OK, Cupidbuddy, since you asked:

This place is an ancient, decrepit old hotel of the type you almost never see in Bangkok anymore. It's completely made out of wood, and the rooms are nothing more than a bed, an electric fan, and four clapboard walls open at the top to let the air flow through. The communal Thai-style squat toilets and scoop bath are downstairs and VERY basic.

It's run by a grumpy old Chinese lady named Ba Ju ("Auntie Ju"), who for 180 baht (or is it 170?) will give you a towel and a room for the night. Be sure to bring mosquito repellent unless you want to get eaten alive, plus condoms-and-lube and something to drink (nothing is available inside).

Guys start showing up in the late evening, around 10:00 I guess. Some military types, some middle-aged guys, some younger. Mostly working class. Usually not what you'd call a particularly attractive crowd, but the action can be surprisingly uninhibited.

Everyone leaves their doors open, cruises around, goes in and out of rooms and up and down the rickety wooden steps. I've run into group scenes a number of times. Once, a very shy Indian guy just wanted to jerk off while watching me fuck another guy. Wouldn't let either of us touch him though (unfortunately).

Most of the walls are riddled with peepholes, and the sheets full of cigarette burns. Bare fluorescent tubes are the only lighting.

So, why go to a decrepit, dirty old hotel when for the same price you could go to a place like Babylon or Chakran? Well, there's no good reason, really, except for a change of pace. It's like stepping back into what the down-at-heel flophouses of Bangkok must have been in the 1940's. I go there sometimes just to feel like I've escaped to some secret, faraway place.

One of the reasons it feels so secret and faraway is that it is extremely difficult to find without someone actually taking you there the first time. I managed on my own, though, based on a Thai friend's directions -- so it can be done, if you're persistent and a little brave.

It's in a slumlike maze of pedestrian sois behind Bangkok City Hall, off of Dinsor Road just south of the Democracy Monument.

Walking down Dinsor Road from the Democracy Monument, after about 100m you'll come to a small soi on your left -- sorry, can't remember the name, but I think it's Soi Wat Something-or-other-beginning-with-an-"R" -- that has a 7-11 on the corner and another 7-11 directly across the street. If you reach a small klong or the famous "Mon Nom Sod" milk-and-toast shop across the street, you've gone too far.

So, walk down this little Soi Wat Something-or-other about 50m, and there will be a short, unmarked, dead-end soi on the left. At the very end of this soi is a sea green or turquoise-bluish metal door. It's usually the only thing on the little soi lit up, and there is a small, round peephole cut in it. No markings whatsoever.

Ring the doorbell and, if she's awake, Auntie Ju will hobble down and open the door for you. If she's asleep, you might have to stand there ringing for a while. She ain't the friendly sort, so don't be put off. That's just the way she is.

She'll give you a long look-over, then lead you inside, take your money, give you a towel, and show you to a room.

The rooms cannot be locked from the outside (you don't get a key), so try not to take any valuables with you. Get undressed, put your towel on, and keep your wallet with you if you've brought it. Then you're ready for whatever awaits.

On the Friday or Saturday evenings when I've been there, there have been between 10 and 20 other guys -- that's really all this place will hold. But they tend to be hornier and less shy than your average sauna pretty-boys.

Again, I would not recommend this place to anyone unless they really want a change of pace, are not too squeamish about sanitary conditions, and don't mind rooting around in dark slums in the middle of the night! I've never seen another farang here, but have always received tons of attention when I've gone.

First one to actually visit and report back receives the Cruiser of the Day award.