what brought you to LOS

[latintopxxx]

I never had much interst sexually speaking in Asians, be they the Chines/Thai look or Indian or Indonesian, not sure why but the attraction just wasnt there, was more into Europeans and the Mexican look, I realise a lot of stereotypes here but hope you all get my sentiment.
Consequently travel to Asia was never on my agenda....until a childhood friend decided to hold his 2nd batchelor party in BKK...wow...was that an eye opener..sampled my first asian and since then have developed a deep liking for them...expanded my menu.
What first brought you to LOS...work? adventure?

[cdnmatt]

Moved to Budapest with my then husband, and that was the beginning of the end. Plus he turned my home into a porn studio, which I wasn't thrilled with, so I moved to Malta. Had a great time, but bored after 6 months of the small island, so back to Budapest.

Didn't like it again, so off to Prague I went. Prague was great, but by then it had been about two years and our relationship had waned quite a bit so I was left wondering why the hell am I sitting in Prague? Didn't really want to go back to Canada, and parents were living in Malaysia at the time due to my father's work, so I decided I'm checking out Asia too and went for a holiday.

Decided I quite liked Asia, and turned their place into my home base while I hopped around to all the various countries SE Asia offers. Landed on Thailand like all of us, and ended up in Chiang Mai for 6 months. Went back to Canada where I only lasted a year before finding myself in Thailand again, and this time met a cute hooker named Kim and spent 8 years there.

Good times, can't wait to get back to Asia.

[StevieWonders]

Moved to Budapest with my then husbandThe formal, legal divorce papers have gone through then, Matt?

[cdnmatt]

The formal, legal divorce papers have gone through then, Matt?

No, I guess legally speaking we're still married. That's fine with me, as I don't plan on getting married again.

We still talk sporadically every few months though. Those are always nice two hour long conversations.

[Manforallseasons]

Moved to Budapest with my then husband, and that was the beginning of the end. Plus he turned my home into a porn studio, which I wasn't thrilled with, so I moved to Malta. Had a great time, but bored after 6 months of the small island, so back to Budapest.

Didn't like it again, so off to Prague I went. Prague was great, but by then it had been about two years and our relationship had waned quite a bit so I was left wondering why the hell am I sitting in Prague? Didn't really want to go back to Canada, and parents were living in Malaysia at the time due to my father's work, so I decided I'm checking out Asia too and went for a holiday.

Decided I quite liked Asia, and turned their place into my home base while I hopped around to all the various countries SE Asia offers. Landed on Thailand like all of us, and ended up in Chiang Mai for 6 months. Went back to Canada where I only lasted a year before finding myself in Thailand again, and this time met a cute hooker named Kim and spent 8 years there.

Good times, can't wait to get back to Asia.


What a tangled web we weave!

[dab69]

Bought an "Exotic Thai" XXX movie in 1996.
1997 was my first visit.

[mr giggles]

Moved to Budapest with my then husband, and that was the beginning of the end. Plus he turned my home into a porn studio, which I wasn't thrilled with, so I moved to Malta. Had a great time, but bored after 6 months of the small island, so back to Budapest.

Didn't like it again, so off to Prague I went. Prague was great, but by then it had been about two years and our relationship had waned quite a bit so I was left wondering why the hell am I sitting in Prague? Didn't really want to go back to Canada, and parents were living in Malaysia at the time due to my father's work, so I decided I'm checking out Asia too and went for a holiday.

Decided I quite liked Asia, and turned their place into my home base while I hopped around to all the various countries SE Asia offers. Landed on Thailand like all of us, and ended up in Chiang Mai for 6 months. Went back to Canada where I only lasted a year before finding myself in Thailand again, and this time met a cute hooker named Kim and spent 8 years there.

Good times, can't wait to get back to Asia.

How many husbands/ partners have you had?

[cdnmatt]

How many husbands/ partners have you had?


Serious, long-term relationships? Only three, and I'm nearing 40 these days, so that's not bad.

Would be embarking on a forth right now, but some microbes decided to turn the world upside down. Guessing it will be more of an uncle nephew type relationship though, so no sex, which is fine with me. He's a great guy and I know I can trust him, so I'm happy with that. Besides, that's what hookers are for.

