Rent Boy

Well hopefully there should be fewer Indians attempting to jump the queue at BKK, as they will be in the visa on arrival line.

It depends who their target market is. There are 3 different Indian restaurants I eat at in S Pattaya & Jomtien. At two out of the three, the majority of customers are clearly European. The third has a mixture of customers, but Europeans are still well represented. Fortunately, almost all the Indian tourists go elsewhere.

You have offered. He has not taken you up on this. End of story. Sending money to Laos could be a challenge. Even sites like Paysend which support Cambodia don't have an option for Laos.

This certainly appears to live up to the name ! Even Narak tii sut. I wonder if they have the same pricing model as other nearby establishments ? ie 150 baht for a cat drink (treat) ?

A reminder that using French is risky.

Allegedly, there is also a plastic 50.

Just block him or delete the message. He's not worth the time. As for the reasons why, see all the preceding posts.

Do explain your hypothesis. If we're measuring currencies against each other, there are probably thousands of currency pairs. For every pair, if one half weakens, the other half is strengthening. They can't all be weakening. Although, if we measure paper currencies against gold, almost all of them are weakening. I'm told it is quite hard to print gold.

If my sole requirement were the gay sex scene, I would spend 100% of the time in Pattaya and 0% in Bangkok. However, Bangkok has some interesting day time activities. So for that reason, I spend up to 3% of my trip in Bangkok.

The Chinese have done worse adverts: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/28/china-racist-detergent-advert-outrage

Just block him. Life's too short to deal with that. Then we can close the thread. And for what it's worth, most of the boys I meet these days are over 25.

1 Why go to Boyztown, when the selection of boys in Jomtien is better ? 2 Once we're in Jomtien, most of the boys I speak to are paid commission on drinks sold. There's no appearance money or requirement to be at the bar. Now not every bar is the same, but that's how most are. Now if the boys aren't paid for being at the bar & can come & go as they please, why pay an off fee ?

Where is "here" ? If you're in Pattaya, it is very easy. If in Silom, you should get results, but it takes longer. Elsewhere in Thailand, it can be more hit & miss.

I took a morning train trip to Isaan earlier in the year. The train was full all the way to Ayutthaya & most of the passengers got off there. A few days later, on an evening return trip, a lot of passengers got on in Ayutthaya. I still recommend the train, but take care to get a seat.

I think it went wrong at this point. Asking for 5000 is a red flag. I would either counter with a reasonable offer (~2500) or terminate the conversation right there. Agreeing to meet when he already had high expectations was a mistake. As for everything else, well the first reply by Vinapu is perfect.