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Day Six The first working day of the year I guess and the streets had a different feel as I made my way to breakfast. People going to work and school and about their business in amongst the tourists. It is the first real day with blue skies. Up until now it has been warm but cloudy and rainy, with the occasional storm. Was great to see the famous beach and skyline in Ipanema. Today was Point 202 and I arrived about 16:30. Lots of amazing guys already arrived and many customers. I met up with the young guy I had met on Saturday and we had another good session together. He was more relaxed this time. By the time I said goodbye to him the place was packed. Being a Monday a few of the big muscle guys had turned up so you were really spoilt for choice in boys all the way through to twinks. The place had a good feeling and the music variety was even a little better. The wait for rooms had become quiet long, so while there was plenty of guys I would have chosen I passed as having had a good session earlier. I enjoyed the atmosphere. Rodolfo was even in town visiting from Lagoa I guess. Then I called it a night.

FYI https://southeastasiaglobe.com/the-many-faces-of-khlongtoey/

Yes, me too...he got my attention with his pics...

looks hot.. never caught my attention before but now he certainly does!

From Coconuts Bangkok Bangkok’s water supply is likely to continue tasting and smelling nasty for another four months, but is completely safe to drink, officials said The brackish water that’s been flowing in Bangkok for about one week due to severe drought conditions is still within acceptable water quality standards, according to Health Department Director Panpimol Wipulakorn. According to Panpimol, the sodium levels of Bangkok’s water supply – ranging from 100 milligrams to 150 milligrams per liter – are still below the 200 milligrams considered acceptable for drinking by the World Health Organization. Bangkok’s surprisingly potable tap water took a foul turn just before the New Year due to higher salt content. The drought ravaging the kingdom means lower water flow and increased salinity in the Chao Phraya River. The Health Department warned people to reduce their salt and sodium intake in the meantime. Those with kidney problems and high blood pressure should be exceptionally cautious about consuming the salty tap water. https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/bangkoks-tap-water-to-remain-stanky-until-may/

That makes him more popular than babe, nut, nicky combined lol

Let us give thanks for all the blessings our lives have received.

My flight touched down in Rio on time in the afternoon. All went smoothly and was quickly on my way in an Uber to Ipanema to a simple AirBnB. Wasted no time in getting to Pointe 202 where there was already a reasonable numbers of boys and customers. All the staff were welcoming most with a smile and got a beer to relax and check out the scene. A good selection of boys from twinks to muscle, even though I thought it might be quiet after NY celebrations. I spotted an athletic young guy but he was busy and continued to be busy all night. I went with a young black guy and had an amazing session. What a welcome to the city. Will hopefully see him again over the next few days. Came back to the bar in the hope of seeing the young twink but you no avail. He was working hard with his regulars I guess. The jet lag was starting to set in so headed out for dinner and bed. Trust I will get to see him another night. Been looking forward to this trip for a while as my last couple of times to Brazil have been to São Paulo and I have been missing Rio.

Moonlight is starting to use social media, i.e. Facebook, to market its New Year / Tet shows. First guy to be featured is a Mr Rome.

Forget about Greta and start worrying about Lilly Meet Thailand's answer to Greta Thunberg. She's only 12, but her passion is already paying off https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-01/meet-thailands-answer-to-greta-thunberg/11817228

I hope I can also employ him...nah, I think its only temporary position...as for me, he can do any "positions" with me, haa haa

No aggressive number of exclamation points and enlarged colored fonts is going to change the fact that Daddy owns and operates an escort review site that attempts to make money. That means, he is in fact selling looks, and a lot of other things. Nice try. I'm sure Oz is smart enough to realize that my phrase, "whiny little pussy bitches," borrowed famously from Bill Maher, was a general comment addressed to the masses who like to bitch and complain. No one was named directly. Therefore, it was not intended to be a direct, personal attack. Not sure what to say about someone who would take it personally and apply the comment to himself. On the subject of running a business, I have ALWAYS objected to the way Daddy handles himself online. It is a JOKE and an embarrassment. In some way or another, he has used his escort review site, a fan base created by Hooboy, to curry favor with escorts and their fans, to seek sympathy by whining and complaining about the things he likes to complain about, to play "Daddy" to all of us, and to pretend to be proud and humble as he constantly asks members, sometimes through surrogates, to donate money so that he can pay his personal bills. In this age of Trump, how does anyone define disaster anymore? I have the photos of Daddy (and deej) that got published. I have no proof who posted the photos, but some of us old timers remember some of the details. AFAIK, the photos of Daddy were sanctioned by himself. They were photos from an escort event, post Hooboy's death, and a few skinny young escorts took a seat on his lap. The photos were posted to his forum, and they remained there for awhile.

