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Mistaken identities at Moonlight: My friend had a look at the Chinese gay forum to see if they were still making trips to Bangkok bars. He translated some funny snippets from clueless Chinese customers who had problems telling the models apart. Nicky and Male’s great resemblance seems to cause the most confusion, with customers completely unable to figure out who is who. Finally some detective discovered this was because their forehead, nose and chins were courtesy of the same Bangkok clinic, Adonique where Male is a spokesperson. One Chinese customer with an interest in dark skinned lads fell for a photo of York, rushed to the bar and eagerly searched for the darkest skinned of the lot. Started cursing when he realised York was far less impressive than his picture. Not surprising, considering he was actually looking at Mark in the line up. Other funny mix ups include Nut and Nest, and Smart and Babe.

I'm glad to hear he is still there and at the same time sad to hear buys are going through bad times. It looks it's good time to be there though as market forces are at work and even star boys are looking at Hunchbacks from Notre Dame and the like with smile. I wish I was retired - would be on the plane tonight with salvation mission.

I think those who think you are a troll usually had very bad experience with Thai boys at the end almost all relationship ended because money issues most Thai boys are gold deagers and not into genuine relationship with a falang unfortunately most descavered it at early stage but unfortunately some did not and lost substantial amount of money before the relationship eventually colloupsed . I don't think you are a troll and if the relationship between you two will be a success at the US you will belong to a very small percentage of mixed Thai Western relationship that succeed. I wish you all the best and happiness with your Thai partner.

Part 3: Forgot to mention three things: 1. It's better to withdraw money from an ATM in the city, rather than exchange at the airport. 2. I began with the two vers; all the rest are pure straight tops, and Manny says they only fuck. 3. Claudio will be glad to be contacted directly, and gave me permission to forward his whatsapp number. Those travelling there and interested - welcome to PM me. Remember: he does everything except being fucked. To continue: Immediatelly after Claudio had gone, I reserved Jorge for the evening. As you can see, his butt is really SOMETHING: pure black, smooth, full, yummy texture, sooo photogenic; really enjoyed just playing around with it. However, Jorge was a disappointment; supposed to be vers, he wasn't really interactive. Most of the time he wasn't really hard, and to my surprise - he climaxed before I did (which rarely if at all happened to me before). I paid him, but reported to Manny. His response was: "I'll call him right now; I don't like this shit; he got to do the best of him; he gonna have problem with me". I have no idea what, if anything, transpired between them. For the next morning I booked Elgaro. Knowing he is a top, I had no expectations other than enjoy his huge dick. When we were going over the photos, Manny pointed out what he called large dicks, and asked why I turned them down. I explained that my definition of a large dick is one that needs two hands to cover it from balls to tip. That's exactly what Elgaro has, as you can see in the photos below. Also, no problems with getting and staying hard. I enjoyed playing, admiring, sucking it. However, the experience wasn't optimal. Elgaro (also called Gago) was very quiet, hardly spoke and hardly touched me. He just laid in bed (or at times stood up at my request) and let me do my thing. When I asked him to rub my dick, he did it in a strange way. Since I don't like my sex partners to feel uncomfortable (including paid ones), I asked him if something was wrong. He said it was the first time he touched a dick! I knew he's a straight top; it didn't occur to me that even such a sex provider could go about his job never touching a dick (assuming he was telling the truth). I asked him if he wanted to try sucking. He answered (for this we already used Google Translator) that he is willing if I pay more, becasue he needs the money; he has a second daughter coming. I politely declined, explaining that if a man doesn't like sucking - he probably won't do it well. He agreed. In any case, as already stated above, I really enjoyed his dick. I think it's the biggest one I've met.

My banishment there was possibly the greatest mental & emotional health benefit I have ever received. Very warm welcome to this site.

Here's more hot pics from the last guy in the pic...

I stayed at East Suites opposite Zing and can give a warm recommendation, luxurious rooms some with private Jakuzi on very reasonable prices and you have a free access to Zing Swimming pool. guests freindly no questions asked and no ID required.

I don't know that stuff but what I know is that my own parents saw each other grand total of 4 times before they walked down the aisle and produced me wedding night or perhaps next one. It was good enough for marriage to survive 54 years until death them parted.

