Whats BTS stand for? It's not under abbreviations.
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Whats BTS stand for? It's not under abbreviations.
[QUOTE=Dinotrex;1697392]Whats BTS stand for? It's not under abbreviations.[/QUOTE]BTS is the skytrain in Bangkok [URL]http://www.bts.co.th/customer/en/main.aspx[/URL].
[QUOTE=ChristianG;1697466]BTS is the skytrain in Bangkok [URL]http://www.bts.co.th/customer/en/main.aspx[/URL].[/QUOTE]Thanks Christian G. There are hundreds of pages so I'm not about to RTFF to find out what the heck is a Soi? I see like Soi followed by a number. Do those mean anything? I really want to visit either Bangkok or Pattaya, but can't decide which is better. Any Advice for a guy who doesn't really like the bar scenes? Just want to visit the fishbowls and maybe bring a lady back to the hotel for the night. Any help?
A Soi is a side street from a main road.
[QUOTE=Dinotrex;1697607]Thanks Christian G. There are hundreds of pages so I'm not about to RTFF to find out what the heck is a Soi? I see like Soi followed by a number. Do those mean anything? I really want to visit either Bangkok or Pattaya, but can't decide which is better. Any Advice for a guy who doesn't really like the bar scenes? Just want to visit the fishbowls and maybe bring a lady back to the hotel for the night. Any help?[/QUOTE]Soi is name for street. I had the same questions for awhile.
The Sois are numbered north side odd numbered and south side even numbered (BKK).
For the rest of your questions just scroll the pages, not far and you will surely find your answers.
The long and short of it is:
Fishbowl women, plenty, take one to your hotel: go to Nana or Cowboy (in BKK) or in between and you get the over-night prize.
In Pattaya. Its basically just one big bar. Everything and everywhere is a bar. Its the bar scene, but so what. There are girls everywhere waiting for your money!
I went to both places, both are good!
[QUOTE=Dinotrex;1697607]Thanks Christian G. There are hundreds of pages so I'm not about to RTFF to find out what the heck is a Soi? I see like Soi followed by a number. Do those mean anything? I really want to visit either Bangkok or Pattaya, but can't decide which is better. Any Advice for a guy who doesn't really like the bar scenes? Just want to visit the fishbowls and maybe bring a lady back to the hotel for the night. Any help?[/QUOTE]Hey Dino,
Soi means 'street / road'.
So Soi 10,11 . Are like street numbers.
If you choose BKK you can stay in Sukhumvit. Its like the centre point for everything you want to do in BKK. Nana and Cowboy are close. Good, cheap hotels. Connected by the metro. Couple of clubs near by you can check out by just walking around. Turkish baths, BJ parlours everything here.
Haven't been to Pattaya so can't help you there.
Thanks brothers.
[QUOTE=Traceur;1697651]Hey Dino,
Soi means 'street / road'.
So Soi 10,11 . Are like street numbers.
If you choose BKK you can stay in Sukhumvit. Its like the centre point for everything you want to do in BKK. Nana and Cowboy are close. Good, cheap hotels. Connected by the metro. Couple of clubs near by you can check out by just walking around. Turkish baths, BJ parlours everything here.
Haven't been to Pattaya so can't help you there.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Breadman;1696308]<much deleted> If you do self medicate (or at least bring along antibiotics just in case), how do you use them? Before symptoms show or after? And what about the guys who've never considered this approach? Arguments can be that any bug you might catch might become resistant to said antibiotic. Another is that your knocking off the infection before it takes hold.[/QUOTE]Drug resistance comes into play, in part, when people fail to take their prescribed course of antibiotics and fail to actually kill the bug that made them sick. This happen when people stop taking the drug when they start to feel better. If they still have the bacteria, some of the tougher bugs remain behind and will reproduce with their newer resistance. If they spread that to someone else and especially if they don't take a full course of antibiotics, the cycle continues and you have a super bug.
Anyway, if you take a prophylactic treatment to 'prevent' from getting sick, make sure you take a full course of treatment. Some treatments only require a single dose, so that is OK. If, like for doxycycline, you need to take it for several days, don't take it for one day and then think you are fine and don't need to take anymore.
Remember, antibiotics don't work on viruses. Don't think you can have unprotected sex, take a course of antibiotics, and all will be fine. It may kill the bacterial infections such as chlamydia and gonorrhea, but if she had HIV, HPV or HSV, you are out of luck.
Hello to the Forum. I am new to the Forum, just subscribed 2 day but did some reading on it before. I am also brand new to Thailand. Will be coming next week on the 23rd and I started looking for good accommodation. From what I have read, a good area is Sukhumvit. Also I have pretty much read that you kinda get what you pay for in Thailand, so then my concern arises because of the big difference in prices, in places that look very much the same. I would appreciate some advice on this, also from the friendliness of the hotel towards the girls I will bring back to the room. Maybe it would be ok to add that I am not bathing in $$$ so I won't be looking towards luxury, rather something nice, airy, decent with AC and a Safe Box would pretty much do. Many thanks to anyone that would point me into a good direction!!
