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PATTAYA: THE JUICY STUFF Of course a visit to Boystown could not be missed, my once favorite bar, Boys Boys Boys, changed into a no-go area because of reasons already discussed in other forum posts. Last year I had a great night of fun in XBoys, so that was our destination that night. Me and a friend went there just before their show started. During the first show there were still more customers inside. But things heated up when most of them left after the first show. The boys became more uninhibited and willing. The fact that we offered a few drinks probably also worked. But in the end there were two boys with me who both could not leave their hands to themselves. And also let themselves be touched extensively. Furthermore, a lot of lap dances were given and teased in all kinds of ways. Cocks were coming out, named butts were shown. My friend also got a nice boy with/next to/on him, after some urging from me. So it was a great night out. The XBoys show remains as it used to be. Where other shows are declining in nudity and sexiness, this one is still as sexy and raunchy as ever. Also good to see that a guy who's been around for a long time (and is a favorite of a respected, unnamed forum member here) is still in good shape. Unlike some guys in Bangkok who have been in the business for a long time and whose body-wise, they're past their prime. Respect to this guy in XBoys for managing to stay so attractive. MASSAGE BOYS I met up with three massage boys while I was in Pattaya. Two were freelancers on Grindr and one from a massage shop. Let's start with the least experienced. The boys themselves have very sexy bodies. The massage was average. But the extra service didn't do it for me. Too mechanical. No passion. And all this while he was asking the highest price: 2,000 baht. The second boy was the cheapest, asking 1,000 baht. His massage was exactly what I requested. He paid extra attention to my feet with a more extensive foot massage, and after some instructions, the rest of my body was massaged with just the right pressure for me. It even got a bit kinky when he started licking my feet. And the rest of the sex was good too. He was visibly and audibly enjoying himself. A true gay bottom boy. Wonderful. The third massage boy, Benjamin (Ben), works in what I understand is a new massage shop on the outside of the Jomtien complex on the main street, Sala Kaya. The massage boy with the face tattoos (who previously worked in another shop and is very recognizable because of that face tattoo) also works there now. But my boy was just starting his second day in Pattaya. He's still experiencing the "fresh meat syndrome" where many men in Pattaya want to try him out because he's new to town. He told me he receives a lot of messages there, including via Grindr. On his first day of work, he had seven clients, and on his second day, I was his third client (late afternoon). He told me he even gets messages from guys back in bars in Jomtien, saying they need to earn their own money with an off first, but then they'd like to come and get a massage from him. Instead of a massage at the shop, I decided to invite him to my room. I prefer that. Especially being able to feel "at home" after the massage and take a shower in your own bathroom. Ben came in a bit shy, but he was a pleasant conversationalist. Ben speaks more than passable English. He comes from northeast Thailand, where his family (how could it be otherwise) has a farm. He studied marketing and had a hair salon in his hometown. If I understand correctly, he also gave massages there. He also arranged a visa for Europe through an agency and then traveled for three months through several countries (including Germany and France). Without the financial support of a farang. There, he worked as a massage therapist and charged European prices. He said he earned a lot of money this way, around 150 euros per massage. But he also needed that money to finance his expensive trip through Europe. He came to Pattaya well prepared. He had all kinds of vaccinations and went on the prep. However innocent he may seem, he clearly knew exactly what he was getting into... He was more than worth the 1500 baht. You could tell he had massage experience by the way he worked. The pressure he applied. The towels he used to get a grip when needed, preventing him from slipping away in the massage oil. He came well prepared, carrying several towels. The focus for the first half hour was truly on the massage. When I turned over, the good massage continued, but he did occasionally touch the "sensitive areas." The massage transitioned seamlessly into the extra service. Like a true bottom, he clearly enjoys riding a cock. This guy is highly recommended. I don't like to show a young man completely identifiable for privacy reasons, but based on the photo below, you should be able to recognize his profile on Grindr. And if you visit the shop: he's recognizable because he wears glasses. So Ben is definitely recommended. But be nice to him. He hasn't been ruined by staying in the "massage boy world" for too long. His slight insecurity actually makes him sweet. With him, I really felt like he wanted to please me. Both in terms of the quality of the massage, the extra services offered, and the atmosphere in general. There was also a (fourth) guy I had come to my room. But I don't officially count him as a massage boy. He didn't actually advertise himself as such, but after I asked if he'd give me a massage, he agreed. It was clear, however, that he had no experience in that. So we quickly shifted our focus to sex. And that was just good and enjoyable with him. He was also a nice and sociable guy. If you happen to see him on Grindr, you should definitely consider inviting him.

Day 4 - The morning after After i sent my guy away at lobby, I went back to the reception to asked if there is any update about my phone. Sadly, the answer is still no update. I replied to them saying that I guess Ill need to shop for a new phone now, to which they awkwardly chuckles. Went back to my room, I recalled that I have my laptop with me, and perhaps I still have access to my whatapps. I recently use whatapps web to access certain file from my phone. So I switch on my laptop and checked if I can open my whatapps. And voila, it is still connected to my account! I immediately grab a pen and paper to jot down all the important phone numbers from my contact. I also texted my two malaysian friends telling them the whole ordeal. I also checked my email. And there i saw a reply from bolt customer service about the lost phone report sent by hotel receptionist. Its an email asking for me to give additional detail, my phone number where they can contact me, and consent to share it with the driver. This was apparently sent to me at 3.31 am and i replied with the hotel receptionist number and hotel name around 9.33 am. And I received a reply of acceptance 9.37 am. I am impressed with the speed of response by bolt customer service! After checking my email, whatapps and facebook on my laptop, i search on how i can open my line account on the laptop but this wasnt successful, not without my phone with me. Went for a nap a bit then was woken up by door bell and a knock on my door. I thought oh must be the house keeping. Went to the door to open it and its actually the bellboy, telling me that someone at the lobby asking for me, to return my phone. Im still half asleep but the news woke me up like ive been punched in the face. Still in disbelief, I told the bellboy thank you so much and I will be right down. Went down full with anticipation, and as I came out of the lift, I saw him the bolt driver from last night, and on his hand, my phone! It was turned off though, probably due to out of battery. I cant describe this feeling of relief, like all of the sudden, all my headaches are gone. I thank the driver and the hotel bellboy and believe it or not, had to convince the driver to take some cash from me as appreciation. He first refuse the cash, but when i told him it is to cover his gas and it is also from my heart, he reluctantly accept it. He then asked to take a picture with me, showing the phone, to report back to bolt. The receptionist working right now was already a new crew so Ill have to thank the night shift receptionist tonight. Back at the hotel, I immediately charge my phone and start to switch on my phone. Told my two malaysian friends that Ive gotten my phone back. Having my faith in humanity restored, i started browsing my line, replied a text from forum member, and started planing my next massage, this time with history massage. Been meaning to try this one guy but based on previous report, his tips is quite high, but recently, a friend told me that he has reduced his tips. Also texted a fellow forum member that might be in bkk. All booked, and back to having my nap. Woke up and went for my massage appointment at history, and met my KL friend there, he also booked another masseur there. My session went better than expected, massage was super sensual, my masseur is really good looking with greek god like body, and after was great as well. Tonight, a planned dinner with some forum veterans, 5 of us at 25 degrees. It was at first only a dinner for two, but I asked one of them when he is free to meet for dinner and he asked if i wanted to join tonight's dinner and i said yes, and asked if some other members can join as well, so in the end, its 5 of us tonight at 6.30pm Had a nice catching up and since its still early, I went to see forum member and watching some of the guys playing pool at bar downstairs of freshboy. We then went to jupiter for the night for their show. And of course, the highlight of the show is still the famous boom, but their overall shows also improves. Yes, they have decided to increase the entrance free by 100 baht. We chose to swallow it as my friend already have someone he wanted to off tonight and I already have a guy as well. In my mind, i couldve just reduced amount of guys ill tip tonight by 1 lol. A very productive night indeed, my friend booked a guy tonight, and tomorrow as well, which is his last day. I also prebooked a guy as well. Had supper at foodland, but before that, went to goodboy to say hi to a fellow forum member who has now confirmed with me that he is in bkk. Went back to our respective hotel by bolt. By now im a loyal bolt customer hehe. At the hotel, I told my guy to go to the lift first as i went to the reception to say my thanks to the receptionists. She asked if I already bought a new phone and I told her that no, i havent bought one yet.

