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Day 4 - The morning after After i sent my guy away at lobby, I went back to the reception to asked if there is any update about my phone. Sadly, the answer is still no update. I replied to them saying that I guess Ill need to shop for a new phone now, to which they awkwardly chuckles. Went back to my room, I recalled that I have my laptop with me, and perhaps I still have access to my whatapps. I recently use whatapps web to access certain file from my phone. So I switch on my laptop and checked if I can open my whatapps. And voila, it is still connected to my account! I immediately grab a pen and paper to jot down all the important phone numbers from my contact. I also texted my two malaysian friends telling them the whole ordeal. I also checked my email. And there i saw a reply from bolt customer service about the lost phone report sent by hotel receptionist. Its an email asking for me to give additional detail, my phone number where they can contact me, and consent to share it with the driver. This was apparently sent to me at 3.31 am and i replied with the hotel receptionist number and hotel name around 9.33 am. And I received a reply of acceptance 9.37 am. I am impressed with the speed of response by bolt customer service! After checking my email, whatapps and facebook on my laptop, i search on how i can open my line account on the laptop but this wasnt successful, not without my phone with me. Went for a nap a bit then was woken up by door bell and a knock on my door. I thought oh must be the house keeping. Went to the door to open it and its actually the bellboy, telling me that someone at the lobby asking for me, to return my phone. Im still half asleep but the news woke me up like ive been punched in the face. Still in disbelief, I told the bellboy thank you so much and I will be right down. Went down full with anticipation, and as I came out of the lift, I saw him the bolt driver from last night, and on his hand, my phone! It was turned off though, probably due to out of battery. I cant describe this feeling of relief, like all of the sudden, all my headaches are gone. I thank the driver and the hotel bellboy and believe it or not, had to convince the driver to take some cash from me as appreciation. He first refuse the cash, but when i told him it is to cover his gas and it is also from my heart, he reluctantly accept it. He then asked to take a picture with me, showing the phone, to report back to bolt. The receptionist working right now was already a new crew so Ill have to thank the night shift receptionist tonight. Back at the hotel, I immediately charge my phone and start to switch on my phone. Told my two malaysian friends that Ive gotten my phone back. Having my faith in humanity restored, i started browsing my line, replied a text from forum member, and started planing my next massage, this time with history massage. Been meaning to try this one guy but based on previous report, his tips is quite high, but recently, a friend told me that he has reduced his tips. Also texted a fellow forum member that might be in bkk. All booked, and back to having my nap. Woke up and went for my massage appointment at history, and met my KL friend there, he also booked another masseur there. My session went better than expected, massage was super sensual, my masseur is really good looking with greek god like body, and after was great as well. Tonight, a planned dinner with some forum veterans, 5 of us at 25 degrees. It was at first only a dinner for two, but I asked one of them when he is free to meet for dinner and he asked if i wanted to join tonight's dinner and i said yes, and asked if some other members can join as well, so in the end, its 5 of us tonight at 6.30pm Had a nice catching up and since its still early, I went to see forum member and watching some of the guys playing pool at bar downstairs of freshboy. We then went to jupiter for the night for their show. And of course, the highlight of the show is still the famous boom, but their overall shows also improves. Yes, they have decided to increase the entrance free by 100 baht. We chose to swallow it as my friend already have someone he wanted to off tonight and I already have a guy as well. In my mind, i couldve just reduced amount of guys ill tip tonight by 1 lol. A very productive night indeed, my friend booked a guy tonight, and tomorrow as well, which is his last day. I also prebooked a guy as well. Had supper at foodland, but before that, went to goodboy to say hi to a fellow forum member who has now confirmed with me that he is in bkk. Went back to our respective hotel by bolt. By now im a loyal bolt customer hehe. At the hotel, I told my guy to go to the lift first as i went to the reception to say my thanks to the receptionists. She asked if I already bought a new phone and I told her that no, i havent bought one yet.

So after a full day of work Christmas I ran home, tooK a shower, grabbed my bag and off to the airport for a very long trip. I had planned on sleeping on the long flight but the guy next to me had other plans. I won’t go into it all but I think the record was around 15 minutes without an elbow to me side. Anyway after landing in Bangkok at the satellite terminal I speed through customs. then to the ATM which wouldn’t give me cash. Not going to lie this worried me, no cash for trip? Well I had some left from last year. Change of plans instead of taxi I saved my little cash by taking the Train, and MRT to Silom. Finding my way to the Raya I passed a different bank and decided to try and soon I had a nice stack of bills. At Raya an easy check in then a shower and it was time for the adventure to start… at 711. when I stepped out I realized the temperature was nice so I decided to start with a walk and somehow found myself at the front door to Arena. Picking a massage guy was easy. He was built nicely, handsome face and I soon learned he gave a less then mediocre massage. Not a big deal or surprise really. I’m sure you know that wasn’t why I was there. Any whew the alters were great. Rock hard chest, very nice arms and bigger then expected… other things. I tipped more than the minimum. Then to 711 and seeing a pizza place my stomach started reminding me to eat. Next I decided to visit Soi gay and decided to try Banana. I had never been there before and was surprised to enjoy the drag show and the guys were hot. bar was packed and I was seated next to a cute guy from Singapore. After a bit a number with fit guys showing there … assets came on and one guy looked off he had filled the condom with air making him look off. At the end of number the guy with the mask took it off. I’m mostly sure it was the one that got away last trip. He looked angry about something though. i kept looking for him but he didn’t come down stairs. One drag number was especially good and I tipped her and I never do that. Some time later a banana song came on and the guys came out showing us their bananas , sort of a lot had air in the condoms. Guy who got away didn’t look mad anymore but not happy either. I tried tipping him and he took the baht but no eye contact… I decided not to off him and to save my ears and left. I went to the night market in search for banana pancakes but no luck. Anyone with recommendations on where to find them. Any way a called it a night and back to hotel and crashed hard.

Day 3 - The luck continues, or does it? From this day onwards, no specific notes were taken, so itll be a recount from my text messages, and mostly from memories. My guy left after breakfast together at the hotel buffet. I needed to change money at superrich, so we walked together to the nearby branch at Sukhumvit MRT. While location is convenient, rate isnt as good as x-one nor the silom plaza superrich branch so I change a bit of cash here. There are several other exchange place nearby but rates for MYR-Baht isnt any better. Back to hotel to catch up with sleeping and then woke up around 2 or so and get ready to head to Prime for an hour foot massage. Forum member told me he is at MBK shopping when asked about dinner plan for tonight and he wont be able to join. I told him im at Prime now for foot massage and having late lunch later if he wanted to join for a chat. We met at 90gram at Quarter Silom for a chat of world politics. Back to hotel to enjoy the lounge until its time to head out for dinner tonight. Tonight dinner is only us 3 malaysian, my friend who travelled with me and another friend i know from telegram group who used to work in bangkok. We decided to try Central park again and this time browsing through their food court area, where almost 70% of the stalls here have michelin labels. I didnt eat much since im still full from late lunch and titbits in the lounge so I just order a drink, while my friends ordered crab fried rice and fried rice with fish. Tonight, we decided to go to dreamboy. But since its still early, we parked ourselves at midnight bar. I always have a thing for one of their waiter. He was fun and flirty but ive yet to off him. He is very popular anyway and for me, he is still a borderline case. But i still enjoys his attention at the bar. My KL friend went up to freshboy as he already arrange a boy to off tonight. Meanwhile we go to dreamboy around 10.30pm for the show and see their line up. We took the seat at the very back and center, so we got a good look at the stage. Pretty impressive numbers of guys available to choose from. Perhaps the most boys in all bars in Bkk. All kind of guys too, from twinks, to average, muscular and geriatric. My friend didnt see anyone to his liking though, and im not surprise as that has always been my experience before as well. Lots of guys of all different type but none Id take. However, I have received intel that a guy i really like from FB moved here, so I tried to look if he is around and lo and behold, i saw him when its in between shows and guys started to rotate on the stage. However, while he looks very impressive and stands out in FB, here, he looks small indeed in comparison to his peers in the line up. Without much hesitation, I called mamasan and told his number to come join me for a drink. The usual conversation ensued. Asked if he will go with me to my hotel, he said yes. Asked if he will do long time with me, and im surprised that he didnt hesitate to say yes. Reiterate that will he stay with me until breakfast and he repeated yes. Why am I surprised? Because the last conversation we had in FB, he flatly said no long time to me. This time, I did told him that i know him from FB before, though he cant recall me. Cant recall much of dreamboy shows, as we left around 11 pm so we didnt see much of their shows. Anyway, happy that im all set for the night, so I asked my friend if he wants to stay at dreamboy or move somewhere else. He said move elsewhere and we land on Banana Bar. Told my KL friend that we are heading there and he met us there as well. He told us that his guy were not at the bar and he told him if he is still interested, to meet him at banana. His guy show up 15 mins later. He actually went with another customer for short time off before. At banana bar, we each has our own bench, and each of us has a guy sitting with us, all from different bars. Me with dream boy guy my KL friend with FB guy, and the other friend, a guy from banana. We stay for a while as we always enjoyed the show here long enough to see their boy line up and big cock shows I counter around 8 guys. Of course their shows are mostly done by their very beautiful ladyboys (my guy definitely enjoys seeing them) and a dance crew (some of them can be off as well albeit at higher price). We left for supper at silom edge and each of us depart back to our hotel with taxi/bolt. I ordered my bolt and off we go, 3 of us, me and my guy with my friend since he can save few baht taking grab from sukhumvit instead. So we say good bye to my KL friend . At my hotel entrance, I also said goodbye to my friend as he ordered his grab. As we entered my hotel, my guy asked if he can use my phone charger, I said yes. As I reach my pocket to grab my phone, I suddenly realized that it is not there.....

