Lucky

Given that we have a few folks here interested in Thailand, I've always enjoyed it when others write about their experiences so I can have a taste of Thailand in between my visits. So this thread is for those folks. Last night I went to a bar in Chiang Mai called Adam's Apple. They have a big neon apple out front. Sadly, there were few customers for this nice looking bar. The mamasan is a cute (and unavailable) gay boy who sat with me. At first I thought he was just keeping me company until the place got busy, then I realized the place wasn't going to get busy. Except for 2 other customers who already seemed occupied, I was the only potential source for one of the guys to make some money. And they did have plenty of guys. most of whom were cute. They dressed in shirt and tie, and sat around looking very bored. I take it that they are not allowed to approach the customers, But mama was working hard to get some business. Only a few of the boys danced on stage. I liked one that did a number with another guy where they whipped each other. (The kept giggling though). Then mama brought the newest boy over to me. He was also the cutest, but he either did not want to go with me, or he simply had too many things he did not do. Okay, all he said he would do is rim. He wouldn't kiss me me but he would rim me. Didn't make sense, so I figured he just wasn't interested. Then again, I was the only prospect. So, I finally went with the guy from the stage number. He was accommodating, not that I am very hard to please. But mamasan flat out lied to me about what I should pay, so I ended up paying an overnight price for an hour. Mama also tried to get me to use the room there at 500 baht, but the off fee was only 300 baht. Even after we were outside mama tried to lead me to a hotel across the street. So I won't go back. The saving grace is that mamasan is very cute. One question for firecat and Oz. I went to the show at Jupiter in Bangkok. I've always liked their shows, and I think you guys did too. But the first hour was quite a bore and I had to leave. Does it get better? I can go again next week...

So I took the metered taxi and still got ripped off! The hotel said the fare should be 500 baht, but this guy took the long way and ran it up to 650. Today I taxied back to the airport and the guy wanted to avoid the meter. He offered to drive me there for 500 baht! I took his offer. So, after hideous flights from the US, (The first Delta flight way late so that I barely made my connection to BKK) I arrived at 1 am to my hotel in BKK. Very nice and comfortable. They honored the last 2 nights of my Priceline reservation, so now the Delta insurance should pay the rest of my out of pocket loss caused by the first delay. Some people on the 2d flight had left the day before- 4 hours late, and all had to spend the night in Tokyo, where it is freezing. Glad I didn't as I have no winter clothes with me. I met the poster known as kjun for dinner (kjun12 on MER) We had a very nice chat and then went to Patpong to watch the boys until I picked out a cute masseur and had to take my leave. "Golf" works at Bunny Massage and did his best to please me. Jet lag then set in and I slept for hours. kjun has posted just about as long as I have, so it was nice to match the face to the name. I hope we can meet up again next week when I am back in BKK> Today I flew to Chiang Mai where I will shortly go out to see the local talent. I am staying at a gay guesthouse recommended by Oz. I waw also able to buy a throwaway cell, which makes it nice to call the US without having to find an international phone and phone card. So, it's shirtless weather and a night full of promise. Will shy ol' Lucky get laid?

It always amazes me when the right wingers spin things to avoid responsibility. They have been egging people on to shoot someone for some time now, but don't want to take the responsibility when it happens. Put 'em in the crosshairs apparently means whatever the Repubs want it to mean until it actually takesw on its real meaning.

Well, not daily as I don't have a laptop. But when I can, and if I have a story, I will share.

hehehe...thanks. I hope you didn't wear them out!

104 guys have ads on Rentboy for Bangkok. I didn't look at them all, first because they all seemed to want US prices, and second because most of the listings seemed to be agency boys. I guess this is for the guy who can't be seen in the gay bars. What was astonishing was how, well, unattractive many of the guys advertising are. I've always found better in the bars.

I think your natural born charm may have a lot to do with it!

Do these guys met the standard definition of winks> I don't think so. Real Brazilian twinks are hard to cum by.

I wonder is she will ever be able to use the Glock that she owns.

I have lost 18 pounds, but most of it was water weight, I have to admit. Congrats on the 80 pound loss- that's real work.

In Thailand you will find me each afternoon having fries and a Coke at McDonald's. I don't like their burgers though, picking Ruby's or Red Robin for that. (Not in Thialand, of course.) And beef barbecue? Not a chance.

