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OK. Tips from the 2 threads by different posters.
Thread Hua Hin : June 2022 :
Soi Bintabaht is pretty dead but I am sure there is a few massage places with LB's.. Did see a pretty nice looking LB exiting the Hilton one evening so they are around. 
Soi 84
Cindy at Saowanee massage and apple salon. This place in Poon Suk road, close to Hilton Hotel. She gave good massage and she definitely good top.
Puang Pen Villa Hotel. Close to the beach and the nightlife. Nice and clean hotel at an affordable rate and very nice staff.
Only stayed at the Hilton and centera grand in that part of town but was with company so do not know if either is guest friendly. As mentioned before I did spot a good looking ladyboy leave the Hilton a few weeks back so they do allow guests but I don't know if you have to pay a fee
have stayed at the Hilton & the Centara next door, great hotels on the beach & worth the splurge if it's within your remit.
Only stayed the 1 night at the Centara. There was a big golf tournament going on so most rooms were booked so it cost £110 a night this was last month. probably cheaper now. The breakfast buffet had everything you could concievably wish for and was all you can eat. Grounds are nice and historical. Definatly worth doing at least once.     If staying for a week or more it's worthwhile upgrading to the 'club' option (or whatever they call it these days!)...this gives you a more private breakfast area with special chef prepared meals such as eggs benedict, all day snacks, light meals in the evening & the happy hour 5-7pm..
From thread 2019 : 
I stayed at Anchan hotel and spa, nice place but not the cheapest and Patty stayed over so ladyboy friendly.
Alin Hua Hin soi 57 just opposite Poon Suk Road. I've seen Alin 6 or 7 times now and she never disappoints. If your looking for super feminine look elsewhere, but if you want a good pounding a great massage and excellent take care then read on. Alin9955 on TF.
 
 

Are you in the Pattaya forum ? There is a recent thread https://www.ladyboyspattaya.com/topic/44543-taxi-from-bangkok-to-hua-hin/
Good tip from Scottiem1954 :

The LAX-BKK itinerary that cost me US$896 a year ago now goes for $1659. I cashed in some FF miles rather than pay that. My usual flight to Rio, typically about $869, is now $1880.
Sucks.

Agree 100%. Large executive rooms. Weak breakfast.

Agree 100%. Large executive rooms. Weak breakfast.

Agree 100%. Large executive rooms. Weak breakfast.

I've stayed at Citrus Suites Soi 6 the last few times in BKK. Aside from a mediocre breakfast buffet, it has a lot going for it. Location is hard to beat.

Fair question,and gets asked a lot.
How far will I have to walk back at the end of the night?
I always recommend to watch this Youtuber's vids. on the Sukhumvit sois . You can see the real distance you'll have to walk from Sukhumvit to your hotel in real life.
Soi 29 on this vid:
Soi 11:
 

S15. Rodrigo made a thread about it.

A couple other notes about S15, its next to Tom Tom's formerly Hollys if you need real coffee although I prefer going across to GC Cafe 4 min walk. Coffee is better but I do mix it up. Tom Tom is better to see and be seen.

GC Café - Soi 8
098 090 9000
https://maps.app.goo.gl/uaUtH7iUiRrwqLHc8

Laundry is around the corner on S13. Shop around, rates are 60 to 95 baht per kilo. Hi Speed is the cheapest and best but you have to walk quite a ways to it . Fun as you are catcalled by all the massage ladies.

There are also no frills salons for inexpensive mannies, peddies and foot scrubs on soi 13.

On Soi 11, there is my favorite restaurant Vegaterie. Don't let the name scare you off. They have great wonderfully tastefully spiced dishes and purple rice bowls. One of the best fast food places I've eaten in Thailand. Not cheap but a great respite from all white rice and noodles.

I also like Asok being a little closer to Ekkamai and Tonglor for my other activities. Terminal 21 has already been mentioned.

Also great if you take transit from airport as you can get off at Makkasan and one stop to Sukhumvit on MRT. When I stayed at Galleria, or Soi 7, or Nana, I would take Skytrain to the end Playa Thai and double back on BTS to avoid 2 transfers (Skytrain, MRT, BTS.) - pain in the ass.

And yes, you will walk the gauntlet at night but didn't matter to me as I had a different LB on my arm with the odd GG every night lol.

I'm not a Nana guy, but I don't find the walk that bad when I choose to go, usually during the day for a special massage.

Last time I was in Chiang Rai 3 of us went to the White Temple, Blue Temple and Baan Dam Museum in about 6-7 hours time including a quick lunch. I was driving a rental car and was staying in a village outside of CR. 
You might search for a tour company that has drivers that will pick you up at the airport and drop you off when finished that you can book ahead of time. They might also give you a good idea of how much time this would take.
The North is certainly beautiful but this time of year the air pollution can be horrible. After Songkran is best but who knows. In May the rains come and clean the air. This year the air pollution has been minimal but I don't expect it to last. Today the readings are in the Red Zone. That is 150 to 200 aqi. See the chart.
https://aqicn.org/scale/

Agree with Taas and Ropey.
White Temple is spectacular esthetically but hollow spiritually. 
 
Would it be possible to get a taxi straight from the airport to temple and then back to the airport? Yes, half an hour max between Chiang Rai airport and White Temple.
How many hours would i need? 1 Hour taxi + 1 Hour visit max. 
If there are other things that are a must to see or do while in Chiang Rai . Maybe im missing something else?  
1 day you have time to visit the Black Temple : Baan Dam Museum. Unconventional, weird and touristic too.

And then you'll be able to spend some time in Chiang Rai. There was a cats bar, very nice, last time I visited.
 
