A Snippet of Gay Life in Thailand
Sawadee Khrap
Visiting Jomtien or Pattaya, maybe you live here – I recommend you try Ocean Dental Center, Dr. Ruangpeerakul. Check them out for you dental needs. Great service, and workmanship. Works for me (and I hate dentist – actually just drilling – and with only 2 teeth left that is almost in the past. haha ) pricing is right.
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Sawadee Khrap
Thanks Kevin for this update {click on photo to see}
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Sawadee Khrap
Happy Birthday to “Nicky’s Gay Newsletters†- If you are not a subscriber and you are interested in Thailand – then get on line. Nicky does a terrific job of keeping up with all the local happenings.
Keep up the good work and all the best in the coming years.
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Sawadee Khrap
Did a quick visit to “The Sanctuary of Truth†and got some prelim shots. A little pricy, 500 Baht, but worth a visit – quite the carvings – the entire place is covered with them and and new ones are being prepared to fill in the empty spots. I will need to go back and do some real HDR work to properly photograph the place.
Make sure you have sufficient time as the slideshow is 133 photos.
But don’t miss it when you are here – worth the time and money.
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Sawadee Khrap
Here is Thailand’s future – or at least half of it – sorry I don’t have some shots of the young girls that are growing up here too. Politics, be it Black, Yellow, Red, at this age doesn’t command attention – jobs, health care, education, freedom, opportunities, retirement, and family in one way or the other are their immediate worries or future blessings.
This is my favorite image from my excursion to The Million Years Stone Park and I just had to post this as what I believe is a glimpse of what will make Thailand strong – their youth – I really pray the present Thai society and government are dedicated to establishing a country that will allow these young men and women a future.
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Sawadee Khrap
Just got back from “The Million Years Stone Park and Pattaya Crocodile Farmâ€.
I went to check it out and take some quick shots to see if it was a good place to do future shoots. Nice. But, today was very hot and I got back soaked with sweat – so the shots were just from the hip and not centering in on any specific subject. – next time when it’s cooler I’ll go again and take someone with me to model. but at least I’ll know where to go.
I did like the group of young monks that were there and here is a panorama
of the entrance path. You’ll see them in the Slideshow.
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Sawadee Khrap
Thanks Nicky for the link and update — Again I didn’t check out all the information available on the web about the place – I didn’t realize that the place had this much history –
“Batman disco off Sukhumvit was the one of Pattaya’s hottest in the 90s. Spotlights casting batman logos arced across the night sky. The young clientèle crowded the four floors. Police staged a raid on the dance club and closed the premises for drugs and under-age drinkingâ€
I would have loved to seen the spotlight in action and been there to see the crowd – pretty tame now here in low season.
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Sawadee Khrap
Just meet a new friend, Ga, another fellow photographer here in Jomtien – Check out his Facebook Page He told me about a great location called the Batman bldg. This abandoned building is about 12 years old and has great graffiti on it’s walls. It was built to be a Disco house and said to have the upper portion as a short-time rooms – but the place never opened. I took a trip to see the place before I try to do a any photo shoot there – IT IS Great.
I have another friend that wants to have some shots of his new motorcycle and himself and done in a flashy way – this would be a ideal location for that shoot – I’m going to tell him about it and will post the images when done.
Hope Ga can show me some more fantastic locations in and around Pattaya and we did talk about going together to hire a model for some future shoots. Stay tuned !!!
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Sawadee Khrap
What a couple of weeks,
Songkran is over last night – a week of mayhem – what a blessing – I can go outside now and continue normal life. I just spent a week inside and it feels good to be able to go outside and do my daily walk to the beach. Sorry I didn’t get any photos, but there are many on the web. I’m just not one for water throwing events.
Boston – they captured or killed the bombers – so the 4 day manhunt is over for the Boston Marathon Day bombing. I was watching the action on FOX TV during the whole chase – excellent coverage – BUT as always – after everything is over – the major Fox commentators (don’t’ need to mention their names) came on with the usual dribble. Their comments are just as far off as that of the bombers reasoning – radicals exist on both sides – some just talk about it and incite by words – others physically act out their problems. I truly pray that both sides learn the true value of forgiveness.
West, Texas - what an explosion – tragedy, many injured and died – all our prayers need to be for the citizens of West.
It’s been a long time since my last post and I will try to make up for the lack of posts. I do have a couple of guys lined up for new photos and I am also exploring trying new techniques such as the Droste effect – this should be interesting, I hope I can make some exciting images and post them for you.
Thanks also Please help us help Chaa Nay Choo in his hour of need.
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Sawadee Khrap
I went to Sunee Plaza last night and see that “C.…Boys Live Café Bar†has closed and I understand that Dave is searching for a new location near the Tucom area – just up the Soi from Sunee.
I will post the new location as soon as I find out and can get there to take some images. I believe that problems with the landlord and rental charges were the reason he had to leave.
Good Luck Dave finding a new location. See you soon.
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Sawadee Khrap
My friend Jim, in Chiang Mai alerted me to this urgent need. Here’s a true hero who needs our help.
Chaa Nay Choo, Karenni refugee Camp, Mae Surin.
Please read the story and if at all possible please donate a few dollars for his care and recovery – as you can see it only takes a pittance - 30,000 Baht or US$ 1,000 for his immediate care – help us reach the goal and ease his and his family’s suffering.
Donations can also be made online through PayPal. Simply go to www.paypal.com and send a donation of any amount to donate@thebestfriend.org. Again, please include a note explaining if you would like your donation to be used for Chaa Nay Choo specifically, or for the Karenni refugees in general.
It’s sad we can’t help them all – but here’s one chance to help a young man who was injured helping others. He deserves a chance.
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Sawadee Khrap
Just playing with new backgrounds and some old shots from Chiang Mai – I’ve had him posted before – can you guess who he is ?
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Sawadee Khrap
Introducing a new young man, we will do a photo shoot in the near future and I am hoping that he will approve several photos to post. He does have some shots taken by a friend some time ago and I will also do some Photoshop work to enhance these for him too.
Stunning, don’t you think – I can’t wait till we have a session – How about you – comments :
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Sawadee Khrap
Just going through my older photos from Chiang Mai and ran across these 2 of Wit. Some early Photoshop work, but still acceptable.
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Sawadee Khrap
Several years ago in Chiang Mai I met and employed as my house cleaner “Tonâ€. Actually his name is Asue Saeyang, he is Lisu, from Burma. During the time he spent with me, he showed an interest in movie making and I sold him my Panasonic and stated teaching him about Sony Vegas and making videos.
After working for me for a couple of months, he met Ana (from UK)and they had a child, “Lillieâ€. They lived in Chiang Mai while he tried to get his Burmese papers in order to get his passport so they could get married. That was in 2010. Now in 2013 – Ana has gone to UK with Lillie and Asue will return to Burma again to try and get the passport settled and then rejoin his family in the UK.
I hope you’ll join your prayers with mine that they will get this mess settled and have their family together soon.
But to the success story – Asue is self taught, with a little help from 
Ana and myself, he has mastered the art of movie making –
production, filming, editing and publication. and has now published a full length 80 min. movie.
Amazing !
Although it is narrated in the Lisu language and has no subtitles it will still hit a nerve no matter what nationality you are, the Lisu story of the prodigal son. Check it out
M.M., Nn NI – A Mother’s Love, Lisu Movie with Lisu Songs
Congratulations Asue and continued success in your movie career –
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