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book hotel there , take train in early afternoon. Next morning hire tuk-tuk to drive you around the sights for whole day and in the evening return to civilisation. Don't try to walk as sights are spread out

not sure taking bar boy for bar tour is such great idea. Bar boys not necessarily are interested in seeing other boys gyrating on the stage and in fact historically I recall only three cases when boys suggested they want to go to bar with me, one wanted to see big boys in Tawan , two other wanted to see and show trophy farang to their friends from bar they used to work before. And three is exactly number of cases when other boys strongly said 'no' to visit bar and see the show proposal. I guess it may be both boring and bit of dispiriting. But such is the life of bar boys and price they need to pay for having a bit of vacation and time off. Your boy was smart and used his waiting time right way. hope it was you who paid for that massage , lol

Day 20 In some sense unremarkable day but at made it fun at my friend expense. More about that in a second. After breakfast I wandered through he streets and back alleys part of city on other side of river bisecting it, spying on normal, local life. I found big statue of Ho Chi Minh and former airstrip , now just a very wide road. And surveyed very colorful as well as smelly sea food market returning to hotel around 11 am to pack up and go to new hotel , this time in a beach area close to the airport. interesting building and just streety street : Reason for the move was to shock my friend who is coming today and has no idea I’m in Vietnam , even less in Phu Quoc. Skillfully I obtained information about his time of arrival and hotel he will be staying and booked the same. Luckily I got the room facing entry and soon I saw him coming from the bus, opened window and screamed “ what the fuck you are doing here ?” . He being short sighted couldn’t see me initially but recognized voice and screamed back’ where you are and what the fuck YOU are doing here”. When I waved towel from the window finally he spotted me. Imagine going from, say Montevideo to Novosibirsk only to hear and see your friend is already there. Judging by his reaction he was very happy. view from welcoming window: and to opposite side from hotel's corridor: Rest of day we spent walking to the city and back , checking sights and stores and before retiring to hotel we had super tasty Vietnamese sandwiches in otherwise unremarkable restaurant across the road. Since tomorrow is my last full day here and his first , we resolved to celebrate joyful reunion and even more joyful fact that we are here together only one day and spend it in style by taking world’s longest cable car over sea.

Day 20 In some sense unremarkable day but at made it fun at my friend expense. More about that in a second. After breakfast I wandered through he streets and back alleys part of city on other side of river bisecting it, spying on normal, local life. I found big statue of Ho Chi Minh and former airstrip , not just a very wide road. And surveyed very colorful as well as smelly sea food market returning to hotel around 11 am to pack up and go to new hotel , this time in a beach area close to the airport. Reason for the move was to shock my friend who is coming today and has no idea I’m in Vietnam , even less in Phu Quoc. Skillfully I obtained information about his time of arrival and hotel he will be staying and booked the same. Luckily I got the room facing entry and soon I saw him coming from the bus, opened window and screamed “ what the fuck you are doing here ?” . He being short sighted couldn’t see me initially but recognized voice and screamed back’ where you are and what the fuck YOU are doing here”. When I waved towel from the window finally he spotted me. Imagine going from, say Montevideo to Novosibirsk only to hear and see your friend is already there. Judging by his reaction he was very happy. Rest of day we spent walking to the city and back , checking sights and stores and before retiring to hotel we had super tasty Vietnamese sandwiches in otherwise unremarkable restaurant across the road. Since tomorrow is my last full day here and his first , we resolved to celebrate joyful reunion and even more joyful fact that we are here together only one day and spend it in style by taking world’s longest cable car over sea.

