[QUOTE=Harry Dude; 1357155]Turnover in staff? Are Wan and Miao (?) there still?[/QUOTE]Harry,
Both still here.
Giotto
[URL]http://www.livingstoneslodge.com[/URL]
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[QUOTE=Harry Dude; 1357155]Turnover in staff? Are Wan and Miao (?) there still?[/QUOTE]Harry,
Both still here.
Giotto
[URL]http://www.livingstoneslodge.com[/URL]
[QUOTE=SE Asia Joe;1359302]I mean, Facebook and Agoda even?[/QUOTE]SE Asia Joe,
We are working with AGODA since 2006. Nothing new. Has also no impact on what's going on here besides the normal hotel business.
But to a certain extend you are right. We have to adjust to changes happening right now here in Soi 33. You can get an idea about what's going on if you read Stickman's weekly:
[URL]http://www.stickmanbangkok.com/StickmanWeeklyColumn2012/Livingstones-Bangkok.htm[/URL]
We completely renovated the Lodge, we upgraded all Deluxe and Executive rooms with LED flat screen TV's and DVD players. So we will be prepared for whatever happens here in the future. And even if the mongering activities in Soi 33 die down. We will still know where the action is, and we will still be able to give the necessary advice to ISG members.
Right now. Business as usual, fun in the bar.
Giotto
[URL]http://www.livingstoneslodge.com[/URL]
[QUOTE=GreatScott; 1358320].
Just curious how things are that time of year as I am mostly used to tripping in South America (specifically Rio) and know there are certain times of the year the girls travel to Europe, etc.[/QUOTE]GreatScott,
February is the peak of the high season. Many people here in Bangkok, the bars full, a lot of demand for girls.
Giotto
[URL]http://www.livingstoneslodge.com[/URL]
[QUOTE=Giotto; 1359405]But to a certain extend you are right. We have to adjust to changes happening right now here in Soi 33. You can get an idea about what's going on if you read Stickman's weekly:
[URL]http://www.stickmanbangkok.com/StickmanWeeklyColumn2012/Livingstones-Bangkok.htm[/URL][/QUOTE]"Tell me what it's like to run a business here where your staff are all Thai and your customers all foreigners. You're German, and I think it's fair to say that you're fairly typically German. And by that I mean you are straight and systematic and like to do things properly. You don't suffer fools. How does a straight, honest businessman deal with staff who have the reputation of perhaps not being quite so straight and, shall we say, not say hard-working or task-focused?
Do I have to answer this question?
Yes!"
Sorry, I have not mastered the multiple quotes in one post thing but, Giotto, this had me RATFLMAO. I just have this picture in my head of you and Stickman sitting across the table by the pool naving this conversation. Just because we've talked of this before.
[url]http://www.livingstoneslodge.com[/url][/quote]"why is it that whenever i visit you here, i don't see many people around? you have this fabulous property, the room prices are reasonable, you have all this space and up behind us there over the pool you have a view of the city's skyscrapers. you call this an oasis in the heart of bangkok and for once that description really is accurate. why don't i see people here? are you the german version of basil fawlty?
who's basil fawlty?
<i explain who he is.
most likely i am! <we laugh together."
stop it! seriously, this interview is brilliant purely because i know this is you repying to stickman.
will nic know who basil is? som = sybil? careful!
[QUOTE=Giotto; 1359405]You can get an idea about what's going on if you read Stickman's weekly:
[URL]http://www.stickmanbangkok.com/StickmanWeeklyColumn2012/Livingstones-Bangkok.htm[/URL]
We completely renovated the Lodge, we upgraded all Deluxe and Executive rooms with LED flat screen TV's and DVD players. So we will be prepared for whatever happens here in the future. And even if the mongering activities in Soi 33 die down. We will still know where the action is, and we will still be able to give the necessary advice to ISG members.
Right now. Business as usual, fun in the bar.
Giotto.
[URL]http://www.livingstoneslodge.com[/URL][/QUOTE]"Basically we have 5 key points that we think make us an attractive place to stay. The location is close to the skytrain and we are walking distance to Emporium shopping centre, the skytrain and nightlife areas.
Second, we are Western managed.
Third, we have an all day breakfast. When I was travelling a lot in Asia doing business, I was not happy that I had to be limited to eat breakfast by 10 AM. Why not midday? If it was a buffet, I could understand, but in small places, this was not right. Here, a customer can sleep until midday or even until the afternoon and we will still make you breakfast, all included in the price of the room.
Fourth, we have very reliable wi-fi throughout the premises, by the pool, in all rooms, restaurant, bar. Everywhere! The rooms also have hard-wired internet access too.
Finally, we have a lot of space for people to relax."
Okay, Giotto, fair enough, your interview with Stickman has given me the best laugh I have had for a long, long time. Not because it is spin or untrue but because it is the complete opposite, the complete truth, but in a mix of your own honesty and Stickman's humour. I say that because it is almost the exact words and conversations we have had in the recent past. I know these are your thoughts. I would like people to understand that what Stickman has published is your honest opinion of where Soi 33 is at and what the Lodge has to offer. I endorse your 5 key points above, they are not bullshit, they are what make the Lodge special. Just saying.
Hope every one at the Lodge has a happy and safe holiday.
May prosperity find you in the new year.
Slim
[QUOTE=Nvslim; 1364372]Hope every one at the Lodge has a happy and safe holiday.
May prosperity find you in the new year.
Slim[/QUOTE]New age Christmas tree? It looks like a dick with green cum squirting out of it.
Merry Christmas and mongerful 2013 to all!
[b]Happy New Year 2013 to all of you out there. [/b]
Health and all the best!
Giotto
[URL]http://www.livingstoneslodge.com[/URL]
I spent a couple of weeks at Livingstone's recently, leaving New Year's Eve. Bad timing, yes, but it was either leave then or never leave again (admittedly, a fate to be cherished, not avoided).
In spite of himself, that cantankerous German has created a delightful establishment and I would have no qualms spending the rest of my living days in Rm 118 and be buried at sea in the pool.
I might see you again real soon, Giotto, maybe in a couple of weeks.
[QUOTE=Giotto; 1337878]We are renovating. Attached some pictures.
Fans of the light wooden walls of the Superior Room area (101. 108) will be disappointed. The walls are exchanged by stone walls now, and will provide some better sound protection.[/QUOTE]I am devastated to hear this news. I recall an incident where I was able to corroborate a report by another ISG member as I'd aurally witnessed his activities from the neighboring room during the previous night.
Hey Giotto,
I am curious as to how all the new renovations now look.
Care to regale us with some updated pictures of the improvements?
Thanks,
SEAJ
[QUOTE=Gaienmae08;1374402]I am devastated to hear this news. I recall an incident where I was able to corroborate a report by another ISG member as I'd aurally witnessed his activities from the neighboring room during the previous night.[/QUOTE]Gaienmae08,
LOL!
Sadly: Game over! Solid soundproof walls now.
Giotto
[URL]http://www.livingstoneslodge.com[/URL]
[QUOTE=SE Asia Joe; 1374491]Hey Giotto,
I am curious as to how all the new renovations now look.
Care to regale us with some updated pictures of the improvements?
Thanks,
SEAJ[/QUOTE]SE Asia Joe,
Renovation finalized in November. Attached some pictures, renovated Superior Double Room, a new Executive Double Room.
Giotto
[URL]http://www.livingstoneslodge.com[/URL]
Swimming Pool after Renovation.
Giotto
[URL]http://www.livingstoneslodge.com[/url]