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Looks to me that it's always at a certain time of year that it gets bad, I notice during the holiday period when a lot of people left the city for the 7 day break the air cleared up but then upon their return it got bad again, added to all the burning off of crops and bush-land elsewhere and it blowing intro Thailand doesn't help much

I can help a little here 1. yes, every time I have been to The Prince the masseur has bee naked from the start of the massage 2. for massage rate it's best to look on their website but for tip I usually give 1500 / 2000 for 90 minute / 2hr massage and afters 3. if the masseur is willing HE can be just about anything (see below point as well) 4. yes but it depends on the guy you choose, best to let them know up front what you expect and want

I love it at Prince spa and always return there. May be a little more expensive than other places (certainly not the most expensive) but I have always received good value there and most certainly very good afters which was not restricted to just a HJ. Will be back there in June to once again partake in their pleasures

I hope the fun is never diminished, for me, I'm not so much into the bars but more into the short fun times at the gay massage places. Just started planning for my 2019 mid year trip and am hoping the fun continues.

Just want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and I hope it's a great one

Merry Christmas sglad and to all members

Sorry a mistake I made above, it's DivineMadman, no idea why I keep getting it wrong

Nice report newscene

I like them both, my personal choice would be Senso although it is a fair bit more expensive, I have come to like it there

Thanks for sharing your reports, very much appreciated.

Most of the gay massage shops will do 4 hands but some turn out quite expensive, the best way to go about it is to let them know up front what you want, pick one boy and have him pick the second. 4 hands is not for everyone but I quite like them but they can be hit and miss though. My last one was at Nine Spa (quite a reasonable price) and to pick the boys I was shown their pictures on a computer and they were more suggested by the spa. The massage was good but only one of the boys wanted to go beyond a happy ending (this happens at times), so whilst we were having our bit of fun the other boy administered the happy ending but in the end we were all happy enough. Here is a link to Divinemadams massage listings, https://bkkmassages.wordpress.com/shop-specifics/

My carrier here in Australia has much the same plan at $10 a day whilst overseas. My usual way of doing things is thus, when I take my regular phone I only power it up once a week to check messages but that will change as of next trip. I take my old phone with me and on arrival buy a sim card at the airport and use the old phone for Thailand and will sms my Thai number to my family in case they need to get in touch. Future trips I will leave my main phone home and have my brother look after it for me. If you don't have an old phone laying around you could maybe look for a cheap used one in Thailand (or at home) and just use that with a Thai sim card whenever you're over there.

You have a few of my personal hates listed there forky, I would also add tossers that wear their backpacks onto planes and then keeep hitting others with them when trying to take them off in narrow aisles, they should be made to remove them before they get on the plane or not be allowed on until they do.

Good luck

Yeah but not where the top 3 are concerned, as far as they care the rest are just speed bumps

Haha they only just figured this out? I have known this for years, certainly since my first visit. My golden rules with traffic laws in Thailand are thus and based purely on observations of road users and physical size of the vehicles. 1. Trucks have right of way over everything. 2. Busses are next in line for right of way. 3. Cars, including vans and 4 wheel drives etc are 3rd on the Thai road food chain. 4. Motor cyclists and pedestrians come last. 5. Stay well clear of idiot drunken tourists that "think" they can drive or ride, Thai roads are not for the faint of heart nor for the foolhardy I have been riding motor bikes since I was 12 years old and consider myself a good rider but would never even contemplate riding over there.

Well I have no idea what their on about, I have eaten at G's several times now and have enjoyed the food (the German food) , beer and prompt service every time and I will be eating there again next trip

There was very little transit through Denpasar airport at that time, mostly if you flew Garuda airlines (into and out of Bali) you could get met and taken through to transit, unfortunately from the town I was flying from there was only the one airline and it wasn't Garuda. Even now if I were to fly from my old town via Bali and the new terminal I would still need to clear immigration and customs and then make my way to the international departures (my last 2 flights were through the new terminal). Even with just carry on luggage it's the same deal, no escaping it really and it was required to clear customs. I guess they look at it that when people fly to Bali they will be stopping over for at least a few days rather than just going transit. The other thing for me was I needed to get to the airline check in counter to confirm the credit card and to check in the luggage. Bit hard for some to understand really but it's a weird set up that kind of works.

Hope this is not going off track but just some experiences I had in the past. Back when I lived up in the north of West Australia I used to fly business class all the time to Bangkok, in part because I was in a high paying job and could afford it. Here's how that worked out for me, my flight from Port Hedland to Bali (direct, 2hr flight) cost about the same as the fare down to Perth, 3 to 4 hr "transit" in Bali then Thai Airways business class to Bangkok (about 4 - 4.5hr fight) for roughly the same cost as an economy fare from Perth to Bangkok on Thai. Some things I had to do or be aware of doing it that way, the Thai Air flight was booked direct with Thai Airways in Indonesia (online booking) and just had to produce a credit card when I got to the airline counter in Bali, also any delays from leaving my home town could make it difficult to meet the connecting flight. I used to look up the online booking sites and from my then home town they all wanted me to fly here there and everywhere and usually meant via Perth and the cost at the time was ridiculous with most of them quoting over $2500 with at least 2 stops (this was between 4 and 8 years back now). Even did a trip to the Philippines this way and flying Singapore airlines from Bali. At the times when I arrived in Bali I had to purchase a visa at the airport, go through immigration and customs, exit the terminal and walk up to the departures and of course pay departure tax, this was all in the old airport terminal and there was no actual transit for me as it was 2 different airlines. The catch doing it this way, once a flight was delayed leaving my home town and when I arrived in Bali the queue at immigration was massive and I knew that if I stayed in line there was no way in hell I was going to get through to my next flight. Luckily for me an airport worker / official was walking past and I showed him my itinerary and asked nicely if there was any way I could get through quicker, he took me straight over to the ASEAN passport holders section at immigration and I was through in about 10 minutes. After that I got a porter to help me (first time I ever used one) and he got me through in time for my ongoing flight, with about 1hr to spare. Then Virgin took over the flights to Bali and started screwing me around by changing flight rimes all the time but that's another story, more like a battle.

I must fly out from the dark side of the moon, I always now book direct with the airline, reason for this is that everytime I checked with travel agents or the online booking sites the only cheap fares were with obscure airlines I've never heard of or airlines that require multiple stops. Others just charge like wounded bulls and are what I would refer to as price gouging. Flying Thai Airways to Thailand I get a direct flight of about 7hrs be it to either Bangkok or Phuket (not flown direct to Phuket for several years though). I also like to try and get a seat close to the front of economy, that costs a bit more but it also cuts back on the chances of me getting stuck next to or very near screaming kids, they drive me crazy on planes. Avoiding school holiday times helps but doesn't solve that issue completely. Likewise I also deal direct with hotels. I once got ripped off on the cost of a visa to the Philippines by a travel agent so decided there and then to avoid them where possible, at that time I was living far out in the country and had to deal with travel agents. A friend of mine used to always book with Expedia but when he needed to make changes to his flight booking he found it very difficult, granted this was a while back and may be different now but I hate hassles when on holidays.

Agreed

Pretty sure Ice is illegal the world over, it's a terrible drug and from all accounts highly addictive and very harsh on the body

Just walk into Golden Cock with a pocket full of baht

Cash for me, although I do take a credit card I leave it in the safe in the room, only use it for paying hotel or in case of emergency. Never had the displeasure of pick pocketing but know several people that have, mostly in the Philippines.

For me it looks good, at the time I arrive at swampy the trains to Sala Daeng are packed like sardine cans and with a main bag and the carry on makes it a bit hard