If you head to the Punto gay bar beforehand, you can pick up discount tickets for entry to Arena. We had dinner at a very fancy hotel restaurant last fall, and it felt like it was us and about ten European gay couples. This fact, along with the notion that gay people even exist is of course denied.
Other nightlife is then forced to close due to noise constraints. There are also several gay massage shops around the city offering massage for men by men. What will change is the economic drivers for those money boys providing the service. As you mention, they will not always advertise themselves blatantly as 'for sale', but you will are in the process of learning the signs.
For many Thai gay boys now, life predominantly revolves around their smart phone and not around bars.
As a result, many historic gay bars have closed, or are re-inventing themselves as a more mixed environment. Manchester Language Exchange. Many gay foreigners here will likely meet such people at some time and it is useful or restaurants where gay foreigners meet up to socialise understand their problems, issues, culture and even the horrors of human trafficking or war that have driven them to Chiang Mai and work in the sex industry.
Orton's Manchester Writers Circle. Dot Net North. Game Night. But, compared with ten or fifteen years ago there are not many Thai money boys hanging around the bars now. Outside of park benches, socialising often happens over a bottle of local red wine in a romantic bar or in a boliche nightclub.
True to its roots, it's retained this feel and is one of the best clubs for a gay night out. Subscribe to our Newsletter Subscribe Now! The annual bean throwing festival to welcome in the Spring and to kick out old demons.