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Glitz looks quite impressive, what was the rate if you remember ?

You are perfectly correct with assessment of contents of link I provided but thought somebody enticed by the original tittle may want to check the subject there.

Subject of access to the bathroom when one travels is may be not tasty but definitely very serious one. So abandon all this sophistry and advise plainly- were bathroom on the train VERY basic but usable or any traveler should forget about using them, this is after all 6 hours trip . After reading 2nd day adventures I'm even much , much greener with envy then yesterday Great idea with asking kid to count to 100 ! Yes , he earned his tip. Can one climb to the top level of Angkor Wat those days ? . I heard that access is no longer permitted . Certainly you did not have weather for such a exercise as steps are very steep, not for rainy day.

Which is mixed blessing, little slope means water is draining very slowly / bad / but also that flow of water is less damaging , also bad but could by much worse with such mass of water flowing at higher speed

If feel misguided just go there http://www.blowingwind.org/forum/index.php?s=c44095ffde80705528172da54d8511d3&showtopic=3131&page=1

Great pictures and great story, I'm green with envy, waiting for more. From lesser visited places I recommend trip to Mt. Phnom Kulen , sacred mountain of Cambodia,40 km from Siem Reap, Kobal Spien / river of 1000 lingas ! / with carved riverbed and miniature but picturesque Ta Som temple. Heed firecat's advice about less popular ruin- Banteay Samre I had to myself for quite a while for example. For carvings Banteai Srei can't be beaten, it will be crowded though but is on way to both Kobal Spien and Mt.Kulen. If you are man of size watch your head in some passages in ruins.

Hey, no idea until he would be naked. I suspect he is hairy everywhere so answer is rather no. I did not know Engels was a gay ! LOL

In ideal world Christian would be right - reviews should be written by people who actually visited the place. In real world this is often unnecessary dream. Dream because there's no way of assessing if review was based on actual visit or just compilation of other's opinions made out of boredom or due to need of expressing oneself in writing. As Michael rightly noticed it still may be of great value for potential information seekers. Never been in Pattaya but being well acquainted with country, go-go system, massages etc. I can easily write very accurate and detailed review of scene there including boys names and numbers based on posters entries in this and other forums. Somebody would follow and comment, o yes vinapu, you were right, this hotel was noisy, drinks at that bar were too diluted , this boy was great kisser and I saw drunk Taiwanese guy throwing baht notes at boys in the same bar you saw him. Would this compilation be less useful for somebody going there than actual visitor's testimony ? Not being pizza eater with clear conscience I can recommend Mama Dolores to everybody based on recent Michael's post about the place, even if I choose to dress it as personal experience -where will be harm? Michael, his BF and Christian dined there last weekend and are posting today , obviously they weren't poisoned, right ?. So nobody would be deceived. Unnecessary part is here: even most accurate review is just this, review with reviewer opinion thrown in. It may be correct , it may be not, our preferences , tastes , wallet capacity and myriad of other factors are influencing what we say. Crappy place may receive good review because of mood of poster or great company he was with. Excellent place may stumble just once- remember Michaels's bad experience in HERO few weeks ago and he isfrequent visitor and great fan of the place. Imagine if the same happened to somebody who was there for first time, review would be full of disgust by eyewitness observation but would it do HERO a justice? So no reason to carp about reviews, read it , digest, take grain of salt, finish your drink and experience place for yourself.

Yes, my guess is you will be surprised how little time you will spent in you room and even if there likely your companion will be far more interesting than room's décor and size of mirror in the bathroom

One hopes you are right about eradication but it is long shot. It seems that nothing works and no nation seems to be brave enough to legalize it in order to be able to control usage and distribution better. Not that I'm advocate of legalizing but it nothing works may be trying new approach will. By the way, if somebody passed through Taipei airport recently, do they still have those big signs " Consumption and distribution of drugs is penalized by death in the Republic of China" ? Saw plenty of those when transiting to BKK few years back

It was very nice of him, Russian subtitle translates ' true man"

It is my impression too that quite a few This are attracted to our body hair the same way we are attracted to their smooth skin. I'm hairy and on quite a few occasion I noticed that this is what boys like even commented as sexy. Try to grow Marx and Engels type of beard and see what happens , you may find yourself in demand far exceeding expectations.

