Archive for October, 2007

My go-go guru by On Nutter

Ugly go-go dancers home in on me like a cruise missile locked on to an aircraft carrying Osama bin Laden. It has always been this way. Each time I walk through those magic curtains, the sloppy seconds of Thai womanhood descend on me before I can say “Tiger beer”.

When I walk into a bar alone and see other solo drinkers happily enjoying the show without being harassed by desperate slappers, I am encouraged that, perhaps just once, I might be allowed the same privilege. Yet within seconds two flabby Isaan hands appear from behind me and begin a neck massage. I turn around to see a middle-aged porker with bad breath and a lascivious sneer who would be better employed selling fish in Udon Thani.

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Party Time

Hi folks,

Expect most of the bars to make a bit of an effort for Halloween tonight. In terms of big parties though:

Shark bar on Soi Cowboy are offering a lottery and a free buffet tonight (October 31), whilst Angelwitch at Nana Plaza will be hosting, er, it just says “Halloween Party Night” here. Apparently you can buy a tshirt though. So that’s okay.

If that doesn’t finish you off, tomorrow (November 1) sees Madrid bar in Patpong celebrate, incredibly, its 38th anniversary. So from 3pm-5pm, all drinks will be just ฿38! And from 6pm, there’ll be free food for all.

After Hours Update and Soi 1 Complex Closing?

The After Hours scene continues to grow and is very active. I list about 24 bars below and there are hundreds of others, albeit Thai, around the city that stay open all night. So much for the curfew. The latest update by Area is below.

In other bar bits, a friend informed me that his Ladyboy friend who works in the Ladyboy beer bar Guess located in the Suk Soi 1 Beer Bar Complex has been given her walking papers. The LB told my friend that the whole complex is shutting down Nov. 1 which is why she was let go. I’ve never been a fan of the bars there but did have a few drinks at the various bars for a change of pace. It will be sad if it’s true but business was not booming over there and it is pretty valuable real estate. Maybe we’ll see a Gap Clothing Complex or a mini-mall? One can only hope. ;)

After Hours Update…

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My Thoughts on the Closing of the Big Mango Bar and The Evolution of The Girl Scene in Thailand by BigBabyKenny

editor’s note: I agree with a lot of what is said here but I will add that the main problem with Nana is the landlords and the other owners. The police, as far as the Mango is concerned, were never the cause of our problems. The short of it is that landlords are valuing the spaces in regards to the real-estate value of the land. We all know the the bar rents will never produce the income a condominium, hotel or mall project would. All over Thailand u can see examples of things getting destroyed to make room for a condo or mall. Fast forward 3-5 years and Nana Plaza will be in the way of some new development. Keep in mind, the hi-so Thais have wanted Nana, Cowboy and Patpong to disappear quite some time ago. At the same time the landlords seems to think all spaces produce a similar income to any go-go bar - again not true.

The closing of The Big Mango and the recent internet commentary about the allegedly sad state of Nana, Soi Cowboy, and Patpong might leave Thailand fans despondent.

But unlike other internet commentators, I believe there is no cause for alarm. The girl scene is alive and well, as large and dynamic as it ever was.

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Now Where?

Nana Plaza

Sorry for the delay. I had a feeling that this was going to be the next hot topic, so I thought I’d let others have their say first, and try to find a slightly different angle. The topic? Easy. The death of Nana Plaza.
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Thanks for the memories!

That’s it. Our Nana era is over. The party was a blast and I appreciate all who made it and all who left comments on the blog. Was a very emotional time for us. We had the biggest night of business we have ever seen and got to drink with so many of our regulars. I can’t thank all of u enough. Hopefully we will bring news soon of where the new home of the Big Mango will be. In the meantime we still got some loose ends to tie up. I am not sure how much blogging will be going on until things get settled and I feel like writing again but stay tuned - we still have a few tricks up our sleeves. Many thanks to our customers, to our employees and to my partners in crime. When the dust all settles we plan on revealing much more about Nana Plaza.

I will leave u with Stickman’s latest

:)

Welcoming Committee

The Welcoming Committee

I recently returned to Bangkok. After spending way too much money having nowhere near enough fun in a cold and windswept corner of Northern England, I was the guy clad in arctic thermals, kissing the tarmac after landing at The Amazing Sinking Airport.

