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I believed when i research a bit on rules of having guests in laos before, there is a rule that prohibits local in foreigners hotel room. Whether it is still enforced, not entirely sure since i never tested it as i went there with a cambodian hehe.

Has been almost free last year october, then our politicians cant stop playing with matches, and now we are worst than most in asean except for indonesia and philliphines. Despite that, last week lockdown was relaxed and apart from observing SOP and inter-state travel ban, we are pretty much open. Of course international travel has been closed since march last year and no dates yet when itll be open. Vaccines has begun for medical frontliners and politicians as well as high risk teachers as school is now open as well. As for me, ill have to wait for second phase (should start in Apr) but there will be around 8mil people in this stage. Vaccine certificate/passport has been discussed and there is push for allowing interstatr travel between low risk states. As of now, only group travel tour is allowed. My state is still high risk though. Now, what ill do when im free. Right now, im pretty much free to go eat at restaurant with friends, go to movies, get massage, and hire money boy. Social distancing in movies and restaurants, masseur has to wear mask, protective face shield, gloves. Money boy is illegal here so no SOP, as long as you are not caught i guess lol. When im totally free, travel, travel, travel. I usally travel at least 3 times a year, more times if i count work travel as well, but for the past year and this year, ive not travelled at all, work and fun.

Thailand today halt the use of Astrazeneca vaccine over fear of blood clot. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/12/astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-suspended-in-some-countries-over-blood-clot-fears.html

While it is moving in the right direction, any amount of quarantine still deter normal tourist to come. 7 days is definitely a lot less than 14 days, but 3 month requirement is over the top. With current vaccine wait and shortage, anyone who had the vaccine early cant possibly go for another vaccine shot within 3 month. I dont even know if that is safe. How they decide on 3 month vaccine expiry date, im not sure. But perhaps they are again being overly cautious and want to see if this is doable and will revisit further relaxation afterward. One can only hope

I dont have really fluid sexual tendency, just stereotypical gays that like men since as long as i can remember. Even watching straight porn, i focus on the guy. Im at a point where my family is expecting me to get married and i cant possibly do that to any girls, to marry a guy who had no feeling towards her at all. Having said this, when watching straight porn, im not at all repulsed by seeing women naked, but not excited by them, or more like feel indifferent. Even my preference for men are those straight-acting manly men.

If u want to see me miserable, put me in the middle of that crowd lol. Id probably head to the empty top floor if my boy want to go there haha.

Gogo bar will continue to exist but currently, the one that focused on getting the crowd to come to the bar are the one that will survive. Tourists especially still want the gogobar experience, having fun in the bars, showing off they had money, having multiple boys surrounding them. I for one prefer to go to bars perhaps with friends or forum members instead of scrolling through profiles in grindr etc. I did that back home where we dont have access to gogobars and where i have more time to through the whole process of chatting and arranging a meet. For long term visitor and expats as well as those who are spending wisely, apps are definitely more attractive offers, although your continued success might be fueled by bar closure and lack of customers in bars too. And covid seems to also increase the amount of guys entering the scene as well. Though its undeniable that apps popularity does impact gay bars survival in many places around the world and have been replacing the dating/hook up scene at gay bars pretty well.

Thanks for sharing this. Im glad that i did get to enjoy their performance too when i visited siem reap. Will let my friend knows about this too.

Thanks for sharing this interesting history about the site. It has been a major help for newbies like me planning my first solo gay trip to thailand.

I guess i didnt made that clear. Its enforcing law against premarital sex on straight couple.

U know the saying that all asian looks the same? While its sounded racist, some thais figure this would work in their favor lol

I just hope there are 29 gay bars in bangkok and pattaya to visit by the time we can go there.

In case of malaysia, main reason of religious enforcement have been politically driven, and this is one of the product of democracy, where the majority gets their way. Malaysia are mainly sunni and doesnt recognize shia here, meaning any religion funding from the government are not accessible by shia community here. There are however few malaysians shia community, but rarely visible id say. I personally know one person only, an ex colleague in office. However, their number are really small, so i dont see how your statement about iran has anything to do with current situation. If anything, its just a bunch of religious officer exercising their power of course with blessing from their political leaders. Although i should add, not only gays are facing these, our religious department are also enforcing premarital sex where there have been raids done on low budget hotel based on reports/tips.

