Visiting a gogo boy's quarters - a personal experience

[pattayapolice]

Thank you for that! I think it finishes the story off great.
Looking forward to your next post.

pp

[Beachlover]

Wow... I missed this post before.

This is great Bao Bao. Thanks.

I visited one boy's "loom" before in Phuket... it was actually his friend's room. His friend was obviously doing well as he had his own small room with a comfortable bed, TV, altar and little kitchen. The boy I was with was still sleeping upstairs above the bar.

[markie1]

My experience visiting a go-go boys room was quite the opposite of bao-bao. The room was a disaster area. A number of boys were sleeping as it was the middle of the day. Could not wait to get out of it.
Francois

Francois has raised a very good point, and it was a question I neglected to ask I'm embarrassed to say... I don't know if the room I saw was typical, above or below average. I'm willing to bet with the shift in guys between clubs that at least Pui could have given me an idea of how others are that he's seen. I wish I'd have asked that! If he is to be believed, Pom was a relative newcomer to the trade and probably wasn't as well versed.

Skeet, this happened about the 20th of February, so I'm fairly sure the guys are still at the same place, and yes - I intend to drop through and see them when I'm back, just to say hello - assuming they haven't moved on. Pom was primarily there to earn enough to put a roof on the new family home being constructed back "home", although I've read the income can become addictive.

iT certainly looked above average to the couple of rooms i have been in over the last couple years . Very interesting read ,nd loved the photo's to go with it
thanks

[Wesley]

My visit was about an hour and at leat 30 miniutes too long, Amazing how may they can get in one room and as well how many relatives they can fit in as payign parteners to the expenses as well. It was clean and they shared one bed. Since one worked day and the other nights. the bed of corse was made for one, a full grown sister bigger than he was was was a sure sign they were not lovers but actually were brothers and sisters. I went with him a couple of times and went with a couple of different guys. It did not bother me as much as I could tell it was botering the other renters in the room. I had invaded thier space and I am not sure they were ready for the visit. but definitly assured me they were not spending the money on rent.

Wes

[Lunchtime O'Booze]

well it certainly looks better than my old boarding school dormitory except the beds weren't on the floor.

and I doubt they have a priest wandering around to administer a good slap if you weren't behaving. Do they have a prefect who came later to adminster kindness and to tuck you into bed ?..and then get in with you ?

[bao-bao]

Wow... I missed this post before.

You're welcome, Beachlover. You'd only been a member for about two months when I posted this - back at the beginning of March.

If you haven't done so already I encourage you to browse the member photo albums - some are pretty sparse but some have quite a wealth of interesting images in them. Clicking on the blue "User Photo Index" link at the top of the page will take you to the photo albums page where you'll see a couple dozen albums, sorted by creation date.

The link to mine is: http://www.sawatdee-gay-thailand.com/fo ... er_id=1556

TOQ has quite a lovely assortment of rural life shots as well as some of Songkran, inside and outside the city.

Smiles posted an eclectic mix of pictures from his travels in LOS (as well as of his handsome partner Suphot)

BenCH's album is full of Thai Pride festival pictures

AMARETTO posted a lot from Phnom Penh and some beautiful pictures of lush green Bali

...and if you like nice looking African-Americans, 19 of bucknaway's 22 images are of him in his undies (or less)

When I joined up I wandered (ok, slummed) through a hundred pages or so of older posts over a couple of weeks; if you want my recommendation, though I'd say try the "search" feature instead!!

[joe552]

Just want to add my voice to the congratulatons - a well written and informative post. These boys really do inhabit a different world. Thanks for taking the time.

[Beachlover]

well it certainly looks better than my old boarding school dormitory except the beds weren't on the floor.

and I doubt they have a priest wandering around to administer a good slap if you weren't behaving. Do they have a prefect who came later to adminster kindness and to tuck you into bed ?..and then get in with you ?

When a prefect administers kindness... there's always a catch

[Homesick]

Never happened at my boarding school - damn. But I'd probably have been shocked and screamed the place down. Youth is wasted on the young.

[Beachlover]

Wow... I missed this post before.

You're welcome, Beachlover. You'd only been a member for about two months when I posted this - back at the beginning of March.

If you haven't done so already I encourage you to browse the member photo albums - some are pretty sparse but some have quite a wealth of interesting images in them. Clicking on the blue "User Photo Index" link at the top of the page will take you to the photo albums page where you'll see a couple dozen albums, sorted by creation date.

The link to mine is: http://www.sawatdee-gay-thailand.com/fo ... er_id=1556

TOQ has quite a lovely assortment of rural life shots as well as some of Songkran, inside and outside the city.

Smiles posted an eclectic mix of pictures from his travels in LOS (as well as of his handsome partner Suphot)

BenCH's album is full of Thai Pride festival pictures

AMARETTO posted a lot from Phnom Penh and some beautiful pictures of lush green Bali

...and if you like nice looking African-Americans, 19 of bucknaway's 22 images are of him in his undies (or less)

When I joined up I wandered (ok, slummed) through a hundred pages or so of older posts over a couple of weeks; if you want my recommendation, though I'd say try the "search" feature instead!!

