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[Bumblebee]

-"Prang, where is your friend "cutie" who I saw you with on cam one night?"

-"She go home now, she have hiv and stay with mamma"

BANG

The reply really catches me off guard

Bang, this caught me of guard

This caught me of guard, it hit me again the risks we run in this game. The fact that I have dared not sleep with a LB/TS for 18 months and it will be 22 months since I have been to the LOS on my next trip. I smoke a cig and I think fuck there is lung cancer, so if I sleep with a LB f£@k I think I have HIV (NTU 3 months of sleepless nights). So no pentrative sex for me.

I recovered from a mild form of cancer and belive me, it was a royal pain in the arse having to see so many Doctors. I could only imagine how many you would have to see if you had HIV.

Nice one for raising this in a very subtle manner BB.

Sorry to hear about your illness Pog and glad you are on the mend. Hope to catch you in Los again in the near future, or even locally lol.

[Bumblebee]

I head down to Chow Soy for the final meal there on this trip. After an enjoyable feed, and goodbyes to the staff, I stroll down Soi Honey towards Made in Thailand to get some summer clothes, every the Irish optimist. Shirts etc purchased, I give NW a call to see how he is fixed. He tells me to pop over to the Pattaya Bay Resort on my way back to my room, to pick him up. He wants to get a copy of all the holiday photos I have taken.

Transferring the photos takes about 45 minutes, precious last minutes in Los. Job done, we decide to take a wander down to Beach rd, along Walking St. and up past Sunee towards Famous where we stop off for refreshments. It's about 5 pm now. I have ordered a taxi to collect me at 8.30 pm, so time for one drink and a meal on the way back to the room. Well that's the plan.

Sadly the beer tastes damn good, always seems to be the case when you can do nothing about having plenty more. NW manages to convince me to have another, and arranges for the girls to get some food for us from a nearby restaurant. He is preoccupied with some Aussie Rules match on his laptop, a tense affair in which his team makes a dramatic final comeback to win the game. I am sure he can elaborate when he reads this. Finally it is time to say farewell to all at Famous. That done we head back over to Soi Buakhao, where NW and I say a final goodbye to each other, not knowing when we will be able to continue the adventure part 2.

[goodenough]

BumbleBee,

your trip report is great It reminds me of why i both love and loath (the last part) LOS. Surely makes me think twice before I return )Im scheduled for december) but at the same time I justlove the feeling of days drifiting into nights, just enjoying the weather and the scenarey.

Thankyou for taking ur time to put togheter one of the besttrip reports ever!

[thailover57]

Ditto BB's comments. Fantastic report and sorry for you having to leave.

[onetruesaxon]

The B/W picture of Lilly, looks like you have just taken a picture of a famous 1960's rock star. Outstanding !

You have out done yourself again with an other fantastic TR that is graced with awe inspiring pictures.

[trousersnake]

Required reading.

Your trip report has an enjoyable inviting style probably only matched by our very own KK. At the moment I am reading a book by Stephen Fry, and (IMO), he is a wonderful writer. In one particular chapter he goes into the splendid feeling he gets (or had) when smoking a pipe. The way he described it was so eloquent and persuasive I nearly ran down to my local shop to buy a bloody pipe.

BB, what your trip report creates (for me) is an amazing sense of being there. I rarely get that from most trip reports (as enjoyable as all are). Just from the description of your wanderings I am longing for the meanderings of LOS. Leaving aside the upsetting incident towards the end of your report I sense (it’s bloody obvious as you have stated it) that it is the freedom, enjoyment of people watching, meeting of likeminded people that has (forgetting the woes of our motherland) become your real (perhaps real should be replaced with primary?) source of enjoyment. I don’t think it is the jaded feeling many of us have but it is something different. Yous still have the spark

Your report really makes me think about what my next trip report will be like. It (my trip) will be enjoyable but certainly different from the insanity of early days.

Hat tipped sir!

I have gotta for get about having qualificatins in statements. I guess that comes with too much red wine

[patrick]

Have to agree with OTS the black and white photo of Lilly is sensational.
Also wise and true words from trousersnake, very insightful for a newbie.
Just like being there I have not been looking forward to the final installment, it means the adventure is over.
You hint that the rest of the evening did not go to plan, perhaps you said "fuck it, lets have another two weeks"...yippee, more posts

[Bumblebee]

BumbleBee,

your trip report is great It reminds me of why i both love and loath (the last part) LOS. Surely makes me think twice before I return )Im scheduled for december) but at the same time I justlove the feeling of days drifiting into nights, just enjoying the weather and the scenarey.

Thankyou for taking ur time to put togheter one of the besttrip reports ever!

Glad you enjoyed it Goodenough. Always good to get positive feedback post about a thread, a simple thing that makes a difference.

[Bumblebee]

The B/W picture of Lilly, looks like you have just taken a picture of a famous 1960's rock star. Outstanding !

You have out done yourself again with an other fantastic TR that is graced with awe inspiring pictures.

Cheers OTS, appreciated as always. Let's see when part 2 begins.

[Bumblebee]

Required reading.

Your trip report has an enjoyable inviting style probably only matched by our very own KK. At the moment I am reading a book by Stephen Fry, and (IMO), he is a wonderful writer. In one particular chapter he goes into the splendid feeling he gets (or had) when smoking a pipe. The way he described it was so eloquent and persuasive I nearly ran down to my local shop to buy a bloody pipe.

BB, what your trip report creates (for me) is an amazing sense of being there. I rarely get that from most trip reports (as enjoyable as all are). Just from the description of your wanderings I am longing for the meanderings of LOS. Leaving aside the upsetting incident towards the end of your report I sense (it’s bloody obvious as you have stated it) that it is the freedom, enjoyment of people watching, meeting of likeminded people that has (forgetting the woes of our motherland) become your real (perhaps real should be replaced with primary?) source of enjoyment. I don’t think it is the jaded feeling many of us have but it is something different. Yous still have the spark

Your report really makes me think about what my next trip report will be like. It (my trip) will be enjoyable but certainly different from the insanity of early days.

Hat tipped sir!

I have gotta for get about having qualificatins in statements. I guess that comes with too much red wine

Thanks very much trousersnake. You are correct, it is the content feeling of being in an LB accessible environment, with like minded guys that makes the whole experience magic for me. Glad to hear you have gotten some ideas for your next TR from these pages, feedback like that makes it all worthwhile, cheers.

[Bumblebee]

Have to agree with OTS the black and white photo of Lilly is sensational.
Also wise and true words from trousersnake, very insightful for a newbie.
Just like being there I have not been looking forward to the final installment, it means the adventure is over.
You hint that the rest of the evening did not go to plan, perhaps you said "fuck it, lets have another two weeks"...yippee, more posts

Wishful thinking Patrick, but when the check in time calls, we all must obey. It was a wonderful time, one of the best, but as the cliche says, all good things must come to an end, for now lol. Good to hear you enjoyed it.

[petesie]

Thanks very much BB for a once again thoroughly enjoyable thoughtful and insightful ride accompanied with your most excellent photographs.

It captures the moment and makes the reader feel like he's never been away...even perhaps those who have never been there!

Thanks very much mate and I for one hope your next trip is not that far away.