As we rush headlong into the new world of no-smoking Thailand I thought I would let everyone celebrate this last weekend with the smoke filled air of your favorite pub. Seems the police are back to needing some money as of late. I guess all the items from the Christmas/New Year’s gift baskets have been sold and the cash bills from the Chinese New Year red envelopes are all but exhausted. Given this they need to revert to the normal ways of making money. Random drug busts. Word is RCA was in a tizzy last night as the boys in brown raided Route 66 to conduct some random piss testing. Thank to FOD for the hot tip. It has been some time since the Thai joints have gotten nailed. Usually they save their affection for the farang oriented clubs but Route 66 is all about the Thais so at least the love is getting spread around more evenly. My guess is the random busts at the Thai joints turn up more “suspects” than at the farang places. Just a guess though.
Welcome new blogger to the kokosphere.
Last night I checked out Nana for a short trip. I went to Carnival, Carousel, Hollywood Strip, and G-Spot.
The reason I went to Nana is simple. I was sitting at home thinking about a trip to Udon. Decided I would walk to Nana, find a girl from Udon and short-time her at a short-time hotel I have never been to. Like a mini holiday without leaving soi 4. Worked like a charm.
Both the short time spots had a huge line. Let me just say that the lines were dominated by dudes with their ladyboy dates. Welcome to Nana. So we went up to the 2nd floor of Erotica and then up the internal stairs to another short time hotel I was not aware of. 300 baht. 20 baht condom. Decent rooms but small. Shower in the room. Mirror to the side but not the top. Worked like a charm.
On Erotica - the second floor is getting a full remodel. Looks to be a go-go with some Coyote platforms. The glass has been cemented over so it looks like it will be run separate from the Erotica downstairs but I am not sure. I do know for sure that the ice guy, the guy who owns the lease, is not happy with Erotica and has been wanting to rent the second floor out as another bar. Given how bad Erotica is doing it makes sense to move in this direction.
I peeped into the old Big Mango and I did not see any work going on. Rumor was the Carousel owner was going to rent it out but unless they get going soon they will have missed high season for sure. Maybe he is too busy trying to turnaround Hollywood Strip. If he is not - he should be.
Since work started on the guide I had purchased a GPS enabled phone. Little did I know how handy it was going to become. I use it all the time but one thing I started doing was grabbing the location of the apartment buildings as I exited various Thai girl’s apartments. I was hanging with a Coyote girl the other night at her club and talk surfaced of her secret apartment. Her parents did not even know about it. She said I was too drunk to remember it. I said I have a great memory and told her where it was and the soi name. She was stunned. When I went to meet another girl the other night at her room she mentioned to call on the way so she could guide the taxi. Along the way I pulled up her name in the phone and used the phone to give directions to her pad. Worked like a charm. She was surprised I did not have to call. Technology is your friend.
Your other friend is your wingman and never forget it. We mentioned here about a night out in Tapas. During this trip I exchanged spit and numbers with a teacher. A good looking girl in her early thirties with amazing knocks. We call her BTT now. BTT started texting me the very next morning. We can we meet again, where do u work, what do u do and so on. A barrage of questions - almost too many for just having met. Felt like I was back in HK. I got the stalker feeling right away and decided to pass on connecting with her. There is just too much puss around to worry about nailing a stalker.
So my wingman who was enamored with BTT’s amazing bosom and command of the American language decided to ask if he could move in for the kill. I offered her up on a silver platter but told him why I was passing. My only request was a photo of the boobies if possible. Their first date was a movie but unfortunately for my friend her conversations revolved around me. The second date was a take away dinner at his pad where he planned to stalk her like a lion hunts antelope in the grasses of the African Savannah. Somehow she turned into a healthy antelope and feigned his advances but she offered up an explanation. Seems on the night she met me her fortune teller had told her that morning that the guy she met that night would be her future boyfriend. Shit. Can u imagine trying to break things off with a Thai girl who believes the stars have brought u together? I think waterboarding would be a better alternative. Thanks to wingman for letting me know. He has since moved on as well. The mad texting has appeared to stop.
Next up Bargirl proxies… Sherbet… Are cut ladyboys fair game?
Pay attention
The only thing Erotica had going for it was the glass ceiling. So they concrete over it. Good luck with that one…
View all comments by TAFKABBB
well- I was never in Nana much as as a consumer until recently.
My guess is the second floor may become a separate bar but who knows. Since Erotica john left the whole corner has tanked really.
View all comments by smitty
“Word is RCA was in a tizzy last night as the boys in brown raided Route 66 to conduct some random piss testing.”
So hypothetically, if Im in a club that gets raided, Ill be compelled to piss in a little plastic container? The civil libertarians here would go nuts.
Also, hypothetically, if I did piss in the container, is the testing done on the spot?
What happens if a farang tests positive? Just wondering is all.
