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  1. The Artbox will stay in Chuvit Garden / Sukhumvit Soi 10 until the end of 2020, according to a post on their Facebook page.
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    Hotels with large bedside mirrors

    In general, the smaller the hotel room, the more likely it is they place big mirrors there to make the room look larger... The illusion of depth I think it's called...
  3. I ♥ green curry but red curry is also delicious: Panang chicken curry
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    Taxi booking apps for BKK

    The easytaxi.com site doesn't seem to work anymore and Uber has become Grab last year... I've tried to download the allthaitaxi app but no such luck either (they only have an iOS app that works apparently but not an Android app...). http://www.allthaitaxi.com/website/en/home Has anyone knowledge of a good Grab app alternative for Bangkok? Are BTS and MRT apps useful for visitors? Is it possible to buy tickets online with them?
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    Don Muang airport to nana

    The green Sukhumvit BTS line has recently been extended up to Kasetsart University (N13). The two stations before Kasetsart, Ratchayothin (N11) and Sena Nikhom colony (N12) are now being served by airport bus no. A1 to Don Mueang airport (DMK, not Bkk!!). The airport bus to the two BTS stations leaves from gates 6 (T1) and 12 (T2). An improvement over the situation before I think, when you had to take the A1 bus all the way down to Mo Chit BTS... https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1809879/new-bus-route-to-don-mueang-launched
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    New Emoticons!

    Thanks Kendo for your explanation! However I didn't mean the rep points but what it says in the green "community reputation" field. Just as an example: This is a copy of OTS' community reputation field: Wasn't it something like excellent or very good or something like that before? Same for some other BMs - including you and I. Or am I completely wrong??? [emoji770]
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    New Emoticons!

    Did those new icons / symbols have an effect on the way the members' reputation levels are calculated? Let's take two examples: @OneTrueSaxon (OTS) and @flipflops (FF). They are both amongst the most respected members of this forum, yet their reputation status is only "good" - and not excellent or super duper excellent - according to their profile: Cannot be true. Guaranteed. Their rep is faultless I would say.
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    New Emoticons!

    Seems we have new "I like" / reputation icons - at least I've never noticed the [emoji813]heart symbol before: Had you noticed the new icons already?
  9. Guess they could do a brisk business selling bobcaps and winter gloves at the Artbox night market: Chilly year-end expected in Bangkok, with temperatures likely to plunge to 15 deg C says the Strait Times... And the Bangkok Post points out that the mercury will be dropping in Greater Bangkok to the region of 13C and 18C over the weekend... that's 55 - 64 degrees F...[emoji33] [emoji3063][emoji301][emoji318]
  10. I think they stay longer in Chuvit Garden than planned. According to a recent FB post from them: "still be at the same place till next year"
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    The 5th capital sin...

