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Hello Welcome to Pattaya. There are many places - especially here in the JOMTIEN area of Pattaya. Here is a link to a list of the many massage places found in the Jomtien Complex (aka Supertown). https://www.gaysupertown.com/massage Soda Massage is the biggest massage shop. But, there are also many other massage shops very close to Soda, as shown in the below map: Enjoy!

Candy Bar Burlesque Show review – 07 March 2025 After my return from 62 days in Cebu, Philippines, and the completion of my USA tax return = hallelujah!! It is time for some FUN!!! I ask my Thai boyfriend to get us a reservation to see the Friday night show – which as per the below weekly program schedule – meant that we would see the Burlesque Show. I tried to do the booking reservation, but it is difficult if you do not have Facebook. For purposes of this review, my boyfriend shared with me the below FB info page – which should allow you to make a reservation. We did not have any problem initially --> read on… https://www.facebook.com/people/Candy-Bar-Jomtien/61572178823103/ Prior to the show start time at 10:30pm, we go to Dick’s Café for dinner at 8pm. Afterwards, we go to the Sun Bar, which is directly across from the new Candy Bar. It was the birthday of one of the Sun waiters (his name is BOY), and as my Thai boyfriend knows almost everyone in the complex, we are inserted into the birthday festivities, including the addition of our 100 baht bank notes to his birthday garland. Suddenly, my boyfriend orders a whiskey bottle with mixers and ice – I look at my watch and it is only like 9:20pm and I say to him, there is no way that you and I can finish off that – he laughs at me and says, our friends are coming to join us (3 more guys) and we will drink some more after the Candy show back here at the Sun Bar – and he looks at me and says, “they will have dancing inside tonight…..” He knows me all too well – as my main complaint/bitch is that there is nowhere to dance in the Jomtien Complex (aka Supertown). So, how could I dare to say no..... I say to him, please hurry up and run over to the Candy Bar and extend our reservation of 2 to now 5 – as I did not want us to be denied seating. He comes back and tells me mission accomplished. Drinking and waiting at the Sun Bar in anticipation His 3 friends join us, and we all continue to laugh and drink with the Sun Bar birthday guy. 10:15pm arrives and before we know it and we are inside the Candy Bar. Well, my first impression is that this is a serious venture that has wonderful aesthetics, and sound absorption, rendering the place with excellent acoustics. So, the new owners have definitely spent some good money to make this place very enjoyable. Our assigned seats are at the back of the lounge, and they are super comfortable, with firm body supporting cushions – all with that new smell. Immediately, one of the hosts comes over to offer us snacks (nuts, M&Ms, raisons, etc.) to nibble on. Our drink orders are taken by one of the cute waiters who are all dressed in a sexy type of candy stripe muscle t-shirt. I love the optional bandanas that they are wearing as the differentiating factor. Which bandana is your favourite? The bar’s decor is very well thought out – where everything is in a nice shade of pink, with amazing attention to branding, from the drink coasters to coffee cups, to walk fixtures – truly an artsy upscale new addition to the Jomtien Complex (aka Supertown). Eclectic, but in good pink taste, in my opinion.... Show time – the Burlesque show begins with this opening number, “Diamonds in the sky”. There was the all-too-common picture frame skit (we saw this type of skit at The Venue Christmas Show) : And then my 2 favorite numbers were: 1. The Lady and her Tramp…. 1741435936254.mp4 2. Sexy pop my balloon scene – it was hilarious…. 1741436356067.mp4 I do not know how long the above skit will last because that sexy balloon guy gives the audience a rather large pin to pop his balloons - but you can see the fear in his eyes when the second guy kind of aggressively stabs his balloon - noting that there is not much distance between the skin of a popped balloon versus the skin on that sexy guy. How long before he is unintentionally pierced by an audience member who has had perhaps too much to drink? ..... All in all, it was a GREAT burlesque show and I wish them a tremendous amount of success. My only worry now is that the Jomtien Complex (aka Supertown) now has 3 cabaret type of showbars; The Venue, M2M, and now Candy Bar. We noticed that perhaps 2 to 3 stars from M2M are now working at the new Candy Bar and we hope that it does not diminish the success of M2M. My boyfriend and I, we voted the show bars in the following order; 1.) M2M, a VERY close second 2.) Candy Bar, and 3.) The Venue. We agreed that we need to return to the M2M very soon to see if they have lost any of their passionate greatness as a result of the Candy Bar. We also agreed that we need to return back to the Candy Bar on one of their other theme nights; Perfect Pop Show, Classic Camp Cabaret, Icons – Anthems & Divas. Recently, the Candy Bar had a Sexy Bum Competition, where the contestants were numbered (like in Bangkok), so that they could be voted on. There was a 1,000 baht prize for the best bum. This looks like it was a lot of fun and I wish that I had been there. Hmmmm --> just look at those voluptuous sexy bums…. and the winner is.......... wait, wait, wait - I am so confused - how could a guy who looks like he is directly from the Atlas muscle bar in Bangkok be a winner in the "twink heaven" confines of Supertown? Inquiring minds want to know - is Supertown slowly turning into a mini muscle heaven ?? After the conclusion of the Candy Bar Burlesque show, we head back to the Sun Bar, as our unfinished bottle of whiskey was waiting for our return. And as my boyfriend told me, there was dancing inside the bar, of course behind the smoke screen glass. Now I was truly happy, as it is very rare that I get to dance in the Jomtien Complex (aka Supertown). mini partial map for those who are not familiar with the Supertown entertainment center in Jomtien https://www.gaysupertown.com/ I stay for an hour and then I leave all of them and I head back home to sleep it off – as the whiskey is now starting to give me a slight headache. I wake up at 8am, and my boyfriend sends me a message from the Jomtien soi 12 beach volleyball to tell me that they are heading home to get some my sleep. What was the name of that song from the Twilight movie ?