Well somebody is a grumpy-puss today! The absence of the info about letters, mails, etc., doesn't necessarily mean the whole thing is a fake. No one asked for all that sort of information (thank goodness). No need to submit audited financials to submit a post. In fact, I think an excess of details is often an indication of falsehood. It is of course possible that the OP is trolling, but it is also possible that the OP simply decided not to share the info about whether he's providing a monthly allowance or anything like that. Fine with me. And who really cares, anyway. There are different kinds (species) of trolls. Most are harmless. Personally, I think the "I'm a virgin" posts have a whiff of troll-ery about them. But so what? I usually ignore them. A little collective fantasy - and often useful info gets collected into a convenient single thread. No harm done and if you (or I) don't like it, you (or I) don't have to read it and you (or I) don't have to comment on it. I think trolls who spread false information, violate privacy, spew racism, offensive derogatory over-generalizations, etc., can and should be called out, as they should be in real life Personally, and this is just me, I think just popping up to spew a bit of unnecessary venom is trolling in its own way. The forum doesn't check IDs and - although I've been fortunate to meet many active Forum members - the members I have not met I always assume are a bit of created "persona." And that's fine. No need to sit in the corner and shout "Troll! Troll!"

I have just returned home from a one month vacation in Thailand. I decided this time to plan a side trip to Koh Chang. Here is a brief report of my recent adventure. After spending a week in Bangkok, I stayed in Pattaya for ten days, so I was ready to hit the road for a break. In Pattaya I rented a car for the trip to Koh Chang. I have rented vehicles many times in Thailand, because I like the freedom driving a car gives me. I took a boy from a Pattaya bar with me, he was eager to travel with me. It was a good break for him to get away from the bar for a few days, while still making a guaranteed long time tip each day. I have always paid any boy traveling with me the going rate for long time tip daily, and of course I paid for all expenses. I always let them know if they want free time away from me, they can have it, but I have found they usually want to stick with me every day. When I ask them what they would like to do, the usual response is the ubiquitous "up to you". Believe me, if you have planned something a boy thinks is boring, or not fun for them, they won't be shy to tell you. Total travel time from Pattaya to Koh Chang was about 6 hours, including the ferry ride. The first part of the trip was from Pattaya to Laem Gnop in Trat province, that's where the ferries depart for Koh Chang. The drive was about 4.5 hours, very enjoyable, going through Sattahip, Rayong, and Chantaburi. As you can see in this photo, Koh Chang is very close to the Cambodian border. Because Koh Chang is a very large island, I wanted to take the rental car on the ferry to use to get around and explore the island. The ferries run frequently. Tickets are 80 baht for each passenger, and 120 baht to take a car. The ride takes about 40 minutes. After driving aboard, all passengers go up to the second deck lounge for the transit to the island. There are snacks and drinks available on the second deck from a small store and a coffee stand. I had made a reservation for Seabreeze Bungalows in Kai Bae Beach for five nights. I chose the deluxe bungalow, and it was 1,850 baht per night, including all taxes and fees. Not a bad deal for a good room on an island in January during high season. This price was locked in long before the current coronavirus was news. Upon landing on Koh Chang, it took about 20 minutes to reach the bungalow, driving south along several beaches on the way. The further south from the ferry pier, the more rustic the small villages along the beaches are. White Sands Beach is the first beach coming from the ferry. It is the largest beach, and the most developed on the island, something I wanted to avoid. After leaving White Sands Beach, the road begins to narrow, and the atmosphere becomes much more tranquil, with less development, and fewer people. I decided since Kai Bae Beach was located in between White Sands beach and Lonely Beach, it would be a good location to stay. Lonely Beach is the most popular beach with backpackers, and is known for very loud parties every night at different bars that go till dawn. Kai Bae turned out to be a good choice, a very relaxed area, but with a good assortment of small restaurants and bars. There was a Filipino band that played every night at the open air bar and restaurant at the Seabreeze Bungalows where we stayed. This is the bungalow where we stayed. This is the main road running through Kai Bae Beach. If you travel without a car, there are songtaews, making it very easy to get around the island. They charge a fixed rate based on how many beaches you pass. The songtaews meet the ferries, and they strap any large bags on the roof for transport to your hotel. One day we rented kayaks, and paddled about 20 minutes to an uninhabited island offshore from Kai Bae beach. When I first mentioned this, the boy I was with thought that sounded like fun. It included getting up early to rent the kayaks and be on the water by 9 am. I have heard many people say that it's impossible to drag a bar boy out of bed early, but if there's something they want to do, they'll make sure to be ready. There are several waterfalls, and we had planned to hike up to one, but figured since it is dry season with little rain that there wouldn't be anything to see. Each day we went to a different part of the island to explore using the rental car. One day I bought us masks and snorkels. The boy I was with said he liked snorkeling, as he had never done it before. He told me afterwards it was good, but he didn't get to see any fish. There are a few 7-Eleven stores on the island, and a small Big C, and a small Makro. Another reason I chose the Seabreeze Bungalows is it was only a short walk to a 7-Eleven store, very convenient to buy snacks and drinks. Most motorbikes buy their gasoline from stands selling it in used liquor bottles as you still see in some areas of rural Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia. There are many small restaurants, and unlike Phuket, the prices for food were reasonable, about the same as on the mainland. The air quality on the island was great until late every night when a local resident decided it was a good idea to set large piles of leaves on fire, letting them smolder all night. There was an elephant camp just steps from the bungalows, and every afternoon, the mahouts would take the juvenile elephants down to Kai Bae Beach to swim and allow tourists to swim with them and take photos. The salt water didn't bother the elephants, as they were having fun spraying the tourists with water from their trunks. Koh Chang was a good break after being in Bangkok and Pattaya. Five days was a good getaway. It's a place I had wanted to see for some time. It's well worth the taking the time to travel there.

