Bangkok Hotels

[QUOTE=Diglerni;2397213]Although I can appreciate your jab at me, I'm 45 run 2-3 miles a day and in probably better shape than most people who visit Thailand. Just because you don't mind sweating and going into a bar, doesn't mean the rest of us like it. Many people like myself are not coming from humid climates, so the increase in humidity (even at 85 degrees) makes most humans sweat. My point was, unless you're sitting on Suhkumvit road near a bts, why not take advantage of a free tuk tuk. There are no bonus points in BKK for walking in the heat. Only true warriors like yourself who apparently do not sweat in this temperature.[/QUOTE]Ha ha. I suppose I thought you might have been exaggerating just a bit. Depends what you are used to. Mr. Pedantic here. If you come from Stockholm, it would be very different. I have trouble to tolerate stockholm cold and dry air in winter. A lot of people complain about the humidity but I guess I got used to it, and my sinuses prefer some humidity.

I agree it is crazy to walk too far in very hot weather. Not that keen on Tuk Tuks but yes they have a function. I don't like to stay deep down any Sois. It is a nuisance, but can take many motorcycle rides. In the province, if clean air, being caught in the rain or working outside in the rain can be much more pleasant than being hit by sunlight. I don't last long working in the garden, once direct sun is hitting me in the middle of the day, even with head protection. So not immune to sweating. Ha ha. The Thais do better than me, but prefer to work outside at 5 am or 5 pm. You are more likely to get sick after being drenched in Bangkok than in the province. I can't say why for sure, but assume dirty rain and more contact with viruses. Originally I laughed at Thais suggesting the Bangkok rain would make you sick.

Looking at Bangkok weather history for last few days, most days had a top temp of around 34 C and humidity of about 50% (according to a web site. I wasn't present). Temp usually drops a bit by 6 PM. That does not seem too bad to me. Just not perfect. Nothing unexpected for regulars here. In my own country I have experienced 43 C "oven like" heat on occasions when wind has passed over hot heated land for long distances. Like ET says, November ought to be cooler, but we have Global warming. One year we had a coll spell directly after Songkran which was a shock.

December "should" be the coolest month of the year, with plenty of days around 25 see top.

I do appreciate if it is a really clear day, standing in direct sunlight can actually give a slight pain. Normally Bangkok is less hard to tolerate sunhine than the province due to smog.

My hottest time I can remember in Bangkok was late Feb to early March, in about 1991 when I was new to Thailand and actively doing a lot during the day outside. I think after a lot of time we get used to Bangkok. Some Thais away from Thailand for years, cannot cope with Thailand any longer, or at least complain bitterly.

Finally, if we arrive at Doki Doki MP Soi 31 after a walk and are a bit sweaty, then remember the girl will be showering you straight away anyway. However only walk sensible short distances in the middle of the day.

[QUOTE=Diglerni;2397213]My point was, unless you're sitting on Sukhumvit road near a bts, why not take advantage of a free tuk tuk. [/QUOTE]Of course you can take advantage of the courtesy tuk tuk your hotel provides. I do so all the time when they are available and when they coincide with the time I want to go. The rub, however, is that these courtesy tuk tuks usually only run on the half hour and sometimes not even then. Thus many times I am ready to go but the tuk tuk is either not ready to depart or the tuk tuk is not even there. And since I don't like waiting that leaves me with 2 choices: either walk the 5 to 7 minute distance which I don't mind (but that is me) I like to walk most of the time unless I am in a hurry or take a motorcycle taxi which are fast, almost always available night or day, and relatively cheap. So all I am saying is I don't hesitate staying in a hotel deep in a Sukhumvit soi if I like the hotel. The location is not an inconvenience as there are several ways to travel to Sukhumvit, a BTS station, Nana, Cowboy, or wherever.

P.S. and unless your hotel is within a block or two of Cowboy, Nana, or Patpong you will always have to take a taxi back to your hotel with a girl regardless of how deep in the soi your hotel is located.

An aside: on my next trip I am flying Yangon Sally into BKK for a long weekend visit. Before I depart for Yangon to pick her up, I am staying at an apartment hotel that I favor located deep down on Sukhumvit Soi 24, but for our long weekend together I have booked the Sofitel right smack dab on Sukhumvit. I want us to stay in the heart of the action so she can see all the craziness. I plan to show her Cowboy and or Nana only briefly. I know we will spend far more time in restaurants, malls, nightclubs and the most time in my hotel room. 555.

I'll always take an air conditioned taxi in Bangkok. Sometimes BTS if traffic is bad. Unless you are at NEP, most taxis obey the meter rules. Even from NEP it will only cost you 100 baht to get to Thermae or Cowboy. Taxis are so cheap in Bangkok. It's around 85 baht to get from Thermae / Nana / Cowboy to Patpong.

If anyone is ever concerned about taxi prices, NEVER go to Pattaya where there is a minimum charge of 200 baht even if you only want to go a few blocks.