If you use Korean Air again, you could break your journey in Seoul. I love it there. Lots of fine young men around!

I appreciate your advice was well-meaning @Latbear4blk but I ate many, many times in restaurants in Palermo (Palermo Soho, Palermo Hollywood, even Palermo Chico). I always avoided places geared to tourists. I chose only good restaurants that were heavily patronized by locals and where reservations were essential. FWIW of the areas you mention, I never ate in La Boca, only 2x in Puerto Madero (in the Faena) and I also ate in places in or near Villa Freud, La Isla but mainly Recoleta. @Anthonyvan it’s simply a very different, and very interesting, culture. I coped with the late nights by always having a routine (sex late afternoon, a snack afterwards, followed by sleep for 1.5-2 hours then shower, shave and change clothes to go out by 9pm) for dinner. True story: I took an old friend of my mother to the Opera. (My guess is that the friend was aged similarly to my mother, mid-80s). She said we’d eat dinner afterwards and booked a very good place (filled with hunting trophies) that was indeed full after the performance ended. She announced to me when we were seated (at nearly midnight) that “as it’s late” she would only eat 1 course; she proceeded to demolish a large steak and a side-dish of potatoes; she drank only a couple of glasses of red wine and refused coffee. I delivered her home just before 2am.

It was a great choice to be lazy and not head out to the river afterall lol

may be that shiny tool he owes got employment in some permanent position

Thanks for sharing!

still better than some windowless rooms in places like VSpace Silom or D'Varee Baily Silom

Really glad they kept this show going

Why then should we not be permitted to judge the looks and health of the man who sits at the top of the most powerful escort review site on the internet? Because he is not selling his looks!!! RockHard: " Whiny little pussy bitches. " Totally Oz: Not sure why we can't have debates without calling others names

Someone now on time out. I am William M

No need to tolerate background music. You can turn sound off o the device you are watching the video.

was lovely to watch the fireworks with the two of you

thanks for finishing up this most lovely report @ggobkk. I totally dig your style and (as I have mentioned before somewhere) your choice of words, which every once in a while forces me to use a dictionary. In the Babe story it was "cynosure" I had to look up - had never ever heard that word before lol

Let's face it, guys. We were there because it was an interesting place to interact with like-minded guys. Somehow we got on the bad site of the admins, and don't discount deej, who I think is a truly horrible person, and found ourselves banished. Many who do get banned/suspended come over here, then when they can go back to the other site, they run as fast as they can to get there. That's why I credit Adam Smith, who didn't pursue that path and refused the offer of help from others to get him back in the good graces there. My own banishment followed an effort by Daddy to get me to come back after a previous one. It was a setup as apparently, or so I think, deej wanted to ban me. He proceeded to do so on the slimmest evidence. I won't go back again.

Easy - feral creatures inhabit any space open to them.... Daddy finally provides the crazed clowns, fascists, racists a safe space where they can try to provoke arguments and spew their dangerous venom without fear of backlash or repercussion.... How kind of Daddy to house the most dangerous of dangerous.... And let them know that a site dedicated to hiring male escorts can become a place for their hate speech!

When I stayed at The Raya I asked for a room looking Soi Twilight. But I was told they were all Smoking Rooms. So not for me... The room was fine, had a window, but looked out at a wall.

YES. One has to wonder then what the purpose of a so-called ‘discussion’ forum really is.