As some of you may already know, I was in Bangkok for 10 days, from 29th November until 9th December 2025. I know i have sort of stop writing trip reports, due so mixed of life and work interfering as well as lack of interest to share lol. Even for this trip report, ive been contemplating whether i should write a report or not. Alas, I am less busy with work now, and life is a bit dull at the moment, so here I am, back with writing trip reports here. Year end trip this time was planned a bit earlier, unlike some of my trips this year and last year where it was a bit of a last minute decisions. I usually try to align my trip, or at least part of my trip with a friend from KL, which have been my bangkok travel buddy for few trips now. Normally, he will be the one who booked his travel first, and ill adjust my booking to suit his schedule as I am more flexible and will be in Bangkok longer. For this trip, he will be in Bangkok for the first half of my trip. Initially, I couldve stayed in Bangkok longer, up to 20 days, as I have vacation days to be used before year end, but two things happened that made me decided on only a 10 days trip to Bangkok. One, a work meeting on 15th December, which i couldnt skip. Two, I am very close to obtain gold status for Enrich program (Malaysia Airlines), and need to travel at least to two more locations to reach that gold. So my work meeting helped me to decide when i should split the trips, hence 10 days Bangkok, followed by 4 days Phnom Penh, and after my work meeting, another trip, which at this point of time its between vietnam (ho chi minh or da nang) or domestic location (Kota Kinabalu). I ended up going to Kota Kinabalu instead. Another to do list i did this trip is to maintain my status with hilton honors, so first half of my trip, Im staying in Asok instead of the more convenient Silom area. Its a bit unfortunate that Hilton did not have hotel located near enough to Silom ghetto area. Instead, the closest one is Hilton Garden Inn Silom, which is in Bang Rak area, closer to the riverside. Id rather stay in Asok where the hilton there is near a bts station. As member here, I was offered free upgrade to executive room, on the highest floor. The second half of my trip, I stayed in my second home, Furama Silom. Booked deluxe room (slightly more than the cheapest superior room) with breakfast and got a 17th floor room with updated furniture and bed, with of course the glass wall for the bathroom. Was contemplating between Furama and Raya, but raya rates seems to be much higher now, so value wise, Furama wins. Already spent too much on Hilton hotel so that helps with my budget.

I recently posted a thread about looking for suggestions for H type spas for my upcoming trip. I completed my trip so here's my trip report. Admittedly, I had a fairly aggressive plan to collect as many stamps as possible in a short time. I only had a few days before my friends arrived and one day after they left. I had many successful encounters and a few average ones. My goal was to find full service H type spa, specifically looking for masseurs who are tops. I've been a top for most of my life, but I've been exploring life as a bottom recently. Day 1 I started with a trip to Fafa Spa with a 90 min massage with Bird. As with many of the guys I encountered this trip, his photo on Fafa's Line account was better than reality but he was still very attractive in person. While his skills as a top were not the best, we did have quite a bit of fun, so much so that 90 min turned into 2 hours. The room was decent. It had a massage table and a bed, but no in room shower. Ended up paying 3000 Baht for 2 hours including tip. Next, I ventured to Saphan Khwai to One Spa where I met with Midai. Had a good time with him, but he was only a bottom even though I asked if he could top me when I booked. Disappointing but I still managed to have a good time. The "VIP" room was large but basic - a massage table and a few spartan decorations, along with a shower room attached. Paid 1750 Baht total. I continued down the street and ended up at Phoenix Spa where I met "Daonuea" (sp?). I let myself stray from my goal of meeting only gay/bi guys and I booked based on his pic instead of confirming if he was gay or straight. He did top me but in a very sterile way with little to no kissing. My visit to Phoenix last year produced two fun experiences but this one was lacking. It was partly my fault for not sticking to the plan and meeting a straight guy. The room was basic but it had a massage table and a shower room. I lucked out and got a 200 Baht deal for the hour and I gave him a 1000 Baht for the tip but he "hinted" that he wanted more so I gave another 200... So 1400 Baht total. And I ended the night by stopping into Phet Boy/Love Boy on my way back to the metro. I don't recall the name of the guy I met there but we had fun. He successfully topped me and was engaging. The atmosphere was lacking with the least attractive layout of the spas - just a mat on the floor and a shared shower. That said, the experience was the best of the day and the price was great, a total of 1800 Baht. Day 2 I ventured over to Brother Massage near Huai Khwang MRT station. I met with Toomtam. Had a great experience and yes, Brother Massage is definitely an H type spa. The room was a typical small spa room with barely enough room for the table and a small space to walk around it. The shower was down the hall. Toomtam gave a nice massage wearing just a towel. Since the room was tiny, he stayed very close to me at all times, including while passing near my hands at the sides of the table. It didn't take long for me to realize that he didn't have anything on under the towel and therefore the towel didn't stay on him for long. Soon, we were trading stamps like there was no tomorrow. He more than satisfied my wants and needs. Total for the massage and tip was 1640 Baht. If I had more time or had been smarter with my time and Grab/Bolt usage, I would have returned for another visit. The downside of this spa is it's location away from the more common touristy areas but it is worth the effort. Definitely the best of the day. Next up was Mencare Spa at the Tivoli hotel. It's sort of near Lumphini MRT but it's still a bit of a hike. This was not worth the effort, IMHO. The facility seemed dead. It felt like it was only used on a by-appointment basis. Kind of makes sense considering the location. The massage was very straight forward with no sensual touches. About 20 minutes before the end, the masseur asked/confirmed if I wanted extras. We fooled around but it was very awkward and mechanical. I only tried this place because I had heard good things but this was not my experience. Total paid was 2700 Baht. Definitely not worth it. I spent the rest of the afternoon wandering around the area making my way towards Silom. I got a pedicure and "window shopped" at S'Sense and Prince Spa but decided they were not what I was looking for. S'Sense seemed like it was not going to be an H Type spot from what I had read (could have been wrong?) and Prince was more expensive than I was willing to spend for guys who were not really my type. Definitely an H type location though. I decided to regroup, freshen up at my hotel and make plans for the evening. I ended up at Jey Spa and met Jame. I had a very good experience with Jame but not necessarily a great one. The sex was very nice but it still felt a bit mechanical. IIRC, I booked for 90 minutes but we were finished in 60 min. I paid a total of 3250 Baht. Day 3 I returned to Fafa Spa and met with Toto. End up in the same room as the other day, which was fine. Once again, reality was not quite as shiny as the photo but I kind of expected it. Toto was decent but not as good as Bird. He had trouble staying hard and used his phone to watch straight porn. I understand that I'm not everyone's cup of tea so I didn't let it distract me too much. He topped me for a few minutes here and there but it seemed like too much work so I made the best of it but I made sure to finish in the allotted time instead of going over like last time with Bird. Total paid was 2300 Baht. I moved out of my hotel and into my AirBnB in Silom that I was sharing with my friends who were arriving that evening. After settling into the AirBnB, I ventured out to explore and I stopped by Silom Plaza, home to Arena, Best Massage and the new Titan Spa. I was looking for something quick, more of an S type spa, so I settled on Best Massage. They had a guy outside who was just my type, tall and lean with floppy hair. lol I made my appointment with him quickly and I asked him for a b2b massage within a few minutes of the start of the massage. We settled on his price and commenced with the stamp collecting. Total paid was 2000 Baht massage and tip. I took a look at Titan before I left Silom Plaza. Looked rather expensive and I hadn't heard if they were an H type spa so I was glad I paid less for probably a similar experience at Best. I'm sure the facilities are nicer at Titan but it just wasn't worth it for me. Since I had plans to go to the airport later, I tried to book something at Ganymede Spa but they were basically unresponsive to my Line requests. I received one acknowledgement of my text but they never really followed up on my inquiries so I gave up on them and decided to head back to Saphan Khwai and go to K Man Spa. Boy, and I glad I did! I had the best experience of all the spas so far. I made an appointment with "Mr. A". I had been to this spa on a previous trip so I booked a 2 hour session in one of their VIP rooms. The room had a solid massage table the size of a twin bed. The in-room shower was a modular unit, kind of a portable shower rather than a shower room. It was sufficient. Mr. A's massage was well paced and included some sensual touches here and there, more as time went on. The 2 hour session was a nice build up to the main event. We really clicked when it came time to play with our stamp collection. It ended up being a very passionate session. Neither of us spoke the other's language but we still communicated very well. It was a very explosive session and satisfying in every way. I was dizzy by the grand finale. lol Total paid was 3000 Baht and worth every last Baht. At this point it was time to go to the airport and collect my friends so we could start our vacation together, so I headed to the airport. Bonus day at the end of the trip I had one free day after my friends departed the following week. I returned to Phet Boy/Love Boy for another fun session with a different boy (couldn't beat the price despite the lack of ambiance lol) and of course I had to see Mr. A again one last time. Like many of the boys in Saphan Khwai, he is one the roster of several of the SK spas but I chose to return to K Man to see him so I could be more comfortable. On this last visit, Mr. A took me outside to the building next door where they have extra rooms. This room was nicer, with an actual built in shower and a bed rather than a massage table. I used Google translate to let him know what I enjoyed during our first encounter and he took that info and ran with it. My second experience with Mr. A was even better than the first. What a way to end my trip! I'll include a few pics of some of my favorite guys, including (of course) Mr. A.