[QUOTE=HungryBird15;2397009]Hello friends,

I shall visit BKK for the first time soon and may stay 1-2 nights there. During day time, I would like to see around the city and from evening onward, I plan to have some adult fun! I don't have much idea as of now regarding the hotel rates. I hope to get a comfortable hotel at 40-60 USD. Please suggest if this is reasonable. Can you please suggest some girl friendly hotels, where I can come with different girls for short time / over night fun?[/QUOTE]I highly recommend the Nana Hotel. Ground zero for "adult fun"; girl friendly big time; in your price range (and includes okay buffet breakfast). I've stayed there (not exclusively) for 3 decades. I usually stay at the Centerpoint Terminal 21 if with my girl friend, but at the Nana Hotel if travelling alone.

SS.

[QUOTE=NattyBumpo;2397502]
An aside: on my next trip I am flying Yangon Sally into BKK for a long weekend visit. Before I depart for Yangon to pick her up, I am staying at an apartment hotel that I favor located deep down on Sukhumvit Soi 24, but for our long weekend together I have booked the Sofitel right smack dab on Sukhumvit. I want us to stay in the heart of the action so she can see all the craziness. I plan to show her Cowboy and or Nana only briefly. I know we will spend far more time in restaurants, malls, nightclubs and the most time in my hotel room. 555.[/QUOTE]Wow, strange to bring a girl to Bangkok, as though the mongering options were not so good. Is this the new "Shrimp?" Ha ha. Must be a really fun girl. However I once took a girl with me to Pattaya and that certainly cramped my style to experience Pattaya properly. I learned the lesson though.

You wouldn't really walk all the time from deep Soi 24, right? I imagine if in a hurry, would get a motorcycle to send you to the main drag.

I agree we take bar girls away in a taxi normally unless using the ST Hotel, so I can't see why guys would actually want to stay right at the Nana Plaza. Is a traffic jam spot with poor accessibility. No right hand turn into Sukhumvit. One does not need to pay 100 Baht. I would cross Sukhumvit to be near Soi 3 or 5 first before catching a taxi to head East, which actually saves time and money. Similarly I would not want to stay at end of Soi 7/1 and run the gauntlet being seen passing by all those BJ bar girls daily.

I don't under estimate the Bangkok gossip chain. My GF once reported I was seem by someone she knows around Nana Plaza area in Soi 4. Whoops! Easy to bump into people I know around Soi Cowboy vicinity also. So walking around hand in hand with a hooker is a bit risky too, for me. MPs have an advantage for not being seen so much. All of Sukhumvit, Soi 4 through to Soi 26 is a danger area unless doing something innocent.

[QUOTE=Syzygies;2397947]Wow, strange to bring a girl to Bangkok, [/QUOTE]Hey Syzygies, I moved my response to the BKK Reports forum. See you there.

[QUOTE=SamSanuk;2397654]I highly recommend the Nana Hotel. Ground zero for "adult fun"; girl friendly big time; in your price range (and includes okay buffet breakfast). I've stayed there (not exclusively) for 3 decades. I usually stay at the Centerpoint Terminal 21 if with my girl friend, but at the Nana Hotel if travelling alone.

SS.[/QUOTE]Spot on about location, but you forgot to tell him it's roach infested, the roaches even found their way to the new rooms, I loved staying their but refused to stay with roaches, what a shame!, dynasty inn no roaches!

Hi everyone,

Sorry if this is in wrong thread. Anyone staying near Sofitel this week, and don't mind a newbie tagging along at night to see how things work? Thank you.

Moved here from the iCheck Inn on Soi 7/1 Thursday. The best thing about the Nana is the location. You literally step out of the hotel and you are in Circus Mongerus. Right in the heart of the action. It is an economical choice.

My first impression was bad. The hallways are all messy and I got to my room and found I didn't have a toilet; I had the Thai version of Old Faithful. It said "Sanitized" on the paper band across the lid, but when I opened the lid there was water under it and all over the seat, and on the floor. Then somebody in the next room flushed and the water shot up about a foot out of the toilet.

They gave me another room, and it was OK. Internet didn't work at all the first night, and very slow in the morning. Enough of the bad.

The internet has worked fine for the rest of my stay. I noticed the mess in the hallways is the result of a much-needed facelift. They even have scaffolding outside to redo the face of the hotel. There is fresh paint and maybe the renovation will reach into the rooms. My room had a half acre bed, larger than normal fridge, safe, computer desk and chairs.

I have come to like it here and can recommend it if you aren't married to luxury. I didn't come here to bask in the greatness of my room. I came here to be out on the street, doing the monger stuff that is so freely available here.

Stayed 3 nights in the iCheck Inn at the end of Soi 7/1, Sukhumvit. I enjoyed it a lot. The room was small but very comfortable. The price was economical and the bed was comfortable. Small fridge and room safe in the room. The location is great, just around the corner from the Beer Garden and on a small street with BJ bars and naughty massage parlors. There is good food available at the Caribbean Thai restaurant about 30 meters away and on the corner of 7/1 and Sukhumvit. You do have to be firm with the massage ladies as you walk past them every time you leave and return. They are fun for a while but it does get a little old.

