Bangkok Reports

[QUOTE=Booey] as I don't speak Thai, how do you make sure the cab driver does not turn on the meter when you get in. The few times I have been to the clubs, my friends and I have always payed the fare. [/QUOTE]Sometimes, the taxi drivers don't know about this deal either (or so they claim), so it makes for some awkward negotiations. Also, they will definitely take your cab fare if you offer it (thereby getting a double payment) - why would they turn it down if you are offering it to them? Ever wonder why there are so many taxi cabs waiting in front of Climax at 1am? I mean there are literally hundreds of them. The money they can get by double-billing makes it worth their while.

Negotiations: you have two options - try to communicate using hand signals and mangled Thai. I suspect this will fail. The other option, and this works almost every time, is to tell the guy in English that the club will pay. He never understands, so I say "no meter", and away we go. That is, don't worry about the fare at first. If there are five guys in the car, the taxi guy is probably not going to get all pissy with you. Upon arrival at the club, I get out and tell the touts that are ushering me inside to pay the cab. They will make sure there are enough customers coming from the one taxi, and you can just walk away. So you never actually have to negotiate with the taxi guy. Mind you, I would never do this with a BKK taxi if I were alone or with just one or two other people. There really needs to be a car full of people for the taxi guy to behave.

One time the touts pretended not to understand, so I started jabbering in English about how angry I was that they wont pay my taxi and that I am going to Bossy instead (I was at Spicey), and 60 seconds later I was deciding on JW Black or JW Red.

One final caveat: if you are coming from the general Suk area, this works fine. The taxi guy gets a fixed payment, which is inevitably greater than the metered taxi fare he would have gotten. But if you are coming from a distance away, then this probably wont work. The fixed payment must significantly exceed the metered fare for the taxi guys to go for it.

i usually do not report much. sorry. and not about bkk, where i entertain a long standing and satisfying relatioship with the "good girl who loves me too much". however, lately had been chatting up with a fl i had banged in one of my prior trips. a few cam on cam sessions, with appropriate showing and self pleasuring on both sides had lead to a "date" on one morning. i had explained that i had time from 11am till 3 or so, which was fine with her, even if she said she wanted to "hang out with me". the day before, while gf was in shower i had confirmed on msn messenger. gentleman as i am, i said let's meet at the lobby of the lotus hotel in soi 33, with plans to go later on at the peep inn which i gathered would do for a st session, clean enough, and as one friend said, the bed moves only when you move urself.

i arrived in the sukhumvit area around 9 30. time enough to buy condoms, gel, change cash which had become short after heavy drinking sessions in various clubs the night before, and take coffee waiting for her. to my surprise, after getting the condoms and changing money, i had a missed call and one sms telling me, "am here" at the peep inn with my friend waiting for u". friend, peep inn? interesting. so i went there. left side, maybe 200m into soi 33, entrance is on the street level, on the staircase left.

i met the two. my "friend", same as before and on cam, and her friend. too bad, the friend although nice, did not match my expectations. we chatted for a while. then, after they fought a little, "friend of friend" left, after receiving 200 thb for taxi. i did not give, my girl did, and i made a mental note.

we went up to a room. clean. some mirrors, an ob chair. paid 1500. for lt. a little pricey but hell. clean room. new sheets. three hours of sex followed. with the usual "i like you" "why you are not my gig? " " i will be a good girl. " blah blah. true enough, i think that she has stopped "working" now that she finished paying for the house in isaan. go figure. we parted, i gave her 500 thb for taxi. i said taxi for today? she laughed and said taxi for two days. all and all, a pleasing time in a convenient place. for those who don't want to have it in their hotel room. or who are afraid to meet the usual colleague upon coming back. it's really clean, if not the most exciting place. i will go there again with the girl one of these days. her bj skills are quite worth the trip back. and she claims she wants to try anal. which, given the current state of the a-hole, will require a lot of work

i will try the other peep inn at rachada with gf. it seems to be more upscale, and i guess she will like the "themed rooms" they advertise.

as i said, for whatever use.

The NEW fast/cheap train connecting the airport with the city is finally open.

The City Line has several stops, Phyathai Station, Rajprarop Station, Makkasan Station and Ramkhamhaeng Station. Since this new service offers quick-cheap travel from the airport, I'd like to stay near one of these stations.

