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obviously they under-researched subject

That's unfortunately case of everywhere, not just Thailand

a bit of visible pubic hair looks the same

hoping that 15000 forcibly removed families erase that from their minds is tall order Mr. Ratnasate I'd say

I like this sentence ending an article you gave us link to " Many would rather not face the truth. Many would rather let sex workers suffer silently when exploited by an underground industry, so that Thais can continue to smile. ", how true !

My advice was to travellers only. But it wouldn't hurt if people contemplating move to another country permanently considered it as well and thought 'what will happen if my currency goes down by half and at the same time prices in my new country will go up twice". I understand your point about expats but those you describe are victims of lack of foresight , poor planning and bad luck. In most cases they have nobody to blame , even themselves, it's just circumstances did not work to their original specifications. Changing countries and environment always carries both risks and rewards and one who decides to move must expect first but at the same time hope for the second. Burning boats is good for a movies but very rarely works in real life. We tend to forget that with age our health is expected to deteriorate and day may come when we need somebody to make us tea and buy us bread, then that boat may come handy. So many now are paying price for having those boys in their bed for trifling cost as you said. Nobody was complaining before that having guy long time costs less than train ticket to the airport at home. Most of us are coming to Thailand for illusions, it turns out that some of those illusions are not what we hoped for.

Just across Suriwong there's Patpong , Patpong 2 is soi where most of bars are now . That is the same soi where Screwboys, Foodland and Pavillion Place hotel are

I think you are right 125 %. While T0ol1 is good meaning I don't think simply purchasing an artificial eye on e-bay and just inserting it without professional input is good idea

Buy yourself one, you won't be jealous, no need to drive. We all have plenty of things we bought and don't use

another hero , unfortunately without foresight

it can be said safely that we have at least those 2 things in common

yes , yes and yes. Whenever I arrive in BKK in middle of the night and walk through deserted Patpong at 3 a.m I say to myself " fuck, show me another place in the world where you can be in empty red light district in middle of the night and feel completely safe" and this is just an example of what I admire about the country- feeling safe days week , 25 hours par day. I'd not be throwing big words like racism at people who may not like this or that in other cultures or countries. Not liking Israeli airlines , not to mention politics does not make one antisemitic nor laughing at way UK is handling Brexit is reason to consider Caucasian inferior race. Adage you quoting is very wise and universal, worth teaching all who are considering or forced to relocate to other country or society and is a receipt for happier life. After all if one moves to Greenland and hates snow, what's the point. ( that's why I'd never move to Thailand, I hate heat and were missing 4 seasons ). Travellers are different category and should be given some slack as complainers. Often we find ourselves travelling somewhere just out of curiosity and in such a case we are not under obligation to like or even less praise of what we see. Very few people , if any , go to Auschwitz, My Lai or Killing Fields expecting fun

You mean one can buy an eye in Thailand on eBay for 330 baht, I did not get it / English is not my first language/

Not quite, Bangkok skyline is of first class city not to mention second to none erotic industry

nice and winning combination

Hope is that boys from Eros with their minimal inhibitions will make it less boring and better value pricewise

sounds promising...

yes, rest assured it will

following old advice ' bring half stuff and twice as much money ' always helps

that's serious drought, wasn't it suppose to rain at that time of year ?

On almost every trip I use that approach of booking some hotels well in advance and some just before departure including some bookings when I'm already there and showing at the door without reservation so can say I did some research on the subject and results are the same like yours - very inconclusive. Apart from high of highs season like second half of Dec , first half of Jan and week around Songkran there are always rooms available so no danger of sleeping on the street or very expensively when arriving without reservation but I did notice very few spectacular last minute savings although they do happen but usually in higher end places and are very short lived. ( few years ago just before going to bed I got e-mail from one of our members that Raya has spectacular discounts on Expedia , I'm glad I acted immediately because in the morning offers were gone and it was something like 45 $ for huge Executive room with breakfast for 2 which rarely goes for less than 90-100 $ ). On another hand if somebody feels strongly about staying somewhere ( or definitely NOT staying somewhere ) my advice would be to book as soon as acceptable price will be available to avoid disappointments. If one doesn't really care as long as lodging is within desired area and price range than last minute bookings may produce some savings Additional perks like free breakfast appear more often well in advance than in last minute offerings. Thing to watch is free cancellation as often for 2-3 $ more we can have that option, handy is something better will present itself ( my case in Tarntawan in Nov 2013 when I cancelled earlier made booking and booked the same type of room there for enough savings to bother ) Another one is to look at all offers of the place as not necessarily cheapest one is the best, sometimes for literally few $ more one may get better class room with free cancellation and free breakfast instead of bare bones non -refundable offer in ' superior' room . (As we all noticed 'superior ' in many places means " superior to sleeping on the street" )

while I agree that Khao San is a tourist magnet I always wonder what is the pull of the place other then desire of young travelers to be in a company of their own kind. Like people are traveling all the way from say , Germany or USA to meet other Germans / Americans . Very little local color , no prime attraction nearby, inconvenient to get to and not very attractive part of town , honestly I'd be happy if somebody explained what is the reason for a place being such magnet

for reasons you outlined above , as i mentioned many times before , while I read review sometimes just for fun I'm not influenced by them at all unless they are coming from people I know at least just a bit / like people who are contributing here on the forum or other 2 Thai gay fora which I read more or less regularly /

that's our world nowadays, millions are starving and other overfeed millions are trying new ideas to entertain themselves

no number usually means he is already reserved for the night or is just performer not available for an off