I just arrived for 9 days. It should have been ten but my plane was late at Doha and Qatar Air added an 18 hour delay - with a hotel and meals but that wasn't the plan. I see the atm fee at TTB bank has gone up to 350 baht. Is that now the same at all Thai atm's?

On the plus side I discovered that, though Grindr in UK only offers me a free week then £9.99 a week -so no monthly packages - that I can get 3 months for £30 here. I wasn't going to pay £43 plus a month but £10 a month seems more doable. 

2 hours ago, zoomomancs said:

 

 then £9.99 a week -so no monthly packages - that I can get 3 months for £30 here. 

check your math or spelling ,  10 pounds a week for 3 months would be 120 -130, no ?

58 minutes ago, vinapu said:

check your math or spelling ,  10 pounds a week for 3 months would be 120 -130, no ?

Check your reading!

10 hours ago, vinapu said:

check your math or spelling ,  10 pounds a week for 3 months would be 120 -130, no ?

Sorry if it wasn't clear. In Thailand I have just paid £30 for a 3 months package of grindr xtra so I can see more men. In UK where I live no monthly package is offered to me. All that is offered to me in UK is a free week then £9.99 a week. That is £118.88 for the first 3 months and £129.87 for all the following three month periods. 

I managed a tour of Dragon Bar, Good Boys, Big Boys and Freshboys. Customers thin on the ground at all venues on a Wednesday night. Plenty of men available. Big Boys making some effort with a show though 1500 bt for a beer and cokes for 2 men I knew there seems on the strong side. 

10 hours ago, zoomomancs said:

I managed a tour of Dragon Bar, Good Boys, Big Boys and Freshboys. Customers thin on the ground at all venues on a Wednesday night. Plenty of men available. Big Boys making some effort with a show though 1500 bt for a beer and cokes for 2 men I knew there seems on the strong side. 

4 bars in one night! Wow!

And you visited Big Boy! That's unexpected! I thought you were a twink lover and you even bought drinks for 2 guys!

So how was Big Boys, please?

I got a recent message from a Thantawan Bar boy and he told me that one night there were no customers at his bar.

31 minutes ago, Kiwi306 said:

So how was Big Boys, please?

I got a recent message from a Thantawan Bar boy and he told me that one night there were no customers at his bar.

You mean because they were all at Big Boy?

Big Boys: some young men on stage, a big muscle man displaying his body, three men doing big cock show, two Vietnamese men I know who were displaced temporarily from the usual place they work, three women customers and me, quite a few people who appeared to be staff. I was charged 500 for drinks. I went to see the Vietnamese men.

Tonight I'm offing 2 Vietnamese men I know from Dreamboys to drink beer. Yes, I know a lot of Vietnamese men. Drinks at Freshboys now 450 for Songkran period. Customers increasing as we enter the Songkran orbit. I haven't yet seen a flowered shirt I want to buy.

17 minutes ago, zoomomancs said:

Tonight I'm offing 2 Vietnamese men I know from Dreamboys to drink beer. Yes, I know a lot of Vietnamese men. Drinks at Freshboys now 450 for Songkran period. Customers increasing as we enter the Songkran orbit. I haven't yet seen a flowered shirt I want to buy.

I probably know the two guys!

On 4/10/2026 at 7:47 PM, zoomomancs said:

Tonight I'm offing 2 Vietnamese men I know from Dreamboys to drink beer. Yes, I know a lot of Vietnamese men. Drinks at Freshboys now 450 for Songkran period. Customers increasing as we enter the Songkran orbit. I haven't yet seen a flowered shirt I want to buy.

I also took off a Myanmar man that night from Good Boy to take to the hotel so an expensive evening. I recall the days when I would think nothing of offing 3 men to take to dj station, and one of them to bed. But those 13,000bt nights are a bit strong for my finances these days. Today I did Songkran on Silom. My 600bt water gun didn't work so I had to go back to exchange it - which they actually did! Water guns are cheaper on Rama IV than on Silom. I am happy to see that there is far more control and health and safety on Silom for Songkran than there was 14 years ago.

