faranglaw

The derailing is more my fault than yours. Sorry.

Not really. I'm just having a bit of fun here. Although I will say it's a ritual for me and I have been there at least once in each of the past 27 years. I might have missed a year or two, but that only means I missed going to Thailand altogether. Even at my advanced age, I still get lucky, usually. In recent years it has been with wiry Issan farm boys age 40 up. Even with a few facial wrinkles, their tight little bodies are hot, and it's likely their once a year trip to the big smoke, so they are shy but really passionate.

...and you ADMIT it? In a gay public forum?? I feel faint...

Hey. This is my fantasy. In my fantasy the only thing he smokes is me.

Hmm, not on the link I got. Maybe it's an iPad issue

Ahh, getting smoked by a nice boy on a Thai beach. Heaven... Oh, that's not what they meant? Really?

BTS will give farang the half price seniors' fare. MRT won't. Or maybe it's the other way round. I wonder about this spider card.

vinapu: that's outright penalty from God for not reading this forum, Screwboys is one of oldest bars still operating under the same name . Me: The Lord works in mysterious ways.

A few thoughts here: 1. Jet lag is absolutely real, with a great deal of science backing it up. 2. I didn't know melatonin only works for 30% of us. Lucky me. If I have to put up with being one of the 10-15% for whom cilantro tastes like soap, and even the smell of it is vile, at least there is some compensation. A pharmacist friend of mine said that the 10mg melatonin pills are way overkill. 3mg is enough, and he even recommended cutting those in half. 3. DH and I Fly on Korean from Vancouver. Jet lag definitely worse coming home. Sometimes our flight has a long layover in Seoul, and they will give us time at a hotel, which is a terrific help. You have to go through immigration, but at Incheon that takes about five minutes. Alternatively, they might let you use their lounge. Or you can use the wonderful Korean style (not explicitly gay, but...) sauna at Incheon. You can stay there overnight for about US $30. You might even get lucky there if you're not too tired from all the excitement in LOS. In any case, we now try to schedule that long layover deliberately, to break up the two long flights. 4. One of the advantages comng from Europe is shorter flight times, and sometimes direct flights, I believe. From Vancouver we have to change flights, and I think that makes quite a difference. 5. We used to fly home on a flight that arrived at 6:30pm, early morning in Asia. I found that schedule disastrous for jet lag, as I was wide awake and ready to start a new day just as it was getting dark. Now we try to arrive home in the morning. 6. Sleeping on the plane is much easier if you bring along good quality earplugs and an eye mask. 7. Nothing works perfectly for everyone. Cheers....

Going to Cambodia without visiting Angkor Wat would be a shame, like visiting Bangkk and not going to Babylon. A friend of mine spent three days in Siem Rep and saw Angkor by day and twinks by night. It sounded pretty good to me.

Tell us more! I'm not familiar with this site and I don't see an English language version.

I have been approached a few times by money boys at Babylon. The conversation goes something like this: Me: Where are you from? Young guy: Khon Kaen (always seems to be Khon Kaen!) Me: Do you want to go to a room? YG: Better outside Me: Ok no thanks. I'm certain "better outside" means "your room" with a request for money not far behind. Another time the Khon Kaen boy was more direct and asked for 2,000, again politely declined by me.

Off topic, girls! And now... Do we get a report??

I know that but these diamond shoes really do pinch my delicate feet.

I love all those cities. We have similar taste in cities, opposite taste in boys. I would go back to Paris, Istanbul, or Rome in a heartbeat. But now DH wants to go to Spain and Portugal, and has Prague on the list too. And DH always seems to get his way. Funny thing about marrying a Thai man...

I am loving your reports, Vinapu. You treat the boys so well and I love how your genuine caring for them comes through. I only wish you were going to be there when I am to show me some of these places, although I'll always go for the little twinky boys. Anyway, I'm looking forward to Thailand, as I do every year, this time for three whole months, Dec 1-Feb 27. Yahoo--retirement!

Is GC in bkk ot Patty?

Dear Husband (Thai) informs me that the entire structure will indeed go up in flames, at least, the flammable part (or is that the inflammable part? ) They will then disassemble what is left, that steel base, presumably. DH tells me that when the King's Mother and Sister died they did the same thing, although, of course, the King gets a larger structure.

Two perfectly good hotels on Suan Phlu near Soi 3--My Bed and another yellow building I can't remember the name. Nice if you want to be a bit away from the Silom action in a vibrant neighborhood. Easy walk to Babylon. 850/night as of last winter.

They do have senior discount cards, but not for farang.

Hi spoon. What about Hua Hin? Did you go there? I was interested in hearing about Hua Hin, because Imthink I will visit there my next trip.

Interesting trip report. Thank you, spoon!

Of course, you can be adventurous and go to some random non-touristed neighborhood in deepest darkest Bangkok and try to buy toothpaste, or toilet paper, or sticky rice mango dessert, or get directions home. Usually people will try to be friendly and helpful to the pathetic farang. If you are lucky, auntie will motion you to wait while she gets her cute 16 year old nephew, the one with the dimples who learned simple English in school, to come and translate. Since he knows twenty words or so, auntie thinks he's fluent. I find these odd little adventures make the trip more memorable, but it takes a bit of nerve.

Ohhh, THAT fish massage! Yes, I've done it. My Thai niece and nephew, ages 8 and 11 at the time, thought it was hilarious. So did their uncle. :-)

Fish massage? What's that? The boy massages you with a fish? Sounds kinky!