bucknaway
May 15th, 2014, 06:29
My last holiday in Thailand only lasted about 11 days, but I spent nearly as much as I did when I stayed in Thailand for 3 weeks, less the costs associated with accommodations. I spent with a certain level of abandon. I tipped those I liked when no tip was called for which earned me a gift of a rose from a gogo boy I flirted with one night. I did little shopping but a lot of spending or money gifting. I gave one guy my old I-Phone, you would think that would be enough? No, I had to give him 1,500 baht to have the phone factory unlocked as well. Another guy wanted to "Borrow" a few thousand baht to pay for his room. Sure... A loan.... I gave him the loan and considered it a gift knowing I would never get it back, but I didn't tell him that because I wanted to see if he offered to pay it back. You guessed it, he didn't.... but I only saw him once more and then after that, I avoided him and ignored all the notes he left under my hotel room door. He seem to always be around... Before I left my hotel room, just to be sure he was not in the lobby, I turned the TV to the station showing the hotel lobby so I could be sure he was not there waiting for me. I had to do that because I was about to go out and I got a call from a friend telling me that the guy I was avoiding was in the hotel lobby. I know I will see him when I return, he works at a hotel I like to stay at. Note to self, stop having sex with the hotel staff.
Another waste of my money, but was something I enjoyed a lot -- Bar Hopping! Going from bar to bar was a major source of my spending. Not only for the drinks I purchased, but I often had a guy sit with me so I had to buy him a drink and tip him and once the check came I had to leave a tip in the folder once my tab was paid. Once done, I was off to the next bar to do it all again. Another drink, another mamasan asking for a drink, another gogo guy sitting with me and me buying them a drink, another check-bin arriving with me tipping the waiter, gogo boy and paying for the drinks and then I am off to do it again at another bar!
Once I was done all my bar hopping, I would buy some food and begin to make my way back to my room. Once I am back in my room, if I have not called a friend to come visit me for some fun, or hired a friend to come for some paid fun, or found a match on one of the apps, I may log on the PC and meet-up with a guy online with them either coming to me or me going to their room. I am a person that prefers to end my day with sex. I enjoy sex at night or in the early morning. If I have an orgasm in the middle of the day or at night before I go out, I will loose interest in being active and social and may just stay in my room and be content to just watch TV or work on my computer.
So this August when I return, I plan to have a plan.
#1 Have a plan for the night.... Before I go out I want to know what my objective is. If I want to see a show, then I will pick 1 or 2 bars and see their show. If I also want to flirt with a gogo guy I will stay at the bar I saw the show at and flirt there.
#2 Try to focus. Instead of trying to do everything every night jumping from bar to bar to walking street to boyztown to sunee plaza to Jomtien Complex, focus on an area and set a budget.
#3 Take time to smell the roses. I hope to stop being in a hurry to enjoy a "Gay Holiday". I hope to do some sight seeing with either a tour guide or one of the locals and not put all my focus on the Saunas, Bars, Apps, Discos and such and get out and explore the area and discover things I have not seen before on previous visits to Thailand.
#4 Don't throw money around. Thailand seems to be a place where I tend to forget the value of a US Dollar. Maybe it is because a 100 Baht note is so deceiving to my mind just like the 20 baht note is. I keep forgetting that 20 baht is closer to $1 USD. At home I don't waste money but in Thailand I have a habit of being less respectful to the money I've earned. Sure, others will tell you to spend and be dammed. Let them spend their money without care... I'm going to get back to spending wisely and responsibly.
Another waste of my money, but was something I enjoyed a lot -- Bar Hopping! Going from bar to bar was a major source of my spending. Not only for the drinks I purchased, but I often had a guy sit with me so I had to buy him a drink and tip him and once the check came I had to leave a tip in the folder once my tab was paid. Once done, I was off to the next bar to do it all again. Another drink, another mamasan asking for a drink, another gogo guy sitting with me and me buying them a drink, another check-bin arriving with me tipping the waiter, gogo boy and paying for the drinks and then I am off to do it again at another bar!
Once I was done all my bar hopping, I would buy some food and begin to make my way back to my room. Once I am back in my room, if I have not called a friend to come visit me for some fun, or hired a friend to come for some paid fun, or found a match on one of the apps, I may log on the PC and meet-up with a guy online with them either coming to me or me going to their room. I am a person that prefers to end my day with sex. I enjoy sex at night or in the early morning. If I have an orgasm in the middle of the day or at night before I go out, I will loose interest in being active and social and may just stay in my room and be content to just watch TV or work on my computer.
So this August when I return, I plan to have a plan.
#1 Have a plan for the night.... Before I go out I want to know what my objective is. If I want to see a show, then I will pick 1 or 2 bars and see their show. If I also want to flirt with a gogo guy I will stay at the bar I saw the show at and flirt there.
#2 Try to focus. Instead of trying to do everything every night jumping from bar to bar to walking street to boyztown to sunee plaza to Jomtien Complex, focus on an area and set a budget.
#3 Take time to smell the roses. I hope to stop being in a hurry to enjoy a "Gay Holiday". I hope to do some sight seeing with either a tour guide or one of the locals and not put all my focus on the Saunas, Bars, Apps, Discos and such and get out and explore the area and discover things I have not seen before on previous visits to Thailand.
#4 Don't throw money around. Thailand seems to be a place where I tend to forget the value of a US Dollar. Maybe it is because a 100 Baht note is so deceiving to my mind just like the 20 baht note is. I keep forgetting that 20 baht is closer to $1 USD. At home I don't waste money but in Thailand I have a habit of being less respectful to the money I've earned. Sure, others will tell you to spend and be dammed. Let them spend their money without care... I'm going to get back to spending wisely and responsibly.