Trip report - in progress - BKK - 21 Dec

[bkkmfj2648]

my turn to contribute to the trip report series

I flew on Thai Airways from Rome to BKK - leaving Rome on 20 Dec and arriving at 5:45am on 21 Dec. This is the only non stop from Rome to BKK and it only flies 3 times per week. Flight was 9.5 hours. I was in peasant class - so not easy to sleep as flight was packed. service was good.

This trip I am staying at the Babylon Bulgari Suites - very nice small suite with a beautiful garden view which is all decked out for Christmas. After an 8am check-in I crashed and went right to bed. Woke up about 2pm - showered and shaved and went to check out the sauna - my first time in a sauna in Thailand. I was starving, so I went to eat at the nice restaurant on the first floor with the view of the pool and of all of the falang boys.

After eating I went to cruise and I hit it off with a very nice Thai guy who works in the Thai private jet industry and we consummated our new time together. afterwards we went to the bar for a drink. I was very impressed with the sauna as it is very beautiful with beautiful grounds and architecture. It was packed with around 80% falang and the balance being Asian and Thai.

Then back to room for a shower and change of clothes to head off to Dick's Cafe for dinner - which was very good. Then off to Hotmale for the big dick show with the hope to meet Noom - the character of infatuation from the bangkokbois blog. But, sadly found out that he no longer works there. I had a secret crush to meet him...so, I offed Nop, a very nice 26 year old boy, and took him home for a short stay - as he had to be in Lumpini park to jog for 2 hours at 5am and then to workout with his 53 year old maestro at the Lumpini gym - who by the way has a body of death - I saw him perform in the acrobatic fuck show at hotmale - incredibile.

Then woke up at 1pm and then headed to "Cutey and Beauty" for a hair dying session. yes, I am 52 and I hate when my hair turns white. so the wonderful guys there transformed me and let me have the allusion of looking young again - at least for a couple of weeks.

Their hair salon was in the middle of the political protests - but I found the millions of Thais that were out and about to be very pleasant and they appeared to be tranquil and to be in a very festive mood and non threatening to us tourists. I was pleased to have experienced this - even though I was very apprehensive about coming to BKK based on the media reports.

Then back to hotel for a nap - too much walking - as the negative about Babylon is that it is kind of far from Silom and Twilight. I often walked it - it takes about 45 minutes if you don't get lost like I sometimes do.

Headed out for the night to The Zeus - formerly Ocean Boys - with the hope of finding Noom. No luck, mamasaan checked for me and confirmed the Noom does work there but went home. So I offed Ton, a sexy 30 year old guy from Laos who by the way worked for 3 years with Noom at Hotmale. Ton also told me that Noom went home for a while. So it seems that the search for the illustrious Noom is over ( :-ss

ok, that is all for now...more later

cheers,
m.

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[Surfcrest]

Sathorn is actually a fairly safe district for motorbike taxi's in Bangkok and are ideal for the leg between Babylon and Rama IV and Lumpini Station (MRT).
There's a hub of them on Ngan Duphli and Rama IV and quite often a few hanging out at Lumpini MRT and a fairly constant buzz in and out of Babylon.
Take the train two stops to Sam Yan and walk back to Surawong...you'll be on the same side of the street to enter Twilight from the end.

Great report m!

Surfcrest

[christianpfc]

That (mocy + MRT) will cost as much as taxi.

Babylon is now in a dead end, the street that connects Sathorn Soi 1 and Suan Plu is now part of the condo building that is now complete. Last time I walked there at night, I was lucky, I approached from Suan Plu and a car drove out so the gate was open and I could sneak through.

[bkkmfj2648]

thanks Surfcrest - the walk to the Lumpini MRT station from Babylon is about 15 minutes and then 2 stops on the MRT is very easy. Thanks for the tip. It puts a better light on staying at Babylon. So, I have walked to Twilight and Silom and it is a long 45 minutes, or mocy takes 10 minutes for 80 baht, or now the MRT for 18 baht.

[bkkmfj2648]

yesterday, I went shopping at Siam Paragon to buy various requested stuff for friends back in Italy. Like Firecat says, the mall was all decked out for Christmas in a very beautiful way. It is pretty amazing that a Buddhist country is so into Christmas. Even my hotel, Babylon, has transformed their beautiful Thai gardens into a Christmas wonderland. Anyway, there was lot's of exciting eye candy at Paragon to view.

Then I went back to Cutey and Beauty for my first ever pedicure. It was great as they transformed my rugged feet into nice feet. When I left I felt like I had a pair of new feet. They are great guys over at Cutey and Beauty.

Then I was walking around crowded Silom and a cute boy grabbed onto me and asked me to follow him and he brought me to Fanclub on Soi Convent. As we were walking away from Silom I thought to myself why am I allowing myself to be led away by a complete stranger - then I remembered that I am in "Amazing Thailand". So we enter Fanclub and with the mamasaan I selected the 2 hour 4 hand massage with coffee scrub and I picked 2 very sexy guys - I believe they were between 28 and 30 years old. They brought me upstairs to the last floor to a big room with a big massage bed and seperate shower area. At first I thought that the coffee power scrub was going to take my skin off as it felt like sandpaper. Then after thay finished that part we took a shower together to remove the coffee scrub mixture. Then we moved onto the cream massage - my favorite part. For the final part, they made the "happy ending" long and intense. Consequently they were tipped very well (I will not mention the amount as I do not want to cause problems with the other post regarding "they are paying too much"). One guy was from Issan and the other was from the very south near the border with Malaysia. Massage package cost 1,400 paid to the house - well worth it.

