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To try to answer the question, as a minimum 6 but closer to 12 or more over the years have died most often from HIV but accidents and suicides have contributed.

I guess I must hang around with a different crowd in Pattaya... because for me, it's about one every three to four weeks or so.
Just today, I spotted an RIP notice for yet another of the Laos guys from TB. I would estimate that liver cirrhosis is the most common cause of death (often driven by fake whiskey), followed by HIV (often masked as 'cancer' or 'lung infections'), and then motorbike accidents.

Oral in public was once more common but a year ago I was a recipient at a popular bar in Supertown.

To try to answer the question, as a minimum 6 but closer to 12 or more over the years have died most often from HIV but accidents and suicides have contributed.

Oral in public was once more common but a year ago I was a recipient at a popular bar in Supertown.

To try to answer the question, as a minimum 6 but closer to 12 or more over the years have died most often from HIV but accidents and suicides have contributed.

The classic pattern of retirement is the early Go Go years when people are healthiest. Then the Go Slow years as age starts to creep up on them, slowing them down. Then the No Go years when their mobility is compromised to the point of allowing very limited activity.
Jomtien, as a gay retirement area, would have plenty of people working through the stages of retirement.

The season of autumn can be beautiful...

Yes, I obsessed over a guy.  I had some life challenges growing up in the 1950s/60s.  My Dad died when I’d just turned 5.  My Mother, a single parent, worked 1 or 2 jobs daily, depending on day of the week; 6 days a week. We were ‘latch key kids’. I didn’t understand what was happening to me sexually. I was attracted to guys when I was pre-teen, and, more so, kids/guys my own age were coming on to me with some regularity.  It was all so confusing. 
By graduation end, I’d attended 4 different high schools; city and suburban.  We moved around a lot.  Evictions were the norm.  In elementary school alone, we lived in 5 or 6 different apartments.  The second of four high schools I attended was situated in an upper-middle-class suburban Chicago community (we were from the ‘other side of the tracks’).  
One of my classmates at the second high school was CJ, whose father owned multiple sod farms in the area; a wealthy family.  CJ was physically stunning.  The kind of guy that caused me to spring a hard-on the moment I saw him. He was on the freshman swim team.  Lithe, smooth body who seemed to always sport a hard on – in speedo or out.  I was so infatuated with the vision of CJ of him I'd seen in the shower room I’d telephone his house after school just to hear his voice picking up the phone; then I’d quickly hang up.  Scores of telephone calls.  At night, I’d masturbate to the thought of him. As I write this, I can envision him in my mind.
We moved to a different community at the end of my freshman year, to the third high school.  The calls stopped, and my fascinations were redirected! Oh, that's another story.

I've always envisioned him as a power bottom.

For ladyboys, try Soi Buakhao where there are ladyboy bars.  Soi Buakhao runs from South Pattaya  Road (near Tukcom) to Central Road.  I don't know the location of any particular ladyboy bars but they  are there!🤑

For ladyboys, try Soi Buakhao where there are ladyboy bars.  Soi Buakhao runs from South Pattaya  Road (near Tukcom) to Central Road.  I don't know the location of any particular ladyboy bars but they  are there!🤑

For boys in Pattaya there is Jomtien Complex aka Supertown with many host bars and massage shops.  ;  Boyztown (Toy Boy, Classic Boy, ABomb, XBoys and Dream Boys all go-go bars); Sunee Plaza (Winner Boys and Nice Boys, go-go bars). Also massage shops in vicinity of TukCom in Pattaya. 
 

For boys in Pattaya there is Jomtien Complex aka Supertown with many host bars and massage shops.  ;  Boyztown (Toy Boy, Classic Boy, ABomb, XBoys and Dream Boys all go-go bars); Sunee Plaza (Winner Boys and Nice Boys, go-go bars). Also massage shops in vicinity of TukCom in Pattaya. 
 

Visited Winner Bar last night, 28 Feb. There were 12 boys on stage and about 10 customers, some would leave and others entered, so a good night. A  nice lad with blond hair and a big one sat between myself and a friend and kept us entertained.

I have been going to Nice Boys for a number of years now. I have also offed a number of boys over those same years, some for extended periods. This bar is no place for the shy; boy or customer!
Its arguably not quite as raunchy as it was pre-Covid, but it remains the only gay bar left in Pattaya that routinely offers the same levels of 'hands-on' (indeed even 'mouth-on') activity in the bar between customer and boy.
Not as cheap as it was in terms of drink prices, but still great value.
I love the place; long may it thrive!  😍

I also hide in my condo in  Pattaya from 12th to 16th, then I flee to Bangkok as the nonsense finishes there on 15th, and then return to Pattaya on 20th as 19th is the most stupid day in Pattaya. I see though that the "government" intends to lengthen Songkran this year but I have not seen any details of those plans as yet. I remember on my first trip to Thailand in 1998 that Songkran even in Pattaya was more civilised in those days, with all the water throwing stopping as the sun went down about 6pm so you could dress decently and go out for dinner with no threat of stupid drunk farang dumping buckets of iced water over your head.  

Tips vary from 100 to 300 depending upon circumstances. Not personally familiar with Latinos so would say Thaish way.

Peter is one of the most experienced and knowledgeable members on all things Asian.
He was an asset to this board and I was sad to see him leave.
I hope he comes back, but I fear he won't.

Nor for me. Other people have a right to their own enjoyment but not to impinge on mine, such as throwing a bucket-full of water in my face when I'm in a crowded a baht-bus. 

Songkran for me is hate-hate afair. You can't get out of the room without being water pulled , madness everywhere.not for me.

Trouble was that I was so busy checking-out the boys that I wasn't really listening to the music haha 

We kind of entertained ourselves by playing with his big tool.

Visited Winner Bar last night, 28 Feb. There were 12 boys on stage and about 10 customers, some would leave and others entered, so a good night. A  nice lad with blond hair and a big one sat between myself and a friend and kept us entertained.

Context helps understand the impetus for writing certain laws, but one can also assess that a law may have been poorly-written. There is a difference between looting a graveyard and bona-fide archaeological work. I do agree that graveyards should be considered sacred if the culture that built them is still around. However, unearthing funerary objects which are many centuries, or even over a thousand years old, serves genuine archaeological and educational goals, and does not have the potential of truly offending anyone. For example, the Hopewell culture has been gone for centuries, and there are valid reasons for studying funerary objects, which help us understand these ancient cultures. Having to ask "permission" from people belonging to a completely different culture makes no sense. In the US, the Cahokia Mounds are another example of an archaeological site from a fascinating culture which has been gone for 1000 years. 
There are probably countless other cultures that have long since disappeared. I personally feel that displaying these cultures' funerary objects honors these ancient cultures, and keeps their memory alive. We can learn much about ourselves by studying these ancient cultures. I agree we shouldn't condone looting graves of existing cultures (most especially when these graves are still being tended). However, once a culture has disappeared, I support almost any effort to learn more about that extinct culture.