Travellerdave

Yes I too regret the decline in the gay Gogo scene in Pattaya. When I first visited Pattaya in year 2000 there was dozens to be found in Boyztown and Sunee. If must be down to a decline in gay visitors because there are numerous gogos to be found especially in Walking Street and Lkmetro catering for str’s . On a positive note there is more skin on display by boys during the Complex shows.

Trimmed for me if they have a brown or tanned skin. I love the latter when they have tan-lines.

Having made numerous one stop flights from,U.K. to Bkk I have found that it is worth paying a little extra (about £200) and choosing Emirates who have highly reliable flights with convient times and a minimum of transit time in Dubai. Also the meals and seat back entertainment are pretty good even in economy. If that amount is an issue for you maybe you should not be travelling half way across the globe. I cannot justify the substantial premium flying business class involves even when I can afford it, to avoid about 12 hours of mild discomfort sitting in economy.

My experience of boy tips pretty well echos that of Vessey who has made three posts in this thread . The purpose for me in visiting gogos, bars and cabarets (mostly in the Complex recently) is to engage an attractive boy or very occasionally two boys for longtime activities in my room. If I off the boy I would not usually tip him in addition to buying boy drinks. No off it would depend on how intimate the encounter had been. In a Gogo, such as Winner, if I had my hands on his cock or tongue kissed the tip would be 200+, whereas in a Complex bar , minus cock play 100+. I’m not an expat rather a gay sex tourist, and visit Pattaya for only 3 weeks at a time, I believe I’m generous, and sometimes throw caution to the wind when it comes to boys and money, spoiling them for long term residents perhaps.

Xpaulo - thanks for your contribution. I’ve been wondering about making a short visit to Morocco. It’s much easier to go there from my base in England. Would you recommend it for gay tourists wanting some sex in addition to general tourism ?. Perhaps you could message me with any advice. The African boy I had last year from Grindr did not mention any particular bars where he and his pretend-student friends met in Pattaya but two of them did visit him briefly when I was with him on the beach.

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 .

Your description of busy Pattaya and Jomtien was what I found during my 3 weeks the end of January / early February. Then the explanation was the Chinese New Year with hotels full of families celebrating their principle festival. I had assumed that I could find a room in either of the two most popular Complex gay orientated hotels Zing or Agate . That assumption proved wrong and I had to take one or the 500 rooms for a week in the huge Jomtien Resort, which despite whilst being excellent with impressive facilities is not the sort of lodging I gravitate to, before I was able to move to the Agate. It would seem that in high season there is always some sort of festival in progress crowding out us gay visitors from our 9 months a year favourite Oasis’. I suppose the obvious answer is to book well ahead .

Olddaddy The location of the Jomtien Palm Beach Resort given by daydreamer is correct. Here’s a picture of the main entrance which you reach after a short walk down the access road from Beach Road. However I didn’t use it after my first day as I found a more convenient entrance near the rear of hotel (designated Jomtien Wing) close to the elevators for my 9th floor room. There was what looked like an access check station desk but during my stay it was never manned. In fact I never presented my joiners from the Complex (3 boys over 4 nights - one twice) to the reception desk. Here In the early evening there was a piano player which was a first for me after 22 years visiting Pattaya. During my stay I didn’t notice any obvious bar boys being brought in, which was definitely not the case at the Agate (gay friendly) where I transferred to. I did enjoy the huge swimming pool on two mornings before it became crowded with Chinese families there for New Year holiday, but not the bowling alley, gym or snooker tables.

Yes Olddaddy I’ve stayed at Zing quite a few times, but my last minute trip it did not have availability for the period of my trip. Instead I booked the Agate for nearly a fortnight plus several days at the Jomtien Palm Beach. The latter is a huge resort hotel the type of which I wouldn’t normally choose, but I arrived late at night without reservation and it was my only immediate option. I checked at reception about joiners and was told that they preferred to have copies of ladies id’s, to which I replied that in my case it would be boys. The answer was “boys ok” which indeed turned out the be the case - the boys I had there were definitely ok !

What annoys me about baht buses when boarding them at South Pattaya Road for the trip to Jomtien is the insistence that they are loaded beyond safe capacity. Every seat must be taken and then the rear platform needs to have at least three persons standing before the driver sets off. This applies even at quiet times such as early morning (ie 8 am in Pats). I’ve seen older women clinging on at the rear really scared at the prospect of falling off, which I know has happened in the past causing serious injury. During my recent stay in the Jomtien Complex I’m glad to say that I only visited BT twice and Sunee once which minimised the experience I describe. Jomtien now seems to provide all the essentials for gay tourists like myself: good hotels, night time entertainment, restaurants , Dongtan Beach and most importantly boys.

Old daddy well there used to be discussions on this board as to the merits of twinks as against hunks. I think a lot of todays members would love him in their bed, I’m told he very occasionally appears on Grindr.

Very few Macaroni ! He certainly created a stir around the area I was sitting . I wish there were a few more boys coming to the gay beach like in the old days. He would be a dream boy for me.

I took up my place in the second concession from the toilets at about 12-00 As normal I selected a chair in the third row from the i became aware that heads were turning at the waters edge to see a lovely visage - a really lovely Asian boy was walking along accompanied by a pretty girl. They spotted the two vacancies next to me causing me to fix my eyes on the couple as they slowly moved Forward to claim them. I was excited at their approach especially when after organising their things on the table the boy removed his casual pants and top to reveal a beautiful toned body only wearing a sexy thong and then laid down on the lounger within 3 feet of me. I had to say something and came out with “Hello you really look lovely today” - to which he replied with a thank you. I followed up with asking them if they were going swimming - “not yet” was the response, but obviously my attempts were not going to be successful so I went back to my book, After a short while the boy stood up so I took the photo which he seemed to approve of. He moved back down to the water and strolled along perhaps looking for a possible boyfriend showing his great body. I can’t get him out of my mind - I wonder if anybody else has come across him on the beach ?

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

Ok Hi Asian Explorer if you haven’t been to Pattaya for 10 years it’s not suprising that you were amazed because there have been a lot of changes since then. you mention walking st but that location is not known now for gay life. Most of the action is now in Jomtien in what old timers like me refer to as the Complex which is being rebranded as Super town several of the many gay bars there have shows which is step towards having gogos. I went there last night and struck up an encounter with a twink, of which there are many across the Complex. Didn’t off him because I was v tired hsving just arrived from England. I’m on Dongtan gay beach just now - many other gays in evidence enjoying the sunshine and warm weather, but few boys. Probably resting before the evening activities. Will go there tomorrow to check it out more. regards dave l