Thanks for the great report Ichigo! Nicely organised.

and still when you will see Moonlight guy in those shorts you will be dreaming of helping him to remove them , sooner the better

Day Four Up and out to breakfast earlier at Apetite Cafe. Much easier to get a table. Then spent the morning walking around the Botanical Gardens which I enjoyed even with the light rain before heading to Shopping Leblon. My plan for the evening was to see if I could meet the cute twink I missed out on on my first night at Point 202. Needless to say he was no were to be seen although his equally twinky buddy was there. Eyed an amazing handsome young black guy with incredible abs and sexy body. (Definitely in to black guys more this trip.) Only he was more shy than me so with the language barrier it took a while to connect but I made it happen. Learned he was a footballer hence the body and it was his first night working at a sauna which explained everything. A guy as handsome as he is normally has an air of confidence, something which I am sure will come in time. I had a great evening with him and he revealed his killer smile. Looking forward to seeing him again on Monday.

they would even better completely undressed

Even if readers have never visited Bangkok, they can get the feel and true flavor of Silom thanks to your reports. You've mastered the balance between what to include and what to leave to imagination. Having met Van when he stopped by our table at Maxi's a year ago, it was clear that he holds you in much esteem. Those familiar with reports of your earlier trips are familiar with him and how you've looked out for him over time. And, as you show above, he has been looking out for you. We can count ourselves lucky if we meet a young man like Van in our travels. I think you returned home with no regrets because you left few stones unturned. If someone caught your fancy, you gave them a chance--as the wait staff at Freshboys can attest. And allowing us to sit in on your off with Babe was the dessert. Thanks for the memories.

