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p.s. I told Ta Lin that when I saw all of this construction in this big space that I was hoping for a dance club - that the Jomtien Complex really needs a good place for dancing with good farang type of music - as we both agreed that at the nearby Dragon Music club - the existing DJs do not play good dancing music. Ta Lin smiled and said, hmmm, perhaps there is truly a need for a good dancing place in the Complex.

Walking through the Jomtien Complex (aka Supertown) today, I saw someone approachable to ask what was going on with the transformation of the ex Dolce Vita. He (Ta Lin) replied: it will be a new cabaret show bar, like M2M and The Venue, he hopes to have it open in like 6 to 8 more weeks, he would not tell me the name of the new cabaret place - as he wants it to be a surprise. As you may remember, the former Dolce Vita restaurant resided in a very large space. From what I could see today, it looks like it will be bigger than M2M and perhaps around the same size as The Venue's cabaret area. But we need to remember that M2M, some time ago, took over the former Dorothy Showbar space - which is directly in front of the current existing M2M - and the work on that new space is intermittent and does not appear to be in a rush to be completed - in case anyone might know what plans they (M2M) have for it ?

Talk to the hand!!! Where is the BEEF ? 🤪

I got SUPER excited because you may have been the FIRST visitor to go over to Koh Larn - at least since I have been here now 2 years. and then my excitement was deflated. I was hoping to hear if you would have agreed to the beauty of Koh Larn - especially the nice powder white sand Tien beach with the turquoise blue transparent water - unlike the coffee brown water back in Pattaya / Jomtien. Perhaps in your next trip you might go to Koh Larn ? Maybe another visitor to Pattaya will make the adventure to wonderful Koh Larn (make sure to cross over the island to the non-Pattaya facing side as that is the MOST beautiful part of Koh Larn). Great trip report by the way and thanks :>))

Have you tried a Twitter (X) search? Keywords would be: #alterpanglao #massage In The Philippines, it appears that they use the #alter keyword in front of any searchable term to find PLUs (People Like Us)

Please see my post from 27 January 2024 where I discuss how to join/enroll in the LINE chat groups that are dedicated to massage. I find them useful and entertaining as it is the Thai version of our forum here at gayguides.com but dedicated to massage places, the massage guys, critiques and opinions, discounts, parties, gossip, coupons, etcetra. Note that the majority of the focus of these LINE massage forums are Bangkok centric - however, they will occasionally discuss massage places in Chiang Mai, Hat Yai, Phuket and Japan. However, they hardly ever discuss the massage situation in Pattaya, as the massage scene in Pattaya is an anomaly when compared with the rest of Thailand (no booking or reservation systems, no info on the guys available with photos and sexual positions, etcetra).

As a newbie, to riding a motorbike, I can definitely relate to that NEW "pain in the ass" feeling from riding a motorbike for so far and for so long. Also, my arms were aching, as I was so tense with the motorbike steering bar at those high speeds, that I had problems at the gym in the following days with arm excercises. But the thrill and freedom feeling, once you get outside of the environs of Pattaya City, are well worth any pain.

why go on a bar crawl when you can leave with your f^%king HOT guy that you offed from the Crete the Party ?

I think that I see a mistake in their program ?

When I was taking my motorbike lessons earlier this year with my volleyball friend - our graduation finale was to drive our motorbikes to Khao Chi Chan from Jomtien. It was a great trip, but I recall it taking 1 or 2 hours to get there from Jomtien. Maybe we drove like 2 old grandmothers? I remember driving cautiously but at a good pace. My Google timeline confirms that the first segment of our trip was 14 miles and took 50 minutes and then the second segment was another 14 miles and took 1 hour:

It appears to be lumped in with the other Elite types of visas, which are subject to the need to pay Thailand PIT taxes if you are deemed as a tax resident (residing more than 180 days in the Kingdom in a calendar year). I believe that the ONLY visa that gives a tax exemption is the Thailand BOI (Board of Investment) LTR (Long Term Resident) Wealthy Pensioner visa. But this has a HIGH passive income requirement of $80,000 USD per year verifiable via your home country tax return in the prior 2 years from when you apply. Below is the hyperlink to the official web page. https://ltr.boi.go.th/

And this is SO SO SO SO true. So, be very careful with whom you allow yourself to fall in love with.

I strongly endorse this as part of the philosophy = "Birds of the same feather {tend} to flock together".