Hi guys, and thank you VERY much for all your guidance and tips, collectively and individually. Now it’s my turn to reciprocate. Here is the info-summary I collected and edited when preparing for the visit: https://www.boytoy.com/forums/topic/31823-dominican-republic-summary-of-sex-info/ And here is my lengthy report from last week, in installments. I intended to spend in SD 5 nights, but one of the airlines outrageously cancelled a flight, so I stayed only 3. I was in Whatsapp touch with Manny for a long time about tourism stuff. He answered my too many questions VERY patiently. Contrary to my intention, I decided not to rent a car-driver (for out-of-town sightseeing) from him or anyone else, because I was told by three different sources that gas prices make it way too expensive ($150 for 5 hours). Belatedly, on the way to my departure flight, the Uber driver checked it for me, and said it can be done for ‘only’ $80. I’ll think about it on my next visit. I did reserve Manny for a 2,000 pesos ($40) airport-hotel transfer, despite a much cheaper option I was offered in TripAdvisor, because I wanted to talk with him about his guys. For departure I used Uber which costs only 700 pesos, so you understand how much Manny makes on naïve tourists. I stayed at the Boutique Palace hotel: great location; good hotel; very good wifi. $90 per night incl everything, late checkout till 6 pm - $20. When a guy comes to visit a guest in his room, receptionist takes his ID / cedula - no questions asked. There was one hiccup, on which I'll report later. Two annoyances: 3 phones in the room, but lines in all the hotel are dead. Annoyed me only when I wanted a wake-up call. More annoying - at all times of day have to wait at least 5 minutes for hot water, and even then it's not really hot (to the point you have to temp it down). Enough with admin-logistics; you’re waiting for the hot stuff….. Three days before arrival I reminded Manny, and he sent me 72 photos of about 20 guys - faces, bodies, dicks. I emailed back that I don't like beards and bodybuilders, which eliminated 75% of the list. As mentioned before, I reserved an airport pickup with him, so we could discuss these guys. However, since my flight landed Monday 22:00, we talked on the way only in general and it was too late for him to sit with me on specifics when we got to the hotel. [I later asked Manny for permission to forward his Whatsapp number to anyone interested, and of course he gave it. I then asked if I can share photos of the guys, and again he was happy to agree. He made no distinction between faces and bodies/dicks, but I decided to be more cautious than him. So here are the some DR dicks and butts from Manny's menu.]

Way tired of getting hated at by the nasties over at the other site so I want to find a home here! Happy to meet new people and see people I already know from the other place (haha I KNOW you are here someplace).... So for now just want to introduce myself while I figure out how to use this site - and hope everyone is good!

thanks for the great reports @12is12 ....appreciate your time.....and the pictures!

