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I have a small group of 'regulars' that I try and see every trip. Lads that have given me great sex, and/or warm companionship and/or are fun to take out to the clubs etc. There are one or two key members of that group, others on the fringe that drop out or who are, for various reasons replaced. They are lads that I keep in loose contact with in the long months back home and who I am really looking forward to hooking-up with again on my next visit. Notwithstanding them, I also love visiting the bars and 'interviewing' new boys, looking for that spark that makes my tired old cock stir, getting them back to my room, and seeing how we get on together. Some prove passing ships, others I am keen to see again. Over many trips I have yet to find the one lad that can make me foresake all the others (old and new), although I get very close to, and get very fond of, one or two of my group. But I am only a holiday visitor and probably behave like one; perhaps if I was to spend longer living here, or even live here, then 'the one might' emerge?

Felt like Italian 🇮🇹🇮🇹 Anyway me and the bf meant to get off the baht bus further down but we ended up getting off early on the Jomtien main road ( next door to Jomtien medical clinic) to see a Italian restaurant in front of us ! Looked a bit "shabby " but we walked in and a Australian guy with Italian background is running it Turns out he lived in Sydney a long time and owns the Building of Candy Bar He told me had the restaurant in the Jomtien complex for 7 years before moving to the now Main road position , I said I didn't even see it in the JC A fantastic guy and delicious spaghetti Bolognese 🍝🍝delicious 😋 😋 all for 230 baht big plate and it was getting a crowd in there

My typical holiday is 21 nights, occasionally longer and I try and have a succession of room visitors, mostly as singles, but often as threesomes; maybe a couple of afternoon/evening short-times and usually a long-time. I try and 'perform' for each, but consider myself lucky if I can manage to 'cum' once a day. But I am getting older (71) and my energy levels are not what they once were. If I try and squeez in two ST a day, then I try and ensure that with one I will top and the other I will bottom. With my long-times I either just cuddle and sleep, or arrange a threesome where I can play until I tire and then watch the other two go at it until they finish. Not everyone's style I suspect, but it works for me and makes up for the months of lonely celibacy back home between trips. So as to 'days off', well I try to have none, but tiredness/tummy troubles ususally conspire to enforce a 'day off' maybe once a week. For those days I revert to paying a boy 'cash for cuddles' or even just nurse/house boy for the day. I do plan 'short days' when I am back in my room when the bars close about 1am, but I try also to include some 'party nights' when I take a few friends clubbing or to karaoke. But I am finding that I can physically (and financially) manage less and less of those.

Quite a lot for no sex or cum.

I don't think any kind of facts interest the Donald, they just get in the way.

I had made this point somewhere else before (can't remember where): When one watches how prices have moved over time, one can guess where customer demand is healthy and where it is not. That prices for offs have not budged in over ten years tells us that demand for offs is flat at best. Probably lower than in 2010 judging by the reducing number of boys on stage. Yet drinks prices have doubled in the same period. So customer demand for shows is not as soft as demand for boys. What does this imply? There can be a separate discussion about why this divergent trend is the way it is (hint: demographics, aggressive advertising by massage parlours, bar boys' tip expectations compared to massage parlours....)

I did see Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman a couple of months after "Phantom" opened. Crawford in particular was perfect for the role but I have never really liked Sarah Brightman's voice much. I don't know why but I also never really liked the show! The end of Act 1 with the chandelier is a great coup de theatre, and Maria Bjornson's sets were superb. But I found much of the show quite boring, including the first 20 minutes! Interestingly Crawford had also been a boy soprano and appeared in a Britten opera. He was considered for Miles in "The Turn of The Screw" but it went to David Hemmings instead. Yes, I also loved the Robert Wise film of "West Side Story". I bought the soundtrack album and sang the songs for weeks after! Interesting that Bernstein 'borrowed' some small parts of the score from major classical works. He even uses Wagner's redemption motif from his massively long "Gotterdammerung", the last of the four operas in the Ring cycle, for Maria's song "I have a love . . ." I quite like this version from Barbra Streisand's 2nd Broadway album which starts with Johnny Mathis singing the theme. I had been so looking forward to the Spielberg movie. I assumed there would be some updating but had forgotten that the musical is very much of its time with major redevelopments of much of New York's Upper West Side and the Puerto Rican gangs. The music was great but I left the cinema feeling that something had been missing. It always amazes me that "Cats" has been such a worldwide sensation. Neither Mackintosh nor Lloyd Webber thought it would be more than a modest success. Then their usual big investors failed to come up with cash as they believed the show would never get them back even their initial investment. It was only financed by small investors and Lloyd Webber taking out a second mortgage on his home to complete the initial financing of £450,000. Anyone investing in the original production would have made a profit of well over 3,500% by now - and the cheques keep coming!

