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Totally agree with you! If you walk around the soi, you will find many Arab establishments. I spoke with one group one day and they said they would love for Sunee to become all Arab restaurants and bars. Boyztown was great. But, I agree that some changes need to be made. I don't think it would take much. I do think it would take a different mentality for the owners of these bars than has run them in the past. Business as usual will not draw the Sunee crowd over to their places. IMHO

There was an art gallery that did copy paintings on the 2nd floor of Royal Garden for many years. I have used them at least 20 times and have been happy with the results. I suggested a friend use the place recently as he needed to get some painting done while in LOS. He went there but it is no longer there. Does anyone know where this place went?

Continuing their current policy of mass checks for drugs, underage sex workers and other illegal activities, police troops closed the go-go gay and transvestite street off Beach Rd. Pattaya, finding many male and females intoxicated or possessing drugs. 3rd February 2011[PDN] At 21.00 Police General Nantawut Suwnalaorng, Police Station Pattaya, led a troop of over 100 men associated with Office of the Narcotics Control Board to close 13/4 Soi Pattaya, Moo 9 Nongphrue, Banglamung, Chonburi. Following the plan of crime and drug clearance, the officers investigated for any illegalities or drug abuse of the workers in the entertainment venue, which mostly consists of gay bars or tranvestite beer bars. The officers blocked the soi, closing it from 2nd Rd Pattaya, to its end at Pattaya Beach Rd. The soi is an entertainment venue made up of go-go bars and beer bars for homosexuals and the third sex. The police had 50 set goals for the investigation. Checking each bar

I agree. That seems like rolling the dice with your life. I have seen firsthand the treatment that you get in Thailand if you don't have coverage or you don't have money. If you have one or the other, you will be fine and well taken care of. However, to go without either is nuts. IMHO

Retiring in another country used to be a foreign concept to most Americans but it

Thank you to everyone who posted in this thread. There was an opportunity for me to buy a domain name called falang.com. I thought about it for a couple of days and decided that it wasn't going to be worth the price that I was going to pay for it. If it had been the correct spelling of the word with the R as opposed to the L, I probably would have purchased the name for a greater price. Names like this come up on auction all the time from people who let the names expire. I had a set price in mind that I was willing to pay for the domain name. The comments in this thread helped me to decide that I should not pay a high price for the domain name. Thank you.

There was a recent movie out about a samurai. I believe that the lead actor was from Korea. He was absolutely gorgeous. I believe I watched the movie four times just to get a look at his beautiful body.

The report that traveler Jim posted for so many years were always very beneficial to me when I was outside of Thailand. I always enjoyed opening up the website and seeing a traveler Jim post with the different venues that were hosting events. It was a way for me to keep in touch and to see the things that were going on a place that I love so much. I am on the e-mail list for the Pattaya Gay Report. I enjoy getting the e-mails but they are no longer the full information source that they once were. I know that the men that are responsible for these e-mails do this voluntarily and do not get paid. It is not a moneymaking venture. It is something they do because they love Thailand, and because they love the gay community in the Land of Smiles. I respect them for that. And I hope that they continue with the e-mail updates as well as the website. However, I do miss the old reports and the old format.

When I was in Cambodia on a recent visit I felt very comfortable and very welcomed. I was not in Siam reap. I was in Phnom Penh. I felt very comfortable going around the city as an openly gay man. I felt very comfortable going to the gay bars. I felt very comfortable going to the gay massage parlors. Basically, I felt very comfortable doing just about anything I wanted to do in Phnom Penh. I do have friends that have gone to Siam Reap before and have had NGO groups follow them around the city. They were not looking for, nor were they taking any young boys. But, they were seen going into a gay bar in the area and they had people that followed them the rest of their trip. When something like that happens it makes you wonder whether you're in the right location. I love visiting Cambodia. I love visiting Phnom Penh and Siam Reap. And I plan to go back many times in the future. But if they're going to do an active campaign that is going to attract gay people from all over the world they need to make sure that the NGOs in the area are not just indiscriminately following anyone who goes to a gay bar.

