Gay activities Dec2025 Thailand
More precisely 27nov-31dec2025. Details about Feel Onsen, T K Massage (Ladprao Soi 101), Pattaya, Windmill 2 (gogo bar with ladies in Walking Street), Saran Rom street trade, Stars Bangkok (massage in Saphan Khwai).
Sat29nov2025 Bangkok
Bank SS asks for money online. We had many good times and he rarely asks for money, so I assume this is a genuine emergency and send him the money 2000 online.
Fri28nov2025 Bangkok
Meet Min123 from Myanmar. He used to work outside Bangkok, but now has a job at One Bangkok (new shopping mall). That's the first date that I can attribute to One Bangkok. Good English, has an education in science, interesting chat. Good activities and nice body. We didn't talk about money before meeting, but he mentions money twice, so I give him 500. Nonetheless filed as free, subsequent meetings only taxi fare.
Sun30nov2025 Bangkok
Feel Onsen is far from Silom, it takes me over an hour to get there (BTS 11th Infantry Regiment). But they have performers who are my type, and today is one Tee I chatted with several times over the years but never had a chance to meet. Following pictures typical adverts from their Instagram https://www.instagram.com/feelonsen_/ These posts go online in the afternoon for the night's model. Unfortunately, all faces blurred and no links to their social media. Some I recognize by their tattoos.
Feel Onsen entry 289, enter 19:24. Ask receptionist: show is 20-22, closing time is 1. Receptionist asks for my phone number, they need it for internal management of customers. Tops get blue wristband keytag, bottoms red. Christmas decoration all over the place, 12 trees about 2 m tall a bit overdone. Christmas music. Overall nice decoration and okay light.
1st = ground floor: shoe rack, take off shoes before going up. From there on bare feet (no flip-flops provided). Sauna, steam, hot pool only accessible from 2nd floor. Sauna and steam luke warm, pool warm. Shower partly well illuminated, partly okay. No hooks for towel. Two showers with water heater.
2nd floor locker room, 180 lockers. Big and small white towel of good quality. Black bathrobe (Japanese yukata) provided, and many customers wear it. Kind of counter-productive in a gay sauna.
3rd private rooms and groups rooms, orgy takes place here.
4th Rest room with 6 bunk beds with curtains.
5th private rooms.
6th rooftop with view of BTS.
From 20 disco music on 3rd floor, but staff there tells me show starts 20:30. Dress code underwear. I spend 15 min in locker room reading on my phone, when I come back activities in progress. No show, just a group orgy initiated by performer? Everyone gets a light stick around their wrist, blue for top and red for bottom. They have just one performer, Tee with blue light stick around his neck. Mostly warm and dry skin.
Under 50 customers when I enter, about 50 during show. I must have seen 100 customers during my stay. Most good looking by my standards. Few tattoos. They all seemed mid class. No other foreigner. Out 22:15. Clearly busiest 20-22, when I enter and leave fewer in locker room.
Mon1dec2025 Bangkok
Ladphrao 101 massage places. Former K B Boy, now 101 K Spa, no cute by pictures. There is a guy John who is nice, but I met him two times and only okay performance, no repeat.
T K Massage one hour oil massage 650. Only one bathroom, occupied by a boy. 7 massage rooms. I can walk up to rooftop. No clothes pegs in bathroom and in my massage room.
Massage table with pillow, only later do I discover there is a face well under pillow. Masseur starts in towel, when I turn around, he is nude. Okay massage back and legs, had some training, in general too soft. After turnaround directly to happy ending. Great body. From Myanmar. No English. Good character. Face cuter than on pictures. Advertised as 56, but I found everything average size.
1100 tip Euro. Start 16:27. Out 17:29.
Tue2dec2025 Bangkok
Date for 12 with Min123, but when I message him 12, he is doing his laundry. How weird! Finally arrives 13:11. Stays all day, we have a good time. 100 for taxi.
Wed3dec2025 Bangkok
650 Yunomori Onsen entry 650. This place is not gay. They have pools 41-42 C, 42-44 C and 16-18 C.
Wed4dec2025 Bangkok to Pattaya
My favorite place to stay is Mosaik Apartment, but their standard rooms are booked out, only big room 1000 per night. However Boutique Bravo has rooms for 750 per night. However several things I don't like there. 500 THB key deposit. Table a bit low 61.5 cm for computer work. WiFi not by password, but username and password. Data is fast, but can only connect one device at a time? Keycard to switch on power plugs (except fridge, always connected). Wardrobe no rack to put suitcase on, only clothes hanger and floor. Can't take clothes hanger out of wardrobe. No balcony. Street noise. Single glazing windows. Only lift, no stairway (I rather take stairs than wait for lift). Toilet tissue roll locked in bathroom. No exhaust fan in bathroom. I have to look for other alternatives should Mosaik be booked out. Possibly even Jomtien, now that there so few gogo bars of interest for me left in South Pattaya.