hahaha - unfortunately, it was only 10 for seconds - and at my ripe old age - I am still trying to get an erection in 10 seconds....hahahaha But, back when I was a young sexy whippersnapper - I perhaps could of exploded in only 10 seconds - as those Myanmar guys with their huge appendages are truly enticing.

That photo (below) reminds me of a trip that I did years ago when we (Woody, Non, and myself) did this similar trip - when we were sold by the boat tour agents on the river a tourist trip of 3 countries..... FALSE sneaky Advertising - we departed on the Mekong river from Thailand, floated by as close as was legally possible to Myanmar (boat guide told us - sorry due to the situation we cannot disembark on the Myanmar territory - I was very disappointed), then we moored on a Laos island (Don Sao) that was in the middle of the Mekong river that was in Laos territory and we were allowed to disembark - with no stamping of passports, as this Laos island was tiny, where its sole purpose was to give some local merchants a chance to sell us stupid tourists some trinkets and souvenirs and to earn some hard currencies. So, my desire to enter into Myanmar was temporarily thwarted. However, my 2 lovely tour guides, Woody and his partner Non, took me to the 3 Pagoda Pass Market - which sits on a mountain pass at the border with Myanmar. While roaming around this market (unattended as Woody and Non did not think that I would do anything stupid) when between the market stalls some sexy guys waved at me to come over to behind the stalls - which I stupidly did - and then Woody and Non realized that I had inadvertently crossed over into Myanmar - they both rushed to the edge of the invisible border and called me back into Thailand - it was quite a commotion, as I was the stupid American not knowing / understanding what I had just done. So, technically, I was in Myanmar for 10 seconds - but no passport stamps to prove it.

yes - I will write a review later today - now I need to get ready for a delicious 4 hands massage from my 2 favorite Myanmar guys.... I hope that you got what you were looking for 🤪🤨

perhaps you want to say his fourth talent - as I would imagine that there is a hidden talent that you and him have experienced in the privacy of your room :>)) 1.) stuff only for Jason, 2.) Pool, 3.) Chess, 4.) Volleyball.

Wow - their cocks are soo long. Is it because the practice neck stretching like the women but instead to their cocks? 🍆😜

Oh my God, I just lost my appetite for my breakfast that has not yet arrived at my table. 🤮🤢🤕

@Dannyxxx - this is what I LOVE about this board - the direct in real time assistance while someone is living his Thailand vacation. We are your "helping hands" hahaha - no pun intended - so that you can maximize your vacation in real time. It's as if us forum members are on standby - in the capacity of a green number (as they used to say in Italy) - I believe that in the USA you say 1-800 number - operators standing by to help you with your vacation in real time....