Day 3 - The luck continues, or does it? From this day onwards, no specific notes were taken, so itll be a recount from my text messages, and mostly from memories. My guy left after breakfast together at the hotel buffet. I needed to change money at superrich, so we walked together to the nearby branch at Sukhumvit MRT. While location is convenient, rate isnt as good as x-one nor the silom plaza superrich branch so I change a bit of cash here. There are several other exchange place nearby but rates for MYR-Baht isnt any better. Back to hotel to catch up with sleeping and then woke up around 2 or so and get ready to head to Prime for an hour foot massage. Forum member told me he is at MBK shopping when asked about dinner plan for tonight and he wont be able to join. I told him im at Prime now for foot massage and having late lunch later if he wanted to join for a chat. We met at 90gram at Quarter Silom for a chat of world politics. Back to hotel to enjoy the lounge until its time to head out for dinner tonight. Tonight dinner is only us 3 malaysian, my friend who travelled with me and another friend i know from telegram group who used to work in bangkok. We decided to try Central park again and this time browsing through their food court area, where almost 70% of the stalls here have michelin labels. I didnt eat much since im still full from late lunch and titbits in the lounge so I just order a drink, while my friends ordered crab fried rice and fried rice with fish. Tonight, we decided to go to dreamboy. But since its still early, we parked ourselves at midnight bar. I always have a thing for one of their waiter. He was fun and flirty but ive yet to off him. He is very popular anyway and for me, he is still a borderline case. But i still enjoys his attention at the bar. My KL friend went up to freshboy as he already arrange a boy to off tonight. Meanwhile we go to dreamboy around 10.30pm for the show and see their line up. We took the seat at the very back and center, so we got a good look at the stage. Pretty impressive numbers of guys available to choose from. Perhaps the most boys in all bars in Bkk. All kind of guys too, from twinks, to average, muscular and geriatric. My friend didnt see anyone to his liking though, and im not surprise as that has always been my experience before as well. Lots of guys of all different type but none Id take. However, I have received intel that a guy i really like from FB moved here, so I tried to look if he is around and lo and behold, i saw him when its in between shows and guys started to rotate on the stage. However, while he looks very impressive and stands out in FB, here, he looks small indeed in comparison to his peers in the line up. Without much hesitation, I called mamasan and told his number to come join me for a drink. The usual conversation ensued. Asked if he will go with me to my hotel, he said yes. Asked if he will do long time with me, and im surprised that he didnt hesitate to say yes. Reiterate that will he stay with me until breakfast and he repeated yes. Why am I surprised? Because the last conversation we had in FB, he flatly said no long time to me. This time, I did told him that i know him from FB before, though he cant recall me. Cant recall much of dreamboy shows, as we left around 11 pm so we didnt see much of their shows. Anyway, happy that im all set for the night, so I asked my friend if he wants to stay at dreamboy or move somewhere else. He said move elsewhere and we land on Banana Bar. Told my KL friend that we are heading there and he met us there as well. He told us that his guy were not at the bar and he told him if he is still interested, to meet him at banana. His guy show up 15 mins later. He actually went with another customer for short time off before. At banana bar, we each has our own bench, and each of us has a guy sitting with us, all from different bars. Me with dream boy guy my KL friend with FB guy, and the other friend, a guy from banana. We stay for a while as we always enjoyed the show here long enough to see their boy line up and big cock shows I counter around 8 guys. Of course their shows are mostly done by their very beautiful ladyboys (my guy definitely enjoys seeing them) and a dance crew (some of them can be off as well albeit at higher price). We left for supper at silom edge and each of us depart back to our hotel with taxi/bolt. I ordered my bolt and off we go, 3 of us, me and my guy with my friend since he can save few baht taking grab from sukhumvit instead. So we say good bye to my KL friend . At my hotel entrance, I also said goodbye to my friend as he ordered his grab. As we entered my hotel, my guy asked if he can use my phone charger, I said yes. As I reach my pocket to grab my phone, I suddenly realized that it is not there.....

As some of you may already know, I was in Bangkok for 10 days, from 29th November until 9th December 2025. I know i have sort of stop writing trip reports, due so mixed of life and work interfering as well as lack of interest to share lol. Even for this trip report, ive been contemplating whether i should write a report or not. Alas, I am less busy with work now, and life is a bit dull at the moment, so here I am, back with writing trip reports here. Year end trip this time was planned a bit earlier, unlike some of my trips this year and last year where it was a bit of a last minute decisions. I usually try to align my trip, or at least part of my trip with a friend from KL, which have been my bangkok travel buddy for few trips now. Normally, he will be the one who booked his travel first, and ill adjust my booking to suit his schedule as I am more flexible and will be in Bangkok longer. For this trip, he will be in Bangkok for the first half of my trip. Initially, I couldve stayed in Bangkok longer, up to 20 days, as I have vacation days to be used before year end, but two things happened that made me decided on only a 10 days trip to Bangkok. One, a work meeting on 15th December, which i couldnt skip. Two, I am very close to obtain gold status for Enrich program (Malaysia Airlines), and need to travel at least to two more locations to reach that gold. So my work meeting helped me to decide when i should split the trips, hence 10 days Bangkok, followed by 4 days Phnom Penh, and after my work meeting, another trip, which at this point of time its between vietnam (ho chi minh or da nang) or domestic location (Kota Kinabalu). I ended up going to Kota Kinabalu instead. Another to do list i did this trip is to maintain my status with hilton honors, so first half of my trip, Im staying in Asok instead of the more convenient Silom area. Its a bit unfortunate that Hilton did not have hotel located near enough to Silom ghetto area. Instead, the closest one is Hilton Garden Inn Silom, which is in Bang Rak area, closer to the riverside. Id rather stay in Asok where the hilton there is near a bts station. As member here, I was offered free upgrade to executive room, on the highest floor. The second half of my trip, I stayed in my second home, Furama Silom. Booked deluxe room (slightly more than the cheapest superior room) with breakfast and got a 17th floor room with updated furniture and bed, with of course the glass wall for the bathroom. Was contemplating between Furama and Raya, but raya rates seems to be much higher now, so value wise, Furama wins. Already spent too much on Hilton hotel so that helps with my budget.