Winner Boys 20:41-21:27, pineapple juice 139. Three boys and up to one other customer during my stay. Alex and Cola and another shapely boy. Alex doesn't pay attention to me, and when I walk up to him, I notice he is standing with eyes closed, and when I talk to him, he doesn't want a drink or to sit with me. How very weird! I leave it at that. Update: Next day he messages me, he was in a bad mood. Clearly mental health issues. But he is in a good mood, we get along fabulously! Update: Winner Boys closed for good.
Have a look in Boys Nighclub (sic! former Nice Boys), 8 boys in trousers, no customer. Not for me.
M Bar 22:42-54, pineapple juice 89. End of show. Seating very unfavorable. In most gogo bars, you can see all boys on stage and most boys who are sitting with customers.
Gus Bar 23:14-30, beer 100. Unfavorable seating.
Jomtien Complex throughout busy with boys and customers.
In following two late night gay disco/karaoke in South Pattaya:
Friendly Pub (google maps: Friendly Club & Karaoke or Cf Man Club Pattya By Friendly, 12.9207, 100.8864) and
FC (google maps: Fc club Pattaya By friendly. เอฟซีคลับพัทยา สาย 3, 12.9261, 100.8847)
Join a Farang friend FF to Friendly Pub. FF has a boy Rinda in tow whom I recognize from online. Rinda makes a bored impression, next day confirmed by FF, so boring that FF had to ditch him! From 01:57 auction of boys (good light). About 50 boys and 15 customers.
For lack of customers in Friendly Pup, we move to FC, much busier here. A host boy would cost 300/h. Not for me.
Back in my room 3:17, alone, to bed. It has been years that I have been to a late-night venue in Pattaya, and I didn't miss anything, and it will be years until I go again.
Fri5dec2025 Pattaya
Distance of 12th profile: Hornet 150 m, HeeSay 0.2 km, Grindr 216 m, Romeo estimated 500 m.
A boy on Hornet agreed on 1000, but then offline. Filed as missed.
Meet Gedij instead. Good body and activities, and there is something that attracts me that I can explain. 1000 well deserved. I'm eager for a repeat, failed so far for poor communication and boy is not based in Bangkok or Pattaya, judging by distance.
Sat6dec2025 Pattaya
Meet Chinese (last met 13oct2024) and to my room for fun.
Meet Ming from Vietnam for dinner. Interesting chat, but afterwards he wants to go home.
I have read good things about Windmill (gogo with women in Walking Street), and to see how things are run in lady gogo, I have a look. Windmill 2, stay 20:20-53. Pineapple juice is just 99 during happy hour 7-9, then 150. Security looks into my backpack and pats my pockets. Smoking allowed. Music, light, aircon okay. Full with ladies and half full with customers. About 25 ladies on stage or sitting and about 10 more sitting with customers. About 5 nude. Others short skirts and bra that they wear front open or closed. 20:30 shuffle, so everyone gets to be in the nude. Some sitting on customers' laps.
Lower prices than gay bars, full of ladies and customers! Nudity!
Meet Peach and walk around, but when we get near my hotel, not to my room, but bye to meet friends. Interesting character, can form full and comprehensive sentences in Thai. He likes walking, I have problems to follow because I look around so much.
Sun7dec2025 Pattaya
Jerry from Madagascar via Grindr. We agree on 1500, but only for exotism. I wouldn't pay a local guy that much. Reception didn't accept his work permit, I have to go down to get him in. Shorts, hairy upper legs. Else good first impression. Take off shirt, hairy as a monkey! The pictures on online dating were photoshopped, if I had know he is that hairy, I wouldn't have met him. Body otherwise fine, well endowed, okay activities, but with that much body hair, even on butt cheeks, there is not much I can do and send him away with 1500.
I was looking for a particular boy in a Jomtien massage shop, but he is not in. Filed as missed.
Wed10dec2025 Bangkok
I had a date will Bell, but he wants to meet in Silom, to spend time there. Not what I have in mind. Bell cancels 22:22 because I don't want to go to Silom. Filed as missed. If we meet that late (by my standards), in Silom, nothing good can come out of it*, I rather skip.
