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I guess it might depend somewhat on which of the "charms" you were looking to try. But Bangkok is a good bet. It's chaotic and can be crazy but there is plenty to do. Communication is fairly easy. The tourism infrastructure is well-developed. Thanksgiving time is getting to be the nicest weather. For a first time visitor I think Thailand is typically the best option.

Award seat inventory is constantly changing. Glad you found the seats you needed. If you have the QR booking reference number you should be able to pick seats on the QR app or website under Manage Booking.

7 weeks is a long time. I think 5 weeks is the longest trip I ever took. Every trip has its ebbs and flows. You shouldn't expect every day to be full of fun and frivolity. Listen to your body. Maybe gym, and sightseeing, and the bars is just too much to expect, especially in that climate. Do you live in the tropics full time? Maybe slowing down and choosing one of those things instead of all three would be better. I think it's natural to attempt to pack in as much as possible if you have limited vacation time. But with 7 weeks you have plenty of time to take it easy. I'm several years younger than you and only have a sex a few times in a trip, not in a day. I usually prefer massage places to gogo bars since I don't drink alcohol. So, don't worry about keeping up with the Joneses and do what's right for you.

Manly always makes me chuckle Those rugby teams seem to have a lot of issues for some reason. Wasn't there a famous Aussie rugby player who was thrown off the national team for being a homophobe? The AFL manages to have pride games without too much grumbling (as far as I'm aware)

I'm also in NoVA. What were the criteria for getting the vaccine? I think I saw in NYC one of them is multiple sex partners over the past 2 weeks [edit] Actually I found the criteria for my county on the health department website Monkeypox Vaccine Interest Survey A A A | This form is to gather information from those interested in a monkeypox vaccine. Currently, you may be eligible for vaccine if you are : A Virginia resident and 18 years of age or older AND Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men and have had multiple or anonymous sexual partners; OR Transgender women and nonbinary persons assigned male at birth who have sex with men; OR Sex workers (of any sex); OR Staff (of any sex) at establishments where sexual activity occurs (e.g., bathhouses, saunas, sex clubs); OR Persons (of any gender or sexual orientation) who attend sex-on-premises venues (e.g bathhouses, sex clubs).

TaT should definitely be paying you!

Yogyakarta is a big university town. Unfortunately I was only there for a couple of days. But I am guessing all of those horny boys would need a discrete outlet

it's in Chiang Mai, so I think this news might be confusing to those who don't know that since this thread is about a place in BKK.

Unless Putin ends his war I don't think there's much way to incentivize Russian arrivals. It probably doesn't help Thailand that it's primarily a leisure destination so the airlines have less incentive to add flights since the conventional wisdom is they can't charge as much for tickets

I think we need a cross section of gays and straights to make it accurate. And at least a couple of thousand in every country. We probably would require more than one measurer

given all of the current spikes it seems clear that most governments will not be increasing the hurdles unless huge numbers of people start dying again. South Korea just tightened entry requirements a bit, but it just means getting a PCR test on the day of arrival instead of within 3 days. Not sure how much difference that is going to make. I wouldn't count on too much easing in Japan or Taiwan any time soon. I would likely wait until December for (hopefully) better weather and more things up and running. But as we can see from the reports here there seems to be plenty going on to keep on busy these days. So if you have the time and the means you might have less competition going sooner

And with the crew shortages and other issues it makes sense to have them in the air instead of sitting in a desert somewhere. I'm also a big fan. It also seems so quiet inside and you really feel like you're floating.

I usually check in online and there's always a question about "do you have any of these items in your checked luggage?" and it lists a whole bunch of things including Li-ion batteries. They can be a fire risk. I guess the theory is that if they start smoking in the cabin the crew can deal with it, but if they catch fire in the cargo hold everything burns.

We need Christian and his highly detailed cost itemizations. For the "Monger Index" do you really hire a short time and long time guy every day? I'd imagine that skews the math fairly substantially.

can't you avoid a lot of those gogo bar costs by using alternate means of meeting guys to entertain you? While I haven't been there, I'd imagine that the Philippines would be fairly inexpensive.

I haven't flown SQ premium economy but the airline is generally very good to excellent. From NY I think they fly A350-900ULR that is all business and premium economy and there's also the A380 service that goes via FRA. On the A350s there are 3 rows at the back of the plane where there is only 1 seat at the window so you don't have anyone sitting next to you.

I'm sure that this is a difficult problem to solve given Bangkok's low-lying nature. After 2011 there was much talk about upgrading the drainage system. I don't know if that happened. There may also be issues of maintenance. And of course the constant building of new skyscrapers just adds to the complexities. Given climate change and rising sea levels Bangkok is going to be in difficult straits. Rather than planning for the future they just keep doing the same things over again. A new inland capital is probably going to be necessary. Think of all the potential for corruption that they're just passing up!

has anyone visited the new park on the canal by the Chong Nonsi BTS yet?

aww. that's really sweet. Congrats!

unfortunately the latest variants appear to be able to evade antibodies from those who were previously infected or who have been vaccinated. From the reports I've seen BA.5 produces an illness that includes the worst sore throat people say they've ever had and more lung/respiratory effects than the other recent variants. Otherwise healthy people appear to recover in a couple of weeks with the most acute symptoms lasting 4 or 5 days. Personally I think exercising a lot of caution to cut down the spread as much as possible seems sensible.

maybe it's too cold for them to wear less clothing

I always enjoy the b-boys. I could never figure out if they were off-able though. Those boys at New Twilight look cute.

It's nice to know the Rabbit cards can be reactivated. I guess MRT can now accept wireless credit cards for payment which seems easy enough. Is there any sort of unified payment card yet? I thought the Spider Card was supposed to do that but don't know if it ever materialized.

May not take that long given the BA.5 variant currently driving the numbers up everywhere