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A 21 year old Thai Man was arrested by officers from the Police Region 2 Child and Women Protection Unit on Wednesday afternoon in East Pattaya, accused of providing underage boys to foreign patrons situated in Soi Sunee Plaza, South Pattaya. The suspect would provide the boys, for a fee, and they would provide sexual services for the foreigners in return. Khun Boonchoi aged 21 was arrested at his house in Soi Neun Plub Wan just after 1.30pm on the strength of an arrest warrant which confirmed he is accused of providing boys, under the age of 15 to foreign patrons for the purpose of sexual services, in exchange for money. It is thought Khun Boonchoi has been providing the illegal service since early last year. He confessed and will appear in Court to answer to a judge in due course. http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/74581/thai-accused-providing-minors-foreigners-soi-sunee-plaza-south-pattaya/

One of the things that I like the most of the gogo bars in Bangkok is their fast rotation. In Pattaya, they usually rotate one person on and off the stage per song. That means you have to sit forever to see all the guys. I am glad things have changed there. I will have to check this out on my next trip to Bangkok.

I am curious, beyond hotels, how much money do you budget for your trips to Brazil? Do you stick to a specific amount? Also, if I am there for a long period of time, I'll have to do laundry. Where is the best place to do this other than the hotels? I'll be there 30 days and don't want to spend a fortune on clean clothes but I do like my undies nice.

My Boyfriend has it own paypal account. This account is linked to his bank account. When I send him money that way, he withdraws it. That takes about 7 days for it to show up in his account. I have been told that Paypal does not give debit cards to anyone from Thailand. However, one could get a paypal card and give to their boyfriend. I also did that at one point. But, to withdraw from it was more expensive than using my K Bank account and thus why I started using that instead of Paypal.

I talked to my beloved today for over 2 hours. I also talked to his son, his mother and his father. Their voices were all sweet and loving and I have to say that Thailand is so special to me because of him. I just adore him.

Look, we have all been there. I may have a bit of a different perspective than others or perhaps I am just more of an idiot. I had this same thing happen to me with a guy. He keep asking for money over and over and over and over. I knew he was a player. But, the sex was just too damn good. And, when I heard his voice, I said, "fuck it. worth every penny." So, I gave him the money he needed and then more money every month for nearly 4 years. But, the way I looked it was when I was in Thailand, he was a sex animal and he was fabulous. We broke up a few years back and I told him I would never send him money again. Gave him a bit more in December as he wanted to visit me for a few days and fuck. Oh well, at least I thought I was done with him.

Back when I was a bit younger and could stay up later, this place was where I went late at night. My first trip there was on my first visit to Thailand and I was with a very cute fem boy from Future Boys. He was with me the entire trip and I adored him. He liked to party and to dance and we ended up here one night. He was a cutie and we ended up picking up another boy there that wanted to have sex. Little did I know that this ended up actually being one of this friends who just wanted to spend time with us and I hadn't noticed him in the gogo bar. But, when the music started off, I saw the way he danced and moved and I was attracted to him. We had a great time but I think it was all a set up. The music here is great and the guys are nice. I don't remember this place being too expensive either.

I have not found many guys inside the bar I like, but I have been with several of their doormen over the years. In fact, one of them was a great guy from USA who just happened to be part Thai.

I have taken friends who love muscle guys to this bar and they love it. I have also found quite a few guys over the years from this bar that I like. Most of their guys seem to be a bit older than I like but there is no question that this is the bar for big! The massage place next to this bar is also nice and there are several other good massage places on the same soi. Also, at the end if the Mango Tree Restaurant. If you are planning to go to Tawan, have a nice meal beforehand at Mango Tree.

Tawan is one of long time famous a-go-go boy bars in Thailand, established since 1987. By that time, a number of gay bars were opening gradually. Consequently, the executive tried to make it different from others by promoting Tawan as a centre of muscular men in Thailand. Tawan is located in the middle of Bangkok’s gay entertaining area, Soi Tarntawan, Surawong Road (opposite to The Tawana Bangkok Hotel). http://www.tawanbarbangkok.com/eng Tawan Bar, 2/1-2 Soi Tarntawan (opposite to The Tawana Bangkok Hotel), Surawong Rd., Bamgrak, Bangkok, 10500 http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/topic/5267-tawan-bar-review/?hl=tawan http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/topic/5161-bodybuilders-tawan-bar-versus-massage-parlors/?hl=tawan

