[Afarang]

(01-05-2014 06:09 PM)samsamsam Wrote:  

Afarang, read a bit of your blog and living on 1,000 a month. Good read thanks for joining the board. Is that 1k USD? Or Australian?

$1k usd, the thai baht has took a battering as of late, so i reckon if I was there now perhaps a tad under like $850-900.

Biggest cost was clubbing and drinking at one point, was more than my rent, but know I now the cheapest places for bottles, where to get in free etc etc, helps quite a lot and reduces my cost.

[Afarang]

(01-05-2014 05:46 PM)coolstorybro Wrote:  

Like to keep it at around $600-$700 tops, though I hear you saying having prime location won't matter that much or?

sorry i should of been a bit more detailed. what are your needs?

in a nut shell thong lo - fancy restaurants and bars, over priced accommodation, everything generally a tad more expensive. 5 mins away from RCA, door step to /funky villa/demo/muse/Nung len (clubs).TL is mostly full of Western expats, japs, koreans, only thais will be the ones working there.


Lets say 3 bts stops away, On nut- more residential, cheaper for food, will get better value for apartments, full of residential thais. 10-20 mins away from thong lo depending on traffic/ 6-7mins on bts. Not as many fancy things on your door step.

Really depends what you are after. I'm a man of simple pleasures so i prefer the cheaper place. closest I lived was in ekkamai aravinda living home , which cost me 10k/month on a month to month lease, which are near damn impossible to find. Basic studio

for thong lo you are prob looking at 15k+ a month for an apartment for anything decent. I know of a few places near the BTS for 8k, but they are tiny and look depressing.

google "celi Bangkok", that is a god location in ekkami, as its on soi 10 more or less, which cuts staright into the heart of Thong lo. My mate is staying there now for 15k/month for a 1br, 6 month lease.

[Antipodean]

Hey Afarang

I've stayed at Aravinda Living Home a few times and like it overall but, damn, their bed mattresses are hard, even by Thai standards.
All the Thai girls I had back there agreed the beds were too hard.

Did you get them to sort it out if you were there for a few months?

[libertad1312]

(01-05-2014 02:06 PM)coolstorybro Wrote:  

(01-05-2014 11:50 AM)libertad1312 Wrote:  

Just talking about girls there are much better countries to live than Thailand (even though the majority of countries is still worse though...).

Where would that be in your opinion?

philippines, indonesia, almost everywhere in southamerica, lots of south/east european countries.

nice blog, afarang. how are the cheap and healthy food options around this condo in ekkamai?

[Afarang]

(01-05-2014 06:59 PM)Antipodean Wrote:  

Hey Afarang

I've stayed at Aravinda Living Home a few times and like it overall but, damn, their bed mattresses are hard, even by Thai standards.
All the Thai girls I had back there agreed the beds were too hard.

Did you get them to sort it out if you were there for a few months?

yes they are quite hard, but I got myself a very nice bed pad for 500baht off a friend, really improved the quality by about 200%.

I think they go for like 1000 in Tesco usually. Well worth it if you are going to stay a long amount of time. I been told they now charge 12k a month for a room, so sorry if its not 10k any more.

If anybody ever saw a red bike outside that place, with a basket, it was mine, looked very girly.

(01-05-2014 09:28 PM)libertad1312 Wrote:  

philippines, indonesia, almost everywhere in southamerica, lots of south/east european countries.

nice blog, afarang. how are the cheap and healthy food options around this condo in ekkamai?

I assume you mean Aravinda, within a 1 minute walk from the condo are two thai styled resturants, typical thai food, rice and meats, around 35-50 baht. Ekkamai gate way is about a 12-15 minute walk, (20baht motosi) (10baht motosi end of soi), and that has a food court with food from about 50baht.

If you wake up early enough, about 15second walk out of the hotel soi, a women opens a noodle stand till about 10-11am. I sadly only ever see it open when im walking back from a night out around 7-8am, so cant comment on the food.

In the actual soi it self there are there are a few sellers, from cold isan food, to the 100baht fishes, " LA MENG" which is noodle with pork. I got a video recording of the soi, ill try and get it uploaded when I get a chance. Im in Oz now, and the internet is not so great for uploading.

[WanderingSoul]

(01-05-2014 09:28 PM)libertad1312 Wrote:  

(01-05-2014 02:06 PM)coolstorybro Wrote:  

(01-05-2014 11:50 AM)libertad1312 Wrote:  

Just talking about girls there are much better countries to live than Thailand (even though the majority of countries is still worse though...).

