NIrishGuy

I'm not quite sure where you were but I found no lacking in the amount of farang ( unfortunately) and as always especially out Russian brethren ( and more so Chinese and Korean etc in Bangkok). Several Thai boys have reported that they are as busy as ever and they expect business to drop later in the week after Songkran so I guess there must be enough of us here to make a difference ? I did think songkran in general wasnt just as busy as last year perhaps but that have been me just being in different places at different times I guess. Sunee plaza I felt was just dead, I visited twice and whilst there were some customers in the bars the whole place felt dead and lifeless and I didn't hang about to long after finding the latest love of my life each night.

Hell that happened years ago, I'm a mere shadow of my former self these days, I'm even starting to drink bottles of water every now and then between rounds to pace myself ! I never thought I'd have to stoop to such low underhand ( but very wise) tactics ! :-) And don't worry I have a plan, which is to give it hell for three days at bkk songkran, then wind down for a day or two in Pattaya and then pick up from where I left off - of course you are absolutely right and my plan will fail miserably and I'll be a burnt out she'll within days, but sure it's fun getting there :-). We'll see ! :-)

Oh wow the sheer number of people here this year, it seems to be well up on last year, someone was telling me in the Thai calendar this is their new millennium (?) which may explain that if correct I guess, but Silom road was absolutely packed to the point of dangerous and there is NO way it would have been allowed to take place at those crush levels anywhere in the west and as much as I usually love being in a throng of Thai guys have to say it was verging in the edge of scary at one point as if someone had fallen over I think they'd of got crushed or walked on for sure. But apart from that great fun as always, With the exception of a quick trip to soi 4 - which was its usual mental but secy as hell self :-) and then a quick trip back to the hotel for a little R&R wuth a cutie i picked spent all day from 12 noon until 2am in banana bar in soi twilight where the Craic was great !! I decided to go the bottle route to slow down the money spending a bit but after the first few I forgot that I like a beer and a vodka chaser when "on the rip" so so much for that idea as I just ended up with beer AND vodka all day - so much for the saving money plan ha ! Nipped back for a quicky with one guy around 10pm who after we finished switched the lights out and rolled over to sleep and was most offended to get a proverbial boot up the ass with the lights being switched back on again and the term short time being explained to him in case he'd missed it the first time as apparently he'd decided I was a keeper and didn't want going out to the party again in case I found another boy - well I guess he was right about that part ! A crowd of us tootled off to DJ around 2am and to say it was packed to the rafters would be an understatement, which I never like as it makes it so much harder to slip about and meet new people. Then left there and hit GOD until 5.30am or and again it was rammed more than I've ever witnessed before to the point of moving around was difficult - oh and Chinese people EVERYWHERE SO many Chinese in every bar and club again more than I've noticed before. So it's now 4.00pm and I'm just surfacing and trying to shake off yesterday's hangover to go out and start all over again as the music is already blaring on the street, so a bite of grub, a beer out two to ease myself back I to things and then later a trip to Babylon I think where there's a foam party going on - so all in all a busy first day of songkran. Edit * - oh and joe you can add a guy from DJ, and a massage guy from Soi twilight and a guy off grindr into the above somewhere over the two days before if you're keeping a running tally ha ha but I thought I'd spare you the details lol - and to the poster who asked are Thai boys shy with toys - not all of them it seems :-)

So, I can only assume that there must be some hidden Thai that demands that Thai boys leave the shower head nozzle pointing right at where a farangs head might be as we reach in to turn the shower on - twice today already I have turned on the shower expecting to hear the water outpouring nicely into the bath only to get a face full of water !!! Perhaps it's because it's Songkran and they are making an early start !!? Lol

Sorry, deleted, double posted by mistake - the wifi is crap here so far today :-(

Man you're not kidding FH, I've just arrived at the Tarntawan after what was more like a canoe trip than a taxi drive from the airport. Accidents galore, rain LASHING down in true monsoon fashion, two foot deep puddles everywhere - and my taxi driver still trying to bomb along at 60 whilst also trying to watch a DVD !!! So yes it's a tad wet out there ( just stopped now actually thankfully) but the way I look at it is its songkran and I'm going to end up wet so whether its from a water pistol or my drowning in a monsoon flood it's little odds and thankfully they've as put me on the 7th floor here I should be safe enough for a while :/)

Christian I am VERY disappointed in you, I fully expected you more than anyone else on the board to have some over the top, totally over thought out, unique, failsafe system to ensure the safe dispensing of your hard earned notes, so to discover after everything you actually rely on simply looking at what money is in your hand before handing it out is I fear a bit of a slight let down and I think you're going to have to go away and give this topic some more thought perhaps as there MUST be a better way - surely ? :-)

Plus you're forgetting the chances of me actually being sober / have enough energy to sit down and write ANY reports has about as much chance as that proverbial snowballs chance in hell of happening based on past trips exploits anyway!

