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Many thanks DrimVoiz. I will enjoy every bit of it and will meet more guys for you too.

hopefully sooner.

I didn't even notice that there's a window.

"...…. No use crying forever Because there's too many fish in the sea Too many fish in the sea I said, there's short ones, tall ones, fine ones, kind ones Too many fish in the sea...…" I like especially the tall ones, fine ones and kind ones.

he was off for an extended time with a client on my previous visit.

not recently..it was about 6 months ago. I may soon need to keep a database of the boys for my poor memory.

I wonder if anyone here recalls who #45 at Lucky Boys is. On my previous visit, he got my attention, but I ended up not being able to have any useful conversation with him (because of a mamasan's interruption). I thought he looked quite cute, with a baby face and toned to muscular smooth body. If I remember correctly, he is from Vietnam.

should I be proud that I've been to all those mentioned? Kudos to all my Shifu's here .. and to jason1975 who brought me to all those bars on my first trip. I will keep making you all proud. This time, I'd like to explore a couple things new to me - (1) that famous orgy at a gay sauna (sauna mania?) and (2) that host bar in soi4.

I'd better make sure to go see your Mr. Perfect guy this time. Hope he's gonna be around when I am there.

oh I thought it is built-in, default for each of us.

do they still have that scary camera thingy?

I just seen a video of our famous moonlight model boy on pornhub and i thought i'd share it with you all here. search it with "Ittiporn Korwanichakul". the clip made me want to off him again in my upcoming trip.

Thank you spoon. I have notified Raya of my "late arrival" to ensure its availability until the next morning. they replied back to me, saying that they will make sure to keep my room as in the booking. the total cost of having two separate bookings for a grand deluxe room at Raya for 6 nights + one night at Wall Street Inn for my last day turned out to be cheaper than my original booking which was for a suite room at Raya for 6 nights.

Then why I didn't book a grand deluxe room for the whole period on either agoda or hotels dot com, rather than submitting two separate reservations through two different booking sites since they both are still with Raya? The answer is because it was much cheaper to do it. I am not sure why. Raya doesn't want long term stay guests? My initial thought was to book a hotel for 10/1 - 10/3, then move to my regular hotel on 10/3 (as mentioned in my post above). But when I started thinking for the second part, since i didn't want to travel too far, i was looking at Tarntawan, Glitz and a few others around Raya. I compared their prices. Then I realized that if i could remain at Raya, i wouldn't need to move. i looked at all their available room types and found the availability of a grand deluxe room. I wouldn't have minded even if it was for a different room type. it will still be within Raya and it will not be on my first day, not immediately after my arrival when i would need to rest the most. It took me quite a few hours, was having to use multiple taps and windows simultaneously for different booking sites, for different hotels, for different permutations. Though i might have turned quite a lot of my black hair into gray, i felt like it is the best part of my trip. the best part of a trip is in its preparation stage as we discussed before here.

Thank you so much to all of you for your great ideas and suggestions. Two heads are better than one, and a forum of so many great heads is definitely the best. I have spent quite a few hours online .. emailed to some hotels including a couple US chain brands, talked to one over the phone, used my phone calculator to compare prices of different possible options by using various permutations and combinations. After sacrificing some of my black hair, I have come up with one final decision. I wish I had this kind of patience and creativity on other aspects of my life too. I am not sure for other aspects, but when it comes to the LOS (or LOB - land of boys to be more accurate), the need has made me creative. Initially I had made a reservation at Raya for a suite room for 10/2 through 10/7. Then with the help of hotels dot com, I was able to have that reservation cancelled with a full refund. Then I started looking into other possible options including booking a cheaper hotel for a day ahead. but then I realized that I would still need to check out from that cheaper hotel by noon and I would still have two hours gap on 10/2 (which is going to be my first day in BKK after a super long haul). I would not have minded a 2 hour gap if it's on my second day, but my whole purpose of finding a place in this situation is to utilize every hour for a rest. I have also thought about using a short stay hotel, but I was not able to find how to book this kind of hotel online. and I didn't want to end up having to walk around with a bag looking for one after my arrival. After many hotels in different price ranges (from 20-30$ to 140-150$ per night) couldn't guarantee an early check in, I thought my best option would be to book a hotel for 10/1 - 10/3, with a request for a late arrival, then to check in on 10/2 once I arrive, stay over until 10/3, then move to my regular chosen one. Luckily I found an availability of grand deluxe room at Raya with a cheaper price than my previous suite room for 10/1 - 10/3 on agoda. Without hesitation, I submitted a reservation. Then at the same time, I booked a grand deluxe room at Raya for 10/3 - 10/6 with a similar price through hotels dot com. I hope Raya will let me stay in the same room since both bookings are for a grand deluxe room. if not, I wont mind having a gap since it will be on my second day. Then I will move to Wall St inn on my last day since I will need to use it only until midnight to catch my early morning departing flight on 10/7. Thank you again everyone.