    Good news: Gaggan has just opened his new restaurant, called, well..., "Gaggan Anand"... It's located on Sukhumvit, but waaay up on Soi 31... Address: 68 Soi Sukhumvit 31. https://bk.asia-city.com/restaurants/bangkok-restaurant-reviews/gaggan-anand
  12. That's Japanese [emoji627] and translates as: OTS is inviting forum members to one hour in the Trump nightclub in Bangkok who are accompanied by a ladyboy who can convincingly say: Watashi wa otokonokode wanaku on'nanokodesu... [emoji28] [emoji325][emoji308][emoji552][emoji558][emoji496][emoji1278][emoji325]
  13. I've recently stayed at the Styles. Here's my personal, subjective review: The Styles hotel is a relatively new addition to the accommodation market in the lower Sukhumvit / Nana area. I think it opened in late 2017. It's a nice three stars hotel. As it's located in the same building as the more upscale Novotel, you don't feel you've booked a cheap hotel. It rather feels you're staying in a standard room in a quality, upper middle class hotel. Also, despite being located so close to the naughty nightlife scene, the majority of guests are "regular" people visiting the "normal" tourist attractions of Bangkok (Wat Po, Wat Arun... ). It doesn't give you the feeling of being in a "mongerer hotel" such as the Dynasty Grande or perhaps the Nana hotel also. Seems many guests came from places where smaller room sizes are more common than in the US for example, such as Japan and the European countries. There's a free shuttle service from the hotel to BTS Nana that departs every 30 minutes from the front entrance. Though it's only a 7-8 minutes walk it can be useful when it rains (and it does so occasionally in Bangkok I've heard...) or during midday heat. You can use the "inbalance" gym of the Novotel on the 7th floor. I didn't venture in so cannot comment any further. On the ground floor there's a lobby bar and the "food exchange", a good looking restaurant. The standard room that I had booked looked spacious, at least bigger than the official 21 sq. m. it supposedly only had. It didn't feel small. When I'm in Bangkok I basically need a room only for sleeping and going to the bathroom, taking a shower etc. The rest of time I'm out and about. For this purpose the room was absolutely sufficient. Everything you would need or want is there: bum gun, electronic safe, quiet a/c, queen size bed (upon request), mattress not too hard but also not too soft, hairdryer, liquid soap and shampoo. It also had a small fridge (empty). The big screen telly had a million channels or so (IP TV). You get daily two bottles of water for free. Everything worked except for two sockets (no power). But that was quickly fixed by hotel maintenance. Once you get used to the characteristic, unusual style and decor of the room, it feels almost like home away from home. Its main advantages are: - Hard to beat location just 5 minutes on foot from NEP, the gravitational center of the ladyboy nightlife universe. - Great value IMO: price range depending on season, demand and day of the week: standard rooms (21 sq. m.) with queen size bed go for I think about 2000 - 2500 Baht, superior rooms (26sq. m.) for about 700 Baht more. - It is almost new: it shows almost no wear and tear (yet). - It has a fantastic infinity pool and an exciting rooftop bar that you "must" visit with an awesome view of "downtown" Bangkok - Wi-Fi worked without a problem in the room as well as in the rest of the hotel. - I didn't see any tour groups... - Breakfast was included in the room rate. Breakfast room in the "strEATS" restaurant on sixth floor is for Styles guests only (not for Novotel guests). It is open until 10:30 h. Food is good for a 3 star hotel. There's no egg station. But your stomach will get full, don't worry. - Girl friendliest as can be (can also be a disadvantage...). If you despise the walk of fun and shame, you can enter the hotel through the entrance of the (often empty) "food exchange" restaurant or through the carpark which is located on floors 2-5. That way you'll avoid walking right through the front desk areas (which however is also no problem at all). I personally prefer ST rooms anyway and take back girls to my hotel room only occasionally and only if I know her well enough and only for LT. So this aspect of the Styles was not so important to me personally... Disadvantages: - I didn't notice them proactively checking girls' IDs. If for security reasons you want to register your LB, you have to walk up to the front desk (there's one for the Styles and one for the Novotel) and have her registered. One night I saw a middle aged Japanese man trying to sneak in a girl, telling her to stay close behind him so that no one could see her. That was hilarious as I think no one, I repeat: no one, neither staff nor guests, could have cared less... You get two room key cards so you can give the extra one to your LB girlfriend... - The hotel appears to be in high demand, so might be sold out by the time you book... - As I had an early flight out of Bangkok, I went to bed earlier and until 3 o'clock in the morning could hear noise from the street... - The tears you will shed on the departure day when you have to leave this fine hotel... You can book on the usual sites such as sexpedia, so sorry, Expedia, Agoda but also on the Accor site I am a sucker for nice swimming pools. I don't want to visit the tourist sites and shopping malls so much anymore (ya know: been there, done that...). I'd rather now stay by a nice (!) pool and recover from the previous night's debaucheries and get some rest for the next wild night ahead. So that infinity pool was particularly important to me... On previous trips I'd stayed at the Dynasty Grande (DG, a **** hotel) and the Citrus Suites Soi 6 (CS6, also a **** rated hotel), both just a minute away from the Styles. Both are fine but the DG's pool is cold and most of the time in the shade. The CS6 is much more modern but also more expensive than the DG as it has recently become more expensive than it used to be (I think) - and I don't like their pool... I personally clearly now prefer the *** Styles when I want to stay in this area of Nana with it's excellent PVR and would not go back to any one of the other ones mentioned - unless the Styles was full. Even though it's just a 3 star place it didn't feel like a downgrade from the two 4 star hotels mentioned, except for the room size. BTW: This was not an attempt at writing an objective review. It was just my personal impression of the hotel that I wanted to convey... It's not even meant to be a recommendation, just a review. Okay? Thanks :-) Standard room: Location on Sukhumvit Soi 4 and 6: View of "downtown" Bangkok at night from top of hotel: Styles' breakfast room on 6th floor: Infinity pool area with a wow view (inspired by Marina Bay Sand's Singapore?) Red Square rooftop bar:
  14. A new nightclub has opened in Thong Lor, called, ahem..., Trump... Appears to be a GG karaoke joint off Thonglor Soi 9... Open 6 PM till 1 AM. First hour costs 1200 b incl. 1 bottle, after that it's 600 b for each additional half an hour. Probably not a bad idea to speak some Japanese... And I guess you won't find any lbs there...
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    Flight at 1am