The Mickey Moosies of the world must be giddy with joy as a judge and congressperson have been shot. So far the Congressperson lives, but with what brain damage we don't know. A child was also killed, among others. The judge himself had ruled that background checks on gun buyers were unconstitutional. Arizona is rapidly becoming the nut state, and I have no problems avoiding it.

I hope that boy's dick gets harder each minute he massages me! The bf has been ill, so it is good that I was here to look after him. This evening he is recovering, just in time for my Monday departure. No word yet from the hotel. You are no doubt right. Things happen for a reason. I may have completely different experiences. Also, the kid in the row next to me on the canceled flight was a screamer. On the next flight, I am in an aisle seat in an exit row. So there's improvement already.

Thanks, Hoover. In going to Thailand, it's best to have a hotel on arrival as the planes from the US get in very late, such as midnight. After customs and the taxi, it's about 2 am when you arrive in the city. Even then the Holiday Inn Silom once told me my room was not ready! It should have been ready at 3 pm the previous day.

The headline you used did not make me connect the article, thus I missed your thread. Sorry.

Now that I recall, I stayed at the Pan Pacific when they had a soft opening years ago. They claimed that they had no construction going on, but all day the noise was clear from whole floors of rooms that workmen were inside the rooms, but they denied to my face at the front desk that any construction was underway. I checked out and they didn't care. The lobby is about 28 floors up, or was, and the elevators were not air-conditioned. Glad to hear that Crowne is giving it a go. I hope they make it work. I did like the room.

So I had a nice hotel booked in Bangkok on Priceline. Because these are not cancelable, I bought the insurance Priceline offers, only to find it does not cover cancellations due to airline mechanical problems causing the flight itself to be canceled. I called Priceline, and although she was eager to call and cancel the reservation for me, (no doubt because then Priceline gets to keep all of the money) she also told me that the hotel could, at its choice, rebook my reservation for the new dates and I would not lose the money. She emphasized that his was the hotel's discretion. When I spoke with the hotel, they at first were eager to rebook me, except now the last night of the new stay would be unavailable as they were booked, and the King room they had reserved for me would not be available for the last 3 nights if I stayed. It would be a twin. She then started to claim that Priceline would not let them rebook me after all. SO, hours later, I get an email offering from the hotel to let me keep the last two nights of my prepaid stay, no longer a King but a twin, and I would then forfeit the first three nights I had paid for. One who has traveled to Bangkok knows the first night is often a check-in at 2 a.m., giving you about ten hours in the hotel. The hotel then said that additional deposits and penalties had yet to be determined, but I would be notified of them. So, my 5 night stay is reduced to 34 hours, with penalties yet to come. I also bought Trip coverage on Delta. All of my expenses for the delay, including the hotel, would be covered, except that Delta's insurer limited the amount to $500. The hotel alone is over $600. So, right now I am back at home, writing this at the exact moment I should be landing in Bangkok. My temptation is to just stay here, although I am rebooked out for Monday.

Did you ever stay on the fourth floor? It's the Priceline floor, so named because that's what they give Priceline customers. It's totally shabby. The clerk said he'd give me a room on the quieter side of the hotel. Right. The A/c was so incredibly loud (and old) that I shut it off and opened the window. If that was the quiet side...

Was Arthur Clarke "one of our own" or was he a pedophile?

Not that death is ruling my day, but this article bout the death by suicide of a 27 year old computer programmer who was raised in a fundamentalist christian family and sexually raped for years fascinates, mostly because of the calm explanation he gives in a lengthy suicide note of what it is like to be haunted for the rest of your life by the horrors of the sexual injustice perpetrated on him: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/07/bill-zeller-dead-princeto_n_805689.html

Did this young Portuguese stud kill his older man friend? Death...and castration....came to the older man who was in a posh New york hotel with the hot young man. It all points to an angry murder: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2011/01/07/2011-01-07_times_square_murder_man_found_dead_in_bloodsplattered_room_at_intercontinental_h.html

Yes- Day 1. We boarded the flight, everyone was on, then they announced a mechanical problem, and then after an hour or so canceled the flight. The line to rebook was horrible, and they could not get me out until Monday, which means I lost my Priceline Bangkok reservation even though I bought insurance from both the airline and Priceline. They don't cover flight cancellations! I am pissed...and feeling very unlucky.

I stayed last night at the Crowne Plaza LAX and it was a dump!

Yuck. Is every price going up? I thought inflation was nil.

I'll be finding out soon enough!