Well folks - we bring you another commodity report and demonstrate how everyday things are getting more expensive. This time it is your beer. There is both a shortage of hops and record price increases. Read more about it here. Just wondering when the price of condoms are going to go up but so far it still costs 20 baht in the short time hotels.
I am not a deeply religious person but I respect that some people are. However I do not get the Catholic Church and their persistence in keeping their head in the sand birth control policy. We talked before about how they are indirectly supporting the sex trade in places like the Phillippines. So here comes the Pope, someone who has supposedly never had sex, telling us that:
Benedict expressed concern that human life risks losing its value in today’s culture and worried that sex could “transform itself into a drug” that one partner had to have even against the will of the other.
I have an easy fix for that - have more than one partner. I have decided to pick up a new MP3 player. I am going to wear it next time I short time in the plaza. Still deciding what song I will be banging too.
Disturbing quote of the day:
What about taking an LB to the cinema? Only thing Id be worried about is her cutting a hole in the bottom of the popcorn and placing it on her lap.
To serious matters - yes I know everyone knows what is going on in Burma. I only bring this up because I meet a Norwegian rescue dog team last night. They have been waiting in Bangkok for 5 days to get clearance for their dogs. As one of the handlers said, our dogs have had more checkups than most bargirls working in Patpong - to that I could only say amen.
Point is the dudes running Burma need to go. It is horrid. God knows Thailand won’t do anything about it since this would be the last country to stick up to a military junta. China is too busy keeping the torch from getting jacked to care and well the US - let’s not go there. Iraq is just too important. Please.
So here is Shawn Crispin calling for the US to invade Burma. Now Time magazine. Anyone else?
It is sad to me that the world has gone to war over less important things but such is life.
The dog guys from Norway plan on going home today or Monday since after 3-5 days there is no reason to search for survivors. The reason being is the stench from the dead bodies prevents the dogs from locating live ones. Expect the death toll to rise considerably once the diseases set in.
More tales of woe from America:
Meanwhile, my husband had been wanting a dog “for the kids” for the past several years. I finally relented, and she is indeed a sweet dog, and the kids love her. My problem is that my husband takes the dog to a groomer. I was shocked to learn that it cost $60 for one session. I am feeling resentful that I have scrimped to get us back to a good credit rating only to have him drop $60 on this dog’s appearance. When I expressed my shock, he seemed to think I was being unreasonable. Am I just being petty here?
—Hausfrau
Dear Hausfrau
I am shocked and appalled at your husband’s lack of financial aptitude. He should make you and the kids bathe and groom the dog while he spends the 60$ at a Vietnamese massage parlor getting a rub and tug. U petty bitch.
Speaking of dogs. Headed over to Khao San last night. I like playing tourist from time to time. Given the dreads and my lack of dressing up - I tend to fit right in over there. I took the BTS to Saphan Taksin and was trying to get to KS via the river. No dice. Anyone know how that works? So then I tried to take the #15 bus but after 25 minutes of waiting and sucking exhaust fumes I gave up to get a taxi. After 20 taxis wanting 150 baht I finally found an old junker to take me whilst using the meter.
Why is it from any part of Bkk they all want 150 baht to get to Khao San?
First stop was Gulliver’s.Was just too boring compared to how I normally find it. There were no girls and a bunch of cocky drunk pool players. So I bailed. Picked a good street spot to hang and booze. With all the construction going on there seems to be more street bars than ever which is funny given they are trying to get the big beer companies to cut back on street side promotions. We all know how this works. This allows the local cops to make more room on the street thus granting them the chance to take more money from the non-licensed street bars selling fruity cocktails to fat english girls.
Damn I saw a ton of fat girls. Was scary. Is this what England is like?
Then I cruised the road behind that runs alongside Khao San, Ram Buttri, to check out the Thai bars that run along here. I was not dressed for it and was solo but I saw a ton of Thai girls cruising around. Some funky dressed ones and some real lookers. Much different than Khao San itself. There are a few notable joints here that people say good things about.
Then I circled around to check out The Club at around 10. It was already filling up and they had their glow in the dark wrist band game going. I wore one saying I was single but only would shag hot Thai girls. This kept the farang kwai away for the most part. The music is good here and there is a crowd but yet it can feel a little too much like a wanna be full moon party at times. I think pulling is possible here.
