2006 Bangkok Reports

[QUOTE=Billpsu]Where is a reliable place to buy gold jewelry in Bangkok?

Thank you.[/QUOTE]There is only ONE place to buy gold in Bangkok.This is Chinatown.Take the subway to the end of the line.Get off and take a taxi from there,as subway dosen't go all the way to Chinatown.

There are dosens of gold shops in Chinatown.I have purchased from many of them.ALL are very legitimate and trustworthy.Choose a big one thats packed with customers.ALL the gold they sell is 22k or above.

They have a weight system you must know.A 1 baht chain is 15 grams,or roughly half an ounce.A 2 baht chain is 30 grams,or 1 ounce.I bought a gorgeous chain 2,5 baht, or 45 grams on my last trip.Prices vary with the price of gold(world price)The Chinese gold shops only add on a slight tariff for labour.Not like in America,where they mark it up 400%.

Buying gold there is a no lose situation.Have fun.Go to the river after and go for a drink at the Oriental. Don'T wear your gold in Bangkok! Security

[QUOTE=Billpsu]Where is a reliable place to buy gold jewelry in Bangkok?

Thank you.[/QUOTE]

I've had good luck at MBK Center. There are a lot of goldsmiths on the 2nd floor. It's sort of Thai girl common knowledge that the large places that have been around for a long time are the most reputable and can't afford to be anything but honest. Keep the reciept because if anything goes wrong they'll buy the piece back for a discount.

This is a good one at MBK:
AK SENG HENG GOLD SMITH
Location : Zone B, 2 Floor
Tel. : 026209433-4

Cheers,
Sean

I did a search and found all the posts with advice for the person with 4. 5 hours between an international arrival and international departure. My situation is a little different, I have 5 hours between a domestic arrival at Suvarnabhumi (13:15 on Sunday) and an international departure. Is that too early in the day to go to an MP on Rama IX, like Catherines or Honolulu Love Boat? If not, can I make it back to the airport two hours before my departure (18:30 on Sunday)?

I have one bag in the left luggage that I will need to retrieve before departing, but I will have to carry the two bags I have with me to the MP.

My suggestion would be Sukhumvit, as close to the airport toll way. Places open at around 11:00 AM.

Airport > Sukhumvit 24/26 Angels or Thonglor Massage: 30 minutes.
1 hour full service, you might even get a bit of a massage in :-)

Sukhumvit 24/26 > airport 30 minutes. The taxi driver can take the toll way past Ekamai (Sunday is also a good day as no Pattaya outbound traffic).

Total time on the road incl. 1 hr full service = max 3 hours. That leaves time for a international check in.

There seems to be action close to the aiport. Other members seem to know more details. Not sure about that one.

JB




[QUOTE=Norcalguy69]I did a search and found all the posts with advice for the person with 4. 5 hours between an international arrival and international departure. My situation is a little different, I have 5 hours between a domestic arrival at Suvarnabhumi (13:15 on Sunday) and an international departure. Is that too early in the day to go to an MP on Rama IX, like Catherines or Honolulu Love Boat? If not, can I make it back to the airport two hours before my departure (18:30 on Sunday)?

I have one bag in the left luggage that I will need to retrieve before departing, but I will have to carry the two bags I have with me to the MP.[/QUOTE]

Just spent a few days in Bangkok for the film fest and had a opportunity to check up on cowboy. All in all there was more nude dancing before and the pasties are becoming a new trend. I hate them and had to find out that they even have them at suzie wongs now. They still have the shows but they definitely were better a year ago. Only cactus has absolutely no gear for the girls whatsoever and they gyrate around on stage kind of aimlessly all the while. Somehow I ended up at shebas, they have the pastys too, but strangely enough no underwear for at least half of the time. I spotted the nicest little pussy there on the cutest little girl no. 70, I remember her as noi, and the girls very smiley. She ended up sitting with me, I didn't buy her a drink but offered a tip instead, and after my second beer she asked my if I couldn't bar fine her. She was more than cute but in all this time I have only paid one bar fine years ago at country road to a first day newbie with a beautiful face just turned eighteen who needed 20 minutes worth of crash course from an older sister before we were allowed to go off. No 70 however did not need any instruction sand said she really wanted to leave and would ask me for just a little bit if I would ransom her. Her body felt as good as it looked unfortunately she was really set on the condom use except for the BBBJ, her pussy very small she carried ky and was overall great company and delivered quite well. 500 bt st was the damage, you can find her quite near the door when you come in. I generally find nice pussy for 500 albeit without the bar fine, at the corner suk/soi 19 near the police booth. While the girls there are not the greatest beauties they are fun, small, slim and they know their stuff. I ordinarily take nong, she blows me til I am rock hard and she fucks like crazy and that is usually after one or two in the morning after lots a beer. Nothing like a pro. Another place I checked out was afterskool. And while I am not at all into the schoolgirl thing, the bar also has the blow/hand job corner which is kind of curious, it is really the attitude of the girls working there that makes the difference. If you just go in there to drink a beer they sit with you and talk nice and all the while massage your johnny to keep you focused. A very pleasant experience. Also deja vue had an interesting show part and of course long gun and rawhide. The walk down sukumvit shows a downward trend on SW's also at the nana parking lot I have seen both more and better some very reasonable offers were made there. The same goes for thermae, definitely slow season there too.

