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I totally get that. I think in recent years the Thai girls have got a lot more savvy about the internet / forum etc and even asking for casual photos can raise red flags for them which is why my TR's don't often feature photos and very rarely nudes.

Thanks for the TR. I'm glad you ended up with Phoebe Cates again it's got a nice symmetry to it events have come full circle. Most people will never know how much effort goes into posting each update nevermind a full trip report, you've got nothing to prove and no need to justify yourself to anyone. See you in Lisbon!

You must be getting old, Valar Dohaeris would not have balked rugby tackling a pretty young sissy and wrestling him to the ground to add to his harem!

These 2 look seriously pissed off! lol

What have you done to the poor lads ass that he's unable to sit on a chair properly!

Stay strong bro! Su su! Remember the pain may end at deaths door but so does any pleasure and there's so much to enjoy in this world. Things will get better. x

I'm here in Emmy's Bar with 2 other "legends" @Quinn and Uncle @jimbo34 plus a load of other great guys @blind boy grunt and Alain Breizh, @PadThaiBoy, Tony Soprano... Plus many others. Keeping the fire burning.

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I'll look into it. Maybe I'll do a directors cut post-trip, or something elsea bit different.

Merry Christmas, but why am I dancing with you instead of one of the sexy divas? 555

https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2021/11/08/over-20000-tourists-enter-thailand-since-nov-1-15-tested-positive Very few are testing positive though. I rather run the risk of going away then definitely having to stay at home for three weeks with nothing to do.

Wishing you a full and swift recovery Annat!

I think they started running a boat again, that'd be worth looking into. It's roughly 2hrs to BKK and 3hrs from BKK to Hua Hin by road. You can do it by minibus for more or less 300 baht, for a taxi it'd probably be 3000+ baht. You'd probably want to stay near the Bintabaht area. I put together a map a few years ago, it may be a little out of date but more or less accurate. https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1nSQ1KNGTb5xRFv9v4ib6-TSCpZE&usp=sharing It's also a good stop over if you want to go to Koh Samui, you can get a coach down to the Chumpon then the ferry across. Much less expensive than Bangkok Airways. That trip was a favourite of mine a few years ago but I think I'd be temped to to go to Koh Samet or Koh Chang (never been to the latter but they do have LB's there) if I wanted a short escape from Pattaya these days now I know a little more about Thailand.

I remember when The Game (by Neil Strauss) was published, every halfwit who'd ever read FHM considered themselves a PUA, and starting using terms like Negging and Peacocking without fully understanding what they meant like children acting out scenes from their favourite tv shows. There was some interesting pop-psychology mixed in with the half/quarter truths but the whole thing was one long pick-up line itself, he even got one of his cronies to write a letter that was included as a chapter providing social validation by singing Neil's praises. But yeah, confidence is definitely the key.

With Compliments... It seems to me that many BM's simply don't know how to talk to women. I'm no silvertongue devil, and there's no secret I've learnt that will allow me to talk my way into to any girls panties, but I'm willing to give it a go. Sure women fantasize about a fella with movie-star looks, but in the West having some game just as sure a way to getting laid. Pattaya is like shooting fish in a barrel, however BM's like Rom, Kendo The Sith know that if you've got a bit of raport with the girls you'll both have a much more enjoyable time. We all notice how the girls swoon when some adonis walks into a bar, the old cynics declare in that their baht is just as good as anyone else's but there's more to it than that. Whether it be the most seasoned bar girl or the civvie who just claims to "freelance sometimes", they are not just coin-operated fantasies but real people who appreciate being treated as such. I truly despair of guys who complain about the time they've been in such-and-such bar and have been ignored, when with the slightest bit of effort you can be surrounded by honeyz. The thing I love about Thailand is that with a little bit of initiative you can pick up hotties from shopping malls or some small corner of deepest darkest Issan - more often than not all it takes is a smile to break the ice. I think that was what I liked about the Pinays so much, that I found so refreshing, the need to build a bit of rapport before bedding them. Granted so long as you're not a total douchebag they are pretty much a sure thing but there is an element of the unknown. And in that situation a bit of banter and some compliments that would seem disingenuous in the West are truly appreciated in the East. I recall one of the ladyboys I had arranged to meet in Manila complaining that her glasses make her look like a librarian, I countered with "a sexy librarian" and told her that "smart is sexy" (she was a university graduate). Anne, feeling insecure looking like (in her own words) a librarian. Conversely the Thai's seem to have an heirachy of compliments they give; everyone is aware of the (ironic) shouts of "hansum maaan!" as a potential victim walks down Soi 6 but in more tender/intimate moments Thai's will often pay their man a more honest compliment and I've noticed there is a distinct order: 1. If you're a young stud you may get: "You're handsome." 2. For those of us who are no-longer so young and were never what you'd call conventially handsome but keep in shape you may get: "You have nice body." 3. If you're neither handsome or fit but treat the girls nice you'll get: "You're jai dee " (literally good heart) 4. After this the girls are grasping at straws for a compliment, one I remember with a smile was one Steve (former owner of Stringfellows) recieved from Pancake when he was managing Dark Side Bar in BKK for a while was having to be quite the hard-ass with the lazy staff members: "You smell nice." i.e. You may not be handsome, or have a nice body and you're a bit of a grouch but at least you have good hygene. 5555 Kendo and the staff at Darkside December 2012