So after a full day of work Christmas I ran home, tooK a shower, grabbed my bag and off to the airport for a very long trip. I had planned on sleeping on the long flight but the guy next to me had other plans. I won’t go into it all but I think the record was around 15 minutes without an elbow to me side. Anyway after landing in Bangkok at the satellite terminal I speed through customs. then to the ATM which wouldn’t give me cash. Not going to lie this worried me, no cash for trip? Well I had some left from last year. Change of plans instead of taxi I saved my little cash by taking the Train, and MRT to Silom. Finding my way to the Raya I passed a different bank and decided to try and soon I had a nice stack of bills. At Raya an easy check in then a shower and it was time for the adventure to start… at 711. when I stepped out I realized the temperature was nice so I decided to start with a walk and somehow found myself at the front door to Arena. Picking a massage guy was easy. He was built nicely, handsome face and I soon learned he gave a less then mediocre massage. Not a big deal or surprise really. I’m sure you know that wasn’t why I was there. Any whew the alters were great. Rock hard chest, very nice arms and bigger then expected… other things. I tipped more than the minimum. Then to 711 and seeing a pizza place my stomach started reminding me to eat. Next I decided to visit Soi gay and decided to try Banana. I had never been there before and was surprised to enjoy the drag show and the guys were hot. bar was packed and I was seated next to a cute guy from Singapore. After a bit a number with fit guys showing there … assets came on and one guy looked off he had filled the condom with air making him look off. At the end of number the guy with the mask took it off. I’m mostly sure it was the one that got away last trip. He looked angry about something though. i kept looking for him but he didn’t come down stairs. One drag number was especially good and I tipped her and I never do that. Some time later a banana song came on and the guys came out showing us their bananas , sort of a lot had air in the condoms. Guy who got away didn’t look mad anymore but not happy either. I tried tipping him and he took the baht but no eye contact… I decided not to off him and to save my ears and left. I went to the night market in search for banana pancakes but no luck. Anyone with recommendations on where to find them. Any way a called it a night and back to hotel and crashed hard.

Day 3.95 - The unmitigated disaster. I immediately asked my guy if he saw my phone, and he said no. I saw one phone on the table and it was his phone. I checked my small backpack thoroughly and its not there. My last recollection was of course i used my phone to book my bolt, and its not with me now, so it can only mean i left it in the bolt car! At this time, my guy is already in the bathroom ready to shower. I told him I would go downstairs to find my phone. In my mind, I was hoping that the driver realized that my phone was left in his car and already gave it to the concierge for me to collect. Alas, when i reached the reception, I asked if anyone leave my phone with them or concierge and they said no. My heart sank, and thoughts running through my head of what will happen if I lost my phone, at the beginning of my trip too. I then told the reception that I believed I left my phone in the bolt car. She asked me if i remember the car plate number. I told her i dont, i can maybe remember the number but not the thai character for sure. The receptionist asked where did the car dropped me, and i told her near the entrance to to hotel lobby, and not at the street. So she called the security and asked them if they can see the security camera footage if they can identify the car plate number. She asked me what time the car dropped me and if i recall the car color and make. I told her its a black toyota vios. While they are helping me with this, she asked me if i can wait and sit at the lounge chair. After few minutes waiting, i thought of an idea. I went back to the receptionist and asked if she has a line. Asked her to find my line account but unfortunately, she couldnt find it using both my phone number or user id. Not the first time i had this issue, especially when exchanging contacts with guys, and best way to bypass this is by sharing QR code. Well, since i did not have my phone with me, that wont work. I then asked if she has whatapps, and unfortunately she doesnt have one. I then asked if she can try to call my phone using my phone number, which is a malaysian phone number, so it will be an international call. I of course said I will pay any charges incur. She tried that as well but apparently had issues getting through the operator. After trying for a while, she then asked he colleague if she has whatapps and to my relief, she said yes. I gave her my phone number for her to add my whatapps account and ask her if she can call my phone. She called, and no one answer. She called again, the same. At this point, I am totally at lost already. Not to mention, i have a hunky guy waiting for me in my room. Ill just have to accept that chances of recovering my phone are slim now. Before I went upstair, i checked again with reception if there is any update on the security camera, and she said not yet. But then, she asked me if the phone number i shared with her is the one i used for my bolt account. I said yes. She told me she is reporting my incident with bolt. And hope that bolt will respond soon. My experience with customer service have been a mixed bag, so I didnt get my hopes up that they will respond anytime soon, seeing its now maybe 2am. Having half accepted my fate, I thanked the receptionist, the security and the concierge for their help, and went back to my room. I guess as i aged, I tend to get better control of my emotion and learnt to accept things that is out of my control. Ive done all i could, and now, its up to the universe to do its thing. While the memory of tonight is somewhat tainted, my session with my guy actually went great. Even though language is a bit of barrier, I think we had good chemistry. He stays until breakfast and before he left, i asked him if he can let his friend (who went with my friend) knows that i lost my phone and I will meet him later at dinner as per agreed before.

Day 1 - All the same but different. My flight took off on time, and arrived in LOS by 5.40pm. Immigration was smooth and im already in bolt by 6.28pm and in my hotel room at 7.30pm. Bolt cost 290, gave 400 for not using toll without me telling him not to. Tonight, Ive already made plan to meet fellow forum member for dinner at G around 8.30pm. It was full house, so we have to wait 10-15min for the best table outside, which is perfect for people watching. We heard news that bar will close at midnight due to police raid. It is said that its due to marathon event tomorrow. Gass bkk event closed their weekend only bar tonight, while E.D.T were discussing if they will continue open or not. Later on we saw that the bar also closed. So we know that we need to get our night companion quick today and its logical to go to the nearest one that have our type, Jupiter. We went in around 9.30pm, and to my delight, my favorite singer poppy is singing tonight. I can only see 3 boys around, but we get a good seat on the right of the stage with proper seating. Mamasan assure us more boys will show up soon and true enough, plenty of eye candy to choose from. Perhaps close to 40 guys now, mostly hunks and one body builder type. In all the bars in Bangkok, I think Jupiter is the one bar that i would definitely use their mamasan. One, they will tell you who will go with guys, and two, most guys dont have number so mamasan with their green light saber will point your guy for you. That said, other than that, ill mostly will deal directly with the guy on tips, and what they will or will not do. Near to ten, guys are getting ready for the first walk, black long sleeve. Some guys do have number but rarely a case. Right before the walk, saw my regular guy on the other side, and he saw us too, and smiles acknowledging us. Easy decision for me tonight. Without delay, when he walk near me, i gesture him to sit next to me for a drink. Things about regular is we tend to forgo the normal conversation and assumed things will go as usual, which usually the case, but not this night, more on this later. Jupiter shows has always been great in my book. Most of them performed by their guys, and it is both sexy, and alluring without fully exposed penises though. And luckily tonight, we have been treated with the legendary hula hoop shows by none other than the famous Boom. Needless to say, i told mamasan im offing him tonight. My friend also found someone to brings back as well. We stayed until my guy finished his show, and pay the bills. Another member decided to stay on. We left the bar and as always i asked my guy if he wanted to eat. He asked if i want to eat as well, i said up to you lol Off we go to take a taxi to tiger mala place near silom plaza. After dinner, we part way, as i need to go to 7e for supplies and say goodbye to my friend. Booked bolt to go back to hotel and then my guy drop the news. He said he cannot do long time with me tonight. Its already past 1 am, so there is low chance for me to get a diff guy now. I told him Im not okay with that and he shouldve told me in the bar. He said sorry and thought i would be ok for short time. I said ive never went short time with him before and not ok with it now as well. We went back and forth thankfully amicably until my bolt ride arrived and he reluctantly enter the car. We continue the conversation, whispering now, and i gave him a choice. Either option 1 or option 2. 1, he go back home first to deal with whatever he needs to, and then come join me back at hotel. At this point he wasnt upfront on the reason why he cant do long time. Option 2 is basically, we dont proceed, but i kept this to myself, and just presented to him option 1 is the only option ill accept and asked how long he needed before he can join me. He took his time to decide and finally suggested a compromise that works for me and him, only because I like him, and i suppose he also think about me as his regular or at least id like to think that lol Anyway, after that minor altercation, back in hotel, all goes well. Luckily im still in the mood, so is he. We talked also about other stuff and this is also where he told me why he cant do long time anymore after i guess it correctly. I told him i respected his decision and i repeated that he shouldve told me in the bar. But we also agree that the compromise we agree on works for future off as well. In my book, he will still be my regular.

