Gay Boy Thailand

Jakarta police encounter

Not enough

I sat in a Blue Bird taxi in Jakarta and we stopped at red light. To our right was a police car with four uniformed officers. “Here comes the corruption squad”, I thought. How prophetic that turned out to be. (more…)

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Jakarta. Again.

Jakarta by night

How did I end up in Indonesia again?

I was going to Malaysia for the August visa run. I had bought the tickets and planned to stay away for a week. But when I made hotel reservations on the Internet I didn’t get any reply. So I called and they said they did not reply because they were full. (Hello? Did it occur to you that the customer might like to get an answer, any answer, so he can make other arrangements?)

I called other hotels and they were all full. They said Malaysia had a school holiday and it was high season for domestic tourism. I found some hotel rooms available on the Internet, but they were over my budget. (more…)

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Bush farang hardship story

Trouble with the in-laws

There are many stories about foreigners getting screwed in Thailand but this one from 2007 is a classic. For some reason the worst stories are usually about straight foreign men and their Thai bargirl wives, and in particular if the farang moves to the Thai girl’s village. (more…)

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Bangkok report

Bye

The Nemo era is over. The fish have gone to the great aquarium in the sky and Chalerm has converted the tank to a turtle home. (more…)

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Thai magazine cover

Making promises

Golf and Mike on the cover of Centerpoint magazine.

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Laos to Thailand

Chalerm was in Laos. He called from Nongkhai and talked about taking Air Asia to Bangkok but ended up on the bus anyway. Someone stole his suitcase (my carry-on size Pilot with wheels) from the bus and Chalerm called from Mochit to tell me this. (more…)

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Anti-Gay Campaign Sweeps Jakarta

Infecting the population

According to Rido Triawan, the chairperson of Arus Pelangi (”Rainbow Current”), an Indonesian LGBTI rights organisation, a new anti-gay and lesbian campaign is sweeping Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, in the wake of hysterical media coverage about a so-called “Gay mutilation murder case”. (more…)

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Gay taxi driver

Night shift

Sometimes I get gay taxi drivers in Bangkok. This was the case with the young man who picked me up on Suriwong road one evening this week. Before I had even entered the car the driver said:
- Looking for boy? (more…)

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Pattaya tourist crisis

Falling

Pattaya Mail wrote yesterday that tourist arrivals in Sin City are down 30%. Since Thai authorities don’t like to publish bad news or negative statistics things must be grim when they admit this. (more…)

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Iceland Gay Pride

Queens in Reykjavik

Bored with tropical boys? The annual Iceland Gay Pride Parade is underway as I write this. It looks like a lot of the 300,000 inhabitants of the island show up at this event. Maybe they want to see if the neighbour has come out of his closet yet.

Iceland is up here


Handsome Icelander

Iceland butterfly

Gay friendly in Iceland

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Thailand, Laos and family

Thank you

My boyfriend has gone to Laos. This is his first trip abroad, if you count Laos as abroad, it is an independent country but when I was there it felt like an extension of Thailand. (more…)

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Wanderlust

Hard at work in Jakarta

Chalerm is affectionate and happy. He has been on Thai television again in his role as social activist and minor celebrity. (more…)

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I am not gay but my boyfriend is

Here is an article about the complications from macho culture in Mexico. It reminds me of the Filipinos. (more…)

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Bush does Bangkok (2)

Bush in the slum

President Bush went to the Klong Toey slum today to frighten small children at Father Maier’s Foundation. (more…)

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Bally’s Studio Suites on Silom

Where the action is

Did anyone try this hotel? It is Bally’s Studio Suites and it opened on Silom road a few months ago. The hotel is on top of Burger King and right next to DJ Station and soi 2. Workmen removed the restroom in Burger King to make room for the entrance to the hotel.

A bored-looking security guard sits outside but I haven’t seen any guests. This hotel is right in the middle of gay nightlife, not to mention in the middle of moneyboy territory. It is so close that you probably get free boom boom from the music in soi 2 all night. Heck, you don’t even have to go out, you can just wave a 500 baht bill from the window and see who takes the bait.

Rates are 2400 baht and up. Bally’s website >>

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