As discussed on the Bangkok Reports board, there is a new group of beer bars going in on Soi 7 just south of the Beer Garden. ICheck Inn would be a great mongering stay for exploring this new venue.

Tool Shedd.

Is this AKA Nana Condo? If so I had a regular BJ queen who lived there and I'the visit her once a week during my lunch hour for a back rub and a CIM release. Sadly she took her earnings and moved back up country. Her digs were basic but she kept it tidy and the bed was plenty big for the two of us.

[QUOTE=ToolShedd;2400139]Moved here from the iCheck Inn on Soi 7/1 Thursday. The best thing about the Nana is the location. You literally step out of the hotel and you are in Circus Mongerus. Right in the heart of the action. It is an economical choice.

My first impression was bad. The hallways are all messy and I got to my room and found I didn't have a toilet; I had the Thai version of Old Faithful. It said "Sanitized" on the paper band across the lid, but when I opened the lid there was water under it and all over the seat, and on the floor. Then somebody in the next room flushed and the water shot up about a foot out of the toilet.

They gave me another room, and it was OK. Internet didn't work at all the first night, and very slow in the morning. Enough of the bad.

The internet has worked fine for the rest of my stay. I noticed the mess in the hallways is the result of a much-needed facelift. They even have scaffolding outside to redo the face of the hotel. There is fresh paint and maybe the renovation will reach into the rooms. My room had a half acre bed, larger than normal fridge, safe, computer desk and chairs.

I have come to like it here and can recommend it if you aren't married to luxury. I didn't come here to bask in the greatness of my room. I came here to be out on the street, doing the monger stuff that is so freely available here.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Chacal60;2400156]Is this AKA Nana Condo? If so I had a regular BJ queen who lived there and I'the visit her once a week during my lunch hour for a back rub and a CIM release. Sadly she took her earnings and moved back up country. Her digs were basic but she kept it tidy and the bed was plenty big for the two of us.[/QUOTE]I don't think so, it is just a small, 5 story hotel at the back of Soi 7/1. Nothing about it seems to be condo-ish. Very comfortable, great location, good staff. I highly recommend it.

[QUOTE=Chacal60;2400156]Is this AKA Nana Condo? If so I had a regular BJ queen who lived there and I'the visit her once a week during my lunch hour for a back rub and a CIM release. Sadly she took her earnings and moved back up country. Her digs were basic but she kept it tidy and the bed was plenty big for the two of us.[/QUOTE]I miss-read your post. Nana hotel is just across the street from the entrance of the Nana Entertainment Plaza on Soi 4, just 50 meters south of Sukhumvit road. I don't know if it was a condo or not. Just a 9 story hotel at ground zero of the Nana mongering district.

[QUOTE=ToolShedd;2400167]I miss-read your post. Nana hotel is just across the street from the entrance of the Nana Entertainment Plaza on Soi 4, just 50 meters south of Sukhumvit road. I don't know if it was a condo or not. Just a 9 story hotel at ground zero of the Nana mongering district.[/QUOTE]Just chiming in about Nana Condo. That is a building down a very short driveway on Soi 4 opposite the California Ink Tattoo shop, Coffee Club and Hillary 1 Bar. There are usually 3-4 girls, often ladyboys, too, sitting or standing at the entrance to that driveway flagging down customers. These days many of the Vietnamese Freelancers stay in Nana Condo.

[QUOTE=ToolShedd;2400143]Stayed 3 nights in the iCheck Inn at the end of Soi 7/1, Sukhumvit. I enjoyed it a lot. The room was small but very comfortable. The price was economical and the bed was comfortable. Small fridge and room safe in the room. The location is great, just around the corner from the Beer Garden and on a small street with BJ bars and naughty massage parlors. There is good food available at the Caribbean Thai restaurant about 30 meters away and on the corner of 7/1 and Sukhumvit. You do have to be firm with the massage ladies as you walk past them every time you leave and return. They are fun for a while but it does get a little old.

As discussed on the Bangkok Reports board, there is a new group of beer bars going in on Soi 7 just south of the Beer Garden. ICheck Inn would be a great mongering stay for exploring this new venue.

Tool Shedd.[/QUOTE]Just chiming in on hotels here. The I check in is on possibly one of the most disgusting of the disgusting sois in the entertainment district. The venue's on that street are filled with hags and ladyboys. It stinks and is an open sewer when it rains. I don't play holier-than-thou and I sure as heck been down there 4 fast and efficient relief but to stay on that soi is sort of like going to visit a city and staying at skid row. The Nana hotel is also repulsive and was a dump 25 years ago.

It's kind of funny to see visitors gets seduced by the bright lights and action of the nana area, me, I consider it a pigsty. I go to that area on my nightly rambles to people-watch and I'm never really impressed.