Don't worry, I'm not going to start flooding the board again, and I'm sure a Mod will move this if it should be somewhere else, but it's about my first time in Pattaya. It might be a long post, so put the kettle on. I'd known David, an American psychologist living in Dublin, for about 5 years. Friends of ours, Peter (an undertaker) and his partner Ann (an educator) invited us to join them in Pattaya, where they were visiting an old friend from Ireland. We both jumped at the chance. Just to say, we were friends, not partners. David was bisexual, although not in a relationship at the time.
We were met at the old Don Meaung (I still can't spell it) by our driver - a first for me. We stayed at the Welcome Plaza. The name of Pete's friend escapes me, so I'll call him Noel. He was living in Centre Condo and dying of AIDS - he wasn't gay. We went for a drink there with him one night and I asked him quietly about finding a boy bar. He pointed me in the direction of Boyztown.
The 4 of us, Pete and Ann, David and I, would meet in Cowboy bar on 2nd Road. We'd have a few drinks, then go our separate ways. David and I sat in Panorama sizing up BBB. We went in and felt slightly overwhelmed. There were young men in their undies! Not having a clue how the 'system' worked, I asked our waiter. "You like boy you tell me number. I bring boy, you buy drink for he. After, up to you". It was that simple.
I took a boy back to my room in Welcome Plaza. I thought he was beautiful. "Is ok we sit naked and have beer? I want look at you." "Sure". My first Thai boy - I can still see his face.
Close to the Welcome Plaza was Starboys (I've got that name wrong before). It was there I met Kwan, the 2nd love of my life, and who I saw last January.
Anyway, David never made it back to Pattaya. Last August he was diagnosed with cancer of the colon. Despite aggressive chemo, he died in a hospice a couple of months ago. I miss him every day.