I will pray that they do not implement this ban in Da Nang - as I want to rent any of those many hi-floor amazing AirBnB condos that are directly on the sea with AMAZING views.

Yes I do agree. But also what comes into play is the Thai mindset as to they do everything the right way and if others do not understand the "Thai way" - that they are wrong for not being able to understand. Also, there are many governmental fiefdoms issuing these various visas, such as the BOI - Board of Investment, MOFA - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Thai Immigration. I do not believe that these entities are aligned or even want to be aligned - as there are "fiefdom interests" at stake. Consequently, what would be best for us users of these said visas is not considered. And herein lies a potential HUGE problem. If I would use one of the automated gates on entry back into the Kingdom and consequently my passport is not stamped - I would have NO ability to prove: When my required 90 day reporting begins and ends to determine if I am in compliance - potentially incurring a find and/or harassment at the immigration office. Yes, it should be recorded in their digital database - but do I get to see that screen when it is displayed to the immigration officer? How can I defend my position without physical proof? That I was physically outside of Thailand for more than 180 days to avoid becoming a tax resident in the 2025 tax year. Recently, @reader posted the below article where due to the bad procurement procedure regarding the purchase of the biometric system underlying database subscription - tons of data was not stored. How would one defend himself against this type of bureaucratic incompetence ? I have lived here long enough (also in Italy - as there are many similar bureaucratic nightmares) to learn my lesson and to be 300% prepared for the unknown obstacles that have yet to present themselves. I would say yes and no. I believe that the training of the Cebu Pacific check-in clerk who was working in a situation where the bulk of the check-ins were for domestic flights - she was clueless about what to do in my case. I think that with more experience and better documentation within the Cebu Pacific check-in system this issue could have been resolved with better training. Back in year 2000 when I was still a student in Rome Italy - I had this same problem/issue at the London airport because I did not have an onwards ticket when I was trying to return from London to Rome because I only had 1 passport at that time - which was USA. So, they tried to block me from boarding my flight back to Rome until we sat down and discussed my issue with the UK supervisor that I was a student in Italy with a USA passport who had the legal right to live in Italy with my then student visa. So, these rules that are often invented by seasoned bureaucrats are not tested out to see if they would work for various what-if scenarios.

As soon as I finish the filing of my USA tax return - that is the next project on the list for the preparation for our 130 day trip to Vietnam. Just last night, I had my Thai boyfriend sit with me at my computer so that we could get him a Hong Kong based debit card with his freshly new Thai passport - so that getting money in Vietnam will not be problematic. As I am quite sure if he tried to use his Kasikorn Thai ATM card it most likely would not work in Vietnam ? So, we will both apply for the 90 day tourist visa and then towards the end of this 90 day period we will employ the services of the famous Lynn Visa agent - who will take us on one of their giant busses over to Laos - to do a border run, where we would get an additional 90 day tourist visa. Many of the expats and digital nomads who call Da Nang their home rave about Lynn's service. However, it is a grueling all day event - where you wake up like at 4am and return perhaps around 8 to 10 pm. https://lynnvisa.vn/ I am sure that this will all be covered in my to-be created NEW trip report to research if an elderly gay retiree can live comfortably in Da Nang over in the Vietnam channel of our gayguides.com forum. I will need to understand a priori before we buy our Bangkok to Da Nang tickets next week if this will be a problem. If yes, then I will buy an adjustable ticket where we can change the return ticket date afterwards. Also, my Thai boyfriend has asked me if he can return to Thailand for like 2 weeks at a time during our 130 day stay in Vietnam. I am thinking to allow him to have 2 return trips - so with his ticket it may be a non issue - but for mine it may become an issue. As I already went to Da Nang during the 2024 Songkran period - when I returned - the Vietnamese airport check in people did not have this issue. In fact, they did not even ask me to show any kind of proof. It was easy-peasy.

You were practically Tom Hanks in the movie The Terminal - but perhaps it should be renamed = Airplane Fuselage I have NEVER in my life traveled for 44 hours - other than when I got the crazy idea to drive coast to coast across the USA, which took me 5 days - with driving between 10 to 15 hours each day. Once was enough.