I think what you meant was the body mass index. When you said the boy mass index I got a little bit excited.Though I was picturing in my mind how many different Thai boys I was overweight. I have struggled with obesity my entire adult life. It's not something that comes easy for many of us to alleviate. I love exercising, riding bikes, jogging, Muay Thai boxing, and just about any other form of exercise out there. But I also love food. That is probably the biggest problem I have is that food is just often to delicious to put down. I don't eat a great deal of food but the food that I do eat is often not the best quality food. I try my best to eat all-natural things when I am in Thailand. But I find myself giving in to the 24 hours a day seven days a week McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken delivery services. Also find that the hamburger lady I go to near Soi Sunee is a very convenient, and very cheap daily habit.

I miss him as well.

I have actually really enjoyed the show. I think the 2 new judges are a great addition. Someone like Simon should have been added to the judges table but this was a response to Obama's kinder gentler speech.

I lived in Memphis and I enjoyed it. I like the area and the things available there. But, it is not a great gay city. Other than that and the religious right, it is a fun place to live.

Thank you for the kind comments on Thank you! I have met some amazing people because of this and Hoo's site. It has brought me friends that I have had for years and people I truly adore and care about. I hope to meet more members this year as we all have a common interest in promoting escorting in the USA and abroad.

Yes, it is obvious that our RockHard is NOT the RockHard of the other site. The other Rockhard is either Daddy or Deej. No doubt in my mind on that. So, I am not sure why he would appear over here. That being said, welcome RockHard.

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Thanks to all who participated in the fun! You guys are great fun and I have really enjoyed the posting and conversation. Here is my list of those that have completed the 25 posts for DeLurker month. Anyone I miss? Those on the list, check your e-mail as you have an upgrade certificate in your e-mail account. Lurkerspeaks MSGuy Lookin RA1 Expat Stripfan Twinklover Ihpguy

Excellent. Welcome to the site! Looking forward to reading more of your posts!

I hear it pronounced with an L but the most I see in writing is with an R. If there were going to be a article in a magazine and I spelled it falang, for example, would most understand this? Would it be considered incorrect?

I really don't understand this at all. It seems to me that a country would want to put its best foot forward when someone first enters the Kingdom. The airport in Thailand is a joke. It shows the world what BS they are going to experience everyday in LOS. Why is there no one intelligent enough, or not bribed enough, to step in and get things right at this major International hub?

I have been there a few times on recent visits and always had a good time. The eye candy is pretty amazing IMHO. I also found several of the waiters at Telephone and Balcony very sexy. Do these guys regularly go off with customers?

The Rainbow bar is now opening in the city. Anyone there to give an update when they go?

The Hawaii Senate on Friday overwhelmingly approved civil unions for same-sex couples, a major step toward the proposal becoming law. The state Senate voted 19-6 for the bill, which now goes to the state House of Representatives, where a nearly identical measure passed last year before it was vetoed by then-Gov. Linda Lingle, a Republican. But this year, Democrats who control the state Legislature said they want to quickly approve the bill and send it to new Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who has said he supports civil unions. If the House and Abercrombie approve the measure, Hawaii would become the sixth state to grant some of the rights of marriage to same-sex couples without authorizing marriage itself. A civil unions bill also passed the Illinois Legislature last month. Five states and the District of Columbia permit same-sex marriage. "Let's get beyond this. Let's realize what the spirit of aloha is all about, which means including people no matter their color, no matter their gender, no matter their lifestyle," said Sen. Malama Solomon, D-Hilo-Honokaa. The civil unions measure was the first bill to get final approval by the state Senate in this year's legislative session. Supporters of civil unions wore rainbow-colored lei and cheered the vote, saying it was a victory for equal rights. "It's time. I'm almost in tears," said Dan Abrahamsson of Honolulu, who was at the Capitol with his partner. "We are a minority, and it's very important that the Legislature protect our human rights and our civil rights." Reaction from opponents was muted, with many acknowledging it seemed inevitable the bill would pass. They said civil unions erode the traditional family structure of one man and one woman. "We're trying to re-engineer what the family looks like, and I don't believe the state has the authority to make those calls," said Mike McGuire of Ewa Beach, who watched the vote with his 8-year-old son. People on both sides said civil unions could be a step toward legalizing same-sex marriage, possibly through a future court challenge. Hawaii's version of civil unions gives committed gay couples the same state rights as marriage. "This will force same-sex marriage on the people of Hawaii who have consistently shown their opposition," said Sen. Mike Gabbard, D-Kalaeloa-Makakilo, who was a leader in passing Hawaii's first-in-the-nation "defense of marriage" constitutional amendment a decade ago. Religious groups strongly fought civil unions over the last two years, organizing thousands of their members at rallies and threatening election defeat for lawmakers who supported the unions. But after only one incumbent state legislator who backed civil unions lost re-election in November, visible opposition diminished. The Senate gallery was about half full during Friday's vote. Hawaii nearly legalized gay marriages more than a decade ago. A Hawaii Supreme Court decision would have allowed the practice, but 70 percent of voters approved the constitutional amendment in 1998 allowing the Legislature to reserve marriage for opposite-sex couples. http://www.necn.com/01/28/11/Hawaii-Senate-takes-up-civil-unions/landing_politics.html?&blockID=3&apID=f5113e510f0242afbf949136441b624a

