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Finally, after walking past it a couple of times I remember the third hotel I had in mind when posting about those new options. It is called "Resort M BTS Chong Nonsi". It is directly next to the MahaNakon building, in the very small narrow soi bewtween immediately to the left of the MahaNakon, between MahaNakon and The Infinity It's no more than 100m from the BTS station. VERY cheap indeed, less than 1000B. Though being very small it even have a small pool between the two wings (hence the name "resort" I suppose). Looks look modern and nice in the pics, though it seems some have no wondoew (not sure). This might be another great value option for esteemed hotel-hopper @vinapu Nope, alive and kicking. Drove past the other day and made a point of looking, as I was also looking for the hostel there, Minimis fromerly Thrive, sionce someone asked about that. That one is being demolished as part of the Twilight redevelopment, but not BBB. true and annoying. A way around that is searching for a hotel in google maps rather than the regular google. The hotel description there will have address, phone number and other info, AND a link to the hotel's own website (if they have one, sometimes for some businesses it's a link to their facebook page, but same thing if that's all they have) Note the difference in amenities: laundry SERVICE vs laundry FACILITIES. The former should be obvious what it is, the latter can be ambiguous. I'm the exact opposite haha. NEVER eaten any of the snacks, but sometimes had a coke or something from the fridge when there was an urgent need. Always paid for that, though, never even occurred to me to replace it from outside lol. Haha, I have actually taken remains of small bars of soap from hotels, which I do when staying at high end hotels and they have high quality soap rather than the cheapt shitty ones. And yes, I am entitled to those remains, as I already used it and it would otherwise land in the trash, wasted. This reminds me of an annoying habit of a hotel in southern France I stay for about a week every year. They replace the soap bar after about a couple of days, when it's still like 95% intact (I only use bar soap to wash my hands, never to shower). Why they do that is a mystery to me and I find a competely unecessary waste. I do take the remains (if they leave me one towards the end of my stay) with me too, as it;s a nice olive oil soap. I went there to look at their rooms a year or two ago, scouting hotels for a friend. The whole place (apart from the nice lobby area) looked dark and old and tired inside and I would NEVER consider staying there.

if I remember correctly from his report, that was in Thonglor

Great report indeed, sounds like two guys who know how to have fun :-) But as DM already pointed out, you are clearly mistaken about Chakran/V-Club being "far". For a mosai ride it is certainly (too) far, BUT going by BTS is a breeze, an airconditioned one to boot. The Ari area is actually well known and very happening when it comes to restaurants and cafes.

Patpong 2 left hand side (coming from Surawong), second floor to the right hand side of Fresh Boys (which in turn is directly above Screw Boys). Can't miss it, huge neon sign. If you sit in the front row of bar stools at New Hotmale you can see comings and goings at Dreamboys P. as well as their shirtless boys across the soi, a bit off to the left.

did a quick survey of the new patpong twilight. Starting from Silom, going through Patpong 1 and saw chillout boys (empty), and Sweet Banana (a handful of boys on stage, no or almost no customers, kinda pushy door people). Didn't see Superboys. Went to the old Twilight to have a quick glance, no fully boarded up, including Hotmale which still looked open a few days ago when driving past. A quick sidetrip to Soi Wallstreet revealed a closed G Boy bar. Then on to Patpong 2. Had a drink at New Hotmale beer bar with one of the waiters who likes me. Was kinda hoping to find @paulsf there, but didn't. Couldn't look inside the bar as they collected admission fee of 350 outside. On to Dreamboy P., they even said "can look first", so that's what I did. Told one of mamasan's (in Thai) that I was there only for a quick look at all the new establishments and would come back another day for show etc. No issue with that, friendly chat. DBP looked rather small to me. Many shirtless guys outside the bar, none of them really my type lol. Next stop Lucky Boys. Suprised how large it is. Looks fancy, too. Mamasans did seem pushy trying to escort me to a seat. I just stopped before entering the actual bar area, had a look around, a boy massaged my neck from a seat above lol. On the way out spotted an unusual looking boy in the dressing room. Unusual because he had VERY dark skin and facial features were somewhat reminiscent of an Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi guy (not normally my cup of the, but he was cute with lively eyes) We made eye contact and I asked him where he was from. Laos. Kinda surprising given the looks. Told him I'd come back another day (which I am indeed planning to do). Number 42. On the way home passed Soi 4 and saw the new Banana Boys but didn't go in. All in all, as Michael said in the other thread, things are alive and kicking indeed.

interesting... will try to have a look when I get around to it

he could actually GIVE me that money and I wouldn't take him LOL

funniest thing were two of yesterday's Bangkok Post headlines, side by side: What I'm wondering is what the generals are thinking how they could govern if, on the one hand, they command a majority in the combined session of lower and upper house (easy for them) and thus elect Gen. P. as PM, but, on the other hand, do NOT command a majority in the lower house. How do they envision to pass legislation????? And couldn't the lower house then actually table and pass a motion of no confidence? Bloomberg actually carried a story highlighting that very possibility. Of course I don't know if their new constitution and parliamentary laws allow for such a motion, and under what conditions etc etc....