I hope this is suitable to post here, as I didn’t want to start a new post. Made my annual pilgrimage to Dreamboys, first time sitting through their full show in this current location. I rarely go more than once a year for various reasons, although I did poke my head in to apprise the wares earlier this year. I met a friend and his boy earlier in the evening and we all agreed we wanted to see a show but couldn’t agree where. Friend felt his boy wouldn’t be comfortable at Jupiter “too snooty” and we all felt disinterest in Moonlight so Dreamboys it was. No door fee but they charge you 500 baht for every drink what a rip off. On a Friday night, bar was respectably full with the usual mix of punters and tourists. It was refreshing to be reminded that (unlike Jupiter and Moonlight) Dreamboys show doesn’t take itself too seriously. There was one glitzy and rather spectacular Thai traditional dress number featuring the only good looking ladyboy in the whole of Patpong, along with some proper, professionally trained dancers so that was a pleasure to watch. The lead boy dancer, an attractive twink, received a big tip from a regular and he did not show up with a number tag later on so my guess is that he was really hired just to perform. They also stole the “I’m so sexy” number from Jupiter but instead of being performed by straight boy and ladyboy, here it was performed by two boys and an actual blow job. The other notable number was a stout “ladyboy” (or a male pretending to be one) in nightmare inducing clown make up, who pulled yards of ribbon out of his arsehole in full view , stringing it around the stripper pole and waving it at the more squeamish tourists. Boy line up at Dreamboys is always a mixed bag, ranging from young and fresh to fifties and greying (honestly this particular boy seems to have aged out of the market but I guess he was still here because there were takers). I spotted a familiar face of an ex Moonlight twunk and wondered aloud why he did not continue to work in Moonlight, or at least Jupiter, as he was one of the most attractive boys there. My friend’s boy, overhearing, explained that some boys do try to work in the classier bars but if they go a couple of weeks with no business, they move on. Other less attractive boys have already been rejected especially by the notoriously high standards Jupiter. Or some boys misbehaved while at Jupiter and were thrown out. There was one case of a boy who videod his encounter with a customer. I spotted two gym fit twunks who were my taste. One had a perplexing tattoo on his left bicep which could either have been a landscape or the head of an eagle, while I do not remember his number there is no missing him as he has “Shan State” inked in large letters down his forearm just in case he might be mistaken for Thai, or heaven forbid, Lao. The other is number 20 with an obliging manner and a septum piercing. The next few numbers were the obligatory wooden footed boys with waving cocks aplenty, and a “special show” where boys who were willing were paraded around the audience with cocks out for a grope. Offs seemed to be occurring at a brisk pace despite the varying quality of boys, with every rotation a number of boys disappeared unlike Jupiter where even the studs can be on stage until the bitter end. Shan State was snapped up so I consoled myself with #20. Friend’s boy and later #20 explained that rates at Dreamboys were also cheaper, starting at 1,500 or even 1,000 for “drinking”. Side note: the regular customer I mentioned earlier was a female in a very strange outfit and a big black hat, as though she was a rejected auditionee from Wicked. Could have been Thai, but based on her other female companion, Japanese seems likely. She made a point of tipping every ladyboy and performer, and a few boys, all of whom made a big fuss of greeting her. Final extravaganza featured two ladyboys prancing amidst billowing cloths and four boys in the most outlandish headgear, mini fans strapped to their foreheads featuring light projections of hunks and “Dreamboys” as well as “Songkran 2025” so must have been sponsored props too extravagant to be discarded. Has to be seen to be believed. We left, my friend with his boy, and me with number 20, for a final beer at a small local bar near Super A (not recommended) before calling it a night.

Arrival at airport on a Friday evening was mad! Many arrivals, mostly from European countries. Long queues. I had to wait 45 minutes. And this was because the immigration officials were scrutinising Asian individuals. I could hear questions such as "Where you stay in Thailand?" and "How many days you stay?" Isn't all the information already submitted online? I believe the officials wanted the individuals to give the responses directly themselves. I also saw them being asked to open their handphones to show their online submissions. Obviously, being a solo traveller and being Asian, I was worried that the same scene would befall me. I thought of questions they might ask. "Why you come to Thailand almost every month?" "Last year you come 2 times. This year you come 8 times." But when it was my turn, no questions were asked. The immigration lady smiled at me and let me off! I wonder if she knows why I come so many times 😜

Day 2 - Getting into the routine Had breakfast and lazed around until 1pm, making my way to silom soi 6, for my customary massage at prime. 1 hour foot and 2 hour oil massage. Feeling refreshed, walked back to silom MRT station and back to hotel before heading out back to silom for dinner. Tonight, i suggested we eat at the new mall central park. Arrived a bit earlier and stroll around the new mall for a bit of window shopping. Turns out they still have black friday sales and im in need for a new shoe, so enter a few shops and managed to buy one at around 37% offed retail. We ate at Prime burger, and all of us agrees that the burgers there is of great quality. After dinner, went to midnight bar for a drink and flirting with their waiters, and people watching. Another forum member join us. We walked passed rainbow dragon bar and saw one of their boy on the glass door enticing us to come in. At least one of us was entranced and went there for a quick drink while the rest of us wait at midnight bar. Tonight plan was to visit moonlight. Used to be my staples where i get my guys, but sadly the situation here isn't much of an improvement from my last visit in July (yes, I didn't report this trip here, so was my trip in March lol). Only 4-5 floor boys. The model line-up is a different story though. Impressive still and my favorite, Joey is much more impressive than before. Good news to Jeoy fan, mamasan said he is can go with gays now, but i have no idea what he will or will not do, and fee to find out is not what im willing to pay, at least not yet lol. But given that he wasn't taking guys customer before, i'd lower my expectation. After decided that I wont be getting anyone from here, decided to go to Good Boys next. We left after seeing maybe 4-5 numbers performed by the models. Out of the model line up tonight, babe is missing. But there is also a part time Brazilian guy who just sit on the side bench. He is also asking model price for off, but he didnt go up the stage along with all the other models. I went to Good Boy alone, one member had to go to Jupiter to pickup his guy for the night, and 2 other went to hotmale. Good boys has quite a number of guy, mostly twinks, perhaps around 30 guys, one i would call a twunk with very fit body and visible six pack and muscles. My friend and his Jupiter guy joined me after a while and we stay a bit for the shows. Plenty of penis on the shows. We stayed for a while until I had a text that hotmale duo is moving to Freshboy, and we decided to join them. Entered Freshboy in the middle of big cock show, and not long after, all the guys are on the stage one last time before the bar closes at 1 am. In the end, all of us went back with a companion after having supper at foodland.

