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I’d call the visa section of the Embassy and ask. I think the answer will be yes as long as you have your passport, a return travel ticket, and info on where you will stay, etc. as floridarob notes they are picky about ink colors.

Moonlight is starting to use social media, i.e. Facebook, to market its New Year / Tet shows. First guy to be featured is a Mr Rome.

No, I was not disappointed as the mamsan had been very upfront about what to expect. I also confirmed with another forum member who had offed babe and he echoed the mamasan. Could I have hoped for more, certainly. But I wasn't surprised by the encounter as it was what I was told it would be.

As of the 1st of the year, Where I live, as of the first of the year, we have to pay a surcharge if we buy a coffee and need a disposable cup!

Totally enjoyed your reporting.

Apologies for the abrupt end to the last portion of my report. A friend, who I haven't seen in 15 or more years, decided to visit the SF Bay Area from his home in Massachusetts and he was able to carve out some time for a get together. We were doing this by text message while I was writing my report and it turned out that the best time then. So, back to my report...it's was Tuesday night, I've taken Van to the hospital, and decided to make it a quiet night and get some sleep. It's now Wednesday, only thing on the agenda is dinner with Van. After I've run my errands, I walk toward the park and then head over to check out the construction work on the what was the Dusit Thani hotel site. Can't see much from ground level, more is visible from the Sky Train statin level and the walkways to the park. Someone is making a fortune on this job. Huge amount of land that was gardens and low lying outer buildings is getting the high density high rent treatment. Van comes by around 5pm, definitely looks much better. He tells me they released him after making sure he had breakfast. He shows me pictures on his phone of the nurses and the doctor and the IV tubing that fed him for a while. He said the money I left (2000 thb) covered the cost, or at least they didn't charge more (or, there was change which I won't see). He says he is going to skip work tonight and rest but he want me to go to the club and off his Viet friend who he has invited to meet up with us at the hotel at 6! I would caution readers to know that I wasn't totally surprised. Van has done this before when he wants to play matchmaker. There is enough time between the suggestion to text his friend and call it off, but Van says he knows me fairly well (true) and thinks Banana Viet (my name for him) would suit me well. He has done this in the past, once even bringing someone to the hotel who I'd offed from Screwboys (using a room at Pavilion Place) who I had not told him about. In that case I forgot the Vietnamese internet and was very happy with the intervention and 2nd round. So, I say, let's see how dinner goes, let him join us for dinner. He does, we eat at Mango Tree. No one eats much so the bill is reasonable. Banana Viet and I head over to soi 4, Van goes home to rest, we say goodbye as I'm leaving after midnight on Thursday and he will be at work. At Banana, I pay the off fee for Van and my evening guest. It's still early so we have a drink at Balcony. I learn about the gogo boy life and what options there are at home in Vietnam. Back at the hotel, he is engaging, he has been coached as to my likes, dislikes, and blends his limits to make it pleasant but not exceptional. Somehow, I think Van was substituting someone for himself as he was still recovering. Decided that there was no future in trying to figure out the motivations of the guys, it had been a pleasant evening and so I said good bye to him. I went to bed around 11. I woke fully rested and ready to start my last few hours when I looked at my watch and found out, I'd been asleep for all of 3 hours as it was just past 1am on Thursday. Decided to get up and go out for a walk, maybe checkout the guys taking down the Patpong market stalls. On Patpong 2, the Red Dragon bartender, is surprised to see me as he is about to lower the shutters. Some of the waiters are leaving Freshboy where the 2nd show has ended. There is some joking about my stopping to off another waiter. I laugh and say "no more", I'm invited to join them for dinner over at the outdoor dining area on Surawong. I go with them, more waiters come by, as do several of the boys from the rotation. I'm not hungry but arrange for a couple of platters of food for the table. This increased my good heart reputation. I have very little idea of the conversation but it was very much an after work time to relax moment. It broke up sometime after 3pm. Waiter 3 (see above) told me he was going to stay with me tonight because he liked me and wanted a good shower. I laughed and agreed. At the hotel he had his shower and we cuddled, I think I fell asleep first. Thursday morning It's Thanksgiving in the USA, or will be when the sun crosses the Atlantic in a few hours. Waiter 3 is up around 10 and wonders if I want to have some morning sex, the answer is affirmative, and