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Found it! It was really interesting to read - I should have read your posts regarding Japan before travelling, it would have made things easier to understand and manage. Didn't know that another forum exists... feels like a parallel universe. LOL. Thanks! OK, so I think we just see racism a little different. For me racism is treating a person in a certain way (for better or worse) only because he belongs to a certain race. But, if indeed some Japanese people stick to each other only because of fear for their culture and rules - then racism is not involved in their decision - as you said. My impression was that there is more than that and there is some racism involved - some if it maybe unconscious and un-admitted. However, as I learned from your posts you are born and raised in Japan so I will accept your impression as it is obviously more profound than my 2 weeks impression Thanks! I hope so too! I plan on taking my BF by surprise to a gay weekend vacation in Europe on his 30th B-Day this February. At first I thought I'll take him by surprise to BKK for a weekend but the flights are really expensive for a relatively short trip. Besides, the thought of taking him to BKK for his birthday reminded me of an episode of "Married with children" when Al bought Peggy a bowling ball for her birthday. LOL. But as I said, I'm planning next summer and I'm doing everything I can to find a route that must include BKK (i.e. Singapore)

I may have over simplified the reason I am not that eager on traveling to Singapore. I actually always wanted to visit Singapore. In fact, a local Israeli blogger just posted 2 weeks ago a very informative and exciting post regarding gay Singapore (link is with Google translate from Hebrew to English so it's a poor translation of his post) and after reading his post as well - I am sure it's worth a visit and that we will enjoy it there. The true reason I am not eager on visiting Singapore is that for an Israeli passport holder, there is nothing to do in that region except Singapore. I cannot enter Indonesia and Malaysia. So when I wrote that it is "too clean, too sane", it is just comparing to my imagined Malaysia-Singapore-Indonesia fantasy trip. Several years ago I thought I'd wait some years until they will allow us enter and then have a more intense trip at that region. But, nowadays, I understand that I will probably not witness peace during my lifetime in our region so waiting is just being naive. In addition, as i said, if flying to Singapore is what gets me to convince my BF to have several days in BKK - I am more than willing to take that extra mile Yes we surly got "templed out". LOL. Your temple plan sounds better than the ones we did. I'll recommend it for my friends travelling to Kyoto. Thanks! I understand what you mean and surly I am not judging or criticizing any one that has sexual/romantic preference for any race as I do my self have some preferences for certain races over others. However, I don't think I agree with your distinction between racism and preference for race. I am not saying that these are the same things but I do think that they blend without us even realizing that. I have several examples: Some of the Japanese that we hooked up with told us that some of their friends think that Caucasians are less clean and more shallow that's why they prefer other Japanese. So, when a certain race gets assigned with certain characteristics that may cross the border to racism. It worked the other way around elsewhere - as I previously mentioned, a Vietnamese guy wanted to me to take of the condom - because I'm white so I'm probably well educated and clean. Another example from my home: some of us Israelis, like having sex with Arabs (I am guilty of this preference as well). When talking about it, we always say how Arabs are like beasts in bed and that they are considered passionate and full of instinctive desire. In my opinion, these characteristics are a fruit of our developed imagination and also are racists whether we like it or not. In the sexual manner this racist preference works well for Arabs but it lowers them in the romantic manner since Israelis usually want them for sex and will less consider them as romantic partners (I am generalizing here). Finally, let's take a very common Caucasian sentence of preference - "I am NOT into Asians". I talked to lots of white people about this non preference (which thankfully I am not holding and I can enjoy Asian ass as much as I enjoy Caucasian ass). After having long conversations about this negative preference I think that there are some repeating motives which include the claim that Asians are too feminine, too small, and their dicks are too small. Even if some of these claims are statistically true, assigning them to an entire race and disqualifying them as sexual partners just upon that, is a sexual preference for race that is also somewhat racist - since it is not true for the entire Asian race. Of course, I am not comparing this form of mild racism to the more severe forms of racism, but I think that it is rather a spectrum than a distinction. What do you think? Can you post the link to the post you wrote about the reasons of Japanese sexual preferences? As you may have noticed, during my trip, I was really intrigued by the subject of racist preference and talked a lot regarding it with locals and foreigners - which also made me contemplate regarding my own preferences for race and their origins. And thanks again for the kind feedback regarding my reports

Well, it was my first time. I used it because I know my limitations and I really pushed my body to it's edge at certain points of this trip and at that point I wanted more than my body can handle. You would be surprised how many people my age use it during long hour sex parties in order to push beyond their normal abilities. Not planning on using it for now - maybe just for special occasions Oh I will surly return to SE Asia - it's just a matter of time, money and working hard on convincing my BF. Actually yesterday was my first breakthrough with him regarding our next summer vacation; After talking about some other destinations that we are both interested in visiting he brought up Singapore. Singapore sounds a little too clean and sane for me but marriage is about compromise. And of course - no direct flight from Tel Aviv to Singapore so if we decide on visiting there we must pass through BKK. There is no way I will allow us landing in BKK without visiting the city for a few days. But it's still too early for planning so I am taking my moves on this negotiation slowly and thoughtfully... Or else, God forbid, I'll find myself in Paris next summer LOL. Thanks all for the feedback And thank you Vinapu for encouraging me to write!

Ok, so I now will continue and finish my report regarding PP and my entire trip. Went with Hercules for coffee and cupcakes in a really nice place near the city lake and then he took me on his scooter to see more of the city. Lots of heavy capitalistic construction going these days in PP (especially in Diamond Island). It looks like this city is going to be much more developed in 5-10 years. During that ride he put his hand in my pants and gave me, what I call "a bottom's smile". I can recognize that certain smile everywhere in the world. It's a smile that represents an inner thought of a bottom that knows he's going to get the dick that he is feeling/seeing in his ass. Love that smile! After that we went for dinner at my hotel. Food in Rambutan was surprisingly good (dinner and breakfast). We had a really hot night together stating in the outdoor tub of my upgraded room then on to the hotel pool (risky again LOL) and finally in bed. Body exactly as pics – Hercules. Did notice that his back had steroids wounds. Well, being Hercules has its price. He really wanted to film him sucking me and getting fucked. I agreed only if I was the camera man so that my face does not show up (didn't want a film of mine out there online…). That was also hot and in the morning we watched again the film together and that made us horny again. After breakfast (they didn't charge me for guests' breakfasts' which was nice), he went to work and I continued sleeping until noon. At noon I went to the royal palace. Apparently Royal palace was closed at noon and reopened at 2PM. At first I thought it's a tuk tuk lie that its purpose is to get more money from me but actually it does open at 2 PM. I strolled PP's streets and entered a pharmacy. I already talked to a Canadian guy that day that I wanted to meet at night but I was so sexually tired I did not know if I'm up for the mission. I decided to check if I can find any natural or chemical boosters inside a local pharmacy. Surprisingly, Cambodia sells Zeagra (a Viagra substitute) over the counter (1.5 USD for 4 pills). The pharmacist assured me it's the same active ingredient. I researched online a little and found out that is true but that I got a high dosage of the pill (100MG). After that pharmacy adventure and coffee I went back to the royal palace. That place is impressive and is worth a visit (3 USD). Don't be a stupid tourist like me and come with a tank top because then you'll pay 2 USD for a shirt you will never wear. After that at the afternoon I went to Arthur and Paul's Sauna. That place is next door to Rambutan resort. I originally wanted to stay there but they are much more expensive (starting at 110 USD a night). They have really nice and maintained sauna facilities. All very modern and decorated. Problem is – not enough people (maybe because of low season). Had some fun with two young local boys that seemed to be a couple but claimed they were just very good friends that have fun together (but the chemistry of them was really passionate). I advised them to try and have a relationship since they really like each other and also have great sex together. They laughed and said they’ll think about it. At the evening I wanted to try the gym. I saw in the gay listing that there is a good gym called "The Place" (15USD for single entrance!). It's funny that the fanciest gym I've ever seen in my life is in a simple and humble city like PP. I wanted to get a free entrance claiming that I want to try the gym before I consider doing an annual membership but that didn't work (it did work in Saigon and usually everywhere in the world). Of course, all the people I saw there were expats. Locker room and shower seemed cruisy. Usually at home I work out 4 times a week. But during my trip I probably visited the gym only 5 times (one time in each big city) so I ended up losing about 5KG in total which is a lot for me. When I returned home, My BF said that my body turned a little Asian (excluding my cock) LOL. I'm used to losing weight when travelling – since I eat as much as I eat at home but instead of sitting all day I do stuff all day. This time I really tried not to lose weight because I really worked hard on gaining it during the past year but was unsuccessful and now I have to work hard again at home. So, when travelling, supposedly, there is no good reason for me to work out cause without consuming large amounts of food I'm just losing weight so weight lifting work outs won't have any effect on me. Even so, there are several reasons why I do like working out in local foreign gyms when travelling (and I also recommend it for others). The first is that I have a weird gym fetish and I like to just see all the different machines and weights every country has to offer. The second reason and probably the most important one is that everywhere in the world metropolitan gyms are gay and a good place to try finding hot guys or just enjoy the eye candy. The last reason and the one that motivated me the most that evening is that I really like working out before fucking. This particular reason has two sub-reasons: the first is that I enjoy seeing my self, more muscular and pumped when fucking (body stays more pumped for several hours after weights workout). And the second is that seeing other sexy men lifting weights makes me horny J. So, I had a nice one hour workout over there (some very sexy expats were working out that evening – made me really horny) and went to buy a bottle of red wine for my Canadian night date. The 25yo Canadian guy that I had a date with was actually a guy I laid my eyes on during my first evening at the Heart of Darkness club but he was with someone there who I assumed to be his BF. After grinding a bit I happily discovered my mistake. He was pretty, thinly toned, taller than me (I usually don't enjoy fucking too tall people but he was not that tall) and had a beautiful 8 inch and thick cock (surely bottoms would have enjoyed it – I enjoyed sucking it).I got to my room, started filling the hot tub and decided to give my new sex booster a try. As I said, at that point, I was so sexually tired that I wasn't sure how much I can handle an all-nighter and I really wanted a long session with this cutie. I read online that a normal first trial dosage is 25-50 MG. I split my 100MG into two pieces and took the smaller piece (pill does not have a split line). That thing worked WAY better than I expected. I literally was able to fuck him for hours. I don't know how much of its impact is psychological but I am sure that for some reason it kept on working even 7 hours after I took it which was already the time of our late morning fun. I was really surprised how well it worked. I think I'll take the second and bigger half on my BF's B-Day and surprise him. LOL. The chemistry with that cutie was surprisingly intense and hot – I usually don't succeed on having this with guys his age (I know it's just 5 years difference but I find that these years are crucial in terms of sexual maturity). That was a great way to finish my Cambodian visit. I also gave that hot young guy one of my minimal bathing suits since it was really hot on him but only on the condition that he will send me hot pics of him wearing it. Got the promised pics last week J. After having breakfast together at the hotel and spending noon together at the pool I had to pack and leave for my final Asian airport – BKK. PP is a very interesting destination to visit. It is rich in awful and interesting history but also at the same time fun, somewhat gay, and still has a unique half urban half old culture. This concludes my report as I already reported my final destinations: Pattaya and BKK in my previous post. Writing about my trip was fun. Not as fun as actually being there but it's still nice in a different way. Thinking of my trip, I am somewhat surprised about my-self – at home I am a more introvert, shy person. I guess being alone and far allows you to discover hidden parts of your true self. I hope this post was enjoyable to read and also helpful for future travelers. I will surly come here to read it once in a while and remember all the nice adventures I had. P.S I will probably stop visiting this forum in several days and resume the next time I will visit Thailand for more advice, planning and reporting. Hopefully it will be this summer – I'm working very hard to convince my BF on that since he prefers boring Europe. Anyway, if later on anyone wants advice or to ask a question regarding any of the destinations I've been (or needs advice about gay Tel Aviv) just send me a private message which I will also get to my mail and I'll reply. Thanks for all the advice regarding Thailand and planning this trip.