Sofitel SO is a gay popular choice. They're hosting gay pool parties frequently, too. Might be expensive over Songkran though, obviously

if Patpong becomes the new Twilight then it's essentially the same location though! actually not true, walking distance from Bandara to both is 1.0 km according to google maps, so it's smack in the middle

Having a dedicated hotel thread, I'd like to throw in some new (to me) discoveries: 1. also in Silom Soi 3, essentially next door to Baan Silom, is a new very nice looking boutique hotel called Kessara. It is in a wooden house that looks more like a large family home than a hotel. Seems to be on the slightly pricier side in the 3k range, but probably well worth it. 2. with famous hotel-hopper @vinapu in mind the brand new T2 Residence Sathorn in Suan Phlu Soi 6 might be an option to consider for some not minding the distance to Silom/Surawong/BTS. Rooms are smallish, but adequate, modern and being new of course spotless. Cheap in the 1k range. A friend stayed there recently, so I had a chance to see the rooms personally (rather than just internet pics). They even have a tiny swimming pool!! And special feature: it is basically directly opposite Prince massage 3. I think I had a third one I wanted to post here, but forgot.... if it comes back to me I'll add it

Thank you, I couldn't agree more!! This annoys me very often, too, and even more annoyingly this also happens in luxury hotels. I seriously do't get it why they design bathrooms with nowhere to put stuff. Another bathroom related thing is that very often they don't have anywhere to even put/hand the towels. Isn't that one of THE most basic features of any bathroom?

"Majority of the popular vote" is obviously a false premise. They are FAR from having the majority (i.e. over 50%) of the popular vote. They have simply the most votes. But votes of other anti-junta parties combined probably outnumber their camp's combined number, though I'm really not sure as I have no clue as to which side all those obscure small parties are on that made it into parliament. Which in itself makes governing more difficult, they should have had a minimum threshold of votes to enter parliament (in Germany, which the system was modeled after, it is 5%)

just teases? Thought this was more of a full service shop..

No worries, boy is clear priority over reading forum and meeting other members Next time, or in sg....

Google Thailand today:

That's very tame compared to these two, also seem in Silom:

was originally kinda hoping to see you and paulsf tonight at Maxis, but that of course turned out to be impossible. Soi Twilight tonight: Deader than dead lol. Though the two guys in the pic chatted me up as I took these pictures and the right hand (weed smoking) one was quick to ask me if I wanted boy massage LOL. Like that was something special and hard to find in the general Silom/Surawong area haha. I didn't realize how far the redevelopment has already taken it's toll, with the steel construction fence up to the left of Fresh Boys, which was Bonny Massage, right? Bangkok Massage still intact though

is that true? Saturday the whole Soi essentially closed? Why? They can't serve alcohol, but they can still serve boys and that's what people go there for, not alcoholic drinks. No?

parties contesting: a whopping 81 (there's even an LGBT party, I see there posters around Silom) source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/thailand-election-democracy-after-military-rule-11280022

Agree on the "lots of handsome men". Since I added them on Line, I kinda like looking at their Line updates just for the eye candy. Some are on the hunky side, more like @vinapu types maybe, but also some cuter, less built ones with boyish faces, which I like.... Might go some day, though in general I don't really go to the full service shops, rather prefer the uncertainty of the "normal" ones hehe

hmm, again I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure there is a separate line for the 70+/disabilities/small children, that is to the RIGHT of the main immigration lines, whereas the Thai business class is to the left. I know this because I recently used it when traveling with a friend who had sprained his foot on our trio and had requested wheelchair service at arrival. We were ushered to the right hand side. As for the labeling of that lane versus the other(s), I really don't know/remember....

With the proliferation of Art Massage shops I thought it should have it's own thread. Guess what, there is yet another brand new branch, now smack on Silom Road under BTS Saladaeng, directly opposite Silom Complex. Exact location is to the right of Soi 2/1 which is the one going to G.O.D. (or now renamed G.Bangkok), see this screenshot with my annotations from google streetview: The shop has the same design as all the others with the beige brick walls. They must now have 6 or 7 branches by now: 3 or 4 (or is it maybe 5 now lol?) directly on Surawong, one in Soi Tarntawan off Surawong (opposite Tawan), one in Suan Phlu between Soi 6 and 8, and now this one. If we add a post to this thread for each new branch they open this thread could get very long very fast hahaha. I have limited experience with their shops, I think two visits only. One in the branch right outside Tarntawan Hotel (great experience), and one around the corner from Soi Twilight (not good).

for me it would clearly be Babe haha

to add to the confusion LOL: I believe "priority" is again separate and different from "premium" or "fast track" and designated for people with disabilities, with small children or the elderly. Again, not 100% sure, as I see those signs often in passing but never pay enough attention to actually register where they are and what exactly what they say. Just concerned with getting through immigration ASAP lol