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Chitralada Palace has just released a statement a few minutes ago that Queen Sirikit the Queen Mother, has died. She was 93. May she rest in peace. 🕊 ขอน้อมส่งเสด็จสู่สวรรคาลัย 🙏🏻

I guess one could say you're a 97% nocturnal butterfly or ผีเสื้อราตรี. At least you know you're priorities. 😏

It's aptly named then.

Bye-bye Rocky Mountains, Hello Thailand! Have a safe and fun trip!

Do the girls walk around in Dutch costumes asking customers to milk their...err...cows?

The problem with Bolt, unlike Grab, is that one can't send pictures of one's location to the driver. This was the case in February this year. Grab's navigation tool is far more superior in my opinion and it helps that one can send a picture of a landmark where one is waiting at or a selfie with the landmark in the background to the driver through the app. Moreover, I can use the same app without tweaking in eight countries in the region.

Actually, social media and smartphones have made independent, self-made porn videos and live shows possible where the performers have almost complete control as to how much they want to show and how much they want to charge (for eg through OnlyFans). Why perform in a circus with a gawking audience and receiving only a few hundred Baht per show while most of the money goes to the bar owners? With globalisation, the impact of the Internet and the influx of affluent Asian visitors, the guys have become more aware of their worth and are increasingly becoming their own agents.

Thank you for sharing. It must be hard moving from a warmer climate and being close to the beach to all that cold but you did what you had to do. I've never cared for Pattaya - I feel that it is a magnet for the world's dregs and that includes Thais and westerners - but the weather is alright with plenty of sunshine even in the cooler months. What's more you've already got accommodation waiting for you! Plus all the amenities you could possibly need at your doorstep. From the questions that you've been asking and the meticulous preparations that you're making, I imagine that you're quite sensible and will be circumspect in every step that you take. There's only one rule that's put me in good stead everywhere I've been in Thailand: if something (or someone) sounds, looks or smells too good to be true, it usually is.

He couldn't have said that because places like that don't exist. Chiang Mai isn't Jim Crow America where blacks and whites sat separately. Gay people can sit or stand anywhere they like in Chiang Mai clubs and often go with their straight friends. Foreigners are welcome just about anywhere although the ones in the city centre, for eg Spicy and Zoe in Yellow, will have more of them. Clubs popular with Thais include Warm Up, Myst Maya, Tha Chang and the newly opened Phoenix.

Which half is his dick?

Yeah, listening to Disco Inferno on his Sony Walkman. 🤣

I hear he only sits in the waiting room...😏

Well, among other things, they are symptoms of the country's economic health, external cultural influences, legacy of slavery, patronage and servitude, the deeply uneven distribution of income among various segments of society, historical demand created by foreign military servicemen during their R&R, lack of access to meaningful educational opportunities and therefore, social mobility.

You're welcome and I'm sorry to hear of your negative experiences with the German healthcare system. Not feeling heard or welcome is a sure sign to move on and seek a more caring and empathetic healthcare provider elsewhere and I must say the Thais are very good at this.

As the full moon shines bright, may it illuminate your path towards good health, happiness and prosperity. Today is also the end of the Buddhist Lent or ออกพรรษา in Thailand. Alcohol consumption will probably see a surge. Some Buddhists abstain from alcohol during the Lent period.

It's fluid in as far as the money flows from your wallet and even then there are limits. Personally, I wouldn't make assumptions about the sexual norms of Thai society - as broad and as varied as it may be - based on what one sees or experiences in the commercial sex industry.

Currently the visa exemption is 60 days (free upon entry) and can be extended by another 30 days at the immigration office of the city you're staying in for 1,900 Baht.

You're from Colorado? It must be getting cold where you are and will be even colder when you return from Thailand.🥶

Oh dear. Have you got someone to drive you home? Please don't drink and drive.

I hope they were practising safer sex. HIV and other STIs have been on the rise in Thailand.

A friend who went to their preview show/soft opening says it's a cross between a go go bar and a dance club with patrons mingling around the show with glasses in hand. Quite a few female patrons too. Not a place for the camera shy as both patrons and management were freely taking pictures and videos.

Do they also speak Thai? Feels kinda weird going to a venue in Thailand where Thai isn't spoken and all you meet are foreigners.

Why don't you give them a call and find out? ☎️😏

"Sex tourist paradise." Is that what is called an oxymoron? 😅 Is it true that Pattaya wishes to attract well-off Asians? Or would she like to see quality tourists in general, both local and foreign? As a corollary, has she been successful? 1995 to 2025 is 30 years, a very long, cruisy time for anyone who wishes to adapt to the changes. What popular tourist city hasn't changed in that period of time? Is the UK the same as it was thirty years ago, besides the dysfunctional royal family? Even the university I went to is no longer among the top two, if recent rankings are to be believed. 😪 Whenever I see posts lamenting the loss of an era or the good ol' days, which crop up often enough, my curiosity is not so much focussed on the disappearance of a period of time or space (which admittedly makes for interesting reading at times) but veers towards the writer's own self-development amidst the changes.