Yesterday was my turn to taste JJ. I spent most of the day at the amazing IconSiam (my first time), which is very easy to reach via BTS and then one stop on the fully automated (no driver) Gold line. Consequently, I was too tired later in the evening to march over to the 15M shop. So, I contacted them via WhatsApp, as shown on their contact page: https://www.mmassagebkk.com/contact/ After about 1 hour they were able to hunt down JJ (he is a very busy in demand guy) and send him to my hotel here near Sala Daeng. They alerted me when to go downstairs to let him into the hotel. At first I did not think that it was him, because he was wearing glasses. I brought him into my room and he took a shower with an already erect cock. Hmmm.. Viagra oral gel ? Nice cock he has. He massages me on my hotel bed - first without massage cream with a nice medium level strength. Then he applied my massage cream that I had brought from Pattaya. I turned over and he worked my legs and inner thighs with my third leg arising to attention. He asks me, are you top. I reply, yes - same you. Then he understood that it would be a chak wow finish but first I wanted his yummy Myanmar cock in my mouth. After a while of me blowing him, he stops me and says, sorry, no cum, I have more work after you. That was disappointing after waiting all of these months to finally have him. so, I taught him how to slowly edge me to completion and it was a very good edging session with my JJ fantasy man. I was satisfied with JJ, as he is super masculine and has been one of my fantasies after @CallMeLee excellent trip report from last year, which featured JJ. Would I meet JJ again? Only if he would guarantee me his orgasm - otherwise no. Note that I was quoted 3.000 baht by the 15M shop + taxi money for this outcall service.

nothing wrong on settling on one guy and having quasi boyfriend experience with him next trip. My advice though will be to have plan B as next trip you may find that he is not as hot as you thought at the first time or , even worse, he may be as hot as he was but you will notice he is not interested in you and tries to avoid your eyesight when you are in bar . And it's always possibility of him not being on the scene anymore. Take it from me , with quite a few trips there I went through all those options. But if everything works as you wish, yes , I'd stick to known quality. Older I'm more and more I believe that's is the best course of action although not necessarily involves just one guy like Vessey said above .