Bet Chick-fil-A wishes this month would end. Over the past few weeks, the restaurant chain's deep ties to the anti-gay movement have been exposed and uncovered by a number of activists, most notably Jeremy Hooper at Good As You. Whether it's Focus on the Family, the National Organization for Marriage, the Pennsylvania Family Institute, or Exodus International, Chick-fil-A ties run deep. Of course, the President of Chick-fil-A wants gay people to share no hard feelings. The restaurant will gladly feed homosexuals gobs of chicken sandwiches, after all. But when it comes to marriage, Chick-fil-A believes strongly that same-sex couples just don't deserve equal rights. As we wrote about a few weeks ago, Chick-fil-A's charitable arm, the WinShape Foundation, has been particularly active in the fight against marriage equality. They've hosted conferences with some of the leading opponents of gay marriage in this country. A higher up at WinShape has even praised the efforts of anti-gay activist David Blankenhorn for working against marriage equality, and for articulating a solid reason why American culture should reject same-sex couples. Now comes some email correspondence that Good As You has shared on their blog, where the WinShape Foundation's Retreat Center -- a center run by the charitable arm of Chick-fil-A -- admits that they have a severe distaste for LGBT people. The email correspondence goes a little something like this. Someone writes WinShape an easy question about whether their retreat center is open to LGBT people. WinShape's response: "WinShape Retreat defines marriage from the Biblical standard as being between one man and one woman. Groups/Individuals are welcome who offer wholesome, educational conferences and programs that are compatible with Biblical values and WinShape's purpose," WinShape wrote back. Kind of some corporate speak, right? So the activist wrote back: can you just give a clear-cut answer? And WinShape confirmed: "We do not accept homosexual couples because of the statement in our contract." And so it goes like this: Chick-fil-A is a restaurant where franchises frequently donate to anti-gay organizations like the Pennsylvania Family Institute, Focus on the Family and others. The restaurant's charitable arm, WinShape, holds conferences for opponents of gay marriage and praises their work. And this charitable arm's Retreat program puts a blanket ban on gay couples using their facilities, because they "do not accept homosexual couples." Yet the President of Chick-fil-A still says that all people, including LGBT people, are treated with respect by the restaurant? Huh, what a funny definition of respect. Meanwhile, check this story out. So the Human Rights Campaign's NOMExposed project tried to submit an equality-minded video to the Ruth Institute's "Reel Love Video Challenge." The Ruth Institute is an affiliate of the National Organization for Marriage, and they're running a contest where folks can submit videos talking about what love means. The video below was originally accepted, but then promptly booted out of the project once the Ruth Institute became aware that it actually championed equality for same-sex couples. Here's the kicker: the Ruth Institute's "Reel Love Video Challenge" has a tie-in to Chick-fil-A's WinShape Foundation. Wouldn't it be nice to hear why the Ruth Institute and the WinShape Foundation find the below video so offensive? After all, what is love if it isn't equal? http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/yes_chick-fil-a_says_we_explicitly_do_not_like_same-sex_couples

I know of several who went last night to the party and said it was Fantastic! Keep up the great work. Give us a bit of notice next time so we can all plan to go. I heard the place was packed with boys and with customers. Excellent!