*Confirmed three days later in Sukhumvit.
Thu11dec2025 Bangkok
Bell cancels for being stressed from university.
Message Dui Saranrom, comes to my room for fun. Out of the blue, he tells me he is straight and cannot bottom. Shows me pictures of his girlfriend and baby. That comes as a surprise, we met several times and I thought he is gay bottom! 1000 well deserved.
Sat13dec2025 Bangkok
Date with Bell in Sukhumvit. I'm at the restaurant 22:00, Bell is late 22:41. Orders too much food, leftover for take away. Total 1359.44 dinner for two, I rarely spend that much (700 per person) on myself! We leave 23:12, MRT to Silom. Walk all Silom to a bar where his friend works, where we spend 00:07-44 and have drinks for 275+25 (I pay 300, no change given, but I rather want to go home than raise this issue). Taxi home, finally 00:55 in my room. I take shower. Bell is busy with his phone writing and calling. I tell Bell to put his phone in airplane mode overnight. We are in bed for sleeping, Bell gets up to message his work and gets a call from a friend who needs the room key. 200 Bell for taxi and food (again?) bye 01:45 in my room.
Too long, too late, too expensive, to little return. There is potential, but next time I have to tell him my limitations in space, time and money.
Tue16dec2025 Bangkok to Saraburi
Overnight trip to Saraburi to meet a regular there. I'm in my hotel and wait for him, when he messages me his mocy is broken. But he can borrow someone else's to come to see me. We have a good time, it is worth the trip and the expense.
Wed17dec2025 Saraburi to Bangkok
1000 online to Bank SS for health problems.
Fri19dec2025 Bangkok
Nong Yo asks how much, I offer 1000, he wants 2500 to 3000. Filed as refused.
Sat20dec2025 Bangkok
Hero wants to meet “I need your help and advice” and I want to meet as well. While discussing details, he fell asleep. Irregular sleep-wake pattern, a red flag. But then all fine, comes at night and stays over night.
Sun21dec2025 Bangkok
Lazy morning in bed, perfect warm and dry skin. 1000 well deserved.
Mon22dec2025 Bangkok to Kanchanaburi
Trip with friends to Kanchanaburi, stay there over night.
1000 online to Bank SS (again after 2000 on 29nov and 1000 on 17dec). This is getting out of hand, I won't send any more after this.
Tue23dec2025 Kanchanaburi
Online dating in Kanchanaburi yesterday and today busy but no clear hit.
Wed24dec2025 Bangkok
Saran Rom 22:38-23:00 first round spot 16 available boys. Spot some boys I remember from before. After passing Pan (sitting alone) three times in the course of one hour, without him even looking up at me from his phone, I approach him 23:46. Speaks okay English. He is bottom but does not go with Whites because they have big cocks. I tell him I just want wanking, sucking, massage, and he quotes 800. I tell him everyone else here asks for 500, but he doesn't budge. I don't want to set a precedence, and 800 and not even fucking is clearly too much. I leave it at that and take taxi home.
Thu25dec2025 Bangkok
Min123 postpones to after work 22:30, then moves forward, then cancels for roommate's birthday. Filed as missed. Later messages me can meet tonight. Not read, filed as no show.
Wittawas wants to see dick pictures before meeting, filed as missed. Several other chats no success.
Date with Min123 was 22:30 after work, finally messages me 23:24, still at work, overtime. Can meet me 1 or 2 am, I cancel 00:09 and go to bed. Filed as missed.
Fri26dec2025 Bangkok
Min123 comes in the morning and we have a good time.
At night meet Chatty for over night at my place. We met before, not clearly my type, but good activities and nice character.
Sat27dec2025 Bangkok
Setthawut wants 500 online in advance for travel, filed as attempted scam.
But for a regular Nick, who lives out of town, I send 500 to come to meet me and we have a good time.
Mon29dec2025 Bangkok
The boy in Bang Bua Thong who I chatted with on hornet, is free today. But when I message him for details, and check later, chat gone. Did he block me? Filed as missed.