Thanks Rom! I've only just spotted this, I'm obviously not on the ball. Thanks for hosting this interview, let's do the next one in person over a few bevvies, with a gossip of ladyboys to keep us company.

I only know Kendo so he would get my vote by default, thought that's not to say he doesn't deserve the recognition. He raised TR's to a new level when he joined LBP and later moved over to BKK from the UK to be closer to the ladyboys. There's a reason why he featured in the Sky Living documentary, is a Mod at LBP, and is regularly asked to attend/compère/judge at major events.

Looks like she's posted another - not watched it yet but the first two have been really well put together (much better than most Vloggers)

OMB! Gays in Thailand. Whatever next!?!

The Faceless Men I wish I could say my own coming out, or unmasking as it were, was for noble or profound reasons but the truth is that it simply seemed pointless hiding. I no longer seem to be anonymous when I'm in Pattaya, I can't help but meet people who already know who I am (a situation of my own creation) plus Britain is not only a more tolerant but a more accepting place than it was just 10 years ago. Despite my well publishes adventures over the past decade I’m a actually quite a private person; something that would seem quite incongruous to my prolific sharing of trip reports and sexual exploits. But what this means to me is that I’m no-longer hiding my status as ladyboy lover but nor am I shouting it from the rooftops as there is no advantage in doing so despite living in a more enlightened country and time. As I’ve said in previous posts not all countries (in SE Asia) are as accepting of the third-gender as Thailand, yet there is another country that despite this where ladyboys have flourished like beautiful wild flowers in a concrete jungle. If there is one country in the world that could compete with Thailand for its ladyboys it would be PI-land. The adventures of a BM called Valar Dohaeris (whatever happened to him? Legend has it that he is able to change his identity at will, so he could be anywhere or anyone by now) piqued my interest in visiting the Philippines. It was based largely upon his advice, that I finally planned what perhaps seems like a long overdue trip to Manila, Angeles City and Cebu to sample the local delicacies. The travel recommendations for a monger though do not overlap with Instagram tourists so perhaps that's why I found the cities were lacking in culture compared to other southeast Asian countries I've visited, but when I got down to the island of Panglao and Bohol it was much more picturesque and interesting and there was even a limited amount of p4p. What really enchanted me about Philippines though was the ladyboys so that when my time there was up I was left with a rare feeling of unfinished business there, giving a new meaning to the phrase, “always leave them wanting more” (as it was me who was left wanting). Manila - Nov 2019 Jeepney - the PI equivalent of Baht Bus (above). Fort Santiago (below). The Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (above). P Burgos Street at night (below) - the Red Light district. Angeles City - Nov 2019 PI's answer to the tuk tuk, the trike (motorbike and sidecar) and Hotel America in the background (along 21st Street which become Fields Ave) A bar/club just off Walking Street (above). A rainy day somewhere along 22nd Street (below). Walking Street at night (much quieter and smaller than Pattaya). Cebu - Nov 2019 View from Horizon's 101 Cebu (above). Santo Niño, the oldest church in the coutry. (below). Fort San Pedro (above and below). Heritage of Cebu Monument (above). Yap-Sandiego Ancestral House (below). Fuente Osmeña Circle (below) - near Mango Square. Bohol / Panglao - Nov 2019 Chocolate Hills (above). Loboc River Cruise (below). Baclayon Church (above). Alona Beach, Panglao (below). In preparation for my trip I signed up to Pinaylove - an almost identical site to thaifriendly. I was actually flicking through one day when I chanced upon Anne; what captured my attention was the obvious intelligence discernible from her profile bio. And perhaps I saw a kindred spirit in the slightly geeky pinay who enjoyed reading and history/mythology. I had planned for just one day (two nights) in Manila but despite living over an hours journey from the city centre she agreed to meet for a days sightseeing around the Intramuros area – a proper date with someone who was just 21 years my junior and the first Pinay I spent any time with. Through the course of the day she revealed that until a few months previous she’d had a boyfriend for 3-4 years but he’d been embarrassed to be seen with her in public (the faggot). Anne and myself sightseeing around Intramuros. Despite the prevalence of Filipina ladyboys they are very much the bottom of the social ladder and are treated with distain by much of society. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say that despite this bigotry, no doubt a result of the Catholic faith (compared to Budhism in LOS) which isn’t exactly known for tolerance (though is not as bad as others), ladyboys are still very much in the open. Karla (above) - made out of brown sugar, cocoa, honey and gold. Met her on the mean streets of Angeles City and took this photo in the elevator of my hotel. Jenny (above) - I met her and two of her (trans) friends in Marshall's Irish Pub in Cebu. I actually hooked up with her friend because she was wearing some unresitable fuck me shorts but I had a good chat with Jenny who like her friends works in call centre. Apparently Philippines has since taken over, from India, as call center capital of the world which is no bad thing imo. Farah Nina at Venice Mall, Manila - I actually met her my first night whilst at Cafe Cubana but didn't hook up until my return to the city at the end of my holiday. In the mean time she sent me a series of pornographic selfies to keep my interest piqued. During my 10 days in in PI I met a number of ladyboys, a series of one-night-stands, but one common thread I noticed amongst nearly all was their desire to be accepted. Treating them with respect and kindness seemed to go a long way and genuinely mean a lot to them. More than one ladyboy asked if I didn’t mind holding her hand in public, and when I said “of course not, you’re beautiful and I’m proud to be seen with you” she would hold my hand even tighter. Why should I mind being seen.

