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Thailand and Burma diary, days 2, Bangkok (repost)
in april i posted a 21 day diary on this forum but subsequently all of the text on certain days disappeared. jackson has since explained that was due to isg migrating to a new server and invited people to re-post if they wish. my apologies if this lengthy post is a nuisance if you read it first time round but i hope it will provide useful information to others.
day 2, tuesday: bangkok.
after a lie-in i took advantage of nana hotel's free breakfast buffet. then i went to the internet caf opposite rajah hotel to book a flight to yangon. airasia offered the best price and i booked a cheap ticket for thursday. it cost just over 2000 baht.
it meant i had two full days left in bangkok. as well as visiting the gogo bars and massage parlours i wanted to do some sight-seeing, so i spent the afternoon at the grand palace and the reclining buddha nearby. they were very impressive. it was a sweltering hot day so when i got back to my hotel i slept for a few hours.
when i woke i craved food. bangkok is a bad place to feel hungry as tempting aromas attack you from every street. i decided to eat at beer garden on soi 7. it's a building containing beer-bars where freelance hookers can be picked up cheaply. apparently the food is good so i thought it was worth a visit. i didn't expect to take a girl but you never know with freelance joints. if i met a girl i couldn't resist, i could take her back to my hotel for short-time and still have time to go out afterwards for a gogo-crawl.
i crossed the busy sukhumvit road and walked past the myriad of market stalls on the 'odd' side of the street, selling a diverse range of items from t-shirts to fake watches, porn dvds to dead tarantulas. after a minute zig-zagging through the tourists, i turned on to soi 7. beer garden is a large barn-like building about 50 meters down on the left. it was packed with customers but i managed to score a good seat near the entrance. i bought myself a singha beer and ordered food. the menu was comprehensive with lots of asian dishes and western favourites. the same kitchen services all of the bars.
it was 6. 45 pm and there were about 40 girls. they were older than those in the gogo bars or massage parlours with most of them in their thirties. if it's fresh-faced cuties you seek, beer garden is not the place for you. most girls congregate near the entrance so it's the best place to park yourself if you are looking to hook up. if you see a girl walking in who you like, you can pounce quickly before anyone else gets chance.
sat opposite me were six girls perched on stools. a few were reasonably sexy in a yummy mummy kind of way. one smiled to me and when i smiled back she took it as a green light to walk over. "were you here earlier? " she asked. i shook my head. "you had blue shirt on? " she said in case that might jog my memory. her name was min and she was one of the younger girls in beer garden, a 5/10. we chatted briefly and my food arrived. "i leave you to eat" she said. it's a good policy of beer garden to allow customers to eat their food in peace. my spicy pork noodles were delicious.
when i finished eating min returned and asked "okay to sit? " she wasn't a stunner but had a nice figure and i liked the fact that she wasn't pushy. i offered her a drink. an advantage of beer garden is that there are no inflated lady-drink prices. although she was one of the younger girls, i was surprised to find out that she was 29. i took her number in case i wanted a bargain basement hook-up at a later date.
min's friend sat with us. she was mid-thirties but had a great face. ten years ago she probably could have graced any gogo bar in bangkok but that's the kind of place beer garden is, lots of girls past their prime.
the time was 8 pm when i arrived at nana plaza. there is something about this place that can't be beaten. i like the fact that it's not a street like soi cowboy, walking street or fields avenue even, it is three storeys of wall-to-wall gogo bars in an enclosed place. as a result it is very compact and has its own unique atmosphere. on the ground floor are beer-bars and there are scantily dressed hello girls everywhere you look. it's lively, it's fun and it's exciting.
a few years ago nana plaza was rather shabby but it has now been given a lick of yellow paint and a clean up. some people call it 'banana plaza' due to its colour, which is ironic considering the ladyboys who grab your arm outside some of the more specialist bars! i miss walking through the hair salon that used to be at the top of the stairs on the 2nd floor. i liked making eye contact in the mirrors with gogo girls having their hair curled or straightened. i reckon that hair salon could have been a great place to meet girls. sit down, have a trim and see if you can get the number of an off-duty hottie in the next seat. no bar-fine or lady-drinks necessary! the only disadvantage of this tactic is that you'the be bald by the end of your trip.
