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Bangkok - part 3 I am back home already so this is the last part of my trip. Stayed in some hotels I haven't stayed at before, met some new boys as well as rekindled with some old ones, and I was fortunate enough to hang out with Vinapu 3 times! We started our nights having a drink at the front of Banana bar before heading off to a gogo bar. Hotels Ibis Styles Silom - I had a decent stay here. It is fairly new and quite clean, however the rooms are a little on the smaller side. The room layout is also quite interesting with an absolutely massive shower, and then the bathroom sink on the outside. It seemed to work though. I was on the highest floor of the rooms and had a nice view of a carpark. At least I had an outside view as the rooms on the other side of the floor faced towards the 'atrium' so they would have received no natural light. They are guest friendly with no-one batting an eyelid when bringing your gentleman of the evening. Would I stay again? Probably not, but it was worth giving it a try. Le Meridien - It was a highlight to stay at this hotel. From the get-go, the level of service and hospitality was unmatched compared to everywhere else that I stayed. I booked direct and had the Marriott Bonvoy app installed on my phone and they sent a notification when my room was ready - which happened to be at around 11:30am which meant I could just pop over from Ibis Styles without having to wait around. The app also allowed me to unlock my room without using the card. The room was huge and well-appointed and this hotel also is guest friendly. I had a 'beef brisket burger' from the restaurant downstairs, which is something I wouldn't normally get, but it was actually really delicious. Normally I would say that Crowne Plaza is my favourite in the area, but I think Le Meridien might just take the cake. The only reason I would choose Crowne over Meridien is the proximity to the BTS/MRT and also it is on the 'correct' side of Surawong Road. Bars Dreamboys - I've been here countless times so nothing much more needs to be said, and I ended up taking back my regular from here who I've known for a few years. I like him and we are comfortable with each other, but I get the feeling sometimes that he is becoming a little complacent in his efforts. The show was pretty standard, and there was another boy that I liked but as soon as I mentioned it, another customer took him off straight away. Have to be quick! Hotmale - It was a quiet night when I visited, but the show went on. Since there weren't many customers (and at one stage I was the only one), when the big cock show came around, I tipped them all (there were only 4 guys). Most of the guys I could have gone with and whilst choosing, I asked the papasan who can top AND bottom, and he pointed out only 2 guys who I then decided to call both down and have a drink. Turns out they are both Cambodian. Whilst trying to make up my mind as to who to take, it was suggested that I go with both but I didn't really want to risk an awkward encounter in case things didn't quite work out. I ended up choosing the guy that sat on my right as he was a little more playful, had more tattoos and kissed better, and the guy on my left was just very slightly fem, which isn't a bad thing but just not my thing right then. Turns out that I had made a good choice as the chemistry back in the bedroom was definitely there. Absolutely will repeat for next time. Moonlight - It was a quiet night at this bar with a few customers, but the show went on anyway, which as you probably already know, is pretty tame. The floor boys I probably could have gone with any of them, they were all pretty attractive, but I didn't that night. The models - a little too big for my personal taste, but attractive anyway. There was a guy that I had been with in the past, and Vinapu had also been with, and I had a selfie of him and me which I showed Vinapu and he told me to show the guy, so I did and he was pretty bewildered, I don't think he remembered me at all lol. There were also a couple of guys sitting near us that I think had bottle service and later on in the night one of the guys I think had passed out and his friend had to carry him out. Atlas - This was great fun. All the staff knew Vinapu as he is quite famous in these parts. The night started with one of the guys giving me a massage (I remember him from Tawan), and then the show which featured many appendages but no fuck show this time. The lady boy show at the end was absolutely hilarious though - made me laugh out loud. There was one guy that looked vaguely familiar so I invited him for a drink and turns out that I had offed him a year ago when he worked at what was then called Screwboys. He was really angling for an off, and gave me a boner right there in the bar, but I wasn't looking for company that night. I also bought another guy a drink who had a Muay Thai body and abs of steel, however he was very oily lol. He was pretty friendly and told me not to forget him next time I come. Earlier in the night there was a cute (masked) asian guy (customer) that sat quite close next to me even though there were many vacant seats in the bar. Overall, it was a really fun night with a nice relaxed atmosphere. Yes the boys are mostly huge, but there is a variety that would cater to all tastes. Other Massage - the only massage I had was an outcall. Earlier in my trip I had gone to Senso hoping to see a particular masseur that I had in the past, but he wasn't working there anymore. Luckily I had his Line contact so I contacted him and turns out that he works freelance at Prince and Jey Spa but would be happy to come to my hotel room. So I booked him to come visit me and we had an excellent and versatile time. Pattaya boy - this guy that I had met in Jomtien who gave me a bit of a boyfriend experience was trying to get me to come visit his hometown (about an hour outside of Bangkok) but since I had already paid for my hotels in Bangkok, I wasn't keen. He then wanted to visit me in Bangkok so I agreed for only 1 night, which he was happy with (I really am not a fan of long-time). We ended up having some drinks at Valour in Silom soi 4 (I had a huge gin and tonic that was served in a red wine glass) and we went to Silom soi 2 later in the evening, to DJ station, or at least to a bar in that general vicinity, not sure if it is all DJ Station. He seemed to know many of the staff there, and my body was already saying no, so I left him there to have fun (which he was completely fine with) and I went back to the hotel to sleep and he rang me later on when he was ready to come back. This guy is getting a little too attached to me, and I do like him too, but I have been trying to cool it a little because I cannot return the feelings back that he seems to have for me. He's a good guy though, really sweet. In the morning we went to foodland, and funnily enough he got the farang breakfast whilst I had a rice soup. Sexual health clinic - if you are looking to get tested, I would recommend Pribta Tangerine Clinic, which is in the Chamchuri building, close to Sam Yan MRT. I think it is cheaper than the more popular Pulse clinic. It is really well-run and pretty efficient. The clinic is very clean and neat and all the staff speak English. It was pretty busy when I went though. The results were emailed to me a few hours after I had left. Here in my home country, it takes a few days at least. So that marks the end of my 2 month trip. I have never taken a holiday this long before, but I am glad that I gave it a try. There were times where I was done and felt like coming home, but towards the end I needed more time! I got lazy often and was always saying 'I'll do it tomorrow' but then there were no more tomorrows left! But all in all I had a great time, and even got to meet with a few lovely forum members. This trip I also noticed more and more people thought I was Thai, which has happened in the past, but not to this extent. I take it as a compliment though. I'm planning my next trip for maybe a year's time, but who knows, the temptation may become too great and I will find myself back sooner rather than later. Thanks for reading!

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Gulf of Thailand 'stint' - part 2 Leaving Samui was a pleasant experience - the airport is all (mostly) open-air and is quite nice. The flight prices on Bangkok Airways are quite high for domestic flights, but I understand that because Bangkok Airways owns the airport, they can do so. There are cheaper options which involve flying to Surat Thani (or others) but it is more time intensive. However, my experience on Bangkok Airways was quite pleasant. A meal was served even though the flight was relatively short. Arriving back at Suvarnabhumi, I had pre-booked a bus from Bell Travel Service (325 thb) which took me to North Pattaya Bus Station, and then to my hotel in a minibus. The big bus was comfortable with a 1-2 seat configuration. Jomtien I've been here a couple of times in the past and tbh never really had an amazing time but I was determined to make it work. And it did lol. Zing Resort and Spa - I've stayed here before and didn't think much of it, but I decided to try again and it was actually quite pleasant. The room and bathroom were quite roomy, there was a small balcony and the price was very cheap. Actually the cheapest of all the hotels I've stayed on my trip. Bars - In the past, the host bars in the complex usually intimidated me, however this time I made it work. I just strolled slowly down the main street and checked out the guys to see who was my type. Shortly, I found a guy that fits my general 'type' (I have lots of types) at Question Mark bar, and sat down with him to have a drink. He is only 2 years younger than me and his English skills were excellent and conversing was easy. I forget sometimes how cheap Pattaya/Jomtien can be - my drink, his drink and off fee only added up to 580 thb. He took me to M2M bar afterwards where we watched the show which consisted of ladyboy lip-syncing backed up by cute dancers. Back at the hotel he told me he could 'do everything' and he certainly did. Subsequently, I visited his bar the following night as well as taking him to the beach the day after. I'm pleased that the stars aligned that night and I was able to find a connection with someone (who now is in regular contact with me). Massage - I frequented Burirom on this trip. The first time, I received a foot massage from a cute guy and whilst receiving said foot massage, there was another guy who was totally my type working on another customer in the chair next to mine. I decided to test my luck the next day and again the stars aligned and the other guy ended up giving me a foot massage. During, there was a lot of eye contact as well as cheeky smiles exchanged. Later I found him on Hornet and scheduled a Thai massage for the next day. I knew there was a high probability of extras, but I decided to test the waters anyway and not wear any underwear underneath the pyjamas which are to be worn during a Thai massage. I could tell he was well-trained as he gave me a proper massage and we did end up having some light fun and he is quite sweet. Minimal English but he invited me to go to the temple later on. Beach - I went to Dongtan beach a couple of times. I could find 2 gay concessions no. 20 and no. 28 - marked by rainbow flags. I went to no. 20 first (with my friend from the bar) and had a relaxing time. Some good looking staff members there and even better when they took off their shirts. So easy to order food, drinks and whatever. A few days later I went to no. 28 and if the guys at no. 20 were good, the guys at no. 28 were even better. I spoke to a couple of guys that work there and they are from Myanmar, and there was one that was absolutely stunning. Just note that all the beach concessions are closed on Wednesdays - I did know this a long time ago, but I forgot and when I turned up on a Wednesday, I just had to sit in the sand lol. Pattaya After a few days in Jomtien I stayed a few days in Pattaya. I've been here before and the vibe here is different from Jomtien - Jomtien is definitely more relaxed. Hotel - I stayed at The Classroom, which was mentioned in one of Vinapu's trip reports some time ago. The hotel is mostly geared towards the straights, but they are very welcoming of the gay clientele (and it is situated very close to the gay venues). The rooms are nicely sized (bathroom a little small though), and quite simple but it does the job. There is also a discreet side door to enter that bypasses everything. The cost was reasonable and if you book direct, you get 100 thb credit for food at the hotel each day. I recommend the pizzas here - they are thin crust and delicious. The website was also very clear, and drinks are cheap (I paid 85 thb for a gin and tonic which I think is the cheapest I've ever paid. I am so used to paying 500 thb at the gogo bars in Bangkok lol). The ladies at the bar downstairs were also friendly and I chatted with them from time to time. Bars - X-boys didn't have the greatest quality of boys, but the show was creative, sexy and at times, explicit. There were some quite large (non-condomed) appendages on display. There is a show at 22:00 and 23:00. Across the soi in Dreamboys, the quality was much better, however there was no show. I did end up taking a guy off, was from Myanmar and spoke minimal English but he was totally my type. He was really sweet and excellent in bed. He did end up inviting me out drinking with his friends (in some other part of Pattaya) but I had to decline. I also went to A-Bomb which is in the same building as The Classroom. Very low in customer numbers, boy numbers (there were only 2 available), however the show still went on and there were some very nice appendages on display. Most of the show boys left afterwards though. Massage - last year I went to Paradise massage (which is just a few doors down from The Classroom), and had a particularly excellent time with a guy who did everything and I was hoping for a repeat, except he had gone home. There were a few other guys to choose from and I chose a nice looking Cambodian boy. He was pleasant, but the massage was very rough, his hands moved too fast and it was just all a bit haphazard. Afters were had, he came, I came, kinda satisfying but definitely no repeat there. So all in all, I had a pretty good time here and I look forward to returning at some stage, whenever that may be. I'm back in Bangkok now for the final part of my trip.

Some recent activities: So after my 'Andaman stint' I returned to Bangkok for new years. Arriving into Silom around 21:00 and walking down Silom Road, my first observation was that all of the gays are out and about, probably due to the fact that White Party Bangkok was on around the same time. I also saw many photos on social media of the huge queues going into places such as G.O.D. and DJ Station, it was crazy. Whilst events such as White Party are not really my scene, maybe one day I would like to go, but I feel as though I am not attractive or fit enough to attend such events (but this is my own problem to overcome). Pullman Hotel Bangkok G When planning this trip I decided that I wanted to watch the IconSiam fireworks to ring in the new year. I mentioned this in another thread, but I spent hours on google maps researching nearly every hotel on the river that would give me an optimum view of said fireworks. Lebua or Shangri-La would have been suitable particularly as they have balconies, however the cost was exorbitant and whilst I like to splash out from time to time, I just couldn't justify it. I looked at many other options including standing on the King Taksin Bridge, but I figured that the crowds would be unbearable. They do close the road near to midnight though. I ended up stumbling upon Pullman Bangkok Hotel G and through some further research found that if I got a room on the river side, I would be able to see the fireworks. I ended up booking an executive room with lounge access and requested to be put on the river side but they said they couldn't guarantee it and it would be subject to availability on the day. So it ended up being a bit of a gamble anyway. I was pleased that when I checked in, I was allocated a room on the 35th floor (which is the highest of the floors with hotel rooms) and on the river side. The view was spectacular. I actually quite like this hotel and usually Crowne Plaza is my favourite in the area, but I think I like this one just as much. The issue that I had (and this is totally first world problems) is because I had lounge access, I hardly left the hotel. I had breakfast in the lounge (in which there was both a la carte and buffet options), afternoon refreshments in the lounge, and evening drinks and canapés in the lounge. All meals and drinks were pretty much provided which meant I didn't have to buy any food (apart from the night I arrived which I tried the burger restaurant, 25 Degrees, on the ground floor which was quite good, albeit a little on the pricier side). The hotel was quite busy during the few days I was there, I guess due to high season and new years. The fireworks show in the end was quite good, I was expecting more but I think if I were closer, it would have been better, but I don't regret staying here at all. Saphan Kwai stint Some months ago a passing comment by @jason1975 prompted me to consider staying in the Saphan Kwai area for a few days. So I did exactly that. I ended up finding a reasonably priced hotel (comfortable, but just a little small) in walking distance to all the fun places. And whilst there are some foreigners around, it is largely a local area, which to be honest, I quite liked. It's a nice change of scenery from Silom. Whilst I had every intention of visiting 3 massage places each day, my body wasn't having it. I ended up visiting just three. Kman: I've been here twice before, same guy both times and had an excellent time. I went in without an appointment and the manager showed me his iPad in which there were quite a lot of guys to choose from. Whether they were at the premises or nearby I am not sure. Anyway, the guy who I had the last 2 times was on the lineup so I decided to choose him. He was pleasantly surprised to see me, and just days before had wished me a happy new year. I chose a 90 minute massage in a VIP room, I think it used to be 700 THB, but it is now 900 THB, however I like to have a room with a shower. Had an excellent time again with him. Phoenix: I had high expectations of this place and whilst I had a satisfactory time, I was expecting more. It was about a 20 minute walk from my hotel and easy to find. As I entered, there were lots of guys around and I was spoken to in Thai (as seems to be a common reoccurrence on this trip), until they found out I was in fact, not Thai. There is a promotion at the moment and the massage cost 599 THB for an hour with a 1200 THB minimum tip. There was a line up of about 8 guys and I chose one that was more my type. I did ask who can top and bottom and the manager (?) said that they all are versatile. However, there are differing levels of versatile as I would soon find out. The guy was pleasant enough, and the massage was okay, but when it came to the afters I had found that he unfortunately had some silicone implants in his dick, like this big bump on one side which made it awkwardly thick. I decided that that was not going inside me so I opted to take the top position, however he had a little trouble taking me and I absolutely don't want to force him when he is struggling. He tried his best, but we ended up just having some side fun in the end. It didn't kill the mood and it was still a pleasant enough experience and I had a satisfying time but I think for that day, I just chose the wrong guy, that's all. In other news, the room was quite large and there was an attached shower. 15m: I decided that I wanted a 4 hands massage so I messaged the admin on Line about 3 hours before I wanted to come in. I asked for recommendations on guys that could do 4 hands and the manager (?) sent me a bunch of guys who were able to do this. I chose 2 guys that fit my type and it was all booked, but the manager messaged back later saying that one of the guys was not able, so I just chose another one. I ended up choosing a gay guy (T/B) and a straight guy (T). The massage itself was not bad and it was kinda nice just enjoying it and not really knowing who was doing what, and they coordinated themselves well. They didn't touch each other (I think, I was too caught up in the moment, but I didn't expect them to), but it was quite a nice threesome. It also felt amazing when I was 'inside' the gay guy, and the straight guy was 'inside' me at the same time (too much information, apologies). I was extra surprised that the straight guy full on kissed me with tongue and all. Quite a nice experience and I would probably do it again some time. The 4 hands massage cost 700 for an hour with a minimum tip of 1000 to each guy. Other activities: Despite staying in the Saphan Kwai area, I made it into Silom a couple of times. Didn't off anyone, but just went for the shows. Atlas: Whilst muscle guys aren't really my cup of tea, I like to expand my horizons every once in a while and also support this new bar. I went on a Friday night and it wasn't super full but there was enough of a crowd. There were the usual muscle guys plus a few smaller but still muscled guys, and a couple of twinks. The show was pretty standard, drag queen singing, muscle display, suck show, fuck show etc. Atlas is the only bar doing an actual fuck show (which I was happy to see) so I just wonder how they are getting away with it when the other bars are not doing it. The show numbers were pretty short which was good as some of the bars, the numbers seem to go on forever. I had a favourite - he had the body of a Muay Thai fighter, and he looked angry, but I found this endearing. As I was leaving, I gave him a tip on stage and he actually bent down and gave me a hug and engaged me in some short conversation (what's your name, where you from etc). I thought that was a nice touch. The stage set up is different from when it used to be Dreamboys but I think it works quite well. Drinks cost 500, not sure how much for a 2nd drink or boy drink. Dragon and Koi: I met up with forum member @Raposa and we went to this bar together, he had already been a number of times but this was my first time. I thought it was a nicely decorated bar with some creative cocktails on the menu. I had a 'Pornstar Martini' which tasted quite nice. The bar is staffed by attractive guys from Myanmar and they did a dance a little later in which their shirts came off. They were so sweaty by the end of it, it was sexy. The guys here have a reasonable command of the English language which is perfect if you want to have a chat (for me, I'm generally quiet and usually have nothing to say). Freshboys: After Dragon and Koi, Raposa and myself went over to Freshboys and it was pumping. There was a constant flow of customers coming in and it was quite busy. Just your regular shows (drag queen, sexy dance, etc), however the big cock shows were particularly excellent. There was one guy, no. 6, who did a sexy dance and was in a big cock show who became my favourite. There was just something about him that drew me in. Will have to explore that avenue another time. We watched two shows, and there was quite a lot of guys in the rotation to choose from. Drinks were 450. So that is it for now. I am going outside of Bangkok again tomorrow and will report back when I have more to report on.

