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BTW, here's the link to their website. A friend tells me the Asok location, which is much closer than the original location I've been visiting to my hotel on Soi 11, is more spacious and much quieter, https://www.bartelsinternational.com

Thanks for the review, @SAGuy. Bartels is one of my go-to lunch spots. The bread is great, the sandwiches are tasty and there are lots of options, and the juices are terrific. I hear the coffee is very good, but I'm not a coffee drinker. I share your complaint about the noise. The juicers and blenders are running constantly, so if you're sitting close to the bar it can be pretty noisy. I wish they'd do the juicing and blending back in the kitchen where the food is prepared. Prices are a bit higher than your typical Suk lunch spots, but I think the quality is also better. The bacon on my sandwich was thick and was a credit to the pig that surrendered it. The chicken was cooked using sous vide method and was delicious and moist.

Yes. On Soi 4 Stumble Inn is probably the best place to watch the eye candy stroll by. Ignore the "talent" in the bar. The girls are friendly but almost all past their "use by" date. On Soi 12 I like sitting on the porch of Tony's to watch the street traffic. I'm sure others have options they can suggest.

I stayed at Citrus Suites several times, and never saw anyone having a drink there.

Not sure this is a "seasonal fare" you're dealing with. Thanks to wars in Iran and Russia/Ukraine, jet fuel supplies are way down and fares are way up. You can thank Putin and Trump for this.

Thanks for the review. I decided to give them a try in October, so canceled my Citrus Suites Soi 6 reservation. There are a few things I don't like about Citrus Suites (lame pool, weak restaurant), and I really like the Soi 11 neighborhood vibe a lot more than Soi 4. Got myself upgraded to one of their pool view rooms.

I'm guessing they're in the process of changing names, if not more. I've eaten there several times, and up until til a few weeks ago the website showed you the No Idea Restaurant info, including their menu. Now the menu is not online, so I suspect changes are afoot. I hope it's only a change of the stupid name, because I loved their old menu. Nice that some of you took Toto out for a nice dinner. She's the best.

Keep an eye on prices. They often drop if vacancies remain high. Sometimes I find booking direct is actually cheaper than going through one of the consolidators like Hotel.com or Agoda. It's always worth checking them all.

Seems it's a done deal. Tourist visas will now be standardized at 30 days rather than 60 day. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/travel/thailand-visa-rules-americans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.j1A.Ahta.QLySZUwGY2ie&smid=url-share Brilliant move. Tourism remains below pre-pandemic levels, so Thailand decides it will take those tourists who do come and cut the amount of time they can stay in country by 50%. Of course that means some subset of tourists will be spending a lot less money in Thailand. My last two trips were to Argentina and Brazil. In both cases I received a 90 day visa. TIT, right?

Not much to say other than research suggests risk is very very low but not zero. Risk goes up if you have any open sores or cuts in your mouth (and, of course, she actually has to be HIV+ and not on PEP drug treatment). Some docs suggest you not floss or brush teeth within an hour before oral sex, as even brushing can create micro-tears on your gums. Within a short time those tears would heal. If you have good oral/gum health here's little to worry about. Using mouthwash after oral sex is always a good idea. Nobody likes being around a dude with cum-breath

Long ago Thermae was not a bad option in the hours after the bars had closed. You'd sometimes see a stream of girls from the bars arriving then, looking for a first or last hookup of the night. But the bar girls have all turned to various apps and social media for those out-of-bar hookups, so the talent level at Thermae is not great. Older GGs. MINLF (Mothers I'd Not Love to Fuck).

Ouch...talk about misinformed medical advice. First off, if a person (LB or whoever) is HIV+ and is regularly taking an approved ART drug, you are exceedingly unlikely to be able to be infected when having sex with them. If a person is on an approved PrEP drug, ditto. Second, use a condom, regardless. Not only are condoms quite effective against HIV, they are also quite effective against a long list of other sexually transmitted diseases that HIV drugs provide zero protection against, and some of those diseases are pretty nasty in their own right. And if you're using condoms you don't have to worry about the honesty of your partner. Third, no, people should not be on PrEP (not PReP, get the acronym right, dude!) no matter what. If you're using condoms it makes no sense. PrEP drugs are pretty potent and not suited for everyone. Those who might want to consider PrEP as an option are those who drink to excess or take party drugs when playing with the LBs, and might stupidly go bareback under those conditions. Or those who plan on rolling the dice and going bareback.

I have always assumed that was true, but I arrived at noon last January and had a 50 minute wait in the immigration line.

Well done steaks are a crime against humanity!

Words don't always mean what you'd think they mean. Brazil has moved to an Electronic (digital) Visa system, and yet you are required to bring a printed copy of that visa with you or you are denied entry. Twice I've shown up at the BKK airport to find their immigration computer system down, so they were doing everything by hand. Pure chaos. But in that instance a paper copy might be a good thing to have.