Losing it slowly , one day at the time . Summer trip to Thailand and Cambodia in July 2026

[BangkokDreamer]

On 8/15/2026 at 7:50 PM, spoon said:

The actual name is Wat Phuttha Prommayan (Mirror Temple) and Wat Saman Rattanaram (pink reclining ganesha). We saw few more temples and statues along the road that might be worth a visit if time permits.

I saw this pink reclining Ganesha in a video recently. Did you talk to the mouse? 

[vinapu]

7 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

You didn't march?

no time, remember I had 20 few minutes to walk to the ferry , take ferry and walk to the station. It requred considerably speed as well as dose of luck i.e. ferry departing right away. 

[jason1975]

19 hours ago, vinapu said:

Selection on the stage today was  better than previous 2 visits. What I noticed there was quite tall twink , never seen before who clearly was paying attention to my presence with smiles and gestures.

 I’m not in skinny twink hunting territory  but when show started and he positioned himself in audience in place  where he could continue his adoration  having clear sight of me I said to myself that my heart is not made from stone and called him over for drink.  It did not take long to seal LT deal for tonight and soon after. Soon whole pack  with their respective companion moved to Foodland  for a supper together and then we dispersed to our hotels. In the room boy, lets call him DM did good job proving he was right choice . so right that in the morning I upped his agreed tip and even suggested he can come at 6 pm for more  but he had some other  arrangements and declined.

More guys probably because it was a Saturday night. But I expected to see a few more Vietnamese guys. Unfortunately, two went back home while one had an early customer.

[vinapu]

2 minutes ago, jason1975 said:

More guys probably because it was a Saturday night. But I expected to see a few more Vietnamese guys. Unfortunately, two went back home while one had an early customer.

as I always say I need one bar and one boy from it and this is exactly what happened

[vinapu]

Day 9

 After he left   I went to Foodland to say my good byes to Jason who is flying home at noon today.

Thank you my friend for making an effort to join us in Bangkok over weekend !

Rest of morning spent  resting in the room . At 2 pm I decided to try Loveboy massage in Saphan Kwai area so took BTS there. I had boy in mind but unfortunately he was available only  after 6 pm when I had another plan already . There were few boys on the display but none really made my heart beat faster so I returned to Foodland Patpong to console myself with chicken rice soup for 62 baht.

Funny thing about Loveboy, I have good, experienced friend who swears by them and says he is almost never disappointed. I wonder what I’m doing wrong because  for the hell of me I seriously can’t say the same. My last 5 visits there it was always some disappointing component. But I trust his judgment so will keep trying in the future as long as it be that future, lol.

At Foodland spoon joined me for gossip, err.. exchanging current information. After that I decided to go to Senso as last few trips I missed them. It was around 4 pm, few handsome and well built guys there as usual , Also as usual I picked one with broadest smile directed at me  and off we went for 1 hr. massage. Boy was very nice , massage was quite energetic but I guess we lacked chemistry  or he read me wrongly.

Anyways in 50 minutes  it was over, we showered together and downstairs I paid all included price of 3100 ( 1.5 hr costs 3600 ) . Despite overall good impression,  I left having my doubts if my money were really spent that wisely on that adventure. Definitely in the past I had better walk out of the place although  while typing this I realized it was Sunday and in  quite a few shops and also bars , Sunday is not a best day to indulge in carnal pleasures.

 At 8pm. To Midnight bar where P made me playing with him in some board game I had no idea what rules are so he bit me severely few rounds and then in bout of mercy suggested we stop. But got his drink and tip so all good. Spoon and YT messaged me they are dining in some Chinese place  across the street from East Planet hotel so I rushed there to treat myself with their version of my signature dish – duck leg. That boasted my fragile ego as while tasty , they did not beat me to it.

 Next stop – Hot Male. Just spoon and me as YT went to hunt somewhere else . Only 3-4 customers but they still made a show for us. Why they are so empty I will never understand as I find their guys quite attractive and bar friendly. I was nicely surprised that one of boys , veteran of 2 if not 3 offs looks much more manly than before. He told me he is going to gym daily and it really showed.

Then we moved to Big Boys arriving exactly when show started . quite progressive one it needs to be said. More than dozen spectators , at least half of that ladies , some with their boy , some with girl and at least 2 alone. None seemed shy at all when boys were trying to present their assets up close.

Tae  almost immediately came to claim his tip and asked for drink but I skipped drink part. Tawan heritage shows there as buys are equally pushy asking for drinks and tips. This time  I hole my line or rather pocket but  gave tip to quite attractive twink , new there , at least for me. Vey cute.

At midnight we walked over to Good Boys quite crowded but they found us a seats , soon YT and his guy joined us there,   I fast claimed  FuBoy from day 3 as with such crowd it was better to be decisive.  Spoon did not waste time either .

