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Russians threaten horror strikes on Europe in revenge for Iran - 'Trump untied our hands' It comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences over the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2176868/russia-threatens-horror-strikes-europe

Good advice Maracroni21 - thanks

Thanks for the mention. Here's the review from a year ago: https://shamelessmacktwo.travel.blog/2025/05/18/down-in-the-crypt/ in case others are interested. Once inside the massage room, the night market feels very far away. There was no noise at all. Was that your observation too?

@Tomontheroad Consider Prestige -- another place where you're likely to get a good massage plus some non-penetrative fun. I say "likely" because my understanding is that Prestige does not have an in-house trainer (at least not on a regular basis) and the boys I've met had received their training elsewhere before joining Prestige, so it can happen that a few of them are not as good as one would expect. The places on Silom Soi 6 (see exceptions further down) are also good bets; I have generally been satisfied with the standard of massage, and as far as I can recall, all my visits to the these places had extras added on. However, it always involves in-room negotiation re the rates. Some members here dislike having to negotiate. However, there are two exceptions with Silom Soi 6. One is Prime - no chance of extras. The other is 9-teen. In my one and only visit, extras were offered but I declined. The massage was not great either.

Could you tell us something about the traffic situation around your hotel in Petchaburi Road? Few members of this forum stay there and so we have very little information in this regard. The one time I went to a hotel in the area (perhaps 20 years ago) was to meet a friend for dinner; he was staying there. And I found the traffic to be very frustrating. I often stay in hotels along the Sukhumvit stretch, and the traffic is intolerable too. Grab drivers don't want to be around this area, so it's a bummer. Fortunately, there is the BTS line running the length of Sukhumvit Road and there is the interchange with the MRT line at Asok/Sukhumvit. However. the Petchaburi Road area has no rail transport (unless you're close enough to Makkasan and Petchaburi stations). Has it been a problem getting from your hotel to the fun places?

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Ohh no, I would never confuse Iran with the US or the genocidal Israeli regime. I think they are far worse. Do we really want to talk about the killing of the native Americans, the treatment of the Black slaves, the killing and brutality towards Blacks and immigrants today, the possibly hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have been murdered or displaced? I regularly speak to Iranians, currently and consistently, not "a few years ago". Many of the young ones study in my country and live in apartments and houses that I rent out. I often take my tenants and lodgers out for a meal and none of them have vilified their leadership as you have described. Just last week I held an iftar feast for all my tenants at a local hotel, some fifty of them, Muslim and non-Muslim, and most of the Iranian students were worried for their families and friends back home if the US and the genocidal Israeli regime were to attack. None said they they wanted an intervention by the US or its Zionist butt buddy. My whatsapp has been buzzing non-stop in the last 24 hours as the Iranian students seek a big brother to vent their worries and a shoulder to cry on. I try to do what I can but I've also engaged a mental health counsellor for them at my expense. As it is, quite a few of them are already prone to PTSD as a result of years of sanctions imposed by the US at the behest of the genocidal Israeli regime. I've also been to Iran several times and stayed in the houses of Iranians who are great friends of mine. A beautiful country - second only to Turkiye in my opinion - and a very hospitable people. Sure, there's some discontentment here and there but none have expressed the absolute hatred of their government as you've described. They feel change, if any, should come from within and in their own time and way. Incidentally, political and government leaders everywhere tend to live in affluent areas and upmarket housing. Do Thai politicians live in the slums of Klong Toey; do British MPs live in council flats? I think colonials need to remove their pith helmets and get rid of that misguided and misplaced saviour mentality. It didn't work 200 years ago; it's not going to work now.

Fair point. To be clear, I’m not saying flying backwards was definitely the cause. It was just a thought after the fact, trying to explain an experience I’ve never had before. I’ve flown lie-flat business class many times and never had this issue. This was the first time I simply couldn’t find a relaxed position at all, no matter how I adjusted the seat. Whether that was the rear-facing layout, the specific seat design, or a combination of things, I honestly don’t know.

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That is highly unlikely. My guide for two weeks had a hooker in every city we visited. He said that anything is possible in Iran as long as you are discrete about it. The way it was perfectly obvious that sanctions were being broken seemed to bear that out. To be fair, he personally did not know any gay men but he said there were quite a number known to his friends. In addition to being a nation of people intensely proud of their history and culture, I think we should also remember that people in Iran have no love for America. They cannot forgive the USA for the way it joined forces with the British to get rid of the duly elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953 and replace him with the undemocratic Shah. They then hated the USA for the way it assisted the Shah in his reign of terror with massive aounts of arms and cash, one reason for their welcoming Khomeini back in his place. And they then hated the USA for explicitly siding with Saddam Hussein in the vicious 8-year Iraq/Iran war when iraq used chemical weapons. One subject I did not bring up when I spoke to ordinary Iranians was Israel and therefore have no contribution on that matter.

that was worth saying a second time !!!!