DJJ
View all comments by Dek Jing Jo
If the Erotica folks have bought Mercury as well, which I’m sure I read somewhere, then they should have put two glass ceilings in. Erotica sits right on top of Mercury. Double-decker upskirt action. Imagine the possibilities…
View all comments by TAFKABBB
Route on a Friday has couple of thousand people in it. They piss tested them all?
Muang Thai = Land of the free
I guess we all have different definitions of ‘freedom’
View all comments by Paul
Hey folks,
Check out this article on the Financial Post regarding expats who live in Asia.
This one paragraph even mentions the Pent club…
“The temptations in Asia are greater than elsewhere. In cities like Taipei, Beijing, Hong Kong and Bangkok, the sex industry centres on business districts and hotels. A single man will almost always receive unsolicited calls in his hotel room, and local bars like Pent Exclusive Club in Bangkok have developed an exclusive clientele by inviting university-educated women seeking foreign or “fareng” husbands to flirt with the men at the bar.”
http://www.financialpost.com/money/story.html?id=296077
View all comments by anon
“The reason I went to Nana is simple. I was sitting at home thinking about a trip to Udon. Decided I would walk to Nana, find a girl from Udon and short-time her at a short-time hotel I have never been to. Like a mini holiday without leaving soi 4. Worked like a charm.”
This is one of the greatest paragraphs I have ever read on a Thailand weblog. I was ROTFLMAO for a few after reading it. Cheers!
View all comments by John Brown
Paul - The police didn’t test everyone. They came in through both the “east” and “west” doors of the main hip hop room and grabbed people seemingly at random. In all, I would estimate that they took 50 people, mostly those who happened to be closest to the doors. It was quite a scene, as a lot of people quickly made their way out that back hallway toward the washrooms. After it happened at about 1am, Route was down to about 50% of a normal weekend crowd, so it definitely chased a lot of people.
DJJ - They appeared to be taking people off-site. I guess they had created an area nearby to do the testing.
View all comments by FOD
This was an entertaining read. Well done.
View all comments by gavinmac
What brand and model of phone for GPS-ing do you have?
Is it extra for the service?
View all comments by arttv
d - I have seen all things happen. CLubs cleared out, certain people taken and so on. Depends what the goal is. When they do this in go-go bars usually it is only girls and only for show.
In the clubs they are usually after something. Tough to say really if it is a full on bust or harassing the club or really wanting to nail people. They sometimes test on site and other times they don’t. I was in narc on 23 once when they came to clear out the VIP section before testing the whole club.
Someone I know was hauled a way once in pattaya during a test and they told him he was positive and all that but he never takes anything so he knew he wasn’t. They kept forcing it for hours and he just waited them out and they let him go. If you knew you were positive then I think the SE asia survival rules should kick in. Start talking about money.
the artist - The way I understand it is that the ice guy, this is the dude who delivers ice and change to all the nana bars, has the master leases to erotica (both floors), mercury, and the short time above erotica. he has been running the erotica himself since erotica john left. He sold mercury and I think has managed to somehow do something with the second floor of erotica. Which always used to be run separate but of course owners would bitch about the glass floors.
anon - I may have to do a whole post on that article.
jb - thanks. I thought it was pretty good myself.
fod - which door did u run out of?
artv - just the nokia navigator. THere is no service to pay for since the maps, info and gps are built into the phone. The trick is getting other maps.
View all comments by smitty
“I was in narc on 23 once when they came to clear out the VIP section before testing the whole club.”
@smitty - you were in narc when they came in for a bust. how ironic. lol
View all comments by anon
smitty - Luckily the K had kicked in at that point, so I was lying crumpled in a quivering mass on the floor and the police overlooked me.
View all comments by FOD
fod - that is the playing dead technique. very clever.
View all comments by smitty
Is your GPS phone a Nokia N95? I found it cool at first but it is quite difficult to find a bit of sky in Bangkok and even then it takes a minute or two to lock onto a satellite - after a few times standing like a lemon with this phone flat on my outstreched palm looking skywards I gave it up as a bad job. I was quite lucky that it didn’t get nicked come to think of it
View all comments by doctorbond
All: It’s not a problem if you just say NO to drugs. It’s not big and it’s not clever. Stay away from the Dark Side.
View all comments by Daywalker
DW - I learned my quivering technique from you.
Smitty - I practiced (Canadian spelling) the technique while avoiding Rung at various after hours clubs during the full moon.
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FOD - your friend taught us well
View all comments by Day Walker
dr bond - nope. I hate that phone. too big and uses too much power. I have the nokia navigator which is a small slieder with gps. none of the phone GPSs are great but I needed one to work on the guide and this was the simplest solution to carry around.
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Doctorband;” Standing like a lemon with this phone flat on my outstreched palm lookin skywards”.
You might consider changing your name into ET. Phone home.
View all comments by hanuman
Of course It should be Doctorbond.
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mmm - at least it isn’t doctorbland…..
at least not yet
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