Trip Report (January 2026)

[ichigo]

11 hours ago, Enchanted_Elixir said:

It was a pleasure to meet you during your trip. I completely agree that the guy from Hotmale is a gem 🙂 

He really is a gem  Hope to see you next time!

[ichigo]

2 hours ago, hank75 said:

I can’t remember from my only stay years ago, do you get a view of IconSiam or any thing nice? 

Yes you can see IconSiam and lots of river traffic. Even more interesting at night when the party boats go past, and the small boats that belong to the Peninsula are super cute when lit up.

 

 

[jason1975]

14 minutes ago, ichigo said:

He really is a gem  Hope to see you next time!

Who is he? I am curious to know! Haha

[vinapu]

I'm glad our trips overlapped for few days and thank you for soldiering on while unwell and keeping forum members company during few meetups we had and karaoke Jason put together. 

If it's any consolation, in act of solidarity, I also got sick in Vietnam where I'm now. Still able to move around as it's not severe but no boy business other than checking 2 massage places in DaNang for the same reason you mentioned - don't want boys to get sick. And no, I did not picked it up from you, it was my own idiocy of attacking too fast very cold can of beer on very hot day. Hope we don't need to wait another year to meet again. 

[vinapu]

1 hour ago, jason1975 said:

Who is he? I am curious to know! Haha

Guy from Hotmale I guess. 

[mauRICE]

Is Hotmale still owned by the same group which owns Moonlight, the karaoke bar below it and a Thai restaurant nearby? It was when I spoke to one of the co-owners way back in 2019.  He was a young-ish, pleasant looking guy with a nice demeanour and we would sit and chat on the Hotmale terrace till late; I remember a staff member from Moonlight would drop in with the night's cash takings after closing which amounted to hundreds of thousands then.