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All correct examples. But I stand by my statement: there are few homophones in Thai. Estimated less than 10 that occur in common conversation. (Similar for German) English has much more homophones than Thai. There are so many, I once bought a book that just lists homophones of the English language. (Similar for French) Chinese is full of homophones. I guess there is no word that has no homophones. That is because there are only about 400 possible syllables in Chinese, and each can have 4 tones, making 1600 possible sounds. For most sounds/words, there are various different spellings and meanings.

Before massage, I go to shower with my trousers on and take them off in the bathroom. There might be no hook, but I always found a rail for towel, and close my belt around the rail, then my trousers hang on my belt. After massage I have to remember to take my trousers with me to the bathroom. I sometimes forgot, but never had anything stolen in massage (or I didn't notice it).

I have no interest in sitting, chatting and drinking. I want to see boys in underwear, and be able to pick one to join me in bed. My preference would be on a beach or swimming pool, but gogo bars serve my needs.

You mean homophones, not homonyms. The number of homophones in Thai is very limited. I can only think of one common homophone na หน้า face and na น่า (prefix equivalent to English suffix -ing). For Chinese you are right, is has many. I read in a book that the highest number are 177 different ways to write "yi 4th tone", each with a different meaning. For Japanese, I can't judge.

I have no interest in host bars. When I'm in Pattaya alone, I don't go to Jomtien (I spend all my time in Sunee and Boystown, in that order). When I'm with a friend who wants to go to Jomtien, I join him but we don't stay long and I don't sit and drink in a bar (just walk through the soi). There are boys to my taste in Jomtien, my current and all time favorite works in a bar there.

Out of about 6 years in Thailand: Carrying my passport with me for 1 year. Being asked by police to see it: 0 times. Having it stolen: 1 time. Keeping my passport in my room for 5 years. Being asked by police to see it: 0 times. Having it stolen: 0 times. (It was Songkran 2013, and I had both my wallet and my passport wrapped in plastic bags. The thief probably wanted to steal my wallet. And that would have been the better outcome for both of us.)

Unfortunately, many books about Thailand do not have Thai names in Thai script, only romanized names. As there are various systems, I might not find the place under that romanized name, and anyway there will be more information on the internet in Thai language than in English language. Here a recent example: Tham Si Chom Phu which I convert back to ถ้ำสีชมพู Wat Tham Pha Ya Chang Phuek which I convert back to วัดถ้ำพญาช้างเผือก Both I understand after a second of thinking, without tone marks. But I have been to hundreds, nay thousands of places, and reading both Thai and romanized names. For general conversation I have no example where I read romanized without tone marks and understand what is meant.

The one gogo bar (Be-high) in Saphan Kwai (Pradipat more exactly) closed some years ago, and now there are several boy Karaokes left.

Continuation of language discussion from retirement thread www.gaythailand.com/forums/topic/11985-retirement/ I would not want to live anywhere without being able to read the language. For me as an introvert, reading is the most important means of information intake. I would rather be able to read and write in a language than to listen and speak if I had to choose. As soon as I knew that I would be spending more time in Thailand, I took classes in Thai (2010/2011) and now (2018) the same for Taiwan/Chinese. I agree with everything anddy said about learning Thai (grammar and writing/pronunciation quite straightforward). I'm not good at tones, but tones are not crucial for understanding. I can understand romanized Thai, which has no tones. You can argue that I know most words because I have seen them written in Thai.

Dolphin roundabout. There is an airplane as decoration at Terminal 21, for that reason I will go some day.

And where did those three come from? When I was offing from Screwboys 2010-2014 all my experiences were average or good (about 5 cases, Thai or Myanmar boys).

Thank you for sharing. I used this post to prepare my trip to Mandalay, and now can report: GGG still open in same place. I couldn't find Paradise Spa, probably gone. Lime Spa reported closed on Travelgayasia (but so is GGG, which is still open!) so I didn't go there. Full report, and many more findings, here: Gay activities Myanmar Sep/Oct 2018 https://christianpfc.blogspot.com/2018/10/gay-activities-myanmar-sepoct-2018_15.html

I would not rely on Line alone. It happens quite often that boys lose or break their phone, or log out and forgot password, or for any other reason suddenly the chat in Line goes quiet. Knowing their place of work, and name and picture so you can ask their colleagues, is the best way to find a boy who has disappeared online. Frequent messaging can become a nuisance for people like me who are not into online chatting. If it gets too much, I leave messages un-read for days. "amongst the hundreds of offs" is a bit exaggerated. The average might be 50-100 customers per year. But yes, their memory of people is incredible. In Power Boys or Nice Boys, a boy approached me and asked if I remember him. I had to ask for name and home province, and then memory slowly came back. Later, checking my notes, I found that I offed him half a year ago, but his performance in bed was such that I quickly forgot him.