This was Australian' s from Phnom Penh I just mentioned above story minus death. Girlfriend milked him dry out of money and threw him out with her family help. Or at least this is what I was told by him. But he did not make good impression on me so not necessarily was her fault, God only knows

Christian, it looks that even if first impression was not that good you still managed to fall in love with the country, good for you. Airport taxi problems are not unique to Thailand or even Third World countries, I had taxi dispute situation in LaGuardia airport in New York City few years back. My advice to all when travelling is to do research as for public transit options, pre-arrange pick -up or take taxi from outside of airport is possible , if this doesn't work just bite a bullet as is not worth to spoil trip with bitter taxi dispute. Good news is, in expensive countries public transport is usually available, in cheap countries taxi fares are affordable. When overcharged I tend to sweeten experience with thinking how much such a distance would cost me at home and just let it go. 600 baht=20 $, this is what I'd pay where I live and I'm walking distance from the airport. Understand what you saying though, when overcharged one feels like taken advantage of.

and easier for one's liver, ( not than I'm an abstinent ) Great food pictures anyone, made me hungry 1

I'm really happy for your boyfriend and glad he found himself in decent company. One of sights I hate to see in LOS are farangs in animated discussion in company of their Thai boys or girls bored to death and totally ignored bar occasional grope. Sukhumvit farangs seem to be worse offenders than Silom ones for some reason. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong

Great post, great to hear you had a great time. You were departing with great attitude and it worked, always does What about weather rain wise ? . Thank God it looks they cleaned ID issue you just sold me to visit City Boys , my style , just pop and off. Double Shot drinks serving style, again who told them how I like it ? Strong start is what I prefer. Did you visit Magnolia? We exchanged few posts about the place and is firmly on my list for November visit . Possibly you had so much fun because you drink WAY too much, clearly it was not milk !

Wise words at end of article from firecat's link - at least Westernes can be counted and have their embassies they can turn to but what about plight of Thai own homeless. I'm not that surprised, reason is the same you see homeless on the streets of New York, Toronto, London or Paris. Only shock factor is that we are perceived as affluent in Thailand but if in trouble families and friends are too far away to help or even just to check . And if wasted by substance abuse or farangs do not even get to idea that embassy may help. In May of 2009 I saw disheveled farang camping few days in Silom soi 9, one where Niagara hotel is. In 2001 Australian was seen as begging on street in Phnom Penh of all places, brought him some food for reward of verbal abuse. So no, I'm not that surprised.

I just put Hua Hin as idea - it is after all it's Royal family vacationing ground or at least was so must have some charm and class. My only contact with beach in Thailand is when I visit Fresh Beach Boys bar in Soi Twilight so take my advice lightly in sun and sand field. Don't panic about rain - likely it will rain but those are not whole day deluges, rather intensive but usually short. Silom area is the best to stay , wise choice from every angle. If you get nostalgic food wise visit Small Middle East / Africa between sois 3 and 5 on Sukhumvit / BTS Nana /, for while you will feel removed from Bangkok. If inclined for more touristy stuff do not forget about Snake Farm, almost across the street from Soi Twilight, shows at 11 and 2.30, each different. As for more mature boys, try Hotmale bar and Tawan, that one for muscle lowers only. As for sauna and preference for tourists and older men, sounds as invitation to visit Babylon sauna, short taxi hop from Silom.