I am sure that my sex-ed practices won't change anyone's sexual behavior. But still, I can't help myself and sometimes I preach, probably to clear my own conscious. Cause for example, that Filipino guy is about my age and probably heard and knows everything about safe sex but he chooses to take the risk. In that manner, some Israelis are not different then him. Went yesterday with my BF to a big holiday slutty party. We went in the dark room for some fun and saw that most of the people fucking there were without condoms so we decided to stay on the more observing side of the action. I try to avoid judging people, but this feels so stupid...

So it’s holidays (yes, again) and I will now start writing about PP. First, I'd like to share with you a conversation I had yesterday with the guy I've been in Manila. Since our weekend together we still keep chatting on FB and sending dirty pics to each other. After some dirty talking, he asked me as followed: Him: I have a serious question for you. Me: OK. Him: r u HIV positive? Me: No, why? Him: Be honest, I won't mind. Me: No, last negative test was July 14. Why? Him: Just curious. J Me: After more than a month, you ask me this now… U surly have a reason. Did something happen? Him: No. I'm clean. It's just that you always insisted that we do it safe. At a certain point I started thinking that maybe you are positive and just protecting me. WTF?! I really like this guy but the logic here is so ignorant. He thinks I'm positive because I'm careful. So according to his logic, people that are not insisting on safe sex are negative. That's a sure way for spreading AIDS worldwide. Rest of that conversation was just me performing sex education. LOL. Play safe! And use proper lubes And now, on to Gay PP. Arrived at Phnom Penh at the late Saturday afternoon and took a taxi (12 USD) to Rambutan Resort (45 USD - rate from owner). Traffic was bad. I arrived to Rambutan to discover that I got upgraded to a room with a balcony and a hot tub which was really nice. Hotel is managed by a gay couple a Thai (that I booked through) and an American. They also were helpful by recommending where to party that Saturday night. Nice pool and good service. No problem with joiners. There was a young 23yo guy that I started texting with while I was in pain in Boracay. We kept on chatting for several days until I arrived and he wanted to meet me when I landed. I made it previously clear that this is a friendly drink since I am not into him (too young, too slim). When he came to pick me up I expected a scooter. He came in a large Lexus SUV. Guess he was a rich local guy. Drove the city a bit and had drinks. After, I went by myself to the night market. Again, as always, it's ok to visit but surly nothing special there (actually I think the only market I really enjoyed besides Chatuchak was Taipei's night market). From there, by the recommendation of the locals and the hotel manager, I went to see the show at Blue Chilli bar at 10PM (free). They had nice standard gay shows. Met there some Local guys and went with them to Heart of Darkness (free) at about midnight. That club is considered as a mixed club in the gay listings but what I saw there mostly gay people. It is also gay owned and owner was nice and friendly. Club was great. Finally, a real club, packed with people, no high tables at the middle, excellent electronic music. Danced till 4AM. Didn’t want to go with any of the Khmer boys that I came with except one which he was already taken for the night so I went back to my hotel, really drunk and started Grinding. Got a Grindr offer from another resident (muscular, Asian, my age) of the hotel to have fun at the pool. That turned me on a bit. The hotel pool is public and at the center of all rooms so everybody that enters must pass by it. Guess a little risk turns me on. We great fun at the pool and went to my room to fuck. That night a miracle happened. Well I don't know if it's the alcohol, the arousing massage in SR that noon or something else but I came inside the condom. For me it was the first time in my life. That was so much better then always cumming outside on the body/mouth of the guy I'm with (except my BF). I'm much more of a late cummer than early cummer and never succeeded before on cumming with a condom on. Surprisingly, I restored that night's success with my BF a few days ago (since we are still fucking safe – 17 more days to go!). He was surprised too. LOL. The next noon I went to the Russian market (waste of time – I really need to learn not to go to these places) and later on to the Tuol Sleng Genocide museum. That place was hard for me. I knew that if this hard for me to handle, killing fields the day after will be terrible (and so they were). After I went to check the local sauna – LoveSpa. That place is packed with local guys between 6-8PM. The reason for these weird specific hours is that most of them are local married guys coming home from work and stopping by for some fun on the way. I came there with a local guy I talked to that wanted to come with me because it's his first time and he wants to try it. Sauna is packed with people. Probably 100 locals were there that evening and I was the only foreigner. Most of them are too young and too skinny for me but I'm sure some will find this place very attractive. After having realized that the I came with is my best option in that sauna we went back to my hotel and had fun. Later he took me to his apartment and we had dinner with some of his friends. The next day I went to the killing fields with a car and a guide (20+20 USD) that I booked through Rambutan. That place was horrible. The only thing that may resemble that experience was the concentration camp tour I did in Poland 13 years ago as a high school student. Still, there is a difference. Nowadays, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Majdanek and the rest of the camps are more sterile and museum like. The killing fields are still raw. Walking there I stumbled upon old cloths and bones that were sprouting from the ground. After hearing the horror stories and seeing those sights I then realized that all Cambodians above 45 are probably somehow traumatized as my grandparents were and those living still are. This day trip changed something in my view of the Cambodian people. They still are a recovering post-traumatic nation - even if you don't see it - it's there. After I came back to my hotel I went to rest from that shaky experience. In the afternoon I met with a local guy that I already started talking to a day before I arrived to PP. That guy had the body of a god and a so-so face. But when a body is that impressive – I don't care that much about the face. The reason I was hesitant regarding meeting him is that he was really moving fast our first conversation – wanted to pick me up from the airport, and show me the city. This kinda creeped me out but after continuing chatting with him later I just learned that he is a really nice guy that is attracted only to Caucasians and just really wanted to meet me. So I decided to meet him. He had a complicated name so I just called him Hercules. LOL. Well I thought I'd have enough time finishing this report now but I have too much to write so I'll finish reporting PP and this entire post probably during the weekend, Happy holidays

Indeed price comes with territory. If I had more time and patience for planning then the correct action is to book the tours directly from a guide and not using the hotel as a middleman. Oh how I envy you... PP was one of my favorite destinations in this trip. I'll write about it soon. Indeed it was quite a trip. I have returned almost 3 weeks ago and I still haven't totally recovered. And you are right,13 Check-ins can be tiring I'll refer to accommodation on z909 comment. I just looked at this hotel online and it seems like a good and inexpensive hotel. It is very centrally located. The resort I have stayed (Rambutan) is in a less central location and more expensive. But, It has other advantages (4 star, pool, near Arthur and Paul). Also, as I mentioned, when contacting them directly you get a much better price (I have the manager contact details if you want). I'll write more about it on my report and it may help you decide.