The Gold Triangle and its opium museums is about 60 kms/1 hour drive away from Chiang Rai.
You can do all that in a day if you are well organized.
Many flights to come back to Bangkok in the evening and go straight to CIB or Why Not for a quiet night with Angels to end this spiritual day in a good note.  
 
chiang-rai-thailand-november-05-2014-baan-dam-museum-interior_78361-6310.webp

Agree with Taas and Ropey.
White Temple is spectacular esthetically but hollow spiritually. 
 
Would it be possible to get a taxi straight from the airport to temple and then back to the airport? Yes, half an hour max between Chiang Rai airport and White Temple.
How many hours would i need? 1 Hour taxi + 1 Hour visit max. 
If there are other things that are a must to see or do while in Chiang Rai . Maybe im missing something else?  
1 day you have time to visit the Black Temple : Baan Dam Museum. Unconventional, weird and touristic too.

And then you'll be able to spend some time in Chiang Rai. There was a cats bar, very nice, last time I visited.
 
The Gold Triangle and its opium museums is about 60 kms/1 hour drive away from Chiang Rai.
You can do all that in a day if you are well organized.
Many flights to come back to Bangkok in the evening and go straight to CIB or Why Not for a quiet night with Angels to end this spiritual day in a good note.  
 
chiang-rai-thailand-november-05-2014-baan-dam-museum-interior_78361-6310.webp

Agree with Taas and Ropey.
White Temple is spectacular esthetically but hollow spiritually. 
 
Would it be possible to get a taxi straight from the airport to temple and then back to the airport? Yes, half an hour max between Chiang Rai airport and White Temple.
How many hours would i need? 1 Hour taxi + 1 Hour visit max. 
If there are other things that are a must to see or do while in Chiang Rai . Maybe im missing something else?  
1 day you have time to visit the Black Temple : Baan Dam Museum. Unconventional, weird and touristic too.

And then you'll be able to spend some time in Chiang Rai. There was a cats bar, very nice, last time I visited.
 
The Gold Triangle and its opium museums is about 60 kms/1 hour drive away from Chiang Rai.
You can do all that in a day if you are well organized.
Many flights to come back to Bangkok in the evening and go straight to CIB or Why Not for a quiet night with Angels to end this spiritual day in a good note.  
 
chiang-rai-thailand-november-05-2014-baan-dam-museum-interior_78361-6310.webp

I am not sure as It was my first stay at Ibis Styles. Per a review of the hotel below it opened in 2018:
Ibis styles Sukhumvit 4 Bangkok opened in October 2018 which makes it one of the newest hotels in Bangkok city. Hotel is part of Accor hotel’s “two-in-one hotel concept” which means that there is also another hotel in the same building (in this case Novotel Sukhumvit 4 Bangkok).
They have a small infinity pool on the rooftop but it is decent enough to chill and catch some sun in the daytime.

When did they add a pool ? I’ve stayed ibis Soi 4 half a dozen times though not for a long while now.

Good news!!!

So I walked down there and the bad news is there is no access to soi 10 or Benjakitti Park from Soi 12. You have to go to Soi 10.
I also asked 2 condo security guards, 2 street vendors and the lady with shop right at the far end of soi 12 (You can just see it in the last picture). All said no shortcut have to go around.
 
 

After lots of fucking about I settled on a 2000 baht test at Dr Donna Robinson's clinic. I called to make an appointment but was told to do it online, medconsultbangkok.com
The online booking system won't accept bookings within 24 hrs so I called back. No problem just turn up as a walk in, pretty sure I've read they are doing appointment only but I'm up for trying.
If you do the test before 10am it is results that evening, between 8 & 10 pm
15 mins walk from Phrom Phong BTS and I'm there at 08:40. Bit busy and manic as  a couple of large families are just in front of me but as I'm a walk in there's an online application to make. After that join queue to pay and although it clearly says cards and electronic payments only they are definitely taking cash. By  the time I've paid I'm straight in to get one swab up one nostril and it is done.
So out of there in 20 mins and negative result, which is a good result, in my inbox at 17:15
No fucking about and no extra charge for fit to fly paperwork shit.
Highly recommended.

I made a test and go reservation at Novatel BKK airport hotel for upcoming December trip. Novotel is 5 minutes from the airport. The reservation process itself was just like any other hotel reservation - just make sure you select the "Wellness" package per below. It costs 4900 baht and the breakfast buffet option is another 500 baht. They didn't ask for passport info or anything else except airline arrival time for their shuttle service. They told me they have testing available 24 hours a day and will have results 6 hours later. Because I am arriving near midnight, I will be getting the test and hopefully will have the results when I wake up the next morning. If there are any hitches or hassles, I will be reporting them here. 

 

Fair enough, I probably rag on the place too much. There's def good intel to be had on there and if I were in Patts more often I'd be on there more. The TS models tube thread is really useful for finding local LBs who have done porn.
Maybe liberal use of the 'ignore user/thread' function would solve my issues with the place.

There's a lot of bigoted bullshit and as you say 'old man yelling at cloud' stuff but some solid info to be had outside of that - I found the ignore button to be invaluable. You can soon spot which  thread will degenerate.

I really enjoy both the advanced and public sector of the pats site, there is  loads of info that also covers BKK as well.
I have always found the vast majority there to be a decent bunch .

Funnily I actually started there first- my account on there is from 2010 (shit that's 10 years ago).
Much busier than here but the bitching that goes on between a few long-timers that derails every other thread is annoying, plus the general "old man yells at cloud" feel of the place- like ThaiVisa forums if you've ever had the misfortune of visiting. Not that there's anything wrong with the experienced crowd but a few seem to miss the irony of the whole "young people are ruining everything, anyway I wanna fuck this young person"