I have NO clue where these stations are or which area is best to stay near.

Any suggestions as to which station to stay near when in BKK would be helpful. Hotel suggestions would also be appreciated in the 1500-2000THB or so price range.

Last time in Thailand I had a blast (including pixs I posted) and I'd like to have as good an experience.

Can I get comments on the status of the airport skytrain to the Suk. area?

Would like reliable info. to include pricing/schedule/trip duration, etc...

thanks

[QUOTE=Bill]Can I get comments on the status of the airport skytrain to the Suk. area?

Would like reliable info. to include pricing/schedule/trip duration, etc...

thanks[/QUOTE]

Tried few days ago, when it was still free, but no direct line. Actually the only connection with BTS is at Phia Thai station (5 min. from Nana or Asoke station). You have to take exit 4, go down the stairs and walk right for about 50 meters. It takes 25 minutes to arrive airport. You arrive at floor 1. Very quick. Only downside are the loss of an escalator at skytrain station (if you have a heavy baggage), in the train there is no rooms to put baggage (but maybe in direct line one it can change) and expecially the loss of connection with other mass transit systems.
For more info:
[url]http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/en/index.html[/url]

[QUOTE=Theant][url]http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/en/index.html[/url][/QUOTE]Thanks for this! Looking at the map it seems quickest route, if you have bags, might be to take the train to the City Air Terminal and then get a cab.

Does anyone know if there is a taxi stand at the Makkasan station? If no-one has information I will check it out on Thursday when I arrive and report back.

Thankyou Theant,

Info will help many a monger and myself save time and worry from dealing with
problem taxi cabs if we arrive/depart during hours of operation.

Also read that the SA express station is about 300ft from the Petchaburi MRT.

[QUOTE=Henryv]Unless you are Japanese the selection is quit limited. Most of the lookers will literally only talk to Japanese men.

Are gems to be found, but far and few between.

Also, as previously noted, you will see the same gals from Thermae trolling the Nana parking lot.[/QUOTE]


I had no problem pulling some foxes from there two years ago. Going rate then was 2500 LT. But well worth it for both the girls I took with me. Great lookers and great GFE.

One spoke zero English, only Nipponese. But we still had great fun.

Has this place really change that much?

I was hoping to hit this place up next time in BKK. I liked that you copuld walk in, do a couple pass-bys around the club, pick your target, and be out of there with the girl in less than half an hour. No need to hang out too long at the creature cantina.

Well it has been around 10 days for me in the LOS and I've got 6 more so I've decided to take a day of rest and write this report, sorry this is not too detailed as I've been drinking every single day since I've gotten here

Day 1 went to sharks at soi cowboy, great selection, picked this hottie with a great body and great rack, didn't want to negotiate due to situational circumstances so paid asking price of 2500bht st and 600bht bar fine, I think she stayed almost 3hrs, gave her a 500bht tip(saw her talking to some japanese guys after she got dressed at the bar so during our session I took my time, I wanted to make sure I wasnt bar fining her for them haha, she was good, well worth the 3kbht)

Day 2 went to nana plaza had some drinks at obsessions, katoey bar, had I not read beforehand I seriously would not have believed that they were all ladyboys, I would say 75% of them were extremely pretty and I would have taken them if I did not know, sat with papasan, real nice guy, chatted for a couple of mins then a buncha dancers lined up in front of me, LOL I had to buy one of them a drink, I forget the name but he was extremely pretty and very nice, but I couldn't pull the trigger

Continued and went around to rainbow, carasoul, and some other bars, quite a few pretty girls but did not pull anything, had too much to drink and went back to my hotel and crashed

Sorry next few days are hazy, way too much drinking, then went to Pattaya for a few days(will post my Pattaya days in that forum), now back in BKK

Went to soi cowboy, was looking for this one girl I saw my first time in BKK last week couldn't find her, went to kiss club(probably around 10 girls available, all the coyote girls were hot), very pretty girl sat down next to me, bought her a drink, I think the time was around 1am, she quoted 2k st and 700bht bar fine, I was going to barfine her but she went onstage to dance, while I waited pushy ass waitress annoyed me, she wanted drink, she kept massaging my shoulder with her elbow and it hurt like hell, kept bugging me so I said I'm leaving, paid 360bht for my drink and lady drink tipped girl 100bht, went home and went to sleep, again too much drinking