or he got permanent sponsor

I knew that downstairs bar across the soi from Xtreme as "Boys Bangkok", but the name varied a bit depending on which signboard one was looking at. The overhead signboard said "The Boys" pairing it with Dream Boy. This photo was from March 2010: In the above photo, if you look at the extreme left edge, you will see yet another version of its name on a white signboard: "The Boys Bangkok". Another photo, from December 2010: Below is a post I made about Boys Bangkok from a visit in September 2010. Notice the huge numbers of stage boys and customers mentioned in the post. And it wasn't even high season. Boys Bangkok surprisingly enjoyable Boys Bangkok is the overshadowed sibling of Dream Boy Gogo Bar. Its chief purpose seems to be to stop the patrons of Dream Boy from drifting to a competitor bar after Dream Boy’s main show is over. A voice, in thickly German-accented English, tells customers at around 23:30h as the show ends, that they are free to take their drinks with them and go down via the back stairs to Boys Bangkok on the ground floor. “We offer you two shows for the price of one,” the voice says. “And that is vhy ve are the best gogo bar in the vorld.” And so it was that for several years now, each time I stepped into Boys Bangkok, it was via the back stairs, only to stay in the lower bar for a few more minutes before leaving. This trip I decided to do it differently. I went directly to Boys Bangkok at around 23:15h while Dream Boy’s show was still in progress upstairs. And what I found was a bar that was really what gogo should be about. The bar was mostly empty when I entered. There were no more than three or four other patrons who could not have been there long. Boys Bangkok does not open its doors until around eleven o’clock. On stage were ten boys, slim, young and mostly fresh-faced, dancing energetically in their underwear. Doing this every night had resulted in lean athletic bodies that only added to their appeal. From time to time they looked at the few of us in the audience with broad smiles, like they were truly enjoying themselves, though I knew of course that they were mainly hoping for an off. Nevertheless, dancing away, they were far more interesting to watch than the one-knee shuffle more often seen in other gogo bars. At around 23:35h, a surge of people came down from Dream Boy. All the seats in Boys Bangkok were quickly filled (including extra chairs set out beforehand; the waiters had known it would be a big crowd) leaving the last 8 – 10 patrons with nowhere to sit. With so many people in the bar, and many moving about, it was difficult to estimate numbers, but it would have been something like 80 – 90. This implied that Dream Boy must have had a very good night, with perhaps as many as 100-120 people for their show if we assume that only 3 in 4 chose to proceed down to Boys Bangkok after the show. — The ten gogo dancers made way at 23:45h for the full complement of boys. There were about 35 – 40 of them packed onto the stage, and as is always the case with Dream Boy/Boys Bangkok, most of them were rather appealing. There was considerable variety, from twinks to muscle guys, but virtually all were in good shape, with masculine demeanour. In other words, those who prefer fem boys will need to look elsewhere. They shuffled around for about 25 minutes (a bit too long), during which time I counted at least 6 boys being called down to sit with clients, with perhaps more that I didn’t spot. At this late hour, one can assume that if a client asks for a boy to sit with him, an off would almost surely follow. I found the numbers interesting. I knew that at the start of an evening’s work, there would be 50 (perhaps even as many as 60) boys working. If they were down to 35 – 40 by 23:45h, with 6 to 8 more called out by 00:15h, this suggests that on a night like this, about 20 to 25 boys got an off, giving an offing rate of about 35 – 40 percent. It’s not bad at all, especially considering that the off fee for Dream Boy/Boys Bangkok is now at 500 baht. The short show began at 00:15h; it would reinforce my belief that 30 minutes is the ideal length of a show. Too many bars stretch a show to one hour which tends to make it dreary. There were only four acts: A big cock parade by eight boys; A choreographed fast dance item by six boys, with a mix of ballet and hiphop; The “Titanic fuck” – see more below; The Pepsi douche by two biggish guys, the same act I saw a year ago and which I have described in an earlier blogpost. The “Titanic fuck”, judging by audience reaction, was the most enjoyable one. The scene opened with two characters on a bow of a ship in the iconic pose from the movie. Wind and waves came crashing and the couple drowned. The body of the male character, played by a rather macho guy, was washed away. Some time passed. The body is later discovered by three mermaids, waddling onto the stage. These three were played by the bar’s team of resident ladyboy performers. Curious, they poked at the body, and stripped him naked. Aroused, the ladyboys flipped open their fish skins revealing hard cocks, to much nervous laughter from the audience. They then fought over who would get to fuck the macho corpse. It was necrophilia and gender reversal rolled into one; it was Leonardo di Caprio fucked hard by gatoeys. Perhaps it fulfilled a secret wish of many in the audience?

And to STOP changing their policies and requirements so frequently. It makes it difficult to plan your strategy in Thailand when the ground beneath your feet is shaking like a leaf (no pun intended with the recent earthquake).

about 44 trumps

about time, spending so far resources on the war finally some roubles were employed to productive use. Country who has ambition to be great power needs to show it's less mercenary and more humanitarian side

Both Scruff and Sniffies are popular in Medellin. While Sniffies appears to be mostly foreigners, I did notice a number of organized sex events happening on the app this year.

