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A round trip to Bangkok earns me 40,000 miles. So 2 trips earns me a Business Class ticket. While I don’t totally disagree with you about mileage earning, it’s not all that bad. Miles can be used for upgrades also. That’s where I use most of mine.

Several of my Vietnamese friends are at home now planting rice. Then they go home again in October for the harvest. A couple of guys said today they will be back in 2 weeks. So maybe more will be back around that time.

Maxi’s . Across from Bangkok Massage and X-Size. Lots of boy watching

I love the Silom/Surawong area. I wouldn’t stay anywhere else. But it is true you will be hard pressed to find a decent two bedroom apartment along with all your other expenses within your budget. Maybe other side of river on BTS line. But if your going to get Thai retirement visa, your going to need to meet income requirements. About $2000 per month or $25000 in a bank account. So you have a lot of research to do.

This is pretty much the same rules as in Thailand. Another thing that is happening is with modern technology. After your passport has been Red Stamped all over the place for very long overstays and your being deported, they are notifying your home country of deportation making it difficult to get a new passport to go anywhere.

Your not going to find an entertainment center on one street as in Thailand. But there are several gogo’s within the cities. Zone Rosa is the best area in Mexico City. But Bangkok and Pattaya are spreading out into different areas. You wouldn’t any problems getting around other cities for their clubs.

Prices are cheaper than Thailand. And apps are loaded with guys Safety is a bigger issue than in Thailand, but not much worse than any major city. Drug cartels are not interested in you going to a strip club in Mexico City. You just need to be aware of your surroundings as you would anywhere.

Mexico and Columbia

I have spent a lot of time in Brazil and enjoy it a lot. But yes now I spend 6 months a year in Bangkok. This is a Latin America forum and of course most are going to have a biase. There is a Gaythailand forum where most are biase towards SE Asia. Some in that forum say the same thing. It’s the “no doubt about it” lines that gets to me. We are all different people. Different places offer different things for all of us. For you it’s Brazil and nothing wrong with that. It’s a great place to be.

Mvan1....... you forgot the. “In my opinion”

As for the Cathay flight from Washington, the fares are starting very high. It would be a very good flight for me , but I was looking at PE fares. $1000 higher than just going up to New York. Hopefully they adjust.

Boston thru this weekend. Then Ft. Lauderdale for summer. Back to Bangkok September.

I’m waiting for the current season to finish then binge watch it on my next flight to Bangkok. Loved the first season.

CBS. Friday nights at 10pm. Great cast, good stories. Whole family is connected to law enforcement.

Good timing reading yor post. I am just turning it on to watch. Was going to watch it Friday night but fell asleep. One of my Favorite shows.

I’ve done Qatar Phl-Doh-Bkk. Agreed, great way to go. Did it in Business. Mr usual route is Mia Dallas Hkg Bkk on American. Sometimes thru Tokyo. Last couple of trips I’ve done Boston Hkg Bkk on Cathay. I try to stay with One World as I have high status with AA and lots of perks. Being retired I can fly mid week which helps keep fares down. I also spend time in Hanoi and use Qatar for that from Bkk. Short flight but great service.

As of a couple of weeks ago he wasn’t even in Thailand. He has a way of taking a simple story and turning it into a best seller. I suspect there is truth to the story, but how much, I’m not sure.

This is mostly just in the US.

I fly to Bangkok out of Miami. I will admit I’m a little particular about what airline I fly. I don’t just go for the lowest priced flight I can find. I look for fares I can upgrade or buy Premium Economy. Brazil in coach is easy 8 hours. Bangkok in coach is 24 hours. Not so easy. Last December I got a $725 fare. In February I got a $850 fare. It’s just our summer months that fares go up.

But June,July,and August are high season in the US. This is what the airlines look at. I have the same issue going back to Bangkok. Fares now run $1500-$2000 . Then September 1st, I can get it under $1000.

I was in Hanoi a few weeks ago. The apps were alive with willing and able boys. I wasn’t looking to hire, but got many hits from boys that wanted to meet up. I prefer Hanoi to Saigon just for the big city difference. Saigon is like most other big cities and Hanoi is still old world. Sightseeing is very good. If your going for gay fun it’s mostly limited to what you can find on the apps. Both big cities do have a few Massage places though.

I used Uber many times and Grab a few times. I think Grab is going thru some growing pains with the quick change over. The fares definitely went up. Also the pickup times are a bit longer.

Who determines who are “better quality” boys ?

Most of the bars and gogo’s are in the section that will be open.

Keep in mind when you say “Twilight is going thru lean times” that it is now low season. Twilight has had a fairly successful winter season. During the Songkran week they were turning people away, The other night someone mentioned FreshBoys seemed quiet. But in fact about 25 boys just before show started and 8 left when 2nd show started. Most of us go by what we see at that moment. Sometimes you need to see the whole evening picture. Things aren’t always as bad as first impression.