almost everyone looks at me, like I'm an alien, kind of strange, but there aren't many westerners here, especially walking in the streets.

Tomorrow I'm taking the luxury executive train to Surabaya, even fewer westerners I'm told. Is an 8 hr tip but in a business class type lie flat seat. The sights look nice from the videos I've seen, but I'm sure a couple of hours into it I'll be thinking, why the fuck am I doing this, lol
 

Feel free to put your favourite YouTubers here or Gay related up to you I guess 
These ones though are "Thailand" related and I just realised there are many other Countries forum on here so they may not be a interest to others that are not into Thailand ...still I would love to see any YouTubers in other gay countries such as Africa etc if there's any 
Don't ask me to provide links ,I have no idea how to do it😀
But, I have been watching " Steve Rosse " every Friday, he is not gay but  retired to a place several hours near Phuket , Turtle Beach ,in which he spends his days making cardboard ......what else ....turtles !🐢🐢🐢
Another one is "native farang" about a Thai guy 30yo , extremely good-looking 🥰with a UK accent and his English born wife with 2 kids decided to go back to Thailand to start a farm which they got dick of and are now in Bangkok
I only watch because of the handsome Thai guy 😘

I was already undecided between the two. Therefore the first night I would go with number 5, the second night with number 38 😊

If I were in Pattaya, I would definitely want to meet number 5.

Latest batch of pics from the Winner Boys FaceBook page.
Having visited the bar several times last month I can confirm a number of new boys and overall a more lively and positive vibe about the bar than I remember for a number of years.





 

Enjoyed the video and the narrators.
My experiences of staying in the area was between 2003-2009 when I was a devotee of the legendary Babylon, about a 10-15 minute walk away.  I stayed either at the Pinnacle or Malaysia hotels and had no complaints about either. At the Pinnacle I used to book through a local guy who lived in the hotel (think Jimmy was his name) who could save you a few hundred baht a night.
I don't recall the area being a hippe ghetto it was in the 80's and 90's and never recall feeling unsafe walking around.
But once Babylon began losing its allure, I began staying primarily in the Silom area.

Surely the original Babylon building is now the new venue of Le Bouchon, the French restaurant formerly on Patpong 2.
I was late to meet friends for lunch and hopped on a motor bike taxi at the subway station and said "Le Bouchon" and he said "oh, you mean Babylon".

I would love to go to Israel,it's on my bucket list !
May I ask your age OR what's the age limit there to be drafted into the army?
Apparently the "Gay Scene" it's one of the best in Tel Aviv, 
I guess the moneyboys would be expensive though
Good luck my friend 🤞

I would love to go to Israel,it's on my bucket list !
May I ask your age OR what's the age limit there to be drafted into the army?
Apparently the "Gay Scene" it's one of the best in Tel Aviv, 
I guess the moneyboys would be expensive though
Good luck my friend 🤞

With respect to you ,you seem to be very one sour old guy 
 I don't care about Trump because I'm in Australia🦘🦘
where our Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is out of the Country more than he is in it ✈️
And why would I support China anyway?
I hope Taiwan can remain free for all us older gay people 👨‍❤️‍👨
Enjoy life💃🕺
Everyone is different and has different beliefs,sure we can disagree but still show respect to each other
My motto "Grow Old Disgracefully !!
, we all don't have much time to waste "hating"  someone because of their beliefs ,race ,sex ,gender, life is not long 😉

Good old days. I really miss the Babylon (the old one at the beginning of the road, now an apartment house and of course the new Babylon). The Pinnacle had a quite high gay factor during those days. From time to time I still book Pinnacle the have a confirmed homebase from where I do some trips around BKK and Hua Hin because it's so cheap. Pinnacle is a bit ran down nowadays, but still ok for that purpose.
I had never the impression of a hippy ghetto though.

I have been to Negombo twice, both times because I wanted to be near the airport in the days before departure. As @fedssocr said, there's really nothing that would make Negombo an attraction in itself. The beach is difficult to access and is nowhere as nice as the beaches beyond Galle. Negombo is not even in a convenient location for accessing other attractions around Sri Lanka, which are mostly inland and in the mountains (other than the beach towns beyond Galle).
I did have a massage once in Negombo that included a handjob, a so-so experience. I cannot now remember what the name of the place was, but it's not something I would want to make a trip for. I just happened to be in the town with nothing better to do.

Worthy of family destination Pattaya is famous to be

If you mean outdoors by "open public" than no. It's an indoors big room festival. 
I think it's not much of an explicit sex in dance floor event. More of a drugs in the dance floor event and sex afterwards at the after party. 

As I lived for 40 years in Argentina, 8-9 hours flights are standard for me and I cannot afford Business. SE Asia is too far for me.

Thx
Is that like open public events during Gay weeks, or something closed which includes sex ?

I'm 39yo. Limit draft age is 40 for most professions and 50 for some others including my own. 
A very big, Asian, gay annual party rave for Songkran. I think it's the biggest gay rave in Asia. 

I would love to go to Israel,it's on my bucket list !
May I ask your age OR what's the age limit there to be drafted into the army?
Apparently the "Gay Scene" it's one of the best in Tel Aviv, 
I guess the moneyboys would be expensive though
Good luck my friend 🤞

I would love to go to Israel,it's on my bucket list !
May I ask your age OR what's the age limit there to be drafted into the army?
Apparently the "Gay Scene" it's one of the best in Tel Aviv, 
I guess the moneyboys would be expensive though
Good luck my friend 🤞

It interests me that SE Asians have difficulty in recognising each others' backgrounds. My Thai boyfriend- mixed Thai, Chinese and Hmong - was frequently mistaken for an Indonesian when we were in Bali. Even in Thailand  when he is with me,  he is sometimes asked where he's from. I stand out  (like a sore thumb, some would say!) as British!

Some current examples (all these are well-established reputable businesses that have been operating for several years):
https://www.romeo.com/hunq/Mehdi_THICK_XXL
https://www.romeo.com/hunq/BlackTop
https://www.romeo.com/hunq/Dom_Top_XXX
 

Wonderful....a priceless conversation. How I miss Thailand! I always tell P that I laugh more in a day when I'm there than in a month back home. 

Here's a new video on Youtube touching on Malaysia Hotel and the Ngam Duphli/Sri Bamphen area. Interesting bits of information.