I sure do hope so - but that will depend on this Thai government's politics towards taxing us elderly retirees..... So, my future is in the hands of the Government House over in Bangkok.

I walked by the new Candy Bar this afternoon - see below photo. It looks very enticing. I am trying to convince my Thai boyfriend that we should go and see this Friday evening show.....

And that look on their face when you board the plane together is so precious - to see their excitement. A precious memory that they will never forget.

This is so VERY true and should not be discounted. In my experience it has been very difficult to get a night owl to get up early in the morning to do things with you. If they are forced to do so then they might be groggy and grumpy. So, try to compromise with a later start time for tourist stuff, and then you will both probably be happier.

Wow = my favorite activity and turn on. I will have to check out this place to have this unique experience.

Post trip report update - about the process to leave the Philippines. Today Jeff (the massage guy back in Cebu) asked me how my flight was back to Thailand and it made me remember the below incident that I think needs to be shared with all of you. I make this update in case what happened to me at the airport may happen to you. During the check in process at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport - at the Cebu Pacific check-in desk, it took forever for me to convince them that I had a legal right to live in Thailand. They kept wanting me to show them my onward ticket. I showed them my passport with my Thai immigration retirement visa stamp - but that was not good enough for them, because in addition to the retirement visa stamp they wanted me to show them my address card - which we don't have in Thailand. In lieu of an address card, I showed them my Thai driving license - which on the back has my address printed. After this being escalated for verification with a supervisor, they finally agreed to allow me to be properly checked in. I believe that the following below factors may have played a role into this difficult check-in event: I was not able to get a direct flight back to Thailand from Cebu - so I had to first take a domestic flight from Cebu to Davao. Consequently, I was checking in at a domestic desk with a Cebu Pacific employee, who was obviously not well trained about how to deal with someone who was checking their luggage all the way through to Bangkok, In the Philippines, they issue us foreigners, an ACR (Alien Certificate of Residence) card, after staying here for in excess of 59 days. As I stayed for 62 days, you may recall that during my last visit to the BI (Bureau of Immigration) I was obligated to pay for the ACR card, even though I was leaving the country 4 days later (the physical plastic card is made available to you after 1 month and it is required to have physical possession of this ACR card to receive additional tourist visa extensions - which I believe can be extended for up to 3 years in total, in 2 month increments). I believe that this ACR card displays your address - and the Cebu Pacific check in agent was expecting me to display a Thai equivalent of Thailand's ACR card. I was able to get around this problem by showing them my Thai driver's license - which displays my address. But, this begs the question, what would happen if I did not have a Thai driver's license? Not all retirees that live in Thailand have a Thai driving license. When I arrived at the Davao International Airport, I had to physically exit the domestic wing of the Davao International Airport and walk over to the international wing and do the immigration exit procedure there. I had to pay the tourist exit clearance fee to the immigration official, who then reviewed my last BI tourist visa extension and then stamped my passport with an exit stamp: Then after passing through immigration I had to redo the security check for international flights. So, do not spend all of your Philippine pesos before exiting the country - as you will need to pay this exit clearance fee. Note that this fee changes depending on the departure city - as I see from the internet that this fee is set locally. The fee for Cebu was different than the fee for Davao. https://ph.usembassy.gov/exit-clearances/ At immigration in Don Mueang airport, before leaving the immigration desk, I specifically asked the Thai immigration official if my passport was physically stamped - she showed me the stamp - as I told her that this stamp was CRITICAL to my: resetting of my now new 90 day reporting cycle - as required for a Thai non immigrant O retirement visa, need to show accrued time outside of Thailand in this 2025 tax year. I now have 59 days that were physically outside of Thailand for tax purposes. I was physically outside of Thailand for 62 days, but 3 of those days were the final days of the 2024 tax year. As the requirement to be a non tax resident is > 180 days, I will need to be cognizant that my stay in Vietnam should be for more than 122 days. I was very relieved that there were NO automatic gates at the Don Mueang airport, where you just show your passport and breeze through without getting any physical stamps in your passport. I was dreading the idea of having to prove that I was physically outside of Thailand for tax purposes without having these ever so important physical stamps in my passport.

