Insiders take on Thailand
Sorry to litter the blog but this is somewhat newsworthy if you are a lover of Beer products. We just received our first few cases of Beerlao Dark at the Big Mango Bar in Nana Plaza. Apparently Beerlao Dark will now be available going forward and by the way it’s 6.5% alc./vol.
Beerlao for 60 baht all night happens every Wednesday at the Mango. We will be adding Beerlao Dark to the all night special at 75 baht ALL NIGHT. Also for Happy Hour 4-8 at 75 baht. Get on it!!
Team Mango
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I have contributed a fair number of posts on member clubs (aka G-clubs or Gentlemen clubs as I call them) in the past to this website. As a member of both Forte and Sopranos, and a frequent visitor to Caribbean, Resort on Soi 13 Ratchada (very very good), Ritz on Soi 11 and Pent on Wireless Road, I still occasionally do the Nana and Cowboy scene (but hardly ever Patpong). As Smitty says -that is what makes Bangkok so great - it is not just one scene (like Pattaya is) but a real mix on any night of the week.
I’ve got a ton of material in the pipeline, but they’re all going to be longer posts, and I’m way too busy to write them today.
So here’s some footage of a foam party somewhere in Pattaya to tide you over…
Interesting times in Thailand as usual. Head on over to the latest article at the Asia Times for a view into the politics. First time I have seen so much public talk about the coming era of succession. Was talking recently to a large supplier (Thai company) of kitchen, beer and concession equipment about how bad Thailand is really doing. The media keeps pointing people to the stock market, the baht and public projects as signs of strength but this guy was telling me that his business and that of most of his Thai friend’s businesses have experienced record year over year declines. He was frank in explaining that it is the fault of the current political environment where lackluster tourism, foreign investor rules and so on have spooked people out of growing or starting their businesses in Thailand. I agree.
On to the member clubs!
Continue reading ‘How I am learning to play the member clubs - Part 1′
editor’s note: The first time. Remember that? Nothing is really like it since you are not sure where to go and what to do. Over time Bangkok can actually get better in my opinion but still fun to see it through someone who is experiencing it for their first time.
In the beginning……Freelancers
First night .
stayed in Omni on Soi 4 . talk about being thrown in the deep end.. my taxi took me through the soi and it was about midnight.. I though I was a kid in a candy store .. could not wait to check in and get out!…
it was fun discovering but I was truly a newbie and the only thing I knew was what I had read online, so of course I thought I knew how it all worked .
Continue reading ‘Newbie virgin spills the beans - Part 1: Trolling Nana by Shuttlecock’
Happy Asanha Puja day, folks. And happy Wan Kao Pansa for tomorrow.
And yes, that means bar closures. Dave the Rave confirms that Nana Plaza will be open on both nights, where the bar owners seem to have mostly agreed to make a very charitable contribution to the cause in order to stay open. Many of the beer bars on Soi 4 will also be open, confirmed by the beer girl asleep in my bed, who has asked to be woken up for work at 5pm.
Soi Cowboy is confirmed as closed, along with Patpong. No definite word on Soi 33, but I’d guess it’ll be closed. I’m told Bangkok’s regular pubs will be open for business as usual.
Amusingly, a Soi Cowboy mamasan last night told me that yes, her bar would be closed for the following two nights. So if I wanted to take a girl, I could pay triple the usual barfine and keep her for three whole days! Thanks, but no thanks.
editors note: Yes - I know these are not reviews but rather a list of bars and clubs. Some u may know about and others u may not. I learned of a few. If anyone wants to post a detailed review of any of these by all means please do and send it in. thx.
Hotel clubs/bars:
Park 87+ - Conrad Hotel
Spassos - Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel (usually full of working girls but also a lot of guys)
Concept CM2 – Basement of Novotel Hotel in Siam Square (packed with working girls, including a section devoted to ladies from Eastern Europe/Russia, but seems to be slowly being taken over by customers from India and the Middle East)
Met Bar – Metropolitan Hotel (very hi-so and sometimes they want members only)
Syn Bar - Nai Lert Hotel
Continue reading ‘A guide to Bangkok Nightlife part 8 of Many! by mbkknowsp4p’
editors note: Welcome to the world of technology and my disdain for all things Microsoft. BBK sent me the original document in the new MSFT office format. Well. There is not a new office for the Mac so I used the official DOCX converter from MSFT to post this. Turns out the converter sucks ass and missed some information. Here is the new version. I think the only major changes are the footnotes. Sorry folks.
Also - I know not everyone agrees with everything we say here but that’s the whole point of a communal based blog. Disagree all u want but please no personal attacks. Thanks. Keep it real.
The internet is filled with online comments about how the Japanese have driven up ST and LT prices in Bangkok. These comments, invariably by farangs on short rolls(see footnotes) , usually contain a subtext which portrays Japanese as uniformed morons who “pay too much” because they are idiots or lack information about prevailing prices(see footnotes). Blame is usually heaped on the Japanese for raising the prices for everyone.
Continue reading ‘The Truth About the Japanese in Bangkok by BigBabyKenny’
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