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Remembering this is my first trip to Bangkok, where/what is "MBK Center."

Thank you.



[QUOTE=Sean_Double]I've had good luck at MBK Center. There are a lot of goldsmiths on the 2nd floor. It's sort of Thai girl common knowledge that the large places that have been around for a long time are the most reputable and can't afford to be anything but honest. Keep the reciept because if anything goes wrong they'll buy the piece back for a discount.

This is a good one at MBK:
AK SENG HENG GOLD SMITH
Location : Zone B, 2 Floor
Tel. : 026209433-4

Cheers,
Sean[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Billpsu]Remembering this is my first trip to Bangkok, where/what is "MBK Center."

Thank you.[/QUOTE]Billpsu,

MBK is the Mah Boon Krong shopping center. It's one of the larger shopping complexes, but there are others. It's located near the Siam Station. Just get off at that station and get a short cab ride from there.

Do yourself a favor and pickup the Groovy Map, when you arrive in BKK. You can probably find it at the airport and in convenience stores. It's great for first timers and it gives you a good visual of the city. You can buy it online too, but not sure what the shipping would be. Link included below.

[url]http://www.groovymap.com/buymap.html[/url]

AT2

[quote=nicfrenchy]now that's real class act, i think you clearly understood the concept of a forum where people try and help each other.

and as far as your "high roller" comment, let's also put a lid on the "cheap charlie" bullshit. price offered and price paid is up to the provider and the punter, let's leave it at that.

now maybe i misunderstood, but denis's request was a perfectly acceptable one; he laid out what he expected and just informed that money was no object. what can possibly be wrong with that?

let's put the money argument aside, help each other and most of all: enjoy sex.[/quote]nic,

well said. two of my pet peeves on this board, the "high roller, stop raising the prices" bullshit and the rtff bullshit. people should spend what they want to spend, this plea has been going on for decades and really no one listens to it, the world is not going to end, you can still get laid for 1, 000 baht! wtf, why spend all this energy worrying about what you can't control!

the board is here for questions to be asked, trading info, helping each other, etc. the rtff stuff is all about being selfish and has very little to do with the "laziness" claim. if you don't want to answer, just ignore the question! the bottom line is the guys who say "rtff", want the newbie to go through all the hoops they went through and work for their answers. it annoys them that the information is easier to get these days. to me, that really defeats the purpose of having this type of board.

denis is an active participant on the france thread. maybe others as well. i'm not sure what he did, to deserve the reaction he got.

ok, off my soapbox.

at2

[QUOTE=AsiaTraveler2]Billpsu,

MBK is the Mah Boon Krong shopping center. It's one of the larger shopping complexes, but there are others. It's located near the Siam Station. Just get off at that station and get a short cab ride from there.

AT2[/QUOTE]Actually the next stop (National Stadium) is right at MBK and has an entrance from the BTS station straight into the mall. Much easier!

[QUOTE=AsiaTraveler2]Billpsu,

MBK is the Mah Boon Krong shopping center. It's one of the larger shopping complexes, but there are others. It's located near the Siam Station. Just get off at that station and get a short cab ride from there.[/QUOTE]No need to get a cab actually. Just change trains at Siam (on the same platform, as far as I recall) and continue to National Stadium. From there you can walk straight into MBK. It's also quite a decent place to grab something to eat at the food court or the various restaurants and to learn what students do after their classes.

YY

[QUOTE=Yin Yang]No need to get a cab actually. Just change trains at Siam (on the same platform, as far as I recall) and continue to National Stadium. From there you can walk straight into MBK. It's also quite a decent place to grab something to eat at the food court or the various restaurants and to learn what students do after their classes.

YY[/QUOTE]YY,

Yes, you are right. My oversight. I usually get off at Siam station and work my way to MBK.

