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Old November 22nd, 2005, 03:49 PM posted to rec.travel.asia
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Please advise the best place for massage and night spot

Tks


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Old November 22nd, 2005, 04:29 PM posted to rec.travel.asia
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On 2005-11-22 15:49:41 +0100, "LAW" said:

Please advise the best place for massage and night spot

Tks

Massage: Anywhere. Nigth spots: Highly overrated.
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Old November 22nd, 2005, 05:00 PM posted to rec.travel.asia
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www.barladies.com
www.nanaplaza.com

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Old November 22nd, 2005, 08:44 PM posted to rec.travel.asia
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On 2005-11-22 17:00:05 +0100, "tarzan" said:


www.barladies.com
www.nanaplaza.com


Why don't you just change this newsgroup to rec.sleazy.asia?
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Old November 24th, 2005, 02:12 AM posted to rec.travel.asia
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LAW wrote:
Please advise the best place for massage and night spot


If you truly mean a massage, and not a "massage", the place to go is
the massage school at Wat Po. Slightly more expensive than the
run-of-the-mill establishments, and much less expensive than the 4 and
5 star hotel spas. However, there are legitimate massage parlors all
over Bangkok.

See last Sunday's NY Times Travel section for "in" night spots.
Assuming you don't mean "night spots".

Larry

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Old November 26th, 2005, 01:15 PM posted to rec.travel.asia
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On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 22:49:41 +0800, "LAW" wrote:

Please advise the best place for massage and night spot

Tks


I would advise anyone new to BKK to begin at Khao-san. It is known as
the backpackers area, lots of reasonably priced hotels, boarding
houses, and plenty of bars, lots of Farangs who can give advice, and
some genuine massage parlours too, (as well as a few of the other
type!).

I would avoid Cowboy, and particularly Patpong until you have been in
BKK for a few days, as if it is clear that you have "just arrived" you
will be fair game.

BKK is a big place and you need lots of time to really get to know it.

Fatman

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Old November 26th, 2005, 03:55 PM posted to rec.travel.asia
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"Wobbley Bobbley" said...

I would advise anyone new to BKK to begin at Khao-san. It is known as
the backpackers area, lots of reasonably priced hotels, boarding
houses, and plenty of bars, lots of Farangs who can give advice, and
some genuine massage parlours too, (as well as a few of the other
type!).


I wouldn't advise anyone to start at Khao San. In fact, I'd suggest that
anyone who really wants to see and understand the city should avoid it at
all costs !!!


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Old November 26th, 2005, 09:41 PM posted to rec.travel.asia
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"Wobbley Bobbley" said...

I would advise anyone new to BKK to begin at Khao-san. It is known as
the backpackers area, lots of reasonably priced hotels, boarding
houses, and plenty of bars, lots of Farangs who can give advice, and
some genuine massage parlours too, (as well as a few of the other
type!).


I wouldn't advise anyone to start at Khao San. In fact, I'd suggest that


Easy to agree with this one.

anyone who really wants to see and understand the city should avoid it at
all costs !!!

I find it a pretty cozy place with beer and internet joints. The hotel scene
is truly poor. Perhaps those who spend 100 bahts for their accommodation may
find the neighbourhood decent. Location is good though. Ratanakosin,
Pahurat, Chinatown, Dusit and the river are not far away.


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Old November 27th, 2005, 01:11 PM posted to rec.travel.asia
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Hi,

anyone who really wants to see and understand the city should avoid it at
all costs !!!


I find it a pretty cozy place with beer and internet joints. The hotel scene
is truly poor. Perhaps those who spend 100 bahts for their accommodation may
find the neighbourhood decent. Location is good though. Ratanakosin,
Pahurat, Chinatown, Dusit and the river are not far away.


Personally, I prefer the area just west of Khao-San. Hostels are still cheap but
provide a minimum level of comfort (more if you pay the extra buck). Food is
easy enough to get by, though for the genuine type you will have to walk a bit
(again, not towards Khao San). And transport options are ok.

Khao San is ok for the internet places and maybe the odd pub... as someone else
said, it's just for the backpackers looking for the semi-authentic thing, more a
display of what Westerners expect Asia to be than reality. I did not like that
much but it can be fun walking around the place at night.

Ralph
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Old November 27th, 2005, 04:40 AM posted to rec.travel.asia
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"I wouldn't advise anyone to start at Khao San. In fact, I'd suggest
that anyone who really wants to see and understand the city should
avoid it at all costs !!!"

For those who don't know, Khao San is basically a street a few blocks
long devoted to backpackers and their various needs. Khao San and its
sidestreets are full of dirt-cheap guesthouses (US$3-5 per night is
common), Internet cafes, discount travel agencies, stalls selling
jewelry, used books, pirated CDs and DVDs, and pseudo-Asian clothing
like sarongs, and inexpensive outdoor restaurant/bars that have Western
food and cheap beer and show pirated DVDs.

Since it's really cheap to stay there and hang out, a lot of travellers
spend several days there while they wait for visas or wait for a flight
out. You will meet people from all over the world (lots of Germans,
Australians, and Israelis especially), but you will rarely meet Thais
who don't work there.

I wouldn't recommend staying there or going there unless you are on an
absolute minimal budget or you want to meet other travellers. There
are far more interesting places and much better hotels, restaurants,
and bars elsewhere in Bangkok.

 




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