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years ago one of our members reported catching owner of Oasis restaurant on Suriwong writing review of his own restaurant on TripAdvisor. At least that was very good restaurant and I miss their chicken with cashew nuts a lot.

Austere is a good word but I find rooms at Rose had all I need- desk, safety deposit box and working quiet AC. There was no kettle but I'm always prepared for such eventuality. Washbasin in the toilet was too low but that's small nuissance. Room a was much more spacious than claustrophobic one at Ibis Styles or Quarter Silom so I opt for Rose at half of their price any time. Empty courtyard felt strange but again , how much time we would spent admiring it, grand total 3 minutes per day ? so to answer question above , I like the Rose and it was relatively cheap ( ~40 $), few dollars more then Baan Silom , few dollars less than my favorite Furama Sathorn

Day 15 and summary A left earlier. We met many times before and I’m pretty sure he noticed I like our new companion so much so he decided to give us hour or two more, just two of us and when he suggested he will go , true to form I said Ok. Sometime later mu guy said it’s time for him to go and for me to do the same. Shower together , agreed tip plus 500 , he went his way , I packed my goodies and when it started dawning I was on the street catching taxi which conveniently just appeared on horizon. No drama this time , 257 baht on the meter to Swampy. He was very happy when I gave him 300 and asked to keep the change. Two or so hours later I was in the air , taking off from Thailand for 27th time. Time to summarize . I call this trip short but only because last three were almost month long but before 2 weeks was kind of standard, twice I flew just for 1 week and was surprised it worked well. It was first time I was in LOS in January and February and weather was very pleasant but last few days in beginning of February it could be sensed temperature and humidity is climbing up. I’m glad I returned to butterflying meeting only V , N in Pattaya and Maii at Jey Spa more than once. Some boys were probably disappointed , I get it , but it seemed to work for me as previously I noticed in few cases bit of complacency. I don’t like to be taken for granted even if I’m. This is not what it was supposed to be , it was supposed solid 8 days spent with CCP in Phnom Penh and Bangkok but regretfully it did not happen. I was leaving home with very high hopes, expecting great time with him but also aware that we don’t know each other really and his antics with flight change and money requests were warning signals. Few of my friends who were privy to affair from beginning , all were right – chances are that it will not work they warned me unanimously and early on . So stupid guy at least has smart friends, no? I feel disappointed but not bitter. I tried but it did not work . Will I pursue him again ? Most likely no. Will I try once more if he will pursue me ? Most likely yes, much smarter from that experience. No money in advance , no commitment to anything more initially than night stand and only then if satisfied I may look for repeat. Will he try to contact me in the future ? I very much doubt as he may suspect I’m mad as hell. Other than that most guys I met were very good to excellent. Even Tawan boys with exception of one but their sin was with being too greedy so chances are I will put them on diet in future. Best bar this trip for me was , surprisingly to even myself , Hot Male. At one point I counted 10 boys on the stage I could off one by one. It looks I firmly start liking Jupiter, second off in row better than just satisfactory. And I don’t even count HC taken from there, He was bit of sore point of my trip in October but it looks he turned out changed man to my extreme delight. Him, N in Pattaya and guy who visited me in Phnom Penh were as close to boyfriend experience as I could wish followed by several others , not far behind. But if you ask me which of guys I met would be my choice if I had only 1 night in Bangkok it would be my last guy from Moonlight. Somehow I’m intrigued by him, I don’t know why but it must be personality I was also intrigued by no less than 3 guys at Banana, all twinks but sold themselves on their smiles. Next time I may be busy there to Lucy’s delight. I don’t even mention one of their barkers, very easy on eyes indeed and guy I offed from there, another sweet treat. Whenever I return I will pursue both “ axe murderers “ I spot in ThaiRelax soi 6 and in Jomtien. Only hope they will be there. I mentioned this year is big question mark for me when comes to travel everywhere. This may mean that I may show up at Thai illustrious shores at very short notice if I will see that’s only option. As for hotels I found Okay Boutique in Phnom Penh extremely good value for money and can recommend it with clear conscience. I continue to consider Furama Sathorn Xclusive as my top find in Silom area , while still loyal to Baan Silom. Rose and particularly Le Siam were nice discoveries while shiny Ibis Styles , while impressive , I found bit overpriced for what I got . I like some space in my rooms. But I’m glad I tried them. Jet lags continue to ruin me , each time it seems to be worse and worse. Only cure are longer trips and less hectic schedule in the first week. Or staying home , obviously not an option. Even with stress and disappointment this trip belongs definitely to better half of my trips so far.