I agree. Except, I would substitute the word "Bangkok" with "Thailand" 🤩

These articles seem to be under the influence of flowery, over-the-top, AI GPT systems. I would love to see the AI PROMPT that was used to create it.

I agree, as the Thai baht has remained strong against the Myanmar currency. Furthermore, the Myanmar junta often demands via legislation that some of these foreign remittances go to them to support their war. This has put some of the Thai banks in difficulty, as they are inadvertently helping to fund this war when Myanmar nationals remit their wages earned in Thailand back home. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/27/asia/myanmar-junta-weapons-thailand-banks-intl-hnk/index.html

In my trip report from Koh Tao earlier this year - 90% of the workers on the island (Turtle Island) were Myanmar nationals. We often asked them if they were happy to live and work on the island and the answer was almost = YES. The irony was that hardly any of them spoke Thai and my Thai friend was so perplexed that hardly anyone on Koh Tao could speak Thai. So, Thailand wants the millions of baht income that comes from tourists - but they don't want to support the foreign workers who are working in the hospitality sector. When we were able to find a true Thai citizen on Koh Tao we asked her: --> Why was almost everyone who works here from Myanmar ? " She replied: 1.) The Myanmar people speak English very well, 2.) The tourists like the kindness of the Myanmar people, 3.) It is extremely difficult for them to recruit Thai people to come and work on Koh Tao, 4.) The local Koh Tao mafia likes the Myanmar workforce because they can pay them less than any other potential worker (both domestic Thais and foreign workers { Lao + Cambodia}. Related Koh Tao trip report from June 2024 can be found here:

YES - Halelujah!!! I agree 200% In my opinion, Thailand has a responsibility to protect them from a humanitarian point of view. If they deport them back to Myanmar they are often forced into the military to fight in this senseless war - which can become a death sentence for them.

@vinapu your universe is rewarding you because of what recently happened in your life and because of your bad prior trip to LOS. I am so happy for you - especially since this happiness emanated from Jupiter - often of not such a happy place in the past.

Interesting - many of these non Thais that I meet here in Pattaya Jomtien are not taking jobs away from Thai nationals - as the Thais themselves do not want to do the work that is relegated to these non Thai nationals. There simply are not enough willing and able Thais to go around to fill all of the jobs that need to be done. I recently got to know 2 Myanmar nationals who told me their sad story - they work here in Jomtien and they are only paid 150 baht per day. They need to report for work at 6:30pm every day and finish work at 2am. If a customer wants to buy them a drink they are under strict orders to tell the customer that they can only drink whisky/coke or a beer. All other drink options are forbidden. I asked them why - because of the profit margin ratios so that the boss can make the maximum profit off of the guy drink. From the customer offered guy drink they get 50 baht. They told me that many days pass when they do not get any offers of paid drinks from the customers. And if they drink anything from the bar, their daily salary of 150 baht is reduced by 50 baht for each drink. So, after 3 drinks (even water) their net salary for the day is ZERO. So, they choose to stock up from 7-Eleven to have something to drink when they get thirsty in the bar. They told me that they have the fear of God - that a raid would come into the Complex where they work. Ironically, the owner of this said bar is from Cambodia. I asked them if they could choose from these 3 nationalities to work for, which one would they choose from Thai, Laos, Cambodia? Let me just say that the option to work for a Cambodian owner came in last place. Every week of living here I find out more and more about the dynamics of what it is like for our guys to survive and live here in our fun entertainment city = Pattaya.

But if one were to employ the patented, "Vinapu tuck" technique, then one could write his contact details onto a sticky note onto the bank note. :>))

Excellent news - as Thailand is the LOS :>))

I am glad that you enjoyed yourself at GLAM and were able to find a good masseur to enjoy. They have that very large room behind the glass - like the former HERO - and it would be nice to see it FULL of sexy guys - like back in the day.

@jason1975 I found 2 videos of a prior Crete the Party event via DuckDuckGo and the venue looks similar to a Moonlight and/or Jupiter format. When watching the videos - note that the guys enter 1-by-1 onto the elevated mezzanine stage and make a sexy catwalk for the audience to see below and then you see them going down the stairs into the crowd below - but this is where the difference is (from Moonlight / Jupiter) the crowd seems to be standing and waiting with some of the crowd standing at those small highly elevated tables where they can put their drinks. I hope this helps. Perhaps you can ask the organiser if the format for the 30 November event will follow the same routine ? 2nd video link below that does not seem to embed itself into our forum automatically like YouTube videos do. https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1MB421r7pK/