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There are two possible dynamics at work here.
The first is the possibility that Phuket is suffering from foreigner fatigue. Large numbers, with the usual percentage behaving disrespectfully (note that I am not saying they are any more boorish than usual or any more rowdy than Thais themselves can be) tend to induce a certain heightened sensitivity among locals. If there are unusually large numbers of Russians staying longer than usual, the fatigue may be particularly directed at them.
The second, and more likely, dynamic would be one where one news story "begets" another, similar one. For example, a kicking story by itself may not be newsworthy and in other times an editor may shunt it aside, but when it follows in quick succession another story of foreigner being boorish to Thais, then it becomes more newsworthy.
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8 hours ago, Foolish said:
One of their "therapist" frong is very active making gv tho 🤭
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What's "gv"?
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2 hours ago, vinapu said:
consolation is around the corner , is named Aurora Sukhumvit massage and features quite a few hunks if one believes their Line feed
Whoa, I have not heard of this one before. A google search shows its name to be Aurora Massage @Sukhumvit and:
with Line feed: https://line.me/R/ti/p/@359fhjop
The comments in the first of the two links above (sorted chronologically) seem highly variable:
5/5 Rattha W. 2 months ago on Google • 1 review
Good service1/5 Y Y. 2 months ago on Google • 9 reviews
Cold staff bad service5/5 Josh 3 months ago on Google • 203 reviews
Very comfortable5/5 Dan C. 10 months ago on Google • 19 reviews
It is a place where men should come and relax with a fragrant aromatic oil massage or a scrub for smooth, soft skin. Suitable for taking a break to relieve fatigue. Good service staff, clean store, private, luxury1/5 Tam T. 1 year ago on Google • 40 reviews
No fun. There are no special services, the owner emphasized.5/5 นายณรงค์ฤทธิ์ �. 1 year ago on Google • 1 review
The massage skills are very good, the room is very good and the service is very good.5/5 Chitsanupong S. 1 year ago on Google • 1 review
For good service
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@a-447 is right. There is another reason, though.
A good percentage of the clients that these businesses serve are in the closet; many married to wives. Their employers are not as open as companies in the West, reinforcing the closet. The shops know that to serve this market properly, they have to make sure that the customer never gets to see another customer, or even any other member of the staff.
Thus, it makes no sense to ask customers to come to a central location (the shop). In fact, I think many of these businesses do not have a shop or office. The management operates virtually.
The only real estate they lease may be a couple of private rooms here and there, whose addresses they will not release to the public or customers (lest the wife discovers it). That's why they operate the way they do: the chosen boy will meet you at a notified location and walk you to the hideaway.
There are exceptions though. Some businesses also run a bar and walk-ins are allowed. But these businesses also operate in parallel the same system where they take email bookings and the boys will meet their customers outside nearer the rented rooms.
Even Tokyo Kids, which I have used at least twice, maybe three times but the first time was long ago (or I'm confusing that time with another shop), although they have an address and a signboard outside, I have never been inside. They've always met me outside and walked me to their private room.
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4 hours ago, floridarob said:
when we want to exaggerate the loca, we put loka
Sorry if I am pouring cold water on your fun moment, but the word "loka" is from Sanskrit. It means the world or the universe. (see 4th paragraph of https://kr-asia.com/in-the-top-flight-everything-you-need-to-know-about-traveloka-part-1-of-2)
Not everything revolves around the Western world or European languages 😘
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1 hour ago, fedssocr said:
I'm always a bit leery of booking flights with these sort of sites. If anything goes wrong with your flights having to contact them for customer service might be difficult.
Indeed, I have had that experience. Wherever possible I book directly with airlines' sites. But these aggregators are good for finding out which airlines fly to the the destinations I am looking at and for price comparisons.
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In the context of aviation, maybe the expression should be trash in crash out.
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I second @Keithambrose suggestion. Since you don't often go to the big city, you may not realise how Patpong road has changed. This blogpost from last December should give you an idea, complete with a few photos: https://shamelessmacktwo.travel.blog/2024/01/16/patpong-night-market-now-has-food/
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It's been 23 months since the last post (April 2022) in this subforum, about a jazz festival in Hua Hin. Doesn't look like many members go to this beach town. I passed through the town one afternoon on my way back to Bangkok from further south and took some pictures. Didn't spot anything gay, but the place has a nice relaxing feel to it.
https://shamelessmacktwo.travel.blog/2024/03/10/passing-through-hua-hin/
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1 hour ago, Riobard said:First time this week that real time busyness data is pinging beyond rock bottom, in fact ‘’more busy than usual’ 21:00-21:45. These aggregate anonymized signals are not always completely reliable but it’s something. Maybe even a large protest or prayer meeting, candlelight vigil etc close enough to register. 😉
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I think this question has been overlooked: should parents have the right to make such decisions for children?