I’ve been home for almost a week and feel I should note a few things I noticed on my most recent trip to Bangkok. I was in the city over the New Year period, and it was a crazy time! It seemed every gay Asian was in town for White Party. While I didn’t go this year I still ran into so many that did. Massage I got a few massages while I was in town, I reported on them in other topics. Aurora Massage (a repeat with a previous guy), 15M (a 4 handed good time) and Klover. I also got Thai and foot massages from various places around Silom and elsewhere. Hotel For accomodation, I stayed in Sukumvit over NY, then a few days at Pullman G, then the majority of my visit at my old favourite, The Rose. Pullman is lovely, no issues with guests. I note the elevators don’t require room keys to get to floors, which makes it easy to have a friend visit your room, or make a house call to another guests room:) I actually managed to hook up with another guest the old fashioned way - crusing each other at the gym and pool! The Rose has been discussed elsewhere, so all I’ll say is it remains a favourite. My only issue is because of its age it has no fire suppression system (sprinklers). I may review my stats here next time. Silom Nightclubs I checked out the new clubs in Silom. Rush was a big surprise. 3 or 4 floors, with the 3rd floor hosting an underwear party and the 2nd set up as a cruise area. Had a great time here on level 3. Lots of hot guys, almost all Asian. Some action on this floor (I was shocked about this!), but the main event was in the cruising area. I had a great time in there, playing with heaps of guys. They closed that zone around 2am, moving everyone to the ground floor before closing about an hour later. i ended up going home with 3 Chinese guys (actually 4, but one crashed as soon as we got to thier apartment). I couldn’t believe my luck. I had played with one of them upstairs and he wanted to keep going. Had fun with 2 of them while the third watched and took some photos/video. That was a wild night! I recommend Rush! Beef is the newish big boy club. It was very popular every night. I went a couple of times, one night it was too packed, so I came again after NY. Friendly crowd, great service. If you like the larger gentleman consider checking it out. Also did the staples, Balcony, Stranger Bar DJ Station. Always fun. GOD never lets me down either. I prefer the quieter nights. After 1am or so the toilets on the top floor are very busy. Met guys from Japan, Taiwan and of course China there. I have always enjoyed GOD. People seem extra horny there;) i didn’t eat a lot of this trip, but I did make my first trip to Madrid Pizza. Service was lovely and the pizza tasted fantastic. Gogo Bars For GoGo bars, I only checked out Fresh Boys and Dream Boys. FB had the better looking guys, DB the show went too long, with too many Drag numbers. i did note Super A Boy and New Nature Boy are still open, though I didnt check them out. I didn’t off any lads either so don’t have much else to say about the gogo bars. Saunas First night I went to Krubb. There was an event on at 8. I got there at 8 and about 20 people were waiting to get in. I figured not too many people would be leaving for a while so left and when back the next night. I got here earlier around 5 and took advantage of the gym. Even before the show it filled up fast, 90% Asian, 10% white. Mainly twink or muscle. Had a great time here. I love it when it’s busy, people are there to play and there and don’t care if people watch. I love an audience:) It cost 790B, but that got you free entry during the week, free food and drinks, and access to the event, which was 4 muscle performers who interacted with the crowd. i left there very satisfied. I went back on a Wednesday afternoon when it was far less busy but still had a great time. There was a hot Thai guy topping a Chinese lad in the steam room. I watched for a bit then joined them. Once they had finished I approached the Thai lad with the expectation he’d want to top me. I shouldn’t make assumptions, and ended up topping him just outside the steam room near the showers on the top floor. I also visited 39 Underground sauna around 5.30. Very very local. Not much was happening for me until I caught the eye to two local guys you could describe as twunks. I was on my knees swapping between the two when one asked T or B. I was only topping that day and it turned out he was a bottom. So I fucked him while his mate stood above us feeding me his cock. I ended up hanging out with them for the rest of the night, the top and I tagged a couple more guys. One a beautiful skinny twink, another muscle twink with a hairy chest. It ended up being the best sauna visit of the trip. No other farang while I was there, almost all Thai, but non-scene. i also went to R3, where I’ve had an amazing time in the past (at thier foam event). No event happening when I was there, but it was packed nonetheless. My charm and good looks failed me here. While the crowd was very hot, there was very little interest in me. I didn’t notice any other white guys. I didn’t want to hang around when I wasn’t wanted, so ended up leaving after an hour or so. Paid my first visit to Maxwell Onsen on a Saturday afternoon. Very nice place with easily the best looking crowd out of all of the saunas I visited (if you like young, fit, Asian guys). One floor wet area, one dining area, and one relaxation rooms;) All the action I saw happened in the steam room. It got very very packed. While I’d didn’t have guys fighting over me, I still had a great time here, playing with a heap of guys in the steam. Met (another) cute Chinese twink and spent some time with him on the relaxation floor. Apps i only used Grindr while I was here. Ironically for all the people in town, I got less views and responses then usual, perhaps the visiting crowd were not looking for a middle aged Aussie. I meet with a few guys, but guys I met had initially approached me. Two local guys. I plan on catching up with both in the future. My final night I met up with a muscle Japanese guy who was staying nearby. He had the most amazingly hard body I’ve ever seen. In conclusion, Bangkok is still amazing, so many guys from China are making the trip to town. With a little effort they can be a lot of fun! I was surprised by my stamina on this trip, hooking up every day, sometimes multiple times. I was tempted to try some chemical assistance but found it wasn’t necessary. For those wondering if they should check out the saunas, I would encourage you to. I’m no model, but I do workout a fair bit so I’m in decent shape. Confidence is sexy but don’t take rejection personally. Thailand never disappoints. I am even more determined to finalise my work and move here on a semi permanent basis. pics are of Rush and Beef:) IMG_4898.mov

Arrival: I flew in from New Delhi. [BTW, don't know why it's an overlooked sex destination. I was flooded by hundreds of grindr proposals, most free. Others on average charge only $20, much cheaper than here.] The airport is by far the most efficient I've been to lately (barcelona, lisbon, madeira, san paulo, medellin, bogota, new delhi). Taxi drive at 18:00 took an hour and 500 baht. Hotel: M staying at the Raya, $75 per night. In the hotel thread it was placed at the btm, but as of now (haven't had brkfst yet) - it seems fine. In fact it offers something I've never seen at hotels: a glass wall btw shower and bedroom (foto below), enabling u 2 hold an erotic shower show with the guy u offed. But then, if both of u r aleady there, why not join him in the shower... ? I hurried 2 take care of my medical prblm (different thread); grabbed something at McDonald's; returned 2 the room 2 post the "info summary"; and per the enthusiastic reports here - went to.....Atlas of course. Atlas: Entered at 22:30. I was the 12th spectator, a number that didn't change throughout the show. There were 3 pairs of young Asian men, an Asian guy-girl, a young Western male pair, and a 30ish Chinese man. On the stage were standing 5 guys in shorts, and a moment later they vacated it and stood/sat 2 the right side. ALL of them were focused on me for like 5-8 minutes, as if it was obvious that I'm the only potential 4 an off. Only one came over 2 introduce himself as James, and he was certainly the only one with energy smile body, though obviously older. The show consisted of 3 ladyboys singing 2 songs each; 3 musclemen showing off muscles (to a rather unfitting music); and 3 sex parts, in which all participants were masked and rubber-condomed. 1 - Big cock: 6 guys stood a couple of seconds on stage and then scattered thru the audience, offering a feel 4 a tip. Few spectators obliged. I didn't either, bcs I don't like 2 feel rubber. [I remember at BBB in Pattaya there was a second round of interactive cocks without a rubber, in which I participated energetically and generously. 2 - Two guys making out, starting with a massage (foto below). It was good, but ended without a hint of a fuck. 3 - an S&M pair in leather reins; also no fuck. The show ended in under 50 minutes. I confess I was disappointed. It didn't match the enthusiastic discriptions in the recent thread here. Nor did it produce additional income 4 the bar. Given I was tired and with a throat prblm, I had decided much earlier I wouldn't off anyone tonight. Unfortunately I didn't need 2 restrain myself. After the show ended 7 guys got on stage while the whole audience dispersed. Only James was partially appealing. BTW , no numbers on the shorts (or on the masked sex actors in the 3 scenes). It was really heart wrenching 2 c all the guys and the bar abandoned at 23:25. I went over 2 James 2 tuck-squeeze a 100 b. I thought about exchanging numbers, but was concerned the mamasan would frown or intervene. Maybe I'll get back 2 him. Drinks 4 patrons and boys - 500. [No boy was invited 2 sit by a patron.] Only as I was paying 4 my one Sprite did I notice that I'm paying $14 for a $2 can. I know of course I'm paying 4 the show, but I venture 2 submit this makes sense only about the 1st drink. Anyway, m not stingy; I just don't drink much. That's all for now, 01:30. Tomorrow - massage.

Day 6 (3 January 2025). Breakfast at Ayala (Abaca Baking Company – excellent salmon Benedict breakfast). Meet Mr. M. for our Cebu historic center tour. First stop was to see the Heritage of Cebu Monument, which was initiated in 1997 and completed in 2000. It was constructed by the award-winning artist, Eduardo Castrillo, which is made of brass, bronze, concrete and steel. It is located in Parian Park, which a long time ago, was the site of the Saint John the Baptist church which was demolished in 1875. It is a monument that represents Cebu’s long history, since its founding in year 1521, by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, under the Spanish forces of that time. For more information, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_of_Cebu_Monument Admission was free. Our second stop was the Archdiocesan Museum of Cebu, which features a collection of exhibits related to the Catholic faith, some dating back to the 16th century, which provided us a walk down memory lane to learn how religion has shaped the country’s culture and people of today. Learn more here at: https://cebuinsights.com/explore-cebu/museums/catholicism-cebu-cathedral/ Admission was 100 pesos per person (~ $1.70 USD each). I paid 200 pesos to include the entrance fee for Mr. M. Our third stop was to see the Magellan’s Cross, which is the MOST visited tourist site in Cebu, as I believe that it is the oldest site from Cebu’s founding in April 21, 1521, which represents the birth of Christianity in the Philippines. The original Christian cross planted in Cebu in 1521 by the Spanish expedition, is housed inside this structure. We need to remember that the original capital of the Philippines was here in Cebu, until the year 1571, when it was then moved to Manila. For more information, visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan%27s_Cross_Pavilion Admission price is free. Our aborted fourth stop, was to see the nearby MOST important Basílica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebú. Unfortunately, I was wearing shorts, which are prohibited. I asked Mr. M. if there were any vendors (like there are at most Catholic sites where shorts are required) that would allow me to wear wrap around pants. Mr. M. looked at me as if I was from Mars – I had to explain to him that this is a common money making practice in many countries. He said that such a thing here would be sacrilegious and would never even be thought of. I told him that in the Catholic headquarters, The Vatican, that this practice is very much alive. Another hint as to why the Philippines is kind of stuck in time and has not evolved as much as its other Catholic peers; Spain and Italy, due to the Philippines super adherence to religious discipline. Additional information can be seen at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_del_Santo_Ni%C3%B1o Our fifth stop was to visit the National Museum of the Philippines – aka Malacañang sa Sugbo. Visiting this place was literally very REFRESHING, as it was the only place on this historic center tour with amazing airconditioning. This museum features five galleries, which displays exhibits on Cebuano culture, maritime history, World War II artifacts, and archaeological treasures. I being a map lover, enjoyed all of the maps of how the city of Cebu progressed into what it is today. Amazingly, admission to this wonderful museum is FREE. For more information, visit: https://suroy.ph/national-museum-of-the-philippines-cebu/ Our sixth stop was to discover, Fort San Pedro, which was founded by the Spanish conqueror, Miguel López de Legazpi in 1561. Originally made of wood, it was then converted into stone in 1738. The fort is right next to the primary harbor for the many ferries leaving for the nearby islands. Consequently, when you climb up onto the upper portion of the fort structure you have a great sea view of the port as well as a nice salty breeze. The entrance fee is 50 pesos per person (~ $0.86 USD each). I paid 100 pesos to include the entrance fee for Mr. M. For additional information about the fort, visit: https://suroy.ph/fort-san-pedro/ Our seventh stop was to enjoy the Cebu Ocean Park. It is the only marine-themed park in Cebu and its main feature is the Deep Tank Lagoon, which allows for you to walk through a 360-degree viewing tunnel. I’ve seen these in other parts of the world and the Cebu one is one of the better ones. I truly enjoyed the special exhibit that they had for the penguins and then the “Birds of Prey” show, which truly engaged the audience – as there were stray pigeons flying around which were tempting the birds of prey to not follow their choreographed program, but to instead attack and kill the pigeons – so sometimes during the show it became intense. Another cool feature of this place is the Aqua Dining, where an entire wall is in glass with complete high wall views into the Deep Tank Lagoon – truly amazing. The entrance fee is 650 pesos per person (~ $11.13 USD each). I paid 1,300 pesos to include the entrance fee for Mr. M. It was good value for money and worth the visit. Our eighth stop, by now I was very exhausted, was to quickly visit the SM Seaside City mall, as it is directly across the street from the Cebu Ocean Park. It was important to visit it, because in the Philippine culture, MALLS are a very important part of their daily life. Since this trip report is to present retiree life in Cebu this is a salient point to be aware of. The SM malls are the main competitor to the Ayala malls. It is a huge 5 floor mall that was constructure in a giant circular structure (like the Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California). The top floor offers amazing views of both the city and of the port and an upclose view of the famous CCLEX Cebu-Cordova bridge. Admission was free. You can visit the official FB page at: https://www.facebook.com/smsscitycebu/ Our nineth and last stop was to eat dinner back at the outdoor Street Food by Sugbo Mercado located right outside the back of the Ayala Mall in CBP. Note that there are more than one Sugbo Mercado – in various parts of Cebu city to avoid confusion. Mr. M. and I, we both ordered a healthy plate of Lechon (roasted pig) after a long day of touring the historic center of Cebu. I paid for Mr. M. – but I do not remember the price, as it was peanuts when compared to what we pay back in the west. For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/SugboMercadoCBP/ Once home hot & sweaty, I took a quick shower and jumped onto the apps and I found Mr. Ren on the Grindr app. To date he was one of my HOTTEST massage guys, he is 22 and in the Police Academy = WOW!! He needs extra money to support his student life. He only wanted 2.000 pesos (~ $34.30 USD). When he left I gave him 1,000 pesos more as he was so worth it as he had great massage and edging skills, a nice cock, and super manly. What a great ending to a long and fun day. Day 6 (3 January 2025) concluded.

Arrived shortly before midnight Wednesday. Many flights arriving and immigration very busy. But luckily, being 70+, I was welcomed to use priority lanes. All immigration agents now attired in snappy new uniform: navy blue jacket, white shirt and tie. Very professional. Greeted with “Happy New Year” and on my way in about a minute. Bag appeared five minutes after arriving at carousel. Taxi used meter and fare to Silom came in at about 270 plus 85 in tolls and 50 baht airport fee. Traffic from airport light at 12:45 am. Foodland has added young man to evening staff along with those other regulars we have come to know and appreciate. It’s always first stop!

