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Soi twilight shows are still tame. I didn't go to see one as I have seen many, but will someday this week, just to see what they are like. But my friend said, just no fuck shows. Taxi to my apartment is 40 baht, so yes, 100 is high. But they always ask for 100 in that area at night. You look at what is going on in Russia with their little dictatorship and it is all over the press . But here, you have to dig to find out that anything is happening. I just got here yesterday, so I'm still a bit off schedule, but I must have turned 7 tv channels at news time before I saw a story on the General. I did catch an interview on BBC with a Thai commentator who said he thinks this will last about 2 years before people really start getting involved.

Interestingly, I just came in from Soi Twilight. I asked a couple of boys what they thought and they didn't have any idea of it happening. Most of them are there to make a living and if it doesn't directly affect them , they don't care much about politics. So much for metered taxis. Leaving, the first 2 asked for 100. 3rd used meter.

I live in Ft.Lauderdale and would love to meet up with for a drink....But I'm sitting in the airport in Dallas about to board my flight to Hong Kong and on to Bangkok. Have a great time. Had lots of rain, but it's supposed to be a hot sunny week.

Paris hotel rooms are small. I can't imagine how small budget hotel rooms must be. With the luggage you carry, you would need 2 rooms, one for you and one for luggage.

Oz, would you settle for a gift certificate to Hero?

I don't get it. You people come over here, because you don't have a place to play right now. You don't like 1 person here, and demand his removable by ownership. The infighting over there is much worse than it ever is here. Are you just bored and lonely and bring this stuff over here till you get your playpen back. Things have been quite pleasant here, till this thread showed up.

I suppose it's only the American embargo that has held the Cuban people back, the Castros have had nothing to do with it.

As long as you realize Deej is never wrong, you won't have any problems with him. The first week the site comes back up will be insufferable, with the begging for $$$$ and ass kissing.

Vermont is particularly inviting in winter, when the temp is 10 below and snow is up to you shoulders, and the the spring runoff has a river running thru your living room. But August and September are beautiful.

I've also been reading every post. I'm headed back to Bangkok next month and your stories make me want to leave sooner.

I have two friends that work on Soi Twilight, that have left Bangkok and gone home to their family's. They can't even make enough money to eat. They said they will come back when the tourist return. And they are not alone. Sounds like lots of boys are looking for work elsewhere.

Using Airbnb you can get 1 bedroom or studio apt for less than $50.00 per night.

Well if we could have it at the poolside cabana atTotallyOz's hotel, I'm in. If he can get the same wait staff and poolside eye candy we had a couple of weeks ago, I'm doubly in...

I agree. If I've come all that way to go to Hero, I'm not going to stop a block early unless I see something that is really going to make me stop short. I also won't go to massage places that don't have private showers.

I got to watch a couple of episodes of Orphan Black while in Bangkok last month, and really liked it. Now I have to go back and watch season one before I watch the rest of season two. Graceland starts it's second season next week. Can be a bit violent but I really got into it. Even though it's based in Los Angeles, it's filmed here in Miami.

Thanks for the update. Per phone conversations with my friend, some of the places on Soi Twilight have been trying to stay open the last few nights. But as TotallyOz has reported, there are no customers. The Bangkok Post is now reporting that the curfew is being modified starting tomorrow night (wed) from 12:01 - 4am. It will help the nightlife a bit, but tourist are just going to stop going to Thailand till things get sorted out. I just got back from about 6 weeks in Bangkok last week. Several weeks ago I was looking at airfares for Oct/Nov time frame. Fares were running around $1400. Now I'm looking to buy and many of those same dates are in the low $2000's The fuel surcharges are starting to kick in again as oil stays above $100 a barrel. If this keeps up, Thai tourism will be further hurt.

I feel bad for all the people that work nights. Bangkok is close to being a 24 hour city. I just got back Tuesday, so just missed the curfew. But I figure I spend 90% of my money after 8pm. I hit up the 7-11 across the street from the apartment where I stay almost every night when I come in between 12 and 2am. The place is packed. They have to be taking big hits. I just talked to my boy and he said he has not made a dime all week, as there are just no customers. Fortunately for him, I left him with enough money to get thru a couple months.

I can't answer for the service or massage, but I have been hanging out on Soi Twilight the last couple of nights, and there are several boys that I would have no problem hiring. Lots of boys sitting out front the the massage places, with lots of cuteness.

I have had most of these questions asked of me when returning from Bangkok, until I got Global Entry. I've never been questioned headed over. I am leaving today for Bangkok, but I am going thru Helsinki. In London you get the third degree from security as an American. In Helsinki, I've barely seen security. The US is working with the Thai government on trafficking, so this may be a new crackdown.

MsGuy, I appreciate your kind words. This trip next month will only be 2 weeks, so time will go very quickly after just spending a month. One of these days I will figure out how to post pictures. As the say, a picture is worth a thousand words. So a few pics will mean I won't have to dig for as many words. Oz, this is only the 2nd boy that has asked for serious money from my trips to Thailand. It happened several times in Rio, but not for as much. I've also had a few boys here in the states that have ripped me off. MsGuy got it right, once you say no, there tends not to be anymore issues. I will probably do another trip in Nov or Dec for a couple of weeks, and i am going to try 2 months next Feb/March. Thank goodness for frequent flyer miles.