After checking out of Raya at 12pm, I walked over to soi 3 to check into Silom Serene. I booked it for 3 nights until Friday then I would move to condo with kitchen. A young tall cute Thai hotel staff welcomed me into the hotel. He kept my luggage one side and gave me a ticket to claim it later at 2pm when hotel check-in begin for my booking. What to do for 2 hours? Go for a massage for course! I crossed Silom Road and went to Sun Massage, the first massage shop in soi 6. I have been visiting this shop because of the cute Vietnamese guys. Hehe. Not many staff on Tuesday noon. About 6 to 7 guys. I picked one guy and up we went to top floor. As this was my first time with this guy (the guys I met previously have not arrived for work), he did not know me so he was fully clothed during the massage. It was only after 30 minutes that he asked me, "Body to Body?" Yes, of course! After the massage, I walked downstairs. Massage guy offered me hot green tea to drink which I appreciated because most of such shops only gave bottled ice water. As I sipped my tea, I looked at the guys waiting at entrance. More guys now. About 15. None of them I met before otherwise awkward conversation. I headed to hotel, checked-in and guess who carried my luggage up to room? Young Thai gentleman! He wore a nametag with words "Trainee". I asked for his name. "My name is Pao Pao. Nice to meet you." Yes, nice to meet you. I thanked him for helping me and slipped him a 100-baht note before he left. 20251202_140713.mp4

I was about to go back to hotel with my guy but a forum member messaged to say he wanted to check out Freshboys. Yes, I will wait for you. We went inside at 9.15pm. We were the only customers but we enjoyed seeing the guys in their white shorts on rotation on stage. We sat in seats directly facing the stage. We had their attention and smiles. My guy did not follow me into bar. He said he would wait outside. He didn't want me to pay for his drink. I had already paid his off fee for 4 nights in advance. Mamasan sat next to me and said hello. She didn't ask customary question "what number you like?" She knew I already offed my guy. There were 30 plus guys working today. I know a number of them personally as they are my guy's friends. Many of them have interesting stories. At 9.30pm, an Asian customer walked in with his boyfriend. They sat at sofa by the side and called down 6 to 7 guys to join them. According to my guy, this regular customer orders 3 bottles of whisky whenever he comes and the guys drink with him. He would tip them generously. Two of my guy's friends are part of the customer's favourites. "He no like me so he no choose me." I replied that it's ok - better for your liver! By 9.45pm, the bar was filled with many customers. The first show starts at 10.15pm. My friend had decided on a guy to off. We could leave. We didn't need to watch the show. I met my guy outside. "Are you hungry?" I asked. No, he said. Off we went to hotel room. End of day 4.

First stop was Good Boys. A new video projection had been installed to make the stage more impressive for performances. I offed a guy whom I knew was fun and good company. We went off to Jupiter next to watch the models and a portion of the show. Poppy wasn't singing. "Poppy come tomorrow" one of the mamasans said to me. At 11.15pm, it was time to move off to a new venue - GASS. It just opened recently. There were gogo boy dancers and I wanted to check them out. Located above White Rabbit, GASS is a cosy longish space the size of two and a half Raya hotel rooms. Decent gay crowd half Thai half foreigners. A few ladies with the Thai groups. 600 baht for 2 drinks. Gogo boy dancers performed every half hour. Can get close to them to tip them. Overall fun experience. 20251129_000027.mp4

At noon, we checked out of the hotel and took a few steps crossing soi 3 to Oasis Condominium to move into airbnb for remaining of my trip. My guy was very helpful in carrying my luggage! 🥰 Nice condo unit with kitchen. My guy looked at the kitchen and showed his approval. "You want I cook for you?" Yes, I said and I gave him 1000 baht to go to market. He went out while I unpacked. Half an hour later, he was back with ingredients and supplies. Now it was my turn to go out. I had to buy water for the next 4 days. I came back and saw my guy busy cooking. I hugged him from behind and gave him a kiss. "Thank you for cooking for me," I said. Another 30 minutes later, lunch was ready!

4 of us made our way to Tawan and were seated just before 10.30pm. About 10 customers and surprise surprise there were close to 20 guys working! And yes, some Atlas guys had transferred over! 4 of them if I remember correctly. Variety of guys available including 3 pleasant looking twunks - whom I tipped before leaving later. What I enjoyed about the evening was the atmosphere. The guys on stage did not look bored or disinterested. Some were smiling at customers while others bantered among themselves. They looked like they enjoyed working. At 11pm, the show began. Typical Tawan show. Nothing new. But the guys displayed more energy and enthusiasm so kudos to boss for his powers of motivation. At 11.30pm, the show ended and my group made our way to Foodland for supper and we chatted for an hour. We even took a group photo outside Foodland with Virgin bar as the backdrop! We went our separate ways and I took my guy back to hotel.

Hotmale was next. About 10 customers. Twice as many guys on stage, all wearing sexy different-coloured bikini briefs. They were smiling and were friendly. We stayed short while only. I tipped two of them 100 baht each using Vinapu tuck! From Hotmale, it was a short walk to Freshboys. Unlike Moonlight and Freshboys, it was packed! We walked in just before the midnight show (very sexy!) started. The only available seats left for us were the ones near the door. I saw my regular guy and said hello. We subsequently went off to supper at Foodland before going to hotel. We will be spending the next few nights together away from the bar.

After massage at Phoenix, I walked back to Saphan Kwai BTS. Before reaching BTS, I entered the small soi where 39 Underground Sauna is. I was told that there is a place next to it called 39 Hornet. On the first floor is a cafe which serves coffee and cakes and on the 2nd to 4th floors are cruising areas including dark maze! Interesting concept. I could make up the shape of one guy giving blowjob to another guy seated in the corner of the 4th floor in the darkness. On the 2nd floor at entrance of dark maze, there's a TV showing gay porn. Guys could sit on a red sofa facing the TV and check out guys passing through on their way to the dark maze. No action for me. Just checking out the place on way from Saphan Kwai back to Silom.

The guys at Phoenix Massage are from Laos and don't speak English. They are average next door type guys. I told manager I know about the 199 baht promotion this weekend. I quickly handed over 200 baht to him. I spotted a twink seated down who had flashed a smile at me. I pointed at him and then pointed a finger back at myself. He played coy and turned away but I kept my eyes on him. Finally our eyes met and he smiled. Bingo! I told manager I would have massage by him. Up we went to top floor into a rather large room with en suite toilet. An hour passed and we were both happy - me with his service and him with my tip. He is one of the guys in the photo advert from the shop sent through Line. Very smooth and cute. Hehe.

PATTAYA: GENERAL OBSERVATIONS Just like many other times I've been to Pattaya, I chose to book the Agate Hotel in the Jomtien complex. The price-quality ratio is simply excellent. And the location is perfect. Close to several gay bars and within walking distance of the (gay) beach. You'll get the best price by booking directly with the hotel. This can make a significant difference compared to booking platforms. If the hotel's own booking tool on the website isn't working, email them. They usually have rooms available. Nice detail: the bathrooms have a bench in the shower. Handy for lazy queens who like to give blowjobs in the shower but don't want to get down on their knees... From my hotel room, I have a view of the abandoned parking garage in the Jomtien complex (see photo). Does anyone know if it was ever in use, or what the story behind it is? Not the most inspiring view, but I also look out directly onto the street inside the complex, so in the evenings you can see how busy it is and what's going on around. The hotel pool is small, but it's always quiet and deserted. Perfect for a few hours of relaxation if you don't feel like going to the beach. There's even a pet squirrel roaming around the pool. It's tame and not afraid of people. It came very close to me and was even bold enough to jump onto the lounge chair I was lying on and look at me curiously. Just turn on Grindr here, and the messages are guaranteed to pour in. And if the selection of guys on Grindr isn't enough, I recommend using Hornet. Quite a few money boys in Jomtien have been blocked by Grindr because they discovered they were MBs. Advertising yourself for sex for money isn't allowed on Grindr. But via Hornet, it's easier for them to open a new account when this happens. Meanwhile, Grindr has much stricter security. If you're banned, you can't create a new account with the same phone. As other forum members have noticed, there are quite a few Black guys (some from Madagascar) active on Grindr as moneyboys here. I've encountered quite a few in my grid. See, for example, the guys in the colleague below. Always nice for those who want a change from the Asian guys. What's also striking is that the price increases implemented by many guys in Bangkok haven't yet filtered down to Pattaya. On Grindr, most moneyboys offer themselves for 2,000 baht, but there are also plenty willing to visit your hotel room for 1,500 or even 1,000 baht. And they're good-looking guys, too. Speaking of Grindr: the profile below made me laugh... The photo shows that what you're looking for can sometimes be closer than you think... I've seen several shows in the complex itself. I've been to the M2M show several times before, and it never disappoints. The performances are full of energy, and the artists radiate joy. A fun night out is guaranteed. This time, too, it was a great time at M2M. I went to The Venue for the first time, but I'm not as impressed with the show there. The performers seem to be disinterested. Twice a week, they put on an extra show with a more erotic twist after their regular show. This special show is actually much more fun than their mail show. The performers seem to enjoy it more, probably because they can rake in a decent amount of tips. The audience sits very close, and as the performers walk through the audience, you can touch them and give them the tickets or tuck them into their clothes. A very touchy-touchy show. The shows at Best Bar are unfortunately no longer what they were for a short time. They had to cut the erotic segments. That was a really fun part, if I'm to believe those who were lucky enough to experience it. See the photo below for an impression. Oh well. That was once upon a time. Not anymore. Now it's a Thai Dance section and the well-known ladyboy numbers. Not as good as M2M, but in terms of energy and fun, better than The Venue. That's it for now. I'll write more about further adventures in Pattaya soon, even the exciting ones.