Actually it was quite busy. A popular tourist destination so loads of foriegners and at rush hour the narrow roads grind to a standstill. We made the effort to go sightseeing early to avoid both the heat and crowds with some success. Thanks for the kind words. Hopefully our next trip will coincide! Thanks! If you want any photos inparticular I can zip them up and send them over. I resize them for the forum but still have the high res images.

A Beagle Abroad Vientiane was my first solo trip abroad. During my childhood my family went to St. Ives, Cornwall every year for holidays and this continued until my early 20’s. Cornwall became like second home to me; I was familiar with the places, and we met up with pretty much the same people each year. In my 30s Thailand has become my home from home, so although it is “abroad” it no-longer feels like a foreign land. So although my April 2016 trip to Laos was not my first solo trip abroad, it was how I automatically thought of it. As a result I was a little nervous so didn’t venture far and only popped over the border for a couple of days — I regret that I didn’t plan to stay a little longer and venture a bit further North to Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang but I suppose that’s something I can always put right one day. As always though I did my research and put together a map that I’d use to with the below itinerary. https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1wjvndQflqEsNTyb6BIVCyBEDUTA&usp=sharing https://www.exotravel.com/tours/laos/classic-vientiane/ From Bangkok it can be expensive to fly to Vientiane but it’s quite cheap (circa 1500bt) to fly to Udon Thani and get a minibus over to Laos — the journey is about 1hr and departure is from Central Festival. Border crossing can be a bit confusing with touts etc trying to “help” you but for a fee, so it’s best to read up in advance. And don’t forget 2x passport sized photo! Minibus ticket office in Udon Thani (above) and Map of "Historic" Vientiance (below) Despite being the capital city of Laos, Vientiane is more on par with an Isaan city such as Udon Thani or Khon Kaen in terms of size but the influence of the French colonization has meant there’s a bit of a European influence most notable in the dining options. Makphet Restaurant for example a charity-run restaurant aiming to train the area’s street children. There’s also a night market along the riverside that is well worth visiting. It can be tiring doing both the tourist thing and checking out the nightlife, especially in the humidity of SE Asia, but as every I endeavored to do both. View of the street near Wat Mixai area (above). Patuxay Monument (below). Presidential Palace (above). Wat Si Muang (below) Statue of LoverBoy25 (above). Spunik Burger (below). There aren’t (or at least weren’t 4 years go) any Thailand style monger bars but there are a handful of bars that are popular amongst locals and visitors. I visited a few and found Bor Pen Nyang to be the best; it’s got a reputation for having freelancers looking for tricks and it is where I met Hannah and Pee — the former was with some young guy who had met her up North and was backpacking around SE Asia but Pee pounced on me when I let slip that I knew all the ladyboy bars in Pattaya that Hannah had claimed to have worked at. After we went to a club to the West of the city called @Home Club — like a small version of Marine Disco from what I remember and a good place to pick up some tuppence later at night. Anyone familiar with Thailand will know there are quite a few Laos ladyboys working in Thailand and when they pop back over the border to renew their visas they often stop in Vientiane. Kendo told me once he bumped in to Fah of Guess Bar under such circumstances. Mix Ok Inn (Above) - the concierge was a proper Del-boy called Chang who no doubt could arrange anything for a price. A derelict building (above). Wind West Bar, live music venue (below). Bor Pen Nyang (above). @Home Club (below). I didn’t book a hotel in advance, doing the “backpacker thing”, which in retrospect was a bit of a mistake. I looked at a few places before checking in at Mix Ok Hotel near Wat Mixai. It was 700bt a night (Thai baht and US$ are both readily accepted) which compared to Pattaya was not great value for money. However the location is good; it’s also where the street-walkers, tuk tuk drivers and drug-dealers hang out at night — though compared to Thailand it feels a bit shady, a bit like the Wild West.