When I planned this trip, I wanted to do 3 weeks in Cambodia and 3 weeks in Vietnam. But plans changed all the time so eventually I did 6 days. LOL. Siam Reap was more calm while Phnom Penh was more crazy fun. I now move on to this short report of my 2 days in SR. Landed in the Cambodian Kingdom at 9PM. Siam Reaps airport is small but really pretty. Immigration clerk was really aggressive but EVISA was processed really fast. I booked the day before 2 night at MEN's hotel (60 USD). My first gay hotel. I also booked from Pierre, the manager, an airport pickup (8USD) and a guide and tuktuk (30+15 USD) for the day after for the temples. The rate for the guide and driver is a bit of a ripoff and surly if I would have done more research in advanced I could have cut the costs in half. The hotel is really nice and fancy and the facilities are really nice. Not a lot of guests – I guess it's because of low season. Hotel's location is a little far from the city center but it is a short tuk tuk drive. First night I went to have a drink at a gay bar called Miss wong. This is a very professional bar that serves really good and relatively expensive cocktails (5USD). After a few drinks and chats I decided to go back to my hotel and go to sleep early since I was starting the temples early. Next morning I went to the temples. The temples are impressive and beautiful and the guide that the hotel booked was knowledgeable and spoke very good English. One day was enough for me. Entrance fee is 20USD for one day and there are almost a million visitors a year. My guide tells me that and then he looks back to verify that no one is hearing us. Then he said that the corrupt Cambodian government is a puppet of the Viet government and none of this money is going for Cambodian development. We had lunch together at a local restaurant. Food resembles Thai food but less spicy. At 6PM after resting I went to the hotel's Sauna. The hotel turns into a sauna everyday between 5PM and 10PM (6-8PM are the busiest). About 15 local guys, were there when I came (Friday noon). Probably in high season there is more traffic of tourists. The sauna, steam, Jacuzzi and showers are very modern, clean and well maintained. Had some steam room action with 2 cute young Khmer guys. One of them wanted to come to my room but he was not entirely my type (too young, too slim) so I decided to keep the fun in the steam room. Place is fun and sexy. At Friday night I went to see the show at Station bar. It’s a nice and sexy show. Had drinks with some tourists there and went back to my hotel. That night I was really horny but none of my Grindr options were one's I wanted to try and pursue. I knew that if I don't do something quick ill end up doing something I regret. So that night I did what I said I will never do in this trip and that is to jerk off. LOL. After calming down I booked my flight to PP (90 USD) for the day after and told the guy from Rambutan I'm coming tomorrow and went to sleep. The last morning in SR I went to the city market, not an impressive one and surly one you can skip and save yourself some time. I wanted to get a nice massage before I go, so I went back to the hotel and booked a massage (18USD) before my flight. Massage was GREAT. The young Khmer hot guy was surprisingly also a very good masseur and did his job properly. He had a really firm hand and a sexy body (toned or even border muscular). After 40 minutes of the massage he started arousing me. I did not want to cum since I wanted to save my libido to the night in PP. I really enjoyed his arousing touch. I did not let him actually give me a hand job but him teasing my cock, balls and asshole was really arousing, exciting and fun. Tipped him 5 USD and went to catch my flight to PP. I'm glad that PP is my last city to report. Memories from there are really good (and hot!). Will start writing soon!

And now my report from the Philippine's heaven – Boracay. I arrived at 6AM to Manila's international airport. I wanted to travel light so I took my small backpack with me and deposited my suitcase in the airport (7.5 USD per day). It was a tiny airplane. Don't remember taking off or landing – after a sleepless night I slept the entire 1H flight. After landing I took a 5 mins tricycle (local version of tuktuk) to the ferry. Ferry + tricycle are about 5 USD. After 20 minutes in the boat we arrived at Boracay. Boracay is divided to stations 1-5. Station 2 is the center and stations 1-3 are in opposite directions from station 2 and are about 10 mins walk from station 2. Stations 4 and 5 are more distant and in my opinion are not good locations for accommodation. I talked to some of the tourists there a day earlier (FakeGPS) and they advised me not to pre book an hotel but to come and pick one that seems nice and it also possible to get a better offer on the spot and try to bargain (do this only during low season). So I did just that. Still tired I started looking for a nice hotel. After going to 3 start hotels and not finding one that I liked I arrived to Astoria hotel which is 5 stars. I already decided in Vietnam that 5 stars are way too much for my needs. The problem here is that to get a nice room and a well located resort you need to pay more than I am used to in SE Asia. Eventually after looking at some more 3 and 4 start hotels I returned to Astoria to negotiated price and we settled at 100USD a night. After closing the deal they upgraded my room which was really nice (surly will only happen in low season). This was the only 5-star hotel I do not regret booking. It's worth it and the alternatives are not as good as 3-4 star hotels in Manila. After checking in I immediately went to sleep for about 4 hours. Waking up I started grinding. A tourist recommended me going to Pub Crawl. A very good recommendation. Pub Crawl is a pub night tour that takes tourists around different pubs and clubs around the island and gets them drinking and dancing (17 USD for 10 free shots and a shirt). People from all nations and ages drinking, dancing and getting to know each other. I really enjoyed it. It ended at about 1:30 AM and then I went back, drunk, to my room to check if there is something interesting for that night. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this island does not have a gay scene. Grindr is mixed with tourists and local guys who are mostly money boys. Lots of traffic from money boys and lady boys on Grindr. I scheduled to meet with a Swiss guy and we decided to go to the beach together. It took us about 30 minutes just to find each other and when we finally did, it started raining. We went to my room for some 2 top's fun. Again, no problem with joiners. At morning I was hoping that weather would get better so the island and beach will look like the pictures of it. But weather was bad that day. I spent the day at the beach but it was still a bit frustrating being in paradise and not being able to really experience it because of the weather. At the evening I had a date with a local guy that works as a nurse in Boracay. We had a nice dinner and then went to his apartment. This guy was cute and though usually not my type (too short, too slim), I did fancy him. We started fucking and after he put the condom on me he told me he did not have lube. I spit on his ass and my dick but it did really hurt him so we couldn't fuck properly. He also had one of the tightest ass holes I've felt which turned me on even more. He then took Johnson & Johnson's baby oil and used it as lubricant. I did not know that this is really bad for condoms. After several minutes of fucking him, I wanted to change positions so I took my dick out only to discover that the condom was entirely torn. This never happened to me before. I was shocked and kind of freaked out. The other guy wasn't and I'm still not sure why. He explained to me that he is a nurse and gets tested every 3 months so he is clean. I don't know why he assumed I was clean (and didn't care that much at that point). I considered my options: going to a hospital and taking PEP or doing nothing. I decided to do nothing and to trust that guy that he is clean. I really didn't want to ruin my trip by taking PEP and experiencing all its hard side effects. Of course, the consequence of my actions is that now my BF and I are having safe sex at home until I am tested at the end of this month (21 more days to go!). I surly learned my lesson regarding lubricants. After calming down a bit the guy still wanted us to have more fun. At first I thought that I'm too freaked out to do anything, but apparently after being so aroused, panic fades quickly. LOL. The next morning the sun came out at its best. I was really happy. I had an entire day doing all the fun and beautiful stuff this heaven has to offer. From station 4 I took a standard 3 hour private boat ride (30 USD) that includes: cliff jumping, snorkeling and visiting a nice beach. That was great! After, that I took yesterday's guys advice and went to Puka beach. This is the most beautiful beach I've been in the world. It's a bit far but totally worth the 3 USD tricycle drive.That day was amazing - really felt like paradise on earth. What I did not take into consideration is that the sun lotion that I bought was crap. I was 8 hours under the sun and I put lotion on myself every 2 hours which should be more than enough. At first I was unaware of how badly I was burned but at the evening my whole body changed its color from tanned white to tomato red. I felt like all the tourists that we make fun of at home, that come to Tel Aviv beaches and after a day in the sun turn entirely red. This is not supposed to happen to an Israeli guy. I spent the rest of my last night in my room agonizing. Well at least I had my desired day of sun. Just remember, use sunscreen. Good sunscreen. It's stupid sleeping in a 100USD a night hotel but saving 3 dollars when buying local sunscreen. That night I started fakeGPS-ing to Siam Reap and to Phnom Penh. I started chatting with a Thai guy. When he realized I am going to PP after SR he told me he can get me good deals for a hotel both in SR and PP. Earlier that day, I already booked MEN's at SR but I checked out his hotel in PP. He offered me a much better price than Agoda's price (45 USD compared to 60 USD) and that hotel (Rambutan hotel) is rated very well and gay friendly at the utopia asia so I told him I'll take his offer. I will later on realize he is the owner of the hotel. LOL. He also later explained me something interesting – If I'd book through Agoda, then 25% goes to them so actually this deal was very good for both of us. If any of you want to book that hotel in PP (and I will write about the hotel later) just contact the hotel by mail, they'll probably give you better rates than the ones online. He told me that most hotel managers will do the same. Next morning I was still really badly burned and spent it at the pool under a tree so the sun won't heart me again. At noon I left paradise for Manila, took my luggage and flew to Siam Reap (123 USD). Hopefully, I'll start reporting Cambodia soon. I want to finish this while my memories of the trip are still vivid and accurate. Enjoy the weekend!

Regarding Boracay, I think the gay listings mention a bar and 2 resorts. But, Actually I haven't heard anyone going there so I skipped on going there my self. As you mentioned, Grindr is active here and tourists and locals use it - so if you wanna hookup then Boracay is the same as any touristic destination in the world. But if you wanna have a gay drink or dance, I think in the Philippines Manila is your best option. Some touristic gay sites try to represent Boracay and Palawan as gay destinations but I think that's just because they are after the pink dollars and not because these destinations have a developed gay scene. Having said that, I did notice that a large proportion of the traffic in Grindr is commercial sex. So, in that manner I guess Boracay is somewhat gay. The local guy I met in Boracay (will report soon) confirmed LoveThailand's statement regarding Cebu. He even prefers gay Cebu over gay Manila as he claims it's a more cultural gay scene.

