floridarob

Good info 👍

Explains why I've never been to b'fast at the Meridien, @Olddaddy have you been 🧐

Bali has like 4 different ones to do for tourists.... Visa, Immigration, Health and some extra tourism tax that supposedly no one checks, it's like $10usd I think, when I enter thru Jakarta I don't do that one, entering Bali, I do, just in case

the same fate that has determined we shouldn't/won't 😝

I would've ended it when you saw that he was Nathan Lane, lol OMG, it just kept getting worse.... but we've all been there 😝

https://loyaltylobby.com/2025/10/05/clown-show-continues-thailands-newest-tourism-minister-chases-the-300-baht-tourism-fee-yet-again/?omhide=true

I think the rooms are the size of a king size bed....including the bathroom.

Guess we won't be there at the same time....

I'll be in Pattaya Nov 4-16, BKK 16-20... India and Manila before, Bali and Jakarta after... Think we'll run into each other?

Since we both stay in that area, you at Meredian and I Tarntawan...I'm sure we walk past there enough times to know who we want and if it's worth going in. I'll do a foot massage with the one I like most first to test the waters, especially to see if they do a good massage. During the foot massage, we plan the full body oil massage details and tips, they usually start high, thinking a tourist won't know the rates or whatever, like asking 2k just for a blowjob plus the price of massage....I just laugh and then negotiate from there. 95% of the times the guy I like is willing to do extras.... the problem is getting them to come to my room instead, since my hotel is so close and they work so late, they don't want their friends seeing them walk into the alley 🤷‍♂️

Doesn't stop me from going.... @Olddaddy do you go to G.O.D.?

Over the years I liked Pattaya more than BKK and vice versa.... depending on the vibe at the moment. Now I like to go to Pattaya first, since Swampy is closer to there, then back to Bangkok for a few days on the way out, the airport is closer to the city.... in Pattaya money seems to go a lot further and the sex a little less transactional than Bangkok.

There are a lot more taxes/fees already added in the plane tix 🙄

In Pattaya, I've seen (been with) guys from Madagascar, BKK is Africans, asking higher rates.

No

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Yes... some kept a copy, some only looked at it, but definitely print at least 2 copies

Don't need those.

Judging without experiencing, hence, judging a book by its cover 🤷‍♂️

@vinapu will be disappointed in you....

Don't judge a book by its cover.... they are amazing, the entertainment, shopping and dining options are out of this world....not to mention the cute crew 😏

seems like that, maybe temporary?

The baht busses 🤷‍♂️

You really need to go to Brasil, you'll never be the same, for better or worse.

Cruises go every day of the year when not in drydock, many of the sailings that you mention like Bora Bora, might be a repositioning cruise, they need to get the ship somewhere else, If that is the case, they used to be a bargain. I thought COVID would be the death of cruise ships, floating petri dishes. But no, now they are more popular than ever and charging obscene prices and they are sold out....go figure 🤷‍♂️