Giks? I have no idea, and I'm sure nobody on SGT knows how many they've had either. I can say that I've never once cheated though, which I'm quite proud of.

[Kenny]

What first brought you to LOS...work? adventure?

For me it was the adventure, and more specifically the adventure of my first holiday as a gay man looking for a new life experience in Thailand.

Why Thailand? Well, this board had a lot to do with it - credit where credit is due!

I first visited Thailand in the summer of 2017. Having read the trip reports posted here by many contributors, I wanted to experience it for myself.
The board was an invaluable resource for the first-time traveler - bars, clubs, hotels, massage shops, it covered everything you could wish to know.
The atmosphere on the board back then was friendly and helpful.
Seasoned travelers were happy to help out starry-eyed newbies with mundane, but essential information such as - How do you get from Boyztown to Sunnee Plaza?

I can still recall my first evening in Boyztown, sitting, wide-eyed, with a stunning Thai boy in Cupidol, wearing nothing but the skimpiest of white briefs (the boy I mean)...
Who could have believed that such a place actually existed?

Sadly, like so many things these days, the board has since gone into decline.
The trip reports have all but disappeared, inevitably.
It seems that it is now populated by a bunch of monkeys throwing shit at each other in a gilded cage,
pausing only to redirect their venom at whatever unfortunate newbie has the temerity to interrupt their sport.

I hope that the trip reports, at least, will return before too long.
I am feeling optimistic. I am due to get my first covid vaccine shot this week, its a Pfizer.
I hope that the vaccination rollout will enable international travel to restart.
With a fair wind I could be back in Thailand before the end of the year, covid restrictions notwithstanding.

I am looking forward to being back in Niceboys, playing with Arsenal's balls.

[a447]

Hi Kenny.

I also found this board a goldmine of information when I started visiting Thailand. At first I was a complete novice when it came to gogo bars - I had to feel my way, so to speak.

With help from from members here I soon learnt the ropes and took their advice on which bars to visit and which ones to avoid. The warnings about pesky mama-sans was also useful.

I was also an avid reader of trip reports and ended up writing a few myself. I didn't bother in later years as I tended to spent my holidays with the same 2 guys and there was little new to report.

My first trip was to Chiang Mai back in the 90's. I chose Thailand simply because I had heard so much about the availability of sex and wanted to try something new. I met a guy in the night market, went back to his house and the rest is history. I never looked back.

But I'm looking forward to the trip reports once members start returning to Thailand.


I am looking forward to being back in Niceboys, playing with Arsenal's balls.

What?? Arsenal, have you been moonlighting at Niceboys without telling us?

How much do you charge for a chuck wow?

[Oliver2]

I had my first gay experience at the age of forty-five. At that time, the best place for a dweller -in- closets to have sex was Amsterdam and I'd frequent the three gay brothels there.

At Blue Boy (perhaps the best-known) one of the guys was chatting to me after we'd finished and recommended Pattaya on the basis of what other customers had said to him.

In Foyle's, Charing Cross, I bought a gay guide. A day later, I halved my annual holiday to the Caribbean and added Pattaya. I stayed at The Royal Garden.

To be blunt, I didn't think much of the beach when I looked out the window the next morning. I was used to Grande Anse in Grenada. And I thought Ripley's vulgar.

However.....that night I was in Boyztown. And I was hooked. Three months later, I returned and spent a long weekend there- as much as work allowed. I had more energy in those days!

So it was sex that brought me to Thailand. And nine years later after my first visit, I fell in love.

[goji]

At Blue Boy (perhaps the best-known) one of the guys was chatting to me after we'd finished and recommended Pattaya on the basis of what other customers had said to him.

In Foyle's, Charing Cross, I bought a gay guide. A day later, I halved my annual holiday to the Caribbean and added Pattaya. I stayed at The Royal Garden.

To be blunt, I didn't think much of the beach when I looked out the window the next morning. I was used to Grande Anse in Grenada. And I thought Ripley's vulgar.

However.....that night I was in Boyztown. And I was hooked. Three months later, I returned and spent a long weekend there- as much as work allowed. I had more energy in those days!

If you're starting off in the UK, that's a long way to travel for a weekend ! I've done quite a few weekends in Prague and Berlin. When I was working, I could head to the airport after work on a Friday. I would not entertain the idea of going to Thailand for less than 10 days, due to flight time.