...continued* It was for partly for that reason when I decided to go to Indonesia that I choose to take a ladyboy with me. Of course that's not the only reason - in fact I've had a pretty reasonable success of hooking up with ladyboys in different southeast Asian countries; but some destinations I think are well suited to being done alone - cities in particular. Whereas others like Krabi or Chiang Mai are better enjoyed as a couple. You may be as surprise as I was that I didn't have ladyboys jumping at the chance to go to Bali with me; my first three choices after some hesitation turned me down, so I started putting some feelers out with two or three more. Eventually I decided Candy would be a good choice of companion as she was no stranger to foreign travel even though I did not know her well, so after some gentle persuasion and reassurances she agreed to come with me. Ubud, Bali - April 2019 Tegenungan Waterfall (above) and Kecak Dance at Pura Dalem Taman Kaja (below) Tegallalang Rice Terrace (below) Pura Gunung Kawi temple (above & below) Mount Batur (below) - this involved a 2hr hike before dawn Gili Islands & Lombok - April 2019 Gili Exotic Villa, Gili T (above) and at the beach on Gili Meno (below) Swimming with Turtles off the Gili Islands (below) Bukit Malimbu /Malimbu Hill (above) and Senggigi Beach (below) - Lombok Pura Batu Bolong (below) Taman Narmada (Water park), Lombok - (above and below) Snoop Dawg zip-lining at Taman Narmada (below) Pura Meru, Lombok (below) Yogyakarta - April 2019 Kampung Wisata Taman Sari (above) Kraton - The Palace of Yogyakarta (above and below) Borobudur Temple (above and below) Prambanan Temple (below) We spent some time sightseeing around rice Fields, hiking up mountings, visiting historic temples but also time relaxing at beach. Having someone with me forced me to take things at a slower pace, and take time to enjoy the moment rather than rushing around. There was no difficulty entering the country and we received no negative attention. She proved to be a good companion, keen to go sightseeing even if it was only for the Insta-snaps – she even had a outfit planned in advance for each day based on my itinerary – and the passion dind't dwindle part in thanks to some advice I took from a fellow BM about bringing some lingerie for my girl, though many years living alone has left me ill-disposed to putting up with other people's foibles. *(I intended to just post a few of photo's from each destination but I've got thousands of photos so it became difficult to rationalise these)