we do. Then we have breakfast and he departs. Given how the match up took place, I give him a short time tip even though he stayed the night, he's fine with that. I organize my packing, check the mail, read up on the news from home (depressing). I consider a massage and that's as far as that goes. I'm sort of in an end of trip mood. So much I might do, so few things that I actually want to do. Following a suggestion from Reader and positive words in one of Vinapu's reports, I check out the Amara hotel. It has definite possibilities for the future. I attend the Thursday Manager's Cocktail party at the Tarntawan and have conversations with the Manager and the Assistant Manager. I wish them the best in their battle to bring an old hotel through its upgrade. I tip the breakfast waitress who is serving drinks at the party and say goodbye. She has been a welcoming face most mornings. I head over to Silom Plaza where I'm meeting anddy and Reader for dinner at the Wine Connection. We catch up on our activities since last week. As there is no turkey on the menu we have a fine dinner and enjoy a bottle of wine toasting one another and forum members we know. After dinner, Reader and I say goodbye to anddy, and head over, to where else, Red Dragon. The show's started upstairs so there are only a few barkers and waiters around to muss our hair, so to speak. Across from the bar on the Dreamboys side of the road, I see a good looking guy who has been staring at me. He has a ball cap on and appears to be fairly tall. The bartender being a source of wisdom tells me that he used to work in the clubs, is Vietnamese and gets a seal of approval. I engage him with a smile and a wave to come over, which he does rapidly. He is "Q', he has the swimmer's physique that I like and the height to make him seem panther like. He takes his cap off and his head is shaved! This is a first (for me). We have a drink and I know that I am attracted but that I'm ignoring Reader. Reader smiles and encourages me to continue with exploring the panther. Fifteen minutes later, having said goodbye to Reader and agreeing to meet up again in the future, we are in my room at the Tarntawan. Q did not know from the Viet internet where I was staying, nor my floor, nor my room #. This is a good thing to my mind. He was quick to undress himself and then me. He has a sleek body and a generous endowment and is proud to show off and encouraged me take a photo or 6. He goes into wash up before his shower and encourages me to watch, then we shower together, no worry about getting his hair wet. He dries me off, then makes a small performance about drying himself. Q understands some eroticism heightens the evening's events. He is very good in bed, better than I am ( not that that says much). I get off on his looks as well as his actions. He tells me that we have been together before, I cannot remember and I think I'd remember someone like him...but, it's possible he worked on his appearance/body, etc. He said that was why he was staring at me, as he remembered me. Whatever, it was a nice couple of hours at the end of a good visit. We exchanged Line information, went for a second round in bed, mostly cuddling, then another trip to the shower. He left around 1am. I got back in bed to catch some sleep, I need to leave the hotel around 3:30am for my flight. Around 2am the hotel phone rings, it's security telling me I have a guest. It's Van, he knows I'm leaving and wants to help me get ready. He's done this on many trips, and it involves making sure I have shower, that I'm packed, that my electronics are in the right carry on, and making me a cup of tea to relax. His visit is a surprise but a very pleasant one releasing memories of other trips and departures. At 3am, I go to the desk to check out, the clerk goes up to inventory the room, returns as everything was in its place, the security guard has found a taxi. Van tells me he thinks the fates brought me to town to help him when he was sick. He doesn't come to the airport but says goodbye in the hotel courtyard. Taxi is waiting, I tell him to take the expressway and I'll cover the tolls. Arrive at the airport, by 4am, in time to have the ANA staff bow to those waiting in line, lots of Americans in line, they just finished a Viking Cruise, looks like i'll be with them to Japan and with many onward to SF. I use the expedited exit line, then park, as Numazu did, in the Thai Royal Orchid lounge and have some food I trust. Flight was full to Tokyo, and Tokyo to San Francisco flight was even fuller. Three days later, I came down with the flu which lasted three weeks. Pardon that bit of whining... Good memories of this trip, lots of messages from the guys, especially Van, Q, Yoyo, and some of the waiters. A month after I return, the messages sort of shift to the needing money kind, which I ignore. Then they shift to New Year's wishes. Thanks to all who take the time to report, short, brief, detailed, highlights only, or commenting on reports all help and are appreciated. And, so readers, Happy New Year! May the 20s be good to all of us. I hope to return in late spring to Thailand and is I do, there will be report.