Back to the Babylon guest house for a nap and then afterwards to meet Firecat at Classic Boys where I watched him off a VERY sexy and cute boy. Check out his post with pictures of the boy and my comments relating to the rest of the night at Dreamboys and Bangkok Boys and going home alone because I drank too much. (

One of the great pleasures (at least for me) of this board is to pass from "virtual reality" to "reality" - for instance to meet and know the wonderful Firecat last night and then tonight I will meet Christian for dinner and a tour of the night market and then a tour of Saranrom Park. More than the info that this great board provides is the availability of its members to meet up.

More to cum later regarding my Christmas Eve adventure with Christian.... :ymparty:

[Surfcrest]

Then I went back to Cutey and Beauty for my first ever pedicure. It was great as they transformed my rugged feet into nice feet. When I left I felt like I had a pair of new feet. They are great guys over at Cutey and Beauty.

Another good spot for a great manicure / pedicure in Bangkok is Porntip Beauty Center up on the 4th Floor of MBK.
The price without the tip is the same as price on the beach in Pattaya except the quality is so much better at Porntip.

Surfcrest

[Mancs]

Just re the point about Babylon being in a dead end street-when I was there in October it was still possible to walk through that street, even when the gate by the condo was shut, via a side gate that isn't always visible. I hope this is still doable. Anyone done it recently?

[Sooty]

Do you not pay attention to what your mother told you, bkkmfj2648 ? NEVER go anywhere with a stranger.

[bkkmfj2648]

Since the Babylon is so near the Lumpini Park I ventured there yesterday. It's very lovely and reminded me of being in Central Park in New York with all of the skyscrapers in the background. I did manage to come across a monitor lizard. I tried to get close to take a picture but not close enough. They are amazing creatures - like something from Jurassic Park just wandering about in Bangkok's Central Park. I also walked by the famous outdoor gym where all the buff macho Thai guys were working out. What bodies and testosterone. I saw a couple of people-like-us sitting on nearby park benches - I would immagine for a post workout hook-up.....so, Lumpini Park is well worth a visit.

I was still feeling hung-over from the night before (I normally don't over do it but last night being in 4 different go-go bars did me in) so I decided to rest by the pool at Babylon. It was nice and relaxing and very quit, as us gay falang can be when everybody is being in that cautious I don't know you mood.

Then around 5:15pm off to start the long journey to the otherside of Bangkok in rush-hour to meet Christian for dinner in the famous backpacking shopping tourist zone called, Khao San Road. First MRT to Silom, then change to BTS to the Saphan Taksin station to transfer to the Chao Phraya River boat service, exiting at the Phra Arthit Pier. Total transit time was 1.5 hours - which included the extra time at Silom as the first train to arrive was too packed to be able to get on.

Met the infamous ChristianPFC at around 7:25pm and we had a nice pizza together. For me it was great to ask him a million questions about what it is like to live and work in Thailand - as I also have this wish for myself if I can manage to win an interview competition that we will have next year for a new position that will be created in our Bangkok office.

Then Christian took me to the nearby gigantic night market which is on the way to Saranrom Park, our objective for the night. Basically, you walk an entire area that consists of the outer perimeter of Saranrom Park and the Grand Palace, which takes around 35 minutes to make one loop. On the first loop there were only a few boys out and about. For me, the most interesting ones were on the river side of the Grand Palace along the sidewalk opposite more towards the river. There was also an interesting bunch on the road between the Grand Palace and the park itself on the park side walk side. The boys were super friendly to Christian as he speaks Thai and is young looking like the boys. Things picked up on our 2nd loop with even more guys out and about. Perhaps I saw about 15 to 20 guys - but spread out over a vast distance - some were solo and others were in small groups of 3 to 4. What was the most amazing to me was the older men in taxis driving by trying to chat up the boy from inside the taxi from the window. I have never seen anything like this and I can only immagine the stories that the taxi drivers have to tell. Like in the go-go bars, you have to be fast to get the cuter guys because with only 20 guys available the people in private cars and taxis had a clear advantage over Christian and myself. Christian mentioned that tonight was a slow night and that there are usually more boys out and about.
On the third loop, Christian and myself, we parted ways and went in opposite directions. I chatted with 2 different boys along the way - but the first guy wanted to know where Christian was and the second guy could not speak English. So, it being almost midnight and after hiking for more than 2 hours, I called it quits and took a taxi back to Babylon.

So, would I do it again? Probably not, as the area is just too vast that one must cover on foot. I would have prefered a smaller more dense area. However, it was a fun and stimulating adventure, even if I did go home alone. I think Twilight and Silom 2 and 4 are more my cup of tea.

Thanks Christian for the great adventure....

[adman5000]

Thanks for the posting update.