I for one, like economy seats in the last row of Air Arabia. Flew with them to BKK in November

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and certainly much newer and freshly painted than it's original in Italy

no, not business acumen. It was just mistake I did not notice until item was sold. But at end of day I made good business indeed

fortunately neither admission to Pattaya Flying Club

? long time ago I suspected I must be a lesbian

if they are takers, why not ? few weeks ago I listed something on E-bay for 19.99 or at least it was my pricing intention, week or two later it sold for 49.99. How come ? I made typo mistake and replaced '1' with '4' and did notice it until it sold for the wrong price. Obviously not wrong for buyer

that jump, may be not

that post made me realizing that ,my my many visits I never took Sky Shuttle. Now I know where my first steps will be next time. waiting impatiently for Jason's report from Bangkok part

that questions two old wisdoms : 1/ if you want love in Thailand , rent it 2/ free sex is most expensive

either Putin's or Trumps' fault

no , he wasn't even working when I went to met him in Jan 2023. He told me got fired because got drunk and left bar before end of shift.

Day 19 After breakfast trip to Venice and by free public bus #17 at that. At northern tip of island they built replica of Venice , complete with gondoliers and Ponte Rialto. I quite liked it , did not take gondola trip because I didn’t do it in Venice proper either. What surprised me is how uncrowded place was. There were tourists , Vietnamese and foreign here and there but definitely no more than 1-2 percent of hordes invading Venice day after day. There is cultural center where in the afternoon and evening are performances so I guess during day people are soaking in the sea . But beach was not crowded either so I decided to crowd it for a while. What impressed me the most was bamboo structure , no idea about her function but intricate construction is a treat. Early afternoon I jumped into free bus and went to point in south where road to airport turns inland. From there I did lazy walk along main road all the way to the city stopping here and there to check tours offers, eat something and see what souvenirs they have on offer. It was dark when I finally arrived to my sizable room spending whole day outside. Then I went for my ice cram to night market, noticed that massage boy I spotted another day is busy, exchanged some money but rate there is 1000 dong lower than in bank, not big financial hit though. What need to be said and I should do it earlier is that visiting Phu Qouc does not require visa even for those who need visa to Vietnam but there’s one condition – one must arrive by plane from abroad and leave the same way. If you want to go to mainland , make sure you obtain visa beforehand.

Day 19 After breakfast trip to Venice and by free public bus #17 at that. At northern tip of island they built replica of Venice , complete with gondoliers and Ponte Rialto. I quite liked it , did not take gondola trip because I didn’t do it in Venice proper either. What surprised me is how uncrowded place was. There were tourists , Vietnamese and foreign here and there but definitely no more than 1-2 percent of hordes invading Venice day after day. There is cultural center where in the afternoon and evening are performances so I guess during day people are soaking in the sea . But beach was not crowded either so I decided to crowd it for a while. What impressed me the most was bamboo structure , no idea about her function but intricate construction is a treat. Early afternoon I jumped into free bus and went to point in south where road to airport turns inland. From there I did lazy walk along main road all the way to the city stopping here and there to check tours offers, eat something and see what souvenirs they have on offer. It was dark when I finally arrived to my sizable room spending whole day outside. Then I went for my ice cram to night market, noticed that massage boy I spotted another day is busy, exchanged some money but rate there is 1000 dong lower than in bank, not big financial hit though. What need to be said and I should do it earlier is that visiting Phu Qouc does not require visa even for those who need visa to Vietnam but there’s one condition – one must arrive by plane from abroad and leave the same way. If you want to go to mainland , make sure you obtain visa beforehand.

should read "Cambodian Charming Prince ", too late to correct

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stupid , no, excessive yes. If you like initial reaction to 500 , repeat it, preferably on the next night or second, after that if no plausible approach , go back to 100. And spy where he goes after performances - easy for you , the local boy . Don't overdo it though, there's always danger that boy we are infatuated with turns much less than we expected - recall my Canadian Charming Prince story from Jan 2023 trip report.

I never saw in Thailand ice cream made on the spot while you wait which seems to be Phu Quoc specialty called Thai Ice Cream

it happened to me recently too. I posted something and screen did not change as usual so I repeated trick again, the same .When finally posted it there were three identical posts in the thread

I do, I do. I keep an eye on him too. My first try would be tuck 500, not just 100 to show I'm serious and see what happens. Even if he is not offable now, as Rob says above , it's hard to walk from underwear full of money so he may change his mind.

we all are deviants here , ask your aunt Edna