Stars Bangkok 90 min oil massage in standard room 600. There seems to be no shared bathroom, I check my floor and one up and one down, only bathroom in VIP room. Take shower there. Tawan showers separately after me. Massage starts 14:20. Starts lower legs, mostly one hand and feels absent minded, does he have the other hand on his phone? Look back at him, phone is indeed on, but lying on mattress. I tell him to switch the phone off and use both hands for massage. He was watching porn (didn't see if he was wanking with the other hand), clearly too early to think of happy ending, I want a massage first! Has some training, but overall too little pressure. Legs okay, back massage good with a lot of thumb work. Turn around, no more pretense, good activities, but gets repetitive. I take over.
Afterwards ask him: from Mandalay. In Thailand 5 years, first construction work, about 5 months massage. Stationed in Inthamara, comes to Stars Bangkok when there is a customer for him. This is general for many boys and massage places. The pleasant smell and taste when I kiss him is from vape with strawberry flavor.
1100 tip for Tawan (or Top) received with a thank you. Out 15:43.
More of their staff here: https://www.starsbangkok.com/ several more my type, and a good start with Tawan. I will be back!
Tue30dec2025 Bangkok
Chat with Ko in the morning, but when I'm ready to meet afternoon, he is offline, reply only 18:26. Filed as missed.
Julian not read. Nyein was eager to meet earlier, now sick.
But Ten is online and free, date with Ten at 20. But then offline, not read, no show. (Update: fell asleep).
In parallel I was chatting with Mozz, he could have met me after work 22:30, but I missed his message 22:39, read it only 23:09. He was on his way home, would have come back to meet me, but now too late for me. For a change, I'm the one who didn't read a message in reasonable time.
31dec2025 Bangkok
Nyein in my room 20:20. Cute as before, warm dry skin throughout. Likes skinship (had to look that up: Noun. skinship (uncountable) (particularly Japan, South Korea) Bonding through physical (touch, skin-to-skin) contact; particularly between family members, relatives and loved ones. Spending time together naked for social bonding.). Hugging and kissing good. Hug and rest with lights on. Did we fall asleep? Check time 23:55. Hear fireworks. Light off, stays over night. My original idea was two hours with him, but over night is fine as well.
Thu1jan2026 Bangkok
Hugging in the morning. 1000 well deserved.
Side note electric water heater.
When you turn off the water flow, the water inside the heater slightly overheats, and when you turn the flow on, the water is initially 1 or 2 degree Celsius hotter
than before. But this month, I had two places where the water significantly overheats, about 5-10 C hotter.
Myanmar boys in Thailand.
The influx of Myanmar nationals to Thailand to escape the civil war and dire economic situation in their home country is visible in the bars and dating apps. Half of my encounters are from Myanmar. New category nationality in summary.
Summary Dec2025 Thailand
7 Free fun: Min123 (500 for taxi), Min123 (100 for taxi), Chinese13oct2024, Bell, Saraburi, Min123, Chatty.
8 Paid fun: T K Massage 650+1100, Gedij 1000, Jerry Madagascar 1500, Dui Saran Rom 1000, Hero 1000, Nick 500, Stars Bangkok 600+1000, Nyein 1000 = 1150+8100 = 9250.
2 No fun: Ming, Peach.
New category: countries of origin. Everyone counted only once.
5 Thai: Saraburi, Chatty, Gedij, Dui, Nick.
6 Myanmar: Min123, Bell, T K Massage, Hero, Stars Bangkok, Nyein.
2 Other: Chinese (13oct2024), Jerry Madagascar.
1 Boy cancels: Bell.
2 Refused: Nong Yo 1000 <-> 2500, Pan 500 <-> 800 Saran Rom.
7 Missed: Hornet suddenly offline, Jomtien Massage, Bell, Min123, Bang Bua Thong, Ko, Mozz.
2 No show: Min123, Ten.
3 send money online: Bank SS 2000, Bank SS 1000, Bank SS 1000 = 4000.
5 bar/disco: Winner Boys, M Bar, Friendly Pub, FC, Windmill 2.
2 sauna: Feel Onsen, Yunomori Onsen (not gay),
2 massage: T K Massage, Stars Bangkok.
1 attempted scam: Setthawut (500 online for travel).
14 Repeat: Min123, Min123, Euro at T K Massage, Gedij, Chinese13oct2024, Bell, Dui, Saraburi, Hero, Min123, Chatty, Nick, Tawan at Stars Bangkok, Nyein.
