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Just yesterday, Trump fell asleep in his own war briefing and hallucinated a conversation with a Sharpie executive. The man is a disaster who needs to go. Iran was never as big a threat to the US that Trump is.

As I'm an avgeek (aviation geek, someone who is planes, airports, and everything around it) I tend to choose an unusual route/airline/aircraft type that I haven't flown before. Usually I'm not picking the most convenient, but the most fun route, at least according to my standards. Over the past years, I particularly liked flying with Saudia as they offer a really good product for a decent price, transiting at both Riyadh and Jeddah is convenient, and they did have some nice beefy flight attendants 😋. Kuwait Airways was also a good choice for getting from Europe to Asia, and within Asia I like Vietnam Airlines a lot. On transatlantic routes I don't have a clear favorite. Price is always a factor too unfortunately, but as I hardly ever take nonstop flights and I'm very open to try out all kinds of connections, I usually find something suitable within my budget.

Sadly, the crowds were overestimated, only about 8 million attended while it was estimated that between 10 -12 million would.... With that said, 8 million people represents only 2.339 % of the total 342 million American population. That is hardly a ground swell of dissent, and certainly not enough to make Trump & Co shake in their boots...... In fact the crowds telling him "that he CANT" only fuel him to SHOW them that "HE CAN"..... Now I am not saying we shouldnt protest, but I believe there is too much optimism in the effect of these protest.... and Dems shouldnt become to overconfident that they will defeat Trump in the Mids.... The only thing that will STOP Trump is a legal system telling him NO, with JAILS showing him NO ! Otherwise this is all "moot".... and its all just Noise. At this point even courts telling him NO have no affect or accountability, as Trump and his crew IGNORE any court order offering citizens any justice. Trump is a Different type of Criminal and therefore has to be dealt with in Different ways ! This is no longer a typical Television episode of Law & Order......

Why not get a unit on the same side as Jomtien Complex then such as in View Talay 5 or View Talay 7 and use the designated pedestrian crossings to get to the other side? I stayed in a studio unit at View Talay 5 a few years ago and liked it very much. It was on the eighth floor, had a lovely sea view and a nice breeze blowing in.

I am first category because I feel the guys I meet deserve it! 🥳

since we don't have much in terms of your trip reports I don't know how and if at all you are practicing what you are preaching. I did not comment about your experiences with your Thai friends. I just pointed out that you issue quite belligerent judgement about poster you never met and basically you don't know. It's akin to those who are hectoring about bars while claiming in 2nd breath not visiting any in last decade. as for thread subject , when comes to tips there are 4 categories of posters : those who tip generously those who economize on tips as much as they can those who say they tip generously while in fact they are stingy and those who pretend to be Cheap Charlies while on ground they quite lavish tippers. And of course there are virgins who are extolling virtues of sex and their brothers, who preach chastity, while fucking everything that moves.

@Keithambrose has taken a vow of silence. He tried for chastity but the nuns simply laughed him off. 😅

