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Hurrah ! so it means it's still will be possible to get to and from Don Muang by train. Despite trains being slow and rickety it takes the same time like going by MRT and then change to Red SRT line. And old train station is better positioned / closer / to international terminal at Don Muang. It quite long walk there from new shiny station but stop can be made at food court on the way.

now you know why I'm regular reader of his blog as he has knack of finding tourist attractions everywhere. Speaking about Christian blog, I noticed I can't leave comment there when using Microsoft Edge but no problem under Chrome. Any idea what reason may be?

Sad and probably quite common story in the region but there is spark of light in that, Facebook finally turned out to be good for something very useful

it's only thanks to my Samsung , all my long life I was lousy picture taker and proud of it

and this is how I found about Tropical gardens and Sanctuary of Truth. Wat Siem was also introduced to me on this forum so after all we are not only about whoring but world class travel too. ( Whoring in Thailand is world class indeed anyways )

It probably 5 years since I was last at VCK and I'm glad to learn that nothing changed there. Who would waste time going that far expecting only massage ? Boy there know it and go straight to a task at hand. Bravo's Dreamboy boy probably felt like Christmas is early this year with such generous tip but I always say and do what I preach - it's better to be over generous and part ways happy than economize and end 1/3 satisfied. I too like the mirrors and I noticed few times , boys do to some peeking at it constantly.

I segmented that trip report for simple reason - I did not want threads to be too long. Trip was month long so if I packed everything into one thread I sensed it may be too much one more part of Laos segment is coming and then third. last part of Thailand segment. By Christmas I should be done

they should have some pills or ointment for that

neither, talking about Bangkok which died for Gayinpattaya

at some time after re-unification in Berlin there was different price (lower) for city public transport for former residents of Eastern Berlin. Checkpoint Charlie museum had free admission for citizens of former Eastern Bloc ( Poland , Hungary Romania etc )

part 2 continued For last two days of my stay there was no night market all of the sudden, only food section was opened. It turned out that it was owing to dispute between vendors as to which place belong to whom , police got involved to settle issue but souvenirs seekers all of the sudden had very little choice. Day before I saw some carving I decided to buy to no avail as that vendor along with other did not present his goodies for sale. Walking along the river boat cruises along Mekong are offered , actually quite pleasant idea. Since price is per boat it’s better to join other tourists is there’s opportunity but those are not that expensive at 200 000 (12 $ ) so I splurged twice just to support local economy. Across the Mekong ( ferry 5000, circulates constantly ) there are few temples , rarely visited even if they are so close and rural walk from ferry landing , well marked , between them is pleasant. It’s about 2.5 km so hardly tiring , even in mid day. I was expecting to walk back from the last one but industrious guy with boat eyed me , waved screaming “ city 100 000” so I decided again to support locals although probably overpaid by 50000. Boatmen seeing such stupid and naïve guy took pity and actually awarded me 30 minute cruise along the river before delivering me to the city. Luang is hardly tiring place but I recommend that trip across the river just to relax and see what’s hidden there as you can see below.

Part 2 Most of Luang’s many temples are free but few most impressive and most popular require ticket for 20000 -30000. Popular attraction in Luang is alms giving ceremony at sunrise but I did not partake not only for being lazy to wake up that early but also I don’t believe in converting religious ceremonies into tourist circus. I rather leave to to believers. bit different type of temple Pak Ou caves are in quite a distance upstream so I took a boat tour for that as well, pleasant trip of more than hour. We had luck of seeing shiny train crossing the Mekong. After caves we went to whisky village to taste local moonshine, then to elephant feeding center where before feeding elephant we feed ourselves with a very tasty lunch served there. Then it turned out most people are going to waterfall by the bus but few who did not purchase this option like me got invited to get out in the city . Not that they just dumped us, no , there was van which took us to our hotels free of charge.

dual pricing may be more ubiquitous than we think. In mid-nineties my Australian aunt was surprised to be denied senior discount on metro in Canadian Montreal. They asked for proof of age and upon seeing Australian passport she was informed that discount is applicable only to local residents. Not sure it's still a case

I'm surprised to hear that but it 's what it is . If somebody must not like Pattaya it's better you than for example me

I agree with you on both accounts lots of live and fun to be had in that dead corpse , lol

not only Tesco's , we consumers are not any better. We are appalled and then go shopping and hunt for cheapest prices pretending not to understand connection between price and wages in both factories and sales points.

you missed plenty of good excitement. I was for France too for the record so we both lost but did it in great style

I agree with that condemnation of me, LOL but sometimes we have choice of being nice and being harassed for undeserved tip or cut it off , I opted for 2nd choice as I did not feel like doing 'vinapu tuck ' inside of Lucy's underwear

