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Did someone mention cute twinks? Feel free to send any my way - but only if they are cute though 🤣 But tell them they will probably have to wait until September

In the straightforward, no extras (normally) massage shops, either staffed by ladies, or more often by a gender mixture, the staff do get a % of the cost of the massage. I used to go to one of the bigger ones on Second Road opposite Alcazar (now closed-up) to see a Cambodian boy who I took a shine to. Oil massages there were 300 baht, of which he got 100 baht. He said most farang customers would leave a personal tip after a massage, however he said that was far from the case with some other groups of visitors, some leaving perhaps 20 baht, or nothing at all, especially after foot or head massages. He and I gradually developed a scale of bigger tips for extras (he was straight and with a GF working in the same shop), culminating in 'full service' visits to my hotel room (sadly he is now back in Cambodia). But, like I said, that was for the basic - no extras - massage shops. I can understand in those gay massage shops where extras are regularly offered, even expected, that the boys survive mostly on their tips alone. Although that said, it wouldn't surprise me if many/most boys got a basic hand-out for turning up to work. My regular boy at Scandic got 100 baht a day providing here was here by 8pm and stayed until closing - although that was pre-Covid, but I would also be surprised if such an arrangement wasn't back in place to encourage boys to turn-up?

Actually I disagree with that for the simple reason that Sunee is exactly a dark and out-of-the-way sort of place. In Winner Boys it is still possible to have discrete, but 'very intimate' conversations with the boys; dark corners for dark deeds, so to speak, and even occasionally with 'happy' conclusions to those conversations. Not as 'in-your-face' as the more openly 'hands-on' that you get in Nice Boys, but still a level of customer/boy 'intimacy' that you never see in Jomtien Complex, or in Boyztown now for that matter. They can get away with it in dark, forgotten little Sunee Plaza, but I just can't see that model being allowed anywhere else in the gay areas of Pattaya - I would love to be wrong on that but .... Sunee Plaza and Winner Boys (& Nice Boys) is still worth regular pilgrimage. Winner Boys might not be as packed-out with customers as it could be, but free of Covid restrictions, it can still be a nice modest little 'earner' for its boss and its boys with its current level of traffic.

I am 68 and far too old for these sort of places, but my long long time drags me off to them notwithstanding, but the saving grace is that by the time I am heading there, usually post midnight, I am getting happily drunk, and when they close (about 2am, Hollywood is usually even earlier), and I am being dragged to a karaoke bar (smaller rooms, even louder music), I am usually sufficiently inebriated to just stand there with a happy smile on my face taking in the boys and the atmosphere 😅 until I am led back to our room to sleep for what's left of the night. 14.68 vid 02.43.mp4 (Friendly Club Karaoke - about 3am haha)

At Scandic Massage near the Second Road entrance into Boyztown, you choose your boy from outside, you go inside the shop with him to the cashier at the far end where you are told '1,500 baht for massage and sex with boy' and you pay that up-front - an 'all in' payment so to speak for massage and a shag 😅 I found out later that the boy himself got half that, so I would usually give my regular lad an extra tip in the room - but that certainly wasn't expected. Royal House Massage, I was told that, aside from the massage payment, that the boy would expect 1,000 baht tip and I recall noticing that as the massage commenced there was a condom and lube put ready and my lad (no English), just completed the massage, and without a word, put on the condom, lubed-up and got to work! 🤣 I have had a lad at a massage shop behind Tukom seemingly delighted that I gave him 300 baht after a successful hand-job - he assumed at first that that was me just paying the 300 massage fee. At Soda Massage in Jomtien Complex, I give 1,000 for mutual blow-jobs and happy endings, and up to 2,000 if penetrative sex took place. In Foxy Massage, just up from Soda, a gay boy there specifically negotiated 2k for me to shag him at the end of the massage. But in most cases, I have usually negotiated with the boy as to what he would do and how much. For me negotiation time is when the back massage is complete and I have turned over and my little flag-pole is waving happily at him.

A couple of updated pics from their FB page: (boys dancing in their pants - wonderful!) (Nam, the bar's little superstar; just the perfect twink and a happy and fun-loving boy) Bars like these desperately need professional or semi-professional pictures to promote themselves. The girlie bars fill their FaceBooks with enticing pictures that are regularly updated. Why are boy bars so reticent?