I firstly got rather attracted to Asians when in Japan on business. I decided I needed more of this, but of course a lower cost alternative would be preferred.
So after some internet searches, finding various gay boards & so on, I booked a 17 day trip to Thailand & Cambodia. I was hooked.
After that, it was 4 week trips from early December to early Jan, which was the maximum I could get out of my vacation allowance, whilst still allowing for a couple of European breaks in the summer.
Once I quit working, the trip duration has increased.

[arsenal]

I think Kenny is referring to Naked Ping Pong. The game I played with the boys in Nice Boys. For the sake of decency and clarity, the boys were naked. I was not.

[Kenny]

I think Kenny is referring to Naked Ping Pong. The game I played with the boys in Nice Boys. For the sake of decency and clarity, the boys were naked. I was not.

You're right of course Arsenal. I've tried it with limited if hilarious results.
Is it better to bounce your balls off the floor or off the table?

[arsenal]

The stage floor. Other than that you can make your own rules. Just make sure it's not too difficult to win.

[gerefan2]

I had my first gay experience at the age of forty-five. At that time, the best place for a dweller -in- closets to have sex was Amsterdam and I'd frequent the three gay brothels there.

At Blue Boy (perhaps the best-known) one of the guys was chatting to me after we'd finished and recommended Pattaya on the basis of what other customers had said to him.

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What a coincidence. I too was a regular for long weekends in Amsterdam. One evening the bartender, Brian, at the Club 21 recommended Thailand to me. That was in 2004.
I bit the bullet in flew to BKK staying there for 3 weeks followed by a week in Pattaya. I stayed at the Ambiance and only at the end of the week did I learn about Sunne and Jomtien!
I flew home and immediately rebooked another flight! I was back in Pattaya within a week and stayed for 2 full months!! Been back twice a year ever since, and don’t bother with Amsterdam any more. It was dying anyway.

[bkkguy]

I was back in Pattaya within a week and stayed for 2 full months!! Been back twice a year ever since, and don’t bother with Amsterdam any more. It was dying anyway.

it's like déjà vu all over again - where is the next bartender going to recommend?

[Uranus]

Arriving for the first time in Silom, on Christmas Eve in 1987, I was greeted by a young man as soon as I stepped out of the taxi. He asked "you go toilet", and in retrospect, not being familiar with Thinglish, it took me a while before I realised he wanted to take me to Twilight – the infamous bar at the corner where naked boys danced on the bar.

[Daveuk]

In 2001 I heard about the gay scene in Thailand and its attractive boys. Ended up,in Pattaya for 2 weeks of sun and sex with many boys.

[mr giggles]

Had a 3 day "lay-over" in Thailand in the mid-nineties, the emphasis is on lay
Never looked back!

[Ruthrieston]

My first trip to Thailand was with a group of friends in 1998, two of whom had been a few times before. We arrived for the last couple of days of Songkran which in those days was not so crazy and the water throwing stopped when the sun went down in the evening and you could dress well and go for dinner. My friend and flatmate was so keen to show me around and walked me up to what is now Sunnee where then there was only one bar, Crazy Pub, then a closed in bar where we sat on sofas and I was shocked when the young gentlemen were running past and hitting the glass topped coffee tables with something hard and I realised it was their hard appendages. I was so embarrassed that my glasses steamed up and my dear friend was laughing his head off, just the reaction he wanted! I have now been living in Pattaya for more than nine years after an early retirement.

[wingnut]

My first trip was only a few years ago. A friend discovered this blog online that ticked all our boxes - smooth, no body hair, especially no bum crack hair, willing - and when we arrived in Thailand the boys looked five years younger than white boys of the same age back home. Win, win, win. As it turns out the blog is written by a member here, which is how I found out about SGT.

[riverdee]

i way back in the early eighties had the sparactacus gay guide book and wished i could visit LOS then but circumstances meant i couldnt i now wish i could have seen it then compared to now ....
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[dab69]

Spartacus here also. After the "Exotic Thai" Sexual Healing XXX movie there was Spartacus.
Travel agent ad in the back of the book (Rancho Mirage?) got me tickets. 1997
Had just paid off my house and spent my tax refund on cheap February ticket to paradise.
It was so great I went back the next year because I couldn't believe it was real.
Return trip will be about number 16.
Maybe one -way trip.