Jupiter is a beautiful gogo bar in Bangkok. It has a great sexy guys show. There is no big cock or nude show but the dancing is fantastic. The owners built their own place and did a great job with the inside. It is apart of the rest of the gay bars in the area and it seems to have a loyal following. Live Show” with Man power by Jupiter’s boys and Divas Open daily: 8 pm Start: 9 pm Introduction: 10 pm Main Showtime: 10.45 pm Close: 1 am until late Jupiter 2002 Men Club, Suriwonges hotel, Thaniya soi 2, Suriwonges road, Bangkok Thailand http://www.jupiter2002.com/

Hotmale GoGo Bar in Bangkok is a very long and established bar in the area. It was once famous for the Big Cock Show for tourists. It still has a nice show and many gogo boys to grace their stage. Hotmale Bar and Hotmale A GoGo Boys are located at the entrance of Soi Twilight on the left hand side as you appreoach from Surawong Road. 38/40 Suriwong Rd

Fresh Beach Boys is a popular gay gogo bar located along Soi Twilight off the main Surawong Road. Shows nightly at 10:15 PM and 11:45 PM. 894/9-10 Soi Pratuchai, Suriwong Rd

Classic Boys is a gogo bar that has an underwater show. They have several gogo boys on every given night. Classic Boys has a nice show with several beautiful and young looking guys on stage. Classic Boys 38/16-17 Soi Pratuchai, Suriwong Rd http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/topic/6548-original-twilight-bar-bangkok/?hl=classic http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/topic/6358-bangkok-soi-twilight/?hl=classic&do=findComment&comment=45264

G.O.D. is an after hours club in Bangkok. It stays open till 5AM and beyond. It is non stop music and dance. If anyone has photos, comments, etc. please add them. G.O.D. 80/18-21 Siri-Orr Place Silom 2/1 (small alley between Soi 2 and Soi Thaniya) Sala Daeng, Bangkok

DJ Station is one of the oldest and most popular gay disco's in Bangkok. It is open nightly and has a cover charge but with that fee, you get a free drink. The nightclub really gets busy after 11PM. It is one place that everyone who likes to dance must try when they visit Bangkok. DJ Station Opening Hours: 22:00 - 02:00 Daily Location: Silom Soi 2 BTS: Sala Daeng Tel: +66 (0)2 266 4029 http://www.dj-station.com/djstation.html

Angels In America Sometimes, a work is of such staggering genius that words fail you when you want to talk about them. Angels In America is an example of just such a film. While it actually aired over two nights on HBO and has been classified by some people as a mini-series, the quality of the direction, acting and writing pushes it to be more properly classified as one of the finest examples of cinema ever made. Set at the height of the AIDS crisis, the movie is broken into two parts one called Millennium Approaches, and the other called Perestroika. It has a unique structure that allows us to follow several stories that may or may not intersect, with each actor playing two or more characters often ones whose views are at odds with each other. The heart of the film is a series of visions of angels that speak to several of the characters. It is unclear if these angels exist, or if they are hallucinations caused by serious illness or drug abuse. A case could be made either way, but the fact that some of the visions intersect with each other implies that angels really are guiding these people through their lives. This, of course, freaked out Christians when the film came out, because they didn't really want to believe that angels may have been helping gay men going through the final stages of slow, painful deaths. We are also given two polar opposite characters as the main leads. Justin Kirk plays an out gay man who will spend the entire movie in a hospital dying of AIDS. His parents have disowned him. His boyfriend will abandon him. We never see any friends coming to see him. He's out and proud, but in many ways still alone. But then the angel, played by Emma Thompson, makes her appearance, as a reward for his purity of soul. On the other end we see the infamous Roy Cohn, played brilliantly by Al Pacino. He is a deeply closeted gay man who makes his living trying to persecute gay members of the government and the military. He is evil personified but of course, he too will come down with AIDS, and end up in the hospital next to Kirk's character. Does the angel come to him, too? Kirk's character thinks she does, but Cohn acts as if he can't see her. It's up to the viewer to decide. While these characters represent pure good on one side and pure evil on the other side, the rest of the people we meet will occupy some morally ambiguous place in a Manhattan that was undergoing an HIV holocaust. For example, we meet Joe Pitt, played by Patrick Wilson. He's a married man and very Mormon, and struggling hard to deal with and repress his homosexuality. He and his wife are visiting New York, which puts him in contact with open, obvious gay men for the first time in his life. He ends up giving in to his desires, first having unprotected sex with a leather daddy in a park and later hooking up with Louis Ironson, who we are led to believe is the man who infected Kirk's character with the HIV virus. This leads to a scene where his wife, played by Mary Louise Parker, wants unprotected sex in order to start a family. When he turns her down, she thinks that he doesn't find her attractive anymore. She doesn't realize that he's worried he's just been infected, and doesn't want to infect her as well. She will learn this, however, when after taking a ton of Valium the angel comes to visit her and explains what's going on. Is the angel real, or did she always know that her husband was gay and the drugs just letting her admit it? That the answer is ambiguous keeps you riveted. Then, we get the strangest character of all Ethel Rosenberg, played by Meryl Streep. She was executed as a communist spy back in the '50s based on the actions of Roy Cohn. Clearly a ghost now, she visits Cohn in the hospital as he lays dying. He accuses her of making him sick; she accuses him of killing her. The angel watches all of this. So, these are the main characters. To talk about any of the other characters would be giving things away that should be kept secret until you see the film, because of the fact that the non-main characters are played by the main actors. (Streep's alternate character is an incredibly creative bit of casting.) By the end of the play, the angel has said that there is a prophet in the hospital room. Is Kirk's character the prophet? Is Roy Cohn the prophet? Is it Ethel Rosenberg? For those answers, you'll have to see the film. You'll be surprised at some developments and less so at others, but along the way you'll always be amazed at just how well-crafted it is from start to finish. If you are a younger gay man who has never seen Angels In America, I highly recommend that you give it a look. You'll see what life was like for gay men in the late '80s, before there was decent HIV prevention and treatment. If nothing else, the movie is an awesome advertisement for safer sex practices. Some people find the movie sad. Others find it uplifting. I think it's simply beautiful. cc boytoy.com 2013