Thank you...but I expect many forum members would do the same. I don't have a kind heart when it comes to family members being sick, the farm was washed away in a flood, I was robbed and need to go home for new year... But when someone, I've known for several years is clearly sick and doesn't know what to do then it's different. Just now recovering from a three-week bout with the flu, I know how important others were in getting me to the recovery point.

Apologies for the break in my reporting, New Year's and visitors from out of town occupied my free time. To go back to where I left off, after a more than active Monday, I woke up on Tuesday, usual routine, breakfast at the hotel, checked texts and emails. Van text tells me he is back from his visa run and we agree on having dinner before he goes to work at Banana. I go to Iconsiam to wander around and pass the time. D'ark is my favorite western farang desert spot, so I indulge in an individual tiramisu. Recommended as is the baked Alaska (fondly remembered from another trip). Ferry and Skytrain back to Silom, meet some friends for a coffee. Back at hotel to meet Van at 6...he's late, no surprise, text, he's coming, but... The "but" is that he is sick, he looks bloated, and has a rash. He tells me it started a few hours ago. He asks for some baht to go to a pharmacy. I tell him, no, and take him to the Bangkok Christian hospital's emergency admissions. I turn him over to the medical staff and give them my info for costs. I get texts and photos on a regular basis from Van. They will be keeping him overnight, are feeding him by drip, he has food poisoning. He will later tell me it was probably the fish he ate on his way back on the visa run. Note - I had given him 2000 baht and promised to come to the hospital to pay anything more. I was never asked by Van or the hospital for any more baht. Not sure if the 2000 covered everything or he had some money of his own. I know when I had to use the hospital's emergency services two years ago, my costs were like $30 USD. It's now around 9pm, and I have no plans or commitments, so I head to Red Dragon for a drink with the waiters. Two, who I haven't off, provide extra attention, but I decide to make it an early night, and I do. Wednesday, dawns, and since I'll be leaving in less than 48 hours, I focus on what I need to do. Thursday will be Thanksgiving in the USA, so there is a dinner planned with Reader and anddy. I pick up things I've ordered from Excelsior and Tony Leather. Van has texted that he will be released sometime in the morning and will go home to sleep. Asks about dinner tonight. My next report will pick up from this point...more out of town guests to deal with...

Entering the US via San Francisco, I use the mobile passport app, a few keystrokes as I'm exiting the plane, usually no line, show my phone and say hello and off to pick up my luggage, if I have any. Trip in October, total time from plane to exiting immigration and customs was about ten minutes. Paper never entered into the process.

