Do the police/security crack down on outside hustlers?
I walked through Lumpini Park two different days, and it was very hard to find any available guys--and there were some worn-out looking (slightly older) ones. Yes there is that weight-lifting area, but I do not think that is really a cruising area. One day, at most, there were 3 guys in the whole park who might have been available (and none of them had any attraction for me). The other day, I had to walk and walk, and then I finally connected with one guy. As we were leaving, a nice one was entering the park, and I'm still not sure he was available. So that's at most 2 guys at that time. There are many police patrolling on bikes. I saw one police approach a lounging (apparently drunk) guy about 35, apparently telling him he can't sit there. The main problem with Lumpini is it's too big.
Around that whole Grand Palace / canal area (which I also cruised two different nights) -- I talked with one guy who said I should go with him because there is nobody else, because the police had just arrested everyone. There were a few other guys out--so he was just saying that to try to get me. But the fact that he told me this indicates that the police do crack down.
It also seems that the few guys who hang out on Rama IV between Silom and Suriwong, are worried about cops (they seem too careful and discreet)--and maybe that's the reason there are so few. And a lot of the guys in that whole Patpong area always seem to be walking (they seem to think they can't stand in one place). You'd think that there would be loads of guys outside in that area. (By the way, for some reason, I like the guys in that area better, even though they are not good sex. There's something about them that's better than others. I went with 2 from that area this last trip.)
I wonder if the danger of arrest/harassment by police limits the quality of the guys who hang out. And there were some real good ones from the past who I still look for but I don't see them--maybe they quit after police harassment.
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