i started at one of my favourite bars, mandarin. i walked up the static escalator on the right and as usual got mobbed by the enthusiastic bunch of young hello girls at the top. it's a small bar but i like the intimate layout and it is usually stocked with a good selection of girls. the best place to sit is near the dj as you get a good view of the girls when they file off stage at the end of their dance shift.
i sat down and a cheerful mamasan said "welcome back, i remember you" . i smiled politely but assumed it was just something that she said to all customers to make them feel special. i was wrong. she rushed away and came back with a familiar face. it was tan, the pretty girl i bought a lady-drink for last year. i was impressed by the mamasans memory! tan seemed pleased to see me again and looked as pretty as i remembered so i offered her a drink. last year i had been dissuaded from bar-fining her because she was very shy and spoke little english but now she was warm, affectionate and easy to talk to. on top of that she was flirty and confident, pinching my cheek when i made her laugh and squeezing my hand tightly. a year had made a huge difference. perhaps last year she was fresh off the train from her province?
there were other great girls too. number 2 had a sexy figure, 4 was an attractive blonde and 47 had the kind of cute and innocent appeal i like. the bar had a fun atmosphere and the girls were smiling as they danced. there were 12 girls in each dance shift, all young and slim. the mamasan shouted something and the girls all pulled their bikini tops off and danced topless. there were lots of pert breasts on show.
the only down-side of this bar is that the mamasan has an annoying habit of asking for lady-drinks. i was talking to tan when her friend, a sexy young girl with a slim figure, sat the other side of me. within seconds the mamasan asked "drink for girl? " i stuck to my 'one lady-drink, one boy-drink' rule. "drink for me? " the mamasan then asked.
a young thai man sat down at the next table and bought a bucketful of ping-pong balls. he threw the balls on to the stage in one go and the girls screamed in unison before scrambling around on their knees trying to collect as many balls as possible. for each one they gather, they get money from the bar.
barely had the excitement died down when he bought another bucket of balls and threw them on stage as well. the girls almost hyperventilated they were so excited. i've always thought that ping-pong balls are a gimmick aimed at excitable newcomers but i noticed that the most attractive girl was now focusing her attention on him. girls can smell money. perhaps if there is a standout girl on stage who hasn't noticed you yet, a 500 baht bucket of balls isn't a bad way to turn her head?
although i liked tan, this was my first bar of the night and it was too early to bar-fine. i told her that i had to go but maybe i would see her later. before i went i enquired about prices. she told me that the bar-fine at mandarin is 600 baht, which is fairly standard at nana plaza, and she quoted 2500 for short-time. most girls who quote 2500 will come down immediately to a counter-offer of 2000 in my experience. i kissed her goodbye and felt pleased that i had a strong contender lined up for later in the night. in terms of girls, layout and atmosphere, mandarin is one of my favourite bars in bangkok.
in previous years i've had some success at rainbow 2, located in the far right corner of the ground floor. i bar-fined a girl called nong three times on my cherry trip (which of course now i can see was very naive of me) and more recently i short-timed a super-cute girl called lat. recent reports suggest this bar is now tailored towards japanese customers which usually means higher prices.
it has a standard layout with a stage in the middle surrounded by two tiers of seats. 10 girls were shuffling halfheartedly around the chrome poles. the girls were identikit japanese types, most with fair hair, bangs and side ponytails. they were probably wearing hello kitty knickers. unsurprisingly i was the only western customer. the standard was high. 31 had a great face but was dancing in a zombie-like trance, watching her reflection in the mirrored wall. i saw a cute girl, number 5, sat on a stool next to the stage. she had long hair extensions and braces on her teeth. she saw me looking and playfully pulled a tongue. she was pretty and had a fun personality so i waved her over. she seemed surprised and pointed at herself as if to say "me?
her name was fay and she was 23 years old. we chatted and she was good fun so i offered her a drink. after ten minutes she said "i must go dance now" . one of my pet-hates is when this happens and a girl you've bought a drink for barely casts a glance in your direction, but fay danced right in front of me and was a sexy little mover. she gave me lots of smiles and even pulled silly faces in my direction. it was cute to watch, especially since the rest of the girls were trying hard to look sexy for the oh-so-serious japanese customers. i like girls who aren't afraid to be silly as it shows a relaxed attitude which hints at good service.