After watching a show for a while  we moved to World Famous Unesco acclaimed Foodland , each of us with boy. Sonn our 3 tables were not enough as 2 Banana boys , one of them veteran my few offs  came to reastaurant    and we wasted no time to invite them to join us. Quite jolly and boisterous affair that late Sunday supper. We had really good time and for good reason.  Tomorrow  spoon and YT are going home and I’m flying to Phnom Penh.

Then we went to our hotels, FuBoy did one of best deals on his life or at least of  the week as really most or our time together I was asleep but when I was not it was quite energetic and fun filled affair as usual with him.

At 6.30 he claimed to be hungry so we went for a breakfast as first clients of the day and then he went his way and I started packing        

 

[vinapu]

    

Day 10

Not that I had much to pack.

 At 8.30 I was on BTS already on my way to Swampy.

At some point of yesterday I did two important tasks – called on Line  boy D with news of my arrival today and  filled Cambodian e-arrival report. This time I did not apply for visa in advance, rather decided to do it on arrival there. Reason was very technical. When applying for  e-visa at home  and uploading scan of my passport , their system  wrongly recognized my country of birth. I tried 3 times with the same result.  There was no option to correct  that wrong reading so I did not want any trouble and abandoned process.

D was quite surprised I’m coming but  sounded very happy as well. Promised to let him know when I settle in the hotel.

Considering  bit hostility between Thailand and Cambodia at the moment  I was surprised plane was positively full.

Whole  thing weas uneventful, getting visa on arrival was breeze , just slide od passport through machine  done by one guy , next one cashed mu 30$   fee and third guy have me back my passport along with  piece of paper  stating that’s visa. No photo, no stamp in passport.   I declined several offers to take me to the city for 10$ and opted for an airport bus. 1500 riels fee , no change provided so you must have exact change . In about 50 minutes I alighted in front of  train station and from there took tuk-tuk to my hotel Lavanya  on street 136.

I  booked corner suite room but it was not what I was given , since it’s only 1 night and receptionist was handsome I decided not to create any fuss about it. Called D I’m in the room and asked him to came in 2 hrs. I meantime I went to eat something as well as exchange some money. I prefer to deal in riels when comes to small purchases  , saving dollars for bigger ticket items . During my walk I got caught by the storm and heavy rain with wind strong enough to destroy my umbrella so arrived in hotel pretty soaked. To my surprise D was already waiting for me in the lobby  so off we went  upstairs to celebrate reunion.  He suggested tomorrow we make trip to old Cambodian capital UDONG , about 1 hr drive from  capital. I enthusiastically  endorsed idea.

 For tonight  I proposed we go to Space Bar , surprisingly he never heard about that bar  but agreed. So around 11 pm. We walked there . It was not busy , only 3 other clients and total of 5 boys . My midnight only boys and two of us left and , oiled by few rounds of drinks I purchased we had tons of quite progressive fun. D clearly liked it and so did I.

 Hearing about Udong trip three of boys expressed an interest in joining us  and D agreed . At 1.30 am I tipped boys modestly and we walked to hotel to continue  peruse stamps from collection.

[a-447]

6 hours ago, vinapu said:

.... , oiled by few rounds of drinks I purchased we had tons of quite progressive fun. D clearly liked it and so did I.

 

When you say 'progressive fun', do you mean a bit of hands-on action?

Were the guys at Space Bar as attractive as usual? If so, I might make a quick trip up to PP to check them out.

Also, in your day 9 report, you said that 'there were few boys'. To be clear, did you mean 'there were A few boys' or just 'few boys'? There's a big difference.

[jason1975]

10 hours ago, vinapu said:

Day 9

 After he left   I went to Foodland to say my good byes to Jason who is flying home at noon today.

Thank you my friend for making an effort to join us in Bangkok over weekend !

Always a pleasure to meet you! One of my most enjoyable weekend trips thanks to you and Spoon! You guys have no shame!

 

[jason1975]

10 hours ago, vinapu said:

Next stop – Hot Male. Just spoon and me as YT went to hunt somewhere else . Only 3-4 customers but they still made a show for us. Why they are so empty I will never understand as I find their guys quite attractive and bar friendly. I was nicely surprised that one of boys , veteran of 2 if not 3 offs looks much more manly than before. He told me he is going to gym daily and it really showed.

I agree that the guys at Hot Male are very off-able. My theory for the continual lack of customers is its name.

Instead of Hot Male, it should change its name to Hot Boy!

All the other successful bars have the word Boy in them - Freshboy, Dreamboy and Good Boy (formerly Screw Boy).

[jason1975]

10 hours ago, vinapu said:

Then we moved to Big Boys arriving exactly when show started . quite progressive one it needs to be said. More than dozen spectators , at least half of that ladies , some with their boy , some with girl and at least 2 alone. None seemed shy at all when boys were trying to present their assets up close.