Day 3.95 - The unmitigated disaster. I immediately asked my guy if he saw my phone, and he said no. I saw one phone on the table and it was his phone. I checked my small backpack thoroughly and its not there. My last recollection was of course i used my phone to book my bolt, and its not with me now, so it can only mean i left it in the bolt car! At this time, my guy is already in the bathroom ready to shower. I told him I would go downstairs to find my phone. In my mind, I was hoping that the driver realized that my phone was left in his car and already gave it to the concierge for me to collect. Alas, when i reached the reception, I asked if anyone leave my phone with them or concierge and they said no. My heart sank, and thoughts running through my head of what will happen if I lost my phone, at the beginning of my trip too. I then told the reception that I believed I left my phone in the bolt car. She asked me if i remember the car plate number. I told her i dont, i can maybe remember the number but not the thai character for sure. The receptionist asked where did the car dropped me, and i told her near the entrance to to hotel lobby, and not at the street. So she called the security and asked them if they can see the security camera footage if they can identify the car plate number. She asked me what time the car dropped me and if i recall the car color and make. I told her its a black toyota vios. While they are helping me with this, she asked me if i can wait and sit at the lounge chair. After few minutes waiting, i thought of an idea. I went back to the receptionist and asked if she has a line. Asked her to find my line account but unfortunately, she couldnt find it using both my phone number or user id. Not the first time i had this issue, especially when exchanging contacts with guys, and best way to bypass this is by sharing QR code. Well, since i did not have my phone with me, that wont work. I then asked if she has whatapps, and unfortunately she doesnt have one. I then asked if she can try to call my phone using my phone number, which is a malaysian phone number, so it will be an international call. I of course said I will pay any charges incur. She tried that as well but apparently had issues getting through the operator. After trying for a while, she then asked he colleague if she has whatapps and to my relief, she said yes. I gave her my phone number for her to add my whatapps account and ask her if she can call my phone. She called, and no one answer. She called again, the same. At this point, I am totally at lost already. Not to mention, i have a hunky guy waiting for me in my room. Ill just have to accept that chances of recovering my phone are slim now. Before I went upstair, i checked again with reception if there is any update on the security camera, and she said not yet. But then, she asked me if the phone number i shared with her is the one i used for my bolt account. I said yes. She told me she is reporting my incident with bolt. And hope that bolt will respond soon. My experience with customer service have been a mixed bag, so I didnt get my hopes up that they will respond anytime soon, seeing its now maybe 2am. Having half accepted my fate, I thanked the receptionist, the security and the concierge for their help, and went back to my room. I guess as i aged, I tend to get better control of my emotion and learnt to accept things that is out of my control. Ive done all i could, and now, its up to the universe to do its thing. While the memory of tonight is somewhat tainted, my session with my guy actually went great. Even though language is a bit of barrier, I think we had good chemistry. He stays until breakfast and before he left, i asked him if he can let his friend (who went with my friend) knows that i lost my phone and I will meet him later at dinner as per agreed before.

Day 1 - All the same but different. My flight took off on time, and arrived in LOS by 5.40pm. Immigration was smooth and im already in bolt by 6.28pm and in my hotel room at 7.30pm. Bolt cost 290, gave 400 for not using toll without me telling him not to. Tonight, Ive already made plan to meet fellow forum member for dinner at G around 8.30pm. It was full house, so we have to wait 10-15min for the best table outside, which is perfect for people watching. We heard news that bar will close at midnight due to police raid. It is said that its due to marathon event tomorrow. Gass bkk event closed their weekend only bar tonight, while E.D.T were discussing if they will continue open or not. Later on we saw that the bar also closed. So we know that we need to get our night companion quick today and its logical to go to the nearest one that have our type, Jupiter. We went in around 9.30pm, and to my delight, my favorite singer poppy is singing tonight. I can only see 3 boys around, but we get a good seat on the right of the stage with proper seating. Mamasan assure us more boys will show up soon and true enough, plenty of eye candy to choose from. Perhaps close to 40 guys now, mostly hunks and one body builder type. In all the bars in Bangkok, I think Jupiter is the one bar that i would definitely use their mamasan. One, they will tell you who will go with guys, and two, most guys dont have number so mamasan with their green light saber will point your guy for you. That said, other than that, ill mostly will deal directly with the guy on tips, and what they will or will not do. Near to ten, guys are getting ready for the first walk, black long sleeve. Some guys do have number but rarely a case. Right before the walk, saw my regular guy on the other side, and he saw us too, and smiles acknowledging us. Easy decision for me tonight. Without delay, when he walk near me, i gesture him to sit next to me for a drink. Things about regular is we tend to forgo the normal conversation and assumed things will go as usual, which usually the case, but not this night, more on this later. Jupiter shows has always been great in my book. Most of them performed by their guys, and it is both sexy, and alluring without fully exposed penises though. And luckily tonight, we have been treated with the legendary hula hoop shows by none other than the famous Boom. Needless to say, i told mamasan im offing him tonight. My friend also found someone to brings back as well. We stayed until my guy finished his show, and pay the bills. Another member decided to stay on. We left the bar and as always i asked my guy if he wanted to eat. He asked if i want to eat as well, i said up to you lol Off we go to take a taxi to tiger mala place near silom plaza. After dinner, we part way, as i need to go to 7e for supplies and say goodbye to my friend. Booked bolt to go back to hotel and then my guy drop the news. He said he cannot do long time with me tonight. Its already past 1 am, so there is low chance for me to get a diff guy now. I told him Im not okay with that and he shouldve told me in the bar. He said sorry and thought i would be ok for short time. I said ive never went short time with him before and not ok with it now as well. We went back and forth thankfully amicably until my bolt ride arrived and he reluctantly enter the car. We continue the conversation, whispering now, and i gave him a choice. Either option 1 or option 2. 1, he go back home first to deal with whatever he needs to, and then come join me back at hotel. At this point he wasnt upfront on the reason why he cant do long time. Option 2 is basically, we dont proceed, but i kept this to myself, and just presented to him option 1 is the only option ill accept and asked how long he needed before he can join me. He took his time to decide and finally suggested a compromise that works for me and him, only because I like him, and i suppose he also think about me as his regular or at least id like to think that lol Anyway, after that minor altercation, back in hotel, all goes well. Luckily im still in the mood, so is he. We talked also about other stuff and this is also where he told me why he cant do long time anymore after i guess it correctly. I told him i respected his decision and i repeated that he shouldve told me in the bar. But we also agree that the compromise we agree on works for future off as well. In my book, he will still be my regular.

