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specially if you take shortcut by Soi Wat Hualampong passing by Magic Touch massage and Rose hotel before hitting Suriwong across from Siam Heritage hotel

good idea, he already fucked up Twitter

Not good piece of propaganda above . This engine looks like model from fifties fitting for some side lines in Africa or Latin America not for world's superpower. All the same like Trump himself.

Good for you ! For me their rates all are ridiculous premium but I'm cheap skate when comes to accommodation and probably on much lower income level too. At the same time I haste to say I understand people who like to treat themselves and splurge on something better, after all it put our hard earned money at work

actually Pattaya made some progress toward that noble goal and post covid Walking Street is not as much in-your-face as it used to be in better days.

wherever you exit customs are and you are back on freedom ( there are two exits so on one you turn right , another one turn left ), you go down escalators or elevator to lowest level. You will see green carpeted slope - it's leading to the railway station . To the left you will see some kiosks with soft drinks, selling SIM cards and most important -exchanging money. Rates there are only minimally worse than at XOne on Suriwong so feel to exchange money there, as much as you want / need. You can buy train ticket in machines or there's ticket window. There's you chance to change that 1000 note into smaller denomination. It costs 45 baht and in 25 minutes you are in civilisation. There are 2 ways of getting to Silom area : 1/ go all the way to last station -Phaya Thai which is connected to BTS station of the same name , take train in direction of Kheha and 2 stations later cross the platform and take train going to Bang Wa. Alight on either 2nd (Sala Daeng) or third (Chong Nonsi) station depending of hotel you are staying and either march , walk or stroll to your destination. 2/ alight from the train at Makkasan station and using covered walkway go to Phetchaburi MRT station . Take train going in direction Silom - Hualampong. $th station is Silom across the park or next one Sam Yam by Wat Halampong which is bit closer to many hotels including Tarntawan. Don't worry about your luggage , you are strong man, there are escalators everywhere an your suitcase has a wheels. Going in reverse direction I's take only route 1/ as sometimes train is very crowded on Makkasan which is 2nd station on the way to airport. Certainly it was case on , Saturday week ago when I was heading to airport at 4 and people in Makkasan were squeezing and elbowing to get in which I watched from comfort of my seat. Trains run 6-24 so at night taxi is your only option.

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yes but calling it officially "national treasure " seems go against verbalized policy of making Pattaya family friendly destination

I'm pretty sure that most of them find the way of circumventing that 25% legislation

just general comment , while post covid hotel prices were really giveaways, those days Bangkok hotels are catching up by rising their prices considerably . I usually don't aspire to staying in 4 or 5 stars but even budget hotels seem to hit price levels never seen before.

while at first look it amounts to exploitation and in fact it is indeed, we need to consider that Myanmarese and other foreigners treated that way may not necessary share that view. When they repatriate portion of their earnings to families at home it may turn out that purchasing power of that remittance there is much higher than it would be in source country. As example - when I was in Myanmar back on 2001, in Mandalay I was shown decent looking , free standing home and was informed that it can be mine for 2000 or 3000 $. While no doubt prices went up since , difference in purchasing power still exists.

One doesn't hear that every day

Day 8 , last After my guy left I had good sleep till late morning , them went for breakfast and returned to the room to pack up. Earlier I asked about the option of late check out as my plane leaves at 7.pm but I was told by lady who seemed to be in charge that there are no rooms available. Considering that other guy , manning laptop in the lobby seemed sympathetic to my query and I notice strange grimaces sent his way by said lady I think they simply did not want to bother. No problem although it would be nice to have room till , say 4 pm. I found solution, left my bag on reception and went to soi 6 to have massage at Maha with diminutive hunk there , Nut. Great , no rush session. At 3 pm my last chicken and rice soup at Foodland, minutes later reader joined me for latest gossip and he walked me to mouth of Convent Road here we had our good bye hugs hoping to see each other very soon. Train to the airport was very crowded but no surprise there considering it was peak hours. At 7 something pm my Gulf Air A321 took off on its way to Bahrain with me inside waving good bye to Thailand for 36th time. In sharp contrast with September this time I was leaving with bleeding heart. Considering what brought me there I was in need of something uplifting and this time guys delivered , one after another. Even bump mid trip with underdelivering Banana guy, mostly on time , was not that painful. Who would think that my best guy will be from Jupiter ? Even now , week later I’m kind of amazed . And I still have my sights on another hunk from there, one who mildly pissed me by not confirming his tips with smile but I’m not giving up on him for two reasons, first he was recommended to me by forum friend I absolutely trust judgment of, second because he looked much better in flesh than on pics and clips I saw of him before .So it looks for my next trip whenever it will be I have my homework already assigned , I’m not giving up that easy. I’m glad that Handsome Cambodian with whom I have long history of offs , not all of the happy – once he dumped me after I complained about his constant surfing on his phone , looked happy and somewhat settled. I have soft spot for him because of his troubled , early orphaned life. Chai, new discovery in Arena was joyful and I cherish sense of achievement of finally being engaged with #10 from Moonlight and #31 from Banana I pursued for some time. Very uplifting fact that all bar one of boys I known previously bar that I engaged this trip performed , I must say even better than previously. No games , no stupid excuses ( I overlook last night because I have feeling it was not malicious ). Only think I feel sense of missing was another meeting with Y from Moonlight but simply our schedules did not align. Those familiar with my report perhaps notice one , so far always present , thing missing - absence of visit to Tawan. Yes it was on design. I still love bar and it’s boys dearly but this time I was in no mood to partake in their constant ‘ tip, tip, tip “ requests. Even when I had chance meeting with K on that famous corner , he immediately raised his shirt and asked for ‘ tip for eating “. I wish them well and hope to visit in the future but this time I gave them a miss and I ‘m glad I did. How far I went from days when my trips were on Tawan monodiet ? But not my fault. Life is strange thing. One week you attend your best , lifelong, friend’s funeral, next you have week of your life and one of best of my many trips to LOS. I love you life !

