Dodger wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 9:38 am
As much as it pains me to say this, gogo bars (gay & str8) are just becoming outdated.
Gogo bars provide a slightly more erotic style of entertainment and I don't see that as being outdated at all. If all else were equal, I would prefer to be in a gogo bar to a host bar.
Gogos offer the pleasure of seeing the guys in underwear on stage & if selecting on appearance, the less they wear in the bar, the better.
For me, the one issue with the Sunee gogo bars is the lack of quality & quantity. We're down to 3 bars. Winner boys is good, Power Boys doesn't have many boys & on some visits, none of them interest me. Finally Nice Boys appeals to some, but definitely not me.
I also think that farang want good value gogo bars. However, if we go down to Boyztown, bars like Toy Boys & Cupidol were more busy than the Sunee bars last winter and charging more for the drinks. Perhaps Toy Boys has a few Asian customers, but Cupidol had mainly western customers.
I haven't ventured down to Jomtien as much, but when I do go, it's for the boys and NOT the format.
The way the format works can vary considerably.
In the case of
Sun Bar, all the boys were sitting at their tables, drinking amongst themselves. Groups of farang were sitting on separate tables. At one point I did a count and excluding one much older Thai, obviously not bar staff, I think they only had one lad sat with a customer. There was no circulation. Probably good for drinking and socializing, but not for finding a lad. (At one point, Oud turned up with a couple of farang).
Directly across the soi
@Home bar had staff circulating and even sitting with customers. Completely different.
Dodger wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 9:38 am
Fortunately, cruising bars are still popular, and, from what I've seen, Jomtien Complex has a lot to offer.
I'm not entirely sure that "cruising bars" is the most appropriate name for what Jomtien offers. Here's a link describing some of the Berlin cruising bars, which is more in line with my understanding of a "cruising bar". Incidentally, I haven't been to any of them, but have visited the rent boy bars.
https://www.travelgay.com/berlin-gay-cruise-clubs/