1 No repeat: Jerry from Madagascar.
10 Old: Min123, Chinese13oct2024, Bell, Dui, Saraburi, Hero, Min123, Chatty, Nick, Nyein.
5 New: Min123, Euro at T K Massage, Gedij, Jerry from Madagascar, Tawan at Stars Bangkok.
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Saturday, 29 August 2026
Friday, 12 June 2026
Dating Thai Boys (103) social media trends
Dating Thai Boys (103) social media trends
A
few trends/fads for pictures in social media in 2025. With the advent of Nano Banana (officially
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, an image generation and editing AI, released
26aug2025), there was a short-lived (just a few days), but wide spread
(half of the boys I follow on Facebook or Instagram) trend of turning
their pictures in underwear into 3D figurines that looked like toys.
Here selected examples:
Another trend, tape white on red “Fragile! รัวังแตก!“ around body.
Fortunately, the following butterfly over chest didn't catch on. I find it hideous!
The following (red lines coming out of head), I found the meaning only by chance. There is a TV series (S Line from South Korea 2025) where one person can see everyone elses' sexual relationship "body count" as red lines coming out of their head and connecting all sexual partners.
Friday, 15 May 2026
General observations Nov2025 Cambodia
General observations Nov2025 Cambodia
More precisely 28oct-27nov2026 Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville, Kampot, Siem Reap. Exchange rate 1 USD = 4010 KHR. Information about bus, van, train, ATM, SIM-card, hotels.
Tue28oct2025 Bangkok to Phnom Penh
Due to border tensions, Thailand has blocked roaming for Cambodian SIM-cards and I can't top up my SIM-card for the trip. I have to ask a friend in Cambodia to do so for me. And the app to manage SIM-card doesn't work either. And the other way round as well. My Thai banking app does not work in Cambodia, "temporarily out of service", and the app detects and does not allow when I use a VPN.
Furthermore, land borders are closed and I have to take a flight. Tourist visa on arrival 30 USD as before, valid 30 days. My first trip to the recently opened Techo International Airport KTI, with the old Pochentong Airport PNH closed.
The above scenes are typical. The airport runs far below capacity, which makes for quick immigration and luggage claim.
There is a public bus service from airport to town. When I get out of the airport building, waiting taxis and tuk-tuk point me in the right direction and tell me “long walk”. Indeed, it is exactly 500 m by satellite image through the parking lot to reach the bus stop. At least it's smooth ground and in shade.
Their timetable is wrong, but you can follow the bus by GPS in app. A bus arrives, but a local tells me this one goes only to Aeon Mall 3 (in the south of Phnom Penh) and I should wait for next. We take next bus. Fare is only 1k5. There are only 4 stops between the terminal stations, which means the stop can be kilometers away from your destination. We were only 2 passengers (it's 10 pm, but general for buses in Cambodia in daytime as well: only few passengers). (Update 1may2026 afternoon: long queue: first bus full, I have wait for second bus.)
Wed29oct2025 Phnom Penh
BRED ATM increased their fee to 6 USD from 4 USD. But with 2000 USD maximum withdrawal amount, still a good deal, and the cheapest way for me to get USD.
Thus I get 2000 USD at the start of my trip, and in the course of a month I spend most of it the following way (estimates): hotels 500, food 400, travel (bus, van, taxi, train, once a year a daytrip by rented car with driver) 300, boys 200, leaving me with 600 that I keep in parallel to EUR when I travel elsewhere, or for my next trip to Cambodia. I still do most of my payments in cash. I do payments in USD wherever feasible, and at the end of the trip get KHR down to less than 20 USD equivalent.
I used to borrow a friend's SIM card (he is not in Cambodia, but his bank account is bound to that card so he has to keep it active), but this trip both of us forgot. Now I need a new SIM-card. I buy a new SIM-card from smart, or rather get it for free when buying a data plan as well. 4 USD for a SIM-card and 25 GB of data within 30 days. That is the cheapest and easiest in my memory! Other countries (Thailand, Myanmar, China, Vietnam) much more expensive and data and calling plans designed to confuse customers.
Sat1nov2025 Phnom Penh
Bicycle daytrip failed for rain. Weather forecast was okay, sky looked okay, but once a few km away from hotel, it started to rain and I had to abort.
I asked at reception yesterday, the only bus to Sihanoukville is Giant Ibis 07:45, no other companies or departure times. Plenty of vans throughout the day. 13 USD van to SHV booked via reception (tomorrow pick-up 12:30, departure 13). The train is too early for me.
Sun2nov2025 Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville
Choose a hotel from hotel booking websites to see locations, availability and prices, but I prefer walk-in. Ask at reception, very limited English, use google translate. Walk-in would be 25 USD per night for standard room, but none available. When I look on trip.com, rooms for only 20 EUR, I show her, she says no rooms available. So I book on trip.com and check in without problems.