I hope this is suitable to post here, as I didn’t want to start a new post. Made my annual pilgrimage to Dreamboys, first time sitting through their full show in this current location. I rarely go more than once a year for various reasons, although I did poke my head in to apprise the wares earlier this year. I met a friend and his boy earlier in the evening and we all agreed we wanted to see a show but couldn’t agree where. Friend felt his boy wouldn’t be comfortable at Jupiter “too snooty” and we all felt disinterest in Moonlight so Dreamboys it was. No door fee but they charge you 500 baht for every drink what a rip off. On a Friday night, bar was respectably full with the usual mix of punters and tourists. It was refreshing to be reminded that (unlike Jupiter and Moonlight) Dreamboys show doesn’t take itself too seriously. There was one glitzy and rather spectacular Thai traditional dress number featuring the only good looking ladyboy in the whole of Patpong, along with some proper, professionally trained dancers so that was a pleasure to watch. The lead boy dancer, an attractive twink, received a big tip from a regular and he did not show up with a number tag later on so my guess is that he was really hired just to perform. They also stole the “I’m so sexy” number from Jupiter but instead of being performed by straight boy and ladyboy, here it was performed by two boys and an actual blow job. The other notable number was a stout “ladyboy” (or a male pretending to be one) in nightmare inducing clown make up, who pulled yards of ribbon out of his arsehole in full view , stringing it around the stripper pole and waving it at the more squeamish tourists. Boy line up at Dreamboys is always a mixed bag, ranging from young and fresh to fifties and greying (honestly this particular boy seems to have aged out of the market but I guess he was still here because there were takers). I spotted a familiar face of an ex Moonlight twunk and wondered aloud why he did not continue to work in Moonlight, or at least Jupiter, as he was one of the most attractive boys there. My friend’s boy, overhearing, explained that some boys do try to work in the classier bars but if they go a couple of weeks with no business, they move on. Other less attractive boys have already been rejected especially by the notoriously high standards Jupiter. Or some boys misbehaved while at Jupiter and were thrown out. There was one case of a boy who videod his encounter with a customer. I spotted two gym fit twunks who were my taste. One had a perplexing tattoo on his left bicep which could either have been a landscape or the head of an eagle, while I do not remember his number there is no missing him as he has “Shan State” inked in large letters down his forearm just in case he might be mistaken for Thai, or heaven forbid, Lao. The other is number 20 with an obliging manner and a septum piercing. The next few numbers were the obligatory wooden footed boys with waving cocks aplenty, and a “special show” where boys who were willing were paraded around the audience with cocks out for a grope. Offs seemed to be occurring at a brisk pace despite the varying quality of boys, with every rotation a number of boys disappeared unlike Jupiter where even the studs can be on stage until the bitter end. Shan State was snapped up so I consoled myself with #20. Friend’s boy and later #20 explained that rates at Dreamboys were also cheaper, starting at 1,500 or even 1,000 for “drinking”. Side note: the regular customer I mentioned earlier was a female in a very strange outfit and a big black hat, as though she was a rejected auditionee from Wicked. Could have been Thai, but based on her other female companion, Japanese seems likely. She made a point of tipping every ladyboy and performer, and a few boys, all of whom made a big fuss of greeting her. Final extravaganza featured two ladyboys prancing amidst billowing cloths and four boys in the most outlandish headgear, mini fans strapped to their foreheads featuring light projections of hunks and “Dreamboys” as well as “Songkran 2025” so must have been sponsored props too extravagant to be discarded. Has to be seen to be believed. We left, my friend with his boy, and me with number 20, for a final beer at a small local bar near Super A (not recommended) before calling it a night.

Everything is going well with me. And indeed, I haven't written a trip report about the last week of my Thailand trip: the second week in Bangkok. When I'm traveling, I usually write my trip report when I'm in my hotel room or when I'm eating alone. But during the last week, several other forum members were in Bangkok, so there were few moments when I was alone and had time to write. And once I got home, I lost the sense of urgency to write anything. Plus, work got very busy right after I got home. My apologies. In the meantime, other forum members have already described in their trip reports what I could have written. Because we went to certain bars together. Their trip reports are below... It's for you detectives to find out for which parts of their reports I was with them. LOL A few minor comments I'd like to make about my last week in Bangkok: My stay at the Raya Hotel was great. I remember a forum member writing that the beds were a bit hard. I completely agree with that. I slept poorly the first night because of it. However, after I inquired about it, the reception quickly took action and put an extra mattress topper on my mattress, which solved the hardness issue. In my first week in Bangkok, I didn't get a WhatsApp response from a guy I'd met a few times in Bangkok. See his photo above. But luckily, I did get a response this time. He's currently in a "situationship" (whatever that means...), which means he doesn't actually do escort work anymore. But he was willing to make an exception. Of course, for a much higher price than I'd normally paid for him before, but hey... I wanted to enjoy him again... And in the end, he was indeed as good as I remembered, so it was worth the money. His massage was exactly how I like it: not hard, but gentle, with an emphasis on relaxation and eroticism. The transition to sex was gradual and natural. And finally, he was wonderfully willing again, with an ass that begged for... And here I'll stop. I also invited another wonderfully muscular guy to my hotel room. He also asked for way too much. But oh well; Quality costs more these days, you know... And I decided to go for quality over quantity this past week. So, not a guy every day. I can also have a good time going out for dinner and drinks with other forum members without necessarily having to bring a guy back to my room. Apparently. And to demonstrate the quality of the second guy I mentioned, here's a picture too (you're welcome): As I expected, I didn't stick with my resolve to refuse the 600 baht entrance fee at Jupiter for long. The next evening, I was there. I know; I'm weak. Luckily, I can partly blame the other forum members who wanted to go. And yes, the guys who work at Jupiter are still more my type than the guys who work at the other bars. Although, of course, you can get something tasty at every bar. And not wanting to go into Jupiter for 600 baht wasn't the only thing I had to quickly retract. When someone suggested karaoke, I said: "I don't like karaoke and I don't sing." I suggested I'd just come and watch for an hour. I ended up staying all evening and probably even sang most of the songs... oops. It was another fantastic trip to Thailand. Not just for the boys and the adventures, but it was also just three very relaxing weeks. What a vacation is meant for. And what made it extra special this time were the many forum members I got to meet. Hope to see you again!

Day 2 - Getting into the routine Had breakfast and lazed around until 1pm, making my way to silom soi 6, for my customary massage at prime. 1 hour foot and 2 hour oil massage. Feeling refreshed, walked back to silom MRT station and back to hotel before heading out back to silom for dinner. Tonight, i suggested we eat at the new mall central park. Arrived a bit earlier and stroll around the new mall for a bit of window shopping. Turns out they still have black friday sales and im in need for a new shoe, so enter a few shops and managed to buy one at around 37% offed retail. We ate at Prime burger, and all of us agrees that the burgers there is of great quality. After dinner, went to midnight bar for a drink and flirting with their waiters, and people watching. Another forum member join us. We walked passed rainbow dragon bar and saw one of their boy on the glass door enticing us to come in. At least one of us was entranced and went there for a quick drink while the rest of us wait at midnight bar. Tonight plan was to visit moonlight. Used to be my staples where i get my guys, but sadly the situation here isn't much of an improvement from my last visit in July (yes, I didn't report this trip here, so was my trip in March lol). Only 4-5 floor boys. The model line-up is a different story though. Impressive still and my favorite, Joey is much more impressive than before. Good news to Jeoy fan, mamasan said he is can go with gays now, but i have no idea what he will or will not do, and fee to find out is not what im willing to pay, at least not yet lol. But given that he wasn't taking guys customer before, i'd lower my expectation. After decided that I wont be getting anyone from here, decided to go to Good Boys next. We left after seeing maybe 4-5 numbers performed by the models. Out of the model line up tonight, babe is missing. But there is also a part time Brazilian guy who just sit on the side bench. He is also asking model price for off, but he didnt go up the stage along with all the other models. I went to Good Boy alone, one member had to go to Jupiter to pickup his guy for the night, and 2 other went to hotmale. Good boys has quite a number of guy, mostly twinks, perhaps around 30 guys, one i would call a twunk with very fit body and visible six pack and muscles. My friend and his Jupiter guy joined me after a while and we stay a bit for the shows. Plenty of penis on the shows. We stayed for a while until I had a text that hotmale duo is moving to Freshboy, and we decided to join them. Entered Freshboy in the middle of big cock show, and not long after, all the guys are on the stage one last time before the bar closes at 1 am. In the end, all of us went back with a companion after having supper at foodland.