I actually went and visited them yesterday:) I had the impression it was a professional, quality massage place. The Line account does show the staff, but fully dressed in thier uniforms. i booked a 90min aromatherapy session in the afternoon. The store is on the first floor and looks to be very new. I was directed to a separate waiting room where my shoes were exchanged, tea provided and selected the oil to be used. I was then asked what areas I wanted the therapist to focus on and any injuries I may have. All very professional so far. My therapist then took me to my room, a very well equipped space with a massage table with hole, shower and sofa. The shower cubicle has wood walls, with no grime or mould at all. So either it’s very new or they have an amazing cleaning routine. The massage was fantastic. Sensual without being sexual. I love when they maintain body contact with thier hand has they switch positions. He also used a very light touch at times. It was a very relaxing massage. I was quite convinced it was a completely professional shop. I now recall a Thai Government Minister at a press conference being asked if it was true half the massage places in Thailand are actually sex shops. He laughed and said no, they all are! My confusion was removed when he ran his tongue up my back and started nibbling on my ear. When I turned over I was presented with an “extras” menu on his phone, starting with a simple HJ for 1000B and up to 3000B for “you decide” or something like that:) i already had plans later that day so declined the extras, but still tipped anyway. I enjoyed my visit and was impressed with how clean and professional it was run. All the staff I met were friendly and handsome. As I mentioned, not much English spoken but Google translate worked fine. if your after something a little more classy then the shops in SK I suggest giving it a go.

most likely along with everybody on his contact list. Reminds me Line conversation with Moonlight boy I met in May : ' when you are coming again ? , I miss you " "really? do you remember me?" ' no, but I miss you"

CEBU Trip Report – Part Ia (28 & 29 December 2024) This is my active ongoing trip report for Cebu City in the Philippines. I am in the Philippines for 62 days as part of my tax minimization plan, as discussed in this previous post: https://www.gayguides.com/topic/61065-bangkok-trip-report-august-2024/page/5/#comment-419422 The other objective is to see if I can find a retiree place that is similar to what I have back in Jomtien Thailand, in the Philippines. Consequently, I will search for hirise condos that are on or near the beach with balconies with sea views – as is commonly found in Jomtien. This will prove to be a difficult task as discussed further on in this trip report. 28 December 2024, in the afternoon, I leave Jomtien in the late afternoon for the Amari hotel via a new car service that Youtube blogger “Pete on Retreat”, my friend’s Thai girlfriend started, Koi Taxi, who drove me to the Amari hotel at Don Muang airport. My Thai boyfriend was with me to say goodbye and many tears were shed as the car service pulled away. Fee was 1,800 baht. My flight on 29 December was at 6:30 am, so I wanted to already be at the airport when I woke up at 3:30am the following day. I chose this Amari hotel because it is physically connected with a pedestrian bridge that crosses the busy Don Muang Toll Way and puts you directly into the international departure area. I did a test run (walk) before going to sleep – which allowed me to get a good night’s sleep for the journey to an unknown country for me. The Amari is not cheap but convenient, I paid 4,237.20 baht for 1 night. I chose the Cebu Pacific 6:35am flight, as it is a non-stop direct flight from Bangkok into Cebu (Mactan airport). This is the only direct flight that I could find and only occurs 1 time per day at this very inconvenient departure hour. The flight is only 4 hours with a 1 hour time zone change – with the Philippines being 1 hour earlier than Thailand. Cost was around € 500 euro, as I wanted a flexible ticket with enough luggage allowance for a 62 day trip. Flight was great and non-eventful arriving slightly ahead of schedule. I collected my luggage and then headed towards the immigration control. As I had already registered for my eTravel QR code (and printed it) back in Jomtien I was able to bypass the chaos that those passengers who had not yet done so had to do on their mobile phones. I presented myself at the immigration desk and the lady was somewhat annoyed with me. She said, Sir, you cannot stay for 62 days without a proper advance reserved visa. I apologized and I explained to her that I was not aware of this requirement. She then wanted to know my purpose for my visit and then agreed to give me the non-Visa maximum of 30 days, which she then stamped into my passport. She told me that around day 29, I should go to the immigration office in Cebu City and ask for another 29 days ( this will give me 59 days in total – so I am not sure what I will need to do for the final 3 days ? ). Then I went to collect my luggage and went to eat, as I needed to kill time, as my arrival time was way too early – as my AirBnB check-in time was for 2pm. So, I ate slowly in some random Filipino restaurant and had my first Filipino meal – lots of rice, some weird pork things with some vegetables. It was so-so and I was not impressed. Important notation: Back in Jomtien, I had already purchased an eSim with my preferred provider = , for which I paid $32 USD for 20GB of data for a 30 day validity. I have used them previously in Vietnam and I was happy with the service. I activated my pre-purchased eSim while I was waiting for my luggage to arrive. This allowed me to reserve a car and/or taxi via the app. You need to remember that the eSim offered by Airolo does not include a local phone number, so you should preload the apps that you might want to use in the Philippines, PRIOR to arriving into the country, as they often require that you have a local phone number for SIM verification. I found this out the hard way on 20 Jan 2025, when I tried to order a motorbike taxi via the Grab app – when Grab told me that I instead needed to install the Move It app , which allows you to order motorbike taxis. Unfortunately, the local Philippine version of Grab does not include the Move It capabilities yet – even though Grab has bought Move It back in August 2022. The only way that I can install the Move It app is if I agree to buy a physical local SIM card that would assign me a Philippine phone number. Note that to find your pre-ordered Grab car/taxi it is not very clear where to go. You should exit the Mactan airport international arrivals section and walk to the Domestic arrivals section and then walk past that building following the walkway towards the parking lots Arrival Bay C-1-C4 and then wait there for your car there. Here is a guide with pictures prepared by Grab: https://www.grab.com/global/airport-rides/mactan-cebu-international-airport/#:~:text=Arrivals&text=1.,at%20the%20pick%2Dup%20point. My Grab fee was 572 pesos (~$9.78 USD), not bad for the 45 minute ride from Mactan island into Cebu City. Below map displays the Airport and then my first AirBnB. It is important to note that I have strategically decided to live in 3 different neighborhoods in the Cebu City metro area as follows: 2 are within Cebu City: first in what is known as the CBP = Cebu Business Park, second in what is known as the Cebu IT Park. I am considering the above 2 places as my comparator to living within the city limits of Pattaya city from the point of view as an elderly retiree. 1 in Newtown on Mactan island – as my comparator to living in Jomtien from the point of view as an elderly retiree. As of the writing of this report, I have completed the first condo living in CBP, and now I am in day 5 of my second AirBnB condo living in the CEBU IT Park. I arrived at the Cityscape Grand Tower and easily checked in with the ground floor security team into my “TINY” AirBnB on the 32nd floor (there are 34 floors in total). The AirBnB owner gave me a digital entry on-the-condo-door keypad code. After opening the door digitally, I was able to then fetch a physical electronic key from the table. The condo was truly very small (it looked bigger on the AirBnB site – pics are below) but nicely done and had the prerequisite mini-balcony that overlooked the parts of Cebu city that are towards the sea waterway that separates Cebu City from Mactan island. From the 32nd floor balcony it is possible to see the sea that is even beyond Mactan island as well as the planes landing and taking off at the Mactan airport. The views were stunning. Photo of my Cityscape condo room. Some photos of the stunning views from the mini balcony: Note that they built many hirise condominium buildings but without balconies – a true tragedy. Consequently, to get a condo room with an external balcony was a true challenge. I paid € 700 euros for 20 nights, at a rate of € 35 euros per night – not bad in my opinion to be located just 2 blocks outside of the CBP – Ayala mall + Avida condo residences complex. My neighborhood was quite safe, where the only annoyance was the poverty that is on the edges of CBP – as my condo was 2 blocks outside, so I had to often encounter the poor begging families who send their children to play the sympathy card day after day. Security is a serious activity both at the Cityscape Grand Tower as well as in the entire multiple block enclave of CBP – as it is well patrolled by private security details who are armed – which scares any potential trouble away. I walked over to the nearby CBP Ayala mall, which is gigantic with 250,000 m2, whereas, Central Festival back in Pattaya has 200,000 m2. I ate an early dinner and I went over to the giant 7 floor Metro store to buy towels to put down on my AirBnB condo mattress – to avoid getting in trouble with the owner (I am referring to a previous incident when massage oil contaminated the AirBnB mattress). Exhausted from waking up at the crack of dawn, flying, checking in, buying sundries for the fridge it was time for a well deserved in-room massage. I fired up the apps, as follows: Grindr – has the most number of users, Heesay – second highest, Planet Romeo – third highest, Blowers – fourth highest, Hornet – in last place – very little activity – unlike back in Pattaya where it is often the number one app with the most available number of users. After chatting with many of the locals on Twitter (X) and in the above apps, I was told that there are also other modalities to meet the local guys, which are: X – just announce your availability and people will DM you. You need to be cognizant of the hash tags; #altercebu, #cebualter, #saunacebu, hire, masahista, #hilot. Or, you can use the above tags / search words and search for your type of desired situation. Tinder – I have no experience with Tinder. Bumble – again, I have no experience with Bumble. Facebook groups – I performed a search for CEBU Gay FB messenger and Google returned many query hits. As I don’t have FB, I could not utilize any of these. As soon as I entered into PlanetRomeo, a sexy manly masseur with a profile name like, “MasseurJerome” wrote to me and I invited him to my condo. This being the Philippines, all visitors need to be registered with the downstairs condo security team. I employed his services for 90 minutes for a fee of 3.000 pesos (~ $51 USD). I found out later that this was on the high side for Cebu – but I was happy with his massage and the fun afters – as he was able to edge me very well. Here in the Philippines the concepts of SIDE and EDGING are very well diffused within the various apps and English being one of their primary local languages (Tagalog, Visayan (Cebuano), and English). I found that when they speak Cebuano, there are many common words with Spanish. Day 1 (29 December 2024) concluded.

Day 7 (4 January 2025). Disaster strikes – my boyfriend back in Thailand has a serious motorbike accident where he collides with a ladyboy back in Pattaya while I was sleeping. Her injuries are kind of serious and she is sent to the hospital, as she has a fractured arm and some bruises. Thank God she was wearing a helmet, as her injuries could have been much worse. My boyfriend received some slight scratches and damaged his friend's motorbike that he was driving. The ugly news is that he is desperate to help the ladyboy with her expenses, because if he does not agree to pay for the ladyboy’s injuries, hospital bills, damaged motorbike, and 2 months out of work to recuperate, she will press charges. I agreed to help out, and this was definitely NOT pre-budgeted in my financial plans, but I do not want him to be put into the monkey house (jail). Can I be sure that it is not a hoax? I believe so, as I told him that I will only start to pay the various bills after I see the hospital invoice, have me meet via LINE the ladyboy in the hospital, see pictures of her smashed up motorbike, etc. – and I can see with my own eyes that it is all too real. He stays all night with her at the hospital and ironically, he creates a friendship with her – as this is his common trait – that he can make friends with almost anyone and is super popular in the Supertown complex in Jomtien, as well as on soi 4 and soi 12. I told him that when I return to Jomtien that I want us to take this ladyboy out to dinner, as I now feel to be intertwined in this strange new friendship. Outch $$ it hurts to be in love. Now back to Cebu. I meetup with Mr. M after our breakfast in the Ayala mall and he sees that I am quite upset. He calms me down and says to me, let’s do something relaxing. I was intrigued. He says to me, I remember that your 3rd destination in your Cebu odyssey will be the Mactan Newtown – he says, let’s get a day pass to the Shangri-La resort over on Mactan island. I was like – YES – I need this. So, we take a taxi over to the resort for 528 pesos (~ $9.10 USD) and is a 45 minute ride. It being the weekend of the 2025 New Year, the resort is extremely busy and there is a lot of chaos at the main entrance. At first, they do not want to let us have a day pass – as they state that since they are already operating at full capacity, that it would be unfair to the paying guests to have non-guests using the already crowded facilities. Well, Mr. M., he works in a hotel and starts to talk in tagalog and there is a lot of back and forth between the security team and the facilities management and with someone on the phone. After about 20 minutes of back and forth, Mr. M. convinces them that we are not your ordinary low life day trippers and that we will not disturb or upset any of the 5 star guests and wahla – they let us in. I am going to say it a million times – this Mr. M. find in Grindr as a result of my tour guide ad is worth 3 times his weight in gold. We were guided to an area where we could pay 2.000 pesos per person (~ $34.30 USD each) and then receive our complimentary lounge chair towels as well as arm bands that identified us as “day use” clients. The resort is huge and Mr. M. asks me what do I want to do first and I say that I want to lounge on the beach and take a swim. I was now happy as a pig in mud. Finally, my first Philippine beach experience in wonderful white sand with clear turquoise water. We both went for a swim and then relaxed for a while underneath the grass kabana. Not knowing what to experience at a Philippine beach, I did not pack my wallet in my backpack and I only brought 10,000 pesos with me and we already spent 4,000 pesos to gain access to this wonderful place. So, I was kind of reluctant to offer Mr. M. lunch at the resort because when I saw the prices I became afraid that we might not have enough money to return back to Cebu city. It was truly a pity, because I have plenty of money – but being afraid of the unknown I was not prepared to bring more money. I told Mr. M. that when we return to Cebu city that I will take him to dinner because with the remaining 6,000 pesos in my pocket that is more than enough money back in the city. I was quite embarrassed – but even when I go to Koh Larn off the coast of Pattaya, I never bring my wallet, and I just put some cash in my pocket for a day at the beach. This is my security tactic so that if someone steals my stuff while I am off swimming – it won’t be the end of my life. With all of the security measures and type of rich clientele that I saw at this resort, there is NO way that anyone was even interested in pilfering our stuff. After about 90 minutes at the beach, I asked Mr. M. what did he want to do and he asked if we could move to the pool side. I said yes and we relocated over there underneath a shaded area and then we both jumped into the pool for a swim. It was truly lovely and refreshing. Before heading back to Cebu, we took a walk around the grounds of the resort and we were quite impressed. There was even a heliport that was right next to the golf course for the 5-star arrivals. For more information about the resort, visit: https://www.shangri-la.com/cebu/mactanresort/sports-recreation/ Lastly, the next complex on the southbound part of the resort is Mactan Newtown, where I will move into at the end of this month – as this is the area that I have given the pseudonym of Jomtien to. We took a taxi directly from the resort back to Cebu and the fee was 550 pesos (~ $9.40 USD) and we exited at the SM J Mall in Mandaue (city next to Cebu) to eat dinner at the American Kenny Rogers Roasters franchise. This is what Mr. M. craved for his dinner. Then a Grab car for 230 pesos (~ $4.00 USD) to drop off Mr. M. at his hotel living residence and then me back at my condo at Cityscape Grand Tower. As it was only 6:30pm, I fired up the apps and I met Mr. Nor from Grindr for a nice 2 hands massage at 9pm. All was good – not fantastic but not poor. Day 7 (4 January 2025) concluded. to be continued in the next few days.....

Before I get going on this rant, Manny gave me permission to post his number and you guys can reach him on WhatsApp: +1 (809) 353-9262 and shoutout to @BlkSuperman!!! Bro you’re the fucking GOAT! I’ve checked your post and replies about the DR for some time as I was preparing and I was still not prepared for what I just experienced. A few more disclaimers: I was in a hotel. I used bottle water for brushing my teeth and washing my tooth brush. I used the hotel faucet water to douche and I was okay. Uber is affordable and Manny can also take you places. For data, I used a plan from Airalo and it worked, but I found that I needed 5gbs and should have gotten that initially. Whether you are in a hotel or Air bnb, you are going to need some towels as Dominican men shower most times before and between sessions with you (read a post about it and found it to be true). A hotel is easier to accommodate, while an Air bnb maybe more difficult regarding the towel situation. Regarding Manny, reach out a month before like everyone says, but reach out again 2 weeks before and confirm at least a day before your flight for him to pick you up (send pictures of your flights times for him). He is not avoiding you, but it’s a lot of us and only one of him and he’s doing his best to make us happy and he has a family. Be respectful! He does charge for airport pick ups, but be advised it can be a very far drive (40 minutes from SDQ to my hotel and back). He also charges a finders fee for the guys so be prepared. I’m sure I forgot some information, but ask me and I will answer if the next part isn’t good enough 😁. I took my DR trip to Santo Domingo for New Years and just got back this weekend. I wanted a mix of things; culture, excursions, local food, and most importantly a healthy amount of DOMINICAN DICK. I almost got all of this, except the food. So I guess let's start there, someone on tinder gave me places to eat, but they were too American! I want DR local cuisine and I got it on my third day and beyond. Manny also took me to Bambino where I wanted to get fucked my one of the waiters, but ran out of money 😔. When I come back I want to eat more local because the local food was amaz-balls. Let’s talk about the excursions! I canceled two of the three for different reasons. But the water tour was canceled the day by the company. Manny hooked me up with a great prices and the tour was amazing! I have never experienced water and sand like that in my life. I also got to explore caves and learn about the history and that was also great! The people were friendly and I used a lot of Google translator when I was struggling. Duolingo and YT would definitely help and the more you know, the better. I’m actually looking into taking classes this year for myself 😊. My story telling via typing isn’t as illustrious as B.Superman so let’s get to the best part of the trip… DA DICK DADDY 😮‍💨. bitch…biittCHHHHH…BIIITTCCCHHHHHHHH, I have never-I ain’t never, had dick touch me like that in my life 🫨. To open this section, you will not walk around the DR for more than 15 minutes without seeing a hot man! If you do, you are the problem 🤣. I had several dicks and even tried pussy. Manny has all of your answers. Now I will say that the pricing can vary! I’ve seen you guys talk about $50 usd (3000 pesos) and yes you can pay that price, but premium guys cost more and they are worth it ($100 usd or 6100 pesos). Now I paid different prices depending on the type of guy I like and Manny has them all. Be honest and specific about what YOU LIKE, NEED, AND CAN HANDLE! So I put the top 5 guys I had or they had me (whatever you like). First two guys are 10/10 (will be in rotation when I return) and the next three are 9/10 and they will knock you down a few times so be prepared. I found that as a bigger guy, maybe I wasn’t their…natural attraction, but this throat and coochie changed their minds 😈. They were respectful and I even had a guy stay the night. There was one mishap that IS NOT Manny’s fault, but he is a man of his word and made up for it without asking and that redo was excellent! The dicks are HUUGGE and they will dig you out. I’ve had some hard, big dicks and they are all a joke compared to these guys. Dominican men will reach inside of you and touch your innermost anatomical parts 😜. I was thoroughly satisfied every time and figured I need to turn on some music so my neighbors didn’t hear me yelling and complain to reception. I did link with one Grindr guy and that was good too and I only checked Jack’d on my last day and there were guys on there as well messaging me. If you set your locations to Dominican Republic you are going to get hits. BUT, beware, as some are looking for an opportunity as life can be very hard in the DR. I almost made a mistake and Manny made sure to remind me of this and keep things on my terms at my hotel room. Speaking of hotel room, you know those ho’s-tel 😀 (get it…okay, maybe not). I would not stay at a hotel again if I planned to have multiple guests over as the hotel I stayed at charged me $15 usd a person and while it wasn’t a big deal, that’s extra money. So the protocol is if you have 2 guests listed under your reservation then that’s fine. But having multiple guys in your room is going to draw attention as they need your from key or you need to come and get them to your room and they need an ID (Cedula in Spanish) and the front desk photocopies the ID. I know when I go back in June it’s gonna be a fuck fest and I don’t need the hassle and the eyes watching and judging. HOWEVER, it is good security protocols and is good for a first timer if you are not sure and are not using Manny (which you need to). I have been to Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Mexico, and now the DR and none compare to the DR! The sex tourism is booming, but be safe! I didn’t feel unsafe, but we did go to Juan Binbin and Manny pulled out his tooly as a precaution. When I went to Cine Lido he also advised, I be very careful, and other posts said to order your Uber inside and once it comes, go outside. I am also ready to smack the taste out of a bitch mouth if they play with me so there is that part. In terms of my own personal health, I take PreP and I doubled my doses for the days I was there (I have extra), I also purchased a week supply of Doxypep and only used a two day supply as a precaution (take two every 3 days) as I did have raw sex with two guys. I am also not opposed to raw sex, but I’m a risky bitch, what can I say…actually it’s hard to say anything when you’re sucking big dick 😇😌. If you are questioning if the DR is a good destination…GO! Manny and Blksuperman has also mentioned that February is a great time to come and it is next month so look at those flights and stay off those Boeing ✈️. Airbuses me please (JetBlue, coughs 🤧). Please ask questions and I will reply when I see notifications Thanks

yes but an alternative of dying young is even worse so count your blessings and enjoy while it lasts

On monday night I went to Moonlight. There were only about 7 patrons. I sat at the center of the highest row. On my left was a big asian (korean?) middle aged man, who invited boys for a drink with him, changing them every 10 minutes, without talking with them. On my right was an elderly local lady, probably known by the staff. She was surrounded by 3 waiters, and almost monopolized #10: lean masculine body, handsome face, circular tatoos on his chest beneath the shoulders. He was by far the hottest and most indifferent boy there: didn't invest any energy or gestures in drawing attention to himself; didn't move or smile on the stage; skipped one of the three rounds of off-boys parading. I couldn't take my eyes off him. The show itself was the weakest I've seen in 6 bars. There was no energy, nothing sexual nothing creative, 3 of the guys moved on stage like understudies. Music as usual too loud. I didn't off #10 because his apathy on stage would probably continue in bed. After the show I decided to test my theory. Before I left I went to the stage side curtain and asked the guy there to call him. When #10 came, I gave him a folded 100 b bill with my number written on a note inside the bill. Spoiler: he never contacted me. I asked one of the papasans to come out with me, so I could talk without the deafening music. I told him in three polite ways that they are losing money because of the volume; I would have loved to invite for drinks 3 boys, but I didn't due to inability to hear and converse. His repeated smiley response: "he he he music too loud he he he"..... )-: Feeling a bit disappointed, I decided to continue the night in Banana. WOW, what a difference! The place was packed; they had to 'improvise' a seat for me. The first thing I saw as I entered, contrary to moonlight's chastity, were 6 guys standing on stage with cock-ringed condomed erections. They stayed there for a long time. Doesn't that hurt and/or cause damage? The show was good and energetic, one of the dancers really professional with quick precise moves. The participants came down to the stage from the second floor, but departed walking to the back of the club through the audience - allowing them to collect tips on the way. I didn't find anyone offable, but the show lifted my spirits. As it ended, the good dancer positioned himself near the exit, so I voiced my approval to him accompanied by a 300 tip. Note to self: banana rocks!

