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11-04-21 15:02 #49767
Posts: 675For what it's worth
My buddy on the ground in BKK as of Thursday November 4th.
There is more signs of life. There is a little bar above Thermae (the old restaurant to the left of the money exchange). I sat there for about an hour (8-9 pm) just now, sipping on Singha for 100 baht. Then started to feel nervous because I wasn't sure if they had the right papers to be serving alcohol or not. Next time I will just get a Coke and bring my own booze. While I was there, I did see about 5 groups of what looked like just arrived Asian tourists try to go down into Thermae, which was closed and has been for months. Apparently, they didn't get the memo and looked as if they were baffled. I've been in BKK now for a 40 days. My other reports on the street scene about how scary the girls and dismal the scenes were has changed for the better tonight. From Soi 11 to about the McDonald's at Robinsons, I counted about at least 80 or more girls (and LBs) out tonight. There is much more talent than what was out there before. Lifting of curfew, alcohol until 9, and November 1 probably has much to do with the change in numbers. A handful, I might take a chance with in the future. But those masks make it too damn hard to tell. Venture towards 7, after you pass 11, and it gets a bit more scary. I did not want to go look at Soi Nana. 1500 seems to be the asking price for most of the girls on the street, some will take 1000. Now at least there is something else to play with besides FiwFans which is about 1500 as well. So things are looking up. Not sure how much longer the 1500 price will last.
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11-04-21 10:14 #49766
Posts: 183Telegram WW
Guess the WW group is banned. Have the opened a new one?
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11-04-21 10:12 #49765
Posts: 548Maxbkk report
I do not live in BKK but on a recent trip ,6 days, I would pretty much agree with this report. Especially with respect to the services. If there is a keeper at an open shop, she is probably only available by appointment. I had 4 sessions, 2 appointment 2 just going with my gut feeling at the moment. All not up to old standards. Even Doki Doki. They say the cure for high prices is high prices, people see money can be made so more is produced bring supplies up and prices down. But I find it hard to see poor service being the cure for poor service.
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11-04-21 06:41 #49764
Posts: 200Realistic review from ground zero
Originally Posted by MaxBkk [View Original Post]
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11-04-21 04:37 #49763
Posts: 324Bangkok Opening
I Posted the following in another section. I live in Bangkok, so it is pertaining mostly to BKK. Please note this is just my opinion, no one knows what will exactly happen.
For anyone else here it would be good to hear their views too.
As I did state below, unless you are in Thailand or have been here you really won't comprehend how devastated the tourist areas are. Thailand normally gets 40 million visitors a year. This year they have had maybe 100,000. So you can imagine how businessed that rely solely on international visitors have shut.
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There is no sign of life yet for the big soapies or gogos. I don't see them opening until early 2022.
I think everyone is waiting to see what happens in November as far as how many tourists come in. If there is no big spike in cases they will look to open up bars and entertainment places at a later stage.
You can see a little more activity from normal businesses in the tourist areas in anticipation of arrivals. However most business have been shut for 1 1/2 years and many completely gone. The ones that remain are hanging on by a thread so they are very cautious about spending money until they can see the demand arriving. Every time they open and then shut it costs money. Think burning cash 18 months. No cash is left. The first priority is to get normal activity going. Enterntainment and bars will be the last to open.
Having said all of this. There are many oilies open, albiet with a skeleton staff and are quite tragic at the moment. If tourist numbers start to increase these places will probably be the first to get going and to start building staff.
There are also a few bars that have called themselves restaurants in order to get going. These places are small and nothing like before, not worth coming for.
Unless you are here you would not comprehend the devastaion covid has brought to the tourist areas inlcuding all of lower Sukhumwit, Patpong and Khao san. The entertainment streets are completely shut, it is eerie to walk down them at night. Completely black. They have been like this for 6 months.
Even normal things are eerily quiet. You can get a seat on the BTS in rush hour. There are no tourists here at all.
Thailand is in a holding pattern. I would not jump on a plane right now and expect everything to jump back to normal in weeks. It is going to be a slow build and most people are in a wait and see mode. I think you would have to be very optimistic in wishing to see bars / gogos and soapies open in December, I would think this is maybe a 10% chances. Some time early next year would be a more realistic time scale.
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11-04-21 02:24 #49762
Posts: 324Originally Posted by EihTooms [View Original Post]
Maybe they will just put up a "grab food" sign on the bar as a means to order food with your beer.
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11-03-21 13:33 #49761
Posts: 2712Do Some Diva Hotties or Olina
Originally Posted by JJanni [View Original Post]
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11-03-21 09:44 #49760
Posts: 260So I've been in the UK for about five days.
Plotting my escape. Never really got to see any of Bangkok when I was in Thailand in July. Flights are cheap enough. I've got an exit stamp from The Gambia on the 29th of November, so under the '21 days in a green list country rule' the earliest I can fly is the 19th of this month. Need to be back in the UK the 3rd of December.
Is it worth it? Hmmm.
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11-03-21 02:44 #49759
Posts: 5454Originally Posted by Explorer8939 [View Original Post]
Not really joking about that. I have seen it happening with beer bars over the past year.
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11-02-21 20:15 #49758
Posts: 3343Originally Posted by EihTooms [View Original Post]
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11-02-21 20:08 #49757
Posts: 5454Originally Posted by Mlang [View Original Post]
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11-02-21 15:45 #49756
Posts: 3343Originally Posted by EihTooms [View Original Post]
And it was. The bar paid the police, and everyone went home. But the bar stayed closed.
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11-02-21 12:34 #49755
Posts: 12Nana Plaza open?
Originally Posted by MaxBkk [View Original Post]
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11-01-21 22:12 #49754
Posts: 361Hottest thing ever
Originally Posted by TKOman [View Original Post]
PP.
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11-01-21 22:06 #49753
Posts: 1232Originally Posted by NicFrenchy [View Original Post]
At one point in 2020, SOL opened up in a new location about 50 m away from the old one, but that didn't last long. At that time, they insisted on doing the BJ in a separate area behind a heavy curtain. Not nearly as fun as doing it out in the open.