the bar-fine in rainbow 2 is 600 baht and just like tan from mandarin fay quoted 2500 for short-time. i suspected she too would accept 2000 for short-time as that seems to be the standard price for good lookers in nana plaza these days. "i want go with you" she said and cuddled up to me. the feeling was mutual but the night was young.
i was surprised by rainbow 2. the prices were on par with other bars in nana plaza and another thing i liked is that there was absolutely no pressure to buy lady-drinks. i could just drink my beer and watch the girls, just how i like it. best of all, the talent-levels were high so this bar is definitely worth visiting.
two bars and i had two good options to bar-fine. the time was 9. 40 pm and i decided to wander around and find a bar i haven't been to before. in other words the one with the best looking hello girls.
outside voodoo on the ground floor a very obvious ladyboy grabbed my arm. she was caked in make-up and had a pair of big fake tits. "i'm sabrina" she said in a masculine voice before whispering "don't be shy, we go short-time hotel upstairs" . i said "you beautiful but i not go with ladyboys" sabrina looked shocked and said "i not ladyboy! " haha. sometimes ladyboys can be hard to identify but this one was very obvious (the voice, the fake tits, the fact she looked like a man in drag) and why mention the short-time hotel if she wasn't? i politely declined her offer.
i walked up to the first floor and passed spankey's. peeking out from behind the curtain was another blast-from-the-past, ice, a big-boobed girl i bought a drink for last year. she didn't recognise me but i didn't expect her to. it was a year ago and she would have been bought a lot of lady-drinks since then. i was just another face in the crowd.
on the top floor i saw a great looking hello girl outside wild thing. she had fair hair, a lovely face and a perfect slim body. i didn't resist as she grabbed my arm and pulled me inside. she directed me to a prime seat in front of the stage but when i sat down i grabbed her hand and pulled her to sit next to me. her name was bim and she oozed sex appeal. i decided not to waste any time and offered her a drink. she was a great girl, not just pretty but fun and flirty and she had the kind of glint in her eye that suggested she would indeed be a wild thing if i chose to bar-fine her.
she went up to dance and she was a fantastic mover too. she fixed me with a sexy stare and grinded, wiggled and gyrated in my direction, giving me a glimpse of 'coming attractions' if i chose to bar-fine her. wild thing, you make my heart sing! there were 14 girls on stage and not only was the standard high, the girls danced with great energy. they weren't just shuffling from side-to-side looking bored, they were smiling and having fun. they weren't wearing number tags but i counted three that i rated 8/10 or higher. this place definitely has talent.
when bim finished dancing i bought her another drink and she gave me a kiss on the lips by way of thanks. by now a plan had formulated in my head. i would bar-fine bim for short-time and then come back to nana plaza at midnight and bar-fine tan from mandarin. it would be expensive but you've got to make the most of bangkok while you can.
i asked about prices and that is when the rug was pulled from under my feet. she told me that she (and all of the other girls in yellow tops) had an outrageous bar-fine of 2000 baht! on top of that she quoted 3000 for short-time. although i was confident i could negotiate her short-time price down, the bar-fine was crazy. equally pretty girls could be bar-fined for 600 elsewhere in nana plaza so why pay 2000 here?
i told her "you suay mak mak but bar-fine too high. 600 baht in other bars" she replied "i coyote dancer" by way of explanation. i ruefully thought that it explained why she was such a great dancer. she gets lots of practise because the bar-fine is so high and therefore nobody bar-fines her.
i tried to suggest that we could meet up after she finished work but her english was lacking so she called the mamasan over to act as interpreter. for obvious reasons i decided not to pursue an after-hours meeting but told the mamasan what i thought about the bar-fine. "i like girl very much and would like to bar-fine her" i said, "but 2000 too high. crazy price" i explained that the bar-fine was 600 in other bars. "cannot change" she told me. i paid my chit and left. at least i had registered my disapproval. if enough customers complained then perhaps the bar-fine might come down.
what a shame. for 20 minutes wild thing was one of my favourite gogo bars in nana plaza. it had great girls and there was a no-holds-barred atmosphere with girls mounting customers and lap-dancing for them. but the prices are crazy. why pay 5000 baht for short-time when you can take a similar girl for 2600 from other bars? furthermore 12 of the 14 girls on stage were coyote dancers! great bar, great girls but joke prices. avoid.
