My understanding is that places with boys available has a very long history in Thailand as it does in many countries.
My colleague in China tells me that man/man massage with attention to cleaning the tube / massaging various pieces of the plumbing and other activities is well documented in very long term Chinese history, was and still is considered part of 'men's health activities'.
However, re Thailand, in the 'gay bar' set up we now see my understanding is the same as ICON, Tulip was the first, in fact I went there many many times starting three decades ago, they always had many very interesting young men. The owner, long deceased, was a great guy and ran a very happy ship.
Boys of Bangkok / Dream boys are in fact fairly new to the scene. The old Twilight was in existence at least 20 years before boys / dream boys.
Tawan is also well well before boys / dream boys, and Tawan has it's own history, started on Suriwongse road and initially offered very young boys (18+) who always danced full nude but always with one hand over their equipment. The owner (same guy as today) suddenly changed the stock to 50% muscleguys and 50% guys with nice definement but not musclemen. Then it moved around the corner to it's current location. In it's old location it was famous for short changing. Standard routine: change comes, it's short, speak to the waiter, waiter goes back to cashier, then correct change comes.
Dream boys was initially across Suriwongse Road, It was Barberie for a very long time operated by a very strict owner Mr Boon, it changed it's name to Dream boys when the farang syndicate bought it, then fairly quickly changed location to the soi where it's not located and went thru a couple of reconfigurations to the set up seen today, incorporating the old Sexy Circus venue.
But I'm wondering whether the reason for the 500Baht fee quoted was because it was the first day for that specific working boy? Mamasans can be creative, sometimes.
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