The ruling is not surprising at all, since the law hasnt change. Federal laws always superceeds state and religious laws, so if there is a conflict such as the case above, its an easy ruling. Whats surprising is that no one before this guy actually dare to challenge the religious state department on their authority to create and enforce such laws. Having said that, we still have in the federal law on "unnatural sex" inherited from the british gov that carries up to 20 years jail time (rarely enforced except during the infamous political attack on Anwar), and the guy can be charged under this law in civil court if the state gov wants to proceed with this. Interesting to see if it goes ahead or not. On the other hand, today, the same religious state department is launching a statewide witch hunt on a trans entrepeneur due to her failure to attend the islamic court proceeding for alleged insulting the religion. What she did was simply sponsoring a religious event, and attending the event while cross dressing. This is sad news indeed.

Since it is your money and food, i believe you have the say on how u want to spend it. If anything, seeing an acquaintance suffer until not having food to eat is tough, and id do the same as what u did if i were in your shoes. And you are correct to assume that u will not get the money back when you help them. What that also means is that you should only help more if you have can afford to do so, and clearly you are not in the position to do so. Cases like this should be dealt with by the embassy, so if you have their information, maybe a call to the embassy explaining what is happening to their citizen currently might move them faster to deal with the situation or make exception with their living situation back home. Taking taxi when not having money to buy enough food is a sign that their logical thinking is affected due to age. Perhaps more than money, they actually also need someone to help them explain their situation to the embassy. God knows when the last time they have been in contact but when you dont even have money for food, the last thing in your mind is to follow up with people with authority. Another thing you can do is refer them to some of the NGO or charity organization, or religious organization they belongs to? Im not familiar with thailand NGO and charities org, but here in malaysia, there are plenty of channel that one can go for help. Even enganging with local influencer or politicians might help too. There are places like food for homeless, soup kitchen, pay as you can restaurant here as well, although im not sure about thailand. Local mosque, temple, churches also have programs that gives out free groceries and food for the needy from time to time.

Did u by any chance manage to get the masseur name? If so, id like to know in PM. Thanks

Malaysia will be getting pfizer vaccine end of this month, with first batch goes to frontliners. High risk group will be second on the line estimated to start by april, and the rest will probably start in may earliest. The gov estimated to have at least 80% of population access to vaccine by end of feb 2022. Itll me a mix of pfizer, astra zeneca, sinovac, sputnik vaccines, with pfizer will be limited to those near the cities due to logistic issue. Cant wait to get myself vaccinated.

On a more serious note on this topic Biden Imposes Sanctions on Generals Who Engineered Myanmar Coup WASHINGTON — President Biden announced on Wednesday that he was imposing sanctions that would prevent the generals who engineered a coup in Myanmar from gaining access to $1 billion in funds their government keeps in the United States, and said he would announce additional actions against the military leaders and their families. It was the first concrete step the U.S. government has taken since Mr. Biden demanded that the generals restore democracy and release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the nation’s civilian leader. Source

This one wins my heart!