Money well spent, I'd say. No regrets. I'm not much of a crier, but I have to say Chasten and Pete Buttigieg's end-of-campaign speeches tugged at my heart strings. I think Pete Buttigieg is a STAR, and perhaps Chasten has some star quality, too. I look forward to seeing more of Pete in the future. In fact, I wouldn't mind if Joe Biden picked Pete as his running mate. But I suspect there are better political incentives out there. Loved Frank Bruni's Op Ed piece in today's Times: Mayor Pete Flew Sky High "He looked at what happened in South Carolina on Saturday. He looked at what was likely to happen in the many states that will vote on Tuesday. And he recognized that he had no path to the Democratic presidential nomination and that staying in the race would probably help Bernie Sanders, the rival he had branded a dangerous nominee. So on Sunday he got out. Just like that. No praying for a miracle. No waiting too long. No protracted melodrama or slow-building drum roll of hints. No, the youngest of the Democratic aspirants did the grown-up thing."

This is so not my experience. I know at least twenty UK/Thai gay couples whose relationships are enduring and happy. I don't know one "bad experience with goldigger", but undoubtedly it happens, and perhaps it is more prevalent among those whose relationships never moved outside the Thai borders. That is, where genuine commitments were not made, and where there was a desperation and/or naivety on the part of the farang, who thought that they could buy a husband. I say forget the pre-nups. Don't you love him so much that you would share your wealth with him anyway?

That is something that has been on my mind, money. I'm thinking about a prenuptial agreement to protect my assets that I had pre-marriage "just in case"

Sorry for the rukus I caused. I'm not a Troll, 3 years ago I may have been a little un-educated. I meant K1 visa when I typed K4 visa, My Fiance has never been to the USA, everything I have read says that's it near impossible for Thais to get a tourist Visa, since we are romantically involved I wasnt going to try to get a Tourist visa for him just in case. What DivineMadMan said in the post above is what I was trying to get across. I took someones advise on this board and waited to get to know him before I pursued the K1 route. That time has come. Why KhorTose or anyone thinks I'm trolling is beyond me. To be honest I wish I could chat with KhorTose about what he and his went thru to get the K1 visa approved since he is from the USA. What DivineMadMan stated in his post before mine is what I was trying to convey, just did a bad job of it. Thos that think I'm trolling, please tell me why and I will try to answer your suspicions.

Perhaps Buttigieg wanted to give his voters a chance to vote for former Vice President Biden. He clearly is not a fan of Senator Sanders.

Vinapu, First of all, I am happy to inform you that your handsome Cambodian is still working at Jupiter. The current situation of the bar is simply disastrous. Even a star boy is offering himself to a customer who he normally wouldn’t give a second glance. They are scared of Coronavirus but more scared of the financial fall out. Numbef of boys 40% down Number of customer 60% down Dreamboy - very empty at quick glance. Freshboy, there were 20+ boys but only 2 other customers while we were there. Moonlight is currently weathering the storm quite well but for how long? I don’t know.

being boyfriend of rich sponsor ?

Seems as though a bunch of the nasties over there took an instant dislike of me that turned into this weird stalking bullying bullshit.... But I gave a big FUCK YOU to BnaC, MikeBiGuy, and that weird admin GuyFawkes and gave them a view of my lovely smooth Asian butt hole as something to remember me by. Their loss, haha.... I got a three month banishment by the right wing trolls over there, but they will never see my sweet Asian butt ever again.

Now who could hate a sexy Asian stud? Not me!

When you said "amazing prices", I thought you were referring to real estate price. I visited BA last year, their real estate commercial ads were all showing prices in USD, they don't want pesos. And their price are similar to Florida. BUT, BA is not Florida.

Sure But gotta sleep sometimes.....