Oh a look of horror as they WEREN"T expecting you and instantly realise they've a problem for the next 2 weeks as they'll be double boooked - and so start all the lies about how they can't meet you for lunch as they have problem with stomach and can't eat ( which clears up by dinner time) and that they'll can't stay over night with you tonight as they have to go look after a friend who's sick but he live far outside Pattaya so they will be away for 3 nights to take care etc etc . Bless em 🙂

Where to begin? I thought it would be nice to share some January 2025 Santo Domingo experiences with this forum since it also has given back so much (info) to me. Besides that, it's nice to write a recap of some amazing encounters and slutty adventures and also it could be entertaining for other forum members. These are 100% true events by the way. Just saying. When it comes to boys I noticed that I go through 'phases' regarding my taste. I always lean to the more younger 20-something, fit, smooth, lean boys. A little rough on the edges can be a plus. Being a white male myself, this time I developed a BBC craving, fantasizing to bottem for them. That being established, Santo Domingo is my triple A destination for this kind of work! It's full of young black macho tops that are eager to engage in a little carnal adventure with you. The scene is mostly pay dates, but rates are more than reasonable. My framework would be: Street guys 500-1000 pesos, bar boys (I adore Marlow's set-up: best bar for eager sluts like me!) 1000-2000 and Gindr boys 1500-2500. My rule of thumb is 'if they ask over 3000, it's most likely to be a shit date with a Pro-Hoe'. I never pay over that; pimp/broker fee excluded as I will reflect on later. I love Marlow's bar! Come on now dear forum members, you don't read this forum to scout out your next yoga retreat are you? You're not browsing the attributions here to learn about the deeper sense of Spanish-French-Creole spoken word poetry artistically brought by a one legged lesbian? No! It's about boys, dicks and the dirty deeds! Anyway, Marlow's. Great place to get your rocks off and I use it to scout the 'talents' as I call them. The environment is safe to engage whit all kind of boys from which you can decide which one to invite home another time (or the same night if you're into it). It's one thing when they get rock hard, have a nice body, preform well in the back room and so on, but your safety comes first. Do they carry ID (a cédula, which is compulsory by law btw)? Do they have WhatsApp? Are they well groomed, wear shoes and clean clothes? Some might even have day jobs? This roughly separates the normal guys from the hardcore street hustlers/baggers/problem makers. A normal guy is to be invited home, within the boundaries of your normal safety precautions, a street guy 'usually' isn't. Exceptions may apply. I met 'Mr. Mechanic' at Marlow's. A sexy, slim, light brown (moreno) guy with a great smile and a sensual, calm demeanor. 22 years old. Upon aking him for a test drive in the back he turns out to have a set of abs to die for. Great turn on for me. His dick turns hard simply by complimenting him on his hot looks. A smooth, lean fucking machine stands in front of me. He's really into it, caressing, some kisses and he knows how to fuck. This is the boy I invite a few days later. In the private setting of the bedroom he even outperformed our first encounter. He's dick is Dominican average, which is still a bless, but he knows how to wield the sword! Changing positions, getting control and ramming away with his young full-of-power fuck energy. After he cumms he falls back on the bed, panting and smiling. This kid loves it. Some repeat visits were scheduled after that. Reading the 'Skokka' escort website I came across a middle man who boasted having over 10 discrete boys he was brokering for. Basically a pimp. You all read about Manny and some might know I'm not using his services. I explained before: I do not talk down his services, I just think it's money spent too fast. Anyway, this broker is called Anthony (he allows me to share his WhatsApp through DM with you). For Dominican standards he's doing a good job: quick responses, clear about rates and commission (finders fee I call it) and delivers as promised as it turned out! He sends me his catalog of boys, mostly dicks, faceless and some body shots. He has more, but for now I've seen enough. It's very convincing to say the least... Enter 'Mr. Baseball Bat'. This 26 yo half Dominican / half Haitian guy makes my eyes water. My BBC fetish is catered for with this bad boy. My dark price has arrived! This tall, slender, smooth hunk is packing a, as it seems, foot long dick. I don't know how the fuck I'm able to take thát monster, but I'll die trying! Bring it on! We arrange a date, Anthony and Mr. Baseball Bar turn up on time. Punctual, which is very nice for a change. Commission is payed and I take this super friendly beast home. Turns out he has a day job, therefore discretion is the key word. It fits Anthony's stable is my impression. What a guy, what a body and holy fucking Christ...what a monstercock! We agree that I need a 'trainer' *wink wink* and that he is the man for the job. So I re-invite him. This time directly without the finders fee. After that I decided that that was it. Even though Mr. Baseball Bat appeals to all and every of my fantasies, I couldn't take that massive ramrod. And that in combination with his fucking power. He simply loves to pound away with that weapon-of-ass-destruction! No mercy. What a sex god.... The story of Mr. Shoe-Shine-Boy is one of many sides. In the Parque des Cervantes across from the Fuerte San Gil, directly next to the Malecón, it is always a coming and going of locals, people relaxing after work (weekends it's packed with locals) and some wondering tourists. It's also part of the turf of a group of street boys hustling, doing chores, washing cars, shining shoes and so on. They are too young to engage with intimately, but they are street wise and like a band of hyenas they know where your preferences lay. Oh, and I might have given some harmless hints *wink*. We are talking boys from 13 up to 18 years old here. But as a wise local told me once: 'These shoe-shine boys are not stupid. Once they hit 18 they start selling their dick!'. Just stating it's wise to wait it out. For the record: I'm not after under 18 both for personal preference and legal reasons (It's a huuuuge no-no in the DR. Stay away from it. Even danger from blackmailing, on top of that with the police in on it!!). Since I sat on that square a few times daily, reading my book or playing a puzzle, the boys started to recognize me. They weren't a nuisance nor intimidating. Not at all. They were friendly and yes, they saw an opportunity in me. I'm rich, they are not. Simple. Some of the older one were hinting by showing bulges, but I calmly declined and pointed out that it was an absolute no-no age wise. I joked around demanding their cédula, but it was clear that it was a dead end for them. What I would do was send them out for chores: 'please get me a drink. You can keep the change.' The drink came, the change was shown and kept. The smile was priceless. Now one of the boys was clearly older and bigger. He surely but slowly starts probing me for sex. He sees an opportunity. This guy is getting there physically, he is hot, had a well defined body and even taller then me. But no way, strictly no minors. 'Yes, but I'm almost 18...'. Yeah, duh....so you are not yet smart ass! Come back next year ey! He shows me his cédula that clearly states 'menor de edad' on the back. So what is he trying to prove? The key was in his birthday, which was......two days from now! This little motherfucker! Once they hit 18..... Next evening at one past midnight this shoe-shine boy earned his new name: Mr. Duracell Rabbit. There's something with the eagerness a 18 year old likes to fuck. Over the next few days Mr. Duracell Rabbit would discretely make clear he was in for another session on several occasions. I obliged.... I'll left out Mr. Future Boyfriend (his idea, not mine, hahaha), Mr. Donkey Dick, and others. Mr. Future Boyfriend Mr. Baseball Bat Mr. Duracell Rabbit Mr. Duracell Rabbit clearly still dripping Mr. Future Boyfriend teasing again Mr. Donkey Dick teasing in a morning message

Day 8 (5 January 2025). Slow day. I had my usual walk through the Ayala mall and surrounding neighborhoods. I note that the city is moving away from New Year celebration stuff to the upcoming 2025 SINOLOG festival, which will start on 18 & 19 January. You are made aware of this by: Loud “I love Cebu” music is starting to play all over the city, https://youtu.be/CkgVnIgqTXo?si=MQr3wdHibIESfG1I At first I did not enjoy this song much – but after 3 weeks of hearing it everywhere in the city it grows on you and now when I hear it I get happy and emotional. Similar to when I hear the Pattaya Pattaya song = https://youtu.be/ulfn3bQNcdU Music for me creates emotional bonds to a place, friends, and experiences. Shops throughout the city are starting to sell SINULOG merchandise, There is a festive sense of happiness in the local people for the arrival of SINULOG. Today I learned that CEBU, is commonly referred to as the “Queen City of the South” – how apropos. Later in the evening, I chatted with a cute masculine guy, Mr. Jon from PlanetRomeo and he comes to my room for a good 2 hands massage + safe edging, oral, and edging fun. Day 8 (5 January 2025) concluded. Day 9 (6 January 2025). Day begins in a frustrating way when I returned to my room after my breakfast to find out that the digital electronic key entrance system to my room is dead. So, I contact my AirBnB owner about the problem and after 2 hours of waiting a technician arrives. The problem was that the battery within the electronic device went dead and consequently the lock device could not respond to my electronic key nor my keypad secret code. The technician had to remove a type of secret panel and then insert into a keyhole a type of Allen wrench key that allowed him to turn the tumbler with great force to allow us to enter the room. He swapped out the battery, sprayed some W-40 into the tumbler – to make it have less friction. He left me with this manual key in case it would happen again – but I am happy to report that from that point forward the electronic digital system worked perfectly. Can you imagine if I had a guy with me that I rented for 2 hours ? Would we do it in the hallway outside of my room? Later in the night, we finally go to visit 2 gay places with Mr. M. in the evening. First stop is the famous CENSORED gay bar. https://www.facebook.com/xcensored2020/ It being a Monday night, it was quite dead, but we still had fun. We ordered some beers and some light food snacks and took some photos. me standing in front of the CENSORED bar If you want to get a feel for this place, enter this in the X (Twitter) search box and then look at the gazillion search results. . Some are X rated responses, as the local Cebuanos talk about their prey that they picked up from CENSORED and what they did to their prey, or what the prey did to them. This is probably the most frequented gay bar in Cebu – as it is just off of the main road = F. Cabahug street (as shown in the below Google map) in an alcove that has many other open air bars there. Consequently, there is tons of space for the guys to congregate, drink, be social, and be crazy. Second stop is to one of the few male go-go bars here in Cebu. So we visit: Club X – MenXiest Entertainment Bar: https://www.facebook.com/clubxcebu/ me at the Club X entrance - full of anticipation https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/2097477327211294/club-x-male-entertainment-bar/ https://www.tiktok.com/@clubxcebuph/video/7296162474628254982 Located over in Mandaue – which is right next to Cebu City. This place was a blast. As it was a Monday night, there were not many customers, so we got most of the attention. There is the very elegant ladyboy mamasan who came and sat with us to explain how everything works – which we learned that it is somewhat similar to how it works in Thailand: You can invite a gogo dancer down from the stage to sit with you with a 1 drink minimum, where his drink will always cost 600 pesos even if your beer costs 200 pesos. The gogo boy accumulates 1 point, at a value of 50 pesos for each drink that the customer buys for him. 300 pesos per person in your group is added to your bar tab as the entrance fee. Waiters are not allowed to drink with you – but we were eventually allowed to break this rule – when it became evident to me that Mr. M. was smitten with our assigned cute and fun waiter, All of the male staff that we saw up on the stage are straight. The mamasan explained to us that gays are not allowed to be hired as a gogo boy dancer. I inquired as to why and she said, management policy with no further explanation. Off fee to bring one of these gogo dancers with you was 5.000 pesos (~ $85.35 USD) payable to the bar PLUS the fee that the guy would want – based on what you ask him to do with you – sliding scale. No quotes were given by the mamasan, as she stated that the bar has no influence on what is negotiated between you and the “straight” gogo guy. So, the guys start doing their gogo dance routines (some in bikinis, boxers, and pant shorts). The astute mamasan is noticing that I am intently in awe of one of their dancers who is quite good in his black boxer shorts. She tells me that he is their newest dancer and has only been with them 1 month and he is from a nearby remote island. She calls him down to sit with us and he is VERY tense and heterosexual – almost trembling, but at the same time very masculine. I put my arms on his shoulders and start to caress him. But he needs to drink like three 600 peso drinks before he finally calms down. Then we start talking and he opens up to me, and by now I have my hands on his legs, which I am caressing. He is quite apprehensive, as all of his “straight” colleagues are watching him. I find out from the mamasan that I am the first person in his new month at the club to invite him to sit with a customer. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1003988561451289 https://www.facebook.com/reel/1077555116908058 By this time, I had already bought the mamasan a drink, I ask her again if the cute waiter could sit with us so that my friend Mr. M. could have some fun also. She agrees to break the rule – as there are not many customers that the waiter needs to attend to – so he sits next to Mr. M. and I see a lot of sexual positive energy between all 4 of us now and I also see that the mamasan is very happy – of course – it is a dead Monday night and my wallet is good for business. My guy tells me that he will go back onto the stage to do a solo dance act. I ask, when? He says at 4:00am. It was only 2:30am and I was already very tired, so I told him that I would need to leave by 3am. He runs away to the DJs booth and then comes back so excited and says, that the management will rearrange the solo dance lineup so that he can dance for me within the next 15 minutes --> IF <-- I agree to pay 1.000 peso to change the dance lineup fee. Wow, this place really knows how to milk their customers. But I was really into this guy and already buzzing from the alcohol so I agree. Then the DJ announces him and out on the stage he is all alone dedicating his dance routine to me – it was great. So, I could not remain seated, I heard the voice of @vinapu, my Jedi Master, in my ears, and so I ran to him up on the stage and did the necessary = I planted a 1.000 peso blue note into his black boxer shorts. The small audience and ALL of his "straight" gogo colleagues erupted into applause and shouting – as I learned that my new friend was now officially initiated into the warm gogo boy family culture of the Club X – MenXiest Entertainment Bar. The mamasan made me understand that this passing of the torch into having his first customer was important for them to keep him – as it was already 1 month that they invested in him without any requests to sit with customers or offs. By now he was so estatic. I told him that he is already so sexy and an excellent dancer – but that he needs to buy a proper sexy bikini like the other more senior already successful gogo guys. I put another 1.000 pesos into his pants and told him this is for your bikini fund. We then asked for our bill and drum roll please – it came to around 11.000 pesos (~ $190 USD) = outch – but it was a GREAT night out to see and experience the Philippine version of a gogo bar and my first time to see my cute and adorable Mr. M. get up close and personal with our sexy waiter. They exchanged numbers. Unfortunately, I could not as I only have a numberless eSIM and I don’t have FB. It is ok, as I probably would have regretted taking my guy home with me since I have my boyfriend back in Jomtien. Here is a nice write up by a local blog here in Cebu: https://sugbo.ph/2023/cebu-club-x/ Day 8 (6 January 2025) concluded.

Day 5 (2 January 2025) Since Mr B had today off, we agreed to meet in the Ayala mall at my favorite cake/coffee shop to start our first tours. Cebu is a city on the seaside, but behind Cebu there are hills and mountains with stunning views and gardens. Today we set out to discover these together. Our first stop via Grab going up into the foothills was the : CEBU Taoist Temple Nice view of the city in the background from the Temple, as it is located in the part of Cebu that is referred to as: Beverly Hills – with nice large homes that overlook the city and sea. It was built in 1972 by the local Cebu Chinese community. Fee to enter is free – but donations are welcome for the maintenance and upkeep of this wonderful place. Having Mr. B with me as my real filipino tour guide, he was able to negotiate with the Grab driver to take us off meter and to allow us to hire him for a fixed price for our journey. This strategy is very handy when you don’t want to interject yourself into an official tour company and to instead have a private tour with your own dedicated Grab driver. What the driver did is to settle our trip at the Cebu Taoist Temple site via the app, and then to drive us for the rest of our itinerary for a fixed price of 3.000 pesos (~ $51.30 USD). Not bad and good value for money in my opinion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebu_Taoist_Temple Our second stop going further up into the foothills was the: Temple of Leah Nicknamed the “Taj Mahal of Cebu”, Temple of Leah is a humble Roman-style shrine built in 2012 by Teodorico Soriano Adarna in honor of his late wife, Leah Villa Albino-Adarna. It has a Pantheon in Greece feel to it with Doric columns and arches, it is a sanctuary symbolizing a husband’s undying love for his wife. It also has amazing views of Cebu City and the sea. For more information about the Temple of Leah, visit: https://suroy.ph/temple-of-leah/ The entrance fee is 150 pesos per person (~ $2.60 USD each). I paid 300 pesos to include the entrance fee for Mr. M. Our third stop was at the : Sirao Gardens, aka, Little Amsterdam. As these gardens are on the other side of the foothills and into the mountains, there is no longer a view of Cebu City, but instead the sense of fresh mountain air and the fragrance of many types of flowers. Truly a large garden to enjoy. Find out more here at: https://www.facebook.com/siraogarden/ The entrance fee is 100 pesos per person (~ $1.70 USD each). I paid 200 pesos to include the entrance fee for Mr. M. It was now late in the afternoon, and Mr. M had to go to his hotel job and I was hungry for an early dinner over in the Ayala mall. I wanted to pay Mr. M 3.000 pesos today for his EXCELLENT tour skills and lovely company, but he would only accept 2.000 pesos (~ $34.20 USD). Truly good value for money. He said to me, look these 2.000 pesos are 4 days of work at my hotel (daily minimum wage is 501 pesos). This guy is gold. I told him that he is worth much more but he is a very modest and down to earth guy. I organized a 2 hands massage with Mr. Rom who I found in Grindr. He was a good masseur but I found out that his ulterior motive was to sit on a western cock. I kept telling him that I am a SIDE and to stick to the agreed program – but eventually, he found a way to rapidly just sit on my cock and ride it and not before long he was climaxing. We cleaned me up and then he finished me off with a slow edging. Sneaky sneaky, Mr. Rom. Price was 2.500 pesos (~ $43 USD). Day 5 (2 January 2025) concluded.