all reviews are like that. It's why I never pay much attention to reviews by people I don't know either personally or at minimum from their input in sites like this. For fun sometimes I read reviews of hotels I stay in the past and often wonder if that really was a case reading what it's written there

daily cleaning, avoidance of getting foul of anti shot term rentals in condos, proximity to your favorite bar , walk distance to a nearest church

police can do only that much to prevent scams, tourists should remember that while they are on vacations their brains should not be. I'm privy to very recent (Thursday ) story which will not find it's way here. Guy hired girl for you know what and after session in his airbnb he paid her tip out of wad of money he pulled from his desk. Smart and fast thinking girl asked for water so he went to kitchen to get it, and you guessed rightly, intended tip quadrupled. He also was kind enough to tell her he is leaving in Friday so all she need was to hide herself just for one day and night. Is not easy to be hetero those days it seems

be nice and let us know in due course how it worked

coincidence, as I left her in the middle and was taking pics from every corner. not much really special , it's 50$ suitcase , not 350 $. Only tittle of fame is that she was intended for CCP but he dropped the deal and did not get suitcase. Also it's was first time in perhaps 10 trips when I had full size luggage with me as this time ticket included both luggage and seat selection.

You are 125% right but lesson for me , despite of all troubles described above is : if you really like boy, go for it, watch your back and don't miss troubling signs but go for it. If I follow point 4 in case of HC , birthday boy, who on previous trip dumped me over trivial issue of phone overuse I'd miss one of most rewarding offs of my all trips to Thailand. "Prince charming" case was adventure in nature of trade, goal was missed , money spent wastefully but for me it was worth trying. I'm glad I did. If I was smarter I should cut if off right after strange request to change flights. But knowing myself for many years, after all they don't call me KFC man for nothing, I know if I did I would live with feeling I missed boat. I rather live with knowing I missed boat. Small difference but I feel better because being sure is better then being in doubt.

Few pics of Room in Le Siam hotel

day 14 part 2 Our choice of bar for tonight was Jupiter but when we went there it was only singer and few customers inside , too early for boys so we switched to Moonlight greeted warmly by barkers outside. A , the hunk happened to enter stage exactly at the moment when we got our drinks so I did not waste a time and called him over right away and secured him for off later tonight. It worked for both of us as I wanted to see the show and he had short meeting with some client who invited him just for a meal. Fact confirmed bit later by mamas an who wanted to be sure I understand why A need to disappear for hour or so. One of boys on stage was guy whom I recognized as former New twilight dancer and when commented to A that I like his look quite a lot he suggested I take him as well vouching he is great guy. It’s not first time A plays mentor role and tries to promote his bar friends so we can’t say he is selfish. Shortly A finished his drink and went for his meal meeting, promising to be in hotel in hour or two. Radek who arrived only yesterday evening started to feel jet lag so we shook hands for good bye and left too. All of the sudden I was lonely in the full bar so I called buy in question from the stage , bought him a drink ., learned that he is Lao so which endeared him to me bit more as I have almost universal good time with Lao guys, must be something in their water. Asked him about going with me and A and it turned A already primed him about such an option because he confirmed right away he is ready. So I decided to skip what was left of show and we went to hotel. Not as hunky as A or Moonlight models but still very well built and commanding quite good English he turned as great guy as I hoped for. Long ago , independently , American, Soviet and Burkinabe (from Burkina Faso, Africa ) scientists noticed that very often we find our best boys on last or second last night of our trips. That New Twilight transplant seems to be another proof supporting such discovery. Hour later I went downstairs to escort A to the room , guy on reception did not even blink an eye. It 2nd time in row I have A in the room on my last night and great conclusion to such short but rich in turns of action trip .