The Last Of The Famous International Playboys The years have flown by like minutes. An endless menu of magnificent strangers in foreign lands as I continued supplementing my time in Pattaya with a side trips to other regions. Sometimes with a companion but often flying solo, safe in the knowledge that ladyboys were an abundant fruit ripe for the picking wherever I traveled. It was inevitable that I would eventually run out of new places to visit in Thailand and therefore start looking further afield. Phimai Historical Park (above) and freerange ladyboy picked up at Tawan Dang Disco (below) - Korat (2014) Kendo suggested I check out Laos; I could fly up to Udon Thani and get a bus across the border to Vientiane. The language is very similar, they take Thai baht and USD as well as their own currency, and we all know more than a few ladyboys in Thailand who come from Laos. All in all it's like going abroad without leaving Thailand. I treated it like a weekend city break, enjoying a day in Udon Thani at each side for old time's sake - proving what a small world it as I ran into two of my old flames there are Yui and Pon. It was a similar story when I reached the Vientiane. I did some sightseeing during the day then hit the local bars at night, where of course I met Hannah who used to work at 69 bar / fantasy lounge. Patuxay Monument, Vientiane Laos (above). Unnamed guy, Hannah, Pee and Snoop Dawg (left to right) at @Home Club - Laos April 2016 Buddha ParkAlso known as Xieng Khuan (above) and Pha That Luang (below) That was 4 years ago in 2016, and since then I've visited Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Indonesia and most recently Philippines. Gardens By the Bay (above) and Marina Bay (below) - Singapore Nov 2016 Laos (or at least Vientiane), Cambodia and Burma were like a poorer Thailand - though Burma didn't have any ladyboys or p4p scene being a Muslim country - and from a cultural perspective worth visiting. I have very fond memories of Burma despite the lack of p4p - it's a country that's just opening up to tourism and feels very unspoiled. Angkor Wat, Siem Reap - Cambodia April 2017 A cute little spinner I picked up from Barcode in Siem Reap (below) Royal Palace (above) and Choeung Ek Genocidal Memorial (below) Phnom Penh, Cambodia Myanmar aka Burma - The road from Mandalay, to Bagan, Inle Lake and Yangon - Nov 2018 (below) Mandalay Hill (above) - View from Soon Oo Pon Nya Shin Pagoda (below) U Bein Bridge (above) Yandana Sinme Pagoda, Inwa (above) and Maha Aungmye Bonzan (below) Mingun Pahtodawgyi (above) and Lions of Stone, Mingun (below) Mandalay Palace (below) Shwezigon Pagoda (above) and Alodawpyi Pagoda, Bagan (below) - Bagan, Myanmar Alodawpyi Pagoda, Bagan (above) and Mount Popa (below) Inle Lake (below) Cute girl at Utopia Tower (above) and Supreme Court of Myanmar (below) - Yangon Swe Taw Myat Pagoda, Yangon (below) Likewise, Vietnam is rich in culture; I have a theory that most people who have visited southeast Asia will either have Thailand or Vietnam as their favourite destination, and which one is usually the first they visited. I visited both north and south Vietnam; Hanoi and Saigon respectively with a side trip to Halong bay from Hanoi. Of the two I preferred the quaint old town of Hanoi even though there was more nightlife if in Saigon. Though compared to Thailand this pales too in significance - there's next to no p4p scene and there's very few (almost no) ladyboys which I put down to this being a communist state. Though I did meet one ladyboy in Zero Three Bar (Saigon) and I also hooked up with one I met online (also in Saigon) though she was not as attractive as her photos. Bui Vien (Walking) Street - Saigon, Nov 2017 Cao Dai Temple (above and below) Chợ Bình Tây (below) - Saigon aka Ho Chi Minh City Quán Chùa Huyền Thiên (above) and St Joseph Cathedral (below) - Hanoi National Assembly Building (above) and One Pillar Pagoda (below) Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long (below) Halong Bay (above and below) Religion and politics seem to be the main two factors of a number of transsexuals in a country. Something I discovered when I went to Malaysia. Again very enjoyable for sightseeing; I enjoyed a nice city break in Kuala Lumpur followed by a few days on the island of Penang. I didn't see any ladyboys in public, being a mainly Muslim country, but I did manage to hook up with one online in Penang. Central Market (above) and Sultan Abdul Samad Building (below) - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia April/May 2018 Parlimen Malaysia (above) Petronas Towers (above and below) ABC Batu Caves Temple (above) and Istana Negara, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim (below) Famous street art in George Town, Penang (above) and Lee Jetty Kek Lok Si Temple (above) and Batu Ferringhi (below) Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion (below) too be continued...

Thanks for such a nice post Rom (for some reason I've only just seen it) - I'll wrap up this in the next few days but it's been fun so thanks for your interaction.