Close, but no cigar. The site was ran by Firecat until his death. He died a few years back. He owned the domain and his partner was going to run it but it did not happen and in the end Firecat did all the running of the site. After his death, I was the one that found out he died and contacted his estate to let them know. They had an offer from someone else who collects names and contacted me and I offered the same amount and they sold the name and I purchased it back again (for the 4th time) as I did not want the content to disappear. Hopefully, it will continue for ages!

Day 6 - My first repeat Woke up refreshed, went down for breakfast alone for the first time this trip. I can see the staff surprised look that I am alone this morning, having had a different guy daily before lol. For those who are interested, Hilton Bangkok Grande Asoke does have executive lounge for breakfast available for gold and diamond members or those who stays in executive club rooms or one can choose to eat at the full buffet restaurant Atelier at level 2, with special section only for diamond member, which is a separate room called the Governor. Its decor is North American downtown sports bar, and it gives extra privacy and space compared to the cramped restaurant. Additional service provided here are a small selection of a la carte breakfast items made to order, such as smoke salmon egg benedict, avocado toast, teriyaki salmon on brown rice etc plus extended options for coffee and tea. Went back to hotel, chat with some members about yesterday events and future activities plans while waiting for my 1.30pm guy to arrive. He messaged me around noon saying he is on his way. He did mentioned about an hour later that the traffic was bad, but still arrived at 1.15pm. I went down to pick him up, and he was waiting at the back of the lobby which is an odd location. Later on, I figured out why, because he drove his car to my hotel and parked at the hotel parking. My stay does includes free on site parking though so all is fine. Our session was as good as i remember and our after is even hotter than i recall. Ive had him twice before at history massage, but during this trip, when i enquire the shop, they say he already resign. He told me he has issues with the shop and just quit few days earlier. Luckily we had exchange contact so we can still meet for massage outside the shop. After he left, I quickly take shower and packed to move to Silom. One of member's perk is 4pm late check out. Took taxi to silom as my effort to find a bolt driver fail due to the heavy traffic. Apparently its a long weekend for thai's so everyone is going back home or out of bangkok. Luckily as i went to the lobby door, a taxi came to drop passenger at the hotel, so I asked if he can send me to Furama Silom and he said yes. In the car though, he was pretty angry at the traffic situation. He even asked if he can drop me on the side of the road, but it would be easier for him to drop me at the lobby as the traffic is bad already, if he were to stopped in the middle of the traffic when the traffic is about to move, im sure he will get angry driver honking at him. My room is ready, and i got the room at 17th floor. All the room here are facing the river and I can see some part of icon siam from my room. Another near miss with my phone... Took out phone to show the check in counter my booking, but forgot that my passport is inside my luggage, so need to open my luggage in the lobby. Somehow I forgot my phone and again only realize that when im in my room. Needless to say, I was in panic mode and cursing myself for being so absent minded while making my way to the lobby and wishing I didnt left my phone in the taxi car. Luckily my panic mode was short lived as when i am at the counter, I saw my phone there. The reception just asked me to unlock it and returned the phone to me saying that someone in the lobby found my phone. In my defense, I didnt left it in the car this time lol Had a nap after unpacking and asked forum member about dinner/bar visit plan tonight. Turned out they had early dinner already so I went to a Malaysian restaurant called Ibu Restaurant few blocks south near the hindu temple to eat my dinner before making my way to midnight bar. Tonight, I wanted to visit Tawan. Those who has been reading the forum should know about Atlas closure, and rumors about their staff is now working in Tawan. Waited for some forum members before heading to tawan for tonight. Went there before the show starts and 3 of us were ushered to sit in the middle, just slightly left off the stage. One of us decided to take the front row. Got our drink and waited for the show while few of the guys are taking turn to be on stage. I have to say the rumor is true, as the number of guys in Tawan are more than my recent visit in July for sure. I believe there should be more than 20 of them, some twinks as well. At least 3 of them are offing material for me. Alas, I already have a guy for tonight, my first repeat of the trip, my Jupiter guy. So I can enjoy the show at Tawan tonight without pressure to off them. Shows was similar to previous experience, some S&M shows, muscle flexing shows, Jerk off show, and some ladyboy number as well. I guess we can officially forget about sex shows in bangkok. Officially extinct. Told my guy that Ill go to him after his show finished and he texted me around 11.17pm that he has finished his show. I told him im at tawan now and will go to him around 11.30pm. We had supper at Tiger Mala restaurant on the way to Furama before we went back to hotel. As always, session went well. And we talked about world politics and world's future as well. I did bring a topic of travelling together with him, initially just to test the water, if he has any interest at all. More on this later....

Day three After a nice walk I decided to checkout grinder for the pics and hope is eternal. This time I got lucky and met a very hot Romanian guy with a very nice banana. Very fun. Later to Central Park really liked the park area. I ate at Prime Burger then decided to try Senso for first time. Entering there was another guy walking in ahead of me and a third on couch. My quick check there was one very hot guy another with nice abs and several twinks. The first two went in order and I heard momasan explain pricing one hour tip inclusive 3000 baht 90 minutes 500 more. Seeing the remaining guys I thought of my guy at Arena and for about half the price. So a nice walk later and I was at Arena. Not as nice a shop but my guy was there! This time I got him to flex some (key word strong he didn’t know flex or muscle) and all went better then before, he clearly remembered what parts I liked. Then I headed to Gs but it was packed. I walked to pine thinking of a real massaged but it was booked through next day. So next stop was Dragon something only bartender and one not my type guy there from Myanmar. After that I walked around a bit and let myself be dragged into Taiwan for a while I thought big mistake only me and one other customer, andmore then half I wouldn’t take for free the rest I wouldn’t pay for. Then the guy I thought was a customer went up and took off his shirt and wow. Even after two rounds I was tempted. in the end Mango Tree sounded bettter. Cashew Chicken very good if small portion but that left room for mango sticky rice . on way back I decided to check out night market and roti guy was there he was at the first food stall coming out of shop stalls. So two desert night.

Day 5 - Trying something new My guy left after breakfast, although I must say something did happened that might make me reconsider taking him again. Without going into too much detail, I basically caught him lying to me, and using that lie to extract more money from me. Sad thing is, I have no issue with his service and had he just asked me, without those lies, I would've been happy to give him. Needless to say, i stood my ground and in the end he left my room. I guess its the high season now, so cant fully blame guys wanting to cash in, but I draw the line at lying. Ive had few cases before asking more money and most of the time, I will give them extra if Im happy. Today, we finally plan a quick trip to two places. First, Wat Welu Wanaram (or Phai Kheaw) dubbed the most beautiful interior design temple. Second is Papaya studio, an antique furniture and design studio. As the location is a bit away from BTS, we decided to book a grab car rental for 6 hours for 1.6k baht. I did asked at concierge for a car hire and was quoted 400 baht per hour, so grab is a better option. My KL friend got the grab around 11.45pm and picked me up at my hotel and we went to the temple first. My friend is buddhist so I got to witness more than just the temple visit as tourist. He also explain to me some of the things he does and the significant of colors on the alms offering at the temple. We also managed to see a local thai family getting blessed by the monk here. We then proceed to the Papaya studio and had lunch here, where they serve western dishes as well as thai fried rice and omelette. I ordered crab fried rice and my friend ordered crab fluffy omelette with steam rice. I would eat here again if we are in the area. The store itself is quite huge, spanning 3 floors but went we arrived there, apparently there is a movie or tv series shooting happening, so we couldnt access some of the 2nd floor for a period of time. I cant determined if its an hindu movie or tamil but the crew and actors are of Indian origin. We did manage to visit 2nd floor during their break though. It was interesting visit for sure but seems like the antique items are mostly of western origin. There is also another smaller antique shops adjacent to this shops with different collections as well. We finished the use of grab car rental by dropping us at VCK club. We have booked a session there at 5pm. My friend was happy with his masseur, but mine was so so. Not sure why, my luck with VCK isnt as good as other places, but they do have more guys thats are my type. Maybe because the masseur here tend to rush things and that doesnt sit well with me. Plus the guy i choose looks different than his photo. We went back to our hotel and meet for dinner around 8pm at wine connection silom. We joined 2 fellow forum members who are already there eating. After dinner, we were discussing which bar we should hit tonight. We settle with moonlight and jupiter. I really wish to say that our second visit to moonlight improves, but sadly it doesnt. There is one more floor boy I saw that wasnt there during our last visit but he is still borderline case for me, and in BKK, there is just a lot to choose from, you dont have to settle with borderline cases. I was hoping to see if Joey is around, but unfortunately, its his off day tonight. We do see more new models though, plus the return of Mr Mean. The brazillian freelancer is still around as well. Of the new models, Mr Khun i find attractive, with all the right muscles. We didnt stay long and make our way to Jupiter next. Significantly less people in jupiter tonight. I wonder if the increase in entrance fee to 600 has anything to do with it. My friend already have a guy tonight and i booked my regular guy for tomorrow. My initial plan was to see if joey is around and perhaps but him a drink and see if he wanted to go with me ST, and exception only reserve for the few. Since he is not available, hard for me to find a comparable replacement lol. I did had a guy already from vck and tomorrow afternoon, I already booked another guy to come to my hotel, so tonight i suppose I will be alright to have it as a rest night. Signs of getting old i suppose. Shows at jupiter is as good as it can be. Cherry on top was poppy is here, together with yesterday's singer. Last night, i asked the singer if he can sing one or two songs i requested, and he said he didnt know the songs. Tonight, I asked if poppy knows the song, he said he knows one of them but havent sing it for a long time so cant do it that night. I finally find a thai song that both of them can sing, and featuring Boom too! No supper for tonight as I have no guy to feed so back to my hotel and finally get my 8 hour beauty sleep at night, first one this trip.