1 year ago, to escape the crazy 5 day Songkran bazooka water gun madness here in Pattaya I went to Da Nang for 2 weeks - so that would be around the 10th of April. The weather was still dry and fantastic and bearable. We need to remember that in Da Nang, the rainy / dry season is not in exactly synchronized with Pattaya's as per the below. This year we will be heading over to Da Nang immediately after Songkran ends here in Pattaya - which should end on USA tax filing deadline date of 15 April 2025. I am anticipating that the local Pattaya government will again extend the Songkran water fighting festivities to 5 days like they did last year - as it was found to be a HUGE money maker for the city. So, we will probably end up arriving into Da Nang around the 20th of April, which should give us 3 more months of dry season before the ugly season arrives. Like my trip to Cebu - the goal of this trip is to determine if I could live in Da Nang as a retiree - so it will be good for me to experience BOTH the Dry and Wet seasons - to see if I can bear the ugly wet season. When I moved from Budapest to Pattaya (Jomtien) in September 2022, as a fresh new retiree, we had many many wet monsoon days immediately after I arrived - and I was totally amazed at how severe it can get - especially when my European umbrella broke (the fabric split in half) when it was extended, from the weight of the water droplets that were coming down from the sky. Also, many times in that September, while trying to walk back to my condo - I was soaking wet from flash flooding that inundated the street - as the water tends to travel in a hurry downwards towards the sea - creating huge gullies in the beach sand. This is a nightmare when you are exiting the bahtbus (songthaew) into a river of rapidly moving water. I had never experienced water drops so big and abundant and frequent before in my life. Even with growing up on Long Island - where we had several hurricanes over the years - where the wind was more of an obstacle than humungous water droplets falling out of the sky. So, it will be good for me to experience this September 2022 experience in Da Nang - in my opinion. I've heard that the winds coming off of the East Vietnam Sea (South China Sea) can be violent during the wet season.

On Saturday 22 March 2025. But I believe that you need to buy your ticket in advance.

Only in the sense that it has the same characteristics as Jomtien's beachfront with kilometers of open walkable beach with many many high rise condos with balconies that face the sea. Also, the seawater on the Da Nang beachfront is much more cleaner than the Jomtien seawater. You haven't heard about a compound there because it does not exist. It was never stated here in this forum that there was any similarity with Jomtien's gay life offerings with those of Da Nang. I wrote about Da Nang when I went there for 2 weeks last April:

