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[QUOTE=ChristianG;2245300]If you need to exchange money at the airport just go down to the Floor be, next to the rail link ticket machine there is several exchange booths like superrich, value+, etc with a very good exchange rate.
[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI3X_rU6vCs[/URL][/QUOTE]Good to know. Thank you.
[QUOTE=EihTooms;2245394]My experience too. But that time it was relatively cool outside but stifling inside. Maybe they did not have it set low enough on the assumption that since it was not hot outside there was no need to make it very cold inside.[/QUOTE]Maybe its me but I always think its a sweat box with all those hot steaming bodies.
[QUOTE=Syzygies;2245583]This is a limo service right? I mean normal taxis are always paid at the end. So at first I found this statement rather confusing "She always allows me to skip paying at airport". Had to guess what that was meaning. What do you pay for Nam's service?[/QUOTE]I've never paid Nam's drivers at the airport (I've never used her service in the direction of the airport).
Pay at the destination always, never in advance (like many board members recommend for other services too).
[QUOTE=Syzygies;2245583]This is a limo service right? I mean normal taxis are always paid at the end. So at first I found this statement rather confusing "She always allows me to skip paying at airport". Had to guess what that was meaning. What do you pay for Nam's service?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=EdSetra;2245698]I've never paid Nam's drivers at the airport (I've never used her service in the direction of the airport).
Pay at the destination always, never in advance (like many board members recommend for other services too).[/QUOTE]I used Nam's service several time, from Airports (both BKK and DMK) to Pattaya and viceversa, always booked by email and always paid at destination. Drivers were always on time.
[QUOTE=ChristianG;2245300]If you need to exchange money at the airport just go down to the Floor be, next to the rail link ticket machine there is several exchange booths like superrich, value+, etc with a very good exchange rate.
[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI3X_rU6vCs[/URL][/QUOTE]Yes, the Superrich especially has a good reputation for the best rate, and do conversions in other currencies besides Baht. I stood behind an Aussie guy with his Vietnamese wife about to catch a connecting flight to VN. Apparently it was advantageous enough of a rate for them to clear customs and visit the Superrich counter to convert Aussie $ to US bucks. Yes, that's right. USD is the default currency of Vietnam and apparently he couldn't get a better rate back in Australia. That was one of the big surprises of my visit, fresh off the plane.
A few hours ago Billboard posted a pic of one of their best on their Twitter feed. They call her Miss Donut. They don't often feature their hottest women there, IMO, my personal faves anyway, nowhere to be seen except at the club.
[QUOTE=ChristianG;2245705]I used Nam's service several time, from Airports (both BKK and DMK) to Pattaya and viceversa, always booked by email and always paid at destination. Drivers were always on time.[/QUOTE]I too have used Nams and payment at drop off not on pick up.
Hi guys,
Landing for the first time in BKK this week. Will be around to check out the city for the weekend. Will post about my escapades on my flight back. I have read through the forum and thank you all for your valuable inputs. Have an idea of where to head and what to expect. I had 2 questions. 1) First night I'll be heading out of my hotel around 11 pm (close to Nana BTS). Only thing on my agenda is picking up a chick and bringing her back to my hotel for ST. Where should I head? Thermae? Nana Plaza? Sois for freelancers? Smooci? Beer bars? 2) Any places with fish bowls like Pattaya or Bali?
Thanks for the help!
[QUOTE=Syzygies;2245583]This is a limo service right? I mean normal taxis are always paid at the end. So at first I found this statement rather confusing "She always allows me to skip paying at airport". Had to guess what that was meaning. What do you pay for Nam's service?[/QUOTE]It's not a limo service. I attached a pic of the prices I paid on my last trip. Sorry for the confusion! I may of had wrong information passed on to me. Why do people recommend exchanging money at airport for taxi? Seems like it would be recommended to stop by a better exchange place. I thought I found a nice loophole and it is the norm. I tried to find the post where the guy was saying that he had to pay before leaving airport but was unsuccessful. May of been on another site I follow.