Nicole Johnston was watching COVID-19 cases climb toward a new high at home and wanted her son back in Thailand, where he had previously lived and attended university. Last month they began the process of booking what’s known as “Alternative State Quarantine” for his first two weeks of isolation upon arrival from South Africa. Her son, Thabo Thusi, completed a travel site’s online inquiry form and soon heard back via email from several hotels. He reached terms with one, but after paying THB35,000 (USD$1,170) to book the room, Thusi was surprised by an email from the hotel requesting another transfer of the same amount. “This caution fees came to stay as a result of some Guest can damage some of the hotel properties and they go, and some Joiner will visit friend on hotel might do some little damage, with this, our management have decided to implement caution fees,” the email said. Nicole Johnston was watching COVID-19 cases climb toward a new high at home and wanted her son back in Thailand, where he had previously lived and attended university. Last month they began the process of booking what’s known as “Alternative State Quarantine” for his first two weeks of isolation upon arrival from South Africa. Her son, Thabo Thusi, completed a travel site’s online inquiry form and soon heard back via email from several hotels. He reached terms with one, but after paying THB35,000 (USD$1,170) to book the room, Thusi was surprised by an email from the hotel requesting another transfer of the same amount. “This caution fees came to stay as a result of some Guest can damage some of the hotel properties and they go, and some Joiner will visit friend on hotel might do some little damage, with this, our management have decided to implement caution fees,” the email said. 30-day visa? Try 45 days, Thailand tempts eligible travelers Thusi and his mother rightly balked and refused to pay. As they scrambled to book another hotel in time for his Jan. 15 arrival date, came the horrifying realization that they – along with others, they would learn – had become victims of scammers preying on travelers during the pandemic. “I was devastated,” Johnston said yesterday. “When he phoned me and said they wanted another 35 grand, the hair on the back of my head stood up. I’m retired. I’m on a retirement visa. We spent a lot of money to do this. … The fact that this happened, I cried.” The hotel staff they were corresponding with in a vain attempt to obtain a refund were scammers. Hope Land, the real hotel chain whose Soi Sukhumvit 8 branch they were trying to book, told Coconuts that it was aware of the scam. Sithinun Phomthong from its IT department said Monday that they have been aware for a few weeks now and went to file a complaint at the Lumpini Police Station on Jan. 27. He said the scammers hadn’t hacked or intercepted their emails but rather had “imitated” the hotel. Sithinun said they had gone to the trouble of registering a similar domain name – a bogus hopelands8.com vs. the legitimate hopeland8.com – but there was nothing currently at the site this week, and none of the emails reviewed was sent from the domain. The scammers used a Gmail account – reservationhopelands@gmail.com to contact Thusi after he completed the online inquiry form at the Wander Thai site, one of many similar directories of quarantine hotels. The email came amid other responses from hotels indicating whether they were full or available, all of which included an in-line reply to his original message and probably headers and addressing information. Such a discrepancy appears now to have been a red flag in the clarity of hindsight. It still leaves open the question of how the scammers got Thusi’s email and responded as quickly as the other hotels. WanderThai.com, which appeared to forward his inquiry to multiple hotels in good faith, has since deactivated its Hope Land listing. And attempts to find similar scam versions of domain names for about 20 other listed ASQ hotels failed to locate any. After first speaking with Hope Land about the issue, we wanted to ask them if they suspected an inside job involving one of its current or former employees, but the hotel did not return further calls. Thusi found a Reddit thread posted Jan. 7 to the Thailand subreddit warning people of the scam and naming the same branch of Hope Land. The suspect hopelands8.com domain name was registered Dec. 13. Both Thusi and Johnston expressed frustration that the hotel had been aware of the issue for some time without any apparent effort to warn guests. “But it seems that they haven’t done anything to alert people about it, so more people could fall prey to this,” Thusi said in a message. They note that amid the complaints, the hotel scrubbed the email from its contact information. Later, on Jan. 28, Hope Land did post a warning about how to avoid scams on social media. A similar message has been added to its website’s contact page. Coconuts saw at least three other similar complaints and confirmed the details with a fourth. “To be honest I don’t understand how I fell into the trap. I thought I had contacted the hotel (hope land) through their email found on the website and brochures,” Sabina Perondini said in a message. “When I paid they asked me to pay a deposit and I knew something was wrong. I contacted the hotel via Facebook, they checked and realized it was a scam.” Perondini shared multiple emails nearly identical to those received by Thusi from the same Gmail account. Sithinun, from Hope Land’s IT office, said those who think they were scammed should file complaints at the Lumpini Police Station, though he noted hearing from a number of Thai guests who were scammed that were turned away by the police for some reason. A station representative who refused to give her name said the victims might have “misunderstood” what the officers told them. After several calls to the station over three days this week, officers as of Wednesday were unable to find a record of the hotel’s complaint. Pattharaphon Srisaard, a receptionist at Hope Land’s Soi Sukhumvit 8 branch, said payments should be made to the account of Nirun Nova Co., Ltd. only. She said once payment is received, guests will get a hotel confirmation and there will be no additional charges at all after that. The price, as advertised, already includes everything from airport pick-up to the room and health services. To avoid being scammed, travelers should either book directly with hotels or through officially authorized booking agencies such as Agoda, Locanation and Ascendtravel. Transactions conducted solely by email may not be secure. That’s too late for Jonhston, who has accepted that she’s unlikely to get her money back. Still, she wants to help other people from falling for the con. And she hopes the authorities will take action to protect others as well. “I cant believe Thailand would let this happen,” Johnston said. “Like Thabo, we love Thailand.” And she’s glad to have him around. Johnston just found out this week that four of her relatives died back home in Africa. Source

Inspired by PeterRS, below pics of hunky protestors.

Jupiter said on their fb that they will open 1st of March

I didnt know you are into S&M lol

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There is mike hotel, shopping arcade near boyz town, but dont recall this white building mike lol