Where would that be in your opinion?

philippines, indonesia, almost everywhere in southamerica, lots of south/east european countries.

nice blog, afarang. how are the cheap and healthy food options around this condo in ekkamai?

Almost everywhere in south America? Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Suriname, Guyana, French Guyana, Chile are better than Thailand?

How long have you lived in Thailand? How times have you pulled from RCA or Demo?

Once you answer those questions I'll know if I can take you seriously. The majority of people who don't have fun in Bangkok are the guys who don't have success with decent girls in places like RCA, and just fuck isaan semi pros from Sukhumvit.

[libertad1312]

(01-05-2014 10:24 PM)RioNomad Wrote:  

(01-05-2014 09:28 PM)libertad1312 Wrote:  

(01-05-2014 02:06 PM)coolstorybro Wrote:  

(01-05-2014 11:50 AM)libertad1312 Wrote:  

Just talking about girls there are much better countries to live than Thailand (even though the majority of countries is still worse though...).

Where would that be in your opinion?

philippines, indonesia, almost everywhere in southamerica, lots of south/east european countries.

nice blog, afarang. how are the cheap and healthy food options around this condo in ekkamai?

Almost everywhere in south America? Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Suriname, Guyana, French Guyana, Chile are better than Thailand?

How long have you lived in Thailand? How times have you pulled from RCA or Demo?

Once you answer those questions I'll know if I can take you seriously. The majority of people who don't have fun in Bangkok are the guys who don't have success with decent girls in places like RCA, and just fuck isaan semi pros from Sukhumvit.

Peru, Uruguy and Chile are better and just leaves the smallish Guyana-states and Suriname plus Bolivia and maybe Paraguay.

I am living in BKK for half a year. Did just go to those nightspots twice, as I do not like clubbing. But the girls I spend time with are going to these venues all the time in case they are drinking at all.

Of course you can find hot women if you go to these chosen places. Actually there are beautiful girls everywhere in Bangkok. I love the girls here and have a great time.

But this does not change the fact that I had much more fun with women in the mentioned countries. And this was as a tourist without hitting the expensive nightclubs and having to filter girls on their social status.

Wasnt it you who said a few days ago that people who know their way around and have a decent look and game are doing good with 6-7s in nightclubs? In most of the mentioned countries it is much easier and you would doing better girls with the same background and effort.

Again, Thailand is a great country, including girls. But the question was about the best countries to bang girls.

[WanderingSoul]

Been to RCA twice because you don't like clubbing. Got it. I understand now.

[libertad1312]

Would you go there if there were no girls? Just to drink, enjoy the music and to dance? I am really interested in the answer.

If yes, than I really envy you and you can be happy to share the same passion as girls. Personally I cannot stand the music and do not like to dance to it.

And as long as I am living at a place where I can find women outside from these places I do not see any urge to spend my time at places that I dislike just for the sake of women.

Also I went to RCA AND Ekamai twice, never more then once to the same place. Not for clubbing, but because friends asked me out and I always like to see places myself before judging them. I would suggest the same for you, instead of blindly insisting that the girls in these clubs are the non plus ultra in the world.

[WanderingSoul]

I'm sure there are places with better girls than Thailand, I'm not debating that at all.

I wouldn't go to any nightclub if there was no girls. I'm not a homosexual, so that doesn't sound enjoyable.

What I take issue with is someone whose admittedly spent virtually zero time where the best girls in Bkk go, saying countries known to have low quality women (Peru, Chile, etc.) has better quality women. It may be true, though I doubt it. However, you hardly seem qualified to make a sweeping statement like "nearly all countries in south America have higher quality women.". While some may have, saying they nearly all do is obviously false.

You may be a super handsome guy who fucks girls way hotter than I do, but the number of guys who come on here, downplay Thai women, then admit they've spent nearly no time where high quality Thai women go is a bit out of hand. Had you said you've pulled several girls from RCA and still find Peruvian women more attractive I wouldn't have had an issue at all. But there's a ton of dudes out here eating sour grapes after they realize being a white dude with a pulse isn't going to net them any decent pussy.

If we ever run into each other I'd buy you a drink and legitimately like to hear about south America. We can always agree to disagree. Don't take it personal, but if you stick around for a while, you'll see a lot of guys who don't get the love they expected in bkk, and make a lot of bitter posts after.

[libertad1312]

The question was about a good place for women, not if you can find high quality women in Bangkok.

For the later we would have to discuss the word quality women, as everybody has their own opinion on this. It sounds that you have already adapted to to thai standards and that a high quality women is a girl that has a high status here in Thailand. A good job or a rich dad, graduated from a good university, good social circle, slim and in most cases a white skin.