After dossing it in cattle class with the usual class of visitors to Bangkok (backpackers and paedophiles) for ninety-seven hours with no sleep, I was ready to splash out. So to speak.

First stop, a quick breakfast with a pal at Bus Stop on Sukhumvit Soi 4. The service was the rudest I have ever experienced in my life, topped off nicely by a huff of indignation and a verbal torrent of complaints from the waitress when I went to settle the ฿190 bill with two ฿100 notes. I stood there, giggling at just how rude she was being, trying to remember all the suggestions I received in comments after we discussed the matter recently.

And then I did something you won’t appreciate at all. I realised that I had just experienced the worst service in my life. It had been so bad that it was actually making me laugh. That’s not the kind of thing that happens every day. So I tipped the grumpy cow an extra ฿20 for the entertainment.

From there to Lolita’s, where I lasted mere seconds before almost leaving an exit wound on the back of the poor girl’s head with a jet-powered gush of happy unguent. Which was nice.

At this point, I should probably have gone home. I’d hardly slept in three days. But I’d missed Bangkok, and here it was. So I figured I’d have a quick drink in Big Dogs. Followed by another one. I got chatting to a delightful daughter of Issan whose English was endearingly bad. “Thank you very big!”, she said when I bought her a beer.

Into Nana Plaza proper for one absolutely last beer, and things got a little hazy after that. I ended up boozing in the Plaza for five hours. I returned to Lolita’s, only to find that the entertainment provider who’d done such a good job earlier on wasn’t there. I walked on, and vaguely remember falling asleep several times during an awesome foot massage on Soi 8. I figured it was time to go home.

But then, walking The Miracle Mile - ostensibly to grab a cab - I was accosted by a pair of delightfully dishevelled girls who apparently wanted to “go with” me. So touching.

Despite being somewhat tired and emotional, I sat down to negotiate.

They were offering a threesome for ฿600 each, but wouldn’t be getting into each other, as they were Real Sisters, Honest Guv, Jing Jing. Damn. Oh, and if I wanted to put it up the wrong ‘un, the price would be ฿1,000 each.

I declined. See, if the girls aren’t genuinely into each other, it’s not really a threesome. It’s just two short-times in rapid succession. If a threesome’s worth doing, it’s worth doing properly. Instead, I took the prettier of the two, and went for the ฿1,000 no-holes-barred experience.

Now, some folks will warn you of the perils of freelancers. Especially street walkers. Personally, I’ve been around the block a few times, and haven’t (yet) had any trouble. But I’ve been vigilant. Don’t leave cash lying around. Take your wallet, along with your trousers, into the shower with you (no, don’t get them wet, just hang them on the back of the door, dum-dum).

One thing you absolutely should not do, under any circumstances, is take one to a sleazy short-time hotel, and fall asleep after soundly violating her in every available orifice. By rights, I should have woken up with no cellphone, no money and no clothes. Instead, I woke up to a pretty awesome blowjob. It’s good to be back.

The Big Mango Bar to close

The Big Mango Bar

This just in. The Big Mango Bar, arguably the finest beer bar in Bangkok, let alone Nana Plaza, is to close. Like, tomorrow (Friday 26th October 2007).

Quoth Smitty:

This is probably the hardest post I will ever write but who knows. With great disappointment I must announce that this Thursday and Friday will be the last nights the Big Mango Bar will be open in Nana Plaza. We are announcing this first here because we don’t want the rumors to fly and we want our customers and readers to know the truth. We have always practiced honest bar-blogging so no reason to change that now.

I won’t say we lost our lease but I will see we have opted not to renew our lease in Nana Plaza. I would love to tell u we know where we are going but as of yet we do not but rest assured we plan on coming back - somewhere, somehow. Can’t really say more than that at this juncture. I hope anyone who can will come Thursday and Friday so that we can say our goodbyes and thank all of u who made the Mango happen. pmmp and I will most likely be around as much as possible on Thursday and for sure on Friday.

Read all about it: Drink the Mango Dry Nights!.

Comments disabled - I think they belong on smitty and pmmp’s site, linked above - not mine…




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