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I'd probably have to hire a good security detail. Unless you can find a way to stay anonymous I would imagine it's not as fun as we might imagine since everyone will be coming at you with a sob story and their hands out. Some states allow anonymity but others do not. Probably need to set up some sort of holding company and a charitable foundation. A giant house also requires a lot of upkeep. An entourage of hotties sounds fun... and exhausting.

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I think PeterRS covered it well. I really like Singapore but it is the most humid place I have ever spent time. Great for your skin though! I find the people there to be extremely attractive. It's been a melting pot for a long time so there is a nice mix of people. They're quite body-conscious and the young men are required to do national service so they're pretty fit. From an eye candy perspective it's great. But can be a little frustrating. It's more expensive than other places in SE Asia but I always found plenty to do that wasn't so expensive. For such a developed place there are nice parks. I want to explore more of the island some time as there is a good bit of nature there. The public transport network is quite extensive and ever-growing so it's easy to get around.

It's also easy to get to the Grand Palace/Rattanakosin area by MRT now, but the river boats are nice too. They recently added electric boats to get up and down the river as well

I have a good friend who is nearing retirement. He's already 66. For years he's been talking about the need to have friends around in old age to help care for you. He recently had back surgery and thanks to his sister and several friends he had a good network helping him out in his recovery phase. He and his oldest friends talk about creating a group home of sorts for themselves so they will always have each other nearby. He's an extrovert so I think he really needs people around more than I do. As a pretty strong introvert I am able to entertain myself pretty well. The last couple of years of the pandemic I haven't really interacted with many people. I've been working from home full time since it started. Most days I don't leave my apartment. I do talk to my best friend on the phone almost every day which does help. I expect that if I tried to retire away from where I have spent the last 32 years it would be difficult. While I don't have a huge number of friends, my small network is quite reliable. Making new friends at retirement age is likely to be difficult for most people - especially so for an introvert. While I don't know that I would be any more lonely there than I am here, I think it's likely there would be a real degree of isolation being on the other side of the world. Thailand doesn't seem especially stable - but I'm not sure there are many places these days that are. But the rules there - such as they are - can change quickly. My current expectation is that I will spend several months each year traveling (at least for the first few years). Rather than retiring to Thailand full time I think I would want to go for a couple of months at a time. But home base will still be where I am now.

I'll have to try all of that next time. I love Taipei

There's a follow up booked called Very Bangkok as well that is very good. I agree that Burmese and Cambodian guys can have a bit of a different look. Lots of South Asian intermixing in those places. Bangkok has been putting lots of work into green spaces. There are some areas of town that are surprisingly wild.

Yet another project related to this story https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-thai-cave-rescue-series-1235187251/

I guess it might depend somewhat on which of the "charms" you were looking to try. But Bangkok is a good bet. It's chaotic and can be crazy but there is plenty to do. Communication is fairly easy. The tourism infrastructure is well-developed. Thanksgiving time is getting to be the nicest weather. For a first time visitor I think Thailand is typically the best option.

Award seat inventory is constantly changing. Glad you found the seats you needed. If you have the QR booking reference number you should be able to pick seats on the QR app or website under Manage Booking.

7 weeks is a long time. I think 5 weeks is the longest trip I ever took. Every trip has its ebbs and flows. You shouldn't expect every day to be full of fun and frivolity. Listen to your body. Maybe gym, and sightseeing, and the bars is just too much to expect, especially in that climate. Do you live in the tropics full time? Maybe slowing down and choosing one of those things instead of all three would be better. I think it's natural to attempt to pack in as much as possible if you have limited vacation time. But with 7 weeks you have plenty of time to take it easy. I'm several years younger than you and only have a sex a few times in a trip, not in a day. I usually prefer massage places to gogo bars since I don't drink alcohol. So, don't worry about keeping up with the Joneses and do what's right for you.

Manly always makes me chuckle Those rugby teams seem to have a lot of issues for some reason. Wasn't there a famous Aussie rugby player who was thrown off the national team for being a homophobe? The AFL manages to have pride games without too much grumbling (as far as I'm aware)

I'm also in NoVA. What were the criteria for getting the vaccine? I think I saw in NYC one of them is multiple sex partners over the past 2 weeks [edit] Actually I found the criteria for my county on the health department website Monkeypox Vaccine Interest Survey A A A | This form is to gather information from those interested in a monkeypox vaccine. Currently, you may be eligible for vaccine if you are : A Virginia resident and 18 years of age or older AND Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men and have had multiple or anonymous sexual partners; OR Transgender women and nonbinary persons assigned male at birth who have sex with men; OR Sex workers (of any sex); OR Staff (of any sex) at establishments where sexual activity occurs (e.g., bathhouses, saunas, sex clubs); OR Persons (of any gender or sexual orientation) who attend sex-on-premises venues (e.g bathhouses, sex clubs).

TaT should definitely be paying you!

Yogyakarta is a big university town. Unfortunately I was only there for a couple of days. But I am guessing all of those horny boys would need a discrete outlet

it's in Chiang Mai, so I think this news might be confusing to those who don't know that since this thread is about a place in BKK.

Unless Putin ends his war I don't think there's much way to incentivize Russian arrivals. It probably doesn't help Thailand that it's primarily a leisure destination so the airlines have less incentive to add flights since the conventional wisdom is they can't charge as much for tickets

I think we need a cross section of gays and straights to make it accurate. And at least a couple of thousand in every country. We probably would require more than one measurer

given all of the current spikes it seems clear that most governments will not be increasing the hurdles unless huge numbers of people start dying again. South Korea just tightened entry requirements a bit, but it just means getting a PCR test on the day of arrival instead of within 3 days. Not sure how much difference that is going to make. I wouldn't count on too much easing in Japan or Taiwan any time soon. I would likely wait until December for (hopefully) better weather and more things up and running. But as we can see from the reports here there seems to be plenty going on to keep on busy these days. So if you have the time and the means you might have less competition going sooner

And with the crew shortages and other issues it makes sense to have them in the air instead of sitting in a desert somewhere. I'm also a big fan. It also seems so quiet inside and you really feel like you're floating.

I usually check in online and there's always a question about "do you have any of these items in your checked luggage?" and it lists a whole bunch of things including Li-ion batteries. They can be a fire risk. I guess the theory is that if they start smoking in the cabin the crew can deal with it, but if they catch fire in the cargo hold everything burns.

We need Christian and his highly detailed cost itemizations. For the "Monger Index" do you really hire a short time and long time guy every day? I'd imagine that skews the math fairly substantially.

can't you avoid a lot of those gogo bar costs by using alternate means of meeting guys to entertain you? While I haven't been there, I'd imagine that the Philippines would be fairly inexpensive.

I haven't flown SQ premium economy but the airline is generally very good to excellent. From NY I think they fly A350-900ULR that is all business and premium economy and there's also the A380 service that goes via FRA. On the A350s there are 3 rows at the back of the plane where there is only 1 seat at the window so you don't have anyone sitting next to you.

I'm sure that this is a difficult problem to solve given Bangkok's low-lying nature. After 2011 there was much talk about upgrading the drainage system. I don't know if that happened. There may also be issues of maintenance. And of course the constant building of new skyscrapers just adds to the complexities. Given climate change and rising sea levels Bangkok is going to be in difficult straits. Rather than planning for the future they just keep doing the same things over again. A new inland capital is probably going to be necessary. Think of all the potential for corruption that they're just passing up!