Day 2 (30 December 2024) I broke the frame of my glasses on the night before my departure for Cebu, consequently, there was no time to get them repaired so I had to wear a very old pair for my flight to Cebu. Therefore, I used this day to find a good eyeglass solution, which I found at the Japanese OwnDays franchise shop in the CBP Ayala mall. I was very impressed as I had an almost immediate eye exam, which was performed by the in-house optometrist. I then chose my frames and then they told me to return in 20 minutes. I thought that they must be crazy. So, I went to have a nice lunch and returned in 1 hour and my new glasses were ready and the nose fitting had to be adjusted, which took 5 more minutes and then I paid and I was out of the shop. Cost was 10,990 pesos (~ $188 USD), which I found as extremely good value for money, because my previous glasses that I bought back in Central Festival in Pattaya cost me around 28,000 Thai baht (~ $822 USD) with imported metal frames from Germany. So, I saved around 440% - so I was quite pleased as this will be one less task that I would need to do back in Pattaya with more money in the bank. Casual non-eventful day exploring my local CBD neighborhood and starting to create my daily routine – as part of the purpose of this trip is to simulate retirement life in Cebu and if I would be pleased with it. Later in the evening back on the apps, this time on Heesay a massage guy wrote me and I agreed to let him meet me in my room. He was not your typical guy, in the sense he was a bit tense. Massage went well and when we moved to the afters, he still had his underwear on and I asked him to remove them, and I started to fondle with his cock but it never got erect. He gave me a nice edging and then when it was time to pay him, 2.500 pesos, he became aggressive and started yelling at me that I need to pay him 5.000 pesos because I touched his cock and tried to put it in my mouth. He argued that I did not put all of these minute details in my Heesay request and therefore I needed to pay him extra. He was definitely hardup for money because during the massage he told me his poverty story and his need to feed his 2 children and him being abandoned by his wife. I told him that I would NOT be paying him this exorbitant amount and he refused to leave my room and I opened the door and got near him to assertively ask him to exit my room. He saw my Armani watch on the table that my ex-Thai boyfriend gave me, and he grabbed it and said that the 2,500 pesos plus the watch would suffice. I aggressively grabbed the watch back from him – tearing the leather band from its metal hinge and pushed him out the door and slammed it closed. That was tense and not a fun experience. I did not want to go downstairs and complain to the security team because this was only my day 2 of my 62 day trip and I still wanted to have the right to have additional visitors. Day 2 (30 December 2024) concluded. Day 3 (New Year’s Eve - 31 December 2024) Routine day with my time hanging out in the CBP Ayala mall – it is becoming addictive – this Filippino way of life. Also, got overloaded with the gazillion of app requests for action, meetings, tours, etc. Arranged a massage with a guy from Heesay who works in the BPO building in front of my condo. I paid 3.000 pesos (~ $51 USD) for his massage. He is a great masseur and after the massage we agreed to go and have dinner together as his partner of 8 years is busy with family NYE stuff and they supposedly don’t know that my massage guy is the partner. We run over to the CEBU famous, “House of Lechon” restaurant to get some dinner but it was completely full and furthermore, they were completely sold out of their house specialty, Roasted Pig = Lechon. By the way, this restaurant is the MOST famous for Lechon in ALL of CEBU and it was only 2 streets away from my condo. https://www.facebook.com/HouseOfLechonCebu/ So, we ended up eating in a Chinese restaurant outside of the Ayala mall complex and we were the last customers allowed in. This massage guy, let us call him Mr. R, shared many interesting stories about life in Cebu, such as: The primary occupation for many young gays in Cebu is to work in one of the many BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) centers spread out all over Cebu with a high density of them in CBP and also over in IT Park. The starting salary is between 12,000 to 14,000 pesos per month ( ~ from $206 to $240 USD per month ). He told me this is why many of the gays working in these BPOs are also selling their services “for hire” on the apps, to supplement this dismal salary. But, he told me that his partner of 8 years, holds a more senior position in one of these BPOs and earns 30,000 pesos per month ( ~ $514 USD per month ). He told me that the minimum daily wage in Cebu is 501 pesos ( ~ $8.60 per day), versus the minimum daily wage in Pattaya, which is 400 baht ( ~ $11.80 per day). Consequently, Thai workers command a 37% premium over their Filippino neighbors. This will become evident throughout this trip as we will see that the daily cost of living for a retiree in the Philippines versus Thailand is cheaper. He told me that the gay life in Cebu is mostly underground and/or hidden, as a consequence of the very conservative values found in the Filipino culture and Catholic religion. I pushed back when he told me this, as I told him that I lived in Italy for 12 years and they are the hosts of the Vatican and even Italy has progressed forward with gay rights, even though the Vatican is in their backyard. I further told him that Spain, a very Catholic country, has leapfrogged forward with gay rights. I told him that I was quite surprised to learn this as I had thought that with the Philippines being so far away from the Vatican that it would be more free to move forward – but instead the opposite is true. He told me that in Cebu there are a couple of gay bars, 1 to 2 go-go boy bars, some cruising parks, 3 massage saunas, and 1 to 2 mixed disco clubs. He said that the primary way gays meetup nowadays is via the apps that I already listed above. So, I learned a lot from him during our pre-NYE dinner. We said our goodbyes and I headed back to my room so that I could sit outside on my 32nd floor balcony to watch the fireworks over the sea and I was able to celebrate NYE twice, at 12 midnight in Cebu and again at 1am in Cebu with my Thai boyfriend via a LINE video call where it was 12 midnight back in Jomtien. After the countdown completed, I told my PMB (Primary Money Boy) the magical words that I rarely express in my life = “I love you”. We have been seeing each other for more than 6 months now and for the last 2 to 3 months he has been constantly telling me that he loved me. I just was not ready to say those words until now because: I wanted to allow for the completion of the jinx that I received 1 year prior when my previous Thai boyfriend denied me my first NYE kiss and I had to vacate Pattaya in distress – so I surprised him by appearing in his birth town down in Southern Thailand and I instead kissed the iconic seaside mermaid. With this current NYE countdown of 2024/2025 I was able to allow that jinx superstition to expire – so I felt safe to give my heart to my PMB, I wanted him to hear these words from me in the actual new year 2025. I have to say that I was also influenced by the love stories shared here in this forum by fellow forum members; @jason1975 and @Min, as they both shared their love for their PMBs – and it gave me inspiration that love can be found with PMBs, when I had previously believed that it is a HUGE mistake to give your heart to a PMB. If I have in fact made a HUGE mistake, at least I am in good company with Jason and Min. Day 3 (31 December 2024) concluded. Day 4 (New Year’s day 1 January 2025) Since the Philippines is a super religious country, today EVERYTHING (other than 7-Eleven) is closed. So, it was a boring day eating 7-Eleven food in my room. I took the time to find my next AirBnB condo room, which will be in the CEBU IT Park. Unfortunately, I failed at finding a room with a balcony. The remainder of the day I chatted on the various apps and I found someone who will become my primary, go-to Filipino guy to help me out (in a non sexual way) with tours and miscellaneous things as they arrive. He is still in the closet, and is a young 25 year old who works in the hotel industry. He is a true gem and a rare find. For me, his character is truly adorable and when I pass time with him I feel really good. For purposes of this trip report let us call him, Mr. B. Some background. I transformed all of my existing 5 app profile text to read as follows: In some of the apps, certain words are considered as non compliant with the T&C, so you can use alternative substitutes to get your message across. Some of the local tagalog + Cebuano words to use are: masahe, masahista, maxsage, masaj, hilot à which I noticed that the app AI compliance checkers were not checking for any prohibited words that are in any of the local dialects. This is how I found both Mr. B and Mr. R discussed previously. This was a non-massage day, so prior to the commencement of the NYE activities, I watched the wonderful Thai movie = “How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies”. I HIGHLY recommend this heart warming very original Thai film. Title of this film in Thai is, "Lahn Mah" หลานม่า which literally means "Grandma's Grandchild". I found the film culturally enriching as it gives the perspective of death in Thailand from the Chinese-Thai point of view. Film is available on in Netflix, as well as in Google movies. It has been nominated for the Oscars international shortlist. Read more about it here: https://variety.com/2024/film/news/how-to-make-millions-before-grandma-dies-oscar-shortlist-thailand-1236256031/ On 2 March 2025, we will be told if it has won the actual Oscar award. Day 4 (1 January 2025) concluded.

I was in BKK last week for a short trip and checked out some of the bars. Thought I'd share some observations from my visits. The info on off fees, tips and 2nd drinks in some of the bars were told to me by the mamasan at those bars (I only offed one guy on this trip lol). Moonlight 1st Drink: THB 500 Sad to see what has become of Moonlight. I was there twice just to confirm if the vibes on both days are the same (they were). On both occassions, the bar only had a few patrons. There were less than 15 boys on rotation, most being twinks with the exception of maybe 2 twunks (apparently, the most popular guys in the bar) who didn't show much interest in patrons. The shows were the same old, nothing particularly exciting. All in all, the mood in the bar was depressing. The mamasan complained about the lack of asian customers esp during CNY when they expected a lot or customers from China. Atlas 1st drink:THB 500 Boy's drink: THB 500 I was here just once (as this was a short trip). The bar was pretty lively with a few group of patrons. There were 3-4 bodybuilders (off season but still in good shape) formerly from Tawan, a few twinks and a few uncles(?) (neither twink nor bodybuilder/hunks) on rotation (none of them had tags on, but can be off-ed). I had one of my previous off sitting with me and met with the owner, who recognised me from Tawan before. According to the guy who sat with me, he prefers working at Atlas compared to The One as the owner doesn't charge the boys bar fine if they can't make it for the night, a flexibility they don't get at The One. And it's a plus that they are already familiar with the owner. The show had a mix of drag and Tawan's usuals (big cock, bdsm & all, but without the fuck show on the night I was there). The space was big and more comfortable. They had some issues with the sound system at some point in the show, but was fixed right away. The One 1st drink: THB 500 I went here out of curiousity to see how it is going with Atlas now open. I regretted it. The was only 1 off-season bodybuilder (a guy I offed before), a chubby guy, a twink and two other guys (former bodybuilders I guess, but nowhere near that now). There was only 1 other customer (this was around 10.15pm). The annoying doorman is still there, asking me to buy him a drink the moment I sat down (I declined). The bar felt dead. I didn't finish my drink and just left after a few mins. Jupiter 1st drink: THB 600 2nd drink: THB 450 Off fee: THB 500 Boy's tips: min THB 3000 I was here twice. The bar was full on both nights, mainly with Asian customers (maybe around 1/3 of the patron were ladies). The boys and the shows were the Jupiter's usual standard - excellent if it you're into that type of show (I am). Had a good chat with one of the captains, who gave me some useful info on which boys are available and which of them only goes with ladies (spoiler - almost all of the boys doing the sexy performances with the drag queens exclusively go with ladies). I didn't manage to off anyone (the ones I was interested to take were all booked by others) so next trip, I'll probably be there a little earlier. Hotmale 1st drink: THB 500 Off fee: THB 500 Boy's tips: min THB 2000 I was here just once. The boys range from twinks to boy-next-door to twunk. A few of them are offable to me. The show is pretty much the same as before, with cameo from Moonlight's dance crew. Fresh Boys 1st drink: THB 500 2nd drink: THB 300 (i think, my total bill was 1.3k) Off fee: THB 500 Boy's tip: min THB 2500 This was an unexpected visit for me. I've never really had Fresh Boys in mind when checking out bars as I thought they were more catered towards those into twinks based on the last time I was there many years ago (I prefer more muscle on my guys). That said, decided to just give it a shot out of curiosity and ended up taking a guy back lol. They had a huge stable of guys (slightly less than Jupiter but fairly big). The boys are mix of Vietnamese, Cambodians and Thais. There were quite a few twunks with toned bodies, but large number of the boys were twinks or next door type. The show was pretty much the same format as others (drag, sexy dance, big cock etc). The bar was crowded the night I was there. I had a good time with my off. Well spoken handsome, toned Vietnamese guy. He's pretty popular from what I understand and was happy to try out new things to make customer happy. I would definitely take him out again next time.

When management casually dismisses feedback from customers, those customers are left to draw their own conclusions about where future baht will be spent.

On sunday 22:20 I landed. Per prior arrangement, at 00:10 I found vinapu in atlas, missing ichigo by 5 minutes. We adjourned to foodland and chatted for two hours, me enjoying his laughs and wise words of experience. X - one of vinapu's goodlooking regulars - passed by, and we waved hi. Avarin 1: Monday I woke up late, and decided to check out the Lao /Isaan massuers at avarin. Unfortunately none were present, so I chose the only one who was to my taste, for an oil massage at 690 b. The massage was very good. He stayed dressed the whole time, and his hands didn't hint at anything sensual. At the end, he suddenly 'asked' with his hand and face whether I wanted a HE. I said yes, but his hands were so clumsy and he was so obviously uncomfortable with what he was doing, I stopped him. Tipped him 50% 350 for work well done. Avarin 2: On tuesday evening, having wandered for hours in chinatown, I decided I earned a 350 b foot massage. This time there were some browner-skinned guys there, but not the muscular type ropasa has offered as examples. I chose Art, one of the cutest faces I have ever seen (see photo below), and he proceeded to give me a GREAT massage. The only English word he speaks othet than yes/no is "ok", literally. I used the translater to flirt with him: "you are handsome and you have a nice smile", and "the massage is excellant, I don't want it to end", which produced more of his to-die-for smiles. After about 40 minutes he asked if I wanted additional body massage. I used the opportunity to check for hanky panky, and asked him if he does that massage without clothes. He read the text at least twice, mimicked-questioned removing his clothes, and with a bewildred expression said no. I smiled; when we finished I tipped him 100% - 350. His face photo will feature prominently in my Thailand folder. Arena: I paid a visit on my way to chinatown, wednesday afternoon. It was just the way I remembered it from quite a few years back; not sure it's a good thing. The boss showed me the price menu (see below); I chose a one hour basic room milk-cream massage. He then turned my attention to the 13 guys on eager display. I don't use the word "boys", because some of them were obviously VERY far from being or looking boyish. I asked "who has big dick?" Instead of pointing them out, he referred the question to the audience. Half of them raised their hands; I politely refrained from bursting in laughter. None of them really excited me, but having made the special stop - I chose Pom; 30ish looking (turned out he's 42), chiseled abs, enthusiatic smile. The rooms are more basic than Avarin's; clean; no face hole in the bed. Water only mildly warm, rather than hot. Pom started the massage in his red jock strap; by the time he moved to the other side of the bed - he was already naked. He actively fit his dick into my palm; lo and behold - it WAS big. It was nicely thick and longer than my palm, which in Thai terms means big. From then on he made sure we stay in touch... Towards the end he asked me if I wanted him to fuck me. I said no, preferring to suck him while he gave me a HJ. Afterwards he surprised me by climbing on the bed for a long cuddle. Minimum tip 1000; I gave him 1500. On my way out, the manager Kom asked for my cellular, and added Arena's Line number so I would receive the daily menu. Avarin 4: On wednesday night, having again walked through chinatown's NY festivities, I came again for a foot massage. No masculine Lao and no Art, I chose another cute Isaan guy. The massage was good, though not as wonderful as Art's. The big difference was, that every five minutes he asked if I want also a body massage. I didn't feel like it, so I didn't answer, or replied no, or said maybe. Faced with his persistence, I decided to put him to the test, and asked whether body massage meant he would take off his clothes and use his body on mine. He enthusiastically said yes, so off we went. Five minutes into the massage I noticed he was still dressed. When I asked why, he answered "one thousand". I replied "outside you didn't say anything about 1000" which he didnt understand, so he tried three times having me talk to his translator which didn't work. I gave up and returned my face to the hole, ignoring his entreaties. He continued with the massage, and after two minutes removed his clothes. I stroked his legs gently, but when I touched his dick - he moved away, so I stopped doing this. As he started with the HE it was obvious his heart wasn't in it. Despite his attempts I didn't cum; his lack of technique, or the atmosphere, or being 'only' 5 hours since Pom's expert hand, or all of the above. I gave him a 600 b tip for both hours, and using translator explained/suggested that "one thousand" should be said BEFORE massage. He apologized and asked that everything would be kept secret, which is why there's neither name nor photo here. In future(?) visits to avarin, I'll choose Art or a muscular Lao. (-: This concludes my massages for this visit. Am posting this from Dubai. Will add a report on bars later.