If you're a fan of the Islamic regime in Iran, you are really in the wrong place here. You can get the death penalty there for gay sex.

I do not know who is in those photos - and I do not rule out that they are photoshopped or dredged up from previous national outpourings of joy. Have you actually spokne to any Iranians. Having spent two weeks in Iran only a few years ago, everyone I spoke to hated - absolutely hated - the leadership. Everyone knew they were massively corrupt - as you could tell from the up-market expensive housing in part of Teheran reserved for senior leaders, their acolytes and the Iranian Guard. You can certainly start with the evils perpetrated by Trump and Netanyahu if you wish, but do not confuse Iran with the USA and Israel. There will be rejoicing in many milions of households even though they may not be able yet to show it. I agree entirely about iran being a long-established and massively proud nation. But once the loathed Iranian Revolutionary Guard is out of the way - assuming that actually happens - then you will see real rejoicing.

I hope a Iran will have a strong leader who will pull the country together and stand up against the US and the genocidal Israeli regime and their illegal acts of aggression.

Trump is corrupt. That doesn't make the 'supreme leader' any less of a monster. Thousands, maybe tens of thousands, of protesters have been murdered by the regime. Not that bombing will help. A new 'supreme leader' will arise in time and the cycle will repeat.

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Hi Ravenflock - thanks for the detailed reports. To all "experts" I'm in a similar position in the sense that I know Bangkok fairly well, but not the massage scene. I go to the saunas where I sometimes meet a guy (increasingly rare as I get older, but that's to be expected) and I sometimes meet guys on apps too, but I'm new to the commercial side of things. I do like good massage though, and I figured it would be good to combine masasge and fun. What has stopped me up to now is the feeling / assumption that guys in a "proper" massage shop who give quality, trained massages are unlikly to play around and the ones in the sex-oriented places don't really know how to give a good massage. I'm beginning to think that there is indeed a good middle ground where I can find both. I'm not looking for "H-Type / inside" places, but ideally somewhere that I can choose a guy that I fancy and be pretty sure that I'll get a quality masage and the offer / expectation of a handjob to finish. I presume that the full-service places (H) price their tip expectations higher, but it's not really what I'm looking for anyway. I went to S-sense a few years ago for a proper masasge and that finished "happily". Any other suggestions, ideally near Silom? What about the various places on Silom 6?

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No. Here are some of the most recent pictures of Iranians in Teheran and Isfahan coming out to mourn the murder of the Ayatollah, the Imam Khameini, in contrast to the fake clips produced by the Zionist-Trump propaganda machine of a few Middle Eastern-looking men and women coming out on the streets to celebrate "Iran's" so-called freedom. These are a proud, strong, intelligent people who have roots in the land and a civilisation dating back to 4000-3000 BC, not some white imports from Europe claiming some kind of mythical ownership in the last 75 years. Moreover, Israel uses it's biggest proxy, the US, to fight her wars on her behalf. Most of Iran's retaliatory actions have been against American bases in the region. Meanwhile it has been reported that Israel dropped bombs on a school in Iran, instantly killing at least 85 people, most of whom were women and schoolgirls. Typical, isn't it, they always kill the children first. And if you want to talk about tyranny and corruption, why not start with Trump and his master and butt buddy Netanyahu.

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"we are talking whole hell of river as Phnom Penh in in confluence of Tonle Sap river and mighty Mekong." Not as mighty as it was, due to several dams upstream. This is causing serious issues with water levels in Tonle Sap. Less water, fewer fish, etc.

I have often booked the backward facing Club seats with BA, the 'old' yin and yang seats that are still around, on the A380, for example. I choose the last seat in the cabin, as that means I can get up, go to the loo, etc, without having to clamber over the pax in the next seat. I like to have a window. I have never found any problem with that seat. I don’t understand the comment about acceleration, etc; for 95% of the time, you are in the cruise, at a constant speed.

This could impact on flights transiting through the Gulf for a while. I see the well known Youtuber GabrielTraveler was caught out and is now stuck in Qatar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krw66qLUoD0