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I'll give that a miss: 'It can cause heart rhythm collapse even in healthy people (“sudden sniffing death”). Risks include loss of consciousness, falls, burns from the cold spray, and long-term brain or nerve damage.'

A handful of cases in Thailand as a whole currently so fairly safe in Bangkok but there is no widely available approved mpox vaccine distributed in the country. The Australian experience showed cases jump from about 26 in 2023 to about 1400 in 2024 so it can move fast once it gets going.

In the UK there is a new push of the Mpox vaccine by STI clinics as there is a new strain of it. Total cases in Thailand 2022 to mid 2024: 827; in UK total cases 2022 to Oct 2025: 4,358. So less risk in Thailand than UK.

I don't think we can search regions but we can search specific cities/towns anywhere. If we're not paying then we can only save the occasional one as a favourite but it can save time when we get there.

Smaller, plenty of men so you will probably like someone, a bit less twinky, drinks same price, well worth a look

My advice is to look in all directions on Bangkok's major roads. I have seen three accidents at that part of Surawong near the night market. My lucky escape was noticing a truck reversing on Silom as I crossed.

On Grindr in Bangkok in October I was usually being asked for 1000, 1200, 2000 bt for short time. Agree some try for more.

Thank you, Jason. This may also apply to people from Laos and Myanmar. Since few Thai men want to work in the go go bars this begs the question about the future of those bars. So I'm sad as I'm fond of many men from all these countries who work there. But things can u-turn fast in Thailand (eg cannabis; alcohol 2-5pm).

I had to hunt but I see the Peter bar you mention is the new name, since September 23rd, for the old 69 bar. I fear this means the Laos men who used to sleep there have gone.

My impression from the men working in bkk bars (I may be wrong) is that they never go near an immigration office for an extension and only do back to back 60 day visa exempts (VE) plus occasional trips back to their home country. As you say, I read that immigration offices are issuing far more 7 day extensions and refusing 30 day extensions for people doing VE all the time.

If immigration follow the new rules announced this week closely all the foreign men working in the bars we talk about would be blocked from entering in a few months. The visa run companies will soon know what is happening on the ground: business as usual for a Laos visa run or a new tough approach. "Thailand’s Immigration Bureau has unveiled a series of stricter visa-run regulations. They tend to intensify its scrutiny of foreigners who repeatedly enter and exit the country under visa exemption. The measure has been taken in a bid to stamp out abuse of the system. It will help fight cybercrime and other illicit activity, officials indicated. According to bureau guidelines, travelers who use visa-free entry more than twice without a “valid justification” may now be denied entry. Immigration officers have been instructed to flag entries that resemble visa-runs." https://www.travelmole.com/news/thailand-visa-exemption-rules/ 15/11/2025

I read that hourly wage for a part time barista in Hanoi is about 30,000 dong ($1.14) an hour. So anyone offering minimum wage for a hooker, adding an hour for travelling, might offer 60,000. I'll stick to a million or so if that's agreable to both parties. I can see why Vietnamese men are happy to come to Pattaya with me for 4,000 bt a day plus expenses.

Yes, he was good value, though it beats working minimum wage in Hanoi.

Two trips to Thailand, mainly Bangkok and Pattaya, with a few days in Khon Kaen where I met a handsome student from the apps. Plus a trip shared between Hanoi, Dong Hoi and Bangkok. I met one rent man in Hanoi who asked for one million for an hour. If I was less fussy I think I could have got free sex in Hanoi, as I did in Saigon last year. Spent far too much in Bangkok as I know a lot of go go men but I regret nothing.

For somewhere less crowded than Silom Soi 4, if you want quieter than that, what do people think of the White Rabbit bar near the entrance to Silom Soi 2?

East Suites is great with big rooms and I have often stayed there but with only 8 (I think) rooms it sells out fast in high season.

I think 75% of the men I've been with in the last 15 years have messaged afterwards to ask for money. In my early years I did send money but nowadays I tell them 'I don't send money and I don't lend money'. When I'm there, and in a better position to assess their story, I can be persuaded to give them 2000bt if times are hard.

Everyone keep a tight grip of the Freshboys handrail in the current rain.

The nearest I got to these was taking my then favourite Vietnamese man for lunch on the verandah at the Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok. Nice view of the river and was affordable, but that was in 2014.

You were generous. In these countries where the minimum wage is $12 a day, or whatever, I have this conflict all the time about whether to help or is it a story they are telling me. We do what we can.

In Goodboys and Freshboys I ask to change 1000bt notes into 100bt all the time so I can tip. I have been with so many of the lads it soon goes.

No, no, no, 100 bt for mamasan at Freshboys is perfectly adequate and keeps you in her good books. You realise that Mama gets 100bt from every off fee and 100bt often from men who are off'd? Good boys is open until 2am so you might get there in time.

I didn't get to try Togayther Hostel though reading ' We are targeting the young energetic gay-male guests' I didn't feel, at the age of 73, I was their target market. As ever, I did get to Freshboys nearly every night and, amongst others, took off #5 and #16, both from Vietnam, and #19 from Shan State. From Goodboys I took off Vietnamese men #32 and #93 to play pool and #36, from Myanmar, to take to bed again. From Dreamboys I took off a friend from before Covid, #14, a very handsome man from Vietnam, to drink beer. I recommend all of them, though I advise talking to them first about what you want to do. My trip was meant to be more in Vietnam but the rain in Hanoi from typhoons drove me earlier than I had planned to Bangkok. I also spent 5 nights in Dong Hoi in Vietnam, and that was ok, though unexciting from a gay point of view.

Has anyone been in the new Telephone to report on it? I was in the area 2 weeks ago but didn't bother.

She may also have liked the services of the very handsome young men who did massage at BBB Inn. I will never forget the Vietnamese lads who worked there in 2014 before the coup.