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Originally Posted by Gweilo
i think saunas have been in decline in the West for quite some time. the younger guys (mostly in their early 20s) don't need to go there to hook up and they consider saunas as places for desperate, older people.
in bkk, however, the sauna business is booming, but only in the sticky rice market. sauna mania on the 'naked day' has been very busy and the guys are young (up to the early 30s) and very good looking (way better looking than prostitutes in go go bars).
the problem with babylon is that it's stuck in the past. if the place doesn't recover the sticky rice market (which will be difficult due to the pricing and sticky rice guys' habits of going to less 'international' places), it'll need to rely on tourists who go there to tan and drink beer at the open-air bar. but how many of us travel to bkk to suntan or drink beer in the sauna?
the continued presence of prostitutes in babylon is a testimony to the fact that our choices among locals are very limited. and more often than not, the guys we hook up with are 'working boys', whether we know it or not. yesterday, at g.o.d., all 3 farangs hooked up with prostitutes simply because non-prostitutes are simply not interested in white guys.
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The problem with sauanas in the West is not only that they have too many old queens walking around, but also the WEIRD, loser queen types. A straight-acting, normal, younger gay would be repulsed by the queen mentality, and want to vomit after a short time.
Yes I totally agree that prostitutes in go-go bars mostly are not very attractive (I don't see how farangs can sit there and drool over these guys).
Unfortunately, too many foreigners "travel to bkk to suntan and drink beer in the sauna."
I don't understand why you think Babylon should try to get young sticky-rice in there. That's not what I want--I want young Asians who are looking for farangs. I want the sticky rice to go to other saunas (I don't want to get rejected by them in Babylon).
I've only seen a few prostitutes in Babylon--they don't bother me at all. There is one I connected with in DJ (and he also goes to Telephone Pub)--and he also frequents Babylon. I don't want to give his name here.
What is g.o.d.?