[QUOTE=ThatGuy68;2245926]It's not a limo service. I attached a pic of the prices I paid on my last trip. Sorry for the confusion! I may of had wrong information passed on to me. Why do people recommend exchanging money at airport for taxi? Seems like it would be recommended to stop by a better exchange place. I thought I found a nice loophole and it is the norm. I tried to find the post where the guy was saying that he had to pay before leaving airport but was unsuccessful. May of been on another site I follow.[/QUOTE]Sure most of us collect money at airport to pay the taxi, tolls, etc. Because we cannot be bothered to stop off at money exchange somewhere on the way to hotel (we are too impatient). I simply pull from ATM. I have Thai Bank account too. Normal taxi is 300 Baht or so. Less on quiet day.
Last arrival Bangkok on Sunday (quiet) so did not even have to pay any highway tolls getting off motorway early at Ramkhamhaeng and moving to Phetburi road (just before Ekkamai).
Actually I hardly ever do money exchange but found recently at a large shopping centre in Srinakarin "Seacon" the money exchange booth had a tiny difference between buy and sell rates for Euros and no change fee, so I was happy. It seems they make a very low amount per exchange. Yes I agree the airport exchange appears to have significantly more gap between buy and sell rates and often have an exchange fee as well. I got a really shit offer for some Indonesian left over notes recently. Not an expert on this topic because do it so rarely.
So yes I probably would not be exchanging a large amount at the airport like to receive 100 K baht. For a small amount exchanged, any small losses could be compensated by taking a cheap taxi.
I do appreciate that up to 50% of Bangkok Taxi drivers are extremely irritating though, with foot pumping up and down on the accelerator or continual alternating between brake and accelerate. I really hate those "formula one" types of driver, but also find drivers habitually in the wrong lane puzzling too. Perhaps I should offer driver a 100 baht tip if he can give a relatively smooth ride without pumping the foot up and down. I suspect it is so habitual though, as to become automatic, they won't be able to stop it.
[QUOTE=JakeBrown6661;2245913]Hi guys,
Landing for the first time in BKK this week. Will be around to check out the city for the weekend. Will post about my escapades on my flight back. I have read through the forum and thank you all for your valuable inputs. Have an idea of where to head and what to expect. I had 2 questions. 1) First night I'll be heading out of my hotel around 11 pm (close to Nana BTS). Only thing on my agenda is picking up a chick and bringing her back to my hotel for ST. Where should I head? Thermae? Nana Plaza? Sois for freelancers? Smooci? Beer bars? 2) Any places with fish bowls like Pattaya or Bali?
Thanks for the help![/QUOTE]We can't tell you what you will like. You don't even say if you like skinny girls or voluptuous, silicone tits OK or not? Etc. You should try a variety. From handle I am going to guess you are a Farang (western guy not Asian). Could be wrong of course.
There are fishbowl soapy massage places, not right where you are and 11 PM is a bit too late for that, 6 PM being much better.
At 11 PM you are faced with trying Gogo bars, or Thermae or street walkers, or disco pickups.
Thermae has a lot of girls but favours Asian guys. I seem to get unlucky there and have not had any recent girls worth repeating. I also don't like how many girls are over dressed so hard to tell what the body is like. That is just me though. Beware of the Ladyboys standing outside Thermae. 11 PM is ideal for Thermae.
Of all the Nana Plaza bars, I think Billboard is the best, but I go for slim model types which they have a lot of. Beware of Ladyboys on the street and in some bars at NP. Do not go in DC10 for example. Butterflies okay.
If you want to see girls dancing naked, Soi cowboy has "5 star" suited to western guys with bad music (not much surgeries in there), and around the corner in Soi 23 is Crazy House with nude girls too. I used to like it, but quality went down hill, and more fake tits arrived. Baccarat in Cowboy is popular but not my sort of place. Doll House could be worth a try.
For cheap girls (not much quality), street walkers on Soi 4 west side in amongst the lady boys. Normally I don't bother with them. Not many good experiences.
Try some massage places next day in the day time or early evening.