It's middle of afternoon now, boring part of a day, sitting in coffee shop, reading news. So, I checked out of my very private, very private entry apartment, except guests not allowed. Looked around at Booking for full apartments, not all that many around Sheraton Rd, and the ones that are listed have insanely low recommendation numbers, like 3 out of 10, few are 1 out of 10, that's quite a feat in itself, you got to really make an effort to get scores this low. Guest descriptions often say that apartment is nowhere near where its listed location, some have no windows. Booked a hotel just off main road, less than a km. Cheap, and seem dead empty, but it was around 11am, so who knows. Now a good thing, reception only 1 guy, no English, took him about 5 minutes to make copy of a passport. That's good signs, it doesn't look like major tourist hotel. There was one other guy, he stepped out of corridor and receptionist tells him something in Arabic, but receptionist gave the room key to me, so what's the need for a bell boy? Turned out, he was needed to grab a towel and walk up with me to the third floor. This bellboy, towel boy, around 30 maybe, super handsome and he kept smiling. In the room he took his time to demonstrate how the lights switches work, all with a great smile. I tipped him 40 local money, 70 cents US, he seemed happy. He started to walk out, I said something to get his attention and slapped my hand on the bed, I was sitting in the bed. His smile got even wider. And he sort of stopped, but did not sit next to me. So I slapped the bed again, and made a hand gesture, come sit. Before all this he hardly spoke, I don't think he speaks much English. But to my slapping the bed 'mating call' he said one word - later. So I'm hopeful. Walked out, weather is on a hot side, took a inDrive motorbike to Cornish, the public beach area, about 4 km, price 57 cents US, 30 EGP. It's insane how cheap it can be here. Walked next to the beach, sat outside in the shade, opened Grind. About 30 messages, mostly no user pic whatsoever, replied a few, out of boredom. This one guy replies back, sends expiring photos, super handsome, swimmer built, says age is 20. He wants $30. I said can do $20, he agrees immediately. But the strangest part, he says he can host. They can almost never host here, same in Morocco, nobody lives alone. He sends coordinates, I click inDrive, I'm there in 6 minutes. I text him that I'm outside, he says he will be right there. And he did, pics are his, the only thing that struck immediately, he looks younger than on the pics. Another thing, his English was very good, all replies at Grind within half a minutes, certainly no Google translate, many use ggl translate. His English in person very good, too good. He needs cigarettes. Normal enough, they never have cigarettes. We walk to corner shop, LM are 100 EGP, $2 for pack of 20. All is good, and then he starts chatting with shop keeper, guy maybe 35-40. I pay with 200 local bill, he needs to give me chance, 100, but he hesitates. I put my hand forward, and he gives me 100. Then my young Grind friend tells me, give him tip, give him 100. Now, this is not normal. I put my 100 in the pocket and slowly walk away, back towards the street corner where we had just met. The guy is not following me, I look back, don't see him, first thought was, he just needed cigarettes and never intended to do anything else. But no, minute later he was running to catch up with me. We stopped at the corner and I asked, how old are you. 20, he says. Thing is, he looked younger. Arab guys age quickly, 20 yr old can easily look 30. But this guy looked way too young. I ask ID, just plainly like that, be it rude or not. He doesn't have it, but he has it in his home, lets go in and he will show me. I said no, bring it, because I'm not going to enter a residence with someone who can easily be under 18. Trick is, they lock the door, try to extort money, they declare that they are not of age. Certainly not a pleasant situation, I imagine, it has never happened to me, but there are reports online about this sort of scam. The way out is to sit down and say, ok, call the police. They won't. But there is some chance that they work with police, and if that's the case you are fucked. Paying your way out can be expensive, I believe. So I walked away. He started texting furiously, but he never called out in the street, although this street was very quiet. I blocked him. Now, how does someone like he have a place of his own? At 20. It is highly unusual. Why is his English so good, nearly fluent? Everything about him seemed off. It 2pm now and the day has barely started. Not sure how to find a private apartment here, will start looking now.

This is the McDonald's, streets are quiet in the morning. The benches are running along this side of Sheraton Rd for few hundred meters, in the evening and at night very busy, a guys, all about 25 - 30 age. You can simply sit down, some of them say hello, most will ask for a cigarette. These guys seem to be hustlers, they are smooth talkers, they certainly know I want. There are not many white guys wondering around alone. Last night one guy I spoke to asked 3000 EGP lol, that's around $60. So you politely end the conversation, no point negotiating when this guy's negotiation start in Stratosphere. The going rate seems to be 600 EGP, one guy asked 400 last night, $7. He was slightly chubby but I like skinny. These benches are good place to hang out at night, this whole area is busy. Thank you, Connor2025 for your Hurghada post from last year, very helpful.

I went to one, I felt bad because i haggled it to half the price he quoted, and he was so much nicer than i thought, and i enjoyed him but i only brought that much cash on me.

idk how to make a move. but i’m planning for my next trip

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Perhaps he can get some additional tips while he is there!

Be careful or I might start to write you angry DMs 😉

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That was subtle.

And how did that go?

Hiring him for your pool party sounds like the better idea. If it goes well, then tip him the $100 you mentioned above. 🪄 🎩 🐇

G's Pattaya outlet isn't open yet and is in Pratamnak, I believe, not Jomtien Complex. The pic you took could be of the new restaurant that @BjornAgainmentioned was going to open on April 1st.

And I'm much cheaper...with old fashioned service !

I thought they don't open till 4pm?

@olddaddy is always available....

Do you know @Riobard