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I can recommend Nicky. V good massage and extras.

He works on and off depending on his need for money. He is excellent at everything. Truly 5*.
You can find him on the apps as well.

Went to exxxtreme/conexxxion last night. Hundreds of men. It was incredible. Porn star performance with loads of audience interaction. 

Just left and will be back in a few weeks. Had a king room with a sort of patio outside. Very comfortable and good size room but the bathroom is amalgamated into the room (not the shower or toilet). Staff great. Didn’t bring anyone back so can’t comment, but I seriously doubt it would be a problem as lifts can be accessed without going directly past reception. Good pool. I’m already staying again, and would book in the future. 

Just left and will be back in a few weeks. Had a king room with a sort of patio outside. Very comfortable and good size room but the bathroom is amalgamated into the room (not the shower or toilet). Staff great. Didn’t bring anyone back so can’t comment, but I seriously doubt it would be a problem as lifts can be accessed without going directly past reception. Good pool. I’m already staying again, and would book in the future. 

Just left and will be back in a few weeks. Had a king room with a sort of patio outside. Very comfortable and good size room but the bathroom is amalgamated into the room (not the shower or toilet). Staff great. Didn’t bring anyone back so can’t comment, but I seriously doubt it would be a problem as lifts can be accessed without going directly past reception. Good pool. I’m already staying again, and would book in the future. 

Just left and will be back in a few weeks. Had a king room with a sort of patio outside. Very comfortable and good size room but the bathroom is amalgamated into the room (not the shower or toilet). Staff great. Didn’t bring anyone back so can’t comment, but I seriously doubt it would be a problem as lifts can be accessed without going directly past reception. Good pool. I’m already staying again, and would book in the future. 

Chapter 1: Do try 
It has been almost 7 months—seven long months—before I finally started making plans for my next trip. I checked with my travel buddy, who told me he should be able to travel in early July or late July/early August. I myself still needed to wait for my work schedule to be fixed, which got done towards mid-June; thus, I started to look at tickets for both windows and finally decided on an end-of-July trip. I applied for annual leave, booked my flight, booked my hotels, and told a few possible travel buddies and forum members (and ex-forum members) about my maiden trip this year. 
Arriving in Bangkok on a Friday evening was a big mistake. While there was only a minor delay taking off (15 minutes or so), I spent 1.5 hours queuing at immigration in Swampy, and yes, I was swamped. Even my handheld electric fan couldn't save my body from expelling excess moisture, front and back. I don't think the airport itself was particularly warm or hot, but the amount of fellow travellers queuing must have been what was responsible for heating up the small space. I arrived around 7:00 PM, escaped the airport around 9:30 PM, and finally made my way to Silom around 11:00 PM after a brief freshening up at my hotel. 
Tonight's first visit was Dreamboy. I entered mid-show, and not long after, the show ended and the guys started coming to the stage for me to choose. There were definitely more guys than customers, and I was the only customer in the back row behind the pillars. Immediately, I saw a guy who was offable material—my type; let's call him CN. I called the mamasan, telling him the number to call the guy over for a drink. The guy showed a lot of interest, could speak some English, and when asked if he wanted to go with me, he said yes. I asked again, "Long time?" Yes. "Until breakfast?" Yes. "How much?" He said a number, and I said yes. I called the mamasan and paid his off fee. 
I stayed longer for the next show. While eyeing the stage again, I saw a guy who I used to take out before, VN. He is my type as well, but with a smaller frame. What the hell—it was my first night after a long hiatus, and I was in the mood tonight, so I called the mamasan and told him to call the guy over for a drink as well. Not long after, he sat on my empty side and ordered his drink. Just hours ago, I was sitting in the office finishing up work, and now, I was sitting in between two hunks. Yes, I am officially in Thailand—my second home, lol. 
Since I was in the company of two hunks, I stayed longer until the show ended. VN tried to recall who I am, then told me, "You left phone in taxi." Yup, he is the guy I was with when I left my phone in the Bolt taxi I took. I asked him if he was interested to go with me, and he said yes. I told VN I had already offed CN, and would off him next time. We stayed for a while to enjoy each other's company before I left the bar for the hotel. I asked CN if he wanted to eat or buy anything at 7-Eleven; he bought some items, and off we went in our taxi. 
All was good until he told me he needed to go early. I won't bother telling the rest of the story—all the excuses, etc.—but I did stand my ground. His tip was reduced because he told me he would come back, so I told him I'll pay the rest when he returns. All of a sudden, he wanted more money. I repeated that I would give him more when he returns and stood my ground, until he finally said he might not return, which was why he needed more... Mind you, it was him who suggested he would return. Anyway, he left and it was only 2:15 AM. 
After I calmed down a bit, I texted my regular guy in Jupiter, MW. I asked if he was still awake; he said yes. I asked if he was in Bangkok and told him that I was in Bangkok too; he said yes. Then he asked me, "Shall we meet?" I asked if he wanted an overnight with me tonight, and he said okay. I sent him my location; he said he was drinking with a friend and would come to me around 3:00 AM. No need to tell you guys how this ends up, as I have already lost count of how many times we have met before. He stayed until breakfast the next morning, and that concluded my first-night adventure—trying a new guy on the first night who turned out to be a dud, but salvaged by a regular. 

