khaolakguy

Glad to find that the AI analyses are so anodyne as to induce torpor.

My experience in the past was like yours, and I would have been surprised to be asked for tips in those circumstances. Let's hope that the recent appearance fee requests were exceptions rather than a new pattern. Hell, if the guys have somewhere they would rather be, feel free..........

Indeed, that R&R initiated the sex trade in the sleepy fishing village. That and the presence of a large US airbase at Utapao from where most of the illegal carpet bombing of Laos and Cambodia was carried out. Tourists from Bangkok wanting to go to a nearby beach would go to nearer Bangsaen or Hua Hin.

I don't see a problem with the proposed online TM6. I think it follows a developing pattern around the world is simple to complete and may reduce or make more complicated the movement of criminals since Immigration will have prior notification of inbound felons. The contact information is only for your initial local address and I am sure that a hotel number will be acceptable. Of course it is easy to lie about your initial destination, but if there are cautions about allowing entry, another red marker would be lying about this and it's easily checked. The old manual forms were a nightmare with never enough space to complete legibly while travelling, and the whole plane de-seating while pens and passports and accommodation details were found.

Encouraged by this and previous reports of activity at Avarin, although in Surawong rather than Silom, I went to Avarin Surawong today. Following recommended procedure I started with booking a Foot Massage which was 350 Baht per hour, and was invited to choose one of the young men I was checking out………when they lifted their faces from their screens. I had understood that part way through the foot massage the customer, if showing interest, might be encouraged/titillated into continuing with an oil massage elsewhere in the premises. However I hadn't even made it to the foot massage chairs when, on a diversion to the toilet, my masseur was nudging me and showing me his phone screen with "Oil Massage Private Room" in a sort of nod nod wink wink way. I decided to see how the foot massage played out first, and simultaneously had nails and toenails done(600 Baht). I was a little surprised to find the manicurist was built like a burly bouncer with butchers hands but he did a good and careful job. Both “therapists” came from Isaan(which I thought was promising for the masseur) and they talked from time to time in a strong dialect that included a lot of Khmer. In fact the masseur had difficulty understanding the Bangkok Thai of the manager, and vice versa, and the manicurist translated between them. Proceeded to 90 minute oil massage(850 Baht, 590 for 60 minutes) which took place in a ground floor room with a proper massage table and it’s own shower. All quite worn but fine. Within five minutes of the massage starting the hands were brushing between my butt cheeks, and I was wondering how we would spin this out for 90 minutes! After 30 minutes of average massage and his frequent intimate strokes he began to brush his erection(he was still clothed) against my hand, which was more than happy to explore. His cock fitted the Isaan expectations. I suggested that he might like to get undressed which drew a pantomime of that action followed by a reach for his phone. It took a while but he finally presented a screen with the figure of 3,500. I laughed and showed him a single finger to indicate that a single thousand was all I would offer. More tap tap tap followed and he presented me with a reduction to 2,500, followed by 2,000 and we settled on 1,500. With the mood a little reduced by the negotiation, mutual masturbation and a little sucking followed but when I suggested that he might like to put his fine cock to more active use that prompted more miming and a further reach for the phone. This time I was presented with a screen entirely in Thai with no numerals! When I showed it back to him he realised his error and pressed the translate button. The screen said “pay more money”! Bored of the negotiation I passed, and after a while we achieved happy endings and the massage continued in a fairly lack lustre way to the conclusion of our time. Perhaps I should have agreed a higher fee initially, but my impression was that an additional increase would have been requested anyway. On conclusion he headed straight for the shower(big enough for two people) and I thought we might be going to end on a positive note with him helping me wash off the copious oil, but his motivation was different. As soon as the shower was turned on he opened his bladder and peed into like a horse! When he had finished he gestured me into the shower as he got out. Nothing like peeing into the shower before offering it to the customer! Anyway I gave him his agreed tip(he might have earned a bonus with less negotiation) and he seemed to appreciate it and produced his only English phrase of the encounter. “See you tomorrow”. He didn’t understand my answer. All in all it was a pleasant enough way to pass a few hours with a country boy, if not hitting the highlights. He did though have a handsome cock and his slim thighs were both completely hairless and really as smooth as silk. I might even go back!

As it happens I did once fuck a guy on the grass in Lumpini park after midnight, but it was a very very long time ago! At the time the area behind the important statue was a late night cruising spot especially after the bars closed at midnight.

In Bangkok it’s hazy in the distance but I haven’t noted any issues with being outside for hours at a time. However my “exertions” are more normally indoors!

