vinapu

you don't mean it seriously, do you ?

Most airport prayer rooms in the West are really multi - denominational, Tel Aviv has Jewish one, Warsaw has Catholic one, Middle Eastern countries have mosques, no shock here, even nominally secular Turkey

Instead of ' interesting ' I'd rather say chilling as likely it was not first time

I wonder with how many bags ChristianPFC travels / i always have only one, no more than 11 kg /

and nobody is, such a path is out of fashion worldwide but well trodden. I never thought to live long enough to see Burma being more democratic than Thailand but in few years it may be a case, hope I'm wrong. With appointed Legislative it looks that Suthep won for now

I'm lucky, after singing accolades for Angkor Wat since my first visit there in 2001 all my folks know what Cambodia is famous for and I don't need to worry about any stares, actually often I'm asked when I will go again.

Enjoy your time there and don't forget to report

To avoid looking at his face feeling stupid by offering something which he was forced by family to renege on.

This is only for you to decide as only you know how she would take such a news. Being mother she probably knows anyways, whether we tell her or not.

and that's the reason I decided to keep quiet. My folks here don't even think about Thailand as gay destination . I never heard comment to this effect but after hearing ' pedo destination ' musings , particularly about Pattaya , again in hetero context I think is better to advertise loudly trip to other destinations in region particularly Cambodia. I'm well known as ruins connoisseur and nobody knowing me would raise a brow if I'd be flying there annually.

For you trip to BKK is local venture like for Europeans hop to Amsterdam or Americans one to Las Vegas. But trip to Thailand from those continents is far away and exotic one so is attracting more attention and possibly speculation as to how one can afford it and why is willing to suffer indignity of 24 hours flights

Koko, actually you made me interested in Chromebook today and went to store to see how it looks like, I'm impressed , looks very handy for travel. Thanks for bringing it up vinapu

actually quite a few masseurs are available during day, here's scenario: breakfast, massage at Copa / I got one at 9.30 a.m. last Nov /, cold shower , coffee, massage at shop under Ambiance, some shopping, lunch , massage at Scandic and here you go - getting dark, time for dinner and you did not even leave soi 3 during day and boys from BBB are starting their serenades in front of bar, you feel horny listening and you know what to do

What we can say? See what happens on July 30 and watch your wallet so it not opened by you heart but by your head only. It look at least that you know your position and where you are vulnerable so there's line of defense if need arises. There's always possibility that he invited you to Korat and his family turned out not to be so enamored with that idea as he thought , hence prohibition to go in order to save a face. How to move relation to more selfish way ? We all know, you provide funds, boy ' takes care you'. You find better boy , cut the funds, he finds better sponsor , cuts his presence. Clear rules and still lots of fun and a passion can be had. Stchastya zelaju ( I wish you good luck )

You may be correct - checked Tarntawan offers on Agoda for the same dates 24-27.12 and noticed that they dropped prices a bit compare to April quotations. At least it's good to know that businesses are reacting to perceived lower demand by dropping prices. Hope soi Twilight bar owners will notice and react

thank you for a good laugh !

what I meant by half full part of glass is OP ability to instantly move on and instead of debating spilled milk / empty part /he realized that finish is an opportunity to start something new . Otherwise I fully support your point of cutting connections and moving on.

You must be right, out of curiosity I just checked and Baan Dok Mai is already full for Christmas / 24-27.12 / , 5 months ahead. So bottom line is , recession , junta, whatever but if somebody is planning vacations it pays to book well in advance to get best value places.

Sounds like trolling question and probably was discussed here before but I'm not a troll , curious only : Do you tell your family , friends, co-workers and neighbors that you are vacationing in Thailand or rather you prefer to keep it private due to country reputation as sex destination ? Or you do not see any issue with that in your circles ? To answer my own question my first 8 trips were in connection with other destinations in the region with Thailand as a transit point so folks knew that I was in Burma, Cambodia etc and in between flights I spent few days in BKK. Nobody dwelled on the issue and still I managed to have deserved reputation of somebody who knows Bangkok tourist charms very well. When asked about sex scene always claimed that while existing is well hidden and visible only to people who are looking for it which is true. I had people on Silom asking me where famous Patpong is and I know straight guy regularly whoring in Nana Plaza who for years did not know about existence of soi Cowboy not that far away. My last trip, the 9th of them all was entirely 2 weeks in Thailand and I decided to keep it strictly in the closet as to not rise any eyebrows for two reasons - to avoid probing questions in relation to LOS reputation as sex heaven and to avoid jealousy as lots of people are equating exotic vacations with great expense not knowing actually how great value for money Thailand is. You think I'm a bit paranoid or about right?

This seems to be common with Thais, lots of them look younger than they are starting with HM King. In Nov I had massage with Wat at Derby Massage , Jomtien , olimpian body , when asked his age answer shocked me -40 !, Looked 25 , no more

That is sad but as experience of may others in the past shows , by no means unique. Don't want to sound nosy but what it means he forbid you to see him boarding bus ? Literally told you so or just gently suggested? / no need to answer if you do not want to /. Wipe your tears and look at bright side, if inevitable , it's better is's over now than many thousands of baht later. I like your attitude, always look at full half of glass, yes you are free for BT. Feel free to report on newly re-opened Dreamboys and Lucky777 if you will happen to go there. Like you know who said ' sun will shine on our street eventually as well '

I saw Muslim men sleeping or at least napping in the mosqes in such diverse places like liberal Morocco, secular Turkey and strictly islamic Iran so I'd replace " any ' with ' non-muslim'.

in my opinion sleeping in airport prayer room is disrespectful No trains 12-6 at night but since Nasa is not that far from airport and rates are cheap I recommended it as an alternative to sleeping in the airport even if taxi cost is accounted for. Used my own advice in May 2013, no complains

I found interesting set of criteria listed by firecat above, they can be divided in two sections, one objective - WIFI quality and consistency, price of breakfast, thinness of walls, on which I'd consider opinion of complete strangers, one subjective - fair price and quality of food and service and choice of side of hotel, on whose I'd consider only input of somebody I know as really each of us has own measurements of those things. You are right about time input, researching trip before departure is half of fun of travelling.

Again agree but on another hand somebody may ask ' what can possibly be wrong with 150/night hotel in a city where good comfortable, centrally located room can be had for 50$ or less '