Trip advice

[Keithambrose]

On 3/25/2026 at 12:33 AM, Londoner said:

I write a lot about my time in  Palestine-too much some would say- and so I won't do so here but I must say that, while I've enjoyed my holiday in Chiang Mai and Jomtien and am sad to be going home tomorrow,  Trump and Netanyahu have done their utmost to ensure that my mood has been much more gloomy than usual. Thanks guys. And I dare not speak of the far worse suffering of others.

Insh'allah it'll be over by June when I return. Or will it be Cuba and Lebanon (again) then? Or Mexico? or Syria? 

For heaven's sake, please stop.

Don't forget Greenland,  or Canada!

[ichigo]

18 hours ago, Dannyxxx said:

I would like a shop with the selection of Kmanspa but more of a private feel to it with a little luxury.  Kmanspa was literally on a mat on the floor.

Kman has 'VIP' rooms which are bigger and have a small shower in the room, but it costs a little extra.

[vinapu]

18 hours ago, mauRICE said:

Aren't Midnight and Dragon (the one with tabletop dancing) on street level?

They are but since they are not go go bars I omitted them . Their guys still can be offed but generally outside of working hours 

[jimmie50]

4 hours ago, vinapu said:

Their guys still can be offed but generally outside of working hours 

I don't know about Midnight, but you can certainly off guys at Rainbow Dragon after hours.  Bar closes at 3am, though, so rather late to be hanging around just to off someone.  I preferred exchanging Line info and making arrangements to meet on his off day or before going to work in the afternoon.  Much easier to arrange that way.  

[Keithambrose]

9 hours ago, vinapu said:

They are but since they are not go go bars I omitted them . Their guys still can be offed but generally outside of working hours 

Dancing on bar, not table, i think.

[Keithambrose]

4 hours ago, jimmie50 said:

I don't know about Midnight, but you can certainly off guys at Rainbow Dragon after hours.  Bar closes at 3am, though, so rather late to be hanging around just to off someone.  I preferred exchanging Line info and making arrangements to meet on his off day or before going to work in the afternoon.  Much easier to arrange that way.  

Does that not tend to push the bar to losing money?

[vinapu]

7 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

Does that not tend to push the bar to losing money?

I venture to say yes and no.

Yes because they forfeit possible income from off fees , not to mention increased traffic. No because they don't have that many boys  on roster and if  they allow them to be offed by 11.pm. bar could be free of boys presence    and as results empty of clints too

[vinapu]

12 hours ago, jimmie50 said:

I don't know about Midnight, 

waiters there  can be offed , I believe off fee is 600 although from time to time if they are short staffed they may not allow them to leave premises until bar is closed - reason the same like at Dragon

[Dannyxxx]

I must make a correction to an erroneous thing i typed. I said that Kmanspa was basically a small room with a mat on the floor.  I now realize that was actually 15m Massage.  The selection of guys at 15m looks great. I hope they have a private room.  I’ll be arriving in Bangkok in a couple days.

[vinapu]

1 hour ago, Dannyxxx said:

.  I’ll be arriving in Bangkok in a couple days.

have fun , we are waiting for your reports impatiently 

[MaxBKK]

15 hours ago, Dannyxxx said:

The selection of guys at 15m looks great. I hope they have a private room.

Try Stars Man Massage  - just a 30 second walk from 15M and the same type of guys. Much better facilities. Private rooms available. 

[Keithambrose]

3 hours ago, MaxBKK said:

Try Stars Man Massage  - just a 30 second walk from 15M and the same type of guys. Much better facilities. Private rooms available. 

Thanks. Hadn't heard of them. 

[Keithambrose]

7 minutes ago, Keithambrose said:

Thanks. Hadn't heard of them. 

Impressive website, and all good reviews. As you say shares some of the boys. Some members have said that 15M is a bit basic, this looks up scale!

[vinapu]

4 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

Thanks. Hadn't heard of them. 

Former name GBeat Spa 

[hank75]

On 3/24/2026 at 3:21 AM, jamiebee said:

Even philippine carrier Cebu Pacific just announced earlier yesterday they are reducing and cancelling some flights to and from Bangkok, Hanoi, Melbourne, Sydney, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur routes citing crisis on global fuel prices.

I'm a bit worried my MNL-BKK flight may get cancelled too.

Well, even my DXB-MNL flight from here in Dubai where daily missiles and drone attacks are happening is not confirmed to fly. 😅😅😅

 

 

I just arrived in Bangkok on Friday (for work so nothing to report). The immigration queue was one of the longest I have ever seen.Speaking to the gentleman in the line ahead of me,  appears flights from Middle East have now started running again after several days delay, which is causing a high volume of arrivals. This gentleman came from Sweden via a transit in Dubai on Emirates. He said he was rebooked from his original flight with a delay of 3 days. 

The immigration staff were flustered which made them curt, unhelpful and bordering on rude. Huge confusion over who was allowed to use the priority lane. Many queue jumpers tried to get into priority. After seeing the queue I initially regretted not booking the AOT express service. But after a while they gave up filtering passengers and just waved everyone into the priority lane to ease the massive queue. Passengers in wheelchairs or accompanied by the AOT butler were forced right to the back.

There was outright discrimination, a young guy who was clearly poor and badly educated had a badly booked transit which required him to exit immigration, collect his bags and then re-check in. He didn’t know if he should go through the regular immigration channels, go through transit or how to complete TDAC which requires stating length of stay and accommodation. We all witnessed immigration staff shouting at him, hustling him back into the queue without listening and refusing to provide any clarity on his situation. He was almost in tears thinking he would miss his next flight. Swedish gentleman and another Asian gentleman banded together to help him out and he was finally escorted through. 

To be fair, they tried to keep things moving at a snappy pace although it still took an hour. I booked an airport pick up after hearing about taxi fuel shortages at Suvarnabhumi and my pick up has to call to find out if I was coming because I was so late. I wasn’t worried about not actually being able to get a taxi for a ride into central Bangkok, but was concerned the taxi line might be extremely long. After facing down the immigration line I was glad to jump straight into my pick up. 

For anyone arriving between now and Songkran, do have your TDAC and other necessary documents ready, and book advance transport.