Firecat, you hit it right on the head. I paid the boy quite well on a daily basis. I'm sure he is quite comfortable financially for the few weeks in between my trips. In fairness to Paragon, I wasn't clear that I paid him for a month of service. There is also the fact that he is getting his meals free for a month, doesn't have to sleep on mattress pad on the floor in an apt with several other boys with no air conditioning. He also doesn't have to stand on stage doing the 2 step shuffle, hoping to get lucky for the month he was with me. The asking for extra money is something most of these boys will do. I got my point across to him very quickly that it wasn't going to happen. He got over it faster than me . Then the last 2 weeks of the trip, we had a great time. He knows I'm on my way back in a few weeks, so the texts keep coming saying "can't wait to see you". Firecat, interesting you say 1 boy in 1000 get the month time period. He is Vietnamese and knows all the Vietnamese boys that work on Soi Twilight. When we would be sitting at the outdoor bars , sometimes his friends would stop by and they would talk for a couple of minutes. Because they talked in Vietnamese, myself and my Thai friends couldn't understand the conversations. One night I asked him what they talk about. He said they are all teasing him about all the money he is making and that he doesn't have to work in the bar. He said they would tease him that when I left, he would have to take them out to eat, and go shopping. He said it was all in fun and he didn't mind.

Well I did feel a little guilty about not posting again. The first couple of weeks I spent time running around the city and hanging with my friends in the evening. The last couple of weeks, I just hung around the apartment a little more. I wasn't alone. My boy was with me most of the time. But I spent more time, sitting by the pool and reading, and when my friend would go to his apartment in the afternoons to get clean clothes and stuff, I would take naps. We just ate a lot of street food so not a lot of restaurants to talk about . Many of you that have been to Thailand (and Brazil to a lesser extent) have run into the situation of becoming friendly with boys and when you get home, receive the email asking for money for sick grandparents or house repairs. I had it in the back of my mind that this would happen as we were getting pretty close. Well after 2 weeks, we came back to the apt one evening and he hit me up for money for his sick mother. Asked for 20,000 baht. (About $600) Unfortunately for him, he found out real quick I don't fall for this. I am a pretty easy mark for sales people, I fall for anything. I have been using escorts for more years than I want to admit, but this is the one time I go stone cold. I have taken boys all over the world over the years, and had great time, but there are a few, no matter how much you give, they want a little more. Long story short, I told him, no, I didn't have any money for him and I had a head ache and he should probably head home. I was really enjoying his company and I hated this situation, so I gave him a 2 day time out. He called and sent texts, but I didn't answer. I finally sent a text to meet him at his work. I mentioned the situation to one of the boys he works with. I think he got the message. The next 2 weeks were about perfect. We had a great time and he started staying overnight all the time. But again because I had my friend, I didn't go to any massage parlors, or other bars or clubs. We did go to Silom 4 a couple of times to eat . Once at the Balcony, and once at Telephone. Not 5 star dining, but good and great people watching. When it was time to leave, he wanted to go to the airport with me. I didn't really want him to. I had to leave at 5:45 in the morning. Figured he would be hard to get up. As soon as I check in, it's thru immigration, no place to hang together. But he insisted and I said ok. I got up at 5 and straight to the shower. Within 1 minute he was up and in there with me. I had mostly packed the night before, but he went thru all the draws, closet, making sure I didn't forget anything. He went and threw away the trash, made the bed. I just sat there thinking he is just the housekeeper I could use at home. Time to head to the airport. I had 2 big suitcases, he took them down and got a taxi while I took care of the keys. 30 minute drive to the airport. He has no problem with public displays of affection. I do. So I found a quiet spot behind a big sign and we said our goodbyes . As I mentioned earlier, I have met many boys over the years and this one is right up there near the top of the list. If he spoke better English, it would be close to a perfect time. My trip home went great. I flew Bkk-Tokyo on Japan Airlines in business. Interesting, we left at 8:15am and they served dinner on the flight. So I had steak for breakfast. I had a 3 hour layover at Narita . Did Nrt-Dfw on American in first class. Good flight crew. Left and arrived right on schedule. Last leg was Dallas to Ft.Lauderdale. Again left on time and arrived 1/2 hour early. Taxi home arriving 11:30 pm. I think I was in bed 2 minutes after I got in. I used to live in San Francisco. I always felt bad for the people that had to fly to the east coast from Asia. Now I'm the one that has to fly that extra 5 hours. I've been back for 2 weeks now. My boy has been sending a few texts. He knows I am coming back next month, so I guess he wants to keep tabs on me. I leave in a week and a half on a cruise from Miami to Barcelona. Then flying up to Helsinki. Then on to Bangkok for another couple of weeks. He has my arrival day coded into his phone, so I half expect to see him waiting for me when I arrive at the apartment. To wrap up this trip I will be flying Bangkok to San Francisco on Cathay Pacific. I'm going to spend a couple days in SF before heading back to Ft.Laudale. This will break the return up and I get in at a more reasonable hour. Reflecting back, being there for a month, I thought I would be doing a lot of fun and interesting things on a daily basis. Well that didn't happen. I had fun, but it was at a much slower pace than I had expected. I hadn't expected to have 1 boy with me for the entire trip. It was very hot (upper 90's) so easier to just hang out at home during the mid afternoon hours. Did read a couple of books , watched more tv than I should have. The Malaysian plane situation was happening and being in the same time zone, with all the int'l cable news stations, there was more coverage than here in the US. If anything exciting happens when I arrive in mid May, I'll try to follow up with some postings. Unfortunately we can't all live the life of Tomcal though we can try.....

I moved to San Francisco in 1980. I was living 1 block off Polk Street. The early 80's it was still going strong. I could probably match you story for story Townsend. I met my first boyfriend on Polk St. We stayed together for 5 years, but are still best friends till this day. I came from a small town and was really amazed that A Polk St. existed. But for all the fun that was to be had, there are a lot of sad stories to be told.

It's happened to me twice. Both times I just said that I would be back later. In both cases nobody seem at all bothered.

Tonight on Soi Twilight in Bangkok, X-Size boys club had a promotion. Drinks 200 and off fee 300. Not a bad deal. Don't know how long it is for.