Tae  almost immediately came to claim his tip and asked for drink but I skipped drink part. Tawan heritage shows there as buys are equally pushy asking for drinks and tips. This time  I hole my line or rather pocket but  gave tip to quite attractive twink , new there , at least for me. Vey cute.

I am glad that there are customers at Big Boys but I do feel they go there just to watch the show rather than off the guys. Unlikely that they would buy the guys drinks or even tip them.

The fact that there are so many lady customers could be because they were convinced by touts outside Patpong market to watch a big cock show - in much the same way as touts approach straight customers to watch a ping pong show at the gogo girl bars.

By the way, how many guys were there on stage? I went earlier this year and there were not more than 5 guys. That's why I didn't go back there again especially after they changed system to ticket payment in advance at the door.

[jason1975]

10 hours ago, vinapu said:

At midnight we walked over to Good Boys quite crowded but they found us a seats , soon YT and his guy joined us there,   I fast claimed  FuBoy from day 3 as with such crowd it was better to be decisive.  Spoon did not waste time either .

After watching a show for a while  we moved to World Famous Unesco acclaimed Foodland , each of us with boy. Sonn our 3 tables were not enough as 2 Banana boys , one of them veteran my few offs  came to reastaurant    and we wasted no time to invite them to join us. Quite jolly and boisterous affair that late Sunday supper. We had really good time and for good reason.  Tomorrow  spoon and YT are going home and I’m flying to Phnom Penh.

Then we went to our hotels, FuBoy did one of best deals on his life or at least of  the week as really most or our time together I was asleep but when I was not it was quite energetic and fun filled affair as usual with him.

At 6.30 he claimed to be hungry so we went for a breakfast as first clients of the day and then he went his way and I started packing

Very generous of you to invite the two Banana Bar guys for supper. I do the same when I spot familiar looking guys walking past Foodland when I have supper. Of course, for me, the guys are always Vietnamese! Hehe.

You were quick to off FuBoy at Good Boy. If you didn't off him, spoon would probably have offed him! I like his fun personality and good service. I offed him one in the past. But he's a bit too loud for me. I prefer his younger brother who's soft-spoken and polite. And he plays chess as well!

[vinapu]

4 hours ago, a-447 said:

 

 

When you say 'progressive fun', do you mean a bit of hands-on action?

Were the guys at Space Bar as attractive as usual? If so, I might make a quick trip up to PP to check them out.

Also, in your day 9 report, you said that 'there were few boys'. To be clear, did you mean 'there were A few boys' or just 'few boys'? There's a big difference.

Indeed , it's what I mean, bit of hands-on.  

If guys weren't attractive would I  stay there till 1.30 , specially that I had a boy at hand ?

as big distinction between ' a few boys ' and just ' few boys' is not clear for me , can't answer  but what i can say there were 4 or 5 boys on duty and none of then caused my heart to beat faster , if that helps.

Of course it means nothing  as we all know our mileage may vary

[vinapu]

29 minutes ago, jason1975 said:

I am glad that there are customers at Big Boys but I do feel they go there just to watch the show rather than off the guys. Unlikely that they would buy the guys drinks or even tip them.

The fact that there are so many lady customers could be because they were convinced by touts outside Patpong market to watch a big cock show - in much the same way as touts approach straight customers to watch a ping pong show at the gogo girl bars.

By the way, how many guys were there on stage? I went earlier this year and there were not more than 5 guys. That's why I didn't go back there again especially after they changed system to ticket payment in advance at the door.

I agree with your assessment. Spectators seemed random  but needs to be said , they all soldiered on and kept watching. 

When guys presented their stuff for feel up close, there was not much hesitation to sample.  There were perhaps  5 guys on the stage including quite or rather very attractive twink.

I don't mind that up front payment system  - Jupiter  and Moonlight do the same , Tawan used to but agree for 1st timers it may not be attractive proposition. 

[vinapu]

54 minutes ago, jason1975 said:

 

You were quick to off FuBoy at Good Boy. If you didn't off him, spoon would probably have offed him! I like his fun personality and good service. I offed him one in the past. But he's a bit too loud for me. I prefer his younger brother who's soft-spoken and polite. And he plays chess as well!

believe me , we coordinated our offs with spoon carefully and with friendly manner so I  had kind of free hand to off FuBoy that night.

[spoon]

1 hour ago, jason1975 said:

You were quick to off FuBoy at Good Boy. If you didn't off him, spoon would probably have offed him!

Spoon didnt lol

46 minutes ago, vinapu said:

believe me , we coordinated our offs with spoon carefully and with friendly manner so I  had kind of free hand to off FuBoy that night.

We never like the same guy the same night lol

[jason1975]

15 minutes ago, spoon said:

We never like the same guy the same night lol

No wonder two of you are the best buddies!