    Can someone please recommend a hotel in Bangkok (preferably around lower Sukhumvit, Silom is okay too) or a booking site where you can book half day rates in advance? That means where you can book a very late check-out, say 6 PM or even 7 PM, already in advance. My usual get-to hotels and booking sites don't seem to offer this... On the one hand I want to avoid having to pay the full daily rate and on the other hand I also want to have late check-out confirmed in advance already, as this will be high season with possibly very high occupancy rates... The hotel should be in the *** - **** range (around 2000 - 3000 B) and nice enough for a three or four days' stay. Nice pool's a very very big plus... Thanks
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    Free Hospitals ?

    Looks like a very modern hospital... They even have a robot delivery system there:
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    Free Hospitals ?

    I think government hospitals employ now a differentiated pricing system for foreigners: one for migrant laborers, one for non-immigrant visa holders, and one for tourists: https://www.thephuketnews.com/multi-tier-prices-at-state-hospitals-now-in-effect-in-phuket-73252.php Don't know if this is just the case in Phuket or in Bangkok as well...
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    Ibis Styles Nana Sukhumvit Soi 4 / 6

    The *** Ibis Styles and the **** Novotel Soi 4 are basically one and the same hotel. At the Styles the rooms are smaller, more functional and less luxurious than at the Novotel. The Novotel rooms are mostly on the top floors while the rooms of the Styles are mostly on the lower levels.
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    Ibis Styles Nana Sukhumvit Soi 4 / 6

    The Icon and the Styles are currently my two favorite hotels in the area because both represent good value IMO and both are perfect for our purposes... I've stayed at the Icon last time as I wasn't sure if the construction site in front of the Styles was still there or not (it wasn't).... I agree with your description of the Icon looking a bit tired as it's showing meanwhile some - light - signs of wear. I also like the pool and the pool area of the Styles much better. During rainy season a nice pool isn't that important to me but from November to March it's almost a must to have one... If you want to book the Styles I recommend signing up for the Accor loyalty program as you often will get a bit better rate and/or a free breakfast included....
  20. Rex Reboot Party this Saturday 28th: free entrance and free oyster degustation:
  21. The Rock Pub Bangkok in Ratchathewi has a "Night of Metallica vs. Motorhead" special this Friday 27th of Sep. Wish I could be there... Beer list:
  22. Bingo! Airlin is a really cute girl, isn't she:
  23. Check-in bar is correct. But Nutty? Uhm, I don't think so... Nutty it ain't.. Here's another picture of the mystery girl at work: ...
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