I was at Beef on Friday night. It is a really fun disco place with a friendly vibe and a lot of cute guys and quite a few beefier guys(maybe 10%). No obvious indication of people looking for transactional sex. There is a large outside terrace with bar and seating where smoking is allowed. No smoking inside. It was well populated when we arrived around 10pm but by the time we left at midnight it was RAMMED. It was a real battle through the dance floor to the only exit that I could see. Yet there were still lines of customers coming in! I was so relieved to have got out through the crowd that I forgot to check for fire exits down from the ninth floor, although there is quite a lot of open space outside Beef, if required. I will probably go again but on a week night when it may not be AS busy! Entrance was 400 Baht includes two drinks(good and strong gins and tonics). Payment was made by card rather than cash, but that might just have been the entrance line that we were in.

In Chiang Rai I highly recommend the Mae Fah Luang Culture Park. Very peaceful landscaped grounds with wonderful teak buildings and walkways over the lakes. Also Chivit Thammada is a restaurant well worth a visit being beside the river Kok in a charming setting. And good food or just stop by for a coffee.

Realistically how many car owners, if any, will switch to public transport because it is now free.................. The motivation for driving their cars was never financial.

But you surely arrived the day before..........

The safe had been forcibly opened with a sledgehammer and crowbar. https://thepattayanews.com/2025/01/17/thieves-ransack-chinese-businessmans-luxury-home-allegedly-steal-over-100-million-baht-in-watches/

It's a good video and well worth watching, especially if you are thinking of going there. Some of the comments from others below the video are also interesting.

I remember a time when Farang were automatically considered worthy of respect in Thailand...........

Incredible what "entitled" foreigners think they can get away with in Thailand. Sadly I suspect that money will solve their problems in these cases.

I think that there was a significant word missing in this sentence. "It was obvious, said Mr Carden, that the Thai Revenue Department was making up some rulings as the policy moved along."

Five men who used dating app Grindr to target and attack men in a series of robberies have been jailed. Demalji Hadza, 21, Abubaker Alezawy, 21, Ali Hassan, 20, Wasim Omar, 24, and Mohammed Sharif, 22, lured each man into a meeting before assaulting them and stealing their belongings. The gang were convicted last year of stealing £100,000 from men in Birmingham and Derby over a 10-month period. The group were given sentences ranging from 12 to 17 years at Birmingham Crown Court. Police said some victims were encouraged to come to a location under the pretence of meeting with a legitimate user on dating apps including Grindr, a dating app for the LGBT+ community. When they arrived they were set upon by the gang, who sought to steal money, vehicles, house keys and identification documents. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpq9vey1ndxo

This increase in abductions of Chinese citizens may be a consequence of China's increasing support for the Burmese government, and consequent deteriorating relationships with the rebel forces. It's really complicated politically but there must be an underlying reason for the increase of abductions to Myanmar. https://warontherocks.com/2024/11/china-is-off-the-fence-in-myanmar/

So many inexplicable deaths of young people on that island. Something deeply suspect.

A few illogicalities in this report, or perhaps just sloppy reporting. He not only wore handcuffs but his hands were also tied behind his back............ He was "locked in his room" by the suspects(doesn't that just mean that they closed the door?!) but escaped and made his way to the lobby despite his feet being tied together and his hands both handcuffed and tied behind his back.......

Has anyone downloaded or used the "Thailand Tourist Police" application?