Monday dawned and I will still in bed. It was quite a bit after dawn when I woke up. At breakfast all of the golfers had already departed for the links. My Bangkok messages were mainly from Numazu and Paul, the Moonlight mamasan. Numazu was checking in and filling me in on what transpired after we said goodbye at Hot Male. It's quite a lot and is in his report, so I refer you there. Paul was confirming details for meeting up with babe. Apparently, pre-show "get-togethers" were not routine but easily arranged. Fees were as mentioned in other reports. I gave Paul 500 for being a good sport about the arrangements. babe is the cynosure of Moonlight's marketing and is definitely a draw. What caused me to want to spend private time with him was how he dominated the Moonlight stage from opening number to shower show when I visited last week. From other reports and some private PM-ing, I was not anticipating any wild sexual adventuring and there wasn't any. What I did encounter is a very charming young man with a killer smile who is focused on his client. He likes to be the center of attention and i gave him my Ipad and asked him to show me his favorite videos and photos of himself. He liked this and pulled up many photos showing him fully clothed. He is, for some, an influencer and the clothes are "gifted". He likes to travel and is happy to travel with clients (i didn't enquire further). I asked him to loosen things up and show me his moves for his RIcky Martin "She bangs" number and he let me be the "she". FOr this routine he was in his briefs which led to a few moments of both laughter and intimacy as the briefs dropped away for a few moments. He is shy but easily moves to another level when he is performing. His endowment(s) match the video links some have posted in the forum. I asked if he wanted to eat before going back to the club, he declined and then told me more about his trips, especially Hong Kong which he said was "sad, now". Conversation was via google translate, club commercial English, and guessing it out. I walked half way back toward Moonlight with him and then I headed to Madrid for my pizza pit stop. There is more to my Monday, but those reading my report seem to have been waiting for the above information. For the rest of Monday... Around 9pm, I went to Red Dragon for a dose of attention which was achieved, then I went to Lucky Boy, still no Lucy. Seated in the front, I watched the battery of boys, at least 3 caught my attention, sat with two of them, tipped them with thanks and some red notes and sent them back, asked 22, the straight beauty, to sit with me during the show, told him I wouldn't off him, he allowed my hands to wander. Maybe by my next trip to Bangkok, he will have expanded his horizons. I watched the first 30 minutes of the show, and must admit as Divine Madman told me, if I look beyond the lady boy singers I'll see some great looking guys backing them up. OK...but the number of singers still is over the top. I gave #22 several red notes and he gave me a kiss and a grope. I then went over to Red Dragon, slipping past the Hot Male barkers. Once there, the bartender handed me a campari and soda and we discussed options for my waiter of the evening. This would be #4...we agreed it wouldn't be the bartender as he has to lock up and do his books and not until almost 1am, but maybe sometime... I told him who had caught my fancy and he said to give him a moment and he went upstairs and came back with one of the two guys I mentioned. Usual conversation ensued...except that I was a very known quantity among the staff so no need for detail. I gave him the off fee, he went back to the club, paid it, changed (?) though I couldn't see what had changed, and off we went to the Tarntawan. It's sort of like being in a play that is having nightly performances...boy knows of me, knows where my hotel is, what security requires, what my room number is, how the elevator operates, where his shoes go, to invite me to shower with him, to drop the towel once he is dry and not to hide under the covers. All the intimate stuff is the same but with different points of emphasis. I enjoy it, I think he has a bit of fun, too as he isn't in a hurry to rush off to catch customers from the 2nd show. He does leave, security does call, and before I fall asleep, I have a moment to realize this has been a good day.

Thanks for your report, I’m looking forward to your thoughts on other clubs as your style is very thorough and the reporting comprehensive.

There is something universal about getting louder and louder the more one can’t be understood. Google translate seems to have lowered some of the volume but I have memories of traveling with other Americans in the south of France and cringing as voices increased in frustrated volume

The police press release says "once earned 50K in a day". Once is not a regular budget builder for any of the guys.

From a look at Moonight's Facebook activities, they are gearing up for the high season and will be adding to the star line up rotation with some temporaries. I'm guessing at this but my conclusion matches their "grand opening" and other events in the past. Good for Moonlight, it's well managed, well mamasan'd, sets a high standard for its boys, and changes it's show's staging and choreography regularly!

To get to Sunnee rom Boyztown I walk heading toward Jomtien and turn left at the Ronald McDonald statue and walk until the tout lets me know I've arrived.

No, short time was quoted as 2000... I had the impression which could be wrong that he would want lots of complimentary attention about his looks, his clothes, etc.