Part 2: On Tuesday morning Manny was almost two hours late. [Everybody at the hotel seemed to know him.] We went over the relevant photos, connecting dicks to faces. Experiencing a non-anal period, I decided to start with the two vers - Claudio and Jorge, and then the almost-biggest dick - Elgaro. [Manny said the biggest one is Burro, but I didn't like the rather flacid dick in his vid.] Per BlkSuperMan's important tip, I asked who’s the only guy who speaks English; it turned out to be Claudio - all the better! I wanted him immediatelly, but due to distance plus Latino time management – he arrived only at 3 pm (half a day of horniness lost). Claudio was everything his photos (upward curved hard erection) and blksm promised. It was great being able to converse with the guy, both in general and to clarify preferences. He was hot, sexy, lean-athletic, said he would do everything except being fucked - and so he did. I told him I want to fuck only his throat, and he cooperated willingly. Claudio intuitively pleasured me in all the ways I like - kissing, nipples, cuddling, sucking, etc; passionately so! I climaxed in his mouth without any hint of disdain on his part, and he cleaned me up almost-lovingly. In the "after" pillow talk, there was no rush. Claudio exhibited intellectual curiosity which quite delighted me. He said he was a graduate of 5 academic years in tourism, but was working as a policeman making $150 a month (so one sex session is worth a third of his monthly salary). Claudio also mentioned, by-the-way or not, that he pays Manny 500 pesos from the 2500 paid to him per session. He seemed genuinely angry to hear that customers pay Manny 1000 pesos (bringing Manny's cut to 1500 of 3500 = more than 40%). I seized the moment to ask him whether he wants to meet again without going through Manny. He readily agreed, but of course said that Manny shouldn't know about it. I then took it a step further, asking if he could bring with him one or two additional guys, so I would finally realize my fantasy - a suckfest with three huge cocks. He said he probably could, so I got all fired up. I added a sizable tip to his 2500, and invited him to a dinner date the next day - sin sexo. GREAT FIRST SESSION !!!

There is a 3 year gap in the thread. So maybe with that in mind we don't have to conclude that the OP is clueless. All he's saying - now - is that after three years his partner (and he) is (are) going to apply for a K-1 visa. I don't think the OP ever said his partner has been to the U.S., so I just don't understand the issue about a 10 year visa. Just seems to be off-point. I think all he said was after three years they have decided to get married and will try for a K-1 visa. As a first visa for his partner. These days it is quite difficult to get a visa to the U.S. K-1 is an option. I most certainly do know someone --a former working guy -- and his partner (now husband) who successfully got a K-1 visa to the U.S. and then got married in the U.S. It happens. Not saying it's easy. But it can be done. I also know other former working guys who have run the gauntlet and are in the U.S. on visas.

I am US naturalized citizen, and also hold Argentine citizenship (in Argentina dual citizenship is ok). I will probably resign to my US citizenship and set residency in Argentina, where I will also have an income from retirement from my 20 years living and working there. Because of Mercosur, I can move freely, work, and reside in any country that is member or associated: Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, and I am not sure but I think also Colombia and Venezuela. Actually, I am not yet planning but just looking prices around. I would ask for counseling from a lawyer once I start seriously planning.

Thanks Jason. Lol. I do get trapped by the guys at FreshBoys. They won’t let me out of Patpong. I don’t go to Moonlight alone, but when other forum members are around I make it. I like the show and there are some hot guys working there. I hope the fact they are not filling the place on weekends isn’t a sign of things to come. A very slow, slow season?

Beyond visiting, I am planning to start my retirement in a few years living half of the year in Argentina and half in Brazil. Amazing prices are another local attraction not mentioned in the video. I checked 6 month rates in Airbnb (which I assume is more expensive that contacting a local agent), it is so affordable!

So people don't visit Brazil for sex? Works for me! P.S.- Thanks for posting the video, Oz. A nice way to start my Sunday.

or, more likely, a few days/weeks before wedding night

How? The world is far too complex nowadays. I am not the owner of a genetics lab. The only thing we can do is to divide sources of information into "trustful", "not trustful" and "unkown". But even that seems impossible nowadays. At least there seems to be consensus that washing hands is good, so I am doing that. Interesting also how paranoid oneself can become: In the last 3 weeks I heard so many people coughing. You hear what you are listening for.

while I shall miss seeing Babe at Moonlight, I think I shall miss Nut more. At least there’s still Nest to ogle at. I’m surprised that @paulsf goes to Moonlight!

Actually when I used those words I wasn't particularly thinking of KT. Just like I wasn't accusing him of racism. I simply trying to articulate when I go bat-shit at people. I do think KT can be taken to task for (1) saying "troll" without really a compelling argument for why it has to be true and necessary and (2) saying the members of the forum who might think it's possible OP is not a troll are "idiots." So KT tells us he has a superpower to see the truth through the internet and the rest of us are "idiots". His word. "idiots". If he said that in his experience it takes more spade work to make a go if it, etc., that would be one thing. But he didn't. So to me it seems you are defending the post he didn't actually make. The post he actually did make, maybe harder to defend.