Had some dead time this morning. Perfect time to try and recall gay Manila. What I forgot to previously mention is that, again, I had to book a flight out of the country at check-in at Saigon's airport. I then realized that there is no direct Manila-Phnom Penh flight but only a direct Manila – Siam Reap flight. Frustrated of having to decide how many days I will spend in this country, I booked a flight to SR a week later (123 USD). That way I was able to visit Manila for the weekend and then somewhere else I'll decide for 3-4 days before moving on to SR. Landed at Manila airport on Friday eve. Bought a local SIM at airport (5USD) – same as in Vietnam. Getting a taxi from airport was a bad experience. There are two options. Official Taxis which you have to queue for more than one hour (7 USD to my hotel) and other taxis which you don't need to wait and want 25 USD. I waited this time although I think it's not worth and after a flight it's better to take the bad ones and not wait so much in line. As I always do, I checked the gay listings regarding where to stay. Manila is a bit confusing. Supposedly, Malate is the official gay district of the city. But, nowadays the good clubs are elsewhere and Malate is just a really old and poor part of the city with some gay venues. I booked Tune hotel in Malate (33 USD). Simple hotel and simple room but it was enough for me. No problem there with joiners. I got to the room at about 11PM and rested a little. Guys I talked to yesterday (fakeGPS) advised me to go to BED bar or OBAR for good dancing. At midnight I decided to take a taxi to BED bar. It's located a bit far from Malate in a nice and safer part of the city. Took there a 5$ taxi. Got to BED bar at 12:30 AM (7$ entrance fee – including 3 cheap drinks). Although it was a Friday night the place wasn't as packed as I expected it to be but there was a nice amount of good people there. Good music and very sexy staff and dancers. After having my first drink one of the staff came talking to me. He was a hot guy, my age, muscular. At first I thought he is just being nice to me since he saw I'm alone (and because I am not used to guys like him hitting on me) but then he started to touch me more and to dance in a more sexual way with me. There goes my decision of not having sex for a while. He suggested to go to the toilets for a while since he is still on duty and can't leave the place. Went there for some fun. Later he told me he took me there just to make sure we click before we go to my hotel (I think he just wanted to see my cock before deciding to leave with me). After that, he continued to work and flirt with me for another couple of hours while I was dancing and then we went back to my hotel. What happened next surprised me a little bit. That night was all about passion and the connection between us was intense. We both felt that. We stayed in the room together until late noon and then I told him to stay with me for the weekend if he can. He happily agreed and that late noon I took him with me to tour the old quarter of Manila. Old quarter was nice and interesting; we toured it on a carriage with horse and a guide (20 USD for 2 hours). Comparing to other cities and places I've been, I think this city has less to offer for the average sightseeing tourist. But, Gay Manila has a lot to offer for the gay tourist. The second night together we went to the venues near my hotel in Malate. They all don't take entrance fees and rely on drinks. We started our night at Library bar with some awesome drag performances and went on to FAB for some Karaoke. Finished the night clubbing at Red Banana. All places are 2 minutes walking from each other and about 6 minutes from my hotel. All places are good but in my opinion the places outside Malate are better. After another passionate night (or should I say morning) we went to sleep. When we woke up and had to say our goodbyes (he had to go back home) it was hard for both of us. This never happened to me before (while being with my BF) and felt a bit like cheating on him. But anyway I enjoyed it a lot and did not want to over think it. That afternoon I started researching regarding where to go the day after since I decided I'll have only one more night in Manila. I decided to keep it simple and just go to one of the most famous touristic Islands: Boracay. Ordered a round trip flight (180 USD) that will connect with my next flight to SR. After securing my plans for tomorrow I decided to visit Asia's biggest mall: Mall of Asia (MOA). MOA is a mall that you can certainly allow yourself not to visit. Tons of stores, International brands, Lots of junk food (all Manila is that way). Nothing special there and I don't think it's worth a visit. BKK malls are better. Even so, malls in Manila are cruisy. Some "straight" married guys there are looking for action. I saw that in the apps while being in MOA, and also in a smaller mall near my hotel and also sensed that just by eye contacts with some men over there. At night, after resting and still feeling a bit emotional from the weekend intense experience I decided to meet a guy and his friends at OBar (9$ for 3 drinks). Like Nab in Pattaya, G-star in Taipei and also BED in Manila, this club is with high tables in the middle. I don't like these kinds but they are common here. Luckily I was invited by the guy I talked to, to be with him and his friends table. That club has the most upscale crowd, shows, dancers and music I've seen in Manila. Try to go there only after talking to locals who go there otherwise it can feel quite lonely (that's how I felt the first 20 minutes waiting for the guy and his friends to come). I was also surprised that this was a Sunday evening and that place was packed. The guy told me they don't come here Saturdays since it's too crowded. Place is really fun. Since they all worked tomorrow we left at 3:30 AM for some fun at his apartment and I left an hour later for packing and straight to my 8AM Boracay flight. Manila was lots of fun and one of the most surprising gay destinations of this trip (like Taipei). Several things regarding Manila and the Philippines: First, here too, the two bottoms wanted me to take off the condom Second, this is the only Asian country that you have to look really hard to find a local food restaurant. Most of the food here is junk food. Upscale restaurants exist but I did not find any local ones. Third, I consider Israeli's English to be good since most of us started learning the language at the age of 10. Filipino's English is better. Almost native! This is such a refreshing change after travelling Asia for a month. Finally, I know I am generalizing, but it is my impression that out of all Asian people, Filipinos are the kindest ones. This did not feel like culture dictated kindness like Japan or smiles that are sometimes fake in Thailand. This just felt like they are generally more kind and warm people than others. I have no explanation to this impression of mine. I'll keep writing this weekend.

Yes, it was 24 Kaikan. I think you are absolutely right regarding the cruising technique. The problem with just laying in bed is that it's too passive for me comparing to the usual cat and mouse chase that I am used to. I did see lots of people just laying in Osaka's Sauna and this one as well but didn't even think about doing that (especially not when I'm with my BF) just because it seemed weird and time consuming... But maybe that's a better way with the Japanese guys. I must also add that the crowd was mainly too young and too slim for us but we weren't there on a weekend so this might also be different at weekends. Thanks for shedding some light on that experience... I was really interested hearing from someone that had a good time there especially because the reviews of 24 Kaikan are mainly good ones. This also reminds me of my military service. As a soldier you sometimes need to travel to meetings in bases that are not your home base. Entering a military base that is not the one you are regularly based in, usually requires lots of approvals that you need to show at the main entrance of the base. But, I hated the paper work and tried to avoid it since it's a waste of time. After serving too many years in the Israeli army, I can assure u that if you wave and smile at the guard and enter with enough confidence, most of the time you will be able to enter even to some of the most secured places in the country. LOL. Same logic probably works with hotel lobby's

Oh yes, you should. I kept my blue wrist band from Aniki (this is for the membership - chip inside) as a souvenir. It now lays innocently on my work desk allowing me to fantasize about that night when I get bored Indeed, no hotel in my entire trip did me any trouble with joiners. Rarely they asked for ID's but that's it. But, I knew (from this forum) that in Vietnam this can be a bit problematic so I took precautions. For example, when I came with the Viet 22yo guy to my room at night, we parked at the basement of Nikko hotel and rushed in the elevators. Most of the other times I just walked without hesitation near the front desk, smiled and greeted them and no one stopped me. Maybe I was just lucky.