To the malnourished white dude with the 2 fat white girls doing simulated sex on the dance floor -
Dude I know you want a 3some but my guess is that the cheap bed in the hostel will not support all 3 of u. Generally here a 3some can be defined as 2 Thai chicks who weigh less than my mother. Or say your hot white gf and one hot Thai girl. That might work. Or a fat balding, bear type from SF barfining 2 boy toys out of Suriwong. In that case it still works, the doer weighs more than the 2 boy toys he is paying for. In your case - one of these girls outweighed you but the two of them together outweigh just about everyone.
Someone help me but what is it with these waif like dudes suffering from a bout with malaria going after the big white girls?
I moved from The Club to the Lava Club. It was not rammed but had a small crowd. Once again trolling here solo was probably never going to work but I improvised. The thing I love about Khao San is every place has like 10 promo girls. This place had 2 girls from Smirnoff that were pretty cute. The new Smirnoff outfits are awesome. Short white shorts, a small button up white shirt that exposed some of the bust and belly, and tall red boots. This girl had amazing legs. I played some pool with her and bagged a number. All was not lost.
Then I stopped into Nana on my way home. All the Rainbow bars were slammed but the cuties are in 1 and 3 in my opinion. But get this. I won’t say what bar I was in but in one of the RB bars a Japanese crew was having a birthday party for one of the girls that some rich Japanese dude barfines regularly. Not sure what this guy was thinking but he started going around the room handing out party favors from a plastic baggie. These were not lollipops folks and the girls took them happily and proceeded to the bathroom to partake. I cleared out since being involved in a raid would have kept me from getting to bed on time. Insane.
Ah ah
You-are-a-killer!
My guess would be that pretty white girls (from England or anywhere) don’t come to Thailand, or when they do, they don’t come alone
View all comments by Suk Psycho
Great report Smitty…the reason taxi mafia charges 150 baht to KSR is that the place is so ingrained that the Banana Pancake-addled Trustafarians head there like lemmings. Then they and knock 20 baht off the price and boast about it all night. Sorry if I’m being blunt and irking people, but I’ve been visiting Thailand for awhile now and the invulnerability of the KSR “brand” irritates me. I’ve gotten into discussions with visitors (”Have you ever looked at a map of Bangkok? Have you heard of the jewelry scam?”) who blithely head off to KSR…one looked at me, face wrinkled with worry, and said: “will there be any…PROSTITUTES there??”).
Sometimes people wonder why Thais have odd notions of farang-behavior…just go to KSR and talk to some restaurant-owner if you speak Thai, you’ll get an earful.
Yes, young females the size of beluga whales and men who get their poodles groomed for US$60…any wonder why Thailand is full to bursting with people trying to escape The West?
just my two cents, but while I’m glad yr out there scouting, don’t ask me to play wingman on KSR. U on yr own amigo.
JtB
View all comments by Jack the Bat
KSR is probably my least favorite place in Thailand. But I have infrequently taken friends there who want to see this tourist icon. However, the 29 baht chicken kebobs, and fruit shakes, are great
I also abhor long taxi rides in congested areas, and believe that paying non-meter fees sets a bad precedent.
2 alternate ways to get to Khao San Rd area without taxis are:
Chao Phraya River Taxi boats:
As you mentioned, take the BTS to Saphan Thaksin, follow the directions to the Sathorn Pier (S1). Boat taxis heading north to the temples depart every 30 minutes or so, and cost 13 baht per trip. Take the boat taxi to the Phra Athit (or Banglampho) Pier (N13), and as you exit the boat, continue walking straight past the fort along Phrasumen Road for a couple hundred meters. Turn right at Chakkra Pong Rd., and Khao San is a few hundred meters down this road. About a 15 minute walk from the pier.
Klong Saen Saeb Canal taxi boats
My favorite way to get there. Get a taxi boat at the Klong Saen Saeb Pratunam Pier (on Ratchadamri just north of Central World and the Big C), and head west to the Phan Fa Lilat Pier at the end of the canal near the Golden Mount. Boats depart about every 10 minutes and cost 10 baht per trip. From the Phan Fa Lilat Pier, walk down RatchaDamoen Klang Rd. past the Democracy Monument and Mcdonalds, then turn Right on Tanao Rd. KhaoSan is just to left about 50 meters down. Also about a 15 minute walk from the pier.
For first timers, the boats might for the adventurous, but easy after the 1st time. Your Nokia Navigator should be helpful in getting there.