Went to exxxtreme/conexxxion last night. Hundreds of men. It was incredible. Porn star performance with loads of audience interaction. 

I’ve been planning my first visit to Bangkok (with a lot of help from this forum) for some time now, and tomorrow I finally fly out there for three days. Short visit I know, but I added it to the end of a three week vacation in Europe. Plan is to explore the scene, and return (I’m only a six hour flight away normally) for long weekends.
For this first visit, I decided to book a massage per day to start with. Thanks to @GoldMember & @MichaelJay70’s detailed reports, I booked with Ruj (TCS), Singha (S’Sense) and Sunji (History of Massages), in that order. I originally was meant to be in Bangkok for four days, and had booked Copper at History (pics attached) for my first massage - haven’t seen any reviews of him on here, but his photos were outstanding - but had to shorten my trip by a day and he was already booked out for the rest of my stay, so next time!
I’m a huge foodie, so have a couple of dinners booked in amazing spots. Other than that, everything else will be playing it by ear. I’ve downloaded Hornet (already have Grindr) and sounds like there are plenty of $$ and free options to explore there. Also planning to visit boy bars, Dreamboys and Midnight seem to be closest to offering my type (trunk model/fitness guys). Thanks to the forum, I feel knowledge equipped to handle the mamasans, drink buying, tips and offing should I meet someone I like.
Anyway, just wanted to start this off, and will update as I can. So grateful for this forum and the collective wisdom it offers

Back from Songkran and, honestly, still slightly dazed. If you’ve done Bangkok before, you think you know what’s coming. You don’t. This year felt… bigger. Denser. As if the city inhaled and then forgot to exhale.
Silom, in particular, tipped over into something close to myth. One day had to be shut down entirely because the crowds simply became unmanageable. Not “busy”, not “packed”, properly overrun. Water, bodies, music, whistles, foam, heat. It stopped being a street and became a current you were carried along in.
And the boys. OMG. Silom was thick with gleaming circuit party types, bronzed, oiled, and very aware of it. The sort of crowd that makes you stand up a little straighter, or at least consider doing a push-up later. Everywhere you looked: mesh tops, tiny shorts, water guns held like accessories rather than weapons. It felt curated, but not artificial. More like everyone had quietly agreed to bring their best game.
Queues into the mainstays were, predictably, biblical. DJ Station and GOD had lines snaking well into the street, damp, impatient, but oddly cheerful. No one really minded. That’s part of the ritual. You queue, you flirt, you get splashed by strangers, you make temporary alliances. By the time you get inside, you already feel like you’ve been out all night.
What’s changed, and what surprised me, is how much the scene has expanded. There are new venues now, not covered by the trip reports on this forum. Here are a few:
Cake (bear bar)
CAKE is one of those places you don’t quite notice at first… and then suddenly realise you’ve spent half the night there.
Positioned as a bear bar, it fills a gap Silom didn’t quite have before. Not in the old-school, slightly tired sense, but in a way that feels deliberately warmer, more social, and a bit less performative than the usual circuit-heavy scene outside.
Inside, the set-up is fairly straightforward. Compact, a bit dark, music at a level where you can still talk without shouting. The lighting is forgiving in the best possible way. It invites you in rather than putting you on display. You order a drink, you linger, you end up talking to someone.
The crowd is exactly what you’d hope for:
Bears, cubs, and plenty of admirers
A fair number of 30s and 40s guys who look like they’ve outgrown the need to impress.
Some younger visitors drifting in, curious, often staying longer than they planned.
A sprinkling of circuit boys who, after a few nights of posing, seem quietly relieved to relax a bit.
There’s a noticeable shift in tone compared to the rest of Silom. Less peacocking. More eye contact. People actually introduce themselves. Conversations last longer than one drink. It feels… human.
During Songkran, CAKE leaned into its identity rather than competing with the madness outside.
The pool party on the 13th of April was, by all accounts, exactly what you’d imagine and then a bit better. Not polished, not overly curated. Just a proper gathering. Think bodies of all shapes in the water, laughter cutting through the music, beers in hand, someone dancing a bit too enthusiastically, someone else cheering them on. Less about spectacle, more about participation.
You could feel the contrast with the main Silom strip. Outside: hyper-toned, high-gloss, slightly intimidating. Inside CAKE: softer edges, easier smiles, a bit of mischief, a bit of flirtation that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
It’s also one of the few places where you see generations mixing without tension. A guy in his early 30s chatting comfortably with someone in his late 40s. No hierarchy. No obvious social sorting. Just people… being there.
Boy Camp
This one deserves a proper mention because it signals where Silom is heading, not where it’s been.
Boy Camp sits right in the middle of the action on Soi 2, but it doesn’t feel like a legacy venue. It feels new. Slightly more curated. Slightly more aware of itself. And very much built for the current generation of Asian gay nightlife.
Physically, it’s a multi-level party bar with a compact but high-energy layout. Think three floors stacked vertically, each getting progressively more intense as you go up. Downstairs is more social, transitional space. Middle level starts to pulse. Upstairs is where it tips into full party mode. Music leans heavily into K-pop, Asian pop, and circuit-adjacent beats, which gives it a distinct flavour compared to the more Western-heavy playlists at DJ Station.
The crowd reflects that shift.
You get a lot of:
Younger Asian guys, particularly Thai, Korean, Taiwanese
Well-groomed, fashion-aware, slightly softer aesthetic than the classic circuit muscle crowd
Groups of friends rather than lone cruisers
A noticeable social-media polish… but still playful, not overly cold
There’s a kind of “idol energy” to the place. Not intimidating, but very visually tuned. People here know how they look under lighting.
What’s interesting is that Boy Camp isn’t primarily about cruising or even heavy drinking. It’s about energy, movement, and group dynamics. People dance in clusters. They flirt in waves rather than one-on-one. There’s a sense of collective rhythm rather than individual hunting.
Compared to older Silom venues:
Less chaotic than GOD
Less chaotic but more curated than DJ Station
Less transactional than the go-go style places historically tied to the Patpong area
During Songkran, it becomes something else entirely.
The street spills into the venue and the venue spills back into the street. You get soaked boys coming in, drying off, then going straight back out again. Water guns abandoned at the entrance. Shirts half-buttoned or gone entirely. The lighting hits wet skin in a way that feels almost staged.
And because the crowd skews slightly younger and more Asian, the aesthetic shifts from “circuit brute” to something more sleek, agile, almost choreographed. Less about size, more about lines. Less about dominance, more about presence.
If DJ Station is the institution and GOD is the pressure cooker,
then Boy Camp is the new language Silom is learning.
And judging by the queues forming outside it this Songkran,
it’s a language people are very keen to speak.
By the end of it, Silom felt less like a party and more like an event that briefly took over the city, something between a festival and a fever dream.
Would I do it again?