[a-447]

2 hours ago, vinapu said:

as big distinction between ' a few boys ' and just ' few boys' is not clear for me , can't answer  

Here's the difference:

There were a few boys there, so I decided to stay. (Positive connotation)

There were few boys there so I gave up and went back to the hotel. (Negative connotation)

Not that anyone needs to teach you English! It's close to perfect! Like Christianpfc.

[jimmie50]

5 hours ago, vinapu said:

I don't mind that up front payment system  - Jupiter  and Moonlight do the same

Big Boys was not doing the advance ticket sales when I visited back in April/May.  Had they instituted that system back then I probably would not have visited.  As you said, we are all different, but I find the advance ticket sales very off-putting.  That is why I have only visited Jupiter and Moonlight a couple of times compared to the other bars.  I just don't care for that.  I have yet to visit Tawan, to be honest.  I believe on my first trip to explore they were closed or in some form of reincarnation.  I am not into muscle at all, so it usually does not come to mind as a place to visit when I am trying to decide my evening activities.  lol.  

[vinapu]

7 hours ago, jimmie50 said:

 I have yet to visit Tawan, to be honest.  I believe on my first trip to explore they were closed or in some form of reincarnation.  I am not into muscle at all, so it usually does not come to mind as a place to visit when I am trying to decide my evening activities.  lol.  

quite recent conversation with my sister's son-in-law came to my mind.

Him : " I don't like Paris "

Me : " oh, I didn't know you went to Paris "

Him :  "I did not,  but I don't like it anyways "

[vinapu]

Day 11

At 10 am D decided to go home to refresh and promised to be back at 11. 50 with car, like he expressed “  he has access to”. I in meantime packed up as upon return I will be switching to Sun and Moon hotel  , right beside Space Hair Bar. Indeed  on the dot D arrived , I took my luggage and we went to Space bar to pick up our companions who were ready . D told me he contacted them already earlier about timing

Nice 1 hr drive and there , being 1 p.m. boys  decided to have a lunch. Boys decided , farang paid as directed for various super exotic goodies on the local market, ants in some sirup, bees larvae in honey comb , you name it . There was even something palatable for me , we found some place to spread out with all those goodies , lady brought some drinks  and it was quite fun to see what they eat and how. It needs to be said  that  even if there was 4 of them they did not forgot about me and tried to keep me in the loop of their conversation so I did not feel left out. 

  After the feast off we went to do some sightseeing. Sights are several stupas on small mountain range. Of course they expressed concern if I will be able to scale such a mountain  . I  just played stupid and let them have  it and soon they learned that old troll walks up quite well. On top it was them who suggested  we take a rest , not me , lol.  Not as monumental like Angkor but nevertheless quite interesting monuments in nice , mountain setting.  Views of countryside  were vast and panoramic all the way to distant but still visible capital.

Timing was perfect as when we  done and ready to go, light rain started. On the way back I tipped all three boys  for bearing with me.  Judging by reaction they did not expect it so we both were pleased.

We left guys at Space Bar and  D suggested we visit Aeon Mall because he wants to show me something. I know what it will be as he mentioned it  when we were parting ways in January but I played stupid which was not particularly difficult. 

Something was of course MY Burberry perfume. He even modestly suggested that he has 10 % discount in that store so if I will be kind to buy those for him I can save  that sum. Ever rude I remarked that if I don’t buy I will save whole 100 % , not just 10 % but at the same breath I said ‘Ok , which one you want ? “  as there were 3 , each bit different. Squeak of happiness was what followed and  soon he was proud bearer of  such useless thing. But what do I know. He deserved it as it needs to be admitted he is trying hard to make sure I’m happy.

Then we went to some pizza place and there he got a phone call , face changed and I knew something is not right. It was cousin or sister calling that mother , who is in hospital , is not feeling well and if he wants to see her still alive he better  rushes up ASAP, the latest tomorrow morning .

 We came to Sun and Moon and  checked in  but  in the room  it was obvious neither of us is in the mood  for anything steamy so he got his tip for  our time together and I let him go.

I was surprised  by room at hotel because based on picture I suspected it will be small while in reality it was room of

size !   Thank you Enchanted Elixir for recommending me that hotel.

At 10pm I went down to Space bar . In contrast with yesterday it was quite busy and almost full.

There was some local who seemed fun  but I was warned by one of guys to be careful as apparently as he gets more drunk he tends to lose control  and soon indeed he slammed  his fist against the table , fortunately guys he was with hauled him to  tuk-tuk outside , disarming situation.  Reminds us that both working in bar and patronizing it is  not always such appealing option .

 I left at 2.30 , not that I had long way to the room. At 3 I was expecting Grindr guest who indeed showed on time , even calling me  15 minutes earlier that he is on the way.

 

 

[vinapu]

Few pics from our trip to Udong.

 

[vinapu]

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