Apologies for the abrupt end to the last portion of my report. A friend, who I haven't seen in 15 or more years, decided to visit the SF Bay Area from his home in Massachusetts and he was able to carve out some time for a get together. We were doing this by text message while I was writing my report and it turned out that the best time then. So, back to my report...it's was Tuesday night, I've taken Van to the hospital, and decided to make it a quiet night and get some sleep. It's now Wednesday, only thing on the agenda is dinner with Van. After I've run my errands, I walk toward the park and then head over to check out the construction work on the what was the Dusit Thani hotel site. Can't see much from ground level, more is visible from the Sky Train statin level and the walkways to the park. Someone is making a fortune on this job. Huge amount of land that was gardens and low lying outer buildings is getting the high density high rent treatment. Van comes by around 5pm, definitely looks much better. He tells me they released him after making sure he had breakfast. He shows me pictures on his phone of the nurses and the doctor and the IV tubing that fed him for a while. He said the money I left (2000 thb) covered the cost, or at least they didn't charge more (or, there was change which I won't see). He says he is going to skip work tonight and rest but he want me to go to the club and off his Viet friend who he has invited to meet up with us at the hotel at 6! I would caution readers to know that I wasn't totally surprised. Van has done this before when he wants to play matchmaker. There is enough time between the suggestion to text his friend and call it off, but Van says he knows me fairly well (true) and thinks Banana Viet (my name for him) would suit me well. He has done this in the past, once even bringing someone to the hotel who I'd offed from Screwboys (using a room at Pavilion Place) who I had not told him about. In that case I forgot the Vietnamese internet and was very happy with the intervention and 2nd round. So, I say, let's see how dinner goes, let him join us for dinner. He does, we eat at Mango Tree. No one eats much so the bill is reasonable. Banana Viet and I head over to soi 4, Van goes home to rest, we say goodbye as I'm leaving after midnight on Thursday and he will be at work. At Banana, I pay the off fee for Van and my evening guest. It's still early so we have a drink at Balcony. I learn about the gogo boy life and what options there are at home in Vietnam. Back at the hotel, he is engaging, he has been coached as to my likes, dislikes, and blends his limits to make it pleasant but not exceptional. Somehow, I think Van was substituting someone for himself as he was still recovering. Decided that there was no future in trying to figure out the motivations of the guys, it had been a pleasant evening and so I said good bye to him. I went to bed around 11. I woke fully rested and ready to start my last few hours when I looked at my watch and found out, I'd been asleep for all of 3 hours as it was just past 1am on Thursday. Decided to get up and go out for a walk, maybe checkout the guys taking down the Patpong market stalls. On Patpong 2, the Red Dragon bartender, is surprised to see me as he is about to lower the shutters. Some of the waiters are leaving Freshboy where the 2nd show has ended. There is some joking about my stopping to off another waiter. I laugh and say "no more", I'm invited to join them for dinner over at the outdoor dining area on Surawong. I go with them, more waiters come by, as do several of the boys from the rotation. I'm not hungry but arrange for a couple of platters of food for the table. This increased my good heart reputation. I have very little idea of the conversation but it was very much an after work time to relax moment. It broke up sometime after 3pm. Waiter 3 (see above) told me he was going to stay with me tonight because he liked me and wanted a good shower. I laughed and agreed. At the hotel he had his shower and we cuddled, I think I fell asleep first. Thursday morning It's Thanksgiving in the USA, or will be when the sun crosses the Atlantic in a few hours. Waiter 3 is up around 10 and wonders if I want to have some morning sex, the answer is affirmative, and we do. Then we have breakfast and he departs. Given how the match up took place, I give him a short time tip even though he stayed the night, he's fine with that. I organize my packing, check the mail, read up on the news from home (depressing). I consider a massage and that's as far as that goes. I'm sort of in an end of trip mood. So much I might do, so few things that I actually want to do. Following a suggestion from Reader and positive words in one of Vinapu's reports, I check out the Amara hotel. It has definite possibilities for the future. I attend the Thursday Manager's Cocktail party at the Tarntawan and have conversations with the Manager and the Assistant Manager. I wish them the best in their battle to bring an old hotel through its upgrade. I tip the breakfast waitress who is serving drinks at the party and say goodbye. She has been a welcoming face most mornings. I head over to Silom Plaza where I'm meeting anddy and Reader for dinner at the Wine Connection. We catch up on our activities since last week. As there is no turkey on the menu we have a fine dinner and enjoy a bottle of wine toasting one another and forum members we know. After dinner, Reader and I say goodbye to anddy, and head over, to where else, Red Dragon. The show's started upstairs so there are only a few barkers and waiters around to muss our hair, so to speak. Across from the bar on the Dreamboys side of the road, I see a good looking guy who has been staring at me. He has a ball cap on and appears to be fairly tall. The bartender being a source of wisdom tells me that he used to work in the clubs, is Vietnamese and gets a seal of approval. I engage him with a smile and a wave to come over, which he does rapidly. He is "Q', he has the swimmer's physique that I like and the height to make him seem panther like. He takes his cap off and his head is shaved! This is a first (for me). We have a drink and I know that I am attracted but that I'm ignoring Reader. Reader smiles and encourages me to continue with exploring the panther. Fifteen minutes later, having said goodbye to Reader and agreeing to meet up again in the future, we are in my room at the Tarntawan. Q did not know from the Viet internet where I was staying, nor my floor, nor my room #. This is a good thing to my mind. He was quick to undress himself and then me. He has a sleek body and a generous endowment and is proud to show off and encouraged me take a photo or 6. He goes into wash up before his shower and encourages me to watch, then we shower together, no worry about getting his hair wet. He dries me off, then makes a small performance about drying himself. Q understands some eroticism heightens the evening's events. He is very good in bed, better than I am ( not that that says much). I get off on his looks as well as his actions. He tells me that we have been together before, I cannot remember and I think I'd remember someone like him...but, it's possible he worked on his appearance/body, etc. He said that was why he was staring at me, as he remembered me. Whatever, it was a nice couple of hours at the end of a good visit. We exchanged Line information, went for a second round in bed, mostly cuddling, then another trip to the shower. He left around 1am. I got back in bed to catch some sleep, I need to leave the hotel around 3:30am for my flight. Around 2am the hotel phone rings, it's security telling me I have a guest. It's Van, he knows I'm leaving and wants to help me get ready. He's done this on many trips, and it involves making sure I have shower, that I'm packed, that my electronics are in the right carry on, and making me a cup of tea to relax. His visit is a surprise but a very pleasant one releasing memories of other trips and departures. At 3am, I go to the desk to check out, the clerk goes up to inventory the room, returns as everything was in its place, the security guard has found a taxi. Van tells me he thinks the fates brought me to town to help him when he was sick. He doesn't come to the airport but says goodbye in the hotel courtyard. Taxi is waiting, I tell him to take the expressway and I'll cover the tolls. Arrive at the airport, by 4am, in time to have the ANA staff bow to those waiting in line, lots of Americans in line, they just finished a Viking Cruise, looks like i'll be with them to Japan and with many onward to SF. I use the expedited exit line, then park, as Numazu did, in the Thai Royal Orchid lounge and have some food I trust. Flight was full to Tokyo, and Tokyo to San Francisco flight was even fuller. Three days later, I came down with the flu which lasted three weeks. Pardon that bit of whining... Good memories of this trip, lots of messages from the guys, especially Van, Q, Yoyo, and some of the waiters. A month after I return, the messages sort of shift to the needing money kind, which I ignore. Then they shift to New Year's wishes. Thanks to all who take the time to report, short, brief, detailed, highlights only, or commenting on reports all help and are appreciated. And, so readers, Happy New Year! May the 20s be good to all of us. I hope to return in late spring to Thailand and is I do, there will be report.

