I finally found the elusive sauna which almost everybody has heard about but never been able to find. It took some while and a great deal of walking about to find it but the best thing was that, in the process, I also discovered the gogo bar area in Hatyai. It still isn't anything like BKK or Pattaya, or even Phuket, but for all those who are thinking of a trip to the south, here is the link to my blog post.

 

http://xiandarkthorne.blogspot.com/2011/07/getting-to-gl-sauna-and-mens-gogo-bars.html

 

My apologies to everyone for posting just a link as I took photos of the way there and all my directions are on the photos to make it easier for people to find the way. There are too many pictures to upload the entire set to every forum where I post regularly, and I'm too lazy to copy and paste repeatedly.

Your photos make it easy to find! Thank you for the report and the link! Keep playing!

You're welcome. And I'm glad you thought it was useful. I'm afraid I have to post a new link to it here as the original link will probably just take you to my blog where the page order changes as I update it every so often.

 

http://xiandarkthorne.blogspot.com/p/getting-to-gl-sauna-and-gay-bars-in.html

 

I'm afraid I couldn't edit the URL at my first (original) post on this thread.

 

It's actually taken me more than a year of patiently and discretely asking about here and there to find the sauna and bars. It would have been easier if I could have simply asked my aunt who lives in Hatyai but I didn't necessarily want her to know I was plannng to go off and have wildly uninhibited gay sex at the earliest opportunity.

 

About 10 years ago (I think) a new governor had all naughty establishments relocated to one specific area, which is why I couldn't find my favourite boy bars after that. Curiously, massage parlours were not included in the move to one red light district, and there are many operating along the main tourist areas. I have never availed myself of their services but from some things I heard people say - and a couple of male masseurs I saw - I gather it might be possible to book one of the male masseurs for an in-room massage at your hotel. I know there are no facilities for 'private massages' at the massage shops I see while walking along the streets. Friends of mine have booked masseuses for that purpose, I know.

 

Speaking of the male masseurs I saw this last trip, I noticed that all the shops now had younger men with fairer skin, who looked almost Chinese, to provide no-hanky panky massage at the glass-fronted shops. I was told that they came from the north and could be booked for in-room massage, too - whatever that might mean.

 

I am afraid I did not investigate the range of their services as I prefer well-tanned Thai men. And as I did not have time to check out the bars at ThaiAkarn Road, I am afraid I can't say if there were more of these light-skinned guys at the gogo bars.

Thank you for checking all this out. I didn't find any of this on a fleeting visit to Hatyai a couple of years back. Things should be easier next time.

You're welcome. I have to go to Hatyai again some time very soon, so I'll probably check out the sauna at the very least, and if time permits, at least one of the bars at ThaiAkarn Road. I'll post my report at my blog and provide a link here, as usual.

 

Xian

Sorry for kinda reviving this post...

Im planning a trip to Hatyai year end... anyone has any updates for this place?

I haven't been back since September last year but there were just three small gay bars there. The sauna was still there, however.

 

Here's a https://m.facebook.com/pages/Top-Man/453643684686275

 

And from Christian's blog http://christianpfc.blogspot.my/2015/01/hat-yai-gay-bars-and-massage.html

 

Aaand http://www.utopia-asia.com/tipsthai.htm#haty

Thank you for the replies...

seems like Hatyai is more popular amongst fellow Singaporeans and Malaysians..

Two gay saunas in Hat Yai, details here: https://christianpfc.blogspot.de/2015/01/gay-saunas-in-hat-yai.html

Thanks Christian

hi sorry for bothering, i arrived in hat yai on monday and will spend days only until wednesday. Is there any alternatives apart from the GL one? since it’s closed

I was down in Songkhla Province - including Songkhla city and also HatYai and many other places for 17 days during the Christmas and New Year (2024) period.

In HatYai city there was the G-Club Spa   https://line.me/ti/p/RQSlvYKWJv   --> Twitter information below

and also the Kamyan HatYai Massage   https://line.me/ti/p/lL62VopRFv  -> does not have a presence on Twitter

I then also employed the services of 3 different local tour companions that I found in Twitter and Hornet - in case you need more information.