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you are looking at mono diet trip. Nothing wrong with that, I once had 2 weeks trip on Tawan mono diet with only one guy not from there

start with one you want to meet the most and then do the rest , one by one in any order. Those who you won't meet for lack of time will wait for your next arrival. Don't overstretch yourself as you may notice you don't have fun. In short, rank only one on the top and rest play by ear.

answer is NO

yes , Songkran

I do too but like with all recommendations, we still can expect outcome may differ either way. Not long ago one of trusted members recommended me a guy he saw several times on his recent trip and was thrilled with him. Knowing another member frequents the same shop I happily passed that recommendation to him and he duly met the guy in question at earliest opportunity. His impression was, to put it charitably , just notch above OK. It looks that what worked perfectly for the first member, was not close to other one's specifications expected. Another case involves even more trusted member sharing affinity for the same types. I followed his recommendation and glad I did because built and performance was exactly what I hoped for based on such recommendation. Glitch was in the pricing - I was quoted 1/4 more than my friend paid. Money well spent but will be repeat ? May be or may be not. When I shared my luck with yet another trusted member about meeting the guy, he congratulated me because his own encounter with him was less than satisfying - we know reason. What was important to him and was not delivered was thing I did not care about. so for reasons above I still place gut feeling above recommendations even from most rehearsed and trusted sources. Boringly for 89th time I must say again that one of my best boys ever, long gone M from Senso I was warned against engaging not by one but two trusted members and still my gut feeling served me better.

57000 baht , even in euros should be easy to spot. Let do such exercise next time we w are both in Bangkok. On serious note , such amount is not an emergency money, I'd say, rather serious spending money. If there's no safe box in the room I wouldn't keep all my money in one spot , rather spread it here and there keeping in mind old saying that darkest spot is right under the lantern

I was in two earthquakes and two car accidents but emergency of SUCH magnitude never happened to me (so far)

what a enlightened alternative to old fashioned safe box

No need to single out Thailand as it's nothing new for infrastructural projects in other, even much more developed countries. Enough to mention how long it took to complete Brandenburg airport in Berlin.

not before long barbed wire will be cut, regular monitoring will stop and fun activities enhancing Pattaya image as sex friendly destination will resume

I just go to the airport, pay 143 for a ticket for nearest scheduled bus and if I need to wait I go to Magic coupon restaurant for a meal. If I know day of departure in advance I try to book ticket on line which costs 25 baht extra. Few times for fun , alone or with other members ( or boy ) I took taxi which is not a bad option at 1200-1500

I'm one of those who are happy to take chances and see how it will go. And in most cases it goes very well if not better

you should be one doing bullying , than you would have fun and great memories

any class I think highly off is my high school class, mention it and I'm immediately in good mood, beats even Thai boys or Silom musings

You both hit the nail although from quite opposite angles. I would be happy if Thai shops adapted Japanese model of transparent and efficient advertising were everything is known up front although it may feel a bit sterile. Everything is known up front an all that is left is to do business . I realise that for reasons Raposa numerated it's a moving goal as far as Thai venues are concerned and I venture they even may know what they are doing. Local clientele knows where to look and visitors need to do some homework which may reduce business's income but also reduces exposure to political and police interference. Certain businesses are better if they are underexposed seems to be Thai thinking and it's not necessarily wrong. look at longevity of Arena - hidden in corner of deserted plaza with sign barely visible with almost no social media presence and still works after all of those years. Mamasan there once told me that boys don't wish their photos to be posted anywhere their family and friends may see, even by accident. When we look with cold eye we notice that most of Thai sinful establishments are somewhat to completely hidden. We know what is going on but for casual Silom stroller, first time in Bangkok , Patpong looks like just another night market and Patpong 2 like shorcut better not to go to. Soi Cowboy and Nana plaza are not exactly on main drags either, neither is Jomtien complex and even Boyztown

nothing to be afraid. Americans stopped bombing it 50 years ago.

what does it mean?, " I need to say my prayers before we start?"

Aroi and hong nam, those are two I'm fluent with

Operetta in Washington, DC, continues

indeed, I wonder what do they smoke . World class sex friendly, that I'd agree with wholeheartedly

everybody talks about business class above . I wonder what's that? Does one need to be businessman to quality to purchase such ticket? Just curious

Great report menaughty, thank you very much. I get request for tips are becoming annoying , specially that bar admission at usually 500 is not exactly cheap to start with but with little practice one can develop thicker skin and liberally use ' no' when asked for tip. other approaches which seem to work is to take finite amount when going to given bar. If you take only 4 or 7 smaller notes you can't distribute more than that. Or start being serious about being stingy - on my trip last month I got ambushed for tips at Atlas where I'm kind of being known as ATM in motion so I started tucking 20 baht bills instead of 100 ones. Few very persistent got 10 or even 1 baht coins dropped in their undies. Effect was almost immediate , they got a message , we all had a good laugh and I was not tormented much longer. Do it with smile though. No sense to show we are upset even if we are.

you are not alone

5 am? Don't those people on both sides of commotion crave good night's sleep? If true , Indians got what they asked for and should be happy they didn't get beaten worse

I liked it there, surprisingly for somebody not exactly known as beach person I liked that part of trip too. I should have more time after this weekend and may even write something.