Day 14 I set alarm because I did not want to be late at MahaNakhon at agreed 10 am and today is my hotel moving day so right after breakfast at Ibis downstairs I need to pack. Released room leaving luggage for storage at reception and marched to Mahanakhon when I was surprised to see K already as agreement was he will pick up Radek from his hotel and they arrive on his motorbike. Clearly misunderstanding on K part Soon Radek showed up and we went up . Ticket the same , 250 senior over 60 , 880 the rest. Another place where is plainly visible that tourism picked up, gone are days when in the morning there were just few people. After admiring views, quite foggy day today unfortunately and taking obligatory picture on the glass to make family and friend jealous we went to Amazon near Chong Nonsi BTS for a coffee and sandwich and from there I went straight to Jey Spa for my 1 pm massage with Maii arranged yesterday. While first session about week ago was very good , today was nothing short of excellent. Benefit of us being familiar with each other. Great consolation after last night fiasco, part massage , part romantic, exactly how things should be . Worth every penny of 1250 massage fee and 1800 min. tip enhanced by me by 400 as I was truly happy with experience and fact that finally pain I was feeling in my left leg ever since my long 16 hours flight was gone. I walked few steps along the soi when Maii stopped on his motorsai and gave me lift to the BTS station as a bonus I guess. I returned to Ibis , liberated my suitcase and rolled her to Convent to my next digs, Le Siam ( formerly Swiss hotel ). I got room on 7th floor with a view. Room sizable, well furnished, spacious walk / roll in shower. I’m sure if price will be right I will stay there again . It’s only very short walk from Silom so location is excellent and as we will learn later no problem with visitors. I said visitors , not visitor, understand ? Yesterday I reported about guy I sped in Thai Relax in soi 6 so I went there and on approach my heart beat increased as he was seating at front. Bingo ! NOP. He said he is booked and suggested I take his friend sitting nearby. Disappointed but not wanting to create lose of face I agreed. Massage was good , not that freshly massaged by Maii at Jey I need one and guy quite pleasant but hunk or axe murderer he was not. Only when I returned home I learned from other member who hired him few times that I missed plenty indeed as hunk turned excellent in both body and skills. At least I know where I got first next time in BKK. It was late afternoon and I was till running on that coffee and sandwich but We were supposed to have dinner with Radek at Foodland but he went too far and Lined me is sitting already at G’Bangkok in soi 4 so we treated ourselves with meal and conversation there. Then seeing restaurant is busy we released table and moved across the soi to Banana club outside for a beer and more talk. day 14 to be continued

that was precisely my intention, to show that good time can be had if one wants to have that. And is very easy to find it. Naysayers may be right that old times were better in terms of variety of options available and certainly more liberal but what I observe every trip , even if options are shrinking , they are still abundant. I was there 14 days , 12 of those in Thailand and only at Hot Male go-go I counted 10 guys I wanted to off . So one can go easily on monodiet. As for liberal side, very graphic performances may be appealing to some but appalling to others so not even sure that part is missed that much , I personally like bit of spice in bar shows but that's me. I was thinking about missing whole part of Cambodian Charming Prince fiasco as certainly I look stupid falling into that trap but decided it's better to be open, first because it may provide lesson , second because I still cherish memories of those pre-trip days when I was sooo excited such chance opened for me , third to show that disaster today may be replaced by fun soon after and fourth , even if I don't believe what I'm saying , until i hear other side of story , there's vague possibility that that fiasco was not fiasco at all and I should be glad it happened avoiding bigger trouble and expense - again half full part of glass theory.

no, I rather walk and spent that saved money on boys

nothing wrong with tiny hotel rooms, in most cases we need them exactly for three tasks you described but it would be good if price reflected that. I guess some people are willing to pay for modernity , decor and factory smelling newness , it's why Ibis seemed so popular along with Quarter Silom of similar ambiance and quality. I rather settle for space even if that involves worn furniture and rickety elevator.

then what one gives to next mugger? In my case it not danger , perceived or real , that keeps me from Brazil , I'm not that chickeny, but very fact that I need to take it into consideration while in Thailand I don't give second thought if I take shortcut through completely deserted and dark market in say, Silom soi 5 at 2 am