(I had a similar case elsewhere. The hotel sells a certain number of rooms at a large discount to an online booking website. Then they rent out all the rooms they have left and reception has no rooms available. But the online booking website still has!)
This hotel has Chinese name and everything Chinese style as well: no fridge, no bum gun, no wardrobe (only hooks and clothes hangers). Else all fine. In particular I like rooftop 14th floor with view. Sihanoukville feels like a bit of China in Cambodia. Most signage is in Chinese, and there are restaurants that have their menu only in Chinese (which suits me well, I can read a Chinese menu, but not a Cambodian menu). Supermarkets entirely stocked with Chinese products and labelled in Chinese.
Tue4nov2025 Sihanoukville
20 USD (pay 80k) to stay one more night. Receptionist lady speaks good English and quoted that price, whereas when I checked in poor English, 25 USD, presumably booked out.
Thu6nov2025 Sihanoukville to Kampot
7k Grab to railway station. Would be 7k5 on PassApp. No rides on Bolt and Uber.
15 USD for train from Sihanoukville to Kampot first class (1+2 seats). Second class (2+2 seats, aircon) looks fine as well, and in particular both classes occupancy only about 10 %. More passengers enter in Kampot.
The road from Sihanoukville to Kampot has some parts that are awful. This is a frequent subject on Facebook groups “Is the road fine now?”. I vividly remember my one ride there on a van in 2021, never again. A local friend joked he got three orgasms from his butt bumping up and down on the seat.
Out of total 100 km by road, there is about 30 km like this and worse, taking 1-2 hours by car depending on weather (dry and dusty, or wet and muddy):
Fri7nov2025 Kampot
There are three saunas now: Cam Beach, Wa Yu and LXK. All clean and spacious and hot (sauna, steam) or cold (cold pool) and good value for money, but can Kampot support that many? They have attached massage and some separate areas for women (genders are separate, due to low demand, most stand-alone saunas in Bangkok don't bother to have separate spaces for women).
Thu13nov2025 Kampot to Kandal
8 USD van Ekareach departure 14:32. They have vans hourly (full hour and 30 min) in both directions. Update may2026: now costs 10 USD.
Thu20nov2025 Phnom Penh to Siem Reap
Bus to Siem Reap 17 USD. 1 USD tuk-tuk to hotel (would be 4k4 on passapp), arranged by staff or drivers at bus station. Driver speaks good English and offers services to drive me around following days, is this (same fare as passapp) just a way to get customers for longer tours? Normally, prices at bus stations would be grossly inflated.
Update at time of posting: tuk-tuk driver at KTI offered me a ride to Phnom Penh riverside for 10 USD, which is about what I would pay on the apps.
A local friend LF told me the following phone theft: LF was in a busy and touristy area with a foreign friend FF. A group of locals blocked their way and one squeezed between them. 30 seconds after FF last used his phone he wanted to use it again, and it was gone. So were the thieves. LF helped to file a police report for insurance claim. The data and accounts on the phone were so important, FF had to cancel the remainder of his holiday and return to his home country.
Mon24nov2025 Siem Reap to Phnom Penh
Giant Ibis bus 17 USD to Phnom Penh.
Thu27nov2025 Phnom Penh to Bangkok
Passapp to bus stop near railway station, then Airport Express Bus to KTI.
I would love to see the new airport Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport (SAI). But flights to/from there are considerably more expensive than from KTI.
SAI to BKK or DMK on Thu28may2026, departure time 12-18, non-stop, hand luggage and hold luggage: 2 flights from 150 EUR.
KTI to BKK or DMK on Thu28may2026, departure time 12-18, non-stop, hand luggage and hold luggage: 2 flights from 83 EUR.
Other dates similar prices.
From Siem Reap, it takes about 1 hour and costs 8 USD to get to the airport by public bus. Their schedule has gaps of up to 2 hours during daytime. https://www.siemreapairportbus.com/
Whereas for 17 USD I can get to Phnom Penh by bus in 6 hours, but then would need another hour to get to the airport.
I rather go from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap, spend a few days there, and go back to Phnom Penh and spend a few more days there and than take airplane to Bangkok, than paying the the unreasonable prices for flights fro SAI and going through the humiliation of bus to SAI for 8 USD 1 hour.
Sihanoukville international airport KOS similar situation: expensive flights, little choice. I would love to fly in or out there one day, but not at these prices or times.