The Pope and Numazu are in town The Pope has been in town for at least a day and we haven't crossed paths . Numazu texted about meeting tonight. All arranged in a few texts an I learn about his Freshboys double...or at least that it happened. Referring interested readers who don't know what I'm referencing to look at numazu's latest trip report. Reader and I exchange Line messages and he updates me on the Pope. Yoyo must have texted me while I was sleeping to see if we can meet this afternoon and not tomorrow. I'm awake so he's probably asleep...but I suggest late afternoon before I meet Numazu and anddy. I have breakfast from the hotel buffet and head out for a walk in the park, some of the boys are there working out which is good for me as I can check out the strength of my eyeglass prescription. Yoyo is awake and will see me at 4. So let's skip to 4pm. I asked to desk to let him up when he arrives, which they do. He is dressed moderately high fashion today with the rips in the jeans strategically placed. Long hung and kiss once he's in the room. He undresses me before I undress him. The next two hours proceed as anticipated/hoped/etc. I won't be seeing him again this visit and give him a long time tip for a short time as he is worth it. We showered together at the end and his hair remained dry. I head over to Red Dragon, our meeting point for tonight arriving shortly before 8pm. Usual fuss with the waiters and barkers stopping by. I have a drink with the bartender who has decided my drink for tonight is a Campari and soda. Freshboys Waiter #3, my intended off for tonight, checks to confirm when I'll be at the club. Guessing, I say between the shows. Note: by the end of this report, I will have offed 4 current waiters and 1 former waiter from Freshboys. Rather than mangle their names as I did with Waiter #2, I'll just change how I identify them. Anddy buzzes by on his motorcycle on his way to find parking. He returns as Numazu arrives. It's been two years since out travels brought us to Bangkok at the same time and Burboy then was attached to him and his attention. The three of us caught up on Numazu's take on the virtues of Latin America...especially Brazil and Columbia. The barkers and Freshboy waiters attractively interrupt us as Numazu's reputation from his directing the Freshboys staging has spread. The Julia Roberts mamasan comes down the stairs to greet him. Much of the next couple of hours is detailed in Numazu's trip report which has pictures. While we are talking he is in text conversation with the Moonlight mamasan about an arrangement. I am in awe of his energy...knowing that when I was his age, I had nowhere as much zest for the thrill of juggling so many guys. Cheers to him. Anddy, Numazu, and I head over to Luckyboys before the show starts to get a view of the battalion of boys in their drill pattern precision which brings each to the front of the line(s) on a regular basis. There were six lines of boys at least five or six deep. The mamasan, still no sight of Lucy, has seated us in the front row in the center. Anddy and I are considered as semi-regulars (translation, the waiters know us). Anddy invited #22 ,who I mentioned in an earlier post, to join him for a drink and an attempt to see if he''s wandered from the straight path. I ask the mamasan about another boy who is beautiful...a level beyond handsome. I'm told he's gay and Thai. He joins me and confirms he is gay and Thai and will do x, y, and z+. He also tells me he has been at the club for just over a month and is offed at least once each night. The more we talk, his English being only slightly better than my Thai, I understand this boy not only has checked off most boxes but is also VERY HIGH maintenance. I tip him for his time and say "maybe another night". Numazu has been eyed, enticed, flirted at by many of the guys in the rotation, and tells us "too many choices", anddy has not broken the straight wall, and so we decide to head out. Once back on Patpong 2 we discuss options, rule out Dreamboy, and Freshboy is a last night thing, which leaves us with Hot Male unless we want to head to soi 4. Hot Male is known to each of us so we turn toward the stairs and the barkers propel us up them, where the bar boys greet us as the old friends we are, and then into the club. The three of us double the audience. The show is close to starting, we order drinks, two mamasans attach themselves to us. Show starts. My coyote is still away, mamsan texts him so he can text me that he is away until the weekend (when I will be heading home). As Numazu has written in his report, one of the boys in the show caught his attention. A very manly specimen. He joins us and then he and Numazu move to another seating section to discuss the value of soy bean trading. Around the end of the big cock show, decisions have been made...read Numazu's report on the remainder of his night. I say my goodbyes, check with anddy that we are having dinner on Thursday, and head out across the rooftop to pickup waiter #3. The script is the same as with waiters #1 and #2. He knows my hotel without asking and leads me there. Once the ID is given to security he guides me to my floor and to my room. Shoes goes in the cubbyhole the others used, shower together, water temperature at the right setting, his hair stays dry, one change is that he wants to dry me off after the shower. Pre-approved bed activities, one added that included simultaneous kneeling and standing. A sexy and fun time. Headline; "Waiter Delivers!" He also suggests which of the remaining waiters should be #4. Clearly, the boys don't talk among themselves about clients. LOL We say goodbye, short time fee paid, once the security calls to see that I have not been pillaged, I turn off the light and am immediately asleep!

The Thai Puan magazine that's available in the clubs has maps. It's available on line, but there are no maps for Sunnee. It does a decent job for Boyztown and Jomtien.

And the eternal Thai wonderment - who benefits?