the time had come to visit the creme-de-la-creme, rainbow 4. it's located in the far right corner of the 1st floor and it was 10.40 pm when i entered. it was as crowded as ever.
a young waitress tried to lead me to a seat around the side but i spotted a stool in the central aisle between the two l-shaped stages so i quickly claimed it. it's my favourite place to sit because you get an up-close and personal view of the girls on both stages. it's great to sit there with your beer and get hypnotised by all of the jiggling bottoms within touching distance!
last year i bar-fined a spectacular girl called pam from here but i carefully scanned around and couldn't see her. i usually don't bar-fine the same girl twice but sometimes i make exceptions for exceptional girls.
not only was it crowded with customers, it was crowded with girls too. 30 were dancing and there were easily 50 sat on the sidelines, either clinking glasses with customers or huddled in groups waiting to go up and dance. there are also usually three or four girls using the mirror in the male toilets to apply their make-up. i always find that quite awkward when i'm stood at the urinal!
the girls were topless on the left stage while the right-hand stage had the prettier girls, especially those in front of the entrance. strangely for rainbow 4 i didn't see any standout options apart from a few sitting with customers. i saw a few good lookers but none quite pretty enough to invite down for a drink. despite this, i still love rainbow 4. it has the most girls and the quality is usually excellent. i've barfined three great lookers in the past and they've always delivered in the bedroom too. the bar-fine is 600 and girls will accept 2000 for short-time.
it was now past 11 pm and time to bar-fine a girl. i had a few options but there was one standout, tan from mandarin. as i headed along the balcony towards mandarin i saw some pretty hello girls outside fantasia. one had bright orange hair and tattoos. i sometimes like girls that are different and this girl was definitely different. i made a mental note to return another time.
the number of girls in mandarin had thinned out and i noticed that some of the prettier ones were no longer there. no doubt they were spreading their legs in a hotel room somewhere. but thankfully tan was on the stage and she gave me a big smile. i called her down and she said "i glad you come back" when she sat at my side. she seemed really pleased to see me, always a good sign. i told her i would give her 2000 baht for short-time before adding my usual line "plus tip if you make me smile" . she laughed and accepted the challenge.
"what your hotel? " she asked as we walked hand-in-hand out of nana plaza. "it's a long walk" i said as we crossed the street. "my hotel" i said as we arrived at nana hotel a few steps later. there were about 30 freelancers in the car-park but the standard was low. i saw a few respectable ones but i suspect the best girls get snapped up quickly by guys from the surrounding beer-bars. tan handed her i'd card to the security desk and we took a lift up to my room. i always find it funny how many of these gogo girls say "i'm shy" when they get undressed, given that they've been dancing semi-naked in front of a bar full of strangers all night! she had no reason to be shy of course, she had a lovely slim body with small but firm tits. she washed me under the shower and looked cute in a shower cap. i dried myself off and lay on the bed as she brushed her teeth. to me, tonight had represented what i love about thailand. i'the had a great time visiting lots of bars and meeting lots of girls. now i was about to have sex with my favourite.
she gave me a nice blow-job before i put on a condom and slid in to her. we tried lots of different positions and she loved to be fucked from behind as we both lay on our sides. she kissed me over her shoulder then took my hand and placed it over one of her breasts and made me squeeze. when i first entered her she gasped and i had to ask "you okay? " but by the end her ankles were on my shoulders and she was pulling me in to her as i pounded away.
she was in no rush to leave afterwards which i liked. we chatted and swapped phone numbers and when she eventually left i marvelled at what a different girl she was from last year. a year ago she had been inexperienced, shy and spoke little english but now she was sexy, confident and delivered great sex.
tomorrow was my last day in bangkok and i wanted two girls, one from nataree massage parlour and another from soi cowboy. if they could be as good as tan i was in for a treat.
Curfew but nightclubs are open?
I just chatted with a friend who told me she was in Bangkok Beat. Sukhumvite Soi 7/1.
On my reaction about the curfew she said: no problem, the Army blockades are nearly gone so no issue to go from Sukhumvite with a cab to Lad Phrao area.
Bangkok Beat had adjusted opening hours: they close at 3 AM.
Thai are still very supprising.