What a great report! Well written, succinct, informative. And you have such a good attitude. You've clearly earned your expert badge for the BKK/Pattaya scene. Enjoy your next visits and to Myanmar Laos and Vietnam. (Already "done" Cambodia??). Thanks again.

Other things I did: Dongtan beach: went here 3 times and just relaxed for hours. It was really nice. Everyone here seemed to know each other, and know the beach vendors. I ate a couple of times from one of the vendors, first time was fine, but the second time made me feel a little ill. But I was okay. It’s amusing seeing everything they sell, from food, clothes, souvenirs, manicures, pedicures, belts, medications, poppers, porn, you name it, they have it. Massage: I didn’t manage to visit any massage places that were in the complex (although I did walk past them a few times), however I did get a massage on Dongtan beach. I employed the services of a passing vendor and asked for a foot massage, which he agreed to. What ended up happening is that he pretty much avoided my feet for the most part, ended up massaging my legs (whilst brushing my cock sneakily, to which I kept pushing his hand away). He told me to take my shirt and shorts off and lay face down while he did my back, sitting just below my butt but covering it with a towel. And omg, his hands just went wandering, trying to stick a finger up my butt, putting my hand on his cock, and putting his hand underneath to try jerk me off, and if I didn’t stop him, he probably would have fucked me right there, it was kinda hot and pretty sensual but we were literally in public! There wasn’t many people around, but oh my goodness. I guess I shouldn’t have expected any less, this is Pattaya after all. He asked where I was staying and I told him and he said he could come later, and I was like nope. He wasn’t really my type. I saw him twice after that, but I didn’t engage his services anymore lol. Final thoughts I love Bangkok with a passion and I can’t wait until I go back. This was by far my best trip that I’ve had in Thailand so far. Jomtien I wasn’t too sure about, I mean, I had fun and I’ll give it another shot, but it’s not a place that I would go to regularly. There is no shortage of guys there, but I felt a little like there is already a bit of a community with the farang there, and host bars I don’t really understand. I didn’t really check out the gogo bars in boyztown so maybe I’ll try that the next time I go back. I didn’t really get too much attention on the apps, then again, I didn’t really make first contact a lot of the time. Could it be that I’m a little racially ambiguous (I was quite often mistaken for being Thai), and perhaps the guys would just skip over my profile in favour of farang? I don’t know! Loved the Raya, but hated crossing Surawong Rd. Next time I will definitely stay in a hotel on the other side of the road. I’ve had my eye on the Crowne Plaza for a while, but I think it’s a little above my budget. Zing I wasn’t too impressed with, but it was clean (apart from the ant infestation in my bathroom) and on the cheaper side. If I come to Jomtien again, I’ll probably go for the Agate. Also note, if you want to get your laundry done at Zing, you have to take it to reception and pick it up yourself. I had a really nice welcome back from border control when I arrived back in my country. Basically when I tried to go through the e-gate, my passport didn’t work and I had to go to a desk (I thought my passport was broken but turns out not), then collect my luggage and then have border control officers search my luggage, ask me a bunch of questions (‘do you have any friends in Thailand?’ ‘um yeah’ ‘where did you meet them?’ ‘umm in.. bars..’ lol), and took my phone and went through that too. I mean, they were really nice about it and just doing their jobs, and they weren’t the ones who chose me. I was flagged probably before I even stepped off the plane. Single traveller, 3rdtime to Thailand in a 9 month period, any number of things could have flagged me, and I was really annoyed as this was the first time something like this has ever happened to me. But they were friendly and I was respectful, and they were doing their jobs, but after such a good holiday it was a little bit of a downer to be treated like a criminal when coming back home. I wasn’t overly worried though as I hadn’t done anything wrong, but it did make me nervous. Next year I’m planning on visiting Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam, so I think I might tack on a couple of days in Bangkok at the beginning and end. I would love to see Lao guy 1 and dreamboy again. Thanks for reading!