[latintopxxx]

i first enjoyed BKK in 1998...straight bachelor party affair...so much pussy that Im still traumatised..cant even look at ping pong balls without getting post traumatic stress...saw vagina lips as big as those car wash rubber flaps that beat the car....horrendous...but also was exposed to the trabbies...the gorgeous chicks with dicks...and managed to slip away occasionally for a bit of gay fun at the massage parlouys/whore houses....made plans to retuen asap...so like 5 weeks later was back alone...very much solo...was as happy as a pig in shit...like a dog in a forrest...didint know what tree to pee on...absolute paradise...everytime I visited I dicsovered new attractions...the fuck shows...gogo bars..Babylon sauna to me was absolutely amazing...like a luxury resort...could spend the whole day there..took me about 5 years to venture out of BKK...Pattaya..again loved it...the dongtang beach...even dicounting forn the whole rose tinted ghlasses thing I do believe that things were better then...more fun..free wheeling..

[Doug]

First Visit to Thailand - 1988
First time I came to Thailand it was on a 14 day Cathay Pacific tour. Three days in Bangkok then Pattaya. My holidays had always been camping in the Canadian wilds but a co-worker convinced me to try something exotic and Thailand was the cheapest.

On disembarking from the plane my initial impressions were disappointment. Heat, humidity, smelly and sweaty. It's not going to be fun. The tour booked me a single at the 3 star Asia Hotel. The room was unbelievably small with a bed smaller than the size of a twin. Each floor had a sharp-eyed matron that sat at a desk beside the elevator. How could you have fun here??

I had read Sparticus gay travel book and memorized the gay area of Bangkok’s Pat Pong district. During the day I went to look for the gay bars but, of course, everything looks different during the day. At night (7:00pm) I ended up in the girly bar area...nervous and lost. The gay books had warned not to go with a "tout" (brothel guide) but when one interrogated me and discovered I wanted a young Thai boy, desperation won over caution. We walked a long way to a bar and went in. It was too early and there were only a couple of boys there neither of which appealed to me. The tout suggested another bar with younger boys so I paid the exorbitant bar tab and off we went.

We came to the top of a soi where the tout turned. I stopped. The lane was very dark. I asked where? He pointed to a sign glimmering far down the soi. Everything told me, "NO!", except my groin, which had taken over any common sense. We arrived at Lucky 7 Boy Bar and went up the narrow stairs. The room was so dark except for the stage where 9 of the most gorgeous specimens of youth danced in their white briefs.

The tout led me to a couch and drinks were ordered. I was mesmerized by the beauty of the boys...one in particular...number 11. He smiled at me and I smiled back and he immediately took my smile as an invitation and jumped off the stage and plunked himself down next to me. He took my hand and placed it on his thigh and I was in paradise. My breathing was so shallow; I felt a constriction in my chest. This can't be real. Nothing in the world was smoother or softer than his skin. His hands, his sniff kisses, his body movements, his endearments, all transported me. I would have sold my soul immediately if the devil had promised this moment would never end.

The tout asked if I wanted to "off" the boy and take him to a room upstairs. Yes! YES! YES! Oh but how much. He talked with the mamasan then said it would be 2000 bhat...everything included, off fee, room, drinks but not the tip for the boy.

Now I had read not to take more money with you than you planned to spend. Also I had read the typical cost for a boy was 800 baht and had only brought a little more than that. Why was it so expensive? (1988) "Do you take Visa?", I asked meekly.

Oh, the disappointment. We finished the drinks. I paid for the drinks. I reluctantly let go of the boy and gave him a small tip and I went out into the dark soi - shattered...searching for a cold shower. The tout took the rest of my money for services rendered.

The next night I was back at Lucky7 at opening with my wallet bulging. When I entered the room, number 11 raced over and embarrassed me in a most erotic way. My ego and other body parts soared to unheard of heights. We took up where we left off the night before. I told the mamasan I wanted to off the boy and reminded her of the 2000 baht fee. She seemed confused for a moment then said, "Oh. oh yes...that's right".