Here's probably a rookie question that can probably be answered by the seasoned mongers. I'm RTFF and curious about these popular massage places. I. e. Tulip, Annie's and Cowboy. I see they have their own forums so they must be pretty popular. Can someone tell me what happens in them? I see in their respective forums of all the reviews of the girls. But can some explain how the whole process works?
Back in California, If I step into a asian massage parlor, I'd walk into the establishment, pay the entrance fee, the mamasan takes me to a room and a girl comes in to massage me (if I don't know the girls that work there by name then a random girl just comes in) with the possibility of FS (or HJ at minimum). Is this how the process works in BKK?
Also some clarifications of fishbowls please. Are these the same as massage parlors? Or are there popular fishbowl places? The way I imagine a fishbowl establishment is that you'd walk in, see a bunch of WG's woth numbers on their hip and you tell the mamasan or papasan the number of the girl you want. Head upstairs and just get FS? Is this how a fishbowl works?
[QUOTE=Dinotrex;1708877]Tulip, Annie's and Cowboy. I see they have their own forums so they must be pretty popular. Can someone tell me what happens in them?[/QUOTE]Naked backgammon.
No, seriously. It's all very straightforward, regardless of whether you're at an oily (Tulip) or a soapy (Annie's). Full service is assumed. Pricing can be discussed up front. Tipping is optional.
A fishbowl is usually a soapy massage parlor with a fairly large group of woman behind a window. The oily massage places tend to be smaller and focused on straightforward sex rather than playing around in a tub or on an air mattress first, but the end result is similar.
Throughout Thailand there are "legitimate" massage parlors, obviously sex-focused operations, and many in between that are more like what you may have experienced in the US, where you might get a regular massage and then negotiate a happy ending.
Cowboy is a street (Soi), not a massage place. There are no massage places on it, but plenty of bars offering takeout services. The takeout fee is called a "barfine" and is due to the establishment. The fee for services is discussed between you and the provider.
[QUOTE=Traceur;1697651]
If you choose BKK you can stay in Sukhumvit. Its like the centre point for everything you want to do in BKK. Nana and Cowboy are close. Good, cheap hotels. Connected by the metro. Couple of clubs near by you can check out by just walking around. Turkish baths, BJ parlours everything here.
[/QUOTE]I think you need to narrow this down a bit for a newbie.
Sukhumvit is not a CENTRE but a fairly long road. There are various "centres" along it, and Traceur is probably referring to the area between Soi 4 (Nana) and Soi 21 (Asok) as the centre that gets most mentions on ISG Thailand, with the bars, soapies, oilies and BJB's. Soi Cowboy is adjacent to Soi 21 and Soi 23.
Though it looks like a relatively short distance between Soi 4 and Soi 21 on the map, it is actually a decent hike if you don't enjoy a good walk or you sweat a lot, especially when you factor in all the street markets, food stalls and general street hazards like low hanging canopies and electric light wires that impede walking. However, as Traceur says, these areas are linked by the "metro" although not all night.
However, there are other areas that are equally attractive, like Soi 33, one that I used to frequent often, with its "Artist's Bars", and Soi 38 (known as the best street food area in Bkk) near to Soi Thonglor 55 (adjacent to BTS Thonglor station). Further out is Soi Ekkamai 63, another interesting area with some out of the way bars.
Another tip. Soi numbers are odd on one side and even on the other, but they are not necessarily "opposite" each other along Sukhumvit. For example, Soi 55 (Thonglor) is virtually opposite Soi 38, and both intersect with Sukhumvit close to BTS Thonglor.
[QUOTE=RedKilt;1710823]I think you need to narrow this down a bit for a newbie.
However, there are other areas that are equally attractive, like Soi 33, one that I used to frequent often, with its "Artist's Bars", and Soi 38 (known as the best street food area in Bkk) near to Soi Thonglor 55 (adjacent to BTS Thonglor station). Further out is Soi Ekkamai 63, another interesting area with some out of the way bars.
[/QUOTE]Soi 33 has deteriorated over the last five years and is not worth visiting. None, maybe one of the old Artist' bars remain, Livingstones has gone, there is a proliferation of japanese MPs.
Explaore the even numbered streets. Now they are developing.
[QUOTE=Scorchin;1710824]Soi 33 has deteriorated over the last five years and is not worth visiting. None, maybe one of the old Artist' bars remain, Livingstones has gone, there is a proliferation of japanese MPs.
Explaore the even numbered streets. Now they are developing.[/QUOTE]Thanks for the update Scorchin. I last visited Soi 33 in 2013, so updates like yours are helpful.
For Bangkok and Pattaya, what are the worst times for traffic in the morning and afternoon?