Below is a photo from 2018, taken at a bubbletea cafe in Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, trying to make the best of their situation (no wifi). But as you said, the new generation finds the absence of wifi intolerable, so there was no one but me in this shop for over an hour. Oh, as for the sign cut off at the left edge of the picture, it says "I keep losing weight, but it keeps finding me." I find it quite apposite, and made me feel guilty about having afternoon tea there. I had half a mind to tell the proprietor that making his clients feel guilty about his cakes and bubbletea, and exhorting them to talk (what's that?), is not exactly a secret to success in his business. Mack.

Mack - to answer your questions: Yes, the bungalow was a duplex. The room was square, and the bathroom was tucked around, added onto the back side, not visible in the photo from the front. The front deck was thoughtfully offset to provide privacy so the residents from the other unit were not visible when they were sitting outside. As for food, we ate every meal at different Kai Bae restaurants. There was plenty of variety, lots of seafood places, regular non-seafood Thai food, and a number of different options for western food. There was even a Thai buffet place where you cook your own food at your table, it looked popular with locals and some tourists. The only western meal we ate was pizza one night, so I can't really speak to the quality of the western food, although there was a highly rated Mexican restaurant very close to the bungalow compound, but we didn't eat there. There are quite a few small restaurants down the side sois off the main road. As I said in the report, meal prices were reasonable, not inflated like on some islands. Most places are open air, typical of a beach resort. Here's a typical restaurant right on the main road in Kai Bae where we ate breakfast one morning. Note the parrot sitting in the tree in this photo. In addition, there was a place specializing in burgers, one serving Greek food, and the usual western fare of Italian, plus Indian restaurants that seem to be everywhere in Thailand nowadays. There were no Indian tourists, and it looked like the Indian restaurants were starving for business. There was even an Indian tailor shop offering to "make a nice suit for you, sir". Seemed kind of out of place on a laid back tropical island. The restaurants I just mentioned were all at Kai Bae within a short walk from the room. Lots more food options at the other beaches not far away, but we were satisfied with what we found at Kai Bae. The tap water was fine. I brushed my teeth with it, and no strange odor or discoloration in the water. I know what you mean, I remember staying at the Tropica Bungalows at Patong Beach in Phuket about 20 years ago. The tap water contained tiny red worms I could see coming from the tap against the white sink. And this was no budget room, Tropica Bungalows is right on the beach road, directly at the corner of Bangla Road in Patong Beach. I suspect some water gets contaminated from being held in those large storage tanks many places use. The water sits in the heat in those storage tanks, and who knows what grows in the tanks. Yes, I remember when many places on Koh Samet used generators for electricity, before there was a stable power supply. The place I stayed 20+ years ago on Koh Samet would turn off the generators during daylight hours, so no power all day. I agree, the tap water was dodgy on Koh Samet back then, but things have improved a lot in the last couple decades. Of course this was before the internet. Could you imagine today not having wi-fi access 24/7, or power to a cell phone tower when the generators turn off all day? It wouldn't bother me, but the way many people are glued to their screens all day, I think they wouldn't know what to do with themselves with no phone access. There is a sign on the wall in the Balcony Pub in Silom Soi 4 next to the bar that reads "We have wi-fi, so you don't need to talk to each other". Sad, but true. Yes, the sea was clean. No sign of pollution. When we drove to the far side of the island where it's sparsely populated, I noticed a large sewage treatment facility, so they are trying to keep the sea clean. This was many miles from the beaches on the west side of the island. They're doing a lot better at keeping the water clean than Hong Kong is. There are approximately 200 ships in port in Hong Kong daily at anchor and various moorages in the harbors. Raw sewage is regularly pumped from the ships directly into the sea in Hong Kong rather than transferring it to sewage barges for proper treatment. The photos of the beach were taken at Kai Bae Beach. White Sands Beach is a few miles north, and is the nicest and largest beach on the island with the best sand, although the most crowded with people. We went to White Sands one day to swim, but like I say, it's far more crowded. At Kai Bae, there were plenty of places with chairs or loungers tucked back under the trees. No masses of chairs and umbrellas like they have in Jomtien. One more thing to note - public access to the beaches is becoming harder to find. Like many places in the world, resorts buy up big swaths of ocean front land, denying the public access to the water. This is widespread at White Sands Beach. Take a look at the satellite view on Google, and you can see how resorts are blocking off entire beaches from the public. Of course the beaches are public up to the high tide mark, but in some areas of Koh Chang, try getting to the water without trespassing. In Kai Bae, there is open public access to the beach, with a road leading right to the water. That's how the elephants access the beach every day to swim.