SAGuy

After all the years i have stayed at the Nana Hotel I think I may have bagged their best room. It's basically a suite and is pretty much the size of two rooms, but that aside it is posistioned above Hooters and I have three large windows looking down onto the NEP entrance and also where the freelancers gather.....maybe they secretly log your visits and thought his time has come for a bit of VIP hospitality!!...highly unlikely but for just under 1,800B a night it is excellent value! 

Hahahahaha
There's a few I recognised and a few that had all of the telltale signs of a LB FL on a mission...
SAG

Hahahahaha
There's a few I recognised and a few that had all of the telltale signs of a LB FL on a mission...
SAG

The restaurant downstairs is called Kinnaree and has a wide range of Thai and farang grub, which is always consistent.
Plus if you sit at the back, you can watch the guests come and go, I've spotted quite a few LBs getting into the lifts, so the hotel is used to this.
Kinnaree also has an outside section which is also great for people watching, as that section of soi 11 always has a lot of foot traffic.
Enjoy your stay!
 SAG

Yes I know. It is where I picked up a little stick of dynamite in November. Sitting on a stool people watching when she took the bait. 

The restaurant downstairs is called Kinnaree and has a wide range of Thai and farang grub, which is always consistent.
Plus if you sit at the back, you can watch the guests come and go, I've spotted quite a few LBs getting into the lifts, so the hotel is used to this.
Kinnaree also has an outside section which is also great for people watching, as that section of soi 11 always has a lot of foot traffic.
Enjoy your stay!
 SAG

Thanks for tips, appreciated.

I used to stay at Citadines 11 pre-Covid. My top tip is when you check in, ask for a room on a higher floor and "at the back." The downside to being on soi 11 is that it is very noisy until about 0200-0300. That's OK if you plan on staying out late every night, but if you need to get up early for work etc. it can be frustrating.
The higher floor rooms at the back don't have a great view, but are much less noisy!
The Irish pub where you used to get breakfast has now gone and they are opening something else, but I don't believe it is open yet.
SAG

A shindig is slang for a party.
A multi shindig means more than 1 guest.
Some hotels charge joiner fees for more than 1 guest. (Top tip, whenever you book a hotel room always book for 2 people, so that covers the first 'guest').
So if you rent a condo this wouldn't be an issue, but if you wanted to take 3 LBs back to your hotel, then you may get charged for 2 additional joiners.
SAG

Thanks SAG. I did know what it meant. Was just stirring Markm.

Hi ixix
Assuming that its for 1 month and your main objective is mongering, but also some sightseeing, then a potential itinerary could be:
Fly into BKK and 1 week there. There's lots to see and do in the day and at night.
Week 2 - taxi//bus/van to Pattaya. Its mainly mongering. Lets face it, nobody goes to Las Vegas to look at artwork.
Week 3 and a half - back to BKK for a few days there and then fly up to Chiang Mai for 1 week. Chiang Mai has a smaller, but active LB scene around the night market and there is a lot to see there. Its a good place for R&R in the mountains. (The LBs from the north are also very different from their Isaan 'sisters').
Last few days - fly back to BKK. Say goodbye to all the teeraks that will miss you and love you forever and buy the souvenirs, get the last massages etc.
Internal flights in the LOS are (were) very good and are (were) very cheap. Thailand is a big country, so its the best way to go. Avoid driving in the LOS if you can.
If you'd prefer a beach holiday instead of mountains, then substitute Phuket/Koh Samui/Koh Samed/Koh Chang etc. for the Chiang Mai week. The beach resorts have less LB options and your enjoyment will vary greatly based on what time of the year you go, whereas BKK/PAT/CNX are more all year round.
Most of us have been locked out of the LOS for 18-24 months now, so all of this advice is based on the past experiences. The assumption is that by 2022 things will be back to as they were, i.e. flights are still cheap, there are still girls left in BKK, PAT etc. Somehow I think that some things will never change. LOL.
SAG

Considering what's going on in the LOS at the moment, the likelihood of them removing the ASQ requirement by March 2021 is somewhere between snowfall on Sukhumvit and free drinks and BFs at NEP.
I don't want to come across as a pessimist, but reality says no chance!
SAG
 

Considering what's going on in the LOS at the moment, the likelihood of them removing the ASQ requirement by March 2021 is somewhere between snowfall on Sukhumvit and free drinks and BFs at NEP.
I don't want to come across as a pessimist, but reality says no chance!
SAG
 

Considering what's going on in the LOS at the moment, the likelihood of them removing the ASQ requirement by March 2021 is somewhere between snowfall on Sukhumvit and free drinks and BFs at NEP.
I don't want to come across as a pessimist, but reality says no chance!
SAG
 

Not sure if the moderator is still around to consider your request...the sister forum are suggesting he is AWOL.
There is hardly any traffic on here anymore so I don't suppose there is much being said in the advanced section, unless looking at bars and girls from the 
past who are no longer around is your thing. Still, I am sure things will improve and old advanced members will return again.

Considering what's going on in the LOS at the moment, the likelihood of them removing the ASQ requirement by March 2021 is somewhere between snowfall on Sukhumvit and free drinks and BFs at NEP.
I don't want to come across as a pessimist, but reality says no chance!
SAG
 

A+ here too.
Trump is spreading half fake news here.
Yes Azithromycin + chloroquine have been effective on small scales with very ill people. Effects have been moderate at best.
Much better medication will be found in the next few months.

Would you want to take meds that could potentially make you sicker (both meds have side effects) when tested only on small samples?
Think of how ill you would need to be for that to sound like a good option.

Some extra info that I found out yesterday, J&J has a HIV vaccine in fase 3 of testing, primary results are looking good. (sorry if this is general knowledge, I didn't know)

So until then we better wash our hands regularly, with soap, I assume: 
 

Seems pythons also like lower Sukhumvit...
 

The testing bias will be strong with this one. I would bet money the actual stats are waaaaaaay less.

All the whores left Canada. Like all good Canadians they now infect, I mean live in the lower 48. They are proud of their heritage though. Always go on and on about how great Canada is. But when I ask “if it’s so great, why don’t you still live there”, I get that 5 mile stare. And they start speaking French. 

When I first heard that one about 40 years ago, it was “....whores and hockey players”.   Same answer—“what position...”.  It was used to describe a quick thinker , eh?

Careful with the US- Canada stuff. On the flight home last week I sat next to a Korean guy who asked me where I was from. Told him US. He then proceeded to ask me if I’d ever been to Canada, which I had and told him I actually lived there a while and had been all over the frozen north. He then asked me what I thought about Canada. So being tired and feeling a little snarky, I said “ only two things in Canada - retards and hockey players”. He was visibly upset with my answer and with a menacing glare retorted “ My wife is from Canada”. Gathered myself quickly and said “ oh yeah, what team does she play for?”  

That's really interesting Ropey.
I've spent a bit of time in Isaan and often wondered that if they are so close to their Laos neighbours, speaking the same language, following the same religion etc. then why are they now separate?  I guess it must be similar to the US and Canada relationship?
I wonder how many Thais know that their version of Buddhism is from Sri Lanka? I never knew that, I just assumed it was from India.
Interesting stuff, it is a very complex country once you start digging.
Cheers and thanks for the info.
SAG

Wow, I never realised it was so widespread.
I cant see the attraction myself, as the feathers etc. were off-putting. However the Thai blokes i was with we were really keen on them.
I think I'll take some Mopane Worms for the next time I see them!
Thanks for the heads-up Ropey, I've never been to the PI.
 SAG