ChristianPFC

Sorry to hear your experiences were poor. Enticed by fountainhall's reports, I have been to Taipei in Dec 2016 and loved it (all aspects: public transport, food, boys, sightseeing, weather)! Full reports here: http://christianpfc.blogspot.com/2017/01/taiwan-general-impressions.html http://christianpfc.blogspot.com/2017/01/gay-places-in-taipei.html I will go again next month. I use google maps for navigation, and found all places I wanted to visit with google maps. (I don't use local SIM card, so download maps for that area, so I can use maps offline.) http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/topic/10844-taipei/?p=104897

I wish my phone had a separate button for airplane mode, so I can switch it silent instantly, even without unlocking. For various occasions, I switch my phone to silent: sleep, sex, cinema.

Not beer, pure alcohol. I didn't know there is a tax on massage parlors. The wording is not clear: "and massage parlor 1,000 baht a service", something is lost in translation.

I pondered starting a thread "In Defence of Abidismaili", but now will chime in in what PeterRS said (read it again, an excellent analysis and valuable advice, I think.) Now that others have pointed out that abidismaili (this forum), AsDaRa (sawatdeenetwork) and thaifarang (gaybuttonthai, now banned) are the same person, I can see some similarities. He asks a question in an existing thread, doesn't get the answers he is looking for, asks again (now starting a thread), still doesn't get the answers he is looking for, assumes other are involved in illegal activities, or doles out insults at the elder, repeat on a different subject. But I don't think he is a bad person (maybe a troll), the problem is just analysis-paralysis and poor social skills. I can commiserate, because I have similar problems. But after several years of living in Thailand, I have overcome analysis-paralysis. So my advice is: plan less, go with the flow.

Last year I had a trip to Kanchanaburi over Songkran (not to celebrate, but to escape), and there everything was quite civilized (I don't like the madness of Silom at all). I advise against traveling to a new place for Songkran. There might be problems with transport, accommodation, and then different areas celebrate Songkran at different times.

I guess most customers buy a drink if they invite a boy to sit with them, and in many places staff will pester you incessantly as soon as the boy walks to your place. I had cases where staff just asks the boy what the wants to drink and does not get confirmation from me, the first time I sucked it up, the second time I had that drink I did not order removed from the bill. But there is no rule you have to buy a boy a drink. I usually do not buy the boy a drink. However not tipping would be rude and quickly get you a bad reputation. If they don't want to stay long time, they will come up with all kinds of excuses to renege on the deal made in the bar. Ask Vinapu. There is no way to make sure a boy who agrees to long time in the bar really stays long time. Street food and small restaurants do not expect a tip. Fancier places often add 10% service charge (of which only a small amount might be distributed to staff, I vaguely remember reading on the internet that one owner uses the service charge to pay the electricity bill, or something like that).

That is one famous spot for taxi not turning on the meter. From limited experience, if you cross the road (to the side with Soi Saladaeng), no problems there. I usually sit on the front seat (better view), and there was always a working seat belt. The few cases I sit in the back, rarely working seat belt. I assume seat belt for front seat is more important, as in case of crash you would go through the front window, whereas for back seats, you path would end when you hit the seat in front of you.

Probably legal, but the problem lies elsewhere: whoever wants to extort money from you, can construct whatever they want from this situation (you naked with a 17-year-old in a room). I vaguely remember a Farang friend telling me that elsewhere in South-East Asia, a foreigner being in a room with a local minor (and no-one else) can lead to all kind of accusations and is to be avoided.

Great report! Can you elaborate on Aquarius please? It's a guesthouse with gay sauna, and the sauna is open to everyone? My impression of the gay prostitution scene in Patong was positive last year, but everything else I didn't like: too touristy, food twice as expensive as elsewhere, too much traffic with little public transport. Details here: http://christianpfc.blogspot.com/2016/12/phuket-patong-29nov2016.html

Read between the lines: they won't pay someone to check such reports, rather use some probably poor program that arbitrarily deletes images with too much skin.

Sorry to hear about the closure of Cloud 47. I have been once, but it was getting dark already, so not much to see. I hope to find time to go again, before sunset, before it closes. Here the link to stickman: https://www.stickmanbangkok.com/weekly-column/2017/03/bangkoks-best-gogo-bar/ (important to link to the article in question, not the the website in general)

Good new. I will go soon after opening. But 20,000 books? In a library? I own over 1,000. Over the last week, I spent over 10 hours in the book fair in Queen Sirikit Center, and it surely draws crowds! Makes me question a statistic that the average Thai reads 10 words per day, including traffic signs.