Continuing my Vietnam report. After barely making it on time to the flight, I landed at Da Nang Airport. I had to choose between Da Nang and Na Trang where to spend my 3 days of central Vietnam. I choose Da Nang because I also wanted to see Hoi An but some guys in Saigon told me that Na Trang is better. I didn't even consider staying in Da Nang and booked 2 nights at Ha An Hotel in Hoi An (60USD). Choosing Hoi An was the recommendations I got in the Israeli travelers forum. In my opinion, Da Nang is a better place to stay and go for day trip(s) to Hoi An and not the other way around (will explain why). My hotel was great. I arrived at 10AM and they gave me free breakfast and an early check in. Room was more than I expected especially for 3 starts. Taxi ripped me off. It seemed like a good taxi at first but the meter was fixed so I ended up paying 600000 VND instead of 400000 which is the regular price (10$ difference). I am still not sure how I could have prevented it. HoiAn is a charming city. Nice markets, lots of tailor shops and good restaurants. Too much tourists in the city but it's not too bad. Most of the people I talked to regarding Hoi An mentioned that they did really good tailoring over there. I was less successful. Too many catalogs and options made me dizzy and unable to choose. Some people told me that it is necessary to come there already with an idea of the desired tailored clothes. This city also is a relatively quite one. A good estimate for a city's Gayness is to check how many people are on Grindr in the city area. Here it was about 10. The 11th was already from Da Nang. First night I had dinner and fun with another Top from HK. We searched for a proper bottom for the night but in Hoi An there were no good options. It kind of felt like we were "The only Gay in the village" (my favorite British comedy). The day after I took a really cool cooking class (40USD). It's the one that is rated the no1 attraction in TripAdvisor (Green Bamboo cooking class). I never cook at home nor will I start now but it was really a fun and interesting experience. Day started with a market tour to purchase products and then continued at the guides home where everybody (8 ppl) started cooking the chosen dished and of course tasted everything. At the end of it all (9AM – 4PM) I was so full I really couldn't eat until the next day. After cooking class I decided it's my time to explore Da Nang. I rented a motorcycle (8 USD). This was the only place in Vietnam I rented a motorcycle because doing that in Saigon or Hanoi is just suicide. Here it's just a half Suicidal. LOL. It's about a 40 minute drive on the scooter to Da Nang and I enjoyed it very much. Weather was really good (or so I thought). After exploring Da Nang for a couple of hours I came to the conclusion that I am sleeping in the wrong city. This city is much more vivid, vibrant, better beaches and gayer. I realized I had 2 options for that night in Da Nang. The first was a cute muscular 43yo Japanese guy on vacation in a nice resort with some friends and the second was a 24yo Vietnamese guy that looked like a porn star or underwear model in his pictures. After my Hanoi experiences with the locals I decided to take the option I felt was more fun and genuine and went on to the Japanese guy's resort. If I would have known how genuine and hot the other guy is I surly would have picked him. Luckily for me, I will discover him in Saigon. The Japanese guy's resort (son tra resort and spa) was more distant and was very fancy with a private villa and pool and also a private beach. He was there with 2 female friends vacationing. About 5 minutes before I got there it started raining like hell while I was on the scooter. I didn't have a rain coat and after 1 minute of driving in insane rain I was totally wet. I found shelter for 5 minutes until it stopped and got to his villa being entirely wet from head to toe but it was kinda funny. A minute before I entered he texted me that his female friends don't know he is gay and that he told them I was a friend coming. That seemed really weird but I played along. After the 4 of us spending time at the pool and the sea as well we went to his room for some Jacuzzi and bed fun. In the morning I told him that if he thinks that after this night and his moanings that his friends still thinks he is straight he is naïve. He agreed but said that he does not want to talk to them about it (he is 43yo! But I guess for Japanese it can be harder…). Well I had a really passionate and fun time with him. At morning I got back on my scooter, went to Da Nand beach for a while and then to eat what is considered the world's best Banh Mi at Bánh Mi Phương. Don't know if it's the best but it was indeed really good. Went to pack and to take my noon flight to Saigon (60USD). I originally planned to continue to Cambodia from Da Nang. But, I decided to shorten my Cambodian stay in favor of what every Viet guy advised me to do – and that is to visit Saigon. I arrived to Saigon at Independence Day evening. I booked 2 nights at Nikko hotel (100 USD) which is too fancy and too nice for my needs. I went out to the streets and lots of crowd out strolling the streets and some shows in the parks for the holiday. A guy from Jacked came to meet me at the park. Too young for me (22yo) but he was cute so we went to see the fireworks together. After that he took me a bit on his scooter around the city. This city is so different then Hanoi – in a good way. Much more western and capitalist. At the end of the night he took me to eat really tasty weird street food – hard boiled egges that tasted like they were cooked for ages with lots of spices. I really liked it. He said he took me there cause after I eat that my cum will taste better. LOL. Went to my room for the night and had a good and fun night together. Morning was a bit weird. I assumed that that’s it and he wanted to spend the next night with me again. He was a little melodramatic regarding that (that’s why I usually avoid young guys) and instead of just ignoring it I agreed for one last night. I was surprised that he managed to make agree. Oh well. At noon I went to the war Museum. That place was really hard for me. Agent Orange and it's casualties were new for me. I was really shocked by some of the pictures and stories there. I know it's only the Vietnamese side but still what is shown there is horrible. I wonder how is it for Americans to go there. I remember walking there and imagining myself one day walking in Gaza's war museum. I wondered how I would feel facing pictures of my government's war crimes. I try to protest against these crimes nowadays but most of my countries' citizens think they we are innocent. That is so naïve. Anyway, this was indeed an intense experience for me. Espacially because during that day we were still at war at home. Had to sleep after that place just to relax. At night, same guy took me to a really cool place: Chill SkyBar. Very trendy with a really good DJ, really loud electronic music and mostly foreign crowd. There I witnessed for the first time a really cool thing that I saw also in clubs in Manila and Pattaya – Bottle saving. The young guy I was with had a bottle he previously bought and did not finish just waiting at the bar for him from his last time there. Didn't see that before. We were really drunk and he wanted to go to my hotel on his bike. I refused and we took a taxi and had a nice night and morning together. No drama at morning and I think he knew that was it for us. I wanted to spend one more night in Saigon but staying in that hotel seemed to be like a waste if money. I switched to Eden Saigon (60 USD) and even got upgraded in the room. No problem with joiners (neither in Nikko). Very nice hotel. I went to the market. Nothing interesting to buy. Got a message from the too hot guy I decided not to go with in Da Nang. Apparently he lives in Saigon and was on vacation with his family in Da Nang. He sent me more of his pics and then I started realizing he might be even hotter then I previously imagined. I was still not sure so I wanted to meet him for drinks before. After realizing we both want to go to the gym – he offered to pick me up from the hotel after work and take me to his gym. After first seeing him I knew I hit the Jackpot. This was the hottest guy I have ever been with. He took me to California Gym at District 4. That place is one of the best I've seen – compared to the US and home (Best Iv'e seen so far was in Phnom Penh). Also this place is really gay and I'm sure there is action going there in the locker room and sauna. After pumping up for an hour he took us back to my hotel. Fucking him was amazing. It was a mind game between me and my self not to get too excited and cum. The surprising thing was that his cock was also huge which a refreshing sight in Asia was. After cumming we showered together I wanted to fuck him again but after fucking him and the guy at morning I couldn't get hard in a condom again. That was the moment I decided that I want to get somehow Viagra just in case I meet someone that is worth it I can fuck him all night. Never tried Viagara before and wasn't sure how to get it. Luckily in Cambodia you can get it in the pharmacies off the counter (details in Cambodia's report). We went to dinner. By what he eats, I realized how obsessed he is about his body. Well, he is so well maintained that it does come only with hard work. His looks and cock is just luck J At night I decided that this is my time to leave Vietnam. My original plan was to leave for Cambodia. But, the next day was Friday and after not clubbing at all in Vietnam I was not sure Cambodia would offer me a nice place to club for the weekend. In order to decide where to go I used FakeGPS. FakeGPS is an android app that allows you to fool Grindr adn Jacke'd into thinking you are anywhere you want. Me and BF bought new phones in Taipei (and got rid of our old IPhones – which does not allow fakeGPS). That way I was able to talk to people and get an estimate of the good places. I know Jack'd allows you to explore other places but this way people think you are actually there and they also contact you (and I also prefer Grindr which does not have this option). Actually it's FakeGPS that got me a nice hotel room in Phnom Penh in a really good rate (details in Cambodia's report). My second option besides PP was Manila. After talking to locals in Manila and Phnom Penh, I decided to shorten my stay in Cambodia even more and to spend the week in the Philippines. I booked a flight to Gay Manila (112 USD) and the next day checked out at noon and went to the Airport. I also decided to have a more relaxed week in the Philippines and to cut down the guys and sex and spend more time sightseeing. This decision lasted only two and a half hours after landing in Manila. LOL.

Thank you! Although it is not considered a happy holiday but actually a sad one but for the fake Jews (like me) it's just a weird nice and quite day Actually I had to answer this question several times already since I returned. In my opinion, if you have only a 6-9 days better spend them in the north only. Halong Bay and Sapa are amazing and probably a must see. I originally planned not to go to Saigon but people on Grindr kept telling me it's a fun and gay city so I did go there. I am an urban traveler so I really liked Saigon especially after more then a week on more slow paced places. I think most people will enjoy more the north than the south if they are obliged to choose. You reminded me that at the first couple of days I used local people that were crossing as my human shield. Always waited for someone to cross. LOL. That's probably it! I just didn't think about it but they probably all use it. This makes so much sense now

