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not in classier places with good lighting so in massage places we are safe. In dimly lit dingy bars it may be a problem indeed although I must say I don't recall ever encountering such an issue

for sure they believe you, why not ? , after all they know every beggar and his mother can afford to fly to Brazil and spend vacations there

it's right above GoodBoys (former Screwboys), Fresh Boys and Hot Male, in the same building complex but be warned it's quite basic and tired. If only walls could talk !

That may be more fun that you imagine , specially with aim of convincing one of them ( or more ) to check stamp collection in your room.

it looks that before admission to Pattaya Flying Club prospective members should take flying lessons and pass some sort of qualifying exam. Otherwise overpopulation problem will never be solved

tell this to some guys. I once offed buy from Moonlight, and stay in Natra Silom soi 6, 5 minutes stroll away and he suggested we take a taxi. I resisted. On another hand I had Tawan boys who suggested themselves to walk to Quarter Saladaeng, quite a distance.

this is what I would pay although with longer stays, 3 or more because of volume I try to negotiate discount

it depends which bar you have in mind but in reality as long as you staying in Silom/ Suriwong area all bars are just short walk. Tarntawan, Nantra Silom , Quarter Silom, - if you stay in those you don't even need to cross the street. If you can cross the street Raya, De Arni, 56 Suriwong and Le Siam are right opposite bar areas

do you recall how much was that Phi Phi tour ?

guy in question is not Californian but Australian not sure if all 50 states of USA are so generous with minimum wage , quite high level of it is relatively recent phenomena. 20-25 years ago any mention about raising minimum wage generated howls that it adversely affect economy, like economy really depends on people making minimum wage. Flipper at McDonald may but what about flipper in " Mary and Joe Burger Palace" in woods of Arkansas or Tennessee ? Great you were so prudent and your carefree retirement is deserved but millions did not have anybody to teach them money management. We can all agree that JD Vance case is big time exception rather than example of normal way of lifting oneself from destitution.

as always, I wonder how really straight are guys who are working in bar advertising itself as gay bar with rainbow flag up front but I give them benefit of doubt and accept that work there does marvels to their vanity, lol

one hopes that sarcasm of this situation is not lost on Thai population

I wouldn't single Thailand for having crooks in high office. Fully agree with 'banana republic " description although ' banana kingdom ' will be better fit.

that's harsh and insensitive. Those 'idiots ' are aplenty, they mop your floors , sort your garbage, flip your burgers and mow lawn in your park. Not everybody has parents pushing them through school, quite opposite, pushing them out as soon as they finish basic schooling. Often , instead of taking courses they spent time tending to disabled family members and litany may go on and on. Even if lazy, chances are, they are happier with their lives than people retiring with 5 times as much and constantly losing their sleep because movement of currency or stock prices. With such attitudes , no wonder that they vote for snake oil peddles like Trump and stick to them. Comments like that enforce my long held believe that communism will return and I'm glad I'm too old to see it's resurrection as it won't be pretty.

Looks nice but seems that main primeministerial qualification is family name. Not to much for leading 70 million strong nation whose politics as pit of snakes. Lets wait and see.

like most closed places, exceeded it's 'best before' date

something here doesn't add up , six shots when one or two would be enough to get message across / On another hand when gun is drawn there's not much time for deliberations about gunner intentions. Such quiet soi, who would think ? But Sherlock Holmes claimed that quiet streets are more dangerous then busy ones because there's nobody to turn to and no witness.

indeed. I know that one statistic sample is not base for hypothesis but nevertheless in my 33 trips to Thailand only once I felt bit physically threatened and it was by ladyboy ,in broad daylight when I took shortcut toward Big Buddha hill . Nothing happened other then very visible glances over my pockets and few quite invasive questions like " why you are walking alone, where's your friend ? " but it did not make impression of friendly exchange, rather sounded like interrogation, so for my personal use I try to avoid them in rather empty places, day or night

you are genius , gentleman and a scholar. Since I swear in 7 languages I need translation rarely , hence my visible lack of sophistication

be friendly , buy drinks generously but don't over do it and don't miss any possible hints. Guy's suggestion to exchange Line could be one with potential. Behave yourself and be very discreet and you may be rewarded with question ' where's your hotel ?". Do not stay in hotel nearby like Sun and Moon beside or Queenwood across as likely they won't take a risk of being seen If lucky , absolutely don't leave bar with guy, he may tell you where to wait or simply give him direction and he will find you there. They are not supposed to leave bar before end of their shift and I'm privy to a case of one of most attractive guy there who got drunk with customer and left earlier (alone). Was fired subsequently. It's basically the same game like you are attending party and you get a feel that certain guy (or girl) is giving you long looks and you are doing the same. Fact that guy allows you to get a feel my or may not be a hint , it only may be a hint you should tip him something so do not make any assumption. That's true that they generally don't go with customers or at least it's what they convincingly say but it's not monastery and some may be keen on using their assets to generate some cash. " Be discrete " part includes reporting your luck here, boast by any mean but be as little specific as possible so preferably neither guy can not be identified. Speaking from first hand experience.

it surely does, drinks are not that expensive , I think 3.50 - 6 $ so even if one treats say 3 boys with 3 drinks each, together with your own it will be 12 drinks, no more than 50 $ at worst and that ensures whole evening of fun and smiles. Tips are extra but there they don't solicit them. At end of night I usually tip them 5-10 $ depending of how long they were sitting with me and how progressive that sitting was. Most progressive may even get 20$. Again tipping should be done very discretely, I learned that lesson early when one of boy was upset that another boy got the same tip which he thought unfair. None of those involved works there any longer though, judging by pics on Facebook. By the way today they posted on Facebook they are looking for new staff. Not sure that 250-300 is per shift ( he, he ) , week or month and whether is salary or just tip potential. Any idea how to translate that ?, I tried google translate but couldn't find a way of it translating text from picture, getting old is no fun.

Glad to hear he is doing well even now in low season

If elected she should make sure her jacket colour matches one of her shoes , otherwise she can be removed by 5 of 9 judges of Constitutional court for offending sensibilities of Thai population. This kind of stupid jokes was reserved for tragi comical nations like Equatorial Guinea , Swaziland, now Eswatini or Central African Empire under Bokassa, now Thailand fits right in.

In Bangkok fun never stops

I'm very sure both Jomtien and Pattaya Beach must be on that list of 50 as they tick off all those criteria mentioned