I’m planning to spend a few days just being a tourist and wandering around new areas during my December visit - assuming I can dial down my deviancy

And yes, having some Thai and being able to read is going to help in the out of the way places too.

That's disappointing news! It was a beautiful restaurant, elegant, with great views and better food. Local friends took me to dinner there several times.

Thanks very much for the detailed write-up @BangkokBacchanalian it really is much appreciated as this latest 'tropical nasty' could spread fast. A very interesting comment that you made got me thinking: "No NHS number required, and while the form asked for my regular doctor’s details, they confirmed to me they didn’t need it..." Based on this a wily non-resident visiting the UK for more than 4 weeks could also get it. I was confused by the vaccines name, as the name they tout here is JYNNEOS, so I googled it and lo and behold its the same vaccine as Imvanex, just a different brand name. Availability is still very limited in BKK, but it can be obtained at the Red Cross Hospital clinic for THB 2,200 per shot and 2 shots are required 28 days apart - so total cost = THB 4,400. By the sounds of it, it is a similar process at the Red Cross clinic, as it is at the NHS and they will probably be even more lenient as they are charging. Thanks once again for the information. Cheers SAG

I think it is a great thread to establish. We need to know our risks and make informed decisions about what we do, how we do it and who we do it with. I too have the MPOX vaccine, PReP and Hep vax. looking into the gonorrhoea vax, latest research has shown some sobering results for those of us who play in high risk populations. I've attached the latest findings published in the British Medical Journal from July 2026.  for those who are in or play in high risk populations, this Vax has no benefit. have a read and make up your own mind.

@SAGuysorry if I was unclear in my post above and got your hopes up … I had my mpox & gonorrhoea jabs back in the UK, have just posted in a new thread on how I did that and how easy it was, to hopefully assist other BMs. Appreciate that’s probably not much use to you. I don’t have a place for getting the mpox vaccine in BKK - and in fact when I emailed Pulse asking about it when mpox first flared up, they just ignored me, they didn’t even respond. NB like @prebss I was told a month between Bexsero doses (and that’s how they gave me mine) so you might want to DYOR on your dosing schedule recommended by medconsult.