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WARNING – GHB The date rape Drug in Chiang mai

The Chiang Mai murder of David Crisp four years ago by three bar boys he’d taken home should serve as a reminder and warning to every one of the risks in taking casual sex partners or prostitutes to your home or room. This week another danger has been highlighted on the streets of Chiang Mai, […]

Chiang Mai – Best Destination in Thailand

According to Trip Advisor’s Travellers Choice 2012 awards Chaing Mai has been voted the best destination in Thailand In world rankings it is the 24th most popular destination. Of course, this comes as no suprise to those of us who have made the city home and enjoy it’s wonderful winter climate and laid abck lifestyle […]

Thai Puan – Issue 54

The latest issue of Thai Puan, Thailand gay community magazine magazine is now available. Pick up your free copy of the January/February issue at any of Chiang Mai’s Gay Venues, or read it online. This month’s Chiang Mai coverage includes an article by David Edwards : Did You See Man in Chiang Mai? in which […]

Anchan Vegetarian Restaurant

Anchan Restaurant is a new gay owned restaurant in Chiang Mai that serves vegetarian meals so delicious you won’t miss the meat. Their 2nd floor location off Nimmanhaeminda Road is a natural ambiance created for people who enjoy good food, wine, natural products and art. Anchan Vegetarian Restaurant serves vegetarian versions of many Thai classical […]

Child sex abuse and Trafficking in Chiang Mai

Child sex abuse seems to have become the hot topic of the moment with several events occurring that have bought this subject to the forefront globally. In the US, in operation Sunflower one hundred twenty-three victims of child sexual exploitation were identified by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE). Law enforcement agencies arrested 245 individuals […]

Alleged Pedophile arrested in Chiang Mai

Suspected Pedophile – German national nicknamed Klaus Dracula apprehended in child protection operation Days like yesterday make me feel slightly embarrassed. Firstly, embarrassed by the hideous, henious and self indulgent actions of other gay people that give gays everywhere a bad name. The world’s homophobes love nothing more than a good gay pedophile story to […]

Gay Chiang Mai 2012 – A review

1st January 2012 already seems a distant memory so, as we enter 2013, we thought we’d look back at some of the things that happened in gay Chiang Mai during 2012. The last year has seen significant changes in the demographics of the Chiang Mai gay scene, with the typical old fashioned foreign style gay […]

Chiang Mai Gay Christmas

Christmas in Chiang Mai has always been a low key affair, hardly surprising in a Buddhist country. It’s hard to get all festive especially when it falls on a week day and everyone goes to school and work as normal (it is not a public holiday in Thailand). Thai people are just gearing up for […]

B2 Hotels in Chiang Mai

B2 Hotels – Boutique and Budget For those looking for good budget priced hotel accommodation in Chiang Mai you could do worse than try one of the B2 Hotels, meaning Boutique and Budget. After starting just a few years ago the B2 chain must be Chiang Mai’s fastest growing business with twelve properties in Chiang […]

Gay Chiang Mai High Season Update

Mid December and a delayed cool season has finally arrived in Chiang Mai ushering in the high season, so we thought it would be a good opportunity to provide an update on the gay scene here. Although the gay venues themselves haven’t changed so much, we’ve noticed quite a change in where people go and […]