Anonone - just you tell you BF that you can't have too many friends in life and he shouldn't worry so :-) And yes thanks for the report Firecat - actually in your post above where you said : "In Pattaya all you have to do is smile at a boy in the Mall or a restaurant and there is a good chance he will end up in your bed" and "Sometimes they are just Horny to have Sex with a Non Thai" and "the money for the boys is as small an amount of most places in the world." I literally sat here and went MAN, I'll have to get myself to there - and then remembered I'm departing on Wednesday !! :-)) NOW you've got me in the mood, I'm literally away to start packing my case - with the usual two or three tee shirts, one pair of shorts and 201 condoms - and the "one" in case you're wondering in as when I went into the pharmacy and asked for two hundred condoms the cute guy behind the counter looked up and said "fuck me" so I said "ok then, so you'd better make that 201 !" Boom Boom ( the old ones are......still the old ones ! :-)

if you send me £20 of that English sterling you're talking about Z909 I'll be SURE to send you one of our fivers and tenners for you to keep so that you can have a good close up look - and I'm happy to do that just as many times as you'd like :=)

Have to say when I first heard about people travelling back for medical care my gut reaction was "man they have some nerve" - buggering off and living the high life when it suits them and then coming crawling back for medical care when it's all gone to shit in their lives etc, BUT I have to admit I'd never stopped to think of things being the way your guys have outlined above and I do absolutely agree with you, that's really shitty deal for someone who has contributed so much and for so long and just isn't fair or right - they should have it set up like a normal BUPA policy where as long as you keep paying in you get cover, end of ! I think i might have a different view if the person hadn't been working here nor paying in while they were away, but assuming all payments required were made and are up to date then why NOT cover your paying members ! Just doesn't seem right somehow.

Yes FH I'm fully aware he was - us poor Irish and Scots are in exactly the position re getting our bank notes accepted in England and Wales as it's always an uphill struggle. Although ( and who says you don't learn anything on these boards ! :-) on checking a detail on wikipedia re this subject before I posted I've just found the following.... "Scottish and Northern Irish banknotes are unusual, firstly because they are issued by retail banks, not central banks, and secondly, as they are not legal tender anywhere in the UK – not even in Scotland or Northern Ireland – they are in fact promissory notes. Seven retail banks have the authority of HM Treasury to issue sterling banknotes as currency. Despite this, the notes can be refused at the discretion of recipients in England and Wales, and are often not accepted by banks and exchange bureaus outside of the United Kingdom." * Source "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_pound_sterling"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_pound_sterling So there we have it, after all these years standing arguing in bars and chippy's in London at 2am that "they HAVE to take my money as it's all I've got and it IS legal tender for god sake, I mean LOOK it even says Sterling on it and EVERYTHING !" It turns out I've been wrong all along ! Oh well, you learn something new every day I guess ! :-)

Mind you ( and keeping on topic) with my being so disorganised I inevitably find some Northern Irish Sterling still lying about in my wallet when I'm in Bkk and to be fair THEY don't take it in the shops there either ! I think it's all one big conspiracy ! :-)

And woe betide you should you ever find yourself using an "Ulster Bank" £10 or £20 pound sterling note to try and pay for anything in London or half of England as they think you're from Mars and have just ran off a batch of £20's from your own printing press out in their car park or something ! :-(