I posted my experience with an 20 year old African boy during my August 2024 trip to Pattaya. I found him on Grindr and had him for 3 nights and two days. He was a French speaker from Mozambique and was on a student visa, although he admitted that his attendance at classes was minimal or non existant . He had several friends on the same viva status (see picture) and was fairly tall with a brown toned slim body. A real contrast to the twinks I found in the Complex who were the other occupants of my bed during my stay. I estimate that he cost me about 12,000 baht all told, which included speedos to wear on the gay beach where we spent two afternoons. He was a good versatile performer with a cock which was the best I came across during the 3 weeks of my stay. During my next trip I search Grindr for him without success, so maybe him and his pretend students have lost their visas .

That table is potentially misleading. Last time I looked, Ireland, Italy, Germany and France were part of the EU, but here they are listed separately as well as being included in the total. Also, those figures are from 2018 and a lot has happened since then.

Bad news is always an equal opportunity event.

From Pattaya Mail By Barry Kenyon The Cabinet has agreed changers to some categories of the Long Term Residence (LTR) visa which offers indefinite stays and multiple entries for 10 (actually 5×2) years. The Board of Investment, which hosts the LTR introduced in 2022, had recommended reducing some of the enrolment requirements for rich individuals in order to make the program more popular. Wealthy global citizens no longer need to prove an annual income of at least US$80,000 a year, though they must demonstrate worldwide assets of at least US$1 million and must invest in Thailand at least US$500,000. Separately, the companies sponsoring remote workers now require annual revenue reduced from US$150 million to US$50 million. If the digital nomads work in Thailand with Thai customers, they still require a work permit. There is a wealthy pensioner category for those aged over 50, but the minimum annual income of US$80,000 has been left untouched by the Cabinet. Rich expats wishing to retire in Thailand are sometimes attracted to the LTR as it offers exemption from any income tax from cash transferred to Thailand, avoids the need to report their address every three months and avoids re-registration with immigration on an annual basis. However, there is an audit after five years. Continues at https://www.pattayamail.com/latestnews/news/changes-to-thailands-10-year-visa-dont-impact-on-most-expats-487174

🤷‍♂️ What a day of rest will do for you 🍆

I am waiting for all the episodes to be out before I binge on it...but did anyone noticed how hot Joss was in his speedo in the trailer and how tiny Gawin looks next to him 🤭

"you too big" is a complaint, but it's also a compliment, so there's less loss of face(for both parties) than naming the real reason for refusal, whatever it might be.

I have found my #1 guy. After 7 years, I know he is the one for me. There are things that we dislike about each other but we tolerate them. The happy moments make up for these little shortcomings like how a married couple behaves over the years. But I have many #2, #3, etc that's always changing! Lol!

Smiles is currently living in his native country, Canada.

Crabby is living in USA. The younger man was not Crabby's son. Gary the former owner of Corner Bar lives in USA and visits Thailand on a regular basis. The farang with wig is living in USA.

I needed a "recovery" day Im staying at the Sansuk sauna and relaxing on the banana lounge There is a bunch of old guys probably in their 8o"s opposite me...I'm thinking of saving money and ditching the African boys and asking the old guys to gangbang me!

Who remembers when they used to give you a small cup of peanuts 🥜 with your bar drink🍷 Some even gave you a small wet towel

I forgot I posted here already

Just came back from Thailand. 2 nights in Pattaya. 4 nights in Bangkok. My first time to Pattaya. Got comfortable private car to and fro. I'm so honoured to have forum member @bkkmfj2648 showing me around at night. He took me to Jomtien Complex and we watched cabaret show at new bar Candy. Very professional and nicely done. Then on the second night, he took me to Boystown to watch the show at X-Boys. More hardcore than shows in Bangkok bars but it's not something I haven't seen before. Saw similar shows in Soi Twilight years ago. We also explored Sunee Plaza and visited Nice Boys which has been renamed Boys Nighclub. Bar model is similar to that of Golden Cock and Nature Boys in Bangkok years ago. Had dinner at local eating place near Boystown. @vinapu nicknamed it The Prison because of metal tables and chairs. In the daytime, I was at beach. Saw the volleyball guys at Dongtan Beach. I stayed in Rabbit Resort. Very nice hotel with resort feel.