day 13 part 2 Passing massage places in soi 6 in Thai Relax I spotted prime beef hunk with 1st class axe murderer face sitting there so I knew I need to visit tomorrow, hell or high water. Then we walked along Silom to Patpong 2 . At Hot Male I asked if my unfinished bottle is still there but thay already disposed it so we kept marching toward Moonlight where in dark alley leading to it I showed him now blocked corridor when 21 years ago in short time room I had pleasure to get intimated with my first ever Thai guy taken from long gone Up To You bar on Rama where Take a Nap hostel now is. Moonlight barkers tried to lure us in but we wanted to complete tour so as always I told them “We like girls” and through Thainya we continued to soi 4 to complete whole tour. Thaniya seemed quite busy and hope old food stands where bar boys used to eat and socialize after bars closed will be reinstated soon to facilitate last chance for them and us, the patrons , all the same as before. In soi 4 we settled for a drink outside of Jupiter to talk even more and plan on which bar we will lavish our presence tonight. At one point I noticed HC coming to work , all smiles seeing me again. Radek did not have preference and when asked about mine I suggested Moonlight so far missed this trip or Tawan. Tawan it was so we went there and arrived just in time for the show. Today I played Scrooge, no tips to boys other than actual performers. K approached as and since Radek kind of liked him he sat with us throughout the show. We agreed to take Mahanakhon trip tomorrow morning, all three of us. As usual show very brave and modern, nothing tame about Tawan shows. About 1/3 of audience were Chinese girls but they were also mostly modern and uninhibited, not averse to checking how hard rigid dick is. There are two more twinks, one of them , bottom is special show had his first day today so upon learning that I Vinapu Tucked 100 baht into his undies when passed by him on my way to the loo for good beginning I did not plan to off anybody tonight but just before we left I decided to off P for old time sake. For me as well as readers my reports he is kind of legend being guy who was my second worst and the best off ever. So at best we can say record is mixed. Back in 2017 I guess, on my first night in BKK he gave me definitely THE BEST boyfriend experience I ever had with lets say, hired help. Two years earlier though , at time when he was extremely popular in Tawan he agreed to go with me only to announce he will go with somebody else when I was paying off fee leaving me kind of empty handed in the middle of the bar. So when I advocate giving 2nd or even 3rd chance I know first hand what I’m talking about. Only once I had worse experience , with Dreamboy guy who refused to undress , get touched, take a shower and still requested full tip calling even mamasan for help. In meantime between those two extremes I offed P two or three times and pattern was similar , pleasant and active but trying to conclude experience as fast as possible , cash in and go. Classic would say ‘ you cum, I go” . So Radek went his way and P and me walked to my hotel talking about past few years since we met last time, pre-covid prehistory. I was wondering what of those three historical outcomes I see today hoping for the best of course despite seeing he is far from his previous excellent shape. Very fast I realized that it is what I called pattern just above, all what counted was speed. We were done in 30 minutes, when I was presented familiar story “ my motor is parked in wrong spot, I must go now ”. At least I know now what extremes are and what pattern is in this case . And to spice it up , complain about tip being too low. Tip perhaps was too low for him , for me it was another low moment of this trip. So my day 13 , otherwise very interesting and for first 14 or so hours also unexpectedly romantic ended low. Chalked off to an experience again, went to bed and slept soundly till alarm waked me up at 7.50 am.

Day 13 part 1 When I mentioned breakfast in the morning he said that I should go and he prefers to catch on a sleep as I did not let him sleep too much. I had answer ‘ because I like you “ .And so did him :” I know”. This is how men talk romantic stuff I guess. So I went to eat breakfast downstairs alone and after returning I let him to sleep a bit but not too long because his naked body was just to tempting to be wasted on a sleep alone so we embraced and slept (him ,not me, I savoured the moment ) till 2 pm or so. We were both hungry and that chased us from the bed, another trip to Unesco designated, some modest offering and time to part ways. I walked him a bit toward his friends home where he is staying and passing Tawan finally he told me how he learned they I’m in Thailand. Last night going to work he was greeted by K sitting outside bar. They met when we went to Icon Siam with 18past19 to dine . K recognized him and wasted no time to announce “Grandpa is here “ “ Fuck you K ! “ I quietly sighted, LOL. Only when we were parting ways I slipped him his tip. All that time he did not mention money at all to a degree that I had suspicion he did not even expect any tip from me. Somebody (TottalyOz ?) mentioned in the thread few days ago when we were discussing second chances that some guys may be appreciating giving them second chance more than we think or something to this effect. I have impression HC was such case. Then I Lined Jey Spa and asked for another meeting with Maii tomorrow at 1, confirmation like last time was swift. In the afternoon time for Arena, not yet visited this trip. One of their guys was smoking outside and escorted me in. Not that I need it being veteran customers there . I remember their former location one floor below when it was new , talk of the town, place. And as it happened I was one of first clients in their new, current location. Veteran mamasan Art greeted me warmly as always. Most boys today were new faces to me , all on older and hunky side with few really well built. I had bit of problem to make decision so took east way to solve it and picked up guy who was standing right in front of me . Not a bad choice, he was in shirt but when removed it in the room , chiseled torso showed up and quite sizable biceps. He could be weekend part-timer because massage while correct was just that, just OK. For some reason he got quite heated and expressed strong , visible , condom- on- already enhanced desire to rape me and I had hard time to explain I’m not interested at the moment. Disappointment was visible but I soothed it with 1500 tip plus kiss. Massage fee was 790 and 200 change from 1000 baht note was split evenly between Art and me. Tonight another member Radek48 is supposed to come , we were in contact over Line and he promised to let me know when he will be ready to meet and hit the bars or whatever we decide. Well massaged and almost raped I went to Hot Male downstairs for a beer. My usual drinking companion P was absent and when I asked other boy if he is offed by somebody he rolled eyes knowingly so I knee too. I did not finish even half bottle of my Chang when message came from Radek48 that he is ready and waiting in the lobby of his hotel so I walked there. We never met nor exchanged pictures but somehow I knew that guy standing in front of the building and checking his phone must be him and of course bingo ! We hit it on right away. Talking we made great tour of the scene starting with soi 6 and Tawan, we did not go inside of any bar though. Yet. day 13 to be continued