Raya finally offered me a guaranteed early check in for a fee. It will be around US $ 100 which is even more than a nightly rate I had to pay to them. If I cannot find any hotels for an early check in, I will probably use a cheaper one for a few hours rest before I can check in to my regular one.

Thank you everyone for your excellent ideas. That's exactly why I love this forum and you all. I talked to hotels dot com who helped me communicating with Raya, and now the hotel will agree to a full refund if I want to go ahead and cancel my reservation. I am now thinking of all the possible options that I learned from your comments. I will probably use a different cheaper hotel for a short stay on my last day instead of staying at the same hotel for an early check out as vinapu suggested. But an early check in will still be my preference since I will most likely need a short power nap and a shower after an almost 30 hour flight and to be able to enjoy my first night to its fullest. So, I am now making a few different reservations (with free cancellations) and contacting the hotels directly for possibility of an early check in. @vinapu I haven't looked Amara hotel yet. Do you think an early check in will be possible with Amara?

Why not? The more, the merrier.

It sounds like nothing is unknown to vinapu (at least around Silom area). My flight will be arriving at BKK international airport at 8 am on 10/2 and my departing flight will leave at 3:30 am on 10/7. So, I booked a room at Raya for 10/2 - 10/7 with the expectation that they would let me check in earlier. As a pay back, I will check out very early on 10/7. Since my flight is leaving at 3:30 am on 10/7, I will need to check out right after midnight on 10/6 night (very early morning on 10/7). But I booked it through 10/7. So, I can enjoy BKK until the last minute and have a room (more importantly a bathroom) to myself. After I put the reservation through hotels dot com, I have been talking to Raya and it seems like they don't read or understand my request. They kept saying that their check in time is 1400 hours and their check out time is noon. It sounds like a generic reply.

I will be in touch. but it sounds like we will have only a day or two overlaps.

I would very much love to hang out with you again. I will be there from 10/2 through 10/6.

or with the chosen ones.

Thank you for your suggestion. I just reserved a "suite" room at Raya. It is about $20/night more costlier than Novotel Silom, but I decided to choose it for the exact same reason you mentioned. my focus will be on Lucky Boys and other bars on the same street, and Moonlight.

Thank you everyone. 5 days won't be enough to see all the boys I want to, and I agree with Boy69 that it will be too much hassle to take for such a short trip. but I decided to see how much hassle it could be. as GoldMember said, a trip is better than no trip. and being able to see some boys will be better than none. So, I just went ahead and purchased a ticket. @GoldMember : thanks much for the info. I have never been to one before, but would love to check it out since I will be there in the same period.

Thanks much for your thoughtful reminder. I am thinking of Bangkok. I haven't been to Pattaya yet. Traveling for more than 8000 miles each way just for a 5 day trip is definitely not an ideal vacation. But incredibly cheap tickets price is very hard to resist. It usually costs me more than $ 1000 to fly to BKK, but now a major airline departing directly out of where I live, with only one layover, for less than $800 is quite tempting.