This time next week I'll be back in Thailand, Bangkok to be precise for a few nights. Staying on Soi 5 on the Suk so a return to Nana, Soi Cowboy and a first venture to Patpong and Annies amidst several temple visits for the tourist pics are on the agenda. Got an idea from another forum regarding doing some Asia-info site promotion so I got 250 business cards done up with some basic info on them which I plan on leaving everywhere and anywhere on my travels. Here's a pic in the free card holder I got.
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After Bangkok it's off to Don Meung for my first visit there and the short flight to Cambodia where it's 4 nights in Phnom Penh. Staying on street 148 on the Ohana. The plan is to hit Jim's California 2 place and get the lowdown before checking out the various nightlife spots. The usual s21, kiling fields, Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda and the city tour will be the day time activities.
I've a bus booked with Giant Ibis for the trip to Siem Reap but I may end up getting a taxi depending on cost, the bus only cost 10 euro so I'm none too bothered about that. A further 4 nights in Siem Reap will assure that I'm all templed out after touring Angkor Wat.
Flying with Angkor air back to BKK then Mr T will hopefully pick me up and leave me off at Tim's Boutique hotel in Pattaya for the week.
Looking forward to a return to Bangkok, it's over 6 years since my first newb trip there where I made all the classic newb mistakes but the BG's are dealing with a different DontPanic this time around.
My first venture into Nana plaza was just a complete overwhelming of the senses, I did loads of reading and had quite a few spots picked out. One of which was Angelwitch, was none too impressed with it but after a couple of beers one BG came over to me and of course I barfined her. The next night I made the mistake of walking by Angelwitch to get to another gogo and of course the previous night's bg was there outside angel witch. After I managed to free myself I walked to another gogo, G-Spot I think opposite one of the Ladyboy gogos. Same thing, although had a lot more fun in this place but barfined the first bg in the place.
Those short time rooms in Nana are freezing by the way. I decided I'd had enough of Nana so went to the Hard Rock for a night and ended up having a great time, lots of Thai ladies there but I hadn't a word of Thai at the time so no progress was made. The next night I decided to hit a few places on Soi Cowboy, again went to a few places, none of which made any real impressions so went to Tilac bar, walked in and got grabbed by a girl who would introduce herself as Ice. Nice looking TG, not a dancer, she worked the bar and collected glasses and spoke very good English. She said she was 37 at the time. I was smitten, had a great time with her and she ended up being brought back to the room for the next few nights. But I got fleeced for Ladydrinks for her and her friends. Up until this I was thinking it was hard to spend money in this country, these were the days of 50 Baht to the Euro too!
The barfine mysteriously increased every night for some reason or other, I was buying food for people just cos she asked me and she ended up getting a parting gift of some perfume that cost around 3,500 baht. She was very eager to come live in Ireland too 555 and have a baby and bring me up to see her home in Udon Thani. So emails were exchanged but exactly 3 weeks after I returned home I got the sick stomach email and her bank details and a request for 20,000 baht for medicine. I sent her a mail back telling her to give up smoking 555.
After that it would be 3 years before I returned to the kingdom, I wasn't overly impressed with it, didn't seem worth the effort. Until a chance reading of a travel agents magazine where I spotted a very good offer for a trip to Phuket, a place I knew little about. A quick google saw me sign up to Phuket info and now 3 years later I'm embarking on my 6th trip to Thailand.
I plan on doing live updates as well as a review TR with pics etc. Leaving Saturday 15th June, back Friday 5th July.