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What do you mean by "travel buddy"? Genuine traveling in Thailand (provinces other than Bangkok, Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Phuket) or just meet for a drink and chat?

Go to saunas.

It's true, there is barbed wire on top of the walls (that do not reach the ceiling). Someone must have been brain dead to put barbed wire in a sauna darkroom / labyrinth.

Not much about gay Ubon on the web (search ubon ratchathani gay). I will go in a few days, does anyone have updates on the data above? Looking for sauna, massage, disco, karaoke, cruising areas, moneyboys, not interested in online dating.

Can you tell a bit more about Kai? How long has he been working there and what does he look like? I am looking for techniques similar to your description. One wrong word ("How much do you tip?" "Do you want chuk wao?") can destroy everything for me, best not to speak at all during massage.

I haven't made a hotel booking in years (despite being bombarded with advertising), only walk in. That would be my recommendation to see first how close the hotel really is to the beach, and then ask for vacancies at the reception. Even in high season always found a place to sleep. Impracticable if you have heavy luggage or don't know the way.

Yes, they like to spy on others but don't want be watched by others. And then there are those who have sex in group room, but don't want others to touch them (maybe they just don't want ME to touch them, but it's too dark to see who is touching; and while I can feel skin temperature and body fat and underwear and match it to a boy I have seen before in light, the boy I touch cannot match the hand with other customers). But the darker the merrier, in utter darkness everyone is fooling around with everyone, but I find it totally un-erotic. In Men Factory (Silom Soi 2/1) they put barbed wire (!!!) on top of the walls to prevent this, beside low numbers of customers a reason for me not to go there again.

I didn't pay attention to water color, but noticed a smell of chlorine the last time I was in Copa (over a year ago), which I like very much (the chlorine smell from swimming pool, I know it's weird, but I love it). Never noticed this smell in Classic Boys (have been several times, last time over 1 year ago).

I have been lamenting darkness in saunas for a long time, glad to hear I am not alone. Babylon fares quite well in this aspect, I should go more often because it's the best lit place. Elsewhere it's so dark, you can't see if it's a man or a woman, Asian or White, old or young. But darkrooms is where the action takes place. On a recent sauna visit (Muffil Ladprao 113), half of the customers were in the darkroom, I got groped many times. The other half were walking around elsewhere in the sauna, paying no attention to each other. I say: a darkroom is a place where you can have sex with someone you wouldn't want to have sex with in light. Count me out. There is one place that has little artificial light, but enough natural light, as long as sun is shining. I have to schedule my visits to take place from 5 to 7 pm, before it get's dark.

I don't know of any theme night for sneaker/socks, and I have been to many places and observe the scene. Boys in Happy Boys Pattaya Soi Yensabai wear (used to wear? haven't been for a while) socks.

I haven't been, but it's on my list. I wouldn't pay much attention to their advertising, take Hijack (former Gaya) "only the brave and big cock" - what a bullshit!

One of my Thai friends calls it "smell my cheek".

Bringing democracy to Arab countries utterly failed: Libya, Egypt, Iraq, and I would very much prefer the previous state (stability under a dictatorship, compared to chaos under local warlords).

New bar with new owner and new boys or just changed name (former X-Boys Land)? Last year and this year when I poked my head into X-Boys and X-Boys Land, there were low numbers of boys, so I didn't enter. There were reports about boys moving between bars (not enough boys to operate two bars?).

Taxi drivers have an idea what a certain trip would cost by meter, and usually ask twice that amount. It's easy to avoid these, I used them only twice in five years of coming to Thailand: my very first ride from the airport and Songkran last year (but only because I had a drunken boy in tow, otherwise I would have taken the bus). Back to the subject. I think dictatorship is viable alternative to democracy. Centuries ago, Whites tried to force Christianity on other people, fortunately these times are over. Now they try, and usually fail, to bring democracy to others.

Are you looking for prostitution or sex for free? For the first, there is plenty in Pattaya, although most of the boys in bars wouldn't fit your preferences. For the second, try Sansuk sauna. Are you White or Asian or else and are you looking for White or Asian or else? Just curious.

Take a look at adverts in gay magazines (free for example in Balcony and Telephone, often with address in Thai or map). There are plenty of gay discos (Thai style) and Karaoke around. It's different from the bars in Soi 4 or DJ station, you might be disappointed (see Alexx' comments). I wrote about some of these places in my blog, there are many more I will go some time, alone or with friends.

I spent Monday 25.08. in Phuket town (after checking out of my hotel in Patong in the morning), there was some medium and heavy rain during day. Then took bus around 6 pm to Bangkok. Looks like I was the last person to get out dry. "After me, the flood" ("Après moi, le déluge"), literally!

pong, can you elaborate on free WiFi in Bangkok? When you see a WiFi network that is not secured, you often have to log in with username and password once you open the browser, or am I missing something? I saw the signs for free WiFi, but whenever I checked (a few times, then I gave up), there was nothing.

You can find boys who are attracted to you, mainly in saunas and discos, but there is no guarantee. You can try online as well, but for me it has become a waste of time (poor pictures, long distances and traffic jam in Bangkok - but not in Pattaya!, general unreliability). If you want daytime company, renting is the best solution. Take a look at older posts in this or other forums for bar reviews.

A picture would help (for the Thai script).

April, that refers to 2015? Or you wanted to go this April (2014) and had to postpone? The current political changes won't affect you (but there could be more changes by April 2015). In April, there is Songkran (Thai new year), and that can have a huge influence (good or bad) on your holiday.

My religion requires me to sleep at least 8 hours per day, during night time in a dark, quiet, place of 20-25 degree Celsius with no air draught. I want a Christian sleeping room in airports!

We are talking about prostitution, I fully understand that most of the boys are not sexually attracted to me (there are rare cases where I find a money boy who is sexually attracted to me). I am not fixated on penis, average size limp is nothing I would like to play with, so without touching it stays soft (side note: soft penis in underwear often looks better than hard, and is easier to arrange).

Just came across this website: http://www.thevacationwanderer.com/2013/04/25/sleeping-on-airport-floors-ugh-travel-tip/ Yes, it really says 10 or 15 Euro per hour (!!!) (There is internet and a complimentary bottle of water.) For 10 or 15 Euros per hour (!!!) I will happily sleep on the floor, on a bench or in the Muslim prayer room (why do Muslims get a prayer room and Christians don't get a sleeping room?)