[QUOTE=TigressWanted;2245839]A few hours ago Billboard posted a pic of one of their best on their Twitter feed. They call her Miss Donut. They don't often feature their hottest women there, IMO, my personal faves anyway, nowhere to be seen except at the club.[/QUOTE]Is donut really pretty? Nah, I think not. Not to my taste. Maybe she has a good body (like most of them), I don't know. You must realise that not all of the best girls are willing to be in pics. Sometimes the ugliest girls willing to be photographed. I don't see No. 810 in the pics either, despite looking clearly superior last time I was there. Sorry don't know her name.
"they want to ring your bell" No thanks no for me. They will post photos of the least good looking at times.
[QUOTE=Syzygies;2245972]We can't tell you what you will like. You don't even say if you like skinny girls or voluptuous, silicone tits OK or not? Etc. You should try a variety. From handle I am going to guess you are a Farang (western guy not Asian). Could be wrong of course.
There are fishbowl soapy massage places, not right where you are and 11 PM is a bit too late for that, 6 PM being much better.
At 11 PM you are faced with trying Gogo bars, or Thermae or street walkers, or disco pickups.
Thermae has a lot of girls but favours Asian guys. I seem to get unlucky there and have not had any recent girls worth repeating. I also don't like how many girls are over dressed so hard to tell what the body is like. That is just me though. Beware of the Ladyboys standing outside Thermae. 11 PM is ideal for Thermae.
Of all the Nana Plaza bars, I think Billboard is the best, but I go for slim model types which they have a lot of. Beware of Ladyboys on the street and in some bars at NP. Do not go in DC10 for example. Butterflies okay.[/QUOTE]Thanks for the informative reply!
As per my preference of girls. I like trying different type of girls based on my mood. Don't have a type. 1 thing I want to cross off my list this visit is an older Thai lady / MILF. So will be on the lookout for those.
I am only there for a short while so will have to properly plan in advance to fit in as many places as possible.
Been reading about Thermae's preference to Asian guys so I'm inclined to avoid it and try one of the Go Go Bars on the first night. I've tried go go bars in Pattaya and found them to be more expensive than freelancers at say a disco, with the quality at par. Will try in Bangkok and see if my opinion changes.
[QUOTE=Syzygies;2245972]We can't tell you what you will like. You don't even say if you like skinny girls or voluptuous, silicone tits OK or not? Etc. You should try a variety. From handle I am going to guess you are a Farang (western guy not Asian). Could be wrong of course.
There are fishbowl soapy massage places, not right where you are and 11 PM is a bit too late for that, 6 PM being much better.
At 11 PM you are faced with trying Gogo bars, or Thermae or street walkers, or disco pickups.
Thermae has a lot of girls but favours Asian guys. I seem to get unlucky there and have not had any recent girls worth repeating. I also don't like how many girls are over dressed so hard to tell what the body is like. That is just me though. Beware of the Ladyboys standing outside Thermae. 11 PM is ideal for Thermae.
Of all the Nana Plaza bars, I think Billboard is the best, but I go for slim model types which they have a lot of. Beware of Ladyboys on the street and in some bars at NP. Do not go in DC10 for example. Butterflies okay.
If you want to see girls dancing naked, Soi cowboy has "5 star" suited to western guys with bad music (not much surgeries in there), and around the corner in Soi 23 is Crazy House with nude girls too. I used to like it, but quality went down hill, and more fake tits arrived. Baccarat in Cowboy is popular but not my sort of place. Doll House could be worth a try.
For cheap girls (not much quality), street walkers on Soi 4 west side in amongst the lady boys. Normally I don't bother with them. Not many good experiences.
Try some massage places next day in the day time or early evening.[/QUOTE]Syzygies.
Ralph Kramden here. It has been a long time since visiting the board (a girlfriend thing). I tried to message you but you don't accept them. Please tell me briefly, is it true that most all or all of the soapy massage places on Ratchadapisek have been closed down? I read the thread but all the talk is about Snow White. Many thanks.
[QUOTE=RalphKramden;2246089]Syzygies.
