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After a very long year I return to the LOS Oct 8th. Staying till Nov 20th. Suk  Soi 18. I'm always up for meeting for frosty beverages. Sounds like maybe we should plan another pub crawl for latter half of Oct? 

Gonna be in bkk Oct 25 & 26 with 8-10 other guys. PM if you wanna join or set something up!

It's short notice I know, but just realized there are already 6-7 of us meeting up this Friday. We welcome all BMs to come!

Friday, December 3 - Jersey Pub, 8:00pm (the corner of soi 4 and soi 6, Sukhumvit)

I'm sure it's a pleasant place to dine, but I do want to make a comment about their Thanksgiving dinner.

We visited Bourbon St for Thanksgiving and we couldn't get a seat. Kudos the restaurant for the ability to fill it, esp at 900B/person. That wasn't to unpleasant part.

The hostess was situated somewhere in the middle of the dining area was taking numbers for seating. There were about 5-6 tables ahead of us and we were told about a 30min wait. She was quite obviously overwhelmed to the point of being rude. I don't blame her as she has likely never experienced something like this before.

We could not get a seat a the bar and nobody helped us to get a drink. We saw 4 tables open for at least 10 mins with nobody sitting there.

Since there was no place for us to wait, we took a walk around the buffet area. Chaffing dishes were empty, food was spilled around the tables. It looked quite sad and we questioned whether they would be able to keep up. It definitely did not like a 900B/person dinner. We ended up leaving and went to another restaurant with a Thankgiving dinner. It was very well done but I don't need to get into that.

In the end, I'm sure Bourbon St did very well that night for revenue. I hope however they learned a few things to change for next year. I will still be a customer, but maybe not for Thanksgiving.

There are 5 of us coming over. We have planned 3 nights in Bangkok, but we have not booked anywhere in Pattaya yet incase we decide to stay in Bangkok longer.

 

Have you booked your hotels yet? Im wondering if we will have any problems just turning up in Pattaya without anywhere to stay. Ive got a list of a few hotels to stay in, recommended on here, but do you think the rate will be more expensive if we arrive without booking anywhere?

You won't have a problem finding a hotel in Patts on the spot. They are everywhere. You might pay a slightly higher rate as a walk-up, but it's a matter of a hundred baht or so vs having a reso ahead of time. Agoda.com is a great site to book hotel rooms in los. There's a lot of great places to stay in Patts. Cheers.

Hello,

 

First time poster on this forum, although been reading up quite a bit in the last few weeks.

 

Just after any advice anyone can offer regarding coming to Bangkok. Ill be travelling on 28th Oct and plan on staying for 3 nights before moving onto Pattaya for 8. Would you say 3 nights is enough in Bangkok or should we stay longer? I thought in 3 nights we'd be able to fit in Nana, Soi cowboy and Patpong so anymore might be too much?

 

Also we plan on bringing a lot of money to spend. Is the rate usually better in thailand than England? And would you advise using the bank machines as as when we need money rather than taking a big wad of cash with us?

 

Any other advice would be greatly appreciated if anyone has any, particulary concerning which are the best soapy massages to go to. Heard a lot about them and i plan on going to one as soon as the plane hits the ground!

 

Thanks..

Three days in BKK will be good if you are just planning on hittin the nightlife.

If you are bringing large sums of money, use Travellers Cheques. Much safer. Bring large domination TCs as the banks charge their fee on the number of TCs you exchange. (~30B/TC)

The ATMs here will charge you ~150B/withdrawl fee, plus the fee from the bank in your home country. It costs me $10USD everytime I withdrawl cash. (150B+$5) I just opened a bank account here. You can open one as a tourist. All you need is your passport.

Hope this helps.

PM me if you need more help.

Cheers!

Damnit my virgin Bangkok trip will be next week. :(

Gimme a shout. I can probably join you for a beer and a gogo gander.

Hi all.

Just seeing if any one in Bangkok, around the Nana area, on the 7th - 8th Nov.

Gimme a shout. I live right around the corner from Nana.

Hi all,

It's been a while since there has been a Meet Up.

BKK Addicts Meet Up / Bar Crawl on Friday, October 22, 2010 at 8:00pm

We'll start at Gulliver's on Soi 5. Afterwards we can hit Nana for a few, and for those who last long enough Clymaxx until the wee hours.

Anyone visitors in town that day are of course welcome.

Please PM me to confirm that you are coming.

I'm in BKK now, and here for 6 months. Send me a message if anyone wants to hit the bars. I'm always up for some new conversation.. and maybe some TGs.

Hello fellow BM's. I'll be in BKK for a year. I'm always up for meeting new and interesting people. Any LOS Vets hit me up. I'm always up for something new. Any Newbs comin to town hit me up and visit the usual places too. Cheers. PM me.