These clubs might have one of the biggest population of them, but this does not mean that they are the only places where you can find girls like this. Many of the so called quality women do not even go out as they prefer working out over alcohol etc... Correct me if I got your picture of a quality women wrong.

With Peru and Chile you have chosen the two bottom examples out of the list, but still, even there you will find upper class women who can be really hot. Plus they will be more playful and better in the bed than the average Thai. It is just a much more passionate culture. We can turn it around: A few years ago I went to Venezuala. I did not even had heard of the word game and my looks has been worse than today. One night in the club in Venezuala I got approached by two rich models and two hours later we have been on the way to my hotel. I fucked it up a bit as I was staying in the worst shithole ever and was drunk as hell but was still invited to her birthday party on a roof-top bar of a 5 star hotel a few days later.
This is a bit different then waiting till girls get drunk and then walking from table to table and having to open groups in hope to get a few numbers and to be able to bang them on the 2nd "date", no?

Still, girls are great here and worth the effort. But it is a fact that in other countries you will be banging more girls of the same status with less effort.

This is not meant to be a bitter post. Not at all, otherwise I would not be stuck here by choice. Sure, we can talk over orange juice about South America one day. However, we do not even need to look that fast. Even in the Philippines and in Indonesia it is much easier to get laid with "quality women" - I think everybody does agree with it, or not? Of course the quantity of quality women is higher here in Bangkok, but you wont have enough time for all of them in other places neither.

[Thailand_Veteran]

The problem with judging Thailand properly is that most visitors stay only short term and usually go to the farang places. The quality of girls in those places has dropped dramatically over the past years. Years ago the bars, discos in BKK, Pattaya and Phuket were full of supermodels. This is not the case anymore -girls nowadays have a choice. Thats why some people complain about ugly girls.

In Thailand the distinction between a hooker and a normal girl is not as easy as in a western country. In a western country a prostitute fucks many customers per day and works in a brothel. She is not interested in going to disco with customers and is not looking for bf or husband. This type of prostitution exists in Thailand as well but caters to local customers. A thai bargirl, semi-pro, freelancer in disco would never consider herself as a prostitute. She wants fun, dance, drink and make some extra money. Due to this Thailand has gained the reputation of having beautiful and easy girls. But those girls do NOT represent the normal thai girl.

From what I have heard girls in Peru, Equador, Chile are ugly as hell - maybe they are much easier than thai girls. I dont want to fuck easy, but ugly girls!

Quality in Thailand is great if you stay away from P4P, maybe the best in SEA. For years I have observed foreign visitors in thailand - I fully understand that most of them fail. To find out what is needed to succesfully game normal thai girls takes time. However, I guarentee if joining some of the experts here to party at the right places, a decent looking, well dressed guy, even in his late 30s will be able to get laid with a beautiful thai girl.

[ManAbout]

Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere, there is a lot of material on here about Thailand, wondering if somebody could give me a quick rundown on what to bring for club wear. How would slim fit jeans, a dress shirt and custom blazer go down in the club? Or is it too hot to bring a blazer? Thanks!

[DirectDanger]

(01-07-2014 12:16 AM)ManAbout Wrote:  

Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere, there is a lot of material on here about Thailand, wondering if somebody could give me a quick rundown on what to bring for club wear. How would slim fit jeans, a dress shirt and custom blazer go down in the club? Or is it too hot to bring a blazer? Thanks!

December/January you can wear a light blazer at night. March/April/May is way to hot for a blazer.

Nice jeans, dress shirt, and quality shoes will put you in the top 10% of guys at the clubs. I would go more for a trendy look then dressy.

[Bushido]

(01-07-2014 12:30 AM)DirectDanger Wrote:  

Nice jeans, dress shirt, and quality shoes will put you in the top 10% of guys at the clubs. I would go more for a trendy look then dressy.

Dress shirt and jeans puts you in the top 10%? I get that it's hot and all but are people really that badly dressed over there?

I'm planning a trip to BKK this year. Tis why I'm asking.

[WanderingSoul]

People aren't so much badly dressed as they are very casually dressed. Thai guys have decent style, but it leans either more casual, or as DD said, more trendy.

Suit game would be way over dressed for RCA, but may work well at soi 11. That said, it's about to get hot as balls and even a dress shirt and jeans is going to be hot as fuck. That's why you won't want to wear more than a dress shirt and jeans/chinos/trousers, layering will be 100% out of question.

[Afarang]

I wear a fitted shirt, chinos and some boat shoes. Not even gonna lie im in like the top 2%, and im not even white.