Last night another member on his last night in Thailand and me on my last night in Bangkok we're bit unsure what bar to hit between Goodboys and Atlas and settled on second one. It turned out to be very good idea as friendly vibe there hit us, right when we entered being enthusiastically greeted by their stuff. Even His Excellency The Boss, Arthur, came to our table extending handshake. Of course we were pestered for tips but it was good natured and I think I found the way of how to subtly deal with that when it will become bit tiring. Few persistent ones got 20 and two even more persistent got 1 baht coin each landed in their lowered undies. There at e disappointments but all was met with hearty laugh. Yes Arthur got his 20 baht too placed by standard issue of vinapu tuck ! And I got a feel in exchange. Show was short of most drastic, so to speak, part but one lady boy number was hilarious when she got quite undressed and summarized her performance with pointing her back cheeks at audience. Certainly no need to complain about buys being overdressed there and for you poor things twink lovers it was no less than 5 of bonafide twinks there. We both left happy and judging by the smiles left good impression on the boys.

Day 22 (19 January 2025) – the BIG day = SINULOG parade https://www.facebook.com/SinulogFoundationOfficial/ Finally, the big day has arrived. I meet Mr. Lan in the lobby of my building at 8am sharp. We easily get a Grab car (I expected worse – but in this case the early bird gets the worm) and then the driver and Mr. Lan get into an intense conversation in Cebuano about where is the best drop off point – as the city government has blocked off access by 1km to the roads around the parade route. The negotiated drop off point was near the Cebu Doctors’ University Hospital, where we can easily walk the rest of the way to the Fuente Osmeña Circle. We plant ourselves there and it is about 8:45am and we see them preparing the parade for its supposed commencement at 9am. Hahahahaha. It was partly cloudy so it was tolerable. 20250119_084537.mp4 Finally, around 10:30am, the parade starts to move – but ever so slowly. I ask Mr. Lan – what is going on? Is this normal? He laughs and says to me, “Welome to Filippino time!!” and he has a BIG grin on his face and the many people near us who heard me ask him that question all smiled at me. Unfortunately, by now the cloud cover moved away and by 11:30am the full sun is blasting us and there was no cover where we were. So, Mr. Lan says to me, when the police were looking the other way, to slide myself underneath the rope barrier (that separates the spectators from the parade participants) and we take that opportunity to take some precious parade photos as we are right next to them and they are also dying in the intense heat with a snails pace parade movement. We eventually work our way into the physical Fuente circle – where there is tree cover and remain there until around 2:30pm, when I just told Mr. Lan – ok, I have seen enough – let us go eat and drink some cooling refreshments. Here are some photos: This angel had to have his wings repaired close up shots of me in my new SINULOG parade shirt - when we snuck through the police cordon So getting to the parade route was easy peasy, as there were not that many people. However, around 2:30pm, when we decided to leave via Fuente Circle into where Mango Avenue begins – it was near impossible – as it was so people packed like sardines – that process was very nerve racking (because if something would have caused a stampede – it would be extremely difficult to remain on 2 feet to avoid being stepped on and crushed). We made it out to the Mango Avenue shopping center, where I asked Mr. Lan, for purposes of this forum, for us to stop at the supposed site of the new Alpha Massage spa. We asked everywhere and no such spa existed in this place even though it was advertised as such in a Twitter (X) feed about gay massage spas in Cebu. So, that was a disappointment. Anyway, we find a shortcut out of the chaos on a side street and we could finally sit down and eat some Hungarian sausages and drink some cool and refreshing just made Brazilian lemonade. As I lived in Budapest for 8 years I asked the owner, are these really Hungarian sausages? She blushed, and told me that no one from Hungary had visited her shop, and she told me that it is fake. She said that in the Philippines that it is common practice to put an exotic foreign name on something and then the local people want it even more. Anyway, I ate them and they were good but tasted more like the local lechon pork meat commonly found here in Cebu. So, it made me wonder if the Brazilian lemonade that I was drinking (which was very good) was really Brazilian – but I was already way too tired from standing at the parade for 6 hours now to care to ask. Enjoying a relaxing moment eating and drinking with sexy Mr. Lan If I had to do the SINULOG parade again what would I change? Don't wake up so early to get a good place to watch the parade - because you will be disappointed with having to wait for more than 2.5 hours for the parade to even begin and to then only move 100 feet. Perhaps come later around 2pm - and instead of going to the starting point go to the ending point. Why? Then you can have more energy for the after-parade craziness when: the people start dancing and partying, they run around and start painting each other's faces - kind of like what they do back in Thailand during Songkran, more of the gays are out and about on Mango street having fun. Around 4pm I was already back in my condo room exhausted. There were scheduled fireworks at 7pm back at the parade site, and at 9pm over in nearby CBP - Cebu Business Park. So, I took a nap, thinking that I would wake up by 8pm to run over to CBP to watch the fireworks. Well, my 63 year old body just said no and I woke up at 9pm when I heard the firework explosions outside of my condo window - but because I am facing northeast and not south - I could not see them. Day 22 (19 January 2025) concluded.

Banana Room Club: Former #41 from Freshboys is now #29 here. Their emphasis is on the show and unlike Jupiter they have both gay and straight acts, likely to set them apart. This includes an act where marshmallows are placed on a man’s body and guests are invited to eat directly. There was some discussion on this forum whether the infusion of straightness into the bar shows are to be applauded or not. Looking at the crowds at Banana club, they seemed to gather a younger and mixed crowds compared to say Freshboys or Dreamboys. Younger gay couples brought their female friends and both sets seemed to enjoy themselves. I speculate whether this is a cohort effect whereby younger gay crowds are more relaxed about this and prefers mixed shows where they can also bring their straight friends to. Freshboys, Goodboys and Dreamboys: Still going strong, fully packed and a mostly Asian crowd. There are pushy mamasans at Goodboys who ask for tips all the time. I note that the semicircular tables at Dreamboys were packed with patrons and their boys and there was a genuine fun vibe in the bar that wasn’t present in the other two. Dragon and Koi Few customers at the start of the evening but it seems to be more after midnight. Only possible to off boys after bar closes. If you come here early it is most fun if you bring a few friends to fill the semi-circular tables and invite the boys over. I don’t think the layout of the bar is the most conducive to the experience they would like to craft for guests. Moonlight: Nice show but fewer guests. Bar was not full. Models looking good as always. Mr. Boss not in attendance. Hotmale Went to Hotmale bar with @12is12, thanks for the drinks! Massage: Good experiences at Ssense (Suan Plu) and Avarin massage (Silom). For Ssense try to specify when you book through Line that you want the VIP rooms in the other building. Also had breakfast with forum member at Foodland and were able to compare notes.

Recently spent three nights in BKK on my way to Cambodia. Here is a report: Day 1 Arrived early in the morning. Immigration took about 30 minutes of standing in line, which was perfect timing as my bag literally appeared on the baggage belt, the moment I arrived to collect it. Next order of business was getting to Furama Silom. I opted for train and metro (blue line to Silom) and then a 15 min walk to the other end of Silom road. I wasn't in a hurry since my early check in was only available at 9 and after 10 hours sitting in economy class I enjoyed moving my limbs. I also stayed in Furama Silom on my last (and first) trip to BKK a little over a year ago, but it wasn’t quite as nice as I remembered. The carpet on my floor (14) could really use a good cleaning or replacement and around the ac vent in my room were little spots of mold plus there was the remains of a dead bug in the kettle 😕 I was too tired to complain, but will definitely consider other options for my stay when I come back from Cambodia. On my first trip to BKK, I learned that the perfect way for me to cure the aches and stiffness induced by a long flight is a two hour hot oil massage. So around 1030 or 11, I went to the same place expecting more or less the same thing as last time. It is a place that is considered soft and last time I went, the massage was excellent and the body to body extra was meh. So I had decided beforehand to turn down any offers of extras. I was the first customer and it seemed only one masseur had shown up for work. He looked very young and a bit skinny (to be fair he was lean/athletic, but the baggy uniform made him seem smaller), so I was afraid I was going to be disappointed with the massage since last time it was a bulkier late 20’s masseur. I was not disappointed at all. Massage was even better than last time plus his hands and fingers kept getting closer and stay longer near my groin and every time he got a bit closer he asked “are you ok?”. I was indeed ok, so when he had established that I was in the mood for extras he whisperingly offered a body to body massage for a minimum tip of 900. The flesh is weak, mine in particular, so a moaning “yes please” was the only answer I was capable of. Body to body massage turned into full on intercourse of different positions and intensities on the massage table and when we had both climaxed, I expected the session to be over. He hadn’t finished the massage, however, so he proceeded to finish the job. I was very impressed with that level of professionalism. I tipped him 2000. After extras he explained that he is not allowed to have sex with clients and asked me not to tell anyone, as he could get fired if anyone found out. To respect his request I am leaving out his name and the name of the place in this report. Since my last visit to Bangkok, I have kept in touch with two of the guys I met and I had let them know of my plans to visit and told them where I was going to stay. One was available to meet me and we had already agreed that he would come after work on my second day for dinner, drinks and sleepover. He texted me on day 1 already and asked if he could come by as he would like to go to the pool. I agreed on the condition that there would be no sleepover, since I needed a good, long sleep to avoid jet lag. We went to the pool then across the street to Pullmann for a sundowner in the open air bar on one of the upper floors. We had a quick bite to eat and around 7 pm I was ready to go to bed alone. Before turning in, I opened Grindr and soon got a message from a very cute young Indonesian guy looking for a quickie. I obliged, he came over and we had a very nice half hour session. Went to sleep at 8, woke briefly a couple of times, but managed to sleep 12 hours. All in all a perfect first day and night in Bangkok. Need to catch a train to the cambodian border in a few hours, but hope to update on day 2 and 3 soon.

Day 2 Breakfast at Furama is plentiful with both Western and Asian options. The Western options seem of the cheapest industrial quality whereas the Asian ones seemed more fresh made. There is an egg station, so I could get a decent omelet and there is also fresh fruit. Had a tailor’s appointment, visited an optician and did a bit of shopping. I will report on the tailor and optician in the post I started on that topic when the items are in my possession. Sleepover date came over right after work, so we had a round of not sleeping in the bed before going out to dinner. We rode his motorbike to Chinatown for dinner and back to Silom for drinks and a drag show in Stranger Bar. Show was excellent. Queens were polished and professional. Crowd mostly other tourists, most of them relatively young. Show ended at 2 am, so we headed back to the hotel for sleepover. Day 3 Date had to get up for work around 7, so I got up as well to join him for breakfast. I had had a few too many the night before so I required another round of sleeping. In spite of smoggy conditions, I opted for a long walk to Lumpini Park where I stumbled upon one of the little dragons devouring a bird. I then proceeded to the Benchakitti Park. The latter is definitely the nicest of the two. While in Benchakitti I checked in on Grindr and was contacted by a nice looking late 30s guy. We met at the exchange tower and took a grab back to Furama. We arrived at the hotel at around 4 to find that the room had not been made up yet, so that was another item on my list of Furama Silom disappointments.The two hours of copulating, cuddles and conversation I had with the Grindr guy were not disappointing, so he is definitely on my “would like to meet again list”. I had to jokingly kick him out because sleepover guy was coming back again for another round of dinner and sleepover. Dinner was at a place on the river called NAAM 1608 where a dish of aubergine, pork and Thai basil deserves favourable mentioning. After dinner he took us back to the hotel and we had another nice sleepover. So lessons learned this time around are; Furama Silom is not a four star hotel. I know they don’t charge four star prices, but they shouldn’t be advertising as such and I have stayed at many three star places with higher cleaning standards. S level massage places with focus on massage can unexpectedly but pleasantly offer a H level service. Grindr works well for me when looking for non-transactional hook-ups. Especially when not in Silom where the ratio of moneyboys and fellow tourists on the app is quite high.

A few words on my recent visit to Bhumrungrad Hospital. I have had condition of the oesophagus, called achalasia. Causes food to go down slowly, and sometimes get stuck. If food does get stuck, then it usually clears, though it can take several hours. Anyway, Saturday night, got some of the Meridien' lounge, pork and mushrooms stuck. Still stuck this morning, so in effect I hadn't eaten for 48 hours. Did have sex though, see Cambodian crossover post! This morning off to the hospital. In short, amazing hospital. Huge. Private, but offers walk in service. Unlike UK. Very smart and efficient I turned up at 10.15, registered, triaged, saw Consultant, general anaesthetic, gastroscopy, removal of pork, recovery, postop discussion, full report plus photos (ugh). In 10.15, out 4pm. Really impressed. My Thai Consultant looked 25, but was an Assistant Professor. And, total charge, £1,100, about one third of UK, and i assume US would be a lot higher. I realise Thailand is advertising health care abroad, and I can see why. Now having soup and brie, and recharging.

I want to thank everyone who has contributed to this thread and provided so much helpful information. You guys are the best! I’ve been in Kyoto for a week, and finally had success hiring a hot Japanese guy, after several disappointments. Thank you to whoever posted the link to Dojo Group. When I arrived in Tokyo a week and a half ago, I was immediately hit up by several guys on Grindr. One literally messaged me as soon as I got off the plane. Lots of guys were interested in daddy types, and since I said I was looking to suck, several just wanted oral. It was pretty hot and I met two hot guys. I went to Tokyo Kids and was disappointed. And then I rediscovered this thread, but I was already in Kyoto. I kept looking and trying to find someone who was available either as an escort or at least for an erotic massage, but kept striking out. I also continued to get hit up on Grindr, met a few guys, but they ended up mostly not really being my type. Yesterday, I went to an onsen that was filled with older Japanese men, but there were four young guys who really stood out and I could not keep my eyes off of their amazing butts. I’m mostly a bottom, but seeing their smooth skin, tight bodies and amazing asses really made me horny. Today, I finally got one for myself. I’d made arrangements a few days ago through back and forth on email. I tried using the website, but kept running into blocks, so when I emailed them, they were happy to set up my appointment. I chose Ukya, because out of the guys who were available, he was one of the ones with a big dick, and he had a nice body. I wasn’t able to see his face until they provided a password. They said the password would allow me to see photos without mosaic, but that is only for faces. Cocks are still blurred. He was listed as being straight and available to top. I opted to meet at the “shop”, which turned out to be an easy 18-minute walk from where I’m staying. They asked me to send them a description of what I was wearing, so I sent a photo. I was pretty easy to spot. The only white guy standing outside of the building. The room was in an apartment building. A basic Japanese apartment with one room, a small kitchen area and bathroom. Ukya came up to me when I was looking at my phone. He spoke English, and shook my hand. He was cuter in person than in his photos. When we got into the apartment, first we had to take care of the money. I paid him and he messaged his boss. Then we both gargled with mouthwash (this seems to be part of the ritual, and I really should make everyone do this from now on - just saying). He stripped and I admired his body. He was not shy at all, but seemed very proud of his beautiful body. He even flexed his biceps for me. He was totally smooth, shaved pubes, and the only hair was on his asshole, which I found really hot. His ass was amazing! A perfect bubble butt which really stood out because he was so thin. In the shower, I couldn’t help myself and started touching him while he was adjusting the water. He responded by backing himself into me and rubbing that perfect ass on me. His body was hard as a rock, including his ass. He told me he played basketball 6 days a week and did weight training 5 days a week. He wasn’t bulky, but very tight, and as I said, rock hard. He had a nice cock - advertised as 18 cm, might have been an exaggeration, but big enough to go down my throat, yet not too big that I choked on it. I think he wanted to just cuddle and take it slow, but I was conscious of time. I’d only booked an hour, and I wanted to make sure I got what I wanted in that hour. I started sucking his nipples which felt raw, but he responded positively, then I worked on his cock a little. He was being mostly passive, so I took his hand and put it on my head and he got the hint. He began thrusting his cock into the back of my throat and holding my head down, but he was very aware of how much I could take and was not overly forceful. It was so hot to feel his ass muscles clenching as he face fucked me. So then I asked him what he liked, and he said “fuck”. That was fine with me. It’s why I was there. He fucked me doggy style, and then I lay flat and let him fuck me from the back for a bit. I could feel that he wasn’t fully hard and I had about 15 minutes left, so I rolled over and asked him to sit on my chest so I could look at him while I jerked. He did. And he shoved his cock in my mouth a few times. I had him turn around so I could see his ass and tried to eat it, but he obviously wasn’t into that, so I had him turn around again. I asked him if he could cum and he said yes. He got up and went over to his bag on the floor in the corner and bent over, giving me a wonderful view of his perfect ass. He came back with his phone, put on some pussy porn and started jerking off over my face. I was sticking my tongue out and he was hitting it with his now very hard cock. He gave me the usual warning “uhhh…Iku…” and shot a nice wad into my mouth. I came as well, we cleaned up and I got ready to leave. As I was complimenting his body, he again, very proudly showed off for me, including getting down on the floor and doing a few pushups for me. It was more than I’d bargained for! I had a totally enjoyable time. I have another guy booked to come to my hotel on Sunday, and may hire one more before I leave. Here’s the link to the site I used. They have shops all over Japan. Very easy to work with, and quite a few guys to choose from. Ukya said he came from another province outside of Kyoto and it took him 40 minutes by train. https://www.dojo-group.com/ipn/top/#a_area5 Also, if you are coming to Kyoto and want a central place to stay where guests are not a problem, I’m staying at the Prince Smart Inn Kyoto Sanjo. Rooms are big and have wonderful showers and of course an amazing Japanese toilet. Breakfast was included, and they have laundry facilities. The front desk is not often manned, but when someone is there, they don’t seem to really pay attention to who is coming and going. I’ve brought several guys up to my room, and I don’t think they noticed.

