Bangkok 2024

[TMax]

Just starting the thread now and will keep updating as I go. 

So on to Plan B this trip.

• Thai airways didn't let me down as the plane from Perth was late (as always it seems) but the crew, service, food and entertainment were all very good.
• On arrival (about 10:40pm) and after the long trek to immigration I was shown straight to the priority counter, I flew business class and as soon as they saw that I was escorted to priority and took all of 5 minutes to clear. Rest of immigration didn't look too crowded and maybe would have only taken 20 minutes or so to get through. I still hate that finger print rubbish though, just a thumb print would suffice but hey this is Thailand. 
• Caught a taxi from down stairs, no hassles whatsoever, told him which hotel and he got it up on his mobile phone / maps app. Didn't try to rip me off and he made good time to the hotel so gave him a tip on top of the fare.
• Booked into Ibis Styles, got to the room and after a quick shower I crapped out for the night, took about 2 minutes to hit sleep mode. As stated before the rooms are small and in my view lacking some minor things (like wardrobe / cupboard etc) but still pretty good and comfortable, thinking next trip will be back at Tarntawan. Breakfast starts 6am but there was a fair crowd of Europeans in there, had a feeling they were in a tour group and getting an early start as there are 2 big busses outside. 
• Hit Foodland to stock up the room. 

Plan for the rest of the day

See if I can get my old Rabbit card reactivated and squeeze in a bit more shopping, this afternoon will be Senso for a 2 hour relaxing massage with extras. The rest will be fairly mundane stuff but also looking at plans for next couple of days.

To be continued.....

[Raposa]

1 hour ago, TMax said:

See if I can get my old Rabbit card reactivated and squeeze in a bit more shopping, this afternoon will be Senso for a 2 hour relaxing massage with extras. The rest will be fairly mundane stuff but also looking at plans for next couple of days.

To be continued.....

Enjoy your stay!

The Vietnamese boys at Senso tend to be good. Papasan at Senso will try to influence your choice and pick for you, but try to stick with your gut feeling and pick the boy that smiles back to you.

[TMax]

1 hour ago, Raposa said:

The Vietnamese boys at Senso tend to be good. Papasan at Senso will try to influence your choice and pick for you, but try to stick with your gut feeling and pick the boy that smiles back to you.

Thanks for that and will keep it in mind 

[vinapu]

Welcome home! 

[reader]

31 minutes ago, vinapu said:

Welcome home! 

+1

[floridarob]

4 hours ago, TMax said:

Hit Foodland to stock up the room. 

Ibis has enough space to stock up on anything?

[TMax]

4 hours ago, floridarob said:

Ibis has enough space to stock up on anything?

Haha not that much space no.

[TMax]

Was too easy getting the Rabbit card set up again despite it not being used for about 5 years, took all of about one minute to get it done and topped up, no need for any form of identification required either. 

Senso: a bit different since long ago visit, this time the price was all inclusive of massage and boys tip payable on completion downstairs, previous for me was tip the boy in the room and then pay for massage session downstairs. Selected 120 minute aroma oil with a nice looking twink (getting there early there was only a few boys to choose from) and was taken straight to the room. Massage was actually quite good and not the usual oil up and rub all over type, he applied good pressure with a dry massage first before the oil came into play. The oil surprisingly was used properly, he put it on his hands before massaging (they way I believe it should be done) and he used it sparingly so I didn't feel like an oil slick afterwards, so massage was good quality. The afters weren't all that special, I wanted versatile or top but he was more bottom but such is life and he managed to finish the job with a smile and gave a thorough shower after so no lingering oily feeling. Total cost for the 120 minutes and tip was 3900 baht but because of the massage quality I slipped him a bonus upstairs and he was happy. 

XOne currency exchange had a good rate for the Aussie dollar (or south seas peso) but picked the wrong time of day to change some money there (late afternoon), it was packed (only takes 6 people to pack that tiny room😅) and a couple of locals had them busy with stacks of notes but got it done eventually. 