Upstairs the room was very dark. We shower together then took to bed and it was glorious. I was shaking like a leaf. I think I was 5 seconds away from a major heart attack when we both had a "happy ending". We cuddled for an additional 10 minutes before showering and returning to the bar.

When we sat down another gorgeous boy sat with us. I became the centre of an erotic sandwich. Number 11 introduce is friend and asked if I wanted to off him. Without hesitation, I said "Yes" and up the stairs we went...money be damned...heart attack be damned...anyway, I had sold my soul the night before.

Too soon it came time to pay the bill. I picked up the cup and the boy grabbed the bill to total it up. He hesitated then showed it to his friend. They both frowned at me. "Paeng mak"(too much). He whispered to me what the drinks, the off and the room should cost. I had been royally conned. When the mamasan came over, I gave her 2000 baht. She argued, but I said the bar was ripping me off and the 2000 was more than enough...or maybe the tourist police could mediate. She acquiesced.

I over tipped the boys and said a sorrowful goodbye because the next day the tour took me to Pattaya and surely nothing could compare to my experience at Lucky 7 Bar and boy #11.

I was wrong! But nothing will erase every detail of that night in Lucky 7 and my first Thai love, number 11.

(If you want more of my stories, with photos, of Thailand, I'm on Wickr at: suneeplaza@mail.com)

[Armando]

i way back in the early eighties had the sparactacus gay guide book and wished i could visit LOS then but circumstances meant i couldnt i now wish i could have seen it then compared to now ....
Like others, Spartacus was my initial inspiration. Odd though this will seem, I had also been intrigued by the large posters in travel agents for the THAI airline - all different shades of purple and dark pink and a design with sensuous curves, almost a promise of something exotic. Unlike @riverdee I did visit in the early 1980s and, as they say, I have never looked back. Pattaya then was all but dead as far as a gay scene is concerned, but Bangkok already had gogo bars and host bars. Coming from a country where sex and sexuality were still spoken of in rather hushed tones, the total nudity that was then to be seen in gogo bars almost drove me wild! The open availability of gay sex, some of the most beautiful guys I had ever seen with beautifully smooth brown skin and lovely smiles. It was like I was doing them a favour taking them off. Well, I suppose I was but it really felt to me like the other way around.

I wish those days would return. But they won't. Just as I can never lop 40 years off my age!

[francois]

Although I enjoyed the gay scene in Tijuana and Montreal I never had any close encounters with Asians, so, when a friend said "let's go to Thailand for the New Millenium" (2000) I readily agreed and ended up in Bangkok just prior to the New Year. The first gay bar was a revelation to say the very least. After a couple days we left for Pattaya where I first met my bf at Gentleman Club and with whom I still hold dear, although numerous other lads have shared my bed and money. And then there was our first visit to Sunee Plaza, another epiphany! Naturally I returned within one month and continued to make visit after visit and longer each time until I moved here a few years ago. Sadly not much remains at present.

[christianpfc]

When I grew up in Germany, I had no interest at all in girls and only little interest in German boys, not enough to follow up (for gay activities and coming out). But when I studied in the UK (2007-10), I saw many attractive Asian students there. Then I searched on the internet and found a gay blog Silomfarang (Who was a member here long ago? The blog closed around 2011) in 2008 and what I read there was very enticing, so in 2009 I had my coming out and shortly later first trip to Thailand (gaycation).

At that time, I didn't know about gay forums, and there was no google maps. I had read about gay bars in Silom Soi 4 and went there on purpose, and by walking around in the area I found Soi Twilight by chance! Similar my first visit to Pattaya, I started with Boyztown (location known from a map), and I had heard of Sunee Plaza but didn't know where it was, so I had to ask a boy to take me there.

[dab69]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlnOcZK892E

the plane...