From all the conversations I have had with others, he is greatly respected. I think he is a great writer and GIVER of information. Speaking of The Giver, I just finished part 2 of The Giver series by Lois Lowry called Gathering Blue. It was fantastic. Can't wait to read the other 2 in that series. (throwing out literature here so I can at least appear to others that I am well read). I have a potty mouth and have been told from time to time on boards to behave. LOL I hope all this is not over the use of a few bad words. Maybe I am just not as intellectual as the rest of you to figure this out. Where is Khun Jovianmoon to lead me on this thread?

You can simply ask the bank to allow the Internet Banking. Some branches will do it and others will not. I went to one and they said no, I went to another and they said yes. For other banks transfers, it is the same. In the Online part, you add an account for another bank account and set it up and then you do it instantly like the K Bank transfers.

I love Kasikorn Bank's online system. It is very easy and can be done online around the world. I use it weekly and have never had a problem. If you are a frequent traveler to Thailand, I suggest you get a bank account here. You can also fund this with your paypal account, wire transfer, etc. You can send money to your friend in Thailand no matter what bank they use. The cost is negligible compared to the ways discussed.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/sports/cuban-surfers-face-hurdles-before-catching-waves.html

Gotti, I am headed there in a few weeks and I hope that Fragata is still Bottom Boy Paradise!

I agree with you Charlie. France has had PACS for many years which gave many rights to gay unions but it is not the same as what has not happened. I see many predominately Catholic countries going this way. I also find it interesting. I also find interesting that the US is so far behind the rest of the "civilized" world on this issue (although great strides are being made).

Pauleiro, thank you for that. Much much appreciated. You are certainly a world traveler. I hope you have time to meet up one day as I know I'd love to hear some of your adventures! I have friends that go to Japan often as well as many places in Asia. There are so many great places to see when you are in that area. Check out this thread from a friend of mine, it has great pics of Taiwan's gay parade 2012. http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/topic/8083-taipei-gay-pride-parade-2012/ Here is a great post about Japan from the same friend. http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/topic/7804-tokyo-as-a-potential-stopover-blog/?hl=japan And Japan in general: http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/topic/7772-will-westerners-ever-understand-japan/?hl=japan Please be sure to log in and see his photos. He takes them all and if you want to see what a regular person sees, his photos are amazing. In the Tokyo article, he goes into some great detail on the saunas as well.

I liked this article for many reasons but for one, it just shows you anyone can make money doing something they love if they come up with that great idea. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/13/dining/the-dinner-kit-is-served.html?hp&_r=0