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My view, and it is only my view but based on what others have written here, is that any visit to Saranrom for cruising is now a waste of time. It is after all quite far from the centre and, again according to others, if there is activity there it starts quite late. One post mentioned 10:00 pm. I doubt if translation apps will be much use. There's plenty of cruising elsewhere in Bangkok and clearly a lot of activity on the apps. Just keep your gaydar working.

It makes sense now and I was assuming they would go with me to my hotel or apartment. But maybe I would be able to make some deal using translation apps then and pay a little bit more or in my case its nearly impossible to interact with them at all?

@ChristianPFC should give us an update on Saranrom. But please note it has been stated in several previous posts about Saranrom that the boys there do not speak English. So if you do not speak some Thai you are likely to have a problem. You also have to work out the local hotel and cost of room etc. With the fee being so low, I doubt if they would consider going to your hotel. As I understand it (and of course I may be wrong) they go to a local hotel in that area.

I was thinking to visit Saranrom at dark evening someday when I come to Thailand this december (will stay for 2 months this time) because I'm always reading @ChristianPFC vlogs or seen posts on boards. How easy or hard is to meet someone here if one speaks zero Thai? In my 4 previous trips for a couple of weaks I never been there, but it always been on my mind. I only met boys in bars but not on the street, also I don't have any idea how to ask random boy if he wants to discuss about stamp collection with me in my room .

You probably don't !

Some of the Thai guys on there have been using the same pics for many years!

Do they have a postal system?

But thanks to Pattaya, the dead live again!

Do you really think the Trump crime syndicate will use the shooting of two national guard as another distraction to blame on the Dems and take our minds off of his pedo protection policy and his handling of the Epstein files, and perhaps to salvage chances of avoiding another impeachment? That is so terribly cruel and offensive of the radical leftists to accuse the Dear Leader's team of such a thing. Just stop. Stop clutching your liberal pearls. We'll learn soon enough from the corporate media why the shooter chose his victims, unless his condition deteriorates, preventing investigators from connecting the dots.

A few degrees of warming doesn’t sound like much, but in the ocean it’s catastrophic — warmer water holds less oxygen, fuels massive algal blooms, and creates over 500 growing ‘dead zones’ where nothing can survive. Oceans absorb 90% of the excess heat we create, and even a 1–2°C rise collapses ecosystems. The Earth will eventually adapt and reset, but humans won’t. The planet isn’t dying — we are 🥺

I find this hard to believe..... I picture this scenario 😝

Ditto.

I wonder if the Thai men who advertise on Rentmen are just copying the asking price of providers in the US hoping this will be their accepted fee (being optimistic) but understanding that it probably won't happen (being realistic). Don't know, since I have never used Rentmen.

So terrible. Cannot believe this is the second year in a row they have had to endure such horrible conditions. Devastating.

I don't go around wearing a sign, but I certainly don't hide it, either. When I was in a long term relationship and events were held socially for school staff that included partners/spouses, I would go and take my boyfriend. I spent the first 30 years of my life hiding and once I came out there was no going back in that closet. People either accept me for who I am or it's their problem, not mine.

Oh, I usually just keep it to Myself, because if I dont spill the beans, they CANT tell..... What do'ya think ?

I am surprised that @ChristianPFC still visits the Saranrom area. Back in 2017 there was correspondence on this Board about Saranrom. One guest member said that @ChristianPFC had once been threatened with a knife there. @ChristianPFC pointed out that the poster had got it wrong, but there had been some form of altercation. He wrote on August 25 2017 - "I never had an encounter that involved a knife, or other weapon. That incident in Saranrom was bare hands/feet first, and later he picked up a piece of wood (?), that's when I decided to take the next taxi to get away." As was stated then, Saranrom was/is primarily a place for older Thais to meet younger Thais. Foreigners rarely visit now. As I said earlier AYOR.