I remember the night bazaar from my first trips in 2009 and 2010. Now the entire area, including where the Lumpini boxing stadium was, is flat (concrete/asphalt?) and fenced off, with the occasional event taking place. The boxing stadium moved to somewhere in Ramintra, the night bazaar moved to Ratchadaphisek (near Ladprao crossing)

I don't want a sixpack for myself, I only want a sixpack on my sexual partners. And indeed, sixpack is an important factor in choosing sexual partners. When others pass me in dark areas in sauna, they usually grab my crotch. When I pass others in dark areas in saunas, I touch their abdomen between waist line and belly button, as this gives triple information: skin temperature and humidity, hirsuteness (crab ladder, others euphemistically call it "treasure trail), and sixpack/body fat. Genes play an important part, I know boys who have perfect sixpack and I assume they don't go the gym, they just have it without any effort.

The pool at Pattaya park is 25x12.5 m (measured on google satellite view). I doubt there is an olympic size pool in Pattaya. I guess the pool at Ramkhamhaeng University (National Sports Authority) is olympic (indoor swimming pool under roof, can't measure pool size on satellite view, but I was in several times).

Congratulations to your exploits in Sansuk, I never had much success there. Official name Khao Takiap. Tour agencies don't want to stress tourists with the Thai names and come with stuff like "monkey mountain".

3) What time do you arrive and where do you stay? Consider that it might be impossible or take very long to get to your hotel by taxi/bus/walking if that area is affected by Songkran celebrations. 4) You cannot lay at the beach, but you can lie at the beach. I have seen people lying on towels. That would be between the chair concession, as there is only place for walking between the chairs, but not for people lying on the ground. Depending on tide, the area between chairs and sea might be wide enough to lie down there.

I have several friends who score easily (either getting gay boys for free or propositioning straights on the street for little money). When I ask them "how do you do that?" - "I don't know". I think it's a complex mixture of character, attitude, and what else. Even after many chats I have not found out what exactly, and if I didn't, I probably couldn't reproduce it. I was hoping I could turn all their reports about hook-ups into a flow chart (what to do or say in what situation and with what kind of boy), but I realized it doesn't work that way. However there is one generalization I can make: the Thai are rather shy, and my successful friends make the first move. I am shy as well, and wait for someone to approach me, which rarely works in Thailand. Tourist vs. living here. If you come here for holiday it probably doesn't matter, but after living here for a few years, money boys just get bland. It's what I call "cooperative, but not initiative". I say "do this" and he does this, "do that" and he does that (within reason). But getting my eyes and hands on a handsome body who just lies there doesn't cut it any more. I'm looking for someone who comes up with own ideas in bed, and that would be someone who has a sexual interest in me, and goes with me for free. Very rare that I get "pity sex" for free. But I recall two cases within the last 6 months where the boy just lay there and I could do whatever I want (within reason), just like a money boys, only without payment. Occasionally, I do pity sex as well, when I can't be bothered to fend someone off who is persistent in a sauna, or invited someone from hornet to my room and find out he is not so much my type, but has come to see me. (example see http://christianpfc.blogspot.com/2016/12/gay-activities-nov-2016.html, search for Surat Thani)

Songkran screws up the entire month of April for me.

I thought the same, but erotic-wise, Songkran was a giant disappointment. For this year, I'm planning to be in Bang Saen for Wan Lai (16-17 April) for the sand castle festival. Last year failed, I went with a friend by his car, but kilometers from Bang Saen, road was impassable. This year I will arrive before and depart after, provided I can get a hotel room at a reasonable price.

I think 30 minutes would be right. If you do it longer, boy and/or mamasan will pester you for drinks. When I have a boy sit with me, I rather quickly either off him or dismiss him (when I give him 100 Baht and say thank you, the boy leaves).

Did you lose it or was it stolen? Not clear from your post.

Entry to DJ station is 150 Sun-Thu, 300 Fri-Sat. I haven't been Fri-Sat for years as it's too crowded, I want to be able to freely move around. Entry to GOD is 300. Smoking inside allowed, for this reason I haven't been for years. There are money boys in DJ station, and last time I went to GOD one offered his service to me. My success rate in DJ was poor, and as I don't like disco environment (too late, too loud), I gave up going to discos (DJ station as well as Thai discos, except for the few - all places combined - recce visits per year).-

Storing data online gives easy access to security agencies, and to hackers as well? Anyway, I would want all data twice, so deleting from my hard driving and having only online would not be an option for me. When I travel, I log out of all accounts, so whoever get the device, at least doesn't have access to social media and others. Anyway a good idea to limit social networks, emails and other stuff, and log out after use. This way you use password regularly and don't forget it. A "travel device" is probably best solution.

To me it's not clear what's going on. The waiting hall is closed at night anyway. Outside, still under a roof but open to the side, passengers with early/late arrival/departure are sleeping in large numbers, let's say 100 passengers and 10 homeless. I have to take a look some day, paying attention to this issue. It might be a brain fart and nothing actually changes.