Of course I compare the numerical data with the pictures. Some people lie, others don't know know their weight and height and just put in something, others don't do metrical (for me, 6'4" means nothing - I would have to convert to cm). My point is, when I read 20 years, 50 kg, 170 cm, that gets me salivating before even seeing a picture.

Pattaya!

A lot of excellent reasons for me not to set foot in the bar. I might even change to the other side of the road when I pass.

Same for me. Everything between 160 cm and 190 cm is okay, as long as he is slim. The body mass index is helpful in such discussions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index I have my own system: heigth in cm - mass in kg - 100 <10 too fat 10-15 I have to take a closer look 20 perfect 20-25 I have to take a closer look 30 too slim (I know a boy who is 50 kg and 180 cm or similar, too slim for my taste, feels like hugging a stick insect). That's why weight or hight alone is worthless, just like the boy who claimed "But I'm slim! Only 55 kg!" when I rejected him for being too fat. 55 kg at 165 cm that was! 55 kg at 175 cm would be fine.

Let's do some maths. At a minimum, we would be looking at 300 drink for you, 300 drink for boy, 500 off fee, 2000 short time = 3100, and that 3 times = 9300 THB before you can expect good sex with a Vietnamese boy from Screw Boys. Whereas in Pattaya, it's 200 + 200 + 300 + 1000 = 1700 THB, and a 50% chance of good sex, or 3400 for 100%.

There is former Ruen Rom hotel, now S Hotel 1962 nearby, and several more who rent rooms short time in the 200 to 300 THB range. Yes. I'm slowing down. That day, I left my room 4 pm for 39 underground sauna (where I saw one awesome and several okay boys, but none of them was interested), then met a friend in Pinklao, but on that night he was not in the mood for sex, so I went home. I had two chances, none of them materialized. That was earlier this year.

When I withdraw money at an ATM, I get less THB per EUR than at an exchange booth. However operating costs for an ATM are probably much lower than for an exchange booth. There is no lack of exchange booths in Silom road, I estimate you can find one every 50 meter. Which is a huge waste of resources. There is an overkill of exchange booths in Silom and Sukhumvit and Pattaya, and up to 7 different ATMs in places like Hua Lampong railway station, just for lack of cooperation between banks. I pass Ratchadamri about once per week anyway, so I do all my money exchange there. But instead of going to Superrich (draw a queue number and deal with three different people before getting to the counter), I compare rates and then go to a lesser known money exchange, where there are no queues; often I'm the only customer, and the rates are the same.

By chance, I just passed there (Eastern side of Klong Lot at 21:45) by taxi and counted 10 boys, who looked available, and it looked very promising. I should have gotten out of the taxi for a closer inspection!

I don't think so. I met boys there (Saran Rom) who came from as far as Samrong. Anyway, with the decline of Saranrom, and in general all venue/location bases gay entertainment (sex cinemas, saunas), with maybe the exception of male massage (or is it just a fluctuation and number of opening businesses is the same as number of closing businesses) I don't think there is any gay activity that has escaped my intensive search.

The boys I met there came from all walks of live, but the majority was lo-so (low-society). The activity there is not linked to any opening or closing time.

I have been to Hat Yai several times. The gay scene is dwindling, details see on my blog. I met a Malaysian Muslim in one of the gay saunas of Hat Yai (I think now only one is left), and I asked him how he can reconcile gay sex and being Muslim, and he talked to me in fluent English for 10 minutes, but after that I was no wiser. I have visited the far south (Narathiwat and Pattani) in Jan 2016, report of gay activities here: https://christianpfc.blogspot.com/2016/02/gay-activities-in-narathiwat-and-pattani.html Overall, friendly people and the only provinces in Thailand where you can go for days without seeing another White. Even in places like Sakon Nakon, Phichit, Bueng Garn, I see at least one other White per day. I would go there (Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala) again any time!

I heard that as well, but whenever I was there (a few times over the last years), there were plenty of people around, but I didn't notice any cruising.