Wishing all friends and forum members who are celebrating a happy Christmas! May your holidays and the New Year be blessed and bring you much joy. 🎄🎊💝

that's sure thing but khaolakguy quoted belowi is right few years ago I had similar heats and since it ended well , there's story: on my way to OTHER bar I stopped to hand over small tip (50 or 100) , smiled and continued my way. Upon return I was greeted with smile on approach so slipped another small tip , smiled even more broadly and went away. day or two later - repeat but this time I was greeted with 'how are you ? " on my way , still to a different bar. Returning 1-2 hrs later I was met with extended hand , gave another tip and was rewarded with " one day we need to have a beer together" . It did not happen because it was my last day but I was back few weeks later and was greeted with smile and reminder about the beer. This time I discretely whispered "when?" , 'I will let you know " was the answer. So I ordered a meal , half way through the meal asked him if he wants a beer, he did. It was enough to be informed that his day of was Sunday so I suggest ' lets meet on Sunday. Which lead to exchanging Line. When I had Line things went fast so we meet over beer in place by my hotel, I invited him for a dinner which was enough to hear suggestion " why we don t buy some beers at 7/11 and drink in your room to save money" . It was like getting phone from lottery office ' you just won 1.7 million ' or something . In the room we both behaved for a first round but when we opened second slowly but surely , not that slowly but certainly very surely things moved toward , how to say it , less formal atmosphere. In short, smile ensuring I'm interested with a little help of money steered guy to right direction without me being pushy or offensive which would certainly put him off.

After chess at Foodland, my guy and I took a walk around Patpong. The other 2 guys went back, happy with their short time tip for playing chess. When my guy and I walked past Midnight beer bar, the waiters saw us holding our chess sets and shouted to us, "Chess! We can play chess!" Intrigued and skeptical, I sat down with them. I passed them my chess set and asked them to set up the board for a game. This was what they came up with...

These two are connected in a way I've been saying for years. Bars should learn from this and should offer fun experiences with personal interactions for affordable fees instead of depending solely on winning the jackpot of getting offs. The price of an off may be too high and the majority-Asian male visitors baulk at the rates. So, the bars try to pull in women -- but they like conversation, drinking and attention (and they spoil the gay vibe of the brand) rather than offing. For the bars, I have recently mentioned (again) the mystery of why private lap dances are not available as options. And as @vinapu has said, this notion of a fashion-parade-type catwalk with unsmiling models is senseless. It appears to be geared to women though. Psychologically, women feel a bit threatened when men smile at them uninvited, so the "modus operandi" of catwalking has developed this look-into-the-distance style. And Thai-style management simply copies, not known for thinking critically outside the box. I feel sorry for the boys. The bars' business goals (sell drinks) destroy their livers, yet give them little income. They're really better off working in massage places (where boys can average 3 customers a day at 1,500 - 2,000 baht per customer) than in bars. Long-time visitors to Bangkok like us may not be put off by such bad branding, but the test is whether newer visitors can feel welcome in such a vibe, and whether the experience is affordable or value for money.

Genttlemen, Just wanted to take a moment to wish all of you, in all parts of the world, who allowed me to vent here, and still retain membership.... Its been an honor to interact and share thoughts with you, eventhough at times it seems as if I tried to "force" my thoughts on YOU.... This outlet, and sharing with you has been a gift for ME in these trying times here in the U.S. Thanks to all, with wishes for peace and stability in the world and your lives. Looking forward to "sharing" with you all in 2026.... Happy holidays ! Sucky HO, HO, HO !!! "I have something in my SACK for YOU ! "

Start your countdown, my friend! Unfortunately, my trip didn't end on a happy note because of a misunderstanding with my guy. Both of us did silly hurtful actions. But we are ok now after we calmed down and said sorry to each other. We spent the last two days chatting and listening to each other's views. Now we appreciate and love each other more.

Finally Monday. Last day of holiday. My day was spent at Centralworld and Big C doing shopping for folks at home. My guy came over in afternoon. I didn't want to meet overnight because I had a flight to catch the next morning. Dinner was with forum members followed by visit to Circus and finally to Hot Male. At midnight, time to call it a day. End of trip. Until next time, Bangkok!

A few notes about my stay in Pattaya the last week: I went to O Delices Bakery a few times for breakfast. It's diagonally across from Soda Massage. They have delicious breakfast combos, and the guys who work there are mostly as good as the breakfast/lunch they serve. In short: a good spot for some eye candy. I had a special Thanksgiving dinner at Zing Resort. What impressed me was the quality of the food. I don't know if their regular meals are as good, but if they have a special package for holidays (Christmas, New Year's, Thanksgiving, etc.), I definitely recommend it. After the shows at M2M, The Venue, and Best Bar, I also went to Candy Bar. Their show has a different theme every night, and apparently, Saturdays are their sexiest. So I checked that one out. And indeed, the guys (and ladyboys) are wearing less clothing than usual. The show has a burlesque theme. It builds up nicely. While it starts off somewhat tame, it gets a bit more risqué as the show progresses, without ever going over the edge of raunchy. The performers are passionate and connect with the audience. I had a really great evening there. It's definitely on par with my favorite M2M shows so far.

PP bar had their soft opening last night in Jomtien complex. Bar looks really fresh. With very soft comfortable sofas where you can spent some time with your favourite boy of the day. The will officially open beginning next week. So actually only in a few days from now. Staff on sight could not give any details about the owner, or why bar is called PP.