Food Since I love food, below are a few places I ate at. Thank you for the recommendations from forum members from a post I posted previously, I didn’t manage to get to all of the recommendations, but I did get to some. Mango tree: this place was quite expensive (but I was in the area), and I didn’t find much difference between the food here and what you would find in cheaper restaurants and street food, but the ambience and service made up for it. The maître d was absolutely stunning. There seemed to be a lot of flies at my table though for some reason. Andaman: directly across the road from The Raya, so it’s convenient for those staying there. A mix of Thai and western cuisine, food was okay and decently priced. Northeast: a little bit of a walk, but the food was delicious. Quite a few tourists were here when I visited, and it was quite busy. Highly recommended. Grab food: when I was too lazy to go out, I used grab food (it’s just on the grab app, press ‘food’ on the main screen). Prices were reasonable, and the delivery charge was very reasonable (10-15 baht). The food was mostly delivered in plastic bags, so it was amusing when I was trying to eat/drink soup from a bag. Maybe next time I’ll pack a small bowl in my suitcase. The menus to some of the restaurants were sometimes only in Thai writing, so I had to rely on pictures (and the english listing when available), but there was one time that I randomly ordered a dish in thai writing that I had no idea what it was. That was fun. I was hoping it would be a drink, but it turned out to be a soup, with some sort of meat balls in it. Hokkaido Ramen: this restaurant was across the road from Golden Cock, and reasonably priced (and yum). Tonkotsu Kazan: in the same soi as screw/fresh/dream etc. Really good ramen, and the softest chashu I’ve ever tasted. It was so good that I ordered what I thought was 1 more piece, but ended up being 4 pieces. They were also quite happy to accept credit cards. 7/11: fell in love with the banana cupcakes there (super moist and delicious), and probably had one every day. They are only 10 baht each! Or you can get a 2-pack for 18 baht! Other things I did Mitrtown: this new shopping mall is connected to the Sam Yan MRT and is quite spacious. Just your standard mall really (including muji which has heaps of cool stuff), but there were a lot of food options. I ate at a noodle place, and ordered a dish which I thought was noodles with dumplings, but turns out it was just dumplings without any noodles, but thee best damn dumplings that I’ve ever tasted. Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre: quite easy to get to from national stadium BTS, they have an LGBT exhibition at the moment which is really good (and free!). Some pieces were quite beautiful, other’s quite thought provoking and hard to watch. I spend a good few hours here perusing. A few other exhibitions were on at the same time, but the LGBT exhibition spoke to me the most. It finishes sometime in march I think. Siam Paragon: had a meal at a seafood place, and had a bit of a wander. Wanted to buy a bag but everything was super expensive so I didn’t bother. So many places to eat though. Lots of tourists around. Patpong night market: decided to waste some time before going into the bars one night as it was still early, but I didn’t buy anything. The stalls were pretty much selling all of the same thing. I did walk through one afternoon whilst they were setting up and thought to myself that it must be such a big job having to set it all up and take it down every single day.

Day Three My first visit to Lions Club Rio and it was their six month anniversary party. I arrived about 17:30 and it was a little quiet. Just one or two customers and a few boys. I figured out the location of everything and went and sat in the bar. Slowly everything came to life with the arrival of boys and customers. I was not sure what to expect given some previous reviews and while it might have been a special party the atmosphere was great. Good music, lighting and friendly bar staff. Many boys and customers all having a fun time. No muscle boys but plenty of good looking young guys and twinks. Plus the most amazing butts I have seen on a set of boys and they were happy showing them off. I went with a young tall black guy and again had an amazing time. He was relaxed not in a rush always a big smile and a great kisser. Based on the number of customer, boys and quality of boys on this sample of one night then Lions Club Rio will be a success. It certainly appears to have established itself. The only downside is the location, while close to Club 117 the streets are much darker and quieter at night, and I certainly did not waste any time getting an Uber.