While land borders are closed, I do the following: fly in KTI, spend some days in Phnom Penh, Kampot, return to Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, return to Phnom Penh, fly out from KTI.
General observations by Shamelessmack:
https://shamelessmacktwo.travel.blog/2026/03/07/phnom-penh-miscellany-january-2026/
Phnom Penh miscellany, January 2026
https://shamelessmacktwo.travel.blog/2026/02/09/techo-riels-and-tips/
Techo, riels and tips Phnom Penh, January 2026
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More precisely 28oct-27nov2026 Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville, Kampot, Siem Reap. Exchange rate 1 USD = 4010 KHR. Information about bus, van, train, ATM, SIM-card, hotels.
Tue28oct2025 Bangkok to Phnom Penh
Due to border tensions, Thailand has blocked roaming for Cambodian SIM-cards and I can't top up my SIM-card for the trip. I have to ask a friend in Cambodia to do so for me. And the app to manage SIM-card doesn't work either. And the other way round as well. My Thai banking app does not work in Cambodia, "temporarily out of service", and the app detects and does not allow when I use a VPN.
Furthermore, land borders are closed and I have to take a flight. Tourist visa on arrival 30 USD as before, valid 30 days. My first trip to the recently opened Techo International Airport KTI, with the old Pochentong Airport PNH closed.
The above scenes are typical. The airport runs far below capacity, which makes for quick immigration and luggage claim.
There is a public bus service from airport to town. When I get out of the airport building, waiting taxis and tuk-tuk point me in the right direction and tell me “long walk”. Indeed, it is exactly 500 m by satellite image through the parking lot to reach the bus stop. At least it's smooth ground and in shade.
Their timetable is wrong, but you can follow the bus by GPS in app. A bus arrives, but a local tells me this one goes only to Aeon Mall 3 (in the south of Phnom Penh) and I should wait for next. We take next bus. Fare is only 1k5. There are only 4 stops between the terminal stations, which means the stop can be kilometers away from your destination. We were only 2 passengers (it's 10 pm, but general for buses in Cambodia in daytime as well: only few passengers). (Update 1may2026 afternoon: long queue: first bus full, I have wait for second bus.)
Wed29oct2025 Phnom Penh
BRED ATM increased their fee to 6 USD from 4 USD. But with 2000 USD maximum withdrawal amount, still a good deal, and the cheapest way for me to get USD.
Thus I get 2000 USD at the start of my trip, and in the course of a month I spend most of it the following way (estimates): hotels 500, food 400, travel (bus, van, taxi, train, once a year a daytrip by rented car with driver) 300, boys 200, leaving me with 600 that I keep in parallel to EUR when I travel elsewhere, or for my next trip to Cambodia. I still do most of my payments in cash. I do payments in USD wherever feasible, and at the end of the trip get KHR down to less than 20 USD equivalent.
I used to borrow a friend's SIM card (he is not in Cambodia, but his bank account is bound to that card so he has to keep it active), but this trip both of us forgot. Now I need a new SIM-card. I buy a new SIM-card from smart, or rather get it for free when buying a data plan as well. 4 USD for a SIM-card and 25 GB of data within 30 days. That is the cheapest and easiest in my memory! Other countries (Thailand, Myanmar, China, Vietnam) much more expensive and data and calling plans designed to confuse customers.
Sat1nov2025 Phnom Penh
Bicycle daytrip failed for rain. Weather forecast was okay, sky looked okay, but once a few km away from hotel, it started to rain and I had to abort.
I asked at reception yesterday, the only bus to Sihanoukville is Giant Ibis 07:45, no other companies or departure times. Plenty of vans throughout the day. 13 USD van to SHV booked via reception (tomorrow pick-up 12:30, departure 13). The train is too early for me.
Sun2nov2025 Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville
Choose a hotel from hotel booking websites to see locations, availability and prices, but I prefer walk-in. Ask at reception, very limited English, use google translate. Walk-in would be 25 USD per night for standard room, but none available. When I look on trip.com, rooms for only 20 EUR, I show her, she says no rooms available. So I book on trip.com and check in without problems.
(I had a similar case elsewhere. The hotel sells a certain number of rooms at a large discount to an online booking website. Then they rent out all the rooms they have left and reception has no rooms available. But the online booking website still has!)