I saw their stand on Night Market in Luang

24 y.o and already played in two world cup finals repeating Pele's feast

report from this trip continues there : https://www.gayguides.com/forums/topic/38752-laos-trip-in-november-2022-report

disregard note above , it should be posted in another thread

report from this trip continues here : https://www.gayguides.com/forums/topic/38752-laos-trip-in-november-2022-report/#comment-347383

This visit to Laos was fourth part of my trip to SE Asia which started with very short stay in Bangkok reported here: https://www.gayguides.com/forums/topic/38515-shortest-trip-ever-but-still-blood-pressure-rising-report/ Followed by 10 days in Cambodia reported here: https://www.gayguides.com/forums/topic/38619-guys-and-ruins-ruins-and-boys-trip-to-cambodia-in-oct-2022 and then 8 days in Thailand reported here : Part 1 -Luang Prabang It was my second visit in the country , last time there in 2013 they did not have a centimeter of rail. Now thanks to LaoChina railway they have most modern trains in all ASEAN I guess. Taking a ride on this train from Luang Prabang to Vientiane was my goal nr 1, still railway man at heart after working for railways many, many moons ago. I reported that ride in almost real time and link with report is here to avoid repeating more of the same ( my part starts on Nov 8 ) : https://www.gayguides.com/forums/topic/38209-a-ride-on-the-laos-china-railway/ I spent 4 days in Luang Prabang and then 2 in Vientiane. It was tourist tip not boy hunting one but it will be a boy, why not ? Flight from Bangkok was smooth and so was immigration. I had e-visa already. In the airport I exchanged money , for 50 USD at 17 500 kip per dollar I received 875 000. Now I know how rich have it ! As most of that money was in 100 000 notes I had concern that it may be difficult to get a change but unfortunately or fortunately it was not a case. 100 000 is about 6 $ so hardly princely sum even in cheap country like Laos. While in Cambodia USD is practically main currency and lots of prices , specially on tourist trail are quoted in dollars it’s not a case in Laos. In my week there I don’t think I was quoted dollar price more than 3 times , even for expensive goods. To finish money matters exchange rates in airport are very similar to ones in the city ( 16400 to 18200 )so changing money there makes sense. some view from airport Getting to the city was well organized , they sell tickets for vans, I don’t exactly remember was it 50000 or as much as 80000 and I was, along with 5 other travelers taken to our hotels. I was last in line , not that it matters as Luang is not a big city. My hotel was one of villas along Nam Khan river which is joining Mekong 300 meters downstream. Interesting and bit unusual thing is that waters of both rives have different color, Mekong’s being muddy and yellow. . Breakfast was included but it was in different hotel so every morning I had nice 6 minutes 23 seconds stroll there with voucher furnished by reception in hand. In the first morning receptionist actually walked me there to make sure I find the place. (Easy , on main street , breakfast was excellent, eaten under watchful eye of Buddha statue in wat across the street) . Luang Prabang is small , very walkable city and practically in every corner is some temple, more or less impressive. Then there’s Mekong and Kuang Si waterfall as well as Pak Ou thousand Buddhas cave so it’s easy to fill week or more there. In the evening on main drag there’s Night Market with souvenirs and food section -only place in Luang Prabang which is very busy . Oh, no, there’s one more. Phou Si mountain in middle of the city with temple atop becomes very busy at sunset , impressive from there indeed. For waterfall I took afternoon tour on the first day which turned not such a good idea (afternoon , not tour ) as by time we arrived it started cooling down and bathing underneath the falls was not as pleasant as it would be in heat of the day. Heat it too big a word by the way as mid Nov weather was very pleasant in Luang and in the room I did not turn neither fan nor A/C even for a minute during whole stay. But my advice for waterfall would be morning tour. On way back we visited Hmong village and were invited to see traditional house for small donation. Bit of tourist trap but still interesting In hotel I checked Grindr and there was question from very good looking guy if I want massage. Massage may be not but to meet that yummy guy certainly yes . In such small city it did not take long before he arrived waving at me standing on empty verandah . We had good time for princely sum of 500 000 but something was missing, can’t say what, spark perhaps. I made internal note to re-hire him only if he will be interested and contacts me again but it did not happen so it was my only contact with naked male flesh this trip in Laos. But certainly there were guys available on Grindr, just not my types and obviously not interested in KFC man as I did not made not got further inquiries. Which was good as well considering that I still had few days in Thailand upon return. They say best Chinese food is in San Francisco and best pizza in Stockholm and it looks best Lao guys are in Thailand. Part 2 to follow tomorrow

but you have a good heart