Soda Massage always been good to me; variously had HJ/BJ finishes and 'full service' finishes. Mostly gay boys there. Same Foxy massage around the corner, had several 'full service' massages there which were excellent. Even had one of the Foxy lads back to my room in April for a more relaxed 'full service' massage. Gay and straight boys there. Both places know exactly why you have chosen them to visit for your massage 😂 Always had the full hour in both places and usually a well managed hour to ensure you get both a decent massage, and also ensuring that when you 'turn over' you are visibly good and ready for the extras to follow! 😅

Dragon Man Club seems typical of these sort of late night clubs of which there seems to be a few in Pattaya reopening now.. I have been a couple of times in April, once when it had a small audience and just a DJ, the second time when there were the soda water shows and guys in translucent pants (when wet). I remember the old Nab Club best as that was between Soi 5 and Soi 6 and easy walking/staggering distance of my hotel. It seems to me they are mostly aimed at a Thai audience, although farang buying bottles of whisky to share out always seem welcome haha. The are mostly places where you go with friends to continue the party when the main bars have closed for the night. Where you go to chat (despite the volume of the music), dance and admire the dancers on stage. The boys in the audience often circulate between tables, garnering whisky shots as they do so. You are far more likely to meet and off a boy from the audience than you are from the stage, as the stage dancers are mostly eye-candy. So going with friends, getting drunk with friends, dancing with friends and admiring the big cock boys on stage; it makes for a great 'end of evening' (unless you go to the karaoke bars even later). I am a fan of them, 'Dragon' included.

Great pictures, thank you so much for sharing

Several; some mostly gay boys, others, like Royal House Massage, mostly straight boys.

Not my pics - I only wish they were, just borrowed from the bar's FB posts.

Looks likely to be one hell of a party planned, just wish I was there Tonight (17th and tomorrow 18th I believe) Would love to hear any reports if any of you drop by? https://www.facebook.com/Athomebarjomtien https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3101524343398308&set=pcb.3101526123398130 It would seem that other bars in the complex are joining, these are from JQK Bar,

Plenty to choose from as vinapu says, but some are staffed mainly by straight boys (Scandic for example) and others by gay boys (Soda for example) which will usually dictate the nature of the 'extras' on offer.

That is good news reader, Face masks seem increasingly pointless, although if it is only 'advisory' .....

Inside their pants when I can, although one diminutive twink on stage in Cupidol in Boyztown seemed a little hesitant, and when I pulled open his pants to stuff the note inside, and take a quick peek inside of course, the poor lad had a ball of scrunched-up toilet-roll down there to 'enhance' his allure on stage 😂 (didn't put me off offing him on future occasions)

But will they instead hang onto the Thailand Pass instead, or is that likely to go too?

I am hugely impressed; you seem to be enjoying each day to the full, taking risks, taking opportunities, and with rewarding experiences. In years to come when you look back on your trips, it is the those experiences you will remember, not how much you paid for them.

That roof generates differing opinions. For example, my mate thinks its great and the prefect protection from the elements. Personally I miss being able to sit out in the soi of a night with a drink and a boy and look up at the stars; the romantic in me haha. Fortunately for me there are still bars in the Complex outside the roofed area, such as little JoJo Bar just across from Soda Massage where I can still drink, chat to a boy and gaze up at the stars 😂.

Buy a bottle of Lactacyd 'Pussy Wash' as used by the girls, gentle, sweet smelling and effective in removing odours

I think that is surprisingly positive and it heartens me. Sadly I doubt a popular poll asking the same questions here in the UK would get anywhere near that positive response.

Excellent start, well-written and captivating. 😊

I can only comment on the basis of the few of these in Pattaya that I have experienced. I have not seen or been encouraged by the boys for any form of sexual contact; not saying it is impossible as these are usually dark and crowded places. If you just want hands-on fun, chuck wow, or sucking, then I would go instead to Nice Boys in Sunee Plaza, just about the last bastion in Pattaya where such activities in the bar are not only allowed but positively encouraged 😆

I made several visits to Friendly a few weeks ago in April, don't know exactly what time they closed as I was ready for me bed by about 4am and they were still going. The pictures I posted above were taken about 23rd or 24th April.

Was going to try and edit these in - but left it too late: Friendly Karaoke in April 2-3am morning:

Like other 'karaoke' bars, Friendly Club is basically a 'Host Bar', you call a boy down to join you, and his job is then to entertain you for the next hour and drink your whisky haha .They can just talk to you, dance with you, flirt with you. The level of flirting may depend on how drunk you both are, and if the guy likes you or not. What you are not going to get is the sort of sexual groping you might get in some of the boy bars. Keep in mind that the 'typical' customer in these places are Thai girls, although most boys will happily entertain male customers. These are mostly straight guys working here, and although some may be happy enough to be 'offed' and go back to your room with you, not all will want to go down the gay-for-pay route. If you just want to have fun and party late into the night with handsome/cute Thai boys these are absolutely the places to be and in Pattaya, Friendly Club is, IMHO, the best of them!