Riviera soapy massage parlour: closed down.
I was crawling along Petchaburi road and I checked the soapies there, Hawaii, Angelina, Evita. It seems Riviera is closed down, sealed door and legal announcement displayed. I have seen this kind before, usually they do no re-open.
[URL]http://thaidb.info/riviera[/URL]
Thaniya Road Sunday Night
A friend and I were strolling through Thaniya Road in Silom last night about 9:30 PM and an Asian woman tout approached us in front of one of the first Karaoke bars with many lovely, young Thai girls sitting outside on the right as you walk away from the BTS. A group of about 8 Japanese guys had just been greeted and escorted into the place ahead of us. We had no intention of going in or taking any girl for the night but the tout was very keen on both of us going inside to enjoy what they had to offer. She told us it wasn't Japanese only, that men like us were more than welcome, that the "barfine" to take a girl of our choice away for 2 hours or so was 1,200 baht, that the girl expected an additional 3,000 baht for herself, that a ST room in the area would be extra (she wrote out the numbers on a small paper tablet and showed it to us) and that it would indeed be a sex happy ending of the blowjob and/or boom-boom kind. Covered or uncovered anything was not mentioned and I didn't ask this lady.
She and I engaged in a bit of small talk in Thai at one point but I don't believe my knowing any Thai language beyond "Sawatdee Khrup" (hello) mattered and more than that came after she told us the particulars anyway. She was very adamant about us please going inside to take a look and she smiled broadly when I told her we might come back in a night or two to check it out. My friend stood next to me in silence during the approximately 2 minute long exchange.
By "men like us" being more than welcome, I mean to say neither of us are Japanese or otherwise Asian. I am a 50-ish year old-looking Caucasian American of mostly German/Irish descent and my friend is a tall African American man with very dark skin, almost Wesley Snipes black, who looks maybe 8-10 years younger than me.
As soon as we walked away, we were besieged by 3-4 Asian male touts flashing their photo brochures for fish tank/soapy/massage shops, two of them assuring us that, unlike the Japanese Karaoke bars on this road, one of which we were just pitched on by the Asian lady, the girls in their shops serviced non Japanese customers and provide sex.
So, which ones were telling the truth, those two Asian male touts highly motivated to convince us to choose their fish tank/soapy/massage shops over the Japanese Karaoke bars or the female Asian tout (mamasan?) trying very hard to get us to go into that Japanese Karaoke bar to enjoy the sexual favors of the lovely, young girls sitting outside? LOL.
I have no idea yet. But after having read and heard that these places only service Japanese customers, I am just passing along what we were told by the touts trying to get us into their respective venues last night. The girls sitting outside the Japanese Karaoke bar we were told most certainly catered to non Japanese/Asian customers did look pretty good, better than the typical groups sitting or standing outside the bars and shops in the Soi Nana and Soi Cowboy areas.