Absolutely.

Leipzig is called Hype-zig by those who claim that this is where creative and artistic types have moved after gentrification has priced them out of Berlin. If that is the case, they forgot to tell the gays There are few gay venues in Leipzig and their opening hours seem restricted to around weekends.
Still Leipzig is a nice university city with a small historical centre, museums, and monuments. The highlights of my sightseeing were the Grassi Museum’s applied arts exhibition and a nice walk to the Südfriedhof (Southern cemetery) and the nearby monument to the battle of Dresden (Napoleon’s first defeat).

Hook-up wise, I met an early 30’s Filipino bottom and a late 20’s muscular Vietnamese top in my hotel room. Both were very nice. 
 
I also tried my luck at the local sauna on a Friday night. Place is called Stargayte Sauna, so I was expecting gay, but it was a mixed night with many straight couples and a few single ladies, and a few mtf trans who hadn't done bottom surgery. The place is very big, several saunas, jacuzzi, pool, big steam room, play areas on two floors, a nice bar and generally clean and well maintained. I did play a little with a couple of guys, but I think the gay and bi guys there including myself were a bit inhibited by having a female audience.
 
I really enjoyed my trip. In Europe, the university cities that are not capitals, are often overlooked by other tourists, but they still have life, culture and places of historical interest. Also, their high streets have not yet been fully claimed by the international retail brands and fast food chains that are making European capitals look more and more similar. 
 
As for hook ups, I think there is a “big fish in a small pond” dynamic that works well for me as I seem to get more attention on Grindr in the smaller cities than in the bigger ones.
 
What is your favourite city that is not a capital?

Krakow is a wonderful city with a fascinating historical centre and the youthful vibe of a University city. I spent four nights there in a studio apartment. 
 
On my first night I hooked up with a mid 20’s Azerbaijani student, who spent the night. He was of stocky build with a nice meaty ass. Cuddling, conversation and copulation with him were all good.
 
The next morning we went out for breakfast and he took me to a view point/mound, Kopiec Kraka, with a nice view of the city. We went back to the city and parted ways, but agreed to meet again the next day.
 
During the day I had a few chats going on Grindr. One was an early 20’s Ukrainian who I met for a late afternoon hook up. Another was an early 30’s Indian who I met for drinks and joined me in my apartment afterwards for a nice round of sex.
 