AT2

[QUOTE=Norcalguy69]I did a search and found all the posts with advice for the person with 4. 5 hours between an international arrival and international departure. My situation is a little different, I have 5 hours between a domestic arrival at Suvarnabhumi (13:15 on Sunday) and an international departure. Is that too early in the day to go to an MP on Rama IX, like Catherines or Honolulu Love Boat? If not, can I make it back to the airport two hours before my departure (18:30 on Sunday)?

I have one bag in the left luggage that I will need to retrieve before departing, but I will have to carry the two bags I have with me to the MP.[/QUOTE]Good news / Bad news. Sunday has the least traffic and you should be able to move around quicker than on a week day. The bad news, is that it is too early for most MP's, which start up at around 3pm-4pm.

AT2

[QUOTE=AsiaTraveler2]Nic,

The board is here for questions to be asked, trading info, helping each other, etc. The RTFF stuff is all about being selfish and has very little to do with the "laziness" claim. If you don't want to answer, just ignore the question! The bottom line is the guys who say "RTFF", want the newbie to go through all the hoops they went through and work for their answers. It annoys them that the information is easier to get these days. To me, that really defeats the purpose of having this type of board.

Ok, off my soapbox.

AT2[/QUOTE]No, no, please stay on it AT2! I've lurked here for quite a while and have been a member for a few months (I'm guessing here) and I have noticed that most of the reports are just veterans chit chatting about whose girl is hotter or trying to prove who has the biggest dick (metaphorically speaking, of course.). I'm not taking a cheap shot at anybody, that's what most boards of this type are, and even in those discussions there are kernels of information to be discovered, but it really makes it hard for a newbie like myself (who's never been to the LOS) to glean hard and fast info.

Now, if some newbie posts a question like "Where are all the girls in Thailand at? " then they deserve a little bit of a brush back, because it is obvious that they haven't even read the ROD, and that is the bare minimum one can expect from a member. I've read that, and both the Bangkok and Pattaya threads almost all the way back to 2005. I've used the Search function a lot and have found it quite useful. Despite all that, I still may have some questions (and they won't be vague), and I hope that my questions will be well received and not just snarkily dismissed. I will write a good report when I am back (if I get to go, I know I will sometime, I'm just not sure when, I can't wait) to repay all that this Board has done for me.

So thanks AT2 for being there for the little guy.

Gonzo

Long Gun also goes full nude, at least they were this way between midnight and 2:30am last Tuesday.

[QUOTE=Islandboy54]Just spent a few days in Bangkok for the film fest and had a opportunity to check up on cowboy. All in all there was more nude dancing before and the pasties are becoming a new trend. I hate them and had to find out that they even have them at suzie wongs now. They still have the shows but they definitely were better a year ago. Only cactus has absolutely no gear for the girls whatsoever[QUOTE]

I was in town after a long absence and stayed for 3 days. I had this happened to me and I want to warn people who have bank accounts in Thailand.

When I was here last week and went to get some money out from my Bangkok Bank account from ATM. Tried to get 10000 out, but the ATM said I do not have enoght funds. It was strange because I always have about 400000 to 500000 in this account. I called customer service and they told me there were total 12 ATM withdraws and bank transfers recently, my balance down to 67 bahts, and I wasn't even here in BBK during all these activities. So I demand my money back, they said they will investigate.

After countless calls and spoke to countless people in the customer service, finally they called me back the first time. They told me there were bank transfers and ATM withdrws, and I asked them to what account, amazingly they said the person somehow transfered my money to unknown accounts and deleted the records. I pushed them for answer if this is an inside job, but they refused to answer.

After 2 days of grueling wait and countless telefone calls, they reluctanlty start to give my money back but at 6 different interval as they told me. I have no understanding of why they won't give me back my stolen money at once, and have to break it into 6 times on 6 different days.

I still have to check if all money came back. But I am worried about keeping money in Thailand, because if someone inside the bank knows you are not living here or rarely make trip here, they will try to clear your accounts. I am sure this is an inside bank job. How can some regular thief transfer money to unknown accounts without use of ATM or passport, just by cliking the bank's internal computer.

When the money all come back, I am ready to take all out and keep it in my other accounts in Singapore or HK. This is scary because its no ordinary ATM fraud. I am 100% sure someone in the bank stole all my money through the bank internal computer. The customer service refused to tell me its inside job or not, even the supervisor lied to me that they cannot pass out this information. By the way they try to avoid my question, the truth is clear enough, our entrusted bankers stole our entrusted funds.

I was a victims of ATM fraud quite a few times in Thailand, but this one is different because its done by the people you entrust the most-the bank itself. I believe these inside guys target me because I am foriegner and I am rarely here and rarely make any transections all these times. This can happen to me and it can happen to any one. Just like to warn all of you with Thai bank accounts.