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it's just an impression to calm our nerves. Extra covid precaution is to minimize contact with breathing and coughing people. This is best done by staying at home, shopping early and taking strolls late in the evening when nobody's there. Travel with is crowded planes and airport is risk taking, I haste to say riski many of us gladly take even is using that extra space excuses

I think Sky above may be right , people want more space because of Covid. Whether Business or premium seating make that much difference I very much doubt but that's me. Another reason may me that after 2 years of sitting at home people are luxuriating a bit to make up for lost time. I know the feeling myself

it looks China is discouraging its citizens to travel to nearest market even with all those rolling lockdowns

from what I saw over years most stupid choices were made by mature people well over 25. About dangerous I' bit more inclined to agree

that was princely sum indeed at that time , hope he did not squander that money world is small place and you may bump into him somewhere sometime on my last trip I met accidentally few guys from the past I thought I'll never see again

not a bad thing if they let passengers out to stretch their legs even if that means going back to the plane through security almost right away. I had it once in Osaka and still liked it. On another hand sitting in the idle aircraft while refueling is torture and should be reported to Hague or wherever International Criminal Court seats now

what's your point ? when is too late for taking boy ? and even if you are too drunk , after a while you will sober up, no?

you are right, now I grasp the difference anyways is real life I like them both roasted well done

I know what you mean, I was the same , circling around the block before decided to enter bar, sweating on approach to Senso or Arena but with with patient practicing I built mind frame that world inside of bar is different and I can be more brave while indoors there. I like my tuck and to this day I don't grasp idea of those money garlands some patrons are giving to boys - what's the purpose ? to elevate boy's standing ? or patron's ? I rather tuck that 1000 bill inside but I will not. 100 is ok but for more I should get more that just distant visual pleasure but that's just me. I like to observe reaction of boys tipped, some get a message that I may be interested and smile and approach afterwards, other collect money but still avoid eyesight and that's the message that my love is one sided.

OK, 'quite a big bit", bit well deserved

not surprising , 4 countries but more than 400 million people

Gee, I thought it was cat

Yes , Min should get award from PPTPB ( Phnom Penh Tourist Promotion Board )

on my first trip in 2001 I did not know difference between short and long time, read somewhere that tip ( for long time ) of 2000 is generous. So when offed guy from bar to short time room in Suriwong hotel and gave him 2000 because I wanted to be generous , I remember his squeek of joy to this day, day or two later my eyes were opened when boy from BoysBangkok quoted me 1000. Not that I was very active on apps last trip but I can second your findings, out of 2 guys who actually found me on the apps one quoted 1300 another 1500 and one who happened to be my neighbor in hotel also wanted 1500 for not so short time from 3 am till morning. 2000 from bars seems to be what they quoted although some brave ones go to 2500 , whether they are keen on reducing , I did not test but I'm sure most of them will gladly. Discretion in negotiation may be in order as in some bars it seems buys are asked to hold the line so they may say no and then whisper 'ok, ok" Disturbing trend I noticed is the better looking guys want up to 5000 for long time so prospective buyers better be mentally prepared to counteroffer and stand your ground. Some boys will too though, when I said I only can spent 3000 because that's all I have at disposal for tonight one of guys told me that I can pay difference in dollars so I left empty handed, LOL but fortunately LINE provided me with so called V solution

It's exactly why I prefer to fix financial issues before taking off from bar. Doesn't guarantee performance but at least joy killing haggling is avoided. 3000 for short time seems very generous unless guy is built like Adonis and performs very enthusiastically in the room. Clearly guys are trying to make up for the lost time

not only complication but also substantial expense

no, I , being old generation , just don't understand meaning of it

you overestimating me but thank you for noticing that putting trip report actually requires a bit of time. In my case it was time normally devoted to watching Thai BL series completely neglected by me, first because of trip and now because of report. Hope to write at least one more this year God willing

just normal vacations with a bit of whoring

those stickers are taking me to early grave. I hate them. But since boys I mostly like very much use them I keep quiet and suffer in silence. One with hearts farting chicken, third from the left on top is one I hate the most

I did not make any days, report is accurate. Not complete though as I left out most of stuff behind the closed door like ironing , vacuuming , knitting , tea making, yarn spinning etc, you know, stuff everybody does and is so familiar with that doesn't need to hear it again.

we hope for your report

I'll let it go. I wouldn't be that extreme. But you correct, it was not wise on his part since if I had his contact for sure I'll be looking for more in future. I know where to find him but will I bother ? That Shakespearean question. In paid encounters unfortunately from time to time we may have situation when we like guy, it's why we hired him but he just does it for money and all he wants , not necessarily even rushing, to get his money and go.

I'm glad too we could meet after all those years since MahaNakhon trip with Z. Don't forget we had S , guy I offed night before from NewTwilight with us at Grand Palace and wat Po but three did not make crowd either. It was best proof that 'early bird catches the worm is true. Is not secret that while there I make notes basically every time I return to my room to make putting such report easier and more accurate and yes, while writing I re-lived all those moments again. Healthy and can do approach to vacation everywhere for me is to identify what I can afford , both physically and financially and then just do it. I admit idea of taking 3 boys to the room at the same time seemed crazy but I liked them and did not have time to take them one by one so decided to take plunge and it worked to a great degree

Report may not be that fun filled as I left many things unspoken about but rest assured trip was, nothing new here. From what I saw in December and now, in Jun and what members on the ground are telling me it looks that scene in both BKK and Pattaya is going back to normal at pretty fast pace so when you visit you will like what you see, I'm sure. Not everything will be the same but it's not necessarily bad thing. I like new New Twilight bar and also Tawan in it's more intimate incarnation . Foodland restaurant now has 7 1/2 Michelin stars up from 5 in bad old days even if price of breakfast stays almost the same. Yes tips went up a bit, in some cases quite a bit but with a little of assertiveness and firmness they can be accepted at lower level. If guy doesn't yield it's all the same prescription as always - gnash your teeth and pay hoping for the best or move on as it's plenty of fish in the sea and hope for even better. All I can say is that in several cases I forked out over market with exception of one ( in another one you helped to straighten myself out ) which I already told about I'm happy to feel that I got my money worth ( K,L, X, half alphabet ) or at least did not overpay excessively. Thank you for noticing my sizable contribution to Thai economy and I'm glad I did my part in times when support for guys was scarce although it needs to be a said that buy expenses was partially mitigated by very attractive hotel rates, in few cases still available as traffic is far from rebounding. When comes to food I'm undemanding and most of my food bill is for what boys ate , not me which always can be avoided simply by dining alone and offering them street or 7/11 food if they feel hungry. Reasonable and fair solution although not exactly my style as I don't believe somebody spending night at my place should go to bed hungry and be send hungry home in the morning. What I noticed this trip, not a single guy asked for taxi money, not that I would give them. Few lived nearby , one had car and quite a few motorsai. I'm ashamed to admit but both Covid years were financially very good for me , both with higher earnings and much lower spending - 21 month without travel mushroomed significantly my travel fund. Being low maintenance at home pays dividends when we travel so all I can say, for now Thailand can count on a bit more of my input. When fund will dry out then I will worry what to do as there are always there options, stay at home and keep accumulations or horror of horrors , recall existence of line of credit or finally try at least frugal vacations without bars and boys, with street food and cheap rooms in hotels with view of wall 1 meter from the window. It can be done as Thailand has own merits even with empty bed