Ralph Kramden here. It has been a long time since visiting the board (a girlfriend thing). I tried to message you but you don't accept them. Please tell me briefly, is it true that most all or all of the soapy massage places on Ratchadapisek have been closed down? I read the thread but all the talk is about Snow White. Many thanks.[/QUOTE]For people I have met and know, I can contact them, so a general PM facility seems quite unnecessary for me. Questions are best asked of the whole forum, then whoever knows, can answer.
I am not using the Ratchada Soapies that much any more, but some still exist, e. G. Poseidon, Emmanuelle, Hi Class, Merci / Maxee, Alaina?, I think Utopia still there, and small places.
As you would probably know, Nataree was the first to go for reasons of Tax Avoidance, and trafficking girls. I was never a fan of it, because of what the girls told me (not in English) about the lack of freedom and the "managers" and because of lack of experience of the newbie girls.
Places I liked, Bangkok Cosy and Cleopatra closed long before that, although neither in Ratchada.
The recent spate of closures has largely been due to use of Artesian (underground) water (which is illegal) as scientists believe it causes Bangkok to sink little by little.
Notable closures: Amsterdam one of the first to go and merged with Emmanuelle whose business was floundering. Amsterdam site redeveloped I guess.
For illegal water use: The Lord, Copacabana, Malibu (maybe no business), Long Beech, Victoria Secret, Ocean (formerly Colonze 4), Annies (Sukumvit Soi 4), etc.
There are probably others closed not coming to mind right now.
La Belle was doing poorly but might be doing better now.
Some newer Soapies have opened: Maria Entertainment looks mainly Thai oriented and other side from Poseidon (I have not even visited yet).
I can't even remember the name of major Soapy used to be opposite Emmanuelle roughly. Was a rip off place for Farangs. I assume it has gone. Had roman columns.
One of my last visits that went well was Meree on Petchburi road. Still a few places on Rama 9 road, not sure which closed in that area.
Was suggested some of the Lord girls moved to Colonze 1 but I never went to look if that was the case. Would be a big change of quality.
I don't find that Soapy girls seem to like Farangs as much as they used to 25 years ago. Maybe they just don't like old Farangs. I really find I need to have girls that really prefer Farangs and as so many Soapy girls seem dick scared and not very GFE these days. Still other Farangs are still doing okay I had a very poor success rate amongst new girls tried, in terms of wanting to repeat. I lost my last favourite in Amsterdam about 4 or 5 years ago who was quite tall and curvy but still slim. I had a better success rate at Annies (only 1 really dud girl), although few girls looked good enough of course. La Belle has been opposite, only Jip I repeated many times till gave her away when service declined (at least 6 years ago). Others tried there were not adequate GFE, or body not good enough.
For sure the dominance of surgeries girls has put me off the whole scene. Last Emmanuelle girl I tried was slim and stunning but crap on the bed. I guess she liked Asian student customers.
Only ever tried one girl at The Lord and was not good enough for the price. After my Amsterdam girl disappeared, I was doing other things for 2 or 3 years (away from Soapies too).
I really believe the overall Soapy girl attitude to Farangs has changed over the years, and my attitude to them has changed too in that I won't pick them if surgeries are too obvious. Maybe Soapy girls are much lazier than they used to be too. I am sure I would change my tune if I could find a really good girl or two at a less than crazy price. It all seemed much better in my early days at Chao Phraya 2. Now seems too much effort to go up to Ratchada.
P.S. Darling closed too. I never liked it at all.
A place to try, I recommend Ida (off Rama 3) . Only went there once and quite a while back, but looked good.
These days there are some MPs on Sukhumvit that offer spa bath and body slide mat, so become like a Soapy except no fishbowl to take your time choosing. That is the drawback.
Natty Bumpo is still enjoying La Belle. So try it. Hopefully surgeries don't bother you too much.
Its years since I visited Plaza, Aqua, Tarawadee, Taragon/TharnThong/Selene, so no clue how these places are doing. meanwhile general standard of girl looks in the Oily massage places has gone downhill, so in general can't recommend. Maybe some O.K. looking girls at Dozo. Don't know if they like Farangs at all. Fluffed out dresses so can't see ass and thighs very well.