vinapu

whatever you were told , it's true

indeed, thank you for pointing it out. I think it's just all talk about high values as they have their numbers to see who is coming and where is lodging

sounds very cryptic

there are always exceptions but they are rare , it's why they are called exceptions

+1

I see five reasons : 1/ I have money to pay 2/ by paying one is not entangled in the web of favours, dinners, shopping trips and such, deal s done , money paid , see you next time or not 3/ combing through apps offerings is waste of precious vacation time and puts me to sleep (alone) 4/ worlds wealth spreads more evenly with more money going to the iPhone starved needy 5/ I get tickled by heckling "that much for just 3 hours !!!, it's spoiling market for others ( for those suspicious , no I don't inflate prices paid I'm reporting just to have that tickle )

I also had a pleasure of his company and I liked it as I like somewhat audacious types. He did not came across as very greedy although he asked 3000 for short time which I considered reasonable since we had some unpaid fun in the bar as well. But he must be kept on short leash - when asked to go for smoke it took bit longer than reasonable prompting me to call him back politely ' hey you , come here"

hope he did not do it while arriving in your place on his motorbike. I had once boy in such situation , we both had good laugh and I gave him 50 in 10 baht coins as 5 tokens of appreciation of good wit

it's Ok

Pleased to hear that and hope you are right although prudent people never say ' never'. Singapore is a city-state while Bangkok has both burden and support of the rest of quite vast and populous country so they are in different competitions really

you can buy new IPhone , no need to lure Olddaddy to Brazil to rob him from his there

stop that, you are seasoned writer and it's oversight you did not get Nobel prize for literature yet

trimmed, certainly not clean shaven as that looks very girly for me and I like to point it to poor boys who did close shave. Even have one who shrewdly told me ' next time you come , you tell me I don't shave for you". Surprise - we both kept out side of bargain

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I say the same , 12 long times at 5000 a night. I think that is money better spent

considering that my first visit in Tawan was in 2013 certainly my reference point is different. As I already said , I wish boys had their heads in their phones leaving me alone for a moment but that's still unrealized dram for me there

you were first, I just wanted to say the same , lol

I, for one when asked " what you will give me?' , would quote my price and stick to it no matter what boy would say. ............. I like you generosity and have feeling you did right thing even if you overpaid the guy, you did not become poorer but certainly you left him happier. Good karma to follow.

perhaps but moving Bangkok to mirror Singapore certainly would make it much , much more expensive to visit and that's the pleasure many would rather skip

really ? I 'm of opinion Thailand reputation is based on service industry , very specific one at that I haste to add.

words of wisdom. I hope by time they start killing 'buzz' and introducing liveability I will be gone or at least too old to be interested in travel there.

stop teasing my friend Olddaddy

something you ate yesterday which did not serve you well ?

It's why, even if I like older and more massive guys I make a point to visit every bar at least once on every trip. We may have assumptions but only actually visit allows us to check how they are related to reality.

good news are piling up