Back to the subject of sex shows in Pattaya -I attended a rather mild one in the Complex last night . Deprived of the ability to host gogos several of the bars have began staging what could be described as Cabarets featuring lip syncing ladyboys and dancing by the mainly twink bar boys. I arrived at the Best Bar hoping to hook up with my offed boy from Thursday to find only a couple of boys around, one of which, on sitting down next to me, said that he was preparing for a show which would commence shortly, firstly outside and then later inside when curtains would be drawn as it was ‘be sexy show “ . Outside the boys, including my previous off and a ladyboy put on an animated singing / dancing performance which attracted a good audience of passers-by. After a pause we moved inside which was full, but my new boy secured us a table by the stage. The show then alternated between the three lip syncing separate ladyboys and the dancing boys wearing less clothes than previously outside. I’m not keen on ladyboys syncing but what took my attention was when two hunks appeared stripped down to briefs and then covered each other with soapy water to display their large cocks within. They circulated in the audience who scrambled to push 100 baht tips into their briefs, in contrast for the lbs who got very few . Back in my hotel room and in bed with my off my thoughts went back to the hunks so as to manage my first top of my trip. Such shows will propel Supertown further as the premier gay venue super-ceding the now much reduced BT

Day 33 (30 January 2025) Up until now, the previous 2 AirBnBs have been very small. The first one (in CBP) was 24sqm with a tiny balcony, and the second one (in IT Park) was 26sqm without a balcony. The first building, Cityscape Grand Tower was slightly upscale and the second building, Avida Riala Tower was middle working class for the locally employed BPO people. Now here in the Jomtien of Cebu = Mactan Newtown, a MegaWorld township project, the current condo building that I am in is luxurious and the rooms are standard normal size (not HongKong style) from a Western point of view. My unit is a large studio with 41sqm. The main entrance is elegant: Pool area on the 4th floor bridge is ample with plenty of loungers, showers, bathroom and attendant. There are also tennis courts on the 4th floor. The unit that I rented is listed as a studio – but it is more layed out as a standard 1 bedroom with ample space of 41sqm. In the photo above of the living room behind the couch is a sliding glass wall that separates the living area from the sleeping area. Behind the plant is the doorway out onto the balcony - I already showed that photo in yesterday's trip report update. Unfortunately, there is no office desk, but the dining room table is perfect for working on my laptop. And the bedroom, which is truly lovely. So, out of the 3 AirBnB’s this one here in Jomtien (Mactan Newtown) is my favorite. I prepared the below table to compare these 3 condos from an AirBnB vs. monthly rental point of view. Condo sqm AirBnB price per night Non-AirBnB rental price per month to rent Cityscape 24 € 700.37 / 20 nights = €35.01 per night ~ 2,122.12 pesos https://homes.trovit.ph/ listed at 25,000 pesos ~ $427.97 USD per month Avila Riala 26 € 440.16 / 11 nights = €40.01 per night ~ 2,425.57 pesos https://rentpad.com.ph/ listed at 22,000 pesos ~ $376.58 USD per month OPR 41 € 314.12 / 6 nights = €52.35 per night ~ 3,173.67 pesos https://homes.trovit.ph/ listed at 30,000 pesos ~ $513.51 USD per month ** I apologize for the use of the Euro – but as I used my EU based Skrill card for everything the invoices were prepared in Euro. I have not yet compared the above analysis to what I am paying back in Jomtien – as I am not quite sure how to make a fair comparison. I pay 28,000 baht (~ $828.65 USD per month) for a large 98sqm 1 bedroom condo in front of Dongtan beach with amazing Gulf of Thailand sea views. Anyone got any ideas how I can make a fair comparison? --> Perhaps I should do it at the sqm level ? so it would be apples for apples ? Thanks Ok, back to my daily grind as a retiree – I eat breakfast in my room and work for a little while on my laptop. Around 2pm I return to the Mactan Alfresco outdoor food court and eat a great lunch there. After lunch I walk over to the Mactan Newtown transportation center that has these nice buses that can take you into Cebu city, where the destination is IT Park. It only costs 50 pesos (~ $0.87 USD) one way, but can take between 1 hour to 1.5 hours. Unfortunately, this bus into the city does not stop at my preferred destination, CBP (Cebu Business Park), where my favorite Ayala mall is. --> So, my original idea to find the Jomtien of Cebu and to compare it to our Jomtien in Pattaya – fails in the sense that the transportation time back and forth is just too long. It is more like I would be living in Bang Saray instead of Jomtien. The Grab car takes 1 hour (depending on traffic) from Mactan Newtown to Cebu city. Then I go to explore the only primary street of this new township, Newtown Blvd., and I see underneath the 8 Newtown Blvd building, that there is a tiny “mall”, that has 2 ATMs, 1 barbershop, 1 luggage storage shop, fitness center, small grocery store, etc. I visited the X10 luggage storage shop to inquire about using their services when I will go for 5 days to Boracay with Mr. B, as I don’t want to drag my 62 day steamer trunk with me. The rate is 2.000 pesos (~ $34.25 USD) for up to 7 days. https://luggagestoragecebu.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TUFBarbershopMactan/ Then I walked next door to the TUF barbershop and got one of my best haircuts in my life. The guy was great and sexy, and the cost was reasonable, at 380 pesos (~ $6.51 USD) – now I have a nice military style Bart Simpson square cut. Below is the Mactan Newtown township Master Development Plan, which I would say is about 50% completed. So, it will be very exciting over the next few years to see how this place transforms into what it will become – which I believe will be an eventual GREAT retirement destination in like 3 to 5 years time. It is a beautiful afternoon, so I decide to walk to the official beach of Newtown Mactan. It is about an 8 minute walk and the beach is private and you must pay to enter if you are not a condo owner within the Newtown Mactan township or hotel guest at the Belmont and Savoy hotels. Also, entry is free if you are renting a condo long term (you have a rental agreement for more than 6 months). Price list: 1,088 pesos (~ $18.62 USD) – on a weekday 1,288 pesos (~ $22.05 USD) – on the weekend Entrance fee includes access to the infinity pool, sun bathing, and buffet lunch which is served between 11am to 2pm. I found the day use price to be expensive, as a day trip user, but it is still cheaper than when Mr. B and I, we went to the 5 star Shangra-La resort where we paid 2.000 pesos per person, and NO lunch buffet was included – however the Shangra-La grounds are better than this Mactan Newtown private beach. By the way, the border of the Shangra-La grounds touches the fence of the private Mactan Newtown Beach. Here are 2 short TikTok videos of the Mactan Newtown beach grounds so you can get a sense of what the experience is like. The water is cleaner than our coffee brown water back at Jomtien beach in Thailand – but it is FREE to gain beach access in Thailand. Also, I did not see anyone who might be gay at the beach. Hope is eternal. Getting dark so go to buy some dinner to eat back in my room and then I fire up the apps to see if there is any gay life out here on Mactan island. I was quite surprised – the apps were busy and within 20 minutes of chatting with a local kindergarden teacher we meet outside in front of the 7-Eleven as he wanted some beers. He checks in with his ID card with my new security team (they don’t bat an eye even though this area is a bit Hi-So). We go up to my room and we try to open the beers and realize that there is not a beer bottle opener in the condo. So, he puts the beers down and gets undressed and before you know it we are edging each other on my bed. In the chat session he was reluctant to do edging because he told me that his dick is hypersensitive and he would cum within 5 minutes. I told him that I was an edging pro and I knew what to do to make him last at least 30 minutes. When he would get near to exploding – like in 4 minutes, then I would stop and he would edge me for like 12 minutes when I asked him to stop so that I would not explode. Then I would do it to him and he actually lasted 10 minutes as he was now more calm. Then he finished me off and it was great. After our showers, he said to me, have you eaten at Jolibee yet? I replied no. He was shocked – 30 days in the Philippines and you have not yet eaten in our McDonald’s = Jollibee. I eat some fried chicken that was served with pasta that had like a watery ketchup taste to it. It was ok – the chicken was better than the pasta. The guy insisted that I eat a mango tart which was also good. After dinner, he took me for a walk in the immediate neighborhood which is outside of the Mactan Newtown township perimeter and it is truly “night and day”, where the minute you step outside there is intense traffic, crowded jeepneys in transit beeping their horns, many people walking in the street – as there are no sidewalks. As the Mactan Newtown township has not yet built their promised mall, he took me to the nearby LG Garden Walk 2 floor mall – which is great, as the township still does not yet have good places to go shopping. This mall is diagonally across the street from the main entrance to the Mactan Newtown township. https://www.facebook.com/lggardenwalkmactan/ Now I am tired and I want to go back to my room to chat with my Thai boyfriend, as he knows that I am out and about with a “new friend”, which can make him apprehensive. All is good when I tell him what the meeting with the guy was like and he is calm and relaxed. Day 33 (30 January 2025) concluded.

The nipple markers for chest X-rays help in determining if a shadow on the X-ray is a nodule in the lung or if it is just a nipple shadow.

I have to respectfully disagree with this and your advice is likely to get someone a tyre iron in the head from an angry Songtaew driver The fare is 10B from Jomtien to South Pattaya/Central shopping Mall. If you cross Pattya Klang/Central road and head on towards Terminal 21 then the fare increases to 20B. Of course on a busy day the driver might not notice how long you have been on the Songtaew, but if there are few passengers they will and wont be shy in calling you out about it

FYI: clip recorded, with the boys' consent, in my last stopover in Bangkok three weeks ago. That time, I only visited Fresh Boys and Dragon Koi. 1. I sat and talked with three boys (one straight and two gays, two of them actually invited themselves to the table and talked just a bit, so I did not buy them drinks but did give them tips). 2. There are 3 gay boys at the time (2 dancing and 1 waiting tables, the latter looks a bit chubby and apparently doesn't want to take off his shirts and dance), the rest is straight. The gay ones all share a room nearby. 3. Customers choose a drink for the boy from a dedicated menu. I let the boy choose a drink himself so he picked a 399B drink and (thoughtful of him) checked back with me if the drink is too expensive. Boys get 100B cut from the drink (regardless of the drink price), so buying boys more expensive drinks doesn't mean they get more money. In other words, buying a boy 2 299B-drinks is better than 1 699B-drink. 4. Boys I talked to all willing to go with a customer after work (bar closes at 3 am or earlier when the last customer left). The one who sat with me from the beginning also chooses customers. He said he made enough on tips for just dancing and talking, so doesn't feel compelled to go with just anyone. He said he turned down three offers from the previous night alone. Boy "accidentally" showed me a picture of his penis on the phone. I was impressed (big size for such a slim body). He's a top but can bottom. When I said goodbye with no intention for further actions, he jokingly claimed "but you saw my cock" as if it's some liability. All in all, pleasant experience. No wonder, @reader got hooked dancing boys.mp4

Since it's my 3rd day here and I'm waiting for my turn at barber in doi Pluk Chit I guess I should report something. By the way boy I offed on Saturday just passed by and spotted me inside, not bad in 15 million city. I know he lives in neiborhood but still rare occurrence and barely possible statistically. I visited so far Atlas and Hot Male on Saturday as well as Tawan (The One) +Moonlight on Sunday. Atlas looks like new, improved formula of Tawan. Venue is spacious and well organized, even that stump in the middle don't bothered me much. Show is very progressive as reported already and you have it all, j/o contest, f.... k show, even on your lap, flexing, SM and if course lip sync singing. There was even quite likable attempt of romantic scene featuring their resident hunks. Half if not more guy are transfers from The One and new guys are more varied, from twinks to very big ones. Be ready for tip requests after big cock showmen circulate, of course J/ o contest requires your share of printed paper and intercoursers will gladly show you their skills from up very close but of course for consideration. On personal level my most pleasant moment came when one of waiters turned out to be former Jupiter guy for whom I had substantial hots about 8 years ago. He lost a lot of his, musculature and obviously aged but still is Handsome and easy on eyes. For Saturday night crowd was very sparse. At best about 20-25 spectators. I went to Hot Male just about when 3 visiting Moonlight dancers started, they have 15 mins show, at 11.45 pm every Friday and Saturday. It wasn't packed but umber if spectators were close to 20 and they announced second show, at midnight but I did not stay as I had a need to show my stamp collection to one of their guys.

Another example of farang behaving badly: Today at Jomtien Beach, an obese male/female couple seated near me started complaining very loudly when they were told the total they owed was 240 baht for their sun loungers (100 baht each), and their two bottles of water (20 baht each). The man started shouting very loudly that the water was very expensive - (at only 20 baht). Sure, you can buy water in 7-Eleven for 8-12 baht a bottle, but surely the vendors are justified in charging a few baht more for keeping it cold in their cooler, and then serving it to you, when you request it. Sometimes it is just shocking the way people act in a foreign country. And if they were that short of funds, they could have rented two deck chairs at 50 baht each, instead of the more expensive loungers - (or just stayed home instead of vacationing in Thailand, and then complaining loudly about such a trivial amount).

One very important thing to be aware of is pickpockets! Mostly women and often with an accomplice. Keep your hand on your pocket or keep your items in a shoulder bag. Carry only the money you plan to use that day and never carry your Passport. If a woman shifts from one side to the other and sits next to you, you are a target!. They are quite clever and can snatch your wallet just as you reach to push the off buzzer. Also as your board the bus be wary of someone offering you a seat next to them. Even some farang are an accomplice and may try to divert your attention. These pickpockets can use a stolen credit card to get money from your account. Hope I didn't discourage anyone from riding the Baht Bus but best to always be aware. I learned from experience.

If you use songtaews in Pattaya, something to know is that the trucks that ply the Pattaya - Jomtien route are marked with a distinctive wide white band, painted along the lower body. Boarding one of these songtaew in Jomtien ensures they will be headed to Pattaya, and not divert to other locations (unless privately hired). This is important - if say you are in front of Rompho Market, on Jomtein Second Road, south of the roundabout. Always make sure you board one with the white band to avoid frustration, and a ride to somewhere you didn't intend to go. See the photos below of the Pattaya songtaew with, and without the white stripe marking.

While doing some computer housekeeping I came across(not literally) an old review of the Thai gay scene from 2002 that may be of historical interest. I think I posted it as a trip report in one of the gay forums: A recent tourist trip around Thailand gave me the opportunity to update information on some of the gay venues. PATONG IN PHUKET In the middle of the low season, so generally very quiet. Working down the right hand side of the Way In to Paradise Complex, as you go in!(EDIT the one way system was subsequently reversed) Passport still has gogo, and some pleasant boys, Nin is well worth taking off. Thipaluck Bar Beer is closed for conversion to a gogo bar. Connect is ticking over, with friendly service and good food in the restaurant, at fair prices. James Dean Bar Beer is as friendly as ever, with a good mix of locals and tourists, Thai and Farang, commercial and non commercial, and excellent music. CU and Time Bar Beers, are ticking over, the boys at CU always look smart in their matching shirts, which change daily. My Way Gogo, has, as ever, the largest and best selection of off boys and a reasonable show, at midnight. Tiger Boy Gogo has only a small selection of boys, and I was the only customer when I was there. Boat Bar continues to have the best shows, at midnight, followed by dance music. It also has a busy bar beer outside. Lots of freelancers, and some non commercial guys. Following down the opposite side of the street, on the Way In. F1 is a bar beer which plays older music, sixties, seventies, and is under the same management as James Dean. Spartacus is a gogo bar with only a small choice of men with larger physiques. Patong Gogo, is now part owned by Tangmo Bar, so they have the curious arrangement of the boys from Tangmo joining the boys from Patong Gogo during the evening, and the Tangmo show taking place in Patong Gogo at 2330, after which both the show and the Tangmo boys return to Tangmo, where the show is repeated. I can recommend Noom, from Patong Gogo, and from Phitsanalouk, as a thoroughly nice and passionate guy. Young Shark Boy seems to be on one of it’s declines, limited boys and poor show. Uncle Charlie’s, having moved to Way In from Aroonsom Plaza, has had to tone down it’s shows. Anaconda, on the second floor, has both gogo boys and karaoke together, and looked like it could be quite fun, but I didn’t visit it. Tangmo has a smaller selection of boys than it used to, perhaps because of the low season??,and gogo doesn’t start until after midnight. Prior to that are “special tourist shows”, which actually probably involve the most male, and katoey, nudity currently on show in Patong. Unless of course one counts Super Boys, where the boys apparently dance naked, when it is decided that it is safe to do so. Other than the above two, there is currently no nudity in the gay shows in Patong. BANGKOK I only covered the bars in Patpong/Suriwong/Silom area. The best and raunchiest all male show was at Future Boys. They also had the best selection of guys. They must share ownership with Spur, as some of the boys and parts of the show are shared between the two clubs. The clubs are in Duangthawee Plaza, and while, like most of the other bars in that area, they charge you 200 Baht for a drink, at least with these two you get a large strong drink! In the same street X-treme, is far from it, with a selection of rather camp boys, and a show that while quite athletic, is neither sexual nor particularly entertaining. Dream Boy on Surawong had only a small selection of boys, and a short show with a big cock selection. They do at least tell you the name and number attached to the passing appendage! Many of those who take part in the big cock shows can be a disappointment later. The perversion of misleading advertising, means that they use pumps to overinflate their members, and when they reach maximum size, slip on a tight rubber band to ensure that no blood can escape. Without the pump and rubber bands they may not reach the same dimensions or retain erections for the same duration. Screwboy in Patpong Two is as raunchy, in a seedy way, as ever. Informal would be one way to describe it, pushy would be another, but certainly different. Super Lex was a disappointment, we were the only customers, and the selection of boys was not great, although if you like short well built guys, I can recommend Cake, who usually does the shower show. Still the show was ok, quite sexual, and, as ever at Super Lex, lots of chiffon! Jupiter, by the Surawong Hotel, is worth a visit. It was completely packed out for their show, which, while not as raunchy as many of the others, is imaginative, and they have a good selection of boys there. Freeman in Silom certainly has the best mime show, but DJ Station has the best music and keenest dancers, with a selection of guys from commercial to semi commercial to “no chance”! Lots of fun and packed out every night. Saunas: Visited Chakran and Babylon. My Thai boyfriend was hit upon regularly at Chakran, and I not at all, while the scores were more even at Babylon. But both were comfortable and uninhibited. And of course if you want to pose, you can sit out on the terrace at The Balcony and look at the customers opposite at the Telephone Bar, and vice versa. CHIANG MAI There is really only one gogo bar, and that is Adam’s Apple. It has a good and raunchy show, a good selection of boys, and I can certainly recommend A. The gay life in the night bazaar, as far as I could find, is reduced to two seedy bars, in an alley, which looks like the sort of place you would go for a pee, if you were desperate and thought that no one was looking! Buddy’s which was described in one guide as “going to become very popular” has closed. The other bars, Doi Boy, Fan, Hot Boy, Circle are really host bars, and the hosts didn’t seem very interested in what they were doing. The best of these was Circle, as the guys put on their own miming show, from which you could get some idea of what they were like, unlike the others where the boys seemed more interested in the television than the customers. I didn’t get to Coffee Boy, but I can recommend Nice Illusions, as somewhere to go after about 11pm. They have a live band, and the customers are a mix of katoeys, girls and straight guys and not so straight guys. A great and friendly atmosphere. Finally Bubbles, which has a ten per cent gay clientele. It was OK, but too many straight farangs for me. Hope that this is useful.