Just wondering many of you I have met are straight acting So do you let anyone know your gay or you keep it to yourself? Work colleagues,family etc You can't always tell if someone is gay though even by their mannerisms ♀️ I was in hospital in 2019 having a kidney stone removed when I had a camp Filipino nurse , I swore he was gay until he introduced me to his Australian nurse wife !!!😮😮😮😮😮 She was a big girl so I'm thinking she was the "top" . I live in a gay area of Sydney so can walk around with my Filipino bf without second glances But I don't tell work colleagues I live with a boyfriend, I don't really tell anyone

To some degree I think that it is a question of terminology and cultural habits. The massage shop has their charge for the massage. The provider may or may not get paid something from that. The bar has an off fee. I do not think that the provider gets paid from the off fee. The payment to the provider is called a tip, but it is really the amount that the provider charges for his services. There is also this term, minimum tip. But that is also a misnomer as vinapu has explained in the past. The minimum tip is what the provider expects to be paid for his services. So the actual tip is whatever you decide to give above and beyond the amount that the provider charges for his services. You can give whatever you want, but in most contexts (restaurant, taxi, haircut, etc) a 20% tip would be a large tip. If you didn’t really care for the provider’s service, you pay the agreed upon provider service charge and move on. No tip necessary. Americans tip excessively. That is the cultural part of this. The first world vs third world dynamic also plays into this, particularly if you have a fondness for the provider. Some will give more money to the waiter, taxi driver, massage guy or escort, because they think that the provider could use the money and the client has the money to give.

I noticed on my last visit my favourite bar the Dragon lounge was closed down There was 2 cute Indian /Nepalese boys in there earlier this year Never did see anyone in there

You should go to Japan. I remember the first time I had fried green tea ice cream - or I suppose I should say tempura ice cream. It was delicious.

For a city that has some of the most crowded parts of our planet housed in a vast number of high rise buildings, major fires in Hong Kong have been relatively uncommon. Yesterday afternoon, though, a massive one broke out spread out over seven tower blocks in the Tai Po district not far from the China border. 44 have been killed including one fireman and 279 remain unaccounted for. Many remain trapped in the upper floors which firemen are having difficulty reaching due to the intense heat at that level. With air-conditioning units having melted and no power, those on the upper levels still alive must be going through absolute hell. Photo: Getty Images Just after 7:00 am today Thai time the blaze had been raging for 16 hours and was still not under control. It is believed to be Hong Kong's deadliest fire since World War II. The cause of the blaze has not yet been identified. But experts have been saying it was made worse by the bamboo scaffoding surrounding the tower blocks which were having exterior renovation. Another has been inflammable polystyrene boards that have been covering many of the windows and which did not meet fire safety standards. Bamboo scaffolding is universal in Hong Kong and has been in use in mainland China for centuries. Two directors of the construction company and one of its consultants have already been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. Location of the tower blocks Photo from CNN website https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/hong-kong-tai-po-buildings-fire-11-26-25

Is Saranrom still in existence as a cruising place? I know it was years ago and the price then was Bt. 500. I also know it could be dangerous as shown in a vdo posted on this Board around that time. If it is still on the go, how has the price remained unchanged for around a couple of decades? Have you recently taken someone off from there? About 15 years ago I once went with a friend in his car (I don't drive in Thailand) around 9:00 pm on a Sunday evening. There were then no more than half a dozen Thais hanging around. As the old Spartcus Guide would have added, definitely AYOR.

That vdo is absolutely horrible. My heart goes out to all whose homes have been flooded and familes who have lost loved ones. I have a Thai friend whose home was flooded for 3 months during the massive flooding in parts of Bangkok in 2011. It took weeks afterwards to render his ground floor habitable again. 13.6 million people were affected by those floods.

My impression, others may have different experiences, is that the Rent.men escorts will insist on at least $100USD to start. Many will begin at $150 for a session. A number have regular clientele that keep their bank account full so they can afford to be picky. The OnlyFans scene also means many don’t have to do escorting anymore (looking at you Alejo Ospina). Because of the tourism boom, there are plenty of performers and circuit escorts that hit town, so check the ads when you arrive. There are several guys that do one week stints in Medelln before moving on.