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Good news - the first 300 meter section of the sand renourishment project at the beginning of Dongtan beach is coming to completion and closure. While the work was in progress it looked ugly and nasty: Click here to see it in action: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1aSsVaSkwk/ Bulldozers spreading the freshly dredged up sand from the bottom of the Gulf of Thailand seabed floor onto the widened Dongtan beach. Today I went to take a look - the near finished product looks really good: Photo taken 28Oct2026 - First 300 meter section of Dongtan beach is now 50 meters wider. All of the bulldozers and sand pumping pipes are now gone. Also, all of the areas that are adjacent to the Dongtan beach road that had rainstorm damage that was eroding the underneath of both the pedestrian sidewalk and street have been shored up with fresh new sand - thus protecting those important areas from collapsing from the former void that was underneath. I would imagine that soon they will remove the construction barriers and allow the beach vendors to return soon to reopen these closed areas - which was from the Dongtan beach pavilion (where they do the nightly aerobic dancing) all the way almost to the first public bathrooms that are in front of the Avalon Beach Resort. The next 300 meter section to be targeted will most likely include the popular gay beach sections, where the average elapsed time for them to complete the next sand nourishment section takes from 6 to 8 weeks.

It was great to see you @vinapu and to catch up during your recent visit to Pattaya. I was very impressed with the special rapport that you have with Khun Guido - as if the 2 of you are brothers. I agree with you, Guido truly created a wonderful enchanting environment at his new Phratamnak branch here in Pattaya and I was truly happy that it was busy.

Time for some amendments / updates as things are changing very rapidly in Supertown. The updated Supertown map was published yesterday on the official FB Supertown site: In the amended map version displayed above, I updated the Great Bar to be the Gus bar, and I inserted two 2 red squares to highlight: The new C Bar - which I had previously reported as the Charlie Bar. The bar's name has since been amended by the bar's owner, Charlie. C Bar now has its own official FB page at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61595890915578 It is still scheduled to have it's soft opening on Friday 30 October 2026. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Hb64dWPmT/ On the map is an empty red square highlight where the new bar that is supposed to open on Saturday 21 November 2026. It is located next to the M2M Cabaret Bar and construction work is well underway. Unfortunately, the name of this new entity has still not yet been revealed. If you know it please let us all know. Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Dw4GL4hxZ/ There has been some confusion regarding the already existing Jewel 78 bar and the @Home bar. Both bars have agreed to a joint collaboration where 2 times each week they will produce a Cabaret show every Tuesday and Friday from 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm as stated in the below announcement. The joint cabaret show will take place in the soi/street in front of both bars. Consequently, each bar still remains to be its own entity - which has been the case for several years already. The @Home bar has the very popular bingo night, which is held on Wednesday evenings at 8pm. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1E4PwFK2gi/ Below are 2 photos from the inaugural joint cabaret event that took place on Friday 23 October 2026. From the photos it looks like the dancers were sourced from the M2M cabaret bar?? But I am not sure. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19jzXDbKHP/

Halloween is rapidly approaching Supertown in the Jomtien Complex - so there are some important updates to report: Animated Halloween version = https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BcVSkNFRJ/ First up. M Bar is up for sale. Source = https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1KLSAKNxeQ/ So, the complex may lose 1 of its 2 "pillow" bars. Just know that the other "pillow" bar is still operating = Gus Bar In the meanwhile, the M Bar is open and operating normally. The rumor mill is abuzz that the former Divarium Bar will become the new Charlie's Bar - as an announcement was put out earlier this week for the hiring of staff for Charlie's new bar (note that Charlie is also the owner of the above mentioned M Bar). Source = https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FTqtqBnhM/ Photo that I took today of the former Divarium bar now being transformed in the to-be Charlie's Bar. I have now idea when it is scheduled to be opened - but if any of you know please share the details with us. Next up. Work is rapidly underway to transform the former 4-T bar into a new bar - where the rumor is that the current owners of the Nook N.K. bar + Sanook bar will open in this new big space as their 3rd entity within Supertown. Photo that I took today of the former 4-T bar being transformed into a new bar. A hiring announcement was recently made where the "start" date is noted as 21 November 2026. Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19bRxEUAX1/ I asked around, in vain, if anyone knows the name of this new to-be bar - but nobody seems to know. If any of you know please let us know it. Ok, that is all for now.

Yes, I agree 2000%. Where I worked before retiring - difficult decisions were generally outsourced to the convenient consultant "experts" just to avoid having to take an uncomfortable political stand and to preserve said career. If things got ugly, they had a convenient scapegoat. If that scapegoat needed to be eliminated for political reasons (uncomfortable truths) then a new one was hired.