Day 5 - Trying something new My guy left after breakfast, although I must say something did happened that might make me reconsider taking him again. Without going into too much detail, I basically caught him lying to me, and using that lie to extract more money from me. Sad thing is, I have no issue with his service and had he just asked me, without those lies, I would've been happy to give him. Needless to say, i stood my ground and in the end he left my room. I guess its the high season now, so cant fully blame guys wanting to cash in, but I draw the line at lying. Ive had few cases before asking more money and most of the time, I will give them extra if Im happy. Today, we finally plan a quick trip to two places. First, Wat Welu Wanaram (or Phai Kheaw) dubbed the most beautiful interior design temple. Second is Papaya studio, an antique furniture and design studio. As the location is a bit away from BTS, we decided to book a grab car rental for 6 hours for 1.6k baht. I did asked at concierge for a car hire and was quoted 400 baht per hour, so grab is a better option. My KL friend got the grab around 11.45pm and picked me up at my hotel and we went to the temple first. My friend is buddhist so I got to witness more than just the temple visit as tourist. He also explain to me some of the things he does and the significant of colors on the alms offering at the temple. We also managed to see a local thai family getting blessed by the monk here. We then proceed to the Papaya studio and had lunch here, where they serve western dishes as well as thai fried rice and omelette. I ordered crab fried rice and my friend ordered crab fluffy omelette with steam rice. I would eat here again if we are in the area. The store itself is quite huge, spanning 3 floors but went we arrived there, apparently there is a movie or tv series shooting happening, so we couldnt access some of the 2nd floor for a period of time. I cant determined if its an hindu movie or tamil but the crew and actors are of Indian origin. We did manage to visit 2nd floor during their break though. It was interesting visit for sure but seems like the antique items are mostly of western origin. There is also another smaller antique shops adjacent to this shops with different collections as well. We finished the use of grab car rental by dropping us at VCK club. We have booked a session there at 5pm. My friend was happy with his masseur, but mine was so so. Not sure why, my luck with VCK isnt as good as other places, but they do have more guys thats are my type. Maybe because the masseur here tend to rush things and that doesnt sit well with me. Plus the guy i choose looks different than his photo. We went back to our hotel and meet for dinner around 8pm at wine connection silom. We joined 2 fellow forum members who are already there eating. After dinner, we were discussing which bar we should hit tonight. We settle with moonlight and jupiter. I really wish to say that our second visit to moonlight improves, but sadly it doesnt. There is one more floor boy I saw that wasnt there during our last visit but he is still borderline case for me, and in BKK, there is just a lot to choose from, you dont have to settle with borderline cases. I was hoping to see if Joey is around, but unfortunately, its his off day tonight. We do see more new models though, plus the return of Mr Mean. The brazillian freelancer is still around as well. Of the new models, Mr Khun i find attractive, with all the right muscles. We didnt stay long and make our way to Jupiter next. Significantly less people in jupiter tonight. I wonder if the increase in entrance fee to 600 has anything to do with it. My friend already have a guy tonight and i booked my regular guy for tomorrow. My initial plan was to see if joey is around and perhaps but him a drink and see if he wanted to go with me ST, and exception only reserve for the few. Since he is not available, hard for me to find a comparable replacement lol. I did had a guy already from vck and tomorrow afternoon, I already booked another guy to come to my hotel, so tonight i suppose I will be alright to have it as a rest night. Signs of getting old i suppose. Shows at jupiter is as good as it can be. Cherry on top was poppy is here, together with yesterday's singer. Last night, i asked the singer if he can sing one or two songs i requested, and he said he didnt know the songs. Tonight, I asked if poppy knows the song, he said he knows one of them but havent sing it for a long time so cant do it that night. I finally find a thai song that both of them can sing, and featuring Boom too! No supper for tonight as I have no guy to feed so back to my hotel and finally get my 8 hour beauty sleep at night, first one this trip.

I'm coming to this thread late, but what a tale! Indeed, very relieved for @spoon too that the phone came back. After a couple of near-misses regarding phones many years ago, I have determinedly made myself acquire some better habits. I choose trousers with pockets -- as many as possible -- and my habit now is that my phone is always in one particular pocket, unless I take it out to read/send messages. It goes back into the pocket immediately after. It's a front pocket, not a back pocket - which is possibly the worst place to put one's phone. Not only will the phone be easily lifted out by a thief, one needs to take it out of the back pocket each time one sits down... and leave it on a table, car seat or somewhere else. In Thailand, an additional problem is the power bank. I find that I need to have one with me when I am out and about for most of the day (and maybe into the evening). Fortunately, I tend to go about with a backpack, so there's space for that too. Another point brought up earlier in the thread is that of how others take notes for trip reports. In my case, I dictate into my voice recording app on my phone. I do this several times a day, e.g. when I am walking out of a massage shop; that way I make a record of prices, tips, names, even bits of conversation before I forget. The app generates a transcription, which I can, even days later, copy-and-paste to build a report. I realise however that dictating into a recording app is an acquired skill; many people, I notice, can't do it. The skill involves being able to dictate in complete sentences with clear diction, with content delivered in a coherent narrative order. That way, after downloading the transcript, one does not have to do much more than light editing. I credit my managerial training in my younger days for that skill, having had to dictate fairly long letters to my secretary. It may be a lost art, by now.

I've had the Management update the count! Bunting, foam, champagne on tap (gold obviously), floor shows, karaoke station, Madagascar Boy Pipers etc, all on the committee's agenda.

I went in with realistic expectations after hearing some initial impressions, and unfortunately my experience tracked almost exactly the same pattern. The shop itself is very nice, clean and upscale, though showers are small. I ordered a 60 min aroma massage, at around 1300 Bath, already expensive compared to other places. My masseur came to greet me with very limited English. A bit awkwardly he stayed in the room while I took a shower. Either the guy gives me the privacy or he joins me in the shower. On the table (without a face cradle!), within the first few minutes of contact, it was obvious the masseur lacked real technique. The pressure was unfocused, transitions were clumsy, and there was no sense of flow or trained body mechanics. Once you’ve had a few proper massages, you know immediately. The masseur himself was very much a “guy next door” type. Young, casual, oversized baggy clothes, more student than therapist. His loose T-shirt kept brushing into me throughout the session, which only added to the distraction and reinforced the sense that this wasn’t a professional setup. I was so bored that when he floated the idea of a hand job, I declined outright. I just wanted the session to end. Conclusion: Titan remains significantly overpriced for what it delivers. Between the weak massage skills, inconsistent professionalism, and lack of atmosphere, it’s hard to justify the rates. If you’re in Silom, you’ll get a clearly better massage and more satisfying extras at Prestige or Ssense, both nearby and operating at a much higher standard. If you want cheaper setups go to Green or Avarin. Alternatively just go to Arena in the same place as Titan. They never disappoint.

I think the reason is neither of the above. I think many are aware of the escort review forum, but unaware of the covenant. I think the absence of reviews with personal identifiers is simply because members simply don't want to post such reviews. They likely think it's just too crude. Sure, transactional sex is commodifying in itself, but that doesn't mean one cannot draw a line somewhere and still offer the service provider a fair degree of respect. Anatomical characteristics and in-bed services can be sensitive, and people may feel that just because we bought their services, it does not give us a right to broadcast all such details. It's quite a laudable position to take. It shows that forum members here instinctively accord the service provider basic dignity due to another human.

Summary of trip Visited every bar in Silom except Banana and Atlas Met many forum members for dinner and bar visits. Met new guys in bars also. Did favourite activities with regular guys (karaoke, watch muay thai, chess and one new activity - go-kart racing)

Just to add on. Saw two big spending customers at different bars Good Boy and Hot Male on Sunday and Monday nights respectively. At Good Boy, flamboyant Spanish customer was tipping the ladyboy diva performers, twinky dancers and even the DJ each 300 baht and more! At Hot Male, an Asian customer was seated with a Laos guy from Banana (I know him for many years). He tipped the 9 big cock show guys in Hot Male, not 100, not 200 but 500 baht each! They didn't even have to go to him to let him touch their big cocks. They were standing on stage and he got a waiter to walk to them with a thick stack of 100 baht notes and started tipping them. In fact, Freshboys mamasan entered Hot Male and chatted with generous Asisn customer, probably to get him to go over to her bar!

