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You mean not all are to visit Grand Palace , Wat Arun and Reclining Buddha at Wat Po? I'm shocked.

I agree with your observations but on subject of fading colors - why bother with refreshing logos if plane is slated for sale anyways ?

that's bottom line

bottleneck it is although I don't find it much of nuisance but understand it may be for people unfamiliar with arrangement and Bangkok geography. my biggest problem with Bangkok transit like probably for most of users is lack of fare or at least method of payment integration which with today's technology should be easy to implement. Even if various authorities can't agree on division of fares collected , at least we should be able to pay for various operators using the same means, like Rabbit card for example. System would recognize if card was tapped on BTS, MRT, ARL or SRT lines and direct revenue accordingly. Somebody tod me that in some Asian city one can even pay for small purchases in certain stores using transit car. Wouldn't it be convenient if one could pay for say, coke and KY at 7/11 using Rabbit card ?

I'm not offended , I tell them right away ' leave that phone alone', mercifully to their credit it doesn't happen too often , even with new untested guys. Earlier in smartphone area it seemed to be more of problem , now everybody got more civilized and sensitive to other's presence. Although exceptions apply - as desrcibed in one of my last year's reports, one of my guys and not even new got so tickled that I told him 'leave that phone alone" that he just packed and left forfeiting following 3 days of income ( ibroght him for Pattaya for 4 days at 4000 a day. But that was special addiction case , later cured.

actually every time I comb through I see quite a few ancients (i.e. people of my own age) on Grindr

no, if you ask me

I'm so disappointed Mermaid turned to be honest girl

we will be waiting for your first impressions

that's steep , specially for such a big market. I can imagine some may balk at such cost, specially for repeated visit.

While pathetic It may work other way. It was in one of pre-covid trips , I noticed that one of guys I hosted manipulates his phone strange way moving it from one end of table to another and when I asked ' are you trying to record us ?" he did not bother with any answer. Did not protest when I cover it with something either. To this day I'm not sure it was just coincidence, my hyper sensitivity or something sinister.

I noticed that too. I don't think we will have much choice in choosing airports, they close one and open another. I don't believe story about effect of planes on ancient monuments, airport was close but not THAT close. Somebody made a lot of money of selling land and construction itself. only hope is they organize some form of cheap transportation to the city , otherwise we need to swallow taxi prices

lucky coincidence, I was there 2 weeks ago and saw some phone under Mermaid's tail without realizing it was Ketihamrose's

hopefully one day trains reach Mor Chit bus station

it looks that eventually we will have rail linking new airport and city of Siem Reap. When ? who knows . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjrzCq4EuEc But when I was in Laos in 2013 talk about railway from China border to Vientiane only started and seemed like pipe dream and now we have it

I don't , but hope and pray you are right and I'm wrong. As I said above my yearning to be there before end of 2023 has price tag. 2024 is different story

yes , as long as fares drop to my acceptable level

about time

In case he wants to change his mind ?

don't tell us it was Mermaid

correct although my post covid observation from 3 trips there this year is that Thais , like other nations, got fond of working from home and I did not see such crowds like in say 2019 that at times platforms at Siam were filled to capacity, scary sight or train left the airport already filled past capacity.

not necessarily, They can change things only if they are in power so it may be just tactics, nasty but just tactics.

I will try although I set myself strict limit on airfare about 1200 USD which at the moment looks almost impossible to achieve but who knows ? Nov/Dec not this year as I have another, quite firm, plans for that period I was first I think that the reason, not enough flights, it won't change until big Chinese airlines return to the skies en masse, at least for Asian direction

To summarize I must say it was one of the best trips. Social component was certainly best of them all with three members there most of my time so almost no day went without common meals, coffees and gossips. We encouraged each other and gave some leads and I’m sure all had good time. As for boys this trip strategy was not to be too adventurous and settle for tried and tested .It worked amazingly. None of those tried companions disappointed and they all did their best. Wing nights (first and last ) were bit different and boys while performing very well still managed to piss me off a bit by rushing up. Don’t blame them , business is business , they did not read me as good as veterans and still earned their keep but I’d be happier if first one wouldn’t be so greedy and last so speedy. Kao adventure proved that fun can be had outside of scene is we have open eyes and thread carefully but with goal firmly in sight. Him and Y were certainly stars of that trip but S, SK , A , Nuk from Arena , Maii from Jey and MJ’s friend who visited me in the room were equally great Novelty for me was settling down when come to accommodation. I like to change hotels every 2-4 nights but this time I was domesticated in just two. It is more homey feeling when one unpacks for 9 days as opposite to just two. Disadvantage is that if something doesn’t work ( 2 noisy nights at Quarter) we are stuck and need to mitigate things using other means than just moving out. I underutilized Foodland this time since for first 9 days I had excellent breakfast included in the rate and somehow for dinners we steered more toward G’Bangkok but still managed to dine there few times. With new Foodland in the basement of Silom park we will see if those two supplement or will compete with each other . I like new store better but prefer old store’s restaurant not only for memories but also ability to see who is inside while passing by. Exchange rate was better than expected and hold up throughout with XOne still my favorite place to get the baht. I regret only one thing, that I missed that new #4 from Tawan I was sitting with one night and hoped to off the next one. I should handle it differently by booking him in advance for next day but this trip on principle I decided not to do any advance bookings so I fell victim of my own orthodoxy. With at least 5 twinks those days Tawan certainly is no longer just a muscle kingdom. I hope for another trip this year although my hope is dimmed by fact that acting on airfares substantially increased I set internal limit of how much I’m willing to pay. I monitor fees almost daily for various time frames but so far nothing even close to my number. But I play 6-49 regularly , it may help I hope.

don't try to be an asshole if you already are