Thanks for the feedback. I must admit that writing about the trip is really nice and allows me to relish on the memories from it and also to organize my thoughts regarding it. So it's Yom Kipur now in Tel-Aviv. Everybody thinks this Jewish Holy day is about contemplation and forgiveness. That is only partially true. In Gay Tel Aviv, Yom Kipur is all about sex. No traffic, no TV (except foreign channels), no stores, no restaurants, the entire country is dead for 25 hours. This is the time Grindr is mostly active in Tel Aviv and everybody is looking for the nearest orgy available for the night. Since at home, me and my BF have fun only together, and he is spending this day at his parents, this is a perfect time for me to keep on writing and try to ignore all the temptations Tel Aviv has to offer in this day. Now on to Vietnam! I arrived at Taipei airport after the crazy night at Aniki. As I previously mentioned, I booked the flight from TPE to HAN at Tokyo's airport because I wasn't allowed to enter the country without a flight ticket out. I booked my flight via Cheap-O-Air. By the name of the company I should have known what to expect... I arrived to EVA AIR's counter only to discover that they did not have any reservation under my name. After calling CheapOAir I discovered that my booking was not approved and I should have known to verify that. I did get an approval mail from them but apparently it wasn't a final approval. FUCK THEM. I booked a too expensive one way ticket (400 USD) on the flight I wanted to board. At least I got an entire bench on the flight so I slept well after a sleepless night. HAN airport was empty at Sunday morning and converting my prebooked EVISA to a regular one took about 5 minutes (about 40 USD + 2 passport photos). I stayed at Hanoi for 3 nights at the Somerset Grand Hanoi (100 USD). This apartment hotel is 5 stars. I booked it because I wanted to wash my cloths in the washing machine in the room. This hotel was too good for my needs and retrospectively I should have booked a 50USD hotel (same thing about Nikko in Saigon). Apartment was really big and nice and no problem in the lobby with joiners. After sleeping the entire flight and noon at the Hotel I was ready to see the city. I went by foot to explore the old town. First thing I noticed was that every time that I cross the road feels like a Russian roulette! The amount of motorcycles in the roads is something that took me some time to get used to. After a while I got used to it. I enjoyed eating street food at the pavements with the locals and, in general, Vietnamese food was by far the best local food I enjoyed in asia (I do like Thai and Japanese food but theirs is much better). At night I scheduled a date via Jacked at the only gay bar in Hanoi - GC (Golden Cock). Even though it was Sunday eve it was still quite busy at 2230. Date was nice (although pictures were a little misleading). After a while we went to another bar to meet his friends on his motorcycle. At first I was a bit hesitant regarding going on a motorcycle in that city but I trusted that guy and as he said, they know how to manage the insane traffic in that city. At midnight everything closes and the city turns into a pumpkin. This was something I didn't like about Hanoi. So with no other options we went to my hotel and had a nice night and morning together. An anecdote regarding safe sex: I don't know why but every Vietnamese guy I've been with wanted me to take off the condom. That is so stupid; I really don't understand why a bottom would initiate such a reckless request. As a top I can understand since with or without are 2 different experiences but I really don't understand why all Viet bottoms wanted me to take the condoms... I tried educating a bit but during sex my motivation for sex-ed is limited. One explanation I got from a guy was that he is sure that I'm STD clean since I'm white and educated compared to his Viet friends. I tried to explain him that's not only racist but also very wrong and white tourists are the worst and he has a better chance staying clean fucking BB a local Viet then a white tourist whore. LOL. The next day I had a Scheduled tour with HanoiKidz. This is a student organization that voluntarily shows tourists the city in exchange for English practicing. Of course all expenses of the tour (i.e. taxis, entrance fees, food) are also paid by the tourist. This was a really nice full day tour. We went to the Hao Lo prison museum, temple of literature, presidential palace and some local cafes and restaurants. My student was really nice and knowledgeable and was able to answer all my hard questions informatively and honestly. For example in the prison you can see horrible pictures of the Viet prisoners under the French control and very nice pictures of the American pictures under the Viet control. This was obviously prone and she agreed with me and criticized their government as well (but verified that no one hears us). After a long day and a nap I went running around Hanoi lake (about 3 KM) – that place seemed a bit cruisy at some points. At night I met with another Viet guy. This time pictures were REALLY misleading in a way that really turned me off. I told him that I'm not into sex and he offered to have dinner. We went dining at a good Vietnamese restaurant and after a nice night I went back to my hotel alone. Two anecdotes regarding Vietnamese on Grindr and Jack'd. The first: They are Photoshop masters. Even if they don't actually Photoshop their pictures they take them in ways that makes them look so much better in reality. This is of course a worldwide phenomenon but in Vietnam they take it 7 levels higher. After this one I developed a more critical view to their pictures and a way to estimate how the person behind them really looks. My second anecdote is regarding their English and is probably relevant to Thailand as well but I felt it more in Vietnam. They are experts in Grindr English. I had really nice conversations on Grindr with some of them including Humor and sarcasm which led me to believe that the person behind the profile speaks good English. I was so mistaken… Apparently, Grindr English is one thing and actually speaking English is another thing which they were really less capable of. I have no explanation for this. Maybe years of Grindr experience allowed them to have that skill. LOL. At the Hotel I invited an American expat to my room. This time the opposite happened: he was way sexier than his pics: Prettier, more muscular. This rarely happens but once in a while it's a nice surprise. Had a really good time with him. I booked with an agent that the hotel recommended a 1 night cruise to Halong Bay (200 USD – single in a double room). The morning after the bus came to pick me up from the hotel as scheduled. The boat and room were really nice. The cruise is really fun and lots of activities all the time: Kayaking, cooking class, beach stop, cave walking. All at the some of the most beautiful sceneries I'v ever seen (except SAPA). I think coming to northern Vietnam and doing Halong Bay and Sapa is a must. I called my agent from the cruise and booked a 2 day tour in SAPA (210 USD including night trains, meals and 3 star hotel room for one night). After returning from the cruise I had a few hours till the night train left so I decided to get a massage. I wanted a real massage not a sex massage so I went into a nice hotel and spa and had a massage for 8 USD. The funny thing is that after about 40 minutes into the massage the women started teasing me intensively. She started touching me in all the places sex massages start to touch you in order to get excited. I got really horny and hard. But, I was not going to allow myself to cum for NO WOMEN in this lifetime so after really teasing me bad and getting me really hard and excited she asked if I wanted her to take care of IT (pointing at my hard excitement). I proudly refused J She was a bit surprised and tried some more and asked again but then after she realized I won't come she gave up. I felt like a winner. LOL. Night train to SAPA is really something special. In a bad way. Looking at the map, I realized it's about 300 KM of a ride. This train does that at about 9 hours. I opened up my GPS to verify the speed: 35KM/H. That’s about 9 times less than the Japanese trains. Cabins looks nice in pictures but in reality they are not so good. I'm a bit spoiled, I know that, and for me to go 9 hours each direction is really an effort. Sapa is one of these places that is worth it. The views there are amazing and breathtaking and probably the best I've seen so far in Asia. On the way back the train was late in about 1.5 hour. I had a flight to Da Nang (55USD) at 7:20 AM and train arrived at 6AM instead of 4:30. Rushed to the hotel to get my luggage and straight to the airport. If I would have arrived even 3 minutes later then I've arrived (6:57 AM) I would have missed my flight. Stupid train – They publish the times that they wish the train would arrive but not the actual times… probably just Vietnamese wishful thinking. Hehe. I'll stop for now, and report HoiAn and Saigon (Vietnam's gay heaven) tomorrow (when morning temptation starts. LOL.). If there are any Jewish people in the crowd, then "Gmar Chatima Tova".