I'm shocking for confusing money when in Thailand and I end up doing it several times on every trip no matter it seems how hard I try to ensure I don't. I'm oh so careful before I head out so in my hotel room I'm a "sorter" - everything into it's 100's. 500's and 1000's, the 100's at the front, the 5's after that and the 1000's folded in half and placed to the rear and in a separate compartment - so simple, I mean what could POSSIBLY go wrong with that plan I hear you ask ! Well one word - actually no two - the one word was me and the other.....beer ! It all starts out swimmingly, then some bugger in a shop or bar or motorbike asks for an amount that doesn't EXACTLY correspond to the EXACT sum of notes and the denominations I have in my wallet ( how inconsiderate of them !) and BANG, thats the start of the end, through a few beers in there and few "sure I'll stick my change in my pocket just for now and sort it later" plus a few " God I can see damn all in this club" with a few I'm too lazies and don't want to look like an asshole standing counting loads of notes in front of the waiter and having to look at each one of them like some crazed mentalist magician so I'll just give him a 1000 and the next thing BANG lo and behold I have two pockets STUFFED to over flowing with notes and my wallet in tatters as I've been half shuffling through it half heartedly thinking I might actually keep it in SOME order for a while before giving up. Actually that's one of the reasons I love being with a guy you know where you can give him a handful of 1000's before we head out and say " right you pay for everything all night and don't bother me about it" as a) you then have no bother with cash all night, B) half times he gets a better price than I do when going to pay somewhere, c) he spots the check bin scams and cons long before I even see them coming, he knows when to pay up front and NOT run tabs (* NAB for instance) or the EXACT opposite as no matter which route I take apparently it's the wrong one, then d) he LOVES the fact that he's the one being see to hold the money and is paying all night ( even though the world and his aunt knows where the money's REALLY coming from and finally e) as he know's full well you'll not ask him for the change later ( which if he's smart he'll offer back to you anyway only to be told to keep it of course like me knew all along) then he's in a great mood 24/7 and the sex is even better than normal ! So, actually taking all of the above into consideration maybe it's not such a bad thing I'm crap with money. Mind you I do recall once trying to be REALLY careful not to lose money and on going into DJ station for one of my first trips there and seeing ( and reading about) the pick pocketing ( which actually I've never actually experienced in there) I thought I'd be uber careful and stuck maybe 8000 or 10000 down the inside of my sock for safe keeping ! ( ha they'll never think to look there me thought) and no, they didn't - and neither did I again until the next day where I'd clean forgetten I'd put it there and needless to say it had worked it's way out of my sock a LONG time before that so some Thai street cleaner must have thought that Christmas come early ! So, now I've given up and just resign myself to losing a few 1000 over every trip and not having to worry about the rest now is MUCH less stressful ! :-)

whatever are you implying !! lol

Just on that point (and sorry in advance if I'm being thick here) but when I click on just about anything other than the forum i.e. peoples profiles and then try perhaps to click on to their pics etc I get (re)directed to the World Nomads insurance quote page, so is this me simply logging in in the wrong place perhaps as mentioned above or something or maybe is the rest of the site a "must be paid for" feature or something perhaps ???

I have no difficulty with the concept although i fear the putting of it into practice may indeed be a whole other affair

Likewise re "Bangkok Love Story" another good Thai movie.

Ha ha share my plans eh.......wow if there's every going to be a post which so clearly highlights the differences in our two ways of living Christian this will be it :-) as my plans quite simply currently encompass two things - drinking and fucking - but not necessarily in that order ( see, who say's I'm a slave to things being in their natural order) lol But to try at least to "seriously" answer your question whilst the above isn't far off the mark as I generally don't tend to plan to much ahead my general plan will be to arrive in Bkk on Thursday 11th I think speanding the weekend there for Songkran itself ( which as I'm sure you know is the weekend and up to the Monday 15th I belive etc) then on either the Tuesday if I feel like it or more likely the Wednesday on the 17th or so head up to Pattaya remaining there until the 23rd or so - where in each place I'll do the usual round of catching up with friends and fuck buddies (and finding a few new one hopefully) and on the main songkran days either meet up with friends or take one or a few off and take them out for day / night the main songkran day/s activities themselves as it's better fun in a crowd I think ( but not essential). I suggest you maybe head to Koh San Road area to at some point where the crack as we say here in Ireland is 90 ! ( that means it's very good !) as it s ram packed with people all out for a good time with their water guns, day and night and there's a nice daytime (family) atmosphere. Also the main road area outside DJ etc ( sorry I'm having a mental blank re the name just now) is also great as they close off the road to traffic (or at least try to) and it turns into one massive street party all night with people playing with water from early until late and music blaring from the backs of the many trucks that turn up filled with guys and girls ( and more water) and PA sound systems blasting giving a real party atmosphere everywhere - but all in all my general advice ( which I know you'll find alien to you) is try not to plan to much as the whole place ( in those areas anyway) is THAT busy and mental that no matter what your best laid plans are they probably won't happen anyway as you just end up getting sucked into the mad fun somewhere else ( like the water fights in Soi twilight which are also great fun too :-) Likewise with Pattaya, although I found it a bit more tiresome as unlike Bkk where there was a fairly obvious set two or three days of "water fun" Pattaya's fun dragged on for WAY to long perhaps ( or maybe I was just a bit sick of it all by then) but in general the same rules apply. And don't perhaps worry about trying to be anywhere or plan anything at a set time etc as the day/s seem to take on a life of their own but certainly down by the sea front both in the city and in Jomtien on the main day itself were great fun with parties everywhere with food stalls the lenght of the road and live music, PA trucks and hot guys running about for what seemed like forever - so I'm sure you'll not be bored. I have no doubt of course that on reading this you'll be horrified at my lack of planning :-) and after the event you will be able to give me a run down of what I COULD have been doing and what I missed out on - not to mention how much it all cost :-) but each to their own I guess and I hope / I have no doubt you will enjoy yourself no matter what you decide to do / get up to and I'm looking forward to reading your report already - and in case you ask where was mine, just remember you've already had it - drinking and fucking, I need say more. Oh and as for your stated apparent difficulty hooking up - I'm quite concerned about that, so I think I need to take you out and study your technique to see can we not improve your hit rate somewhat - although I have to warn you to loosen you / your Thai friends up my counselling tips may consist of your having to purchase (and consume) quite alot of alcohol - both for the boy of your dreams - and more importantly ME ! lol