At noon, we checked out of the hotel and took a few steps crossing soi 3 to Oasis Condominium to move into airbnb for remaining of my trip. My guy was very helpful in carrying my luggage! 🥰 Nice condo unit with kitchen. My guy looked at the kitchen and showed his approval. "You want I cook for you?" Yes, I said and I gave him 1000 baht to go to market. He went out while I unpacked. Half an hour later, he was back with ingredients and supplies. Now it was my turn to go out. I had to buy water for the next 4 days. I came back and saw my guy busy cooking. I hugged him from behind and gave him a kiss. "Thank you for cooking for me," I said. Another 30 minutes later, lunch was ready!

4 of us made our way to Tawan and were seated just before 10.30pm. About 10 customers and surprise surprise there were close to 20 guys working! And yes, some Atlas guys had transferred over! 4 of them if I remember correctly. Variety of guys available including 3 pleasant looking twunks - whom I tipped before leaving later. What I enjoyed about the evening was the atmosphere. The guys on stage did not look bored or disinterested. Some were smiling at customers while others bantered among themselves. They looked like they enjoyed working. At 11pm, the show began. Typical Tawan show. Nothing new. But the guys displayed more energy and enthusiasm so kudos to boss for his powers of motivation. At 11.30pm, the show ended and my group made our way to Foodland for supper and we chatted for an hour. We even took a group photo outside Foodland with Virgin bar as the backdrop! We went our separate ways and I took my guy back to hotel.

Wishing all friends and forum members who are celebrating a happy Christmas! May your holidays and the New Year be blessed and bring you much joy. 🎄🎊💝

that's sure thing but khaolakguy quoted belowi is right few years ago I had similar heats and since it ended well , there's story: on my way to OTHER bar I stopped to hand over small tip (50 or 100) , smiled and continued my way. Upon return I was greeted with smile on approach so slipped another small tip , smiled even more broadly and went away. day or two later - repeat but this time I was greeted with 'how are you ? " on my way , still to a different bar. Returning 1-2 hrs later I was met with extended hand , gave another tip and was rewarded with " one day we need to have a beer together" . It did not happen because it was my last day but I was back few weeks later and was greeted with smile and reminder about the beer. This time I discretely whispered "when?" , 'I will let you know " was the answer. So I ordered a meal , half way through the meal asked him if he wants a beer, he did. It was enough to be informed that his day of was Sunday so I suggest ' lets meet on Sunday. Which lead to exchanging Line. When I had Line things went fast so we meet over beer in place by my hotel, I invited him for a dinner which was enough to hear suggestion " why we don t buy some beers at 7/11 and drink in your room to save money" . It was like getting phone from lottery office ' you just won 1.7 million ' or something . In the room we both behaved for a first round but when we opened second slowly but surely , not that slowly but certainly very surely things moved toward , how to say it , less formal atmosphere. In short, smile ensuring I'm interested with a little help of money steered guy to right direction without me being pushy or offensive which would certainly put him off.

Got here this afternoon. Decision to fly NY Eve justified. As well as cheaper, Suvarnabhumi was very quiet at 15.30. Straight to free Immigration guy, got sim cards, and in car 2 mins before plane due to land. In lounge at Meridien, where male couples heavily outnumber anyone else. Considering various competing offers in relation to stamps! Payday in good form.

Genttlemen, Just wanted to take a moment to wish all of you, in all parts of the world, who allowed me to vent here, and still retain membership.... Its been an honor to interact and share thoughts with you, eventhough at times it seems as if I tried to "force" my thoughts on YOU.... This outlet, and sharing with you has been a gift for ME in these trying times here in the U.S. Thanks to all, with wishes for peace and stability in the world and your lives. Looking forward to "sharing" with you all in 2026.... Happy holidays ! Sucky HO, HO, HO !!! "I have something in my SACK for YOU ! "

Start your countdown, my friend! Unfortunately, my trip didn't end on a happy note because of a misunderstanding with my guy. Both of us did silly hurtful actions. But we are ok now after we calmed down and said sorry to each other. We spent the last two days chatting and listening to each other's views. Now we appreciate and love each other more.

Finally Monday. Last day of holiday. My day was spent at Centralworld and Big C doing shopping for folks at home. My guy came over in afternoon. I didn't want to meet overnight because I had a flight to catch the next morning. Dinner was with forum members followed by visit to Circus and finally to Hot Male. At midnight, time to call it a day. End of trip. Until next time, Bangkok!

Day 7 Slow start to day, caught up with emails stuff like that. Then pad Thai at Sophia’s, very good. I spent the afternoon at SanSuk not a great first impression locker room could use a refresh customers made me feel young lol. Uphill after that though sauna was busy but not packed and most people were friendly. All ages (legal) and types from all over. I had a good time. Well worth the money. I had dinner at Buenos it was ok. The margarita was strong. I left with a bit of a buzz ( I don’t drink much so I’m a lightweight though). After dinner I decided on a massage found a guy with nice biceps. Turns out very nice body. He gave a pretty good massage. Soon we were on to afters and all was going well, and that feels off… oh silicone. Still he was a very nice guy and seemed skilled at everything. In the end it mattered much less than I would have expected. Maybe because he really had a great body and skills and worked hard to make sure I had a great time. So I did.

Yes, you make that obvious. Spent a lot of time coming up with those, did you? As I said, you're nothing but a troll. I have better things to do than respond to any more of your lame insult attempts. Try targeting someone who gives a damn about anything you have to say - except one last thing. I'd like you to explain to everyone reading this why you insulted Bud. Did he do something to deserve that?.

Day 7 Got up and made my way to Pattaya! Staying at Zing resort this time. Since last time they put up a fence blocking most of the front. Now guests must go up a ramp around then through outside part of dinning room then in and through lobby. Less privacy for guests. I’ve already had one grinder guy take a pass for that. Checking in though reminds me of last time (several years ago). Looking out my window there was a ramshackle massage place across at the corner with a line of mostly older not attractive to me guys. At the end was a shirtless body builder guy. I decided a quick shower and massage was in order. He was ripped handsome face, smiling ear to ear. I remember none of the massage but the after, wow!!! I tipped him well and planned to see him again. Never saw him again. I wondered was I a) lucky I jumped at my one opportunity or b) did I tip to well? Any way late lunch at Dickes one other table I waited a second to see if they wanted to tell me where no sit then seated myself. A second after I sat down a woman said no! Sit there pointing to what could have been one of a few tables. Waiter spoke little English. One other table whole time I was there, but Sofia’s across was full. Food was good though. Next was grinder first guy was keen until he found out where I was. Second guy came but did not match photo but maybe 10 years and fifty pounds ago? I then had a nice walk along the beach and back to my room to chill. Dinner at bakery, very slow service. I was there about an hour and a half for a sandwich and in the end, frustrated I had to call into the back to pay. After another walk along the beach watched some volley ball. First court group with kids second biggest group one woman they were very good! Third group just four very hot guys, they were very good as well. Fun to watch quit a few spectators. by the way, last year was in November before that October I’m surprised how much less humid and hot this trip. I’m really enjoying it.