So after reporting about BKK and Pattaya (http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/topic/9706-brief-report-pattaya-bkk/) I will now report about the rest of my trip. Pattaya and BKK were my last destinations in what I refer to as my big Asia trip. Now I will start reporting chronologically starting with Japan and Taipei. This trip started as me and my BF's honeymoon after getting married at the end of July. In total contradiction to the rest of my trip this part of the trip was entirely pre-planned. All flights, trains, accommodations were pre-booked. I don't like pre-planning too much but in Japan being spontaneous means spending more and we wanted to save as much money as we can since Japan is not cheap. Some advice for Japan travelers: 1. In the big cities (i.e Tokyo, Osaka) book from airbnb. Half the price of hotels, three times more spacious. Hotels can get really expensive there. 2. If you are planning to travel long distances, most likely a japanrail pass will be better to pre-purchase. Be advised that it can only be purchased and delivered outside of Japan soil. There are some sites that you can calculate if the pass is worth purchasing. Usually it is. 3. In contradiction to all other Asian countreis i'v been, a local SIM is expensive. A better option is to purchase a pocket WIFI. I purchased one that we both were connected to it at all times at the cost of 80 USD for 15 days. Sounds expensive but the other alternatives are worse. We are internet junkies so no internet is not a option. Especially in Japan where English is not well spoken at all and maps and Google were most helpful. The device is sent to your hotel and returned at any mailbox (including the airport). 4. Japan is expensive. But, it's reputation is as super expensive is wrong. It's exactly the same as London, Paris etc... 5. Landing and departing from different Airports (i.e. landing in Osaka and departing from Tokyo) is a more efficient way to travel the country. 6. Travel light. Lots of moving in train stations with stairs makes moving around more hassle with large suitcases. Kyoto - We stayed there 3 nights at the Citadines Karasuma Gojo hotel (160USD a night). This hotel is relatively fair price for Japan and since we didn't find a nice apartment we stayed there. Room was spacious and location was 30 seconds walk from a subway (Although not central enough - but prices double as location gets more central). This city is very touristic and everyone goes there to visit the shrines. After 2 days of shrines we got fed up of them and decided that's enough shrines for us (so we passed on day trips in Nara and Nikko). City is nice but for urban creatures like us it was a bit boring and retrospectively I would have booked there 2 nights only. Things not to miss (except shrines which i'm sure u won't miss): beautiful bamboo forest, monkey mountain with adorable monkeys and a city viewpoint. Not a lot of action going in the city - some on Grindr and jacked and mostly tourists or faraway people. Had dinner and fun with one couple in their hotel room which was way better then ours but more expensive as well (330USD a night!). After midnight we didn't find any gay or non gay interesting places to go to. Osaka (2 nights) - In some manner it resembles Tokyo. It has it's unique urban charterer and we enjoyed that city and wish we had one more night over there. We arrived on Sunday so nights were slower. Gay Osaka listings have quite an amount of places but when we went to the gay area it was quite empty (Sunday and Monday eves). My worst mistake is that I successfully managed to drag my BF into a gay sauna for the first time in his life but choosing Osaka's Hokuoukan Sauan on a Monday eve wasn't a good first experience for him. Sauna was not full of people and mostly thin Japanese guys which is not our type. Sauna's in Japan are different in a weird way. No private cabins and it seems to me that there is less action there but again - it was a Monday night (same feeling in Tokyo's Sauna in nichome). We did have some fun with one guy but it was still one of the worst i'v been to. Don't miss: Osaka's castle and the Aquarium (the most impressive i'v seen so far). Stayed there in a nice Airbnb apartment (70 USD a night). Hiroshima (1 night) - This place was not on our way but it's worth a visit. The peace park is impressive and the museum is interesting, terrible and a bit prone. Miyajima Island that is near Hiroshima is one of the most beautiful places we've toured in Japan. We stayed Urbain Hiroshima Central Hotel (100 USD) with a good location and a tiny room. So small that if u wanna open the suitcase u need to put it on the bed. No problem with a joiner we had in our room at night. At night we started walking the city and accidentally went into a gay bar (D&M). Only us, another foreign couple and one local old guy. The entire situation was really funny and we all Kareok'ed together with English pop songs until it was late. Tokyo (8 nights) - This city is awesome!!! Excatly what I expected it to be. Half western, half eastern and half unique (yes there is a third half lol). Don't miss: - Visiting Harajuku fashion district for crazy unwearable Japanese fashion. - visiting the fish market and the Tuna auctions. Arrive a little before 4AM cause they let only 120 visitors a day. We arrived straight from a party at 4:10 AM and we were number 116 and 117 to go in. Eat fresh Sushi for breakfast there. - Watching hundreds of people crossing Shibuya junction at evening. - We went on a day trip to Fuji-Q park. There is a bus that takes u there and a bundle price with entry ticket (70 USD). The roller coasters there were one of the craziest we ever did. I also pre booked tickets to Lady Gaga's concert (250 USD premium ticket). Pre booking concert tickets in Japan is hard and there are some middlemen who do that and deliver them for a certain fee. The Japanese have a reputation of being crazy. We didn't see that much - but in that concert we saw that and more! Everyone went insane at the front rows (even 60 YO men who knew the words better then I did and tried to get closer to the stage). That experience was insane and fun. We also decided to have one expensive honeymoon dinner. I researched online and ordered seats to the Tapas Molecular Bar in the Mandarin Oriental (150USD without drinks and service). Really unique dinner where they cook everything in front of you and use really weird and cool methods and products. Rest of the food we usually went to cheap local restaurants cause the food in Japan is really good and clean almost everywhere you go. Now on to gay Tokyo. Gay Tokyo is concentrated in a small neighborhood called Shinjuku ni-chome. Un-coincidentally, our very nice and cool apartment (80 USD a night) was located 8 minutes walk from there. As I said, apartments are a cheaper and better option in Tokyo - and also no problem at all with joiners since it's just a private apartment. Every night we went out to dance and drink at that area. All the gay listings explain that there are places for Japanese only and places that are foreign friendly. We went to the same 3 main places: The Annex, Arty Farty and Dragon men as they seemed the most crowded and popular. Weekend was crazy and all places were full till 5 AM. Midweek was more quiet and at 2AM usually the place dies. Arty Farty starts early at about 10AM and u have to buy a drink at the entrance (My preferred drink, Campari and Grapefruit juice was 7 USD). The more younger crowd goes there - not me and my BF's preference but still good music, nice crowd. We picked up a young hot Italian kid there one nights. We preferred the other places since crowd was older and they were open late. Place closes at 1AM. Good thing about Arty Farty is that it's the same owner as Annex and if you have a stamp then you can enter Annex without buying a drink. Annex is, in our opinion, more fun. Crowd is more mature and mixed half Japanese and half international. Most of our hook-ups were from that place (or Grindr). Local Japanese guys were a little hard to figure out at the beginning. They can play really hard to get and they are very shy. In addition, for some of them, the fact that we are a couple and having sex with others was hard to understand. But, after figuring them out a bit, and being more straightforward with them, they were fun as well. Didn't encounter any weird kinky Japanese guys just normal fun. Though one was really submissive in a way we have never experienced before which was super fun. Some of the Japanese are interested only in Japanese. I didn't encounter this phenomena anywhere else in Asia. It's the only time I saw racism working the opposite way since everywhere else I saw lots of Caucasians that state they are not into Asians but not the other way around. Even so, there are tons of Japanese that are interested in Caucasians and hookups are relatively easy to find comparing to any other city we have been to. After 8 crazy days and nights we went for our final weekend to Taipei, Taiwan. This city was probably the biggest surprise of our trip. But first, a warning, all 3 Island countries i'v been to: Japan, Taipei, Philippines demand that you show them a plane ticket out of their country. Actually they demand it at the checkin counter of the flight so what happened to me in Tokyo's airport (and later on in Siagon's) is that I had book on the spot on my mobile the next ticket. Try to avoid that situation since the stress and lack of time may cause you to book something too expensive or unconvenient. We stayed 2 nights together at the Inhouse hotel in Taipei (140 USD a night). A very gay friendly and well located hotel. Room was big, clean and nice. We wanted to finish our honeymoon in a more luxury hotel and this one suited us. Taipei is much cheaper then Japan but not even close to Thailand's prices. Exactly in between. But what was surprising for us, is that Taipei is SUPER GAY and super sexy. Taipei guys were much more muscular than any other Asian nationality i'v encountered, what made hooking up there much more fun and variety was amazing. Nothing prepared me to the Sauna experience there. Lots of bars near the red house that are all gay and nice. We also went one night dancing at G-Start which was really cool - nice shows and good music. Place has the same structure as NAB i'v mentioned in my Pattaya post. Don't miss in Taipei: Night market - tons of people and better quality of products then other places in Asia. Tower 101 - Tallest tower in the world until 2000 and something. There is a super cheap one Michelin start (!) restaurant in the tower. 20USD for both of us! Electronics - Taipei is electronics heaven. If you wanna buy a smartphone, it's probably the cheapest in Taiwan. We compared prices to US and also to home and they are cheaper over there. After 17 days together we split since my BF had to return home and could not continue with me to Vietnam. I stayed one last night in Taipei before my flight to Hanoi. After we split I wanted to check 2 places I read online about: XXL gym and Aniki WOW. These are gay sauna's and after our experiences in Japan I knew the chances of us going together were relatively low so I went there alone. XL Club (13 USD)- The place has the reputation of being a blend of a gym and a Sauna. I saw 1 guy using the gym and about 30 in the sauna lol. Place was fun and most of the crowd are Asian muscle Daddys (which I fancy). But if I would have known how the next Sauna will be I wouldn't spend there a minute and surly wouldn't cum there. It's a nice fun and sexy place but incomparable to what happened at the next one. Aniki WOW (World Of Wonders) - And a World of Wonders it is. This place moved and was renovated and reopened 10 days before I got there. Price was high - One lifetime membership fee of 33 USD and a one time entrance fee of 10 USD. Even if the price doubles and i'm there again - I'll pay it. I got there straight from XL club probably at 8PM. I thought that i'll just stay for a couple of hours and then go and find a hotel for the night. Already at the locker room I noticed a few things: everybody is 20-40 years old, most of them are really fit or muscular, the place it self is clean. The facility is super cool - entrance floor has open showers and steam room and basement floor has cabins. maze and dark room. This sounds like a normal sauna - well it isn't! Everything is decorated high-tech and modern, super clean and very sexy lighting and music. But forget about the facility, cause that is not what is amazing about that place (well at least not the best thing about it). The best thing about that place is the young hot Taipei guys that come there. I was there on a Saturday evening and it was crowded with probably 300 guys that were mostly young, muscular. At first I thought that the odds of me having sex with some of them are low since some of them are really super hot. But at that night I discovered what I rediscovered again in every country i'v been next in Asia - my stocks here are higher then home. Much higher. Apparently my cock which at home is considered average(+) here is huge. And for some reason my beard which at home is standard, here is super sexy. I can go on but U got the point. It's so funny how what is in one place is standard in another place is unique and desired. Sexually speaking, this was the best night of my life. That place was like a candy store. I just took whoever I wanted and fucked him (safe. I maybe a whore but i'm not an idiot). I never felt more desired in my life which was really confusing and intoxicating (but got used to it really quick lol). I fucked probably 5 guys over there, got BJ's from I don't know how much men and came 3 times (this is after stupidly cumming in XL club). At a certain point, while fucking a guy, they put "Happy People" of my favorite DJ, Offer Nissim, and indeed happy people we were there. Good loud electronic background music all the time. That was the only night in my life that the reason I stopped is that I could not function anymore. If someone would have offered me Viagara I would surely try it just to keep on going and grab as much candy as I can. I left that place at 4 AM and it was still packed. I then realized that I didn't eat for about 12 hours and that I'm starving. LOL. Shocked and Happy I took a taxi to my previous hotel just to take the luggage from storage and continue to the airport and to find out that I do not have a flight reservation to Hanoi. But I'll continue this (and other countries) in a couple of days. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to write about our and my trip, it sure is nice to recall all the nice adventures we had.

As Vinapu said, the show in dreamboys was good. Also, my favorite is TAWAN - for muscle lovers. though dreamboys had it share of hot muscle men as well. I don't know why, but it is that way (was there last week). DJ closes at 2 (I think that was always it's closing time) but G.O.D closed at 2:30 instead of the early morning. Yeah that kinda sucks...

Hehe... well let me spoil the excitement a bit and to make a long story short: Condom ripped so now me and BF are having safe sex till end of October when i'll get tested. The longer story (how did that happen, why didn't I take PEP etc..) will be later but didn't want to get expectations high for nothing