Thanks Bao Bao!

Yeh, I've already browsed through the first bit of your album. You are a great photographer. You take some great people shots as well! I like the boy on train and the 2 puppies photos best... would love to know how you took the puppies one. That boy is totally cute! I'm sure he's not THAT high maintenance ;-)

Thanks for pointing out other good albums. Will check them out.

Yeh, I've been browsing through the forum a bit. Sometimes I look for posts made by interesting people like Dodger... should look at yours too.. always have cool stories.

[Oogleman]

Nice post but not the full picture. I had a well educated Thai friend ( fluent english) who started off as bar boy until a kindly farang took him off to USA & around the world before they broke up. We often visited his friends rooms and he took me along.

The reason the lady was present is simple - she has 2 functions normally - a) to collect the rent ( or try to). If they have no cash boys frequently room hop just before rent day.

b) a sort of security for the boys who often steal/borrow things from other - if she doesnt see the deed done she at least can tell who was in the room alone and when.

I often remarked to my friend how clean Thai boys were and their rooms also. He used to just smile but one day said to me- "look, they really have no choice, they hate housework same as most people but if they dont wipe and sweep often any food remnants/shed skin etc attracts huge numbers of flies/ants/other bugs"

I thought about it for a while and realised that every time i stayed in the villages the gay boys would do very little or any cleaning at all and girls did the cleaning and cooking, boy mostly slept or ate. Straight guys would work in the field and fish. this changes when there is 1 thai/1 farang in a room and they will then clean for you without being asked.

The many people in one room thing is very common among Thai households unless they are well off or have small families.

[bao-bao]

Nice post but not the full picture. I had a well educated Thai friend ( fluent english) who started off as bar boy until a kindly farang took him off to USA & around the world before they broke up. We often visited his friends rooms and he took me along.

The reason the lady was present is simple - she has 2 functions normally - a) to collect the rent ( or try to). If they have no cash boys frequently room hop just before rent day.

b) a sort of security for the boys who often steal/borrow things from other - if she doesnt see the deed done she at least can tell who was in the room alone and when.

I often remarked to my friend how clean Thai boys were and their rooms also. He used to just smile but one day said to me- "look, they really have no choice, they hate housework same as most people but if they dont wipe and sweep often any food remnants/shed skin etc attracts huge numbers of flies/ants/other bugs"

I thought about it for a while and realised that every time i stayed in the villages the gay boys would do very little or any cleaning at all and girls did the cleaning and cooking, boy mostly slept or ate. Straight guys would work in the field and fish. this changes when there is 1 thai/1 farang in a room and they will then clean for you without being asked.

The many people in one room thing is very common among Thai households unless they are well off or have small families.

Thanks for adding that, Oogleman! I agree that the woman was a "gatekeeper" in several respects - I didn't make that entirely clear in my story, sorry. I think you're also correct that if people don't keep their homes relatively clean they're inviting insects and the likes... probably all the more so in warm humid climates.

People are people almost anywhere you go, I'd say. Some are tidier than others. The boy's room above the club was clean and tidy, but the rest of the club from inside the ground floor back door TO that room was pretty cluttered and messy, save the "path" to the short time room, which was also clean.

A friend and I made an unannounced visit to one of his relative's rural home one time; it was basic but clean. There was a somewhat separated area for sleeping but no walls so the the floor was more or less one large room that was shared by all.

"Not much privacy here, is there?" I asked, pointing out the obvious. He laughed and said "That why many Thai people quiet when they make love!"

In this picture you can see a little light through the floorboards of the living area from the ground below.

[Henry Cate]

one was of a farang who could easily be a member of this very forum. I pointed to the photo and asked Pui “is this a gay boy’s bed?” “No, but the farang good to him and he like him too much,” he replied, matter-of-factly. I decided to press a bit and asked him “You mean he likes the farang or the money?” “Sure money!” Pui laughed that bright laugh of his, his face lighting up “but he really like farang, also.” “But he’s not gay?” I asked. “No, but he really like him too much, same same falang, it good.”

At first I was wondering whether the Thai boy saying "He's not gay" was really saying "He's not a bottom." But I suspect this is not the case...one of my very favorite guys likes girls, and, when questioned, said, "Yes, I like girls. But right now I like YOU more than them!" And he sure acts like it!

Questions about "True Love," and "Loving The Inner Person" -- I leave to my betters.

[Henry Cate]

Never happened at my boarding school - damn. But I'd probably have been shocked and screamed the place down. Youth is wasted on the young.

You might consider looking up the autobiography of John Addington Symonds, who did exactly that.

He spent many hours of his later life, I imagine, either denying his behavior, or trying to find some excuse for it.

[homintern]

in the villages ... girls did the cleaning and cooking ...

As it should be. If they're not breeding up the next generation of boys for us to debauch, what use are they?