Divine Moment To my surprise Van wakes early (for him) and we have breakfast in the hotel. He will be leaving this afternoon for his visa run and asks if I'm going to Chatuchak today. As, I've noted in one report or another, he knows my habits. I usually make a souvenir run once each trip. He wants to look for some clothes as he will be going home to see his family in the next few weeks. So we head out by skytrain. Arriving around 10am. I see lots of things, but nothing interests me. By the way, I know that Van has a plan which is that he will find something he likes and I'll pay. He finds a short sleeve shirt and I pay. He is also looking for some shorts similar to what I am wearing. No luck, so we take a taxi to Siam Paragon and the Uniqlo store. As soon as we walk in, he finds the shorts he is looking for...I wait while he tries them on and then he finds something else and needs to try it on...this doesn't work so I pay for the shorts and some socks for myself. As it's lunch time, we eat in the lower level food court and then head back to the Tarntawan. We say goodbye. As he departs, I realize there have been no disasters, no lost passport, no father in the hospital. There is often a crisis when Van and I cross paths. Before he left he asked who I was going to off tonight and recommended one of the Viet boys at Banana. I replied that I was thinking of the Cambodian boy who worked there. Mid-afternoon, I went to Prime for a 90 minute Thai massage. There was a problem as about an hour into the massage, my right leg hamstring was manipulated into some pretzel form and rebelled and I had to stop the process. The masseur worked around it but the strain will linger for two days and give my a hesitation in my stepping out. Speaking of stepping out, I head to soi 4 and Banana Bar but not to immediately off Cambodia boy. On my way there, I say hello to the guys at Red Dragon, tell Freshboy's waitr #3 that I will be offing him tomorrow. At Banana Bar the greeter tells me the boys haven't arrived, I assure him, I know that but am meeting DivineMadman in the outdoor bar area. I am early and say hello to some of the boys as they arrive, the mamasan who was at HM and is transitioning talks with me for several minutes reminding me of some of the boys I've offed and telling me I have a "good heart" reputation (translation, my charm, character, humor, and $$$$$ spending have given me a positive rating). Almost to the minute of out scheduled meeting, DivineMadman arrives. I always enjoy spending time with him. First introduced to each other through the auspices of PaulSF, I try to make sure we can spend some time catching up if out travels bring us to a common neighborhood. He is at Banana Bar in preparation for a trip. He introduces me to the mamsan who used to work in Jupiter (i earlier wrote that I thought he had been at HM but was wrong). As anddy writes in another forum topic, he is happy to be a mamasan as he doesn't have to go out with the patrons. Divine Madman talks about the changes he sees, the changes to the clubs, he politely suggests that I stay for a full show at Luckyboy and looks at the boys involved with the singing divas. What he's telling me is that my inherent dislike for the ladyboy singers is causing me to missing viewing the boys on stage. We laugh a bit, then a bit more, he introduces the fellow he will be traveling with... At some point, this pleasant time has to end as he needs to prepare for his trip. We exchange rough ideas of travel schedules and see some dates where our paths may again cross. It's still early and I'm not ready to off Cambodia boy, so I arrange with the former HM mamasan that I'll return at 11 and I pay the off fee. I talk with the boy and he is fine with this and will be ready. I head back to Patpong 2 and decide to check out Dreamboys show...I go in and look at the drink prices and look at the boys and decide that's enough and leave. I cross the street and sit in Red Dragon soaking up the attention offered by the bar tender and the barkers/waiters from Hot Male and Freshboys. Many suggestions that I forget about Cambodia boy and taking one or two home from here. I then head back to Banana Bar and since all was arranged, Cambodia boy is dressed and waiting for me. I offer to buy him dinner but he declines, he knows where I'm staying as Van had texted him. I think the Chinese could use the gogo bar system for keeping track of its citizens. Back at the hotel, he's shows he has a rowdy side, he's quick to strip off his clothes, then undress me, shower with me (hair stays dry), and have some fun on the furniture. He stays until about 1am. I'm exhausted and let him know I'd like to see him again but it might have to be on my next trip as the next few days are booking up. Before turning off the light, I check my messages, Reader updates me that he has introduced Numazu to Red Dragon. Paul the Moonlight mamasan confirms that meeting with Babe can be in the later afternoon on Monday rather than post show. I text Yoyo about Monday night and get a yes which will allow for a special day. I turn out the light and immediately fall asleep.