While doing some computer housekeeping I came across(not literally) an old review of the Thai gay scene from 2002 that may be of historical interest. I think I posted it as a trip report in one of the gay forums: A recent tourist trip around Thailand gave me the opportunity to update information on some of the gay venues. PATONG IN PHUKET In the middle of the low season, so generally very quiet. Working down the right hand side of the Way In to Paradise Complex, as you go in!(EDIT the one way system was subsequently reversed) Passport still has gogo, and some pleasant boys, Nin is well worth taking off. Thipaluck Bar Beer is closed for conversion to a gogo bar. Connect is ticking over, with friendly service and good food in the restaurant, at fair prices. James Dean Bar Beer is as friendly as ever, with a good mix of locals and tourists, Thai and Farang, commercial and non commercial, and excellent music. CU and Time Bar Beers, are ticking over, the boys at CU always look smart in their matching shirts, which change daily. My Way Gogo, has, as ever, the largest and best selection of off boys and a reasonable show, at midnight. Tiger Boy Gogo has only a small selection of boys, and I was the only customer when I was there. Boat Bar continues to have the best shows, at midnight, followed by dance music. It also has a busy bar beer outside. Lots of freelancers, and some non commercial guys. Following down the opposite side of the street, on the Way In. F1 is a bar beer which plays older music, sixties, seventies, and is under the same management as James Dean. Spartacus is a gogo bar with only a small choice of men with larger physiques. Patong Gogo, is now part owned by Tangmo Bar, so they have the curious arrangement of the boys from Tangmo joining the boys from Patong Gogo during the evening, and the Tangmo show taking place in Patong Gogo at 2330, after which both the show and the Tangmo boys return to Tangmo, where the show is repeated. I can recommend Noom, from Patong Gogo, and from Phitsanalouk, as a thoroughly nice and passionate guy. Young Shark Boy seems to be on one of it’s declines, limited boys and poor show. Uncle Charlie’s, having moved to Way In from Aroonsom Plaza, has had to tone down it’s shows. Anaconda, on the second floor, has both gogo boys and karaoke together, and looked like it could be quite fun, but I didn’t visit it. Tangmo has a smaller selection of boys than it used to, perhaps because of the low season??,and gogo doesn’t start until after midnight. Prior to that are “special tourist shows”, which actually probably involve the most male, and katoey, nudity currently on show in Patong. Unless of course one counts Super Boys, where the boys apparently dance naked, when it is decided that it is safe to do so. Other than the above two, there is currently no nudity in the gay shows in Patong. BANGKOK I only covered the bars in Patpong/Suriwong/Silom area. The best and raunchiest all male show was at Future Boys. They also had the best selection of guys. They must share ownership with Spur, as some of the boys and parts of the show are shared between the two clubs. The clubs are in Duangthawee Plaza, and while, like most of the other bars in that area, they charge you 200 Baht for a drink, at least with these two you get a large strong drink! In the same street X-treme, is far from it, with a selection of rather camp boys, and a show that while quite athletic, is neither sexual nor particularly entertaining. Dream Boy on Surawong had only a small selection of boys, and a short show with a big cock selection. They do at least tell you the name and number attached to the passing appendage! Many of those who take part in the big cock shows can be a disappointment later. The perversion of misleading advertising, means that they use pumps to overinflate their members, and when they reach maximum size, slip on a tight rubber band to ensure that no blood can escape. Without the pump and rubber bands they may not reach the same dimensions or retain erections for the same duration. Screwboy in Patpong Two is as raunchy, in a seedy way, as ever. Informal would be one way to describe it, pushy would be another, but certainly different. Super Lex was a disappointment, we were the only customers, and the selection of boys was not great, although if you like short well built guys, I can recommend Cake, who usually does the shower show. Still the show was ok, quite sexual, and, as ever at Super Lex, lots of chiffon! Jupiter, by the Surawong Hotel, is worth a visit. It was completely packed out for their show, which, while not as raunchy as many of the others, is imaginative, and they have a good selection of boys there. Freeman in Silom certainly has the best mime show, but DJ Station has the best music and keenest dancers, with a selection of guys from commercial to semi commercial to “no chance”! Lots of fun and packed out every night. Saunas: Visited Chakran and Babylon. My Thai boyfriend was hit upon regularly at Chakran, and I not at all, while the scores were more even at Babylon. But both were comfortable and uninhibited. And of course if you want to pose, you can sit out on the terrace at The Balcony and look at the customers opposite at the Telephone Bar, and vice versa. CHIANG MAI There is really only one gogo bar, and that is Adam’s Apple. It has a good and raunchy show, a good selection of boys, and I can certainly recommend A. The gay life in the night bazaar, as far as I could find, is reduced to two seedy bars, in an alley, which looks like the sort of place you would go for a pee, if you were desperate and thought that no one was looking! Buddy’s which was described in one guide as “going to become very popular” has closed. The other bars, Doi Boy, Fan, Hot Boy, Circle are really host bars, and the hosts didn’t seem very interested in what they were doing. The best of these was Circle, as the guys put on their own miming show, from which you could get some idea of what they were like, unlike the others where the boys seemed more interested in the television than the customers. I didn’t get to Coffee Boy, but I can recommend Nice Illusions, as somewhere to go after about 11pm. They have a live band, and the customers are a mix of katoeys, girls and straight guys and not so straight guys. A great and friendly atmosphere. Finally Bubbles, which has a ten per cent gay clientele. It was OK, but too many straight farangs for me. Hope that this is useful.

I hope you feel better soon, thanks for report.

Bloody hell, people(especially Chinese) being dragged off the streets seems to be coming a regular event now.

Thanks for trying, but I'm not sure that I am any the wiser! A currency based on no discernible underlying value is all I see.