Day 64 (2 March 2025) – End of trip report Today is my last day in Cebu, as I return to Thailand tomorrow afternoon. I meet with Mr. B. for lunch today in the Ayala mall. As it is a Sunday, and lunch time, it is very crowded and we need to eat in a restaurant that neither of us is familiar with. It’s name is: BadBoys Swingz . As this is my last full day in Cebu, I want to try something different and this dish with the name = Pork Dinakdakan – looks yummy, as it looks like some kind of cream sauce on top of a pork chop ? I start to eat it and I realize that I do not like it and later on thanks to Mr. B., I get the below picture to understand why I did not like it. Yuck – it is not really my type of cuisine that I like. I ordered it by only looking at its photo on the menu that did not contain the below description. https://www.facebook.com/BBWINGZ/ After I attempted to eat a 1/3 of it, I then call over the waiter and I attempt to order a cheeseburger (now I wanted to play it safe) but he replies, “the chef cannot make you a cheeseburger because there is no cheese today – are you ok with a normal hamburger?” I reply, yes. I tell Mr. B., this is another perfect example of a typical experience that I have had numerous times here during my 60 days in the Philippines. Mr. B. makes me understand that this is normal. I tell him that I have personally been in many Thai restaurants where the dish that you requested is missing a key ingredient and I saw with my own eyes that the restaurant does one of the following 2 things: Sends one of the staff to go and buy the missing ingredient – often I have seen them in 7-Eleven buying the missing and/or run out of inventory item, or, they ask you if the missing ingredient can be substituted with something else. Mr. B. makes me understand that this would never happen – as the staff are NEVER allowed to leave the restaurant to go to the nearby 7-Eleven (they are everywhere here in Cebu just like in Pattaya) or nearby supermarket to buy the missing ingredient. Furthermore, the chef is only allowed to prepare the dish in accordance with the strict recipe. I explained to Mr. B. that this is a big difference than in many other countries that I have been in – where they are empowered to improvise – in order to keep the customer happy. By the way, my hamburger was very good and Mr. B. enjoyed his meal. While we were eating, Mr. B. teaches me about another Filipino idiom regarding AFAMs. That is to say, “escape from poverty….”. To put it into context, if some Filipinos see a Filipino person walking with an AFAM (farang), as they pass by, the Filipinos who are observing them may say, “escaping from poverty….”, in such a way, in the local language tagalog, so that the Filipino person hears it and the AFAM does not understand it. Everyone has a good laugh and the AFAM does not have a clue. I tried to find a Thai equivalent – as I have heard the money boys back in the Jomtien Complex – Supertown laugh and giggle when one of them “hits the jackpot…” – as in they found a farang who has money - dtee sua (ตีสัว). So, this is another similarity between Thailand and the Philippines. Afterwards, we go to my condo so that I can give Mr. B. the promised luggage with the 5 new towels and 1 set of dark grey sheets. As I see that there is still some spare room in the luggage I show him the many drinks that were in my refrigerator that I will not consume before I fly back to Thailand and he agrees to take them and I am super happy about that. We sit and chat for a while and reminisce about our many trips that we did together and how our wonderful friendship developed in these 60 days. We are both sad that we will not see each other unless I return again to the Philippines or if Mr. B. comes to Pattaya. As Mr. B. is ambitious and wants to move abroad to have an out-of-country work experience – I am not sure if we will ever see each other again, but we agree to keep in touch via WhatsApp. Mr. B. leaves with the luggage and I am truly sad. But, unbeknownst to Mr. B. I snuck a surprise within the towels that he will discover after he opens the luggage back in his boarding house room. Sure enough, about 1 hour later, he discovers my surprise and he is truly overjoyed, especially with the kind words that I put in the card, some surprise pesos, and a little black book for him to keep notes about his to-be worldwide adventures. Mission accomplished, as he only discovered his surprise back in his room, because any other time that I have tried to reward him, he ALWAYS pushes back on anything that I try to give him – as he is such a kind and modest authentic non-greedy Filipino person. He will make someone an excellent partner. I love making surprises I start packing for my return to Thailand and then I call it a night and I set the alarm so that I will wake up in time to finish packing and to check out and get to the airport in time. This is the end of this trip report series to learn if an elderly gay retiree can live ok in the Cebu city area in the Philippines. After 60 days here, I have determined that the answer is YES, and for my retiree living requirements – the place that I would choose is: --> The MegaWorld Mactan Newtown township over on Mactan island at the beach <-- --> As it offers a lifestyle that is the closest to what I have back in Jomtien in Thailand <-- --> And the condo complex that I would choose would be - One Pacific Residence (OPR) <-- --> note that 3 additional condo complexes are currently under construction - so, these would need to be evaluated to understand if OPR would remain as the number one choice <-- In second place would be the CBP Cebu Business Park, and in third place would be the Cebu IT Park. Thanks for coming along on my 60+ day adventure, and I hope that you enjoyed the journey with me. My next trip report will be in late April and from Da Nang, Vietnam, and since I will be there for around 130 days, I am thinking to just do weekly updates – as these daily updates are a killer. Also, I will have my Thai boyfriend with me – so I will have less down time. Day 64 (2 March 2025) – concluded – End of this Trip Report.

Yesterday and today, the MIMA PARTY LINE administrators posted the below 2 party updates - as the advanced early bird admission price of 2,300 baht has now expired. Any tickets bought from today forward are now priced at 2,500 baht. I apologize that the below images are very hard to read - as whoever created it put too many words in a tiny font onto a small space - thus rendering it hard to read.

First they came to close the wonderful soi Twilight and I was told to not live in the past, and I did not speak up, Then they closed the exciting Babylon sauna and I was told to visit the other saunas, and I did not speak up, Then they came to remove the street vendors because the BMA said that Bangkok needs to be more like Singapore and I was told to eat in the many food courts, and I did not speak up, Now they are coming to shut down Silom soi 4 and both Patpongs --> and after this awful news there will be noone left to speak in any of these former venues to speak up for my want of a vibrant gay life in Bangkok...... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_They_Came