I received a Holiday greeting from The Poseidon with an offer for a special rate May through September. Requires a 2 week stay, includes laundry, free mini bar in the room, and at least one of their special food nights.

Thanks, reader for the updates on the status of Thailand's air worthiness. Hope with fingers crossed that the issues with the US FAA can be worked out...be nice to have a flight to Thailand without a lengthy stopover.

It was Myanmar. I asked because it’s always been Cambodia. He’s said it was quicker.

Return appearance I wake this Friday morning and decide to ease into the day. Not really interested in a Tarntawan breakfast, I cross Surawong and walk to Starbucks for a hot chocolate and scone. I check my messages and read the several from Van. He has been a feature of most of my many reports and while he is no longer a "must" see, I know time with him will be fun once I listen to all the things that go wrong for him. The Vietnamese telegraph is working as he knows I'm in town, tells me he's working at Banana Bar on Soi 4 and when will he see me? I send a vague reply that I'll find him this weekend. Decide to go for a walk and head to Lumpini where some upcoming something or other is setting up. Sit and watch th eboys working out. It's still early so most of the bar boys aren't up yet. Walking back to the hotel, I stop at Tony Leather and look at the design they've come up with for a brief case/over the shoulder bag. I ask for some changes (i.e. no magnet to hold a flap down as the bag will mostly be for electronics. Price agreed after usual amount of bargaining. It will be ready early next week. Decide to have lunch at the Siam Paragon food court and head there via the skytrain. I notice multiple young girls dressed in long blue gowns and wonder what school requires such a formal uniform. It's when I go to enter Paragon and see more girls in blue dresses posing next to a poster for Frozen II that I realize it's the movie's opening day. After lunch and some wandering around, I head back toward the hotel. Bi is in his Nakarat sales location and I'm easily sold, so we repeat...this time the room has a mat on the floor rather than a table but it all works out. Excellent massage, ditto on the afters. At hotel, I wash up from the massage and take a nap. I sleep longer than I intended waking after 7pm. Decide to not decide to not decide a plan for tonight. So I wander over to Patpong 2 and go to Red Dragon and enjoy the attention of the Freshboy barkers, the bartender, and a couple of the Hot Male bar boys as they arrive for work. Minh and Tronc come by and ask me to off them again, I said no wanted to try someone else...which lead to three of the other waiters coming to sit with me to have a drink. At some point, I realized I was enjoying this but wasn't going to commit tonight. I did promise to off one of the waiters but not tonight. I stop at French Kiss for a burger and head to soi 4, where the Banana barker appears overjoyed to see me and propel me upstairs. As others have reported the music is loud and the boys are many and a good mix. One, who used to work at Hot Male, is on stage, sees me and smiles, I wave him over to my seat in the second row which already has a mamasan attached (another Twilight Hot Male alumnus), the telegraph is working as Van pops out from the back room and joins us, smiling that I came tonight. Another mamasan (also ex-HM) stops by to tell me she's happy I'm there. It takes a moment before I realize that she is transitioning and I remember her as a him. We talk a bit. Van tells me he has to go make a call to home but will be back. This leaves an open field for many of the boys to stare and smile at me. One a Cambodian includes some exposing of his private parts. Turns out the waiter is also ex-HM and is vary cute. Lots of choices but it will be Van tonight. He returns, I tell him to change, pay the various fees and for the five drinks I bought. Van's eaten and doesn't want any food other than some Family Mart snacks and a toothbrush. We have been together so often we have routine, I had prepared an explanation of why I was not offing him for the remainder of my trip, but didn't have to use it as he tells me it was a good thing I cam eon Friday and he has to leave on his visa run to Myanmar tomorrow. He is a very handsome young man with a well defined body and all that goes with it. We settle in for a long time, after an initial round of remembered intimacies, I fall asleep as he watched a movie on my iPad. At some point he returns to bed, wakes me to provide some services, and then falls asleep. The rest of the night will be a battle for space on the bad as Van is a twirler and spins around in bed which pushes his bed mate (me) into pushing back, or getting up and moving to the other side of the bed where it will repeat. This may be a reason I don't seek LT.