I have it often, busy night makes me or guy or both hungry. How you did not notice French place being opened is mystery unless you went to beach side through that narrow passage beside Agate bypassing Complex altogether

it worked very well indeed, my previous long times with him were but disappointing , this time he made up for all in the past and plus. Most important finally he realized what it means when client likes him and returned favor. As for ATM , prettiest perhpas no, too many scratches and rust marks but for generous , yes. When tipping I like to err on side of few baht more rather than wait for change from 20 baht

Gee, what time you guys waked up ? I like their breakfast very much and for lunch I recommend duck leg confit, second only to mine cooking

tested before but in different setting ( 3 some ) so I knew I'd be happy, very clingy boy thus perfect overnighter

no doubt he was entertained although we kept that at very decent level without any juicy details.

few pictures of Ibis Styles room and hotel's lobby

Day 12 It was 9.30 when we finally left bed and considering my stay in Pattaya was only 23 hours, 12 out of those I spent in bed , not a bad thing I guess. We went for breakfast to French place on the corner, our favorite. Then after quite emotional goodbyes N went to gym and I to bus station to buy a ticket for noon’s bus. Good move since next customers , two Russian girls purchased last 2 available for that hour. I returned to hotel , packed up little I had and returned to bus station to learn that at 12 noon not one but two busses are departing and both were full. At 1.45 pm we were already at Swampy, quite fast for the bus. Hour later I was checking in Ibis Styles, brand new venue on Silom, bit hidden but located right across Patpong. Lobby impressive and room very modern but quite small. The same like in Quarter Silom, well appointed and organized but still small. Glass shower but toilet in separate room, better arrangement than in Raya . Desk size of two postcards and only three hangers for clothes but at least there was window. In short, I liked it but not for a price. For 20 $ less I had room of triple size at Furama Sathorn , breakfast included in both cases. So as they say I stay there two times, first and last unless they will have some real deal indeed. After setting I walked to Furama to pick up my suitcase. Soon after anddy showed up so we had nice talk in the lobby exchanging latest news. After he went home I primed myself for bar visits, then to G’Bangkok for a dinner and then across the soi to Banana Club where I had beer outside before entering inside for the show. Nothing big about show there but at least there was break so boys could present themselves and I distributed few tips and called #10 , one who was sitting with me few days ago for a drink. Fast we agreed on short time hotel visit. Mamasan Lucy rushed to congratulate me a choice, this time I gave up and forced 100 baht tip upon her. During show I got angry Line message from birthday boy Handsome Cambodian’ why you did not tell me you are in Thailand?” . Learning that he is in Jupiter I resolved who will be my long timer tonight, hence short time with #10. It was short but nevertheless great time , adorable baby quality smooth skin, how they do it ? I wondered. After we solved all world’s problem he left and soon after I walked back to soi 4 to get my catch. Not so fast though. Guy selling tickets in front of Jupiter did not allow me to go inside without buying drink ticket which was not my intention as all I wanted was to off Handsome Cambodian. So we had a bit of stalemate. Fortunately one of their mamasans emerged outside and I wasted no time to tell him what I want ‘I want to off HC “ , soon I was presented with 500 baht invoice and minute or two later my birthday boy emerged all in smiles but still pretending to be upset with my secrecy. Only when I told him I wanted to surprise him on his birthday he “forgave” me. I saw him few times before but never so happy like today. He is one who appears a bit grumpy but not tonight and not with me. It looks that after commotion we had last trip over phone overuse when he dumped me after 1 night he realized that ATM like me must be appreciated and it must be shown. I forgave him, met him later and I’m happy to see that he finally started to realize simple fact that I like him and is in his best interest to show he likes me too. We went to Foodland as he was hungry , had some light meal and them kind of impatiently we walked to the room . What a charming and sweet young man ! Phone left on the desk , far from bed if at Ibis anything can be far. Kissy, clingy , you name it ! I was very impressed. Perhaps meal we had was too modest as at 4 am he asked for a break to go to Foodland to eat something but did not even ask for food money true to form. He has a habit of buying small things with own money without waiting for farang to but it. I suspect that he wanted a smoke more than food but did not want to admit it as I warned him that many clients may not like smell of cigarettes. But over all it was off on top of all of all offs.