Chiang Mai Massages: Classic House 600 baht for 1 hour oil massage and 1000 baht minimum tip. Had muscle hunks where some were probably a bit older but still very good looking. Was there at 10 pm and they only had one bottom. My masseur, a straight top with a big chest and flat stomach, mentioned that he has been doing it for 20 years, not sure if it was lost in translation. The facilities felt well maintained and clean compared to Common Spa. Communal showers with a mattress on the floor in the room. The one hour included shower time. With my limited massage experience, the definite plus was that he gave an actual good massage. Plus, at one point he oiled up and rubbed his entire body on me hehehe. The extra was wonderful as well - all in all was very happy and gave extra tip. Common Spa the website mentioned 700 baht for 1 hour oil massage. Howeve, when I arrived, the mamasan gave me an all inclusive price list for which 1 hour was listed at 1700 baht. It has multiple floors with a communal shower on each. The facilities were a little rundown with the towel rack almost falling off. The boys there were younger, boy next door and jock types. The room sported a massage table and was dimly lit. The boy I chose had a swimmer build and was a top. Upon arrival, he set a timer at 45 minutes and then left for five minutes to shower. When the massage finally started, he lightly pressed my legs for a few minutes before proceeding to lie on top of me. Was confused as to what he was doing until he signaled that I can touch. Safe to say, the massage was nonexistent and we proceeded to other activities. This consisted of him lying down like a dead fish to be touched. I ended up topping, which is fine, as he could not get it up and looked away most of the time. Would not recommend going here. The all inclusive pricing gives them little incentive to try. Would have tipped him extra if the service was better but it was the worst of the three experiences. Bars Adam Apple was closed both nights I stopped by. Circle Pub had five patrons and a diva show. Not worth going unless you were bored and in the area. Other naughty bit never have any luck on hook up apps. The picture of my hook up was a cute younger bottom who was on the slimmer side. He showed up at my hotel and realized that the pictures were old and beauty mode was on. I was horny so we did the deed anyway. Future reference, ask for a shirtless selfie on the spot. Hotel ISTY Hotel is a hipster hotel in he northwest side of the city by Common Spa and the gogo bars. It is a ten minute walk to the old city and thirty minutes to Classic House, which is on the east side of the city. Chiang Mai is small enough that you can really stay anywhere and just walk. Tourist stuff the city itself is food heaven and full of temples. Would suggest three days there, elephant sanctuary for one, roam the city for the next, and visit a tribal village on the last. The highlight was definitely Classic House. Would have gone back if I had more time!

Day Two Had a lazy morning before going out to a late breakfast at Apetite Cafe. Was busy even late morning. Followed by a walk along the beach at Ipanema, starting at Copacabana. There was a light drizzle in the air but that was not stopping everyone enjoying themselves. Plus lots of great eye candy including an incredible young runner who I caught up with to see again at the outside gym on the beach front. Headed back to the AirBnB as jet lag was hitting me so I would be fresh for the evening. Tonight was going to be Club 117. As I got the Uber it was still light drizzle and got there about 18:00. Quite a few boys and customers already there so the rain was not putting people off. Grabbing a beer I observed the boys arriving. The big muscle guys were there plus younger athletic ones, something for everyone. A familiar face from Barcelona came over and said hi. Sylvia a Brazilian has been back in Rio since September which is why I had missed him in October. The guy is incredible with amazing hard muscles beautiful skin and so handsome plus a great personality. I had an amazing session with Sylvia, everything you travel to Rio for. While showering and returning to the locker room I noticed the drizzle had turned into a storm. The rain was so heavy. Anyhow the balance of customers now far outweighed the number of boys most of whom seamed to be doing good business. I hung around and had another session with John an athletic young guy from Salvador who was an amazing kisser. After noticing the rain had stopped, I headed out for dinner in Ipanema then a drink at TV Bar (which was packed) before calling it a night.

Pretty sure BBSBar is closed Mondays. Open tomorrow (Tues) I believe. Charly Diaz and Barbotas re-open Thurs.

The few times i visit moonlight last trip, i havent seen him once. Wonder if he is still with moonlight.