No need to wear a suit ever really, going to come off very pretentious unless your at a Wedding. Soi 11 trys to sell it self as "hi so, trendy", but when in facts its full of tourists and wanna be hi so isan prostitutes/isans looking for white guys.

The very least anyone should wear is a t-shirt and jeans with closed footwear.

[Bushido]

(01-07-2014 12:47 AM)RioNomad Wrote:  

People aren't so much badly dressed as they are very casually dressed. Thai guys have decent style, but it leans either more casual, or as DD said, more trendy.

Suit game would be way over dressed for RCA, but may work well at soi 11. That said, it's about to get hot as balls and even a dress shirt and jeans is going to be hot as fuck. That's why you won't want to wear more than a dress shirt and jeans/chinos/trousers, layering will be 100% out of question.

Thanks for the pointers. That makes sense with the hot weather down there.

I wonder if a custom-fitted shirt might be the answer to bring things up a level.

[WanderingSoul]

(01-07-2014 12:53 AM)Afarang Wrote:  

I wear a fitted shirt, chinos and some boat shoes. Not even gonna lie im in like the top 2%, and im not even white.

No need to wear a suit ever really, going to come off very pretentious unless your at a Wedding. Soi 11 trys to sell it self as "hi so, trendy", but when in facts its full of tourists and wanna be hi so isan prostitutes/isans looking for white guys.

The very least anyone should wear is a t-shirt and jeans with closed footwear.

Where else in Bkk could you go to bang a Korean tourist, an isaan gold digger, and a ladyboy prostitute in the same night?

[WanderingSoul]

(01-07-2014 12:54 AM)dreambig Wrote:  

(01-07-2014 12:47 AM)RioNomad Wrote:  

People aren't so much badly dressed as they are very casually dressed. Thai guys have decent style, but it leans either more casual, or as DD said, more trendy.

Suit game would be way over dressed for RCA, but may work well at soi 11. That said, it's about to get hot as balls and even a dress shirt and jeans is going to be hot as fuck. That's why you won't want to wear more than a dress shirt and jeans/chinos/trousers, layering will be 100% out of question.

Thanks for the pointers. That makes sense with the hot weather down there.

I wonder if a custom-fitted shirt might be the answer to bring things up a level.

Tailored shirt and chinos is a good look.

[ManAbout]

Thanks for the feedback. Alright, so I am going to leave the custom blazer at home. I have a few linen pants, I will throw those in with slim fit jeans and fitted dress shirts.

[Vacancier Permanent]

Hey Man About,
Are you in LOS now? Great timing to escape Boretown turned Freezetown!

How are you liking it so far man?

[WanderingSoul]

Except for it's about to get hot as balls in Bangkok hah. Fuckin hate the weather this time of year. It's been so nice lately, but about to get uncomfortably hot.

[ManAbout]

(01-08-2014 10:02 PM)Vacancier Permanent Wrote:  

Hey Man About,
Are you in LOS now? Great timing to escape Boretown turned Freezetown!

How are you liking it so far man?

Yeah man, just got here last night, still dazed from the trip. Missed the connection in Tokyo, thus turning into an 8 hour layover with a change of airports from Narita to Haneda to catch a flight to BKK. Haven't really got a good feel of the place yet to be honest. Yes, definitely a good time to get away, I wasn't lucky enough to miss the -23 degree temperatures earlier in the week though.

[Sp5]

+1 rep point from me for whoever can bang this one, most hi-so:



NY Times: Thai beer loses esteem after heiress remarks

Quote:

Chitpas Bhirombhakdi, 28, the beer heiress and a major player in the Bangkok protests, was quoted last month in a widely circulated article saying that many Thais lack a “true understanding” of democracy, “especially in the rural areas.” . . . .

To detractors in the northeast, Ms. Chitpas, an aspiring politician who is a direct descendant of a 19th-century Thai king, is a symbol of a Bangkok upper class holding onto vestiges of feudal power and not trusting rural voters to make the right choice at the ballot box.

“She’s rich, and she lives in rich people’s circles — she knows nothing about rural life,” said Patsadaporn Chantabutr, 45, a teacher at an elementary school in a village outside Udon Thani, who like many people here has followed the protests closely. “We reject the idea that we are just hillbillies.”

As the boycott was spreading in the northeast, mostly through social media and word of mouth, Ms. Chitpas wrote on her Facebook page that she was fighting for the country and had no intention to “infringe” on other people’s rights. She did not deny the words attributed to her about Thais lacking an understanding of democracy, but she added, “I would like to inform you that I’ve never looked down on rural people at all.”

So Singha and Leo are made by the same brewery and they're being boycotted by the red shirt side now.