It's apparently the most famous sauna in not just Thailand but the whole of Asia and from what I had read it sounded like the place to go if you were a foreign gay visitor looking for some fun. In the weeks leading up to my arrival in Bangkok I had been reading on the Internet about a famous sauna in the city called Babylon.
Maybe they were there but unfortunately I just didn't meet them.ĭisheartened but not dismayed I decided to carry on with my plans of visiting a gay sauna. I don't know why this surprised me, as Thailand is renowned for this, but I guess I was hoping for a lot more young everyday backpackers like me. Everywhere I went I was confronted with the sleazy image of old western men enjoying the company of young Thai boys. Once there though I was very disappointed.
I had always heard how Thailand is a mecca for gay travellers and so I was intent on taking advantage of my being on my own in a faraway foreign land to make progress in my gay life.
Earlier this year I was in Bangkok as part of a larger post-university trip through Asia.