Last nite went to nana liquid disco around 2am, good number of girls, around 50 or so, front area was full so I sat towards the back area, was eyeing this pretty lady she sat at the bar alone, but then her 2 friends showed up, they looked like ladyboys so I was afraid she was one also, then these 2 ladys get some drinks, they sit next to me, very pretty light skinned lady winks, we tap beers say cheers drink, I watch her and her friend dance for a bit, then I notice this young lady nearby, she eyes me, she stays only for a few minutes and leaves, awww too bad for me, so I turn back to the lady that was sitting next to me, I talk to her, she quotes 2k st, I say sure why not, then her drunk friend comes back, starts yelling at me, I'm like whoa, sorry I don't understand you, but I can tell she's angry, I tell the lady I think I should leave because her friend doesn't like me, she said its ok, her friend is drunk, ya I knew that already, so drunk friend then pushes her way in between me and the pretty girl, so I get up to leave and pretty girl tries to pull me to sit on her other side away from drunk friend, but the drunk friend gets angry starts yelling and shooing me off, so I leave, ohhhh well too bad, drunk lady just cost her friend 2k bht plus 500bht tip

As I am leaving, I think ok maybe time to hit up spicy disco or bossy, as I look for a cab I see the pretty young lady that was in nana disco a few minutes and then had left, so I grab her, took her back to my hotel and had some fun, 2k bht total for a few hours of fun, she left around 5am LOL, she was 18 and had a nice body, nice young and tight, not the best performance but I'm a dirty old man and it was fun for me

Not sure how next 6 days are going to go but have to drink alot less, I think if I drink less I would be having more fun with the ladies and I would not be so tired so much.

All good advice (below). Personally, I just get out and say nothing at Bossy - it's so automatic that I don't even think about it, and no taxi driver has ever said anything. I never knew that it was the same deal at Spicey.

[QUOTE=Kumbu]Sometimes, the taxi drivers don't know about this deal either (or so they claim), so it makes for some awkward negotiations. Also, they will definitely take your cab fare if you offer it (thereby getting a double payment) - why would they turn it down if you are offering it to them? Ever wonder why there are so many taxi cabs waiting in front of Climax at 1am? I mean there are literally hundreds of them. The money they can get by double-billing makes it worth their while.

Negotiations: you have two options - try to communicate using hand signals and mangled Thai. I suspect this will fail. The other option, and this works almost every time, is to tell the guy in English that the club will pay. He never understands, so I say "no meter", and away we go. That is, don't worry about the fare at first. If there are five guys in the car, the taxi guy is probably not going to get all pissy with you. Upon arrival at the club, I get out and tell the touts that are ushering me inside to pay the cab. They will make sure there are enough customers coming from the one taxi, and you can just walk away. So you never actually have to negotiate with the taxi guy. Mind you, I would never do this with a BKK taxi if I were alone or with just one or two other people. There really needs to be a car full of people for the taxi guy to behave.

One time the touts pretended not to understand, so I started jabbering in English about how angry I was that they wont pay my taxi and that I am going to Bossy instead (I was at Spicey), and 60 seconds later I was deciding on JW Black or JW Red.

One final caveat: if you are coming from the general Suk area, this works fine. The taxi guy gets a fixed payment, which is inevitably greater than the metered taxi fare he would have gotten. But if you are coming from a distance away, then this probably wont work. The fixed payment must significantly exceed the metered fare for the taxi guys to go for it.[/QUOTE]

Tried SOL tonight around midnight. The three girls outside literally did not say a word to me. I chatted with (better said "at") them for about a min and they just gave me fake smiles and went back to sms'ing. Asked them if I could go inside and they gave a kind of "sure, whatever" look, so I just passed. Guess I got there way too late. So for info sake, don't bother going there late - was a really "un-Thai" like experience.

So just past SOL is Mike's, hidden away a bit down a small alley. Went in, girls were on me like white on rice, but I wanted to sit for a second and order a drink and check out which one I wanted. This apparently meant "waste of time" to them and they immediately ambushed a guy that followed me in. I just had my drink, chatted for a (very) short time with the bartender girl (who was neither friendly nor unfriendly) and went to Kangaroo. No lookers anyway, though I guess I would have stayed if the girls put any effort beyond the ambush style.