It is not exactly the same although negative sentiment is directed towards them as well. Consider this: Laotians speak a language and have a culture that is very close to Thai, it is easier for them to go under the radar and assimilate and they are considered close cousins of the Thais, whereas Myanmar is frequently featured in popular historical thai TV series as villains. Their language is from a different language family. The memory of the sacking of Ayutthaya in the 18th century by the Burmese remains alive among the Thais. This last point can be difficult for some westerners to comprehend as history is often dismissed and ignored, but Eastern Europeans can relate to these sentiments. Some of these sentiments are reciprocated on the Myanmar side. Some Burmese newspapers will dismissively refer to modern Thailand as Siam, alluding to the defeats that kingdom faced in the 18th century. Burmese immigration to Thailand has also been very significant compared to the other nationalities since the 1990s when Thai economy really took off. This is related to the long civil war of that country. All in all, Myanmar and Thai history is strongly tied together in a love hate relationship, which set them apart from the other nationalities. Thus when tensions rise over immigration it is often directed towards the Burmese, although it will affect other ASEAN nationalities too. When the police decide to raid and you don’t have a work permit you will get deported regardless of nationality, but arguably the consequences for young Burmese men are higher.

I'm not answering for @reader, but this video from The Nation Thailand is about the new Lao museum.

I just came across this thread. What @Marc in Calif describes about Ubud is so sad. In the early 1980s I visited and stayed in Ubud ten times, once for as long as three weeks. It was such a beautiful town. I stayed in the former home of the gay artist Walter Spies who had helped develop the Balinese style of naif painting. The hotel was just a series of very simple huts on the hillside, no windows only scrims covering the gaps, no proper showers only buckets with holes on the bottom and a rope. But the Balinese were so friendly, peaceful - even joyful. I adored my visits, especially at 5:00 pm each day when older boys and young men would go to the spigot near the little pool, strip off and wash themselves after work. Utterly beautiful brown naked bodies. I returned in 2005 with my then bf who really wanted to visit Bali. I did not want to return, fearful that overtourim would have quickly spoiled it. I was right. Ubud was a mess and I could hardly imagine the town with which I had fallen in love. I decided I'd never go back - and never have.

From The Nation Indonesia’s economy is under significant pressure as the rupiah hits a 27-year low, and the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index plunges 7.1%—its steepest drop in 14 years. These signals may point to deeper structural issues in the country’s economic and political landscape. Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara, Director of the Jakarta-based Center of Economic and Law Studies, warns that the rupiah’s depreciation reflects market distrust toward President Prabowo Subianto’s leadership and economic policies, including the establishment of the Danantara sovereign wealth fund. Indonesia was once a top investment destination in the region, but last year, it lost its appeal among global investors at an alarming rate. Under President Prabowo Subianto, the government has made steep budget cuts across critical sectors, such as higher education funding slashed by 39%, healthcare spending reduced by 18.5% and public infrastructure projects cut by a staggering 73% As the global economy slows down, these cuts are not seen as strategic adjustments but rather as confidence-shaking measures that erode public trust, heighten economic concerns, and trigger capital outflows from Indonesia. President Prabowo’s “populist” policies have become an increasing concern regarding economic policy stability. His universal free school lunch program, expected to cost a massive 950 billion baht per year, risks pushing Indonesia’s budget deficit beyond the legally mandated 3% of GDP. In February, Indonesia established Danantara Indonesia, a sovereign wealth fund consolidating several state-owned enterprises, and announced its advisory board members, including former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, billionaire Ray Dalio, and investor Chapman Taylor. Initially seen as an ambitious move, the Danantara fund is now being regarded as a potential “financial time bomb” that could destabilize the economy. Critics have raised concerns over its management and transparency, suggesting that investment decisions might be driven more by political than economic factors. With rising budgetary demands from both Danantara and Prabowo’s populist policies, Indonesia may face increased fiscal burdens, including a widening budget deficit. Indonesia was once one of the most attractive markets in the region, but last year, it rapidly lost its appeal among global investors. President Prabowo’s administration has made deep budget cuts across essential sectors, slashing higher education funding by 39%, healthcare spending by 18.5%, and public infrastructure and utilities projects by 73%. Continues at https://www.nationthailand.com/blogs/news/world/40047953