I concur, as I also ordered in from 15M the famous JJ guy to my room at the Raya. It was a very easy process as @daydreamer described above.

Hi @Marc308 - you are correct - It's name is: Bliss Massage by your men. ID line : blissmassage Note that the shop is on the east side of Pattaya - just east of Sukhumvit. When I enter the address into the Bolt app, it has the following travel offerings: Mocy motorbike = 49 baht (one way) Basic car = 109 (one way) Unfortunately, I still have not yet made it over there so I cannot give you a first hand review.

Yes @BjornAgain I agree. I really miss Barry and after his awful death crossing the busy Thappraya road - I have since changed my walking patterns as I used to often use that same area to cross Thappraya road to get to either FoodMart or to the Jomtien bus station for the busses to the Suvarnabhumi airport in BKK. Noteworthy is that for 153 baht each way it (the buss) is truly the deal of the century. By the way, this video, produced by Glistening Stories of the day in the life of the Tourist Police in Pattaya is very well done - excellent UK journalism in my opinion. What I found fascinating about this particular edition is that it was published on Jun 22, 2023, but references very important stories/cases from the year May 2001. Especially the case of Kevin Quill, as he was one of the many financial investors in what we all know today as Boyztown. Years back, I had read many of the controversial articles that were published about his case - especially those produced by Andrew Drummond and I was always left in shock on how something like this could even happen in the early years of 2,000. https://www.pattayamail.com/408/news.htm Other related articles for who is curious: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-sex-club-kings-lose-1053788 https://www.andrew-drummond.com/2010/03/23/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-boyz-judgmen/ https://www.andrew-drummond.com/2015/01/16/another-good-day-or-thai-justice/

Excellent comparative analysis Jason. So, if you off the 2 guys then at least you are not alone in your hotel room.

Good to know that there is a work-around. Over the years that I am here in Thailand, when I could not re-find some of the guys on Grindr, and when I would eventually find them via other means, they would tell me that Grindr blocked them and that until they bought a new phone they could not re-establish a new profile in Grindr.

Grindr blocks the device (i.e., phone) - so changing your email will not resolve the Grindr blocking problem.

Could this year's Gay Pride in Taipei be controversial? It is scheduled to take place on Saturday 31 October 2026 - Halloween. On Saturday 3 October 2026 Taipei police raided 3 gay localities in the Ximending district: Commander D, Hunt, Locker Room Click on the below Watch on X to see the police raid as it happened. https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/rare-police-raid-taipei-gay-bar-sparks-angry-protest-2026-10-04/ https://focustaiwan.tw/video/004356762 What is interesting is that Taipei's elections will take place next month on Saturday 28 November 2026. Could this all be a maneuver to influence voter outcomes? Are any of you going to Taipei for their Gay Pride this year?

Bangkok consists of 50 distinct districts. I believe that most forum members visit the Sala Daeng / Silom areas which reside in the Bang Rak and Pathum Wan districts. You can see from the below flood map, that Bang Rak (#26) sits in a moderate flood area and Pathum Wan (#15) sits in both a moderate and high flood area. Of note is also district #28 - Sathorn - which also sits in a moderate flood area. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Bangkoks-flood-hazard-map-based-on-GIS-AHP-Multicriteria-Analysis_fig3_359942874 Regarding the second part of @emiel1981 question the Thai Meteorological Department recently released the below rain forecast for the next couple of days where it seems that rain is expected for the Bangkok area tomorrow and Monday 6 October - but Bangkok and Pattaya are coded in the yellow color - so it is not forecasted to be a deluge like what we experienced previously. The situation right now (10:39 am) today in Jomtien is that it is sunny and pleasant outside - but off in the horizon I see big clouds starting to form - and this was the same scenario that we had yesterday - beautiful morning, then storm clouds rolled in and it rained - but nowhere as intense as last week and then it stopped and all was normal for the evening going out time. @jason1975 is now in BKK so perhaps he can give @emiel1981 an on-the-ground weather update for Bangkok :>))

Today they fired the Thai Airways CEO due to his mishandling of the situation during the flood crisis. What is interesting about this is how Thai Air Asia took a different approach to deal with the flood crisis: They flew in baggage handling staff from their other hubs (Chiang Mai, Phuket, etc.) to get them on the ground at Suvarnabhumi, This minimized the problem that local baggage staff who live in Bangkok could not reach Suvarnabhumi due to the floods, https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd7maKLGlmw/

yes - I went to the https://klovermassages.com/en website and I could not find any guys with the names = Chang or Tong. 🤔