This hotel has Chinese name and everything Chinese style as well: no fridge, no bum gun, no wardrobe (only hooks and clothes hangers). Else all fine. In particular I like rooftop 14th floor with view. Sihanoukville feels like a bit of China in Cambodia. Most signage is in Chinese, and there are restaurants that have their menu only in Chinese (which suits me well, I can read a Chinese menu, but not a Cambodian menu). Supermarkets entirely stocked with Chinese products and labelled in Chinese.
Tue4nov2025 Sihanoukville
20 USD (pay 80k) to stay one more night. Receptionist lady speaks good English and quoted that price, whereas when I checked in poor English, 25 USD, presumably booked out.
Thu6nov2025 Sihanoukville to Kampot
7k Grab to railway station. Would be 7k5 on PassApp. No rides on Bolt and Uber.
15 USD for train from Sihanoukville to Kampot first class (1+2 seats). Second class (2+2 seats, aircon) looks fine as well, and in particular both classes occupancy only about 10 %. More passengers enter in Kampot.
The road from Sihanoukville to Kampot has some parts that are awful. This is a frequent subject on Facebook groups “Is the road fine now?”. I vividly remember my one ride there on a van in 2021, never again. A local friend joked he got three orgasms from his butt bumping up and down on the seat.
Out of total 100 km by road, there is about 30 km like this and worse, taking 1-2 hours by car depending on weather (dry and dusty, or wet and muddy):
Fri7nov2025 Kampot
There are three saunas now: Cam Beach, Wa Yu and LXK. All clean and spacious and hot (sauna, steam) or cold (cold pool) and good value for money, but can Kampot support that many? They have attached massage and some separate areas for women (genders are separate, due to low demand, most stand-alone saunas in Bangkok don't bother to have separate spaces for women).
Thu13nov2025 Kampot to Kandal
8 USD van Ekareach departure 14:32. They have vans hourly (full hour and 30 min) in both directions. Update may2026: now costs 10 USD.
Thu20nov2025 Phnom Penh to Siem Reap
Bus to Siem Reap 17 USD. 1 USD tuk-tuk to hotel (would be 4k4 on passapp), arranged by staff or drivers at bus station. Driver speaks good English and offers services to drive me around following days, is this (same fare as passapp) just a way to get customers for longer tours? Normally, prices at bus stations would be grossly inflated.
Update at time of posting: tuk-tuk driver at KTI offered me a ride to Phnom Penh riverside for 10 USD, which is about what I would pay on the apps.
A local friend LF told me the following phone theft: LF was in a busy and touristy area with a foreign friend FF. A group of locals blocked their way and one squeezed between them. 30 seconds after FF last used his phone he wanted to use it again, and it was gone. So were the thieves. LF helped to file a police report for insurance claim. The data and accounts on the phone were so important, FF had to cancel the remainder of his holiday and return to his home country.
Mon24nov2025 Siem Reap to Phnom Penh
Giant Ibis bus 17 USD to Phnom Penh.
Thu27nov2025 Phnom Penh to Bangkok
Passapp to bus stop near railway station, then Airport Express Bus to KTI.
I would love to see the new airport Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport (SAI). But flights to/from there are considerably more expensive than from KTI.
SAI to BKK or DMK on Thu28may2026, departure time 12-18, non-stop, hand luggage and hold luggage: 2 flights from 150 EUR.
KTI to BKK or DMK on Thu28may2026, departure time 12-18, non-stop, hand luggage and hold luggage: 2 flights from 83 EUR.
Other dates similar prices.
From Siem Reap, it takes about 1 hour and costs 8 USD to get to the airport by public bus. Their schedule has gaps of up to 2 hours during daytime. https://www.siemreapairportbus.com/
Whereas for 17 USD I can get to Phnom Penh by bus in 6 hours, but then would need another hour to get to the airport.
I rather go from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap, spend a few days there, and go back to Phnom Penh and spend a few more days there and than take airplane to Bangkok, than paying the the unreasonable prices for flights fro SAI and going through the humiliation of bus to SAI for 8 USD 1 hour.
Sihanoukville international airport KOS similar situation: expensive flights, little choice. I would love to fly in or out there one day, but not at these prices or times.
While land borders are closed, I do the following: fly in KTI, spend some days in Phnom Penh, Kampot, return to Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, return to Phnom Penh, fly out from KTI.
General observations by Shamelessmack:
https://shamelessmacktwo.travel.blog/2026/03/07/phnom-penh-miscellany-january-2026/
Phnom Penh miscellany, January 2026
https://shamelessmacktwo.travel.blog/2026/02/09/techo-riels-and-tips/
Techo, riels and tips Phnom Penh, January 2026
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