These boats only run until about 8 pm. Another option is taking the skytrain to the Ratchathewi Station, take the NW exit, and get a taxi going west on Phetchaburi Rd. to KhaoSan. Not so far, and drivers here generally don’t play the 150 baht game, especially if you open up with Thai.
View all comments by dj
great stuff on Khoa San
BUT please no politics on the blog even if it is yours
View all comments by midland
If you are going at night when the traffic has eased, just hop on the 511 air-con bus or No 2 red bus on Sukhumvit Road. Get off at Sanam Luang and it’s a five-minute walk.
View all comments by On Nutter
jack - I hear u but I love trolling
dj - thanks for the info. great stuff.
midland - as one of the leading Thai political analysts I have to say I am stunned with your comment. Moving on.
on - clearly my bus skills suck.
View all comments by smitty
in the 8 years i have lived here, never made it to KS road. Does not sound like i have missed much. Do many expat go there?
View all comments by MSB
You need a mask, if you go there. A great deal of Farangs are unwashed.
View all comments by Oneditorial
Khao san roads not that bad and definitely makes a change now and again. They have some good roof bars and hip-hop clubs. Normally have some Japanese birds about to try to pull too. As for the taxi’s I will only get in a taxi that doesn’t run the meter if I can smoke. Most let you. Worth the extra 40 baht for me.
View all comments by Young Royal
>>”…BUT please no politics on the blog even if it is yours.”
Yeah, Smitty, for Christ’s sake, stick to the subjects that most of the people who offer comments on this blog seem to care about. Like where to find the cheapest blow job in Thailand.
View all comments by Old Asia Hand
oah: 200 baht from one of the dark shadows Ladyboys under the Suk Soi 0 bridge is the cheapest I’ve heard of so far. It wasn’t me btw. I would have surely gotten it down to 150.
View all comments by pmmp
Heh heh, nice one Smitty! U should combine the troll-effects into one item and respond to OAH (always appreciate yr comments, OAH: Dean Stockwell wd be proud) by saying that the cheapest blowjobs in Bangkok are at the “Burma-Tibet Vegan Guesthouse” on KSR, from exceptionally fat (”think chubby-chaser Orca-fat Jabba the Hutt sumo-dames”) backpackers down on their luck: 195 baht. Even cheaper if emaciated-on-birdseed male backpacker-species get to watch the hubba-bubba action.
I’ll spin some troll-bait: what amazes me about KSR is the search for “real” Thai culture which must always be accompanied by email access, hair-braiding salons and fruit smoothies. The obsessional-yet-compartmentalized frugality of some backpackers borders on mental illness: they’ll wash down their KSR 100-baht khao phat jeh with mass quantities of overpriced imported beer yet pack like lemmings into overcrowded minibuses to save 50 baht on a 12-hour journey.
Strange species.
JtB
View all comments by Jack B
I get BJs from LBs for free. Got 1 last night infact.
KSR is good for a change of pace every now and again. I went there a few nights back, hit The Club and me and a mate were 1 of the maybe 10people in there. Then i ducked into Lava which was busy with pumping Hip-hop. Headed into Gazebo for some after hours action and got some Australian knickers down at the end of the night for my efforts.
Randomly bumped into some Emo bitch that added me on facebook - got some digits and made a date. Love this country
View all comments by Young Penfold
msb - I think u see some expats there. there are a few interesting bars and some places known for pretty good local live music. Like any area - there is always some good mixed in with the trash
yr - there are a lot of japanese hippie girls cruising around.
View all comments by smitty
Re: Damn I saw a ton of fat girls. Was scary. Is this what England is like?
While I was in LOS, my wife, yes you heard me right, went out in town not too far away from where we live in the UK. I sms’d her to see how her night was. “Full of stinky, sweaty fat f**ks” was the response. Sms’d her back to see who she was on about. “The women”, came the sms back!
Now I am not saying all English women are like this, but there are more than you would believe!
View all comments by AUK
My apologies, my wife just corrected me as she sms’d “Stinky, sweaty, fat pigs”!
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On Burma: http://www.amazon.com/Finding-George-Orwell-Burma-Larkin/dp/1594200521 The book is written under pseudonym… pretty good description of the place and interesting background on colonial SE Asia. Had to chuckle at the paragraphs dealing with colonials dalliances with local womenfolk.
View all comments by Julian