Day 23 and 24 Longed for and coveted day for my readers finally arrived and this long reports comes to an end but not before enduring one more day. After breakfast S went to his room and I returned to my hotel supplied condo to do finances. While whole trip was within budget it turned out I’m short of cash for my last day , not really intended to be celibate. But since XOne now is opened on Sundays I marched there to get some much needed baht. When I was in GoodBoys I got a Line of guy who was sitting with me, he made sure to remind me about his desire to make my days even more pleasant than they are , sending me “ when”? messages daily, To this morning message my answer was “ 3pm’ today. I gave him location and at appointed time welcomed him in front of condo building where expressed desire to see how it looks inside so off we went. In fact it did not start well as he asked to smoke on outside patio and did not seem to be in rush to return to the room with impatient me inside, only firm ‘ hey you “ made him thinking I may become serious and it needs to be said all went very well from this point on. I like good looking, muscled guys who are bit talkative and are endowed properly and he possessed all those attributes. I think we had a bit of chemistry and at end of session I was pleasantly surprised how well it went with my initial reservations gone and forgotten. Having arrived on motorbike he did not ask for extra taxi money but being business oriented he ask for a little bit of gas money. I told him I don’t like it, he smiled , I have him 100 baht and got kiss as repayment. I thought silently “ what a fucking charmer he is” . Money and time well spent. Right after he left I went to Madrid Café in Charoen Krung soi 49 as today was my last chance to sample their pizza – they were closed when I went with my friend in the beginning of this trip . Hurrah, it was opened and I like small ritual we have with Jennie, the owner. She asked ‘usual” and soon Chang landed on my table and while after cherry tomato and shallots pizza as well. Mission accomplished, even typing this I miss the place and the pizza. It’s great loss to humanity they are no longer in Patpong. In the evening I went to Banana where again reader , Raposa , 10tazione and me had a drink outside watching the world to go by , then Will went his way and our trio went inside as show started. We got quite a prominent seats in front. #31 I offed in November was looking hopefully at me but I had other solution in mind for my last night. After watching show for about 1 hr, we decided to change scenery and walked to Moonlight where I had designs on M, guy I offed in beginning of this trip already. He was on the stage, smile at me and I wasted no time to point at seat beside me. Seconds later he was there. Even mamasan was surprised with my speed while disappointed that such self service deprived him his tip. Mindful that my night is short I left my friends in the bar hugging them good bye and soon world saw me sitting in the back of new shiny M’s motorbike. Second time with him was even better than first although at one point he was getting itchy to go . That granted me 1 hr. of sleep alone. At 3.30 fast shower , gathering last few unpacked things and at 4 I went out. No taxi in sight in the soi but as soon as I hit Silom one stopped. Seeing senior citizen with luggage he asked first :‘ airport ?’. We agreed on 500 , tolls on him , and we sped toward Swampy. Few hours later I left Thailand for 40Th time taking with me precious memories as well as 5 bars of soap and 6 bags of 3 in1 Khao Son coffee. Having just 1 hr. of sleep actually helped as I slept through most of my first 7 hrs. leg . 31 hrs and 50 minutes after I closed my condo in soi 3 , I opened door to my home. It was almost midnight so good arrival time to bit jet lag and indeed it worked. I had very little of it and it went away after 2-3 days . Did I get withdrawal syndrome after having 11 out of 24 nights celibate, 2 times as much as in all previous trips combined ? Answer is no. I knew it’s coming and reason was , exactly that , reason. I knew that this time finances are limited and I need to stick to limitation. Being always good with that helped. I had great 3 side trips , all in regions I did not visit before and having S with me in Chaing Rai was excellent idea as he is exemplary travel companion, asking for nothing, never complaining and if he was bored, never showed that to me. Glad I finally nailed longed for and coveted Jupiter guy, even if at some cost, but sense of achievement is worth it. Two new finds , M and Good Boys guy proved excellent and promising material for a future as well. Meeting so many members was true highlight of this trip and thank you all for scarifying your precious vacation time to meet . Now counting days to January 2027, my next trip