Now for My BKK report. Arrived to BKK at noon (19.9). Booked a room at trinity glow hotel (45USD a night). I was not sure whether to book this one or a more northern one like Tartawana. In my previous and first stay last year I stayed at Le Meridien. A fabulous hotel with a nice location. After travelling 6 weeks I wanted something cheaper and also wanted a hotel that is closer to the nightclubs (DJ, GOD). This hotel's location is better for clubbing but is more distant from the bars. I liked it but it depends what you are looking for. Rooms were excellent and no problem with a joiner (or even 2 LOL). After spending the noon and afternoon in the Mecca of shopping: MBK, I returned to my hotel and was about to go to Babylon. I checked again the gay listings (travelgayasia, utopiaasia) which served me really well in all the countries. I found out that I have a nice local sauna 2 minutes walking from my hotel: Sauna Mania (200 THB). This sauna was the only one that reminded of the best sauna I have ever been in my life just a month ago: Aniki in Teipei (which I will write about when I report Taipei). There are several good things about this sauna: I was the only foreigner, ages are mostly 20-30, half of the customers are toned or muscular, most of them are bottom (I have no clue how is that possible). I had a really good time there. Generally, the attention a white fit guy in his early 30's gets in Asia can be intoxicating. This makes coming home so much harder. Later I went to TAWAN bar (350 THB + first drink). Exactly as i remembered it. The only guy I ever offed in my life was there too. Even more hot and muscular then he was a year ago. He sat next to me and started touching me, and I did the same. I told him I'm not offing him but he stayed. I ordered him a drink and we sat and touched together the entire show. Gave him 500 THB and a kiss at the end of the show. He said business now is really bad. At night I went to DJ alone. Usually I find someone to go to on Grindr but this time I was less successful. Place was full and nice but after 2 hours I went back. I noticed that some of the people in the club are going to my hotels direction and then I realized that they are going to Sauna Mania. Entered there again at 3AM (140 THB). Place was even busier then the afternoon. about 200 people. Again, had a good time there. Next morning I was on a shopping mission. I promised my BF to bring him lots of presents so I went to the weekend market. didn't fins anything interesting for him but I found for me some shirts and shoes That place is really tiring. At evening I met with a guy to have dinner in a nice Thai restaurant at central world: Nara. Food was really good, shared everything so together with drinks it was probably 1400 THB. After that I went to DJ alone (he didn't wanna dance). There I met a couple one local and one foreign and we danced and drank together and the end of the night we went to my room. No problems at the front desk. I avoided threesomes this entire trip since I don't like them that much and at home that's usually what we do so I wanted only one on one this trip... So this was the only one in this trip and it was nice. BTW, GOD now closes at 2:30 AM for some military reason... That really sucks since after DJ closes you have only half an hour dancing before the night ends. Next morning I had a mission to stick to: buy lots of crap to my BF. The guy I had dinner with recommended me going to Platinum mall so I followed his advice. That was a very good advice... This mall is better then MBK or all the markets. I bought lots of cloths and underwear for my BF and also for myself. I now realized I have a luggage overweight problem. Later I went to Babylon. The only reason I did go there is because one cannot be in BKK and not go to Babylon, can one? Place was nice. Half foreigners half local. Met two local guys, first was a nice fit guy my age and second was a Asian muscle daddy (which I prefer). Both were nice and fun. I learned my lesson from previous places and experiences this trip: don't cum before night so all of my afternoon fun and action was usually without cuming: that's to save my libido for night time. At the evening I met at a (mixed) bar an airport security guy that was going home on the same flight as I was. This was my first descent chat in my native language (after a month of travelling alone) so I was really excited. I don't know how I got so lucky but he offered to help me with my luggage since he has a big suitcase and was travelling light. The day after I came to his apartment with 9KG of shopping cloths. That saved me probably 100 USD of overweight. At night I went with the Asian guy from the couple i'v been with a night before (which i fancied more then his BF). Since his BF left that day we had a great night and morning together. Another thing I'v noticed in Thailand, Compared to other nationalities: Filipinos, Vietnamese, Cambodians; not even a single man I met wanted me to take the condom off. That was really nice and surprising. I wonder is this is representative or just coincidence. Last day in bangkok I started getting really down since I realized I'm going home. Took things easy: no sex, no shopping just relaxing in the pool and gym. Also at night just went to see the show in Dreamboyz (400 THB). This was the best show I'v seen in BKK or Pattaya. Coming home was (and still is) hard. After so many days in Asia, the only thing I am doing now is convincing my BF that next summer we are going to Thailand. LOL.

I certainly do not regret it. It was an interesting and fun experience. Thanks again for the advice! I surely wouldn't mind writing about them, I will do so one at a time. In fact, since I didn't document where I visited this could be helpful one day when I wanna return and recall the nice places. Should I use this post or open a new one for each destination? (don't wanna flood the forum... think i'd prefer using this post... although the subject is a bit misleading...) Originally, my big Asia trip (as I called it) was planned to be my solo trip in the far east. We decided to get married this summer so I wanted him to join me. He could take only 18 days so it was obvious that I was staying in Asia while he returned home. Of course when we are separate we are both allowed to do what ever we want as long as it's safe (you'll see the problems this can cause when i'll write about my trip in Boracay).

Just came back home after a 50 days trip around east Asia. It started as a Honeymoon with my BF and later on I continued alone. Our Honeymoon was in Japan and Taipei for about 17 days. After that I continued alone to (in this order): Hanoi, Sapa, Halong Bay, HoiAn & danang, Saigon, Manila, Boracay, Siam Reap, Phnom Penh, Pattaya (2 nights) and BKK (4 nights). I have tons to say about each destination i'v been. But I'll keep this report brief and focused on Thailand. Since I have a direct flight home from BKK I decided to dedicate 6 days to BKK. When I landed at BKK I decided 6 days is too much for me in BKK and I took Vinapu's advice to go on and see Pattaya for the first time. Pattaya 17.9 - I landed at BKK airport and decided to take a taxi straight to Pattaya. 1600 BHT. Probably a ripoff but I didn't have a better option. It was evening and on the way there I remembered that I once saw a show about ladyboyz and Pattaya and their show in Alacazar so I told the taxi driver to drop me off there. Got there at 9PM and last show started at 930 PM. They were kind enough to store my luggage. prices are 600 for regular seat and 800 THB for "VIP" seat. I took the VIP but if u go, take the regular, it's almost the same. The show is nice, I expected it to be a bit more professional but still it's a nice and fun show. 70 minutes. After the show I took my suitcase and went to Sansuk hotel and sauna. This was from a recommendation I got from a guy I met at Boracay. Room is nice and value for money (700 THB) is very good in my opinion. After checking in, I immediately went out since I haven't decided yet if I want to stay one night or 2 and if it's my only night then I'd better make proper use of it. Went to Boyztown. Went to see a show in BoyzBoyzBoyz (I think). Nice show and some of them were hot. From there I took a taxi to NAB - a club that some people on Grindr told me it was nice. There is a certain kind of clubs in Asia that I didn't see anywhere else in the world. These clubs are theoretically dance clubs. But, They have high and small tables on the dance floor so it's not actually a dance club. It's a hybrid of a bar and a club. As a solo traveler, these clubs usually were more difficult to manage since the people there dance with their friends around the tables there. NAB is exactly that way. Appeared to be high class local and foreign people. Good music and vibe. 400 THB for entrance and first drink. Luckily for me I met there a local guy I was talking to on Grindr so he invited me to dance with his friends and I had a good time at the club and also with him back in the hotel. The hotel asked no questions regarding letting the guy in - just took his ID. Second day I decided to stay in Pattaya for another night. I rented a motorcycle (200 THB) and started driving the city. The viewpoint is nice. Gay beach was almost empty (maybe 10 ppl) and there was a very persistent masseur that wanted to give me a massage but I didn't feel like it. At the after noon I went to the hotel Spa and Sauna. The facilities are very nice: steam room, pool, Sauna. And also for low season there was a nice amount of crowd. about 20 foreigners and 20 locals. Locals are mostly 20-30's and foreigners were mostly 45-65 (I was the youngest by far). Some action going on there and I think it's a nice place to relax and also have fun. Late afternoon I met with another guy from the club yesterday. This guy was hotter then the guy I talked to but I didn't want to be a jerk and go with the other one and I was also not sure if he was interested. The funny thing about the 2nd guy is that I met him at the lobby as I usually do, and we started talking and smoking (this is a precaution I take to try and estimate the danger before letting a person in my room). One of the first questions I ask is regarding occupation. He told me he works at a SPA. My red light turned on. I started investigating. He works at a man SPA indeed and our conversation and his perspective regarding it was really interesting. He was a bit offended when still verified with him that there is no money involved in our meeting but I had to verify that - He was really hot and the hotter the guy is the more suspicious I get. Great sex. He bottomed well At night I went to Sunee Plaza - Place was DEAD. Really. No people at all just staff. Went from there to meet another guy at NAB. Another nice evening at that place. Didn't find anything interesting to take so left probably at 4AM. Checked out at 13PM and took a taxi 1500 THB to my hotel in BKK - Glow trinity. I'll continue my BKK report later.

I was last summer for 5 nights in Le Meridian. I got the advice from someone in this forum and it was really a good one. The hotel is really close to all the gay spots and service and the room were excellent. I also stayed one night at the Sofitel So which has nicer rooms but the location of Le Meridien is much better so when I'll come to BKK this summer I will surly book it again.

Thank you all for your help, After reading all your advice and further investigation online I decided to do TLV -> BKK -> Siem Reap -> Phnom Penh -> Saygon -> Hanoi -> and then decide whether Laos or Philipines -> Hong Kong -> TLV. I'll probably do more at each country but these are the main cities I plan on visit. Also, I am not booking the domestic flights until the last minute to make sure the weather is nice. Just booked the TLV->BKK and HKG->TLV flights and I am leaving TLV at Aug 5th till Sep 23rd. I am super excieted! Now just need to wait 4 months

Thank you all for your advice! I am taking all of it into consideration. I'v already been on my last trip in HK so I think i'll only go there for if I have spare days before my flight back. I cannot enter Malaysia with my humble Israeli passport I would really like to, but no chance to get in there. There is a slight chance for Indonesia and I am checking that option but it's also unsure since the (nonexistent) relations with Israel are very shaky. I know that it is much cheaper to book in advance but I want to keep all my options open till the last minute and especially cause the weather is unexpectable. I think I'll pass Singapore this time. It is maybe a bit high budget for me and I want to spend also some time in Taipei which is supposed to be also high budget. 10x. Wrote all these sites down... I think I'll do Cambodia for sure and also Vietnam. Not sure about Laos and Myanmar since I think I wanna visit Manila and Taipei and I wont be able to do it them all... Maybe I'll skip one of them (Manila or Taipei). What do you think? I also wanna visit maybe a nice Island in the Philippines but indeed it is maybe too much. I am a bit spoilt I think I'll do mostly flights. Israeli indeed. No Malaysia for me and not sure about Indonesia. I think I can only enter Indonesia if I have a local sponsor which i obviously don't have. As I said in my post, My trip starts at the beginning of August (5th) and ends at the middle of September (23rd) 2 days before the Jewish new year's eve. Thanks again! This really helps me to understand how to prepare for my trip.