On my second full day, the weather was agreeable for a hike, so I walked to the Kopiec Kosciuszki, another and bigger mound inside a 19th century fortress.
 

 
From there I hiked to the Benedectine Abbey in Kotiec where I had a late lunch in a place nearby. I took an Uber back to the city and met with Azerbaijani guy for another walk around the old city, a round of sex at the apartment, and a late dinner in the historical center.
 
On my third and final full day, I visited the Czartoryski museum. It has a great collection of artefacts from Polish history and an impressive art collection with a Rembrandt and a Da Vinci painting. I had lunch at a Georgian restaurant and met Azerbaijani guy for a late afternoon sex and dinner date. After dinner we parted, but as I prepared to go to sleep, I got a message from the Ukrainian  asking for another round. I happily agreed and he came by.
 
Krakow exceeded my expectations, both in terms of regular tourist activities and availability of young men, so it is definitely on my list of places that I would like to return to. 
 
My next stop was Brno, Czechia. I will probably report on that tomorrow.

It was the best of times, it was the…well actually pretty good times all in all 🙂I recently spent two weeks travelling by train in Central Europe and visited Warsaw, Krakow, Brno and Leipzig.
 
The first and shortest stop was Warsaw where I spent two nights. I arrived on a Sunday early evening and decided to try my luck at a sauna.. I chose “Sauna the Fire” since it was closest and had decent reviews and was open until 2 am.
 
It is a small place on only one floor, but it has the basics;  lockers, bar, showers, jacuzzi, dry sauna, steam room, and a cruising area with a handful of private cubicles. The place seemed clean and well maintained.
 
When I arrived around 8 or 9 pm it was packed. Most of the crowd were both younger and fitter than me, so I wasn’t sure I would be getting anything except for eye candy that evening. I did find a couple of guys to play with. One late 30’s average build  guy and one early 20’s tall and chubby guy both found this early 50’s tall and reasonably fit guy worthy of a roll in the cubicles.
 
The next day, I walked a lot around Warsaw. It was my first visit there and the weather was lovely, so I did my best to cover as much ground as possible. I also joined a ww2 themed walking tour. Ate Zurek for Lunch and borscht and cherry pierogies at a Ukrainian restaurant for dinner.
 
I was tired after a long day so my efforts to see if I could hook up via Grindr were a bit halfhearted. I did get a couple of propositions from moneyboys. One was from a local or perhaps Ukrainian early 20’s who asked for 200 PLN (around 50 €) and another was from a late 20’s African who asked for 800 PLN plus transport. I didn’t proceed with either of the offers and got a good night's sleep instead.
 
Next stop was Krakow. Hopefully I will get around to reporting on that in a day or two.

He was clean shaven this time, and just beautiful.   The sweetest, most gentle guy I have ever met there, (but hard when it counts).  Staying at Axel Two as found a good rate, but wouldn't pay over £150 for a night here. There's the Leonardo hotel on the same street as Thermas, but not sure of their rates. Will go back to Thermas tomorrow. 

He was clean shaven this time, and just beautiful.   The sweetest, most gentle guy I have ever met there, (but hard when it counts).  Staying at Axel Two as found a good rate, but wouldn't pay over £150 for a night here. There's the Leonardo hotel on the same street as Thermas, but not sure of their rates. Will go back to Thermas tomorrow. 

Going to jump on @nuamazu's report, to hopefully push him into finishing his own one, which we are all anticipating.
Recent visit. Arranged meeting with Angelo, and had 2 sessions with him. Cannot describe how comfortable I am with him, and he can literally do what he wants with me. Pay above the odds for him, but I expect more and get it. 
Was quiet early on for a Friday, but quickly picked up. Plenty of choice, but did not find Mike from Argentina. Enrico from Colombia was a great stand in though. Made the mistake of going with a guy from Bulgaria--didn't know before I did--and was followed around by him asking for £100, after I had given £60. Was a little unsettling for a bit, but went to the bar and felt safe there. 
 
 

In Barcelona now. Went to Thermas Saturday afternoon and it was packed. Loads of different guys to choose from, but I spent most of my time with Angelo whom I have seen every time I’ve been there. Some of the ‘rooms’ are a little bigger than others-the smaller ones are really quite cramped. 
Love this place. Will go back this afternoon once the overnight Splash party has finished. 

In Barcelona now. Went to Thermas Saturday afternoon and it was packed. Loads of different guys to choose from, but I spent most of my time with Angelo whom I have seen every time I’ve been there. Some of the ‘rooms’ are a little bigger than others-the smaller ones are really quite cramped. 
Love this place. Will go back this afternoon once the overnight Splash party has finished. 

The website has always been unreliable.  Hopefully just a temporary closure.

The website has always been unreliable.  Hopefully just a temporary closure.

It's quite basic but perfectly adequate.  Tiny lift which makes for interesting encounters!