Yes, in rare occassions the bahtbus (songthaew) does deviate and/or abrubtly terminate its route. But I would say that this only happens 1% to 2% of the time, as it is a very rare event. A Dutch friend of mine back in Jomtien sent me this recent photo of the back of a bahtbus, which I found to be hillarious. Meanwhile, over here in Cebu, Philippines, the bahtbus equivalent = Jeepney are very different than what we have back in Pattaya. They are more colorful and can accomodate more passengers, but they have low ceilings making them feel somewhat claustophobic.

Not sure whether this should go here or in Cambodia section, but I get feeling that Cambodia section not read that much. Anyway, I am back in Bangkok, and as I now feel better, looked for a boy. I picked a boy from Siem Reap, who had contacted me there, on Grindr, but I hadn't taken him. He is now in Bangkok, so we met. He lives in Siem Reap, only visiting Bangkok. Short, but cute, nice ass and body. Very enthusiastic kissing and bottom. Plus point was massage he did afterwards. One of the best I've had. Not a muscle was untouched, perfect strength and skill. He works at Massage shop 'No 5', which is facing Pub St. I don't remember it. From the pic he sent, it looks good class. Not a gay place, mixed, but he is certainly worth meeting. Name is Soda.

Based on regular visits to Dragon and Koi on last trip, I came away with more encouraging outlook for bar's future. It gives customer option of just sitting at bar and watching the show (which is every half-hour) and not buying drinks for boys. Or you can sit with boy and enjoy his company. Up to you. What I particularly like about the place is that all they guys who work there are good, energetic dancers and quite easy on the eyes. And they smile easily. It's limited size makes it even more intimate. I give it a thumbs up and will be returning.

I live in Sao Paulo. For 3 years. 200-250 with 300-400 with milk is common. NOT for Brazilians. They love to barter-I mean they enjoy bartering with each other (Clients and customers) so move those figures down by 30-50% if you are a native Portuguese speaker. Otherwise, like a friend who now lives in NY but is here frequently and also born in Brazil said to me, quite bluntly (referring to how. much I paid to have a suit altered) "Are you kidding me? Wow, you got screwed (not in the way I like either). Then again, you'll always pay more, period." HOWEVER, there's gringo surcharge and there outright rediculous. I just don't think $100 US is a good price, it's an awful price especially with the real being over 6:1 R/$. 150-200 was common just post-pandemic but things have increased a bit. But the Brazilians HATE us going to Lagoa and inflating the prices.

You ask very good questions. I am now retired 2 years 4 months in Jomtien arriving from Europe. I see that the longer that I stay here that I am yearning more for a serious relationship. Consequently, I tend to lean more towards the Thai guys, even though I find myself more attracted to the guys from Myanmar. I resist investing in trying to create a relationship with the non Thais because of issues relating to the ability of them being able to stay permanently and legally in Thailand. I see many of them are either here illegally or for short duration due to visa expiration issues. I feel that it is more prudent for me to build a relationship with someone who has legal rights to be here. My mother died of dementia and so did her mother and some other relatives. She started to lose it when she turned 70. I am 63, so I still have some time to find someone to settle down with who could take care of me in case that nasty disease (God forbid) came my way due to its heriditary nature. So, if I were to invest my future in someone whose residency status in Thailand was iffy, then I might jeopardize my own future, when I would need that partner the most in my last remaining years. I guess the alternative is to move to his country (Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, etc.) ? Getting old sucks.

You right that standing and staring at them would fee awkward then don't do that. There are two ways of doing that: 1/ walk slowly past the shop and if your chosen one is occupied with his phone or whatever just keep going another 100-200 metres , turn back and repeat. If he is still on his phone pat him gently (not on the head as it may be taken as offensive) and when he raises his head just motion to go inside or 2/ just do underscored part right away without bothering with walk and return theatre Few warnings a/ don't feel guilty about choosing whoever you prefer . It's nature of their job and they are used to it b/ don't be surprised if you chosen boy raises he head showing face and it turns out that he is not necessarily one you would choose if you saw him like that in first place . By now you are stuck with him but take a heart, often guys lacking in looks department compensate with skills and manly attributes. In old Freshboys in soi twilight there was older guy who looked outright ugly. That changed drastically when you took him home and he took off his undies c/ at end of day, after 37 trips to Thailand I may say that with certainty - if you engage buy who is not paying attention to you , you are taking chances it will not work as you envisioned. I call it "smile rule" - off or have massage only with guy who smiled at me or at minimum , made lasting eye contact. If he is visibly avoiding it, move on. Exceptions apply but rarely hope it helped

Day 34 (31 January 2025) Eat breakfast in my room. I start to prepare myself to call a Grab car to go to over to Q Adventures to rent a motorbike. I have heard great things about this place and they have a 5 star rating on Google. While preparing my backpack, I realize that I cannot find my new OwnDays magnetic sun visor. I look everywhere and it is nowhere to be found. Since I am going with Mr. B to Boracay on the 6th of February, and that place is sun heaven with white sand beaches, I will definitely need my prescription sunglasses. So, I regretfully do not go to the Q Adventures motorbike shop and I instead take a Grab car back to the CBP (Cebu Business Park) Ayala mall to visit with the OwnDays eyeglass team. Also, I need to buy a small luggage for the 5 day trip to Boracay, so I take this opportunity to go luggage shopping. I should have used this opportunity to take the city bus, to learn if a retiree would enjoy the experience – but it only goes to the Cebu IT Park, so I will save that for another day. Grab car departs from Mactan Newtown at 11:54am and we arrive at the Cebu Ayala mall at 12:51pm – so elapsed time is approximately 1 hour and the fee was 908.46 pesos (~ $15.55 USD). So, from a price point of view, the city bus is definitely great value for money at only 50 pesos (~ $0.86 USD) – except it is only IT Park bound. After getting off of the city bus, one could then take a Grab car from IT Park over to the CBP Ayala mall for around an additional 139 pesos (~ $2.38 USD) – with the total cost then being 189 pesos (~ $3.24 USD) with a total cost in time of about 2 hours each way. First stop is to the fabulous , but instead of my usual The Terraces ground floor shop, I instead go to the wonderful 4th floor roof garden to eat my eggs benedict (salmon) there with this amazing view internally of the shop as well as an amazing view of the CBP city skyline. 2 floor ABACA - usually they are only 1 small shop nice city views of the CBP park and surrounding skyscapers While enjoying the view and the excitement of being back in the big city, I am reflecting that I am torn between missing the CBP area, but at the same time, as I am a beach person, I do truly love staying at the Mactan Newtown township at the beach – but it is very boring there. What a dilemma to have. I could never live in the heart of Pattaya city, as I find it grimy, dirty and noisy, whereas, I do like CBP, as it is calm, not noisy, and a pleasant experience – but it is like living in the “the TRUMAN Show” movie with Jim Carrey – it is not real – in the sense that beyond the borders of CBP, or IT Park, or the new Mactan Newtown township, the harsh reality (poverty, noise, no sidewalks, pollution, crowds, etc.) is just outside those facades. In Pattaya, I isolate myself from these negatives by choosing to live in Jomtien (instead of in Pattaya city) – as Jomtien is big enough to give you entertainment and is not as grimy and ugly as Pattaya city can be. I found this equivalent here in Cebu and it is the new Mactan Newtown township, but it is still too small, as it is only 50% completed, so it is still boring. The other factor is that it is 1 to 1.5 hours away from Cebu city. Finished breakfast and my delicious Okinawa coffee and I head downstairs to the OwnDays shop and they tell me the bad news, the magnetic sun visor is only sold with the accompanying eyeglasses. I find this absurd and I tell them that I will go around and look for other sun protecting solutions for my prescription eyeglasses. I visit every other optical store in the humongous mall with no good luck to find a type of clip on sun visor. So, back to the OwnDays shop with my tail between my legs and I commissioned them to build me a new duplicate pair of eyeglasses so that I can have the important magnetic sun visor. They tell me to come back in 1 hour so I go to the huge Metro department store to the 5th floor. Well from floors 3 to 5 the escalators are having their maintenance and we need to walk up/down single file on the frozen-in-state alternate escalator. No problem as I am athletic. Sales clerk helps me to find the cheapest luggage for 4,100 pesos (~ $70.18 USD). I aggressively tugged on the luggage wheels – as the worst thing for me that lets me down with luggage is when one of the wheels breaks or no longer functions properly. All is good so I buy it. new mini luggage for 5 day trip to Boracay I will gift this luggage, as well as the towels and sheets that I previously bought, to Mr. B on 02 March – the day prior to when I will return to Thailand. Now the fun part, I need to get from floor 6 down to floor 2 and the security team that is now guarding the under maintenance escalators tell me that I need to take the elevator, as I am with luggage (it is empty and very light). So, I go over to the only single elevator and there is a crowd forming of elderly people who definitely are too fragile for the escalator. The elevator never stops at our floor – as we see it go past without stopping so it must already be overcrowded. Next to this elevator is an open stair case that is very busy with the Metro employees going up and down, so I enter into this stairwell with my empty light luggage and everyone starts yelling at me: “Sir, sir, sir, these stairs are only for employees” – I bark back, “well the elevator is malfunctioning and the escalators are out of service for maintenance – how am I supposed to get to floor 2?” Nobody has an answer and they just smile at you which creates more frustration. Now annoyed, I return to the escalators and the security guard boss tries to block me and I tell him to “MOVE OUT OF MY WAY, I am going to walk with my empty luggage on this escalator, as the elevator is not working properly and there are now many elderly fragile people at the elevator that need YOUR assistance NOW!!!.” Many of the Filipino people in the Metro store are now looking at me like a crazed mad man – but come on, these same Filipino Metro staff created this problem – you take the escalator out of service and now the only 1 single elevator is malfunctioning because you overcrowded it by sending anyone with purchases and/or the elderly fragile people to the single 1 elevator and now it is malfunctioning. This is what I do not like about the Filipino people – they are not taught how to think outside of the box and to take CONTROL when something goes wrong or goes in tilt. Perhaps they are indoctrinated to not own a situation and empowered to fix it? I do not know, but it is very irritating, as this is not the first time that things go in tilt and they just can’t deal with it. Someone needs to restructure the social order in the Philippines so that these kind wonderful people can be empowered to help during a crisis. They should not be punished by their bosses for going out of the script written by said boss when there is a crisis. I still have time to kill, so I go to my favorite cake shop, Treat Street Cafe, (where you may remember, I met our adorable Mr. B already almost 1 month prior) just outside of the chic Rustan’s department store on the second floor. The avocado cake is simply the best and my favorite. Back downstairs to the OwnDays shop and they check that my new eyeglasses with the magnetic sun protector fits perfectly. All is good and I joked with them that I will be back in one month to buy another pair in case I will again lose my magnetic sun protector in Boracay. I told them that they should stock up on the magnetic sun protectors, so that they can be sold separately of the eyeglasses. They just smiled at me. Request a Grab car back to Mactan Newtown at 15:55pm and we arrive at 17:11, elapsed time was 1 hour and 16 minutes, as it was near peak traffic time. The fee was 968.20 pesos (~ $16.57 USD). Relax in my room and later in the evening I return to my favorite place, An’Dale to eat my preferred meal = Cebu Chorizo Shawarma. Walk around the 1 single Mactan Newtown township street and see that it is buzzing with Koreans and some Arabs, and of course some Filipinos. Us from the West, we are also here, we are just the minority – where the Koreans are the majority of the foreigners here. No massages or extra-curricular activities today. Day 34 (31 January 2025) concluded.

Day 24 (21 January 2025) Eat breakfast in my room (7-Eleven stuff), as I need to meet Mr. B at 9am in the lobby. We hire a Grab car to take us to the famous, Buwakan Ni Alejandra gardens, which are far up into the mountains above Cebu into the next district = Balamban, which is a 1 hour drive away. Mr. B negotiates a fixed price of 5,000 pesos (~ $86 USD), for the driver to accommodate our touring needs and to turn off the Grab meter. https://www.facebook.com/BuwakanNiAlejandra/ After 1 hour, we arrive here and at first it looks like a rip-off, as there is only a small narrow passageway just to the right of my position in the below photo – but that narrow walkway opens up into an amazing spectacle – even with rainbow walkways. The entrance fee is: 100 pesos (~ $1.71 USD) Instead of a yellow brick road there is a rainbow path to lead you through these lovely gardens. The air is so fresh and fragrant from the odors of all of the many beautiful plants. We took way too many wonderful photos that I should not crowd our gayguides blog space with – but if you want to see a random FB video of this place, please check it out below – 3 minutes of joy. https://www.facebook.com/cebunibaiph/videos/buwakan-ni-alejandra-in-balamban-cebu-buwakan-ni-alejandra-is-one-of-the-beautif/1926549487776494/ We continue our journey down the mountain side back towards Cebu stopping off at the famous La Parisienne Sky. https://www.facebook.com/laparisiennesky/ By now we were famished, and so, we had to have a wonderful late lunch. Upon walking into the restaurant, Mr. B gets excited and tells me emphatically, please take my picture with this Filipina lady that was standing in the foyer. I gladly do it and there is somewhat of a commotion. When we get to our table overlooking Cebu city down below, Mr. B tells me that the lady is a famous personality in the region that he comes from so I was very happy for him to have had this “rubbing elbows” opportunity with a local star. Back of the restaurant approaching from the parking lot. The view from our outside lunch table was amazing and breathtaking. I prepared the below zoomed in 2 photos to give you a panorama view of Cebu City, nearby Mactan island, and off in the distance Olango island. To appreciate the below 2 photos you may need to ZOOM in with your browser. Here is the view from our outside lunch table. Our meals were excellent and we were lucky to have a fortunately nice weather day. **Note that there is a 200 peso fee per person to enter the La Parisienne Sky restaurant. However, as this fee charge is labeled as "consumable", it can be deducted from any food, beverages, souvenir shopping, etc. that you may consume during your visit. At first I did not like this concept, but its purpose is to avoid that this beautiful place is not over-run by large bus tour groups passing through for only 10 minutes to get a selfie and ruining your dining experience. This "consumable" concept, perhaps only unique to the Philippines, will come up later in this trip report. Our Grab driver takes us back to my condo in IT Park, and that ends my great morning and afternoon adventure with Mr. B. Took a little rest and after all of that delightful garden fresh mountain air – my little brother woke up and said to me give me some edging action. So, I found Mr. Dak on Grindr and invited him to my room for my standard 90 minute massage + edging fun. I paid my now Cebu standard fee of 3.000 pesos (~ $51 USD). All was good as Mr. Dak is a masculine type of guy with a nice cut cock who had great massage skills. Went to sleep feeling very satisfied from a great day in Cebu. Day 24 (21 January 2025) concluded.

NOTE -- Visited Papaya Vintage (see below) on last trip. Recommended if you've got the time. From The Telegraph Talad Rod Fai is a great place to browse an evening away, with countless eateries, bars and tents selling handicrafts - MANJIK PHOTOGRAPHY Thais love shopping, and the sheer variety of items on offer can be as overwhelming as it is exhilarating. Clothes and textiles, jewellery, electronic hardware and DVDs (not all of them above board) are among the things you'll find. Chatuchak Weekend Market One of the world's largest open-air markets, so huge that an electric train (free of charge) whisks visitors about. Some 15,000 stalls sell furniture, ceramics, plants, trendy clothes, souvenirs, traditional medicine, books, animals and much more. Prices are pretty reasonable and it’s a great place for people watching, with thousands of Thais and foreigners clogging the lanes between the stalls. In recent years, young Thai designers have set up shop to sell interesting paintings, jewellery and other unique handicrafts. Plenty of small eateries and drinks stalls save marathon shoppers from exhaustion. Contact: chatuchakmarket.org Prices: £-£££ Papaya Vintage A little out of town but not far from Chatuchak Market, Papaya Vintage is a warehouse crammed with curios, vintage objects, clothes and furniture, Vespa scooters and life-size Star Wars figures. It’s delightfully chaotic and the sheer volume of artefacts from the 1960s onwards is almost overwhelming. The upper floor houses several studios where pop videos and advertising spots are shot, naturally using the sheer infinite choice of props on the three floors below. For those who like kitsch, flea markets and memorabilia, Papaya is a great shopping experience. Contact: papaya-studio.com Prices: ££-£££ The Railway Market – Talad Rod Fai Located behind a shopping mall a little way out of town, this huge night market, also known as Srinagarindra Train Night Market, specialises in antiques and antique-style items, but also offers all the stuff that can usually found at night markets (which is pretty much anything). That said, the items for sale are generally more interesting than those found at other markets, whether they are handmade curios or vintage cars. Almost a universe of its own, this expanse of multi-colored tents, along with countless eateries and bars, is a great place to browse an evening away. Address: Soi Srinagarindra 51, Khwaeng Nong Bon Contact: 00 66 818 275 885 Opening times: Thurs-Sun, 5pm-12pm Prices: ££ Paul’s Antiques Set downtown in a 1960s bungalow in a lush tropical garden, this shop-cum-furniture restoration business specialises in antiques from around Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on Burmese objects. It also produces new furniture and design items from reclaimed teak, including coffee tables made from old window shutters and an erstwhile teak boat remodelled as a book shelf. The bright showrooms hold an impressive collection of items including vintage photographs, an array of sculptures, ceramics (including Angkor period pieces) and musical instruments, but the furniture impresses most. It’s even possible to watch some of the restoration work going on. Contact: paulsantiques.com Prices: £££ Dasa Book Café Quite possibly Bangkok’s best second-hand bookshop, and surely its largest, Dasa is run by an erudite American and offers more than 18,000 well-organised fiction and non-fiction titles, from bestsellers to obscurities, and including many books on the region. It's housed over three floors in a house of narrow, creaking stairs and loaded shelves, a stone’s throw from the Emporium Shopping Centre on Sukhumvit Road. Dasa also offers cakes and fresh coffee, sells music CDs and organises occasional author events. Incredibly, all titles are listed online and prices are reasonable. Contact: dasabookcafe.com Prices: ££ Continues at https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/best-shopping-bangkok-170000096.html

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