Saturday was spent having Thai-Indonesian lunch with forum member, foot massage at Urban Thai (399 baht) and dinner at Shenanigans with my guy before he went to work. The night programme was karaoke and I brought 3 forum members to their first karaoke in Thailand. The place used to be known as Sky Bar but it has a new name now - H.i.M. Most people still call it Sky Bar. 8 of us altogether - 4 forum members plus 4 Myanmar guys whom I know enjoy singing and dancing. It was a entertaining night. We were there for 3 hours from 10pm to 1am. We toasted each other kampei (and Happy New Year and Merry Christmas) so many time that we finished one full bottle of Johnnie Walker whisky! There was nothing left for me to take back to room to continue drinking!

My guy and I stayed together in the room for the rest of the day and enjoyed each other's company. In evening, we went separate ways. He went to work at his bar while I went to meet forum members for dinner at G. After dinner, we went to Midnight and had drinks and more chats. I spotted Checkers Champion and he took out the checkers set which I had donated to the bar. Checkers Champion had a furrowed brow throughout our game. He was flabbergasted. He had never lost before but he was struggling now. Finally, he said ,"I resign. I lose." He sportingly removed his T-shirt, showing his muscular body. We had an agreement - I lose, I give him 100 baht. He loses, he takes off his shirt for a few minutes.

even if they do , we will never learn about it here because we are discreet gentlemen en masse . As for staff being straight , as with go-go and massage boys proclaiming the same , I have my doubts to a degree of that straightness when comes to job they actually do.

you should add " all money spent in Thailand on stamp collection"

Well, why don't Australia lead by example and teach their own citizens English so that the rest of the world can understand them for a change. 😏

I read about it this morning and was mildly curious. According to speculation in the Malay language media it is the Otot-otot sauna. Otot-otot opens at 5 PM on weekdays and at 3 PM on weekends. It may have gone through renovations and re-opened recently. What foreign visitors may not be aware of or noticed, is that the sauna is situated in a row of shop-lots where several evangelical churces or prayer meeting places are located, led by virulent African pastors. Friends and activists have reported being harrassed by them previously on the way to or upon leaving the sauna. I don't know whether this still happens or whether the churches are still active. The doctor who was caught is a surgeon. His risable excuse was that he was there to relax and get a reprieve from the traffic jam on his way home! 🤣 I bet his wife knows all about it too and turns the other cheek. Hey, he's a surgeon, isn't he? Not unusual as the most powerful man in our country right now (but not for long) is a Roy Cohn clone and his wife, an opthalmologist, has always turned the other cheek. I suppose she sees only what she wants to see. 🤷 The Muslim men who were caught, if charged, may be charged under the relevant Shari'ah provisions (as officers of the religious authority were in the raid team which itself is very interesting) but I have a feeling this was more of a shakedown or a distraction from larger events happening in the country right now. According to one of the reports, more than twenty civil servants were caught... and the KL police chief was there to oversee things? Really? That's a mighty powerful post and my guess is they're looking for certain fish to fry. Incidentally, the laws governing homosexual practices in Malaysia fall under the Penal Code - a colonial relic from the Victorian era - not the Shari'ah. Singapore, Pakistan and India have (or used to have) similar laws. Interestingly, Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country, do not have such laws. I guess the Dutch who ruled for two hundred years weren't as curious or as uptight as the Brits about what two consulting adults did in the privacy of the bedroom - or the bushes. 🤷 Next...🥱

Smart thinking on your part! I find it helps to know the guys and their friends. When my guy's Iphone 14 broke down in July, he used his friend's Line account to contact me! His friend has my Line because ... hehehe! Same thing happened recently in December when his new Iphone 15 suddenly shut down and needed software update at Apple Store. My guy got another friend to video him explaining what happened and this other friend sent video to me. And of course, I have his Line because ... hehehe!

I must find out how forum members who write trip reports take notes. Write in point form in a journal? Type into handphone? 🤔 I usually write one or two days after so it becomes sort of a "live" report. I don't have time to write after holiday. I am amazed by how forum members can write trip reports weeks after the trip ended!

It is now certain it was an act against people practising their Jewish religion. However, no matter how awful this tragedy, I find the comments of Benjamin Netanyahu nauseating. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he had written to his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, in August, warning that the government’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state “pours fuel on the antisemitic fire … emboldens those who menace Australian Jews and encourages the Jew hatred now stalking your streets . . . Your government did nothing to stop the spread of antisemitism in Australia. You did nothing to curb the cancer cells that were growing inside your country. You took no action. You let the disease spread and the result is the horrific attacks on Jews we saw today.” Thus spake the criminal who is guilty of the murder of more than 70,000 Palestinians in Gaza, the majority women and children. International journalists aiming to clarify the numbers are blocked by Israel from entering Gaza.

I've put the word out already.

How I miss being able to swim in a pool! The pool at Silom Serene, while small, is not blocked from the sun in morning and afternoon so perfect to hang out and get some outdoor exercise. After a swim and relaxing in room, I met some forum members for dinner before tonight's special programme. Tonight was chess night. At 9pm, I gathered 3 other participants. All Vietnamese. They learned how to play chess in school. 4 of us would be at Foodland for 3 hours to play and determine 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. I came in last place due to this last match where I played as white. Thinking back, I shouldn't have lost!

The second disadvantage of Raya is lack of swimming pool. When the weather is nice and sunny, being stuck inside hotel room is just criminal! Raya is also next to Surawong Road which is noisy with traffic. Lastly, of course, Raya is not cheap. Its higher prices probably reflect its popularity among Japanese guests who frequent soi Thaniya (both the bars and the golf shops). I will always have fond memories of Raya because of the many nights I spent with guys when Soi Twilight was around next door. For a weekend trip, Raya is ok but a trip longer than a week requires another hotel. And so I checked out of Raya at 12pm on day 5 and made my way to Silom Serene on soi 3.

Just the opposite when I walked in to 101 K Spa (former K B Boy, Ladprao Soi 101). Receptionist's first words were: Do you want top or bottom?

Different prices for Farang and non-Thai Asian: Stickman put it that way, for lady bars, that non-Thai Asian are more likely to accept the first quoted price (which be an opening point for negotiation), whereas Whites are more like to negotiate. I wouldn't call it a cruising place, it's a place of prostitution. Apart from incident in 2013 (analysis here https://christianpfc.blogspot.com/2024/08/dating-thai-boys-98-at-wrong-end-of.html) I consider it safe. I have taken 5 different boys over the last two years, two of them more than once. Details in my blog under gay activities of the month, or label street trade. There is a short time hotel S hotel เสาชิงช้า nearby and I recommend taking the boy there. It's just 200 THB and if you take a boy back to your room, he would ask for 100 for taxi back. The area is now easy to reach with about 10 min walk from MRT Sanam Chai to Saphan Hok (Lifting Bridge) สะพานหก, which I would say is the center. The boys are along both sides of the canal north and south of the bridge. Most speak little or no English. I once spotted a Chinese ? customer using translation on his phone. When they are in groups, probably one can speak some English and translate for the one you like. Keep in mind most boys are straight, which limits activities. Most customers come by car, however I prefer walking. It's busy from 8 pm on (which is different from 10 years ago, when it started 10 pm).

I forgot to add that upon leaving Side, I noticed Sarica restaurant in the same soi Wall Street. Having read about the chicken with cashew nut dish reported by another forum member, I went to try it. 200 baht for dish. 30 baht for rice. I am not a food critic so I don't know how to describe the taste. I liked it basically.