Here's an analogous question: are parents allowed to tattoo their children?
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The data for the graphic-map seems to be taken from this table: https://pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12963-016-0073-5/tables/1
How exactly this article got its estimates (and that's the word they used) is unclear. Frankly, not only Thailand, (23%) but I also find the percentages for China (14%), Hong Kong (28%) and Japan (9%) hard to believe. Way too high.
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I have read that even in the African countries without a high Muslim population there has been a push to circumcise boys and men because it was seen as offering some protection against HIV. How much protection, I don't know.
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Hahaha. Basically, this update from the authorities sounds like "Nothing to see here, folks. Move on."
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2 hours ago, ichigo said:
Otherwise, the usual boy bars are all mentioned here in this forum a lot if you peruse a little.
Ladyboys are also mentioned here quite a lot. Read the threads about robbing on Pattaya Beach Road and the latest one about an afray in Soi Nana 🤣
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I would also add that if a bar has a significant number of Japanese customers, it will make sense to collect the tip upfront. This is the practice in Japan, and so, Japanese customers would be more comfortable about it because it signals to them that the bar management takes responsibility for the quality of services provided. It's kind of opposite to the situation where a bar says, what happens after you leave the bar is between you and boy (both in terms of service and remuneration) and we wash our hands of it.
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I agree with @12is12 You've written the post in a manner that simply recounts the facts and lets the facts speak for themselves. Indeed, it serves as a cautionary tale for others. You've also been very fair by describing how the mamasan resolved the matter promptly and satisfactorily. Thank you.
What remains as a bit of a mystery is how the upfront payment of 1500 baht for "tip" was even requested in the bar itself before you set off for your hotel. Was it condoned by the mamasan? Paid to the mamasan/bar cashier? Or paid to another boy for "safekeeping" for Jack? If the latter, it would be suspicious.
That said, over 20 years ago, I did have a similar experience, where a bar on Sukhumvit Soi 23 (Bangkok) told me that their practice was to collect the tip in the bar itself before the boy goes off with me. I thought it strange then, but the bar manager explained it something along these lines: (a) the boy should have no reason to ask for more money at the end of the session, (b) if the boy does not perform, come back to the bar the next evening and let us know; we will not transfer the pre-deposited tip to the boy.
In that instance, the boy did well and I had no reason to go back to the back the next evening. But till now, it remained the only time ever that I have encountered such a practice of collecting the tip upfront.
So, what I am saying is that this practice of collecting the tip upfront may be rare, but is not unknown. And if the bar is a reputed one (which Circle Pub seems to be), it may be for a good reason - as your own experience has shown.
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This is very interesting. It's a site for Asian travellers (I suspect majority Japanese) judging by the handles used by those posting comments, and by the fact that it offers automatic translation into Japanese, Mainland Chinese, Taiwanese Chinese, Korean and English (cool use of technology). I think it charges businesses for advertising/listing.
It's great to see sites catering to Asian travellers. They are the one who will keep gay businesses in Asia alive and well.
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Hmmm... The clues:
1. Soi Nana.
2. Five a.m.
3. Ability to mobilise 100 sisters within a day.
Professional jealousy perhaps?
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3 hours ago, reader said:
Massuers can now select the type of clients they wish to service: male, female, transgender. They can choose more than one.
So, the next time we use OneSpa's rooms, we may meet a woman in the corridor? Or we may hear a woman moaning away in the next room?
Hmmm. I think I will pass
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I am more concerned about short transit times than about overnight flights. Nowadays, some airports can be terribly congested and there are infinite reasons for delays. I've had an occasion when I had to run to the departing gate because the arriving flight was late. I made it and was proud of myself. But at the final destination, I was told my luggage didn't make it. "Maybe it will arrive tomorrow".
So if needed to avoid a short transit time, I would even choose an overnight flight.
Airport Rail Link due for big overhaul
in The Beer Bar
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As often is the case with Thai journalism, it leaves more questions than it answers.
1. Any sign of a high-speed rail linking the 3 airports? Any sign of building works at least? (They must have won the contract in or before 2018).
2. Has anyone noticed that "the route has expanded to cover a greater distance since 2018"? As far as I know, it still starts at the airport and ends a Phaya Thai (and vice versa).
3. Have they restored the express line (different from the present local line) - the one which they say will have increased capacity to carry a grand 800 passangers a day, which is toughly 0.65 percent of the 123,000 passengers* a day that use Suvarnabhumi?
*45 million assengers a yer divided by 365 days.