For that we don't need to pay that much. Any shop with grannies sitting at from will provide excellent massage for fraction of the tip

You must be right as its not a first time I hear complains about boys being mistreated by fellow Asians. I always recall case of Tawan boy taken as trophy boy to Malaysia , well treated there for a month but at end sent back with some pittance like 2000 baht or 100 $, don't remember exactly, like lavish dinners pay for his expenses home.

Day 7, last full day After breakfast S and me parted ways, spent some time in the room because of rain then took Chao Praya express boat to Chinatown and walked from pier all the way to Hualampong station battling crowds of shopper there. I witnessed an accident there when small truck turned into side soi , hit the awning which promptly collapsed on the stand below it. Fortunately there were no shoppers at the stand and lady manning it was not hurt. At 4pm , T , my Jupiter hero showed up on the dot and, floridarob pay attention ! we marched to Mahanakhon. It was quite crowded atop as people congregated waiting for the sunset , admission is steep 350 for seniors and 1080 for the rest ( up to 3.30 pm it’s 200 less ). Visibility was so, so but immediate metropolitan area was quite clear. It was fun to see big muscular guy bit shaking when stepping on the glass with 300 m chasm below but when he took my advice not to look down when stepping but straight forward and jus walk it went well. He even was brave enough to repeat my staple number lying face down on the glass. I’m sure he will make good use on his social media of all those pics I took of him there. On the way to hotel we had a meal in Chinese restaurant on ground floor of Sora hotel by Chong Nonsi and it needs to be said loudly – chicken with cashews , my Thai daily staple was best I had this trip. In the room usual activities flipping through the pages of stamp albums but done way that I sensed he really wants me to be happy and I wanted him to know I consider it big luck I met him in the bar on his first day. Truly a find. Hope to see him again also he mused after he makes enough he will go back to his family in rural Issan. At 9.30pm another meeting with emiel in Foodland to plot night’s sightseeing , our last as tomorrow I’m leaving in the afternoon and he follows me to the airport few hours later. First step -Banana. Another enthusiastic welcome by barkers and mamas an inside, needs to be said after Lucy is gone mood inside is much , much lighter. Half full inside. We got a good seat and first thing I noticed is #31 sitting in the corner. Not just sitting but clearly smiling at me. No, such occasion can’t be missed so I called him over for a drink immediately. It’s my 4th attempt , first when I saw him I had arrangement for that night already so we only had drink and patron nearby was so relieved to learn from mamasan that I won’t be offing him that he took opportunity when I stepped out to the bathroom and snatched the guy. Next two times were identical. He was absent so I settled on another guy, on both occasion the same one by the way . And of course as soon as we sealed the deal who is showing up ? #31 of course. It was a case last trip and also few days ago. His English is very weak so I called mamasan to explain that I will pay off fee now but pick him up past midnight. On google translate we completed rest of business negotiations, long time – yes !, kiss , no, and a fee. Soon emiel and me changed scenery to Fresh Boys. Bar seemed ¾ full . We make our grand entry at best of moments – show was on and number in progress was non-simulated 69. At one point show stopped for boys to have a chance to present themselves on the stage and we both agreed that number 25 is by far the best looking. At the same moment mu phone buzzed. It was message from reader who know we went to Freshboys and asked me if 25 I here as he is favorite of one of our members. It was like he was eavesdropping on us, funny how things happen sometimes. From there we went downstairs to GoodBoys, formerly Screwboys as emiel realized he never went there. Again , only half full . so we got good seats. Mamasan recognized me immediately , she always remembers that One from there was my best boy ever , even if that is story from 2014. I was relieved that my guy I offed last time is sitting with some Japanese and they are quite touchy-feely , otherwise it would be off pressure I guess. When they kissed I knew soon they go out together an it happened indeed. In meantime show in progress and a lot of flesh on display. Emiel liked it there and decided to stay but I , mindful of my obligation, said my goodbyes and returned to Banana to pick up my catch. While I was waiting for him I noticed that my Handsome Cambodian from Dreamboys is sitting there with few Asian girls , we hugged enthusiastically and one of girls commented about HC ‘ he is so cute”. I almost was about to say ‘ wait until he undresses “ but being always modest and well behaved I kept mum. Happy for him to see him happy. Soon my guy and me were on our way to Foodland to get some nourishment and then happily strolled to hotel. Other that clearly avoiding kissing and being gentleman I did not press the issue, he continued my lucky streak of fantastic long time offs this trip. Fact that I found him being ticklish was additional bonus as I like to tease them that way. Funny thing , before I picked him up from bar I commented to somebody congratulating me finally achieving my goal, that while happy I sniff something and that 6th sense did not fail me as at 4 he told me he has visa run in the morning and needs o go at 5. Again I found good side of it and at 5 let him go and I had good sleep till 10 loading my batteries for presumably sleepless night on the plane to follow. Thinking about it I thought he wanted to tell me about whole thing earlier but considering his non-English did not know how to start and it’s why I sensed something. Anyways 5 stars awarded and tip still well deserved and hard worked for. For me sense of achievement that I finally got my boy !