Best New Years Eve ever. At least for me, I had a slow start waking up then went for a short Walt to coffin temple (sorry I’m bad with names but you can Google that, I did. 40 baht admission. Lots to do from candle making to donating a coffin (500 baht) next door at a non profit for the poor. Then back to my hotel stopping for a haircut on the way. I didn’t stay in hotel to long, I wanted to walk some more. Walking past Sun Massage same guy as first talked to me first yesterday did again. I started to walk away but on whim went in. As I passed him he was still watching Soi. I said “ are you coming” he kind of jumped, got a huge smile and went in also. We went to top floor, I noticed most doors already had flip flops in front. In the room he gave my my best massage in a while. He’s from Vietnam and spoke English quite well. More muscles than I had realized a hunk really, though shorter then my shoulder. I left quite happy. Later back to gate to chill. Around 4 I headed to Gs got a great seat to watch the New Years decorations going up( see separate posts for pictures). Food was great, watched them take a staff photo. Seems he and his staff like each other. Then back to hotel to rest up bor a busy night. i decided to try Good Boys for first time, most guys went my type, and in general not a fan. So I quickly finished my drink and went up to fresh boys. A cute muscled guy smiled at me as I entered (great start) enjoyed the show for a while. When they paused for a rotation one guy really stood out to me, the guy from the door, lots of eye contact, smiles. I decided to invite him for a drink, he was from Vietnam. He kept grinning good English, finally “you don’t remember me” it was my massage guy from earlier. I just hadn’t imagined guys would work at both a massage place and bar. Also I blame low lighting. Back in my room it was very good. I really got to enjoy his muscle! After a bit we heard a boom outside it was fireworks from (I thought Central World) straight out from my window . He thought the fireworks odd to the side we’re Central World, he lives here so is probably right. we soon finished up, then showered together. As unplayed he grinned and said it was a great start to a new year, I agreed though I suspect we had different reasons for thinking that.

I am a long time member of another gay forum going back probably 20+years. I was initially referred to that forum by my best friend. I am not nearly as active on that forum, mostly just reading general posts of interest, but it is certainly not as welcoming and friendly as this forum. There is a lot of passive/aggressive behavior and even outright aggressiveness on that forum, so I rarely post any comments. Since I joined that forum so many years ago, it has gone through a number of leadership/owner changes. I believe some members of this forum are also members there, so may know what I am talking about. What is interesting to me about that forum is there was an unexpected and unfortunate death of the owner due to COVID. Many members of that forum thought it was basically the end of the site, but several members banded together who had expertise and experience in computers, others offered financial support, and under new ownership and a slightly different leadership structure the site continues and thrives. I am much more active on this forum and often find myself checking it a couple of times each day looking forward to reading the posts. As I already mentioned, members here are much more positive, encouraging, and welcoming. I would hope if something ever happened to ownership of this site that something similar would transpire and we would continue in some way. It does seem that the majority of active participants are older...myself included.

Day 4 A bit different day long walk in Lumpini Park. Watched a swimming lizard. Lunch at Beer Bar, chicken and rice. Then nap, I was going to go to Prince but could not get a Bolt so headed to X/0 to check it out, the line was huge, out the door, turned to back of Soi, across Soi, and back up the Soi to past the start. That and the line was bunched up. I decided to get a foot massage along Surawong all the places with guys the chairs were full and not many guys outside unless they were customers waiting. Soi 6 was the opposite maybe the White party guys don’t know about it? I picked Sun massage, I got assigned a cute guy who did a great job. During massage his friend came up to talk to him. I recognized him from last trip massage at Maha (short Adonis guy). Nice eye candy, friendly. He said he’s been at Sun 6 months after 2 years at Maha. While at sun I was only guy getting a foot massage and only noticed two other customers but I had my eyes closed for a while. After I walked through night market and had a Watermelon smoothie. Then sleep.

Day 2 woke up to a pleasant temperature so took a long walk. Stopped at Foodland for breakfast and to write day one review. Later I went to Maxwell Oden around 2 nice and clean. Some fun in the steam and lots of eye candy. Most guys in the 20-40 range and fit to muscular. it was 600 baht to get in encoding a meal ( pretty good) which included refills. dining area also had drinks (water ice tea etc no soft drinks despite a Coke add on the wall). Also a sundae bar with toppings I didn’t see anyone use. I had a taste of each, mango by far was best. Also a shaved ice station I didn’t not see anyone try. several other areas the massage chair was nice but to small for me( I’m 6 4) . lots of cabins mindfulness room full… Leaving around 4 by my count 24 people were waiting to enter on a Sunday. Picked up some supplies on way back to hotel. Jet lag was hitting me so took it easy the rest of the day.

I'm coming to this thread late, but what a tale! Indeed, very relieved for @spoon too that the phone came back. After a couple of near-misses regarding phones many years ago, I have determinedly made myself acquire some better habits. I choose trousers with pockets -- as many as possible -- and my habit now is that my phone is always in one particular pocket, unless I take it out to read/send messages. It goes back into the pocket immediately after. It's a front pocket, not a back pocket - which is possibly the worst place to put one's phone. Not only will the phone be easily lifted out by a thief, one needs to take it out of the back pocket each time one sits down... and leave it on a table, car seat or somewhere else. In Thailand, an additional problem is the power bank. I find that I need to have one with me when I am out and about for most of the day (and maybe into the evening). Fortunately, I tend to go about with a backpack, so there's space for that too. Another point brought up earlier in the thread is that of how others take notes for trip reports. In my case, I dictate into my voice recording app on my phone. I do this several times a day, e.g. when I am walking out of a massage shop; that way I make a record of prices, tips, names, even bits of conversation before I forget. The app generates a transcription, which I can, even days later, copy-and-paste to build a report. I realise however that dictating into a recording app is an acquired skill; many people, I notice, can't do it. The skill involves being able to dictate in complete sentences with clear diction, with content delivered in a coherent narrative order. That way, after downloading the transcript, one does not have to do much more than light editing. I credit my managerial training in my younger days for that skill, having had to dictate fairly long letters to my secretary. It may be a lost art, by now.

I've had the Management update the count! Bunting, foam, champagne on tap (gold obviously), floor shows, karaoke station, Madagascar Boy Pipers etc, all on the committee's agenda.

I went in with realistic expectations after hearing some initial impressions, and unfortunately my experience tracked almost exactly the same pattern. The shop itself is very nice, clean and upscale, though showers are small. I ordered a 60 min aroma massage, at around 1300 Bath, already expensive compared to other places. My masseur came to greet me with very limited English. A bit awkwardly he stayed in the room while I took a shower. Either the guy gives me the privacy or he joins me in the shower. On the table (without a face cradle!), within the first few minutes of contact, it was obvious the masseur lacked real technique. The pressure was unfocused, transitions were clumsy, and there was no sense of flow or trained body mechanics. Once you’ve had a few proper massages, you know immediately. The masseur himself was very much a “guy next door” type. Young, casual, oversized baggy clothes, more student than therapist. His loose T-shirt kept brushing into me throughout the session, which only added to the distraction and reinforced the sense that this wasn’t a professional setup. I was so bored that when he floated the idea of a hand job, I declined outright. I just wanted the session to end. Conclusion: Titan remains significantly overpriced for what it delivers. Between the weak massage skills, inconsistent professionalism, and lack of atmosphere, it’s hard to justify the rates. If you’re in Silom, you’ll get a clearly better massage and more satisfying extras at Prestige or Ssense, both nearby and operating at a much higher standard. If you want cheaper setups go to Green or Avarin. Alternatively just go to Arena in the same place as Titan. They never disappoint.

I think the reason is neither of the above. I think many are aware of the escort review forum, but unaware of the covenant. I think the absence of reviews with personal identifiers is simply because members simply don't want to post such reviews. They likely think it's just too crude. Sure, transactional sex is commodifying in itself, but that doesn't mean one cannot draw a line somewhere and still offer the service provider a fair degree of respect. Anatomical characteristics and in-bed services can be sensitive, and people may feel that just because we bought their services, it does not give us a right to broadcast all such details. It's quite a laudable position to take. It shows that forum members here instinctively accord the service provider basic dignity due to another human.

