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Given that Airbnbs are illegal in Thailand how secure have you felt using this service? My concern is that the landlord can flout Airbnb guidelines knowing the tenant has no recourse to making a police report should anything go wrong, or even evict you after collecting payment.

Oh I see you have to travel to Thailand multiple times a year because you are headliner at GASS!

Except this wasn’t an unsolicited story of woe but my own observations over several days reinforced by chatting with a couple of the guys. Also with another 10 or so breathing down my neck waiting to be invited for drinks due to lack of customers. Boys with no offs sit clustered along the Jupiter stairs, anyone who has been to the bar is familiar with the set up. It is high season now so I hear Fridays and Saturdays are improving but far from Jupiter’s heyday.

I found this on their social media 😆 I’m guessing yes

Excellent suggestions thank you. “Boy du jour” is from Bangkok and we have a flexible 2 day arrangement while I ease back into Pattaya. He’s a very amenable companion but quiet type so maybe Boystown as first stop to pick up extra company, grade the offerings for the rest of my stay, and then follow your recommendation. Sounds like a perfect first night back. Does anyone know the present rate in Pattaya for being hired to drink for 4-5 hours?

I will be in Pattaya late December after a long time away. Is this a good venue to catch a show or unwind? Boyzboyzboyz has been very aggressive on their social media lately but I don’t know how is the atmosphere now along with the rest of Boystown. For my first night I’m looking for an eye candy entertainment or a good people watching spot first where I can relax and have a drink without being harassed by mamasans. T25 seems more skewed to the local straight crowd? Is it gay friendly? I will usually come prepared with my own drinking companion but I don’t want to feel out of place either.

One of the Jupiter boys told me that now the ratio of boys to offing customers is heavily skewed and they rarely get proper offs. If they get offed it is usually for short time drinks. It’s hard to make real money. Spending in the bar is not what it used to be either. They don’t want to be seen parading there day after day with no offs so many of them opt to work in other bars for a short stint , come back as a “fresh” face and then leave again.

Yes they are biological brothers from Burma. The similar hairstyle (which is permed not natural) doesn’t help in telling them apart. Second pic is the older brother Amen who has worked at Jupiter since 2018 and used to be one of their best performers. He went home at some point over past two years and younger brother showed up this year and replaced Amen in the shows he used to do. I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. Amen just came back in the last month. I don’t know if he’s reclaimed his spot but he used to be better looking and more charismatic than Junior. I was told Junior is friendly and loves to be invited drinking.

My reliable source says he is half Thai half Indian

Where exactly is this located? I also saw a social media video showing a huge queue for Beef in Silom Edge across the carpark due to the China golden week holiday. Has anyone visited Beef and can update?

Despite trying to maintain a heart as cold as ice when dealing with MBs, hearing something like this would definitely put a smile on my face 🤣

To my surprise I recognized the room. This is The Athenee on Wireless Road, while an older hotel, a very classy joint in the grande dame style of Hyatt Erawan, Anantara etc and better maintained than both as well. I believe the land is royal owned. I stayed there on several business trips and stopped bringing back companions due to the disapproving stare of the doormen and reception staff. Both of whom you need to parade past to get to your room. Whoever brought 🍆 back is a braver man than me!

Sorry I had a senile moment I meant Joey! Tan, good looking, speaks great English (or so it sounds) is a winner

I have my eye on the new dancer Jack can someone give him a whirl and report back? Video on the Moonlight FB

I have stayed here too and it is indeed a beautiful property. Some rooms have a better balcony orientation than others. My dream is to be afford the river front pool villas. I have experienced the neighbouring Four Seasons too and while far more gay friendly, the rooms simply cannot compare and have no balcony. Property is also too large and maze-like. The pool is better than Capella though.

Not true, all bar boys (that I know of) do the land border crossing because they can pay for a 60 day visa and no official record of their multiple entries and departures, unlike by air. Just 2 weeks ago a Cambodian boy tried to bring a customer through the land crossing en route to Siem Reap. Boy got through successfully, customer did not and had to retrace back to Bangkok and buy a flight ticket. I don’t understand why either. Surely with a valid passport they are entitled to cross like any other tourist. Customer was Chinese if anyone can offer an explanation.

1. I know a few Cambodian boys who either worked at Moonlight or Jupiter but can’t recall any who worked at both, so if you’re willing to satisfy idle curiosity please do 2. He asked for exact amount to pay the cross border “visa” (passport bribe) and travel money to Bangkok 3. A few other Cambodians are planning their return as the border situation has calmed down and they have been stuck there just long enough to properly run out of money by now

What is the closing time for bars now?

Au contraire, gender is unimportant for receptionists as their main job is to make change for my bill. As long as they can count accurately is all that matters. In fact an ugly/female receptionist will save me money from giving them extra tips, which means more budget for the actual specimens on stage.

Also very true for the rentboy market

Telephone Bar in dire straits Chayanggurn Ardam, 54, the owner of Telephone Bar in Silom Soi 4, said he has now reached breaking point. His bar was heavily affected by the "service venue" ban in the first round during which he estimates he lost 90% of his customers, nearly all of whom were foreigners. "When the border closed, everything started to collapse," he said. A shareholder of this 34-year-old bar decided not to carry on, which left him in a vulnerable position. https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2064135/round-2-hits-just-as-hard

This is why Pelosi pushed so hard for impeachment. A simple majority of Dems (which they have) can bar Trump from running for office again in 2024. Highly unlikely they can recruit 17 Republicans for the two thirds needed to actually convict.

No evidence either that Sinovac in particularly (reportedly the lowest rate of efficacy among all vaccines bar Sputnik V from Russia) eliminates COVID. I suggest you still travel with extreme care Randomly, in blind trials I assume they would notify you at some stage what you received otherwise placebo recipients would continue to be vulnerable?

Could you share what hotel you were in? Did you get to choose?

Such a pleasure to read a full report. We have been starved all year