that disadvantage of working in shops without minimum tips as boy's interests are not that well protected. Since boys are still sticking there, my guess will be somehow it evens up in longer terms. We know some customers sometimes can be unreasonably generous. Hopefully manager took boy's side which here I'd not be so sure. When I was working, company usually sided with customer even if complains were unreasonable.

to put it into perspective, one of boys I offed last week told me told me he lives with 6 other boys in highrise near Silom Market , sleeps on the floor and his share of rent is 2300/ month.

of course , being such sophisticated writer, lol

thank you. It's not that Jupiter was unhappy place although I had my measure of bad luck there , specially at old location , where moonlight is now. After that I wizened up and simply stopped offing from there , visiting usually one a trip , on first night to get it over with. Only when one of their guys explained to me that disinterested look is management mandated as it is us who are supposed to chase guys there I got it and noticed that when sitting with customers or met by chance on the street guys are normally friendly. Anyways now it looks that slowly but surely will become a fan and by July 2029 it should become my most favorite bar if all goes well. Looks wise their guys can't be beaten, even not by Moonlight models.

no, it looks that some bars start emptying after midnight, certainly around 1 am you can start hunting as it was shortly after that time when I saw those guys

don't we all ? As for Nicky there was time I'd agree with you but later doctor found a pill that cured it, lol

make it 10 if not 12 . I'm not fan of spending money on accommodation , prefer splurge on boys instead

beauty is in the eyes of beholder

Day 6 We often have discussion here about gay vs straight escorts and I ‘m of firm opinion that straight ones are trying harder because they know they need to perform in order to stay in business. After last night I feel vindicated. Married and father of toddler and still making sure customer is 100 % happy. I upped his tip by a 1000, invited him for a breakfast even if it was almost noon and we settled on afternoon visit to Maha Nakhom tomorrow followed by perusing stamp collection again. Next few hours I took it easy in the room and in the afternoon I went to Saphan Kwai to try one of their shops. I already described my bizarre adventure there in another thread so won’t be boring you with that again– link below . But I repeat, even if bizarre and highly unusual I still enjoyed that experience. https://www.gayguides.com/forums/topic/39468-massage-shops-on-sutthisan-winitchai-rd/page/19/ - look toward end of page On my way back I decided to see restaurant of A , former bar star but before I reached that place heavens opened with deluge , fortunately when I was passing by another restaurant so I had my dinner there. By time I finished , rain was over. A was not in his place so I returned to Silom civilization. At 9.30 another Foodland meeting with reader and emiel and after we shared recent news emiel and I went to Moonlight , his virgin trip there. Show was about to start but bar was no more than half full so we got good seats with good view for the scene where guys were trying to bring an attention to themselves. Y I was hoping will be there was already gone with customer, few boys I would be interested in somehow did not show the same and those trying to smile at me weren’t ones I was attracted to and after the show we decide to check Hot Male. No customers when we entered but about dozen boys still there beaming smiles in our direction but my hope was that S will be available while he was not present. But we have technology – mamasan texted him I’m in the bar without even asking me if he should and immediately there was message he is coming right now. 500 off fee, no drink and off we went to eat something at Foodland , I’m becoming addicted to their chicken and rice soup. Since emiel was still empty handed I suggested he makes grand tour of the area as after bars close boys are known to eat and drink in various places. Indeed when S and I were going to the room we saw one of Jupiter guys dining alone in Patpong 2 and one of Hot male guys dining in Convent. That one even suggested he will go with us but we declined that generous offer. S is a rock, always great and enthusiastic, quality guaranteed.