Summary of trip Visited every bar in Silom except Banana and Atlas Met many forum members for dinner and bar visits. Met new guys in bars also. Did favourite activities with regular guys (karaoke, watch muay thai, chess and one new activity - go-kart racing)

Just to add on. Saw two big spending customers at different bars Good Boy and Hot Male on Sunday and Monday nights respectively. At Good Boy, flamboyant Spanish customer was tipping the ladyboy diva performers, twinky dancers and even the DJ each 300 baht and more! At Hot Male, an Asian customer was seated with a Laos guy from Banana (I know him for many years). He tipped the 9 big cock show guys in Hot Male, not 100, not 200 but 500 baht each! They didn't even have to go to him to let him touch their big cocks. They were standing on stage and he got a waiter to walk to them with a thick stack of 100 baht notes and started tipping them. In fact, Freshboys mamasan entered Hot Male and chatted with generous Asisn customer, probably to get him to go over to her bar!

Saturday was spent having Thai-Indonesian lunch with forum member, foot massage at Urban Thai (399 baht) and dinner at Shenanigans with my guy before he went to work. The night programme was karaoke and I brought 3 forum members to their first karaoke in Thailand. The place used to be known as Sky Bar but it has a new name now - H.i.M. Most people still call it Sky Bar. 8 of us altogether - 4 forum members plus 4 Myanmar guys whom I know enjoy singing and dancing. It was a entertaining night. We were there for 3 hours from 10pm to 1am. We toasted each other kampei (and Happy New Year and Merry Christmas) so many time that we finished one full bottle of Johnnie Walker whisky! There was nothing left for me to take back to room to continue drinking!

My guy and I stayed together in the room for the rest of the day and enjoyed each other's company. In evening, we went separate ways. He went to work at his bar while I went to meet forum members for dinner at G. After dinner, we went to Midnight and had drinks and more chats. I spotted Checkers Champion and he took out the checkers set which I had donated to the bar. Checkers Champion had a furrowed brow throughout our game. He was flabbergasted. He had never lost before but he was struggling now. Finally, he said ,"I resign. I lose." He sportingly removed his T-shirt, showing his muscular body. We had an agreement - I lose, I give him 100 baht. He loses, he takes off his shirt for a few minutes.

even if they do , we will never learn about it here because we are discreet gentlemen en masse . As for staff being straight , as with go-go and massage boys proclaiming the same , I have my doubts to a degree of that straightness when comes to job they actually do.

I don't often come to this forum on Colombia, and if I do, I have nothing to add. However, I feel compelled today to commend @Tantric and @macdaddi for an extraordinary example of clarity, both in phrasing the questions and in replying. You've set a very high bar for the rest of us, and demonstrated the value that the best of GayGuides can be.

For those interested in river cruises and with a large wallet, there used to be wonderful 1 or 2 day/overnight cruises from BKK to Ayutthaya on a converted rice barge. These included splendid dinners and breakfasts, accommodation in suites with queen-size beds, tour of Ayutthaya and return by limousine. It was spectacular. The one I arranged almost 20 years ago was run by the Marriott Riverside Hotel. I know the hotel was taken over and understand that is now the Anantara Riverside Hotel, but am not certain. Looking at the internet there seem to be several companies operating this service. En route are two spectacular sights. The Royal Palace at Bang Pa In and the relatively new "Arts of the Kingom" Museum with a host of utterly stunning objects. It was first opened at least 10 years ago when it was accommodated in the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall. Intended merely as a one-year Exhibition, it proved so popular it was retained in that building for some years before now being housed in its own special Museum near Ayutthaya. After i had seen it, I always took visiting friends there and they absolutely loved it. The exhibits really are quite unique. All photos are taken from the Arts of the Kingdom website - https://www.artsofthekingdom.com/about-us/ The Pavilion at the Bang Pa In Palace

Smart thinking on your part! I find it helps to know the guys and their friends. When my guy's Iphone 14 broke down in July, he used his friend's Line account to contact me! His friend has my Line because ... hehehe! Same thing happened recently in December when his new Iphone 15 suddenly shut down and needed software update at Apple Store. My guy got another friend to video him explaining what happened and this other friend sent video to me. And of course, I have his Line because ... hehehe!

I must find out how forum members who write trip reports take notes. Write in point form in a journal? Type into handphone? 🤔 I usually write one or two days after so it becomes sort of a "live" report. I don't have time to write after holiday. I am amazed by how forum members can write trip reports weeks after the trip ended!

It is now certain it was an act against people practising their Jewish religion. However, no matter how awful this tragedy, I find the comments of Benjamin Netanyahu nauseating. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he had written to his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, in August, warning that the government’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state “pours fuel on the antisemitic fire … emboldens those who menace Australian Jews and encourages the Jew hatred now stalking your streets . . . Your government did nothing to stop the spread of antisemitism in Australia. You did nothing to curb the cancer cells that were growing inside your country. You took no action. You let the disease spread and the result is the horrific attacks on Jews we saw today.” Thus spake the criminal who is guilty of the murder of more than 70,000 Palestinians in Gaza, the majority women and children. International journalists aiming to clarify the numbers are blocked by Israel from entering Gaza.

My comment would be two words, I just can't decide if the second word would be "off" or "you"......

The delicious food I ate during my holiday! Food in Thailand is cheap and delicious! No dish cost more than 500 baht. Cheapest meal of course is 84 baht American breakfast set from Foodland! XiaoYing_Video_1765327171575_1080HD.mp4

no , you are not. There are still bars where boy drink is bit cheaper than customer but also those where boy drink is but more expensive. Also some bars are offering second and subsequent drink for a reduced price. Indeed with 500 baht pricing I usually limit myself to one drink and sometimes , specially when offing boy I know I don't even offer him drink but just ask him to dress , pay off fee and off we go . But we need to consider that boys may have quota of drinks so by being too sophisticated so to speak we may hurt them a bit unknowingly. On my last trip when most night I had the same guy I contacted over Line without going through the bar , after three such nights he actually asked me to pick him from bar next time and specifically asked me to treat him with drink to improve his status within , at least it was what he said and I gladly obliged .

There are so many variables at play. First, hotel philosophy. Some hotels would rather let rooms sit empty than dilute their pricing and brand positioning. Others, like me when I was running hotels, were very much “heads in beds.” Not to be confused with getting head in bed. That often meant a lower ADR (average daily rate) but a higher RevPAR (revenue per available room). Different strategies, different risk tolerance. Asia, and Thailand in particular, can feel especially erratic. That probably surprises no one here. Then you have distribution strategy. Some hotels have exclusivity agreements or best-rate guarantees with specific OTAs. Others negotiate lower commissions with certain platforms. Agoda and Trip.com are generally much stronger in Asia than Expedia or Hotels.com, so inventory and pricing often skew in their favor. On top of that, hotels allocate room blocks to OTAs and wholesalers. For example, Agoda may get an allotment of 10 rooms. Once those 10 are sold, Agoda will show the hotel as sold out even if the hotel still has rooms available elsewhere. That alone explains a lot of “disappears and reappears” behavior. Hotels.com is notorious for continuing to sell beyond allotment and letting the hotel sort it out at check-in. They are essentially betting on cancellations or no-shows. If it goes wrong, they relocate the guest or refund them. It’s very similar to airline overbooking logic. They lose occasionally, but overall they stay ahead. As for pricing a 4-star above nearby 5-stars, it is not always about “hoping for stupid people.” Sometimes it’s about maintaining price integrity, pushing demand to direct bookings, rate-parity games between OTAs, or simply a revenue manager testing elasticity. Sometimes it’s also just bad revenue management. Peter is right about dynamic pricing being most sophisticated in airlines. Hotel pricing is dynamic, but far less algorithm-driven, especially once you factor in ownership structure. Using Hilton as an example, Hilton only owns or leases about 50 hotels worldwide. Roughly 800 are managed, and over 6,600 are franchised. That means thousands of independent owners making their own pricing decisions, sometimes rational, sometimes not. So yes, dynamic pricing exists. But inconsistency, allotments, OTA politics, owner psychology, and uneven revenue talent explain most of what people actually see. In your case, what you experienced with The Quarter is completely normal. You just happened to catch the pricing pendulum swinging back in your favor at the right time.

Which massage shop did you work in, you're full of surprises 😳

Wishing for everyone to have a very Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year 🍷🎁

Same when he mentions date when he will return to Thailand...