Kiwi306

But never use poppers and Viagra together.

I also prefer the muscular guys and have always made Tawan my first port of call in Bangkok. Quarter Silom became my hotel of choice as it's only a hop, step and a jump away. Tawan is certainly not what it was back in the day, but there is still muscle to be found there. I was wondering if Bigboy was still operating. Vinapu and I went there just after it opened and there were very few guys on stage. I thought there was no way it could survive. So I'm glad that it's still around and I will check it out when I next visit Bangkok.

I thought exactly the same thing when I saw the photos, but you had already beaten me to the post.

I had breakfast at Quarter Silom several times when I last visited Bangkok. Quite a large selection for 295 baht.

Ate at Kai New Zealand restaurant The lamb shank was delicious. How did I not know about the NZ Kai restaurant? I will definitely check it out when I next go to Bangkok. Kai is the Maori word for food.

I found Bangkok gyms to be far more expensive than chain gyms in Australia and New Zealand. But that didn't stop me from going to Muscle Factory gym in On Nut. Better deals can be found in Pattaya. Yes, personal trainers can certainly be useful to recommend exercises and to observe your technique. But don't be like some clients in my gym who spend more time chatting with the trainer rather than working out.

I stayed at QS a few times in June/July and was only asked to pay 1000 baht each time. I always paid cash. Like you, I managed to get very good rates, often including bargain deals for breakfast.

I don't think he found me attractive, but he did say that he liked my chest. And, if the truth be known, I did invite him to my room, but he said he had to get up early in the morning to go to work. Also, I wonder if he thought that as a guy with a gym membership at the hotel it would be inappropriate to go to a guest's room, even though all the male staff seem to be gay, or at least gay friendly. Possibly you were at the Quarter Silom at the same time as me, jason1975. After our encounter, I recalled that I had seen the same guy obviously cruising another guy on a previous occasion, but with no response. The other guy was probably straight and oblivious to what was going on. But we gays can read this type of behavior like a book.

Well, a brief background first.... A couple of weeks ago I was getting dressed after a shower in the gym locker room area of Quarter Silom. I saw a young, muscular guy opening the door of the sauna a couple of times and looking towards me. I was thinking surely he isn't cruising me, but I was the only one there, so I decided to take my shirt off and I went into the sauna. I started chatting and then my thoughts were validated. Before long it was hand jobs and kissing. Ok, it doesn't match Olddaddy's fabulous and thrilling (and possibly slightly embellished) sexual encounters, but it was daring and fun for me until someone else entered the sauna. As I was leaving the sauna, I thought I would try out a Thai phrase on him which I had actually learned the day before. "Khun loor mak khap." I understood that I was telling him that he was very handsome. A few days later I decided to go to Google translate and repeated the same phrase to discover whether I was speaking Thai well enough to get a correct English translation. I then found out that I had told him that he was very greedy. No wonder he gave me a strange look. How that happened I don't know. A Google search showed me that the Thai word for greedy was loph (Google spelling). Maybe I should just stick to basic Thai phrases in the future Anyway, the guy in question is a local who is a gym member and he has excellent English.

Yes, you are absolutely correct. I've travelled on the Sukhumvit line so many times, so I should have known better. I posted without thinking it through. Cheers.

Yes, Fafa massage is worth considering. It is in On Nut, which is quite a distance from Silom. You get the BTS to Siam, then change to the Silom line going to Kheha. They are clear with pricing and whether the boys are top, bottom or both. There are boys on the premises, but you can also order off premise. The rooms are quite basic, but that's not a problem for me.

I've been staying on and off at Quarter Silom for the past six weeks. I think I checked in and out about 5 times and departed for home on Thursday. It's a shame we couldn't have met up, but I imagine that we were possibly at the Quarter at the same time during our stays there. I met up with 4 other forum members during my visit and I can honestly say that these were highlights for me. Not only were they lovely guys, but it was so much fun going to a bar with companions rather than on your ownsome.

The concert was at Christ Church in Convent Road.

Well, funnily enough, you're not far wrong. I did go to a sauna after the concert, but it was Krubb, not Sansuk. And I saw organs galore and also had the privilege of playing with some of them.

Thank you for the link. I actually went to the pipe organ concert on Saturday. When I was in Bangkok in February I attended free outdoor concerts in Lumpini Park on Sunday afternoons.

Out of curiosity, Siam Heritage has an information sheet which stipulates that visitors must report to reception and that there is a 900 baht joiner fee. So I'm wondering how you got round that. Do you just bypass the reception altogether? Cheers.

I have looked at the Venue website and I think that, given the size and features of the rooms, their accommodation is very good value indeed. My only concern would be the possible noise from the cabaret show and the surrounding bars. However, I understand that the back rooms would be more sheltered from the noise. I had 2 meals there, which were very tasty. The first meal was mince and the second was roast. They have a set mix and match menu 3-course meal for 195 baht. Last night I was talking with a guy who stays there regularly and he said that if you pay cash you get 100 baht discount each day when you purchase a meal.

But if you are retired those daily massages, bar visits and fine dining might well become a thing of the past - just an illusion in fact.

Thanks to bkkfmj2648 for being my outgoing host extraordinaire yesterday. I really enjoyed the evening, not least because I had company. It is so much more enjoyable going to a bar with someone else rather than on your ownsome. And he also contributes so generously to the forum. My only disappointment was that, although the complex was fairly busy, I did expect to see a lot more guys there. I know it's low season, but it was a well publicized event. I made a special trip down from Bangkok for the weekend and I am staying at Sansuk for the second time.

On Tuesday night I decided to visit Good Boy. The first thing I noticed was that, unlike Dream Boy and Fresh Boys, no one from the bar was 'accosting' passersby to try to persuade them to come and watch a boy show. For those not in the know, Good Boy is basically hidden away from the soi and if you weren't specifically looking for it, you probably wouldn't even know that it was there. So I walked past the entrance a few times, but I wasn't even acknowledged by the doorman or the boys sitting outside. Too busy on their phones. So I thought there won't be any customers and it's not worth going inside. I ended up going to Fresh Boy instead. On Wednesday I told myself that I would definitely be visiting Good Boy, as I have to take a hit for the team and report back to the forum. It's a fairly small bar, but there were already a few customers there. Many of them were sitting with one customer and I guess that he was buying them drinks. The boys who did the show were quite amateurish (certainly compared with Dream Boy and Fresh Boy anyway) but the 3 drag queen performances were more polished. I couldn't believe that at the end of the show 5 drag queens did an item together. And then came the obligatory hard cock routine, with the boys approaching customers for a stroke and a tip. I don't find caverject-injected dicks to be particularly erotic, but that is just my humble opinion. Many of the bars seem to do it now. Anyway, there were a few cute guys there, but I think I would rate Fresh Boya and Dream Boy more highly for entertainment value.

I checked out of Quarter Silom a couple of days ago. It's my hotel of choice now as it's in a quiet location, but close to Silom venues. The gym, steam room and sauna are added bonuses. There's a good selection of food at the buffet breakfast. And I have got some incredible deals through Agoda.

I would love to go to Beef Bangkok on the 9th floor of Silom Edge, but I think that could also be a fire risk, given that it supposedly can get very crowded.

Certainly vinapu. Anything to oblige. So I'm now committed to paying a visit. I'm actually staying in On Nut at the moment, but I will make a booking in Silom for a couple of nights early in the week.

I was actually wondering if that was the case.

Thank you. An end of an era, so we might say.