[bjbjboy]

In 1991 I got a job through the Japanese Government teaching English in a tiny town in northern Japan, stayed for 2 years and went to Thailand to escape the snow and (no central heat!) cold there. Xmas 1991 was in Bkk and NYE at Ko Phi Phi, which then was not developed and just paradise-- stayed for 6 nights there before heading for a week to Chiang Mai, including 3 days hiking in hill tribe country. Very little sex (I didn't say NO sex, just wasn't the focus), just loved the variety of things to do in Thailand, with beaches, mountains, big cities, etc...
Since then I've lived in Japan a total of 7 years, China 1 year -- returned to teach in the USA in 2001-- but from 2001 to 2013, also had a gig teaching in Singapore for 4 weeks every July for 12 years-- that was great as it got me to Asia every year for extended holidays. Sad that ended though it kept me out of the country for 2 months every summer, since Singapore is so close and well connected to Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, and even Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, and Japan-- I did side trips to all of those while teaching around Asia. Thailand has the best food and the guys are some of the best!
I've probably been to Thailand around 30-40 times, but not for 3 years! Need to get back soon.

[latintopxxx]

dab69....love it

[Dodger]

I've told this story so many times I'm tired of hearing it again myself - and I know MFAS feels the same.

My first visit was a 3 day business trip in 1997 which took place in Bangkok. I bounced between meeting rooms and a few nice restaurants, but never saw anything else other than a ton of traffic which was a total turn off.

I received an invitation 6 months later from Thailand’s Quality Institute to be one of the keynote speakers at their annual Quality Conference being held at the Queens Mark Hotel/Bangkok. Similar to my first visit, my time was consumed with boring business-related stuff - with no time to go out and explore the scene on my own.

I returned for my third visit in 1998 when the Company I was representing decided to build 2 new manufacturing plants in Rayong. This time my visit was a little over 4 weeks. I was housed at the Dusit/Pattaya, and had a driver who transported me to/from Rayong each day, as well as to meetings in Bangkok. I was hosted to many nights out during my stay, including some zesty private clubs in Bangkok where anything goes. This was my first true taste of Thailand (but no boys yet).

Frankly, up till this point, I wasn't too thrilled with Thailand. The heat and humidity sucked, the traffic was worse than San Juan, there wasn't a hockey channel on any of the TV's, and their idea of pizza is fake orange cheese sprinkled on cardboard. What's to like?

I was returning from my work in Rayong once on a Friday night, and decided to go out on the town for some fun, versus returning straight to the Dusit like I normally did. I had my driver drop me off right in the middle of the flashing neon lights on the corner of Pattayaland Soi 3 and Beach Road. Knowing that I was severely overdressed, I took off my tie, unbuttoned the collar on my shirt, and took my sport coat off and tossed it over my shoulder. Knowing what I do now, I would never step one foot in Pattaya dressed like that. It was the same as painting a target on my back - with the words..."I’m a Sucker - Rip Me Off" stenciled across my shoulders.

So, there I was. A businessman, complete with Gucci shoes, Bill Blass slacks, and rose-tinted polaroid sunglasses, standing right in the middle of a herd of scantily dressed girls posing with drink signs in front of "Bubbles GoGo” on my right, and the flashing lights of Thaiboysboys GoGo on my left.

After spending a lifetime of hiding in a closet, I was about to experience a life-changing event (meant quiet literally). I walked nervously up the stairs at Thaiboysboys, and never made it past the door boy. The door boy (named Tar) was, without a doubt, the most gorgeous boy I had ever laid eyes on in my life, and that includes magazine pictures and movies. He was a living doll! He appeared to be a bit young to be a dancer, and I thought that maybe he was just standing there waiting for his older brother to finish work or something. He was slim, but shapely, with medium-brown shoulder-length hair, a deep milky-brown complexion, with two slits for eyes topped with thick eyelashes. He was wearing tight jeans…had an ass that had to be sculpted by the Gods…and a smile of exotic innocence that could melt iron.

I know he was saying something to me, but I can't remember a word. I just remember him leading me inside the bar and seating me in front of a stage filled with 25-30 boys, either wearing underwear, thongs, or completely nude. I have to admit, that everything that happened after this is a bit foggy, as is the rest of my life.

I remember Tar taking a seat next to me and immediately putting his hand on my leg. I'll remember that moment in time for the rest of my life. I found myself being consumed with a flood of thoughts and emotions...with my gazes alternating between the boys on stage...and Tar's hypnotic eyes. I downed a few Leo's as quickly as possible just to calm myself down and gain some composure. Tar was keeping up with me, while his hand kept drifting higher and higher up my leg until it was finally resting on my cock, which was all I could handle. Twenty minutes later we were walking through the lobby of Dusit - with my heart beating so fast I thought I would die before reaching the elevator.