??? We must have gone to different parts of Bali then as when in Syminyak I literally had trouble keeping up ( and that's saying something) and I'd some great nights at the ( admittedly few) gay bars - but the craic was brilliant every night in the bars that were there and I was kept busy morning, noon and night with as much action as I could handle ! Ahhhh and they say romance is dead ! lol

I'm sure whilst the site may have been pornographic in general that clip certainly isn't, in fact it's educational - hell I think the BBC should be showing it - to show guys how NOT to screw up their already lovely cocks ! :-( One thing - and I'm being thick here, I watched the video as I always wondered how it was done and I'm still none the wiser, so are they basically physically "cutting" the guys loose skin somewhere behind his knob and then just pushing a mook in and the wound then simply heals over after a few days, that seems the most logical but as there was NO blood I couldn't work out how that was, or am I missing something - not that I'll be joining any queue to have my own personal mook installed by any passing karaoke singers in the next week or two mind. :-)

It IS getting too expensive, that's for sure - but there is a method to my madness in that I figure if I go NOW ( which because of work / time limitations can only be for about two weeks) then that will "do me" for a while and I'll not be tempted to spend maybe a month there in July and so will maybe then head off somewhere else such as the Philippines or Bali or somewhere or maybe even STAY HOME ! - or at least and what is more likely to happen just spend less time there. And honestly whilst I'm glad to be getting away (anywhere) for a break I'm not all that excited about going if truth be told as on my last two trips I was starting to get a bit bored with the same same all the time ( and yes I know that's my fault and there is loads to do and I just don't) so it will be interesting to see just how I fare this time - which again is half the reason I'm going now as with Songkran one is always guaranteed a bit of a laugh and a party atmosphere if nothing else and not just sitting in Sunee Plaza watching the same couple of dozen boys talk oul nonsense to the same dozen farang every night. And as for the no self control thing - guilty as charged !!

Ha you have a point there, although actually there were MANY cute Asian guys knocking about all weekend which I was very pleasantly surprised about. My biggest problem there is my forgetting where I am and walking up to them and starting the "hello, what your name, I not see you before here, you just come from your village, how long you work bar here now?" conversation, only for them to turn round and reply in a very broad Manchester accent " actually I'm from Burnley mate and i dint work I'm just down with mates for the weekend, so where are you from as your English is so strange ?" - very disconcerting !!! Lol And as for getting my arse back to LOS - I depart on the 9th of April for 2 1/2 weeks to Bkk and Pattaya respectively for some wet and wild Songkran fun ( and I might play with some water too while I'm there he he), see, who says I'm not a well balanced individual, I'm an equal opportunities shagger, I believe in sharing it around !!! Lol

Ha, my eyes mustn't be all that as literally within 1 minute of arriving and walking out my hotel door for the first time I was offered some paid fun by a street hustler - which disconcertingly when I politely declined with "thanks but maybe later" ( or keeping my options open more like just in case I didn't pull lol) his next line was " well would you have any spare change for a cup of coffee then !" - meaning of course that he must have thought that I looked THAT desperately in need of a shag in the first place ! ( and perhaps he wasn't too far wrong there either little did he know lol !! :-) I should add that I was also very discerning as in another bar when almost instantly on arrival again a guy sat down beside me and placed my hand on his ( large) crotch and said "I've 8 1/2" come back to my room" and I said NO !! ( I'm still in shock about myself actually) but the bloody Thai guy had all but done me in energy wise with his "demands" and I needed some time to recharge my internal batteries - for all of about an hour I seem to recall - so yes Manchester - highly recommended and I've already booked my room for Pride in August if anyone else is going so say hi :-)