Last night Good Boy was quiet initially and Freshboys jam packed. At 1am many customers arrived at Good Boy so I hope the lads did ok. For any of you thinking of applying to work at Dreamboys it has the great advantage that they don't charge you 500bt if you take a night off, so that's a bonus item. 

On 4/10/2026 at 8:47 PM, zoomomancs said:

I haven't yet seen a flowered shirt I want to buy.

Why not be true to yourself and buy a Hawaiian muumuu instead this year? It's very flattering to the mature farang figure. 😉

3 hours ago, mauRICE said:

Why not be true to yourself and buy a Hawaiian muumuu instead this year? It's very flattering to the mature farang figure. 😉

It sounds perfect for when my transgender self emerges - but that won't be this century: 'The muumuu was made of lightweight solid white cotton fabric and, in addition to being an undergarment, served Hawaiian women as a housedress, nightgown, and swimsuit'.

Drinks in Good Boy now 500 for Songkran, 450 in Freshboys. I took off a man from Good Boy who appears to speak at least 4 languages. My test for being over my jet lag is when I can still manage to count to ten in 5 languages but my abilities to do more are modest. 

 

 

 

 

 

7 hours ago, zoomomancs said:

Drinks in Good Boy now 500 for Songkran, 450 in Freshboys. I took off a man from Good Boy who appears to speak at least 4 languages. My test for being over my jet lag is when I can still manage to count to ten in 5 languages but my abilities to do more are modest. 

 

 

 

 

 

He speaks English, Thai, his home country language (Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos?) and the 4th language is Mandarin?

20 hours ago, zoomomancs said:

Last night Good Boy was quiet initially and Freshboys jam packed. At 1am many customers arrived at Good Boy so I hope the lads did ok.

Good Boy is the only bar that opens till 2:00am so customers at Freshboys and Dreamboys move over to Good Boy once those bars close at 1:00am.

20 hours ago, zoomomancs said:

I also took off a Myanmar man that night from Good Boy to take to the hotel so an expensive evening. I recall the days when I would think nothing of offing 3 men to take to dj station, and one of them to bed. But those 13,000bt nights are a bit strong for my finances these days. 

I end up spending 20k total on a karaoke night with 4 to 5 boys. But I only do it once a trip, typically towards the end of trip.

20 hours ago, zoomomancs said:

For any of you thinking of applying to work at Dreamboys it has the great advantage that they don't charge you 500bt if you take a night off, so that's a bonus item. 

Dreamboys seem to be flexible with its employees. I often see Dreamboys guys arriving casually after 9pm. But guys there get fewer offs compared to guys working at Freshboys. Unless the guy is a popular guy.

2 hours ago, jason1975 said:

He speaks English, Thai, his home country language (Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos?) and the 4th language is Mandarin?

His home is Laos but he spent time in Vietnam.

2 hours ago, jason1975 said:

Good Boy is the only bar that opens till 2:00am so customers at Freshboys and Dreamboys move over to Good Boy once those bars close at 1:00am.

Yes, Freshboys has been packed the last 2 nights so thus the rush into Good Boy at 1am.

2 hours ago, jason1975 said:

Good Boy is the only bar that opens till 2:00am so customers at Freshboys and Dreamboys move over to Good Boy once those bars close at 1:00am.

how they manage to  survive till 2 a.m. without a taking guy home earlier  already with all that opportunities is beyond me

9 minutes ago, vinapu said:

how they manage to  survive till 2 a.m. without a taking guy home earlier  already with all that opportunities is beyond me

Maybe the customers don't want to take anyone back. They just want to be in presence of boys.

3 minutes ago, jason1975 said:

Maybe the customers don't want to take anyone back. They just want to be in presence of boys.

agree,  makes sense although not for me , at least since I become lesbian

On 4/12/2026 at 7:35 PM, zoomomancs said:

For any of you thinking of applying to work at Dreamboys it has the great advantage that they don't charge you 500bt if you take a night off, so that's a bonus item.

@vinapu this is good to keep in mind in case the massage side of things gets slow for you 😉