With the exception of a few very short “touchy-felly” interactions during my adolescence, this was the first time I had full-fledged sex with another male. I was just a few months from my 40th birthday, and according to Tar, he was 18 (questionable). which heightened my apprehensions even more. He seemed to know where I was at instinctively, and to this day, I remain impressed with how mature he was at that young age, especially when it came to foreplay. He knew exactly which buttons to push. The first time I took his cock in my mouth I came almost immediately. He just chuckled, and said “that’s OK’ you can cum again”. At one point he asked me if I wanted to fuck him – or did I want him to fuck me. I had never experienced either and found myself fumbling for words. Again, I think he knew instinctively what I wanted – and he simply rolled over on his stomach and started pumping his ass up and down in slow motions. Using a condom never entered my mind. I was in heaven.

I had absolutely no idea what to tip him in the morning, so I handed him 12,000 baht – which was the same amount that my Company was paying for each night’s stay in the executive suite at Dusit. By the shear amazement in his expression I knew I did OK. He said very politely, that “this is too much to tip boy in Thailand”. (His exact words). I told him that the experience I just had was worth a hundred times more than that (my exact words).

I completed my work assignment in Rayong…boarded a flight home…handed in my resignation 2 months later…started my own International Consulting Practice…went into semi-retirement at age 44…gave myself 6 months a year to holiday in Thailand…and have been here bouncing with brown boys ever since.

Living the Dream!

[Oliver2]

Dodger's life-changing experience is one which many of us have enjoyed. It seems strange to me now, thinking back to 1995, that a single night could still be dominating my life, even in absence. Trying to imagine the last twenty-five years without Thailand, and the wonderful guys I've met (one in particular), is impossible. The decision to take early retirement at fifty-one so that I spend more time in Thailand, remains the most significant decision of my lifetime. And never, not for one moment, have I regretted it.

[Nirish guy]

Without wanting to side track this enjoyable thread ( too much) - so that's two members both stating clearly that taking early retirement was basically the best / most important decision of their lives, so just wondering as I'm getting towards that time / age ( perhaps forcibly rather than by choice thanks to Covid of late !?) does anyone have a counter argument to that position i.e "well I thought it would be a good idea but actually I should have carried on working for a while longer due to money / boredom issues etc ?"

* ( I think we all already know the answer to this question perhaps but I thought it worth asking anyway... :)


** mods feel of course to move this if you feel it should be a new topic rather than a sidebar ......

[a447]

Nirish wrote:


mods feel of course to move this if you feel it should be a new topic rather than a sidebar ......

Actually, I think a topic on early retirement would make an interesting thread in the Everything Else forum.

Not everyone's early retirement (including my own) has some connection to Thailand. There are probably lots of reasons and lots of accompanying challenges.

So Nirish, I will start a new thread and copy your post over there. I will later delete your post above.(If I remember!)

[Manforallseasons]

Nirish wrote:



Actually, I think a topic on early retirement would make an interesting thread in the Everything Else forum.

Not everyone's early retirement (including my own) has some connection to Thailand. There are probably lots of reasons and lots of accompanying challenges.

So Nirish, I will start a new thread and copy your post over there. I will later delete your post above.(If I remember!)


So now you moved what admittedly would have been an interesting thread to no man’s land of “everything else” when all that was needed was to make it read Early Retirement in Thailand........not a brilliant move!!!!!

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.....all that was needed was to make it read Early Retirement in Thailand......

Nirish's post was about early retirement in general and which was not necessarily related to Thailand.

That's why I offered this explanation for the move to a new thread:


Not everyone's early retirement.....has some connection to Thailand.

And if you can't find a different forum on this site by going to the home page, then I'm sorry but I can't help you.

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...gay blog Silomfarang (Who was a member here long ago? The blog closed around 2011) in 2008 and what I read there was very enticing, so in 2009 I had my coming out and shortly later first trip to Thailand (gaycation).

At that time, I didn't know about gay forums, and there was no google maps.
Corrections:
The blog was gayboythailand, and the owner used to post here or on another forum under the name Silomfarang.
Googlemaps did exist at that time, but I didn't have a smartphone, so I printed out maps from googlemaps and took the printouts with me for navigation.