faranglaw

I think it's rude and insensitive to the culture of a country they are guests in. There's nothing funny about it at all. I think they deserve to get in a bit of trouble over this.

For what it's worth, a veterinarian friend gave me some good advice on the street dogs, or "soy dogs," maybe we should call them. (Cute huh?) What she told me: the dogs are trying to figure out if you are the top dog or not. If you make direct and/ or proplonged eye contact, they think you are not the top dog and are challenging them for the top spot; they may want to attack to defend their territory. She recommended you just glance at them quickly, a sidelong clance not a direct one, so they know you see them, and walk on in your chosen direction, acting like the top dog, with confidence. They might follow you, as they think there might be something interesting (after all, you are the Top!) but will eventually get tired of that and leave you alone. This works for me almost every time. On very rare occasions, a dog has come up too close for comfort and seemed potentially threatening, but even then, backed off.

It seems we hear pretty consistently that Vietnamese guys cannot or will not perform even the most vanilla sex. Burmese, Laotian, and Cambodian guys seem to me to much gentler and obliging. Would others agree?

Thanks for your detailed posts. Much appreciated. It seems like Screwboys is the winner so far, with reasonable drink prices and a helpful mamasan. How did you choose your hotel, and are you happy with the result? I have not stayed in the Silom area for a long time, prefer Suan Phlu, which is a bit more off the beaten track but has a neighborhood feel, and some massage places nearby I've enjoyed. Not to mention Babylon. But I'd appreciate pros and cons on accommodation in the faster lane, from you or anyone else who cares to respond. I hope your exploring leads you to a nice boy. The Cambodian boy you found at Screwboys before would work for me, as I'm not a bottom. In three short weeks I'll be in LOS.

I'm so glad you appreciate the order and precision of my methods. I am the Hercule Poirot of measuring tape!

Interesting article. Thanks for sharing it.

Actually, the distances from North to South America are much greater than people think. You are not just flying south, you are also flying East. All of South America is east of Savannah, Gerogia. The eastern time zone of South America is six hours different from Pacific time. I once used a tape measure and a globe to measure distances, and on the globe, the distance from Vancouver to Bangkok, and Vancouver to Buenos Aires, are exactly the same. Obviously, it's different from the east coast, but you are still traveling to a different hemisphere. Interesting, eh?

Converts to karaoke at... 1:45? In the MORNING?! What's an elderly slut to do? Afternoon massages for me I guess... But Screwboys sounds tempting. Thanks for posting about it.

I'm glad he noted it. It's a good reminder.

The derailing is more my fault than yours. Sorry.

Not really. I'm just having a bit of fun here. Although I will say it's a ritual for me and I have been there at least once in each of the past 27 years. I might have missed a year or two, but that only means I missed going to Thailand altogether. Even at my advanced age, I still get lucky, usually. In recent years it has been with wiry Issan farm boys age 40 up. Even with a few facial wrinkles, their tight little bodies are hot, and it's likely their once a year trip to the big smoke, so they are shy but really passionate.

...and you ADMIT it? In a gay public forum?? I feel faint...

Hey. This is my fantasy. In my fantasy the only thing he smokes is me.

Hmm, not on the link I got. Maybe it's an iPad issue

Ahh, getting smoked by a nice boy on a Thai beach. Heaven... Oh, that's not what they meant? Really?

BTS will give farang the half price seniors' fare. MRT won't. Or maybe it's the other way round. I wonder about this spider card.

vinapu: that's outright penalty from God for not reading this forum, Screwboys is one of oldest bars still operating under the same name . Me: The Lord works in mysterious ways.

A few thoughts here: 1. Jet lag is absolutely real, with a great deal of science backing it up. 2. I didn't know melatonin only works for 30% of us. Lucky me. If I have to put up with being one of the 10-15% for whom cilantro tastes like soap, and even the smell of it is vile, at least there is some compensation. A pharmacist friend of mine said that the 10mg melatonin pills are way overkill. 3mg is enough, and he even recommended cutting those in half. 3. DH and I Fly on Korean from Vancouver. Jet lag definitely worse coming home. Sometimes our flight has a long layover in Seoul, and they will give us time at a hotel, which is a terrific help. You have to go through immigration, but at Incheon that takes about five minutes. Alternatively, they might let you use their lounge. Or you can use the wonderful Korean style (not explicitly gay, but...) sauna at Incheon. You can stay there overnight for about US $30. You might even get lucky there if you're not too tired from all the excitement in LOS. In any case, we now try to schedule that long layover deliberately, to break up the two long flights. 4. One of the advantages comng from Europe is shorter flight times, and sometimes direct flights, I believe. From Vancouver we have to change flights, and I think that makes quite a difference. 5. We used to fly home on a flight that arrived at 6:30pm, early morning in Asia. I found that schedule disastrous for jet lag, as I was wide awake and ready to start a new day just as it was getting dark. Now we try to arrive home in the morning. 6. Sleeping on the plane is much easier if you bring along good quality earplugs and an eye mask. 7. Nothing works perfectly for everyone. Cheers....

Going to Cambodia without visiting Angkor Wat would be a shame, like visiting Bangkk and not going to Babylon. A friend of mine spent three days in Siem Rep and saw Angkor by day and twinks by night. It sounded pretty good to me.

Tell us more! I'm not familiar with this site and I don't see an English language version.

I have been approached a few times by money boys at Babylon. The conversation goes something like this: Me: Where are you from? Young guy: Khon Kaen (always seems to be Khon Kaen!) Me: Do you want to go to a room? YG: Better outside Me: Ok no thanks. I'm certain "better outside" means "your room" with a request for money not far behind. Another time the Khon Kaen boy was more direct and asked for 2,000, again politely declined by me.

Off topic, girls! And now... Do we get a report??

I know that but these diamond shoes really do pinch my delicate feet.

I love all those cities. We have similar taste in cities, opposite taste in boys. I would go back to Paris, Istanbul, or Rome in a heartbeat. But now DH wants to go to Spain and Portugal, and has Prague on the list too. And DH always seems to get his way. Funny thing about marrying a Thai man...