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But the 68 is just as much fun. ;)

My suggestions:

1. Buy yourself a street food breakfast or two rather than a Western style hotel breakfast. The opposite end of Soi 24 from Sukhumvit is good. Also all around Silom in the early morning.

2. Go wandering around back streets looking for street food at lunch time or early evening.

3. Central World is my favourite shopping mall to spend a few hours in. More places to eat than you can poke a stick at. Check out the supermarket on the. 7th floor, which is probably as close as you'll come to Harrods food hall in a Thailand. It has supposedly been rated as the #1 supermarket in Asia.

4. Siam Paragon is another great shopping mall, and not as enormous as Central World.

5. Lumpini Park to wander around and see the enormous water monitors (lizards) cruising around the ponds and canals.

6. Something I haven't done yet - watch a proper Muay Thai fight.

7. Chatuchak market.

8. Klong Toey markets - just to wander around.

9. Seaworld in the basement of Siam Paragon.

10. Eat fresh seafood at a riverside restaurant - I've been to Baan Klang Naam and really enjoyed it, but there are probably better places.

Yes. Guest friendly, no joiners fee. Confirmed by email.

Soi 3 was mentioned but not for seafood unfortunately.

I will do my own research I guess and share whatever I find.

I'm heading to Bangkok in August and I've heard that the seafood stalls in Soi 7 are gone.

I had so many great meals there.

Is there anywhere else in Bangkok that comes close in terms of price and quality?

Thanks for the advice, sent the email today.

I really like the little straight massage places that are peppered around Bangkok.

The ones where the ladies wear the cute uniforms and the massage takes place in a tiny booth or behind a curtain.

You never know for sure what you're going to get.

Sometimes you get a great professional massage, sometimes the girl just rubs oil on your skin.

Most often you are offered a hand job, but sometimes more.

Sometimes you get offered nothing by way of a happy ending but I'm fine with that, there's usually a blowjob bar nearby to take care of things in those rare cases.

I still remember one lady in a very formal looking straight massage place beside the Asia Hotel. She would have been in her 30s, very cute, great body, nice natural milk. The massage was great and I was thinking there was no happy ending coming then she asked and I said yes. Once she got underway she wanted to "upgrade" the happy ending to a visit to my hotel - unfortunately I wasn't travelling alone so it wasn't an option and she seemed very disappointed. Maybe I had "potential sponsor" written all over me. She was tiny, about 140cm or 4'7" to my 199cm, if I'd stood on my toes she wouldn't have needed to bend down to suck my dick. I love short curvy women with big milk so that's one I'll always regret missing out on.

Had the switcheroo a couple of times as well, cute girl beckons you in and takes you to a room and tells you to undress and lay face down, next thing you're getting fondled by a katoey (not that there's anything wrong with that if you like that kind of thing). Once they start nudging the tackle I suddenly remember I'm meeting someone for lunch. :)

I'm thinking of staying at the Sukhothai for a few days on my next trip.

Anyone stayed there? Is it guest friendly? Is there a joiner fee?

My research says guest friendly but I'd like to confirm.

Food in Thailand is cheap and fresh and IMO one of the best places in the world for food.

I paid 4,000 baht because I was a noob and I got scammed.

The other place you can pay higher than Western prices is the seafood markets on Soi 24. Go for the experience if you like, but don't expect value for money.

Opposite the beer garden on Soi 7 used to be some really good seafood stalls (hopefully still there). The one run by the tall katoey and his cute sister used to be the best, but they've moved on. I've tried a couple of the other stalls and I've yet to have a bad meal there.

Tuk tuk drivers will normally recommend a seafood restaurant. Avoid these at all costs. My first night ever in bkk I fell for that one. 4,000 baht for a meal for one that was truly awful. I chalked that up to experience.

I will be in a Pattaya 2-5 and Bangkok 5-15.

I've stayed at the Marriott Bkk resort, which is riverside. You need to get the (free) ferry to and from the skytrain station which is on the other side of the river. Quiet and relaxing place to stay. I honestly can't say for sure if it is guest-friendly.

Just googled it, it's now known as the Anantara Resort. I couldn't find out definitively if it is guest friendly or not.

Of course, marrying one and taking her to live with you in an outback town is not such a great idea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDu9gbuKpKc

I've met a couple of nice girls who like to play ping pong.

It seems to develop their muscle tone to an amazing extent. If you haven't tried a ping pong girl, you really should.

This is interesting:

http://www.impowr.org/content/current-legal-framework-prostitution-thailand

Definitely clear that the legal age for prostitution is 18. Go with a girl younger than that and you could find yourself in a heap of trouble.

I was told (by a farang who had been living in Thailand for years) not to go with girls under 20 years of age as it was a grey area, that 18/19 year old girls were not supposed to be working in bars where they serve alcohol. The hotel is just playing it very safe, avoiding any grey areas.

First girl I ever took back to a hotel in Thailand was 19 years old, and I didn't have any problems. More good luck than good management as I was drunk and she could have been any age, it was more that she followed me home from Thermae like a lost puppy than that I was actively looking for a girl to take home. In that case I remember the desk clerk asking for her ID and checking it very carefully (she was tiny and flat chested). I'm so glad they did check.

I think one of the advantages of staying in a hotel that keeps the girl's ID is that they won't let them upstairs with you if they are of an age that might cause problems for the hotel or for you.

Royal Asia Lodge.

Majestic Suites you might get just under 2K baht.