Whatever you do , you are in for a blast ! I'm last person to give beach advice but try do some research and consider possibly Hua Hin , closer to Bangkok. Do not spread yourself to thin by trying to visit too much, Bangkok can keep you occupied for days on and on. Don't worry about it being dead on weekends, certainly this is not Europe and city is alive 8 days a week, not just 7. City is big but fortunately all things which may interest you / shopping , sights , gay life / are close or well connected with public transport, mainly MRT / underground / and BTS / overhead rail /. Visit to Grand Palace is a must, even if you do not like sightseeing. Go there by river bus-Chao Praya Express , scenic and very cheap instead of taxi trip. Be there early, open at 8.30 as crowds are unbearable from 10.00 on. DO NOT WEAR SHORTS ON TEMPLE VISITS. When using public transport remember again you are not in Europe and tickets for BTS can't be used for MRT or other way around even on adjoining stations so plan accordingly. For shopping try Chatuchak weekend market, just for experience. If luxury shopping is your thing, stretch of Sukhumvit between Siam and Asoke stations will keep you busy and your pocket drained although you may find prices more attractive than in Tel Aviv. If you are coming in Sept or Oct take umbrella with you and be prepared for heavy rains, do not be afraid, will not be raining day long but if it rains it does with gusto! As for food , accommodation, saunas , bars etc., whatever is recommended on this forum will serve you well but go with your guts and try not to spoil your first vacations there with too much of central planning. I would not stay in Khao San area, it may be backpackers heaven but too far from other attractions so you will be spending time and money in taxis. As for non-commerial sex, saunas, Gay Romeo , Grindr and parties other will advise you as this is not my thing. Good you are not familiar with process of taking guys from bars-this you your chance of familiarize yourself and your friend with process, chance most posters here are deprived of because we already used it in the past. Can't express how I envy you. Treat boys well and tip them properly. Ironclad guarantee you will remember fondly you first foray into Bangkok go-go bar for long time. This is what vacations are for-to familiarize yourself with unknown, don't waste vacations on familiar-this would be receipe for boring vacation and boring life. Hope I don't sound to patronizing, my apologies if I do. As for Question 3#, it's fine if you think you prefer tourists than locals, we all have our preferences. But if you are coming by your own admission , for sex among other things do you really need to spent all this time flying from Lod to Swampy to fuck some Canadian or Greek? Local component will not disappoint you, take my word, it's why we are on this forum , not some South Sandwich Island one. Whatever you do make sure you enjoy your time in Thailand and do not forget to report your impressions here after you return. Shalom !

IMHO facial hair was dominant throughout history as it was pretty hard to get rid of until modern razors were invented which made shaving easy and kind of enjoyable. In future it will be probably left to vagaries of fashion and so will be sales of shaving equipment. At the moment beards are "in '' so razor sales are down. Another contributor may be quality, I used to change razors every month or so , now it lasts 3 and with age facial hair is not becoming softer ! Would not dream about leaving home unshaven but I still have my original mustache , never shaved above upper lip in my entire life, just trimmed from time to time. Apparently this is not sign of much of class but who cares? Personally I don't care about other's facial hair but don't like look of unshaven face for day or two, grown beard looks OK . I thank God Thai boys tend to be smooth all over as I do not like body hair on my companions. On another hand I hate clean shaven pubes, way too girly, if I want girl would be camping on other side of Suriwong. According to vivid discussion on the subject I found on Singapore's Blowing Wind gay forum shaving ' there ' is becoming worrying trend / for me at least /, but this is another subject although Rogie started post with 'manhood ' in the title. so I feel still on the subject. So it looks there's no consistency at all in how I look on issue of body hair but at least I consistently I never dilute my gin with anything, not even tonic

Right above SCREWBOYS go-go

Breakfast very basic but good enough, no problem with joiners. Hotel is right beside BBB INN so Soi Twilight is just behind the building ,may be 60 meters not 0.6 km , no need to cross street even. Good value for money

Rogie, you answered my other question before I even asked / access from Thai side /, thank you waiting for pictures Temple features also on new 2000 riel Cambodian banknote and by the way - this is very popular post among visitors to this board, it must be high on google list when one searches 'Preah Vihar" . At the moment there are 6 uses reading, yesterday it was even more when I was typing my post.

No there's no doubt but history of humanity is history of conquer written by the winners. Plenty of nations are sitting on territory robbed from somebody else in distant or not so distant past and likely are not moving anywhere bar the war. And who needs the war other than military-industrial complex like Eisenhower said?