It looks like the Vietnamese like ancient buildings and cable cars. On the Bana hills near Danang they have constructed a medieval french village.

A Thai bar owner in Pattaya found his LGBTQIA+ friend lying dead under his bed with a blue towel in his mouth, and his gold necklace, worth nearly 250,000 baht, was missing. Gay Pattaya man found dead under bed, gold necklace missing | Thaiger

How's that for a click bait title? But is true... I had a feeling my passport was getting a little too full. But with many eVisas, no stamps are required. They didn't want to let me in, hindsight is 20/20...I should've gone back to BKK instead maybe. They were SUPER nice and explained after they put their visa and stamps, there is really no more place to stamp (Mexico has stamped and would stamp on the "endorsements" page). They were afraid that if they filled up the passport, upon my return to BKK, they might not accept a full passport and return me to Laos and then they'd have to deport me to the US from here..... I should've asked who pays for the flight 😁 While they were deciding what to do, I called the US Embassy here and they said I could stop in the next day and they'd issue me an emergency passport on the same day. The Laos immigration guys accepted that, let me in but had me sign a paper saying they had explained what could happen of I didn't get a new passport. Checked into my hotel and went to the Embassy the next day, Taxi driver from the airport came the next day to take me there, wait and back to the hotel...nice guy. Awake next morning early, very difficult for me, taxi driver was early, went to the embassy, they let me in early and everyone was so nice. But the guy I spoke to misunderstood what I needed and then the girl in charge came out to explain that emergency passports aren't issued for tourism reasons to continue traveling, they are for lost/damaged or last minute medical/funeral travel, stuff like that. She said I could apply for a regular passport on Tuesday and wait 2-3 weeks for it to arrive.... Just from the short ride from the airport, I could tell that Laos isn't somewhere I want to be for up to 3 weeks.... Then I tried to reason with her, I tried to play the geriatric card but she wasn't blind so that didn't work....in the end I convinced her to feel bad for me and she agreed to issue an emergency passport. The night before I'd read online that India doesn't accept eVisa with emergency passports so after the US embassy we went to the Indian embassy. The guy in the Visa section said he's never come across this issue before, didn't think it'd be possible but would send a message to India to find out. That was Friday, they're closed the weekend and Monday is some holiday and I leave to BKK Tues.... so I've given up on going to India this trip, some 19 yr old I met last trip was looking forward to my arrival because we were going to Pune and Mumbai together......So I cxl'd all those flights and all got reunds with small service charges, so not too bad....oh, I did invest another $30usd to try and apply for an eVisa using the emergency passport number, but it got rejected....Everything I could find online indicates if the guy in the embassy issued a paper visa in the emergency passport, it would've worked. I'm waiting to hear from Sri Lanka if they'll allow me to come, I'm not hopeful so I used miles to hold flights back to USA from BKK via LHR. I haven't been in ages, does someone know if in transit in LHR you go thru passport control, I don't think so but not 100% sure. BKK seems to allow emergency passports, I HOPE....I'll be back in BKK for 2 nights, as originally planned...but then I'll stay 2 weeks in Pattaya splitting my time in Ambiance and probably the Venue ..... @bkkmfj2648 Looks like we might meet after all and I can try the Mexican place, gotta look at the bright side of things, no 😉