Kangaroo was fine. Nothing super special, but low key enough and got a fairly decent BJ. They charged me 800, but I got the feeling that it should have been 700. Whatever, it's $3 extra. Nothing great to say about the place but nothing bad either. Was just a convenient BJ with very low effort, and enough girls to at least get a choice. The place is run a lot better than Mike's for sure.

Unfortunate about SOL as had a great experience there before. Again, I'm assuming it's better in the afternoon before the girls are worn out.

-B-

Anyone been, and know the deal there in terms of takeout, fees, etc.?

-B-

[QUOTE=Ian Oxon]Thanks for this! Looking at the map it seems quickest route, if you have bags, might be to take the train to the City Air Terminal and then get a cab.[/QUOTE]Surely the taxi drivers will be furious. Good link here also:

Bangkok Airport Rail Link vs. city taxi:

The city’s long-awaited rail line to Suvarnabhumi International Airport starts full operation today. So how does it compare with taking a taxi to the airport?

By Greg Jorgensen 23 August, 2010

[url]http://www.cnngo.com/bangkok/visit/transporation-faceoff-362693[/url]

First trip to Bangkok on August 3rd. Arrived around 5 PM. Travelling on business through SE Asia. Stayed at the Penisula Hotel. Got a GREAT rate. 2, 800 Bahtfor 10th floor room including breakfast. One advantage to the economic downturn!

Fortunately Tuesday night was free. Took the water taxi then the Skyline to Baccara. Intending to check out the area. And head to Nana Liquid around midnight. Went upstairs. Found a great dancer. Good english, tall, B/C breasts, pale skin, lovely eyes. Talked between sets. Spent 900 baht on beer & ladies drinks (her & her girlfriend). And then struck up the conversation for the nights company (around 12?). Ended up with 3500 baht + 600 bar fine for the evening for one, a little expensive. But well worth it. Got back to the hotel around one. Couple of hours of just about everything, 4 hours of sleep, another hour of fun, breakfast. And off to work by 9. Name was Toi?

Unfortunately, had a flight out at 1 AM Thursday to Shanghai, so could only window shop. Found Biergarten. Full of prospects. But only a couple of keepers. Walked around Nana. Lots of women. But too early for anything serious, then cab to the airport. I will be back for longer time & serious exploring.

[quote=bonzo1]tried sol tonight around midnight. the three girls outside literally did not say a word to me. i chatted with (better said "at") them for about a min and they just gave me fake smiles and went back to sms'ing. asked them if i could go inside and they gave a kind of "sure, whatever" look, so i just passed. guess i got there way too late. so for info sake, don't bother going there late - was a really "un-thai" like experience.

so just past sol is mike's, hidden away a bit down a small alley. went in, girls were on me like white on rice, but i wanted to sit for a second and order a drink and check out which one i wanted. this apparently meant "waste of time" to them and they immediately ambushed a guy that followed me in. i just had my drink, chatted for a (very) short time with the bartender girl (who was neither friendly nor unfriendly) and went to kangaroo. no lookers anyway, though i guess i would have stayed if the girls put any effort beyond the ambush style.

kangaroo was fine. nothing super special, but low key enough and got a fairly decent bj. they charged me 800, but i got the feeling that it should have been 700. whatever, it's $3 extra. nothing great to say about the place but nothing bad either. was just a convenient bj with very low effort, and enough girls to at least get a choice. the place is run a lot better than mike's for sure.

unfortunate about sol as had a great experience there before. again, i'm assuming it's better in the afternoon before the girls are worn out.

-b-[/quote]
i have to agree with you regarding the sol cold shoulder. that has been my experience (and friends of mine) in the last month or so. its funny-first the report about the girls being racist and now they are ignoring people. the mamasan that works behind the counter is never there so perhaps that enables the girls to do what they want. and this has even happened to me in the middle of the day when they are not tired. frankly i have boycotted sol. dirty conditions, racist, bad attitudes and generally none of them are attractive has driven me to go to [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord900][CodeWord900][/url] now. the girls are friendlier, they don't care who you are and you can get the same thing as sol (sans doing it in public) and it is cleaner and bigger. believe me the [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord901][CodeWord901][/url] girls will do all the things the sol girls do.

as far as mikes place i walked in once and had the same experience. i never went back.