Finished up with a nice quiet evening after dinner at The Mango Tree restaurant, sorry but nothihg on the bars as that's really not my scene.

[sydneyboy1]

Could Bangkok regulars tell me how they rate Senso over Prince?

[Verchiele]

Thanks @TMax. Looking forward to read more reviews!

3900B for 2 hours seems to be in line with VCK Club it seems. But there you can select 1hr for total cost 2500B.

How are the boy’s quality at senso? I cant seem to find their photos anywhere lol. This is the only shop that has no online presence at all.

[TMax]

3 hours ago, Verchiele said:

Thanks @TMax. Looking forward to read more reviews!

3900B for 2 hours seems to be in line with VCK Club it seems. But there you can select 1hr for total cost 2500B.

How are the boy’s quality at senso? I cant seem to find their photos anywhere lol. This is the only shop that has no online presence at all.

The boys I saw there were all rather good looking and for the most part had toned bodies (probably just the one that didn't take my eye), I would say a good mix of twinks and those with more muscular bodies but I didn't see any big muscular types. Going early, as to be expected, there wasn't too many there but by the time I was leaving quite a few had arrived and from what I saw a very nice gathering indeed.

[Patanawet]

6 hours ago, TMax said:

Was too easy getting the Rabbit card set up again despite it not being used for about 5 years, took all of about one minute to get it done and topped up, no need for any form of identification required either. 

I recently topped up my card and had to pay 50 Baht extra for a new card.
Apparently they have to be renewed every 5 (or is it 7) years.
No problem as it was getting a bit tatty anyway. 

 

 

[joshhb]

Has Suvarnabhumi restored priority immigration for business class arrivals?

 

[TMax]

34 minutes ago, joshhb said:

Has Suvarnabhumi restored priority immigration for business class arrivals?

 

It didn't look like it but they escorted me all the way to the right hand side, I suppose the fast track / priority counters (there was only the 2 counters there), I just showed them the business class boarding pass and away I went.

[Raposa]

8 hours ago, Verchiele said:

How are the boy’s quality at senso? I cant seem to find their photos anywhere lol. This is the only shop that has no online presence at all.

I went there recently on a Saturday evening. Good choice of boys in the twink and twunk range. This is a somewhat upscale place so boys here are not rough like you might find in some Saphan Kwai places.

[vinapu]

On 11/12/2024 at 1:08 PM, floridarob said:

Ibis has enough space to stock up on anything?

You are on the roll, there's enough storage for perhaps 2, max 3 razors

[vinapu]

New Rabbit card is 100 and is valid 7 years. 

I forgot mine and was forced to buy new one on Saturday

PATANAWET paid 50 likely because it was just replacement

[Keithambrose]

1 hour ago, TMax said:

It didn't look like it but they escorted me all the way to the right hand side, I suppose the fast track / priority counters (there was only the 2 counters there), I just showed them the business class boarding pass and away I went.

There is indeed a priority  channel, or at least there was on 30th October!

[TMax]

Damn, been sidetracked as my spinal injury has flared up a bit so just doing mundane things, hope to be back into massage over the weekend or Monday. 

[vinapu]

Get well soon as it's very unhealthy to be sick

[reader]

2 hours ago, TMax said:

Damn, been sidetracked as my spinal injury has flared up a bit so just doing mundane things, hope to be back into massage over the weekend or Monday. 

Tell manager to inform massage guy to avoid applying pressure and just use gentle, sweeping strokes. It’s actually more sensual. I frequently have same issue and demonstrate on the guy what I want before he begins (even more sensual because you get a feel for lay of the land).  🙂

[bkkmfj2648]

@reader you need to be voted as being this forum's most knowledgeable massage guru

kind of like KFC being the gogo boy bar guru

 

[reader]

Ah, the benefits of the division of labor.🙂

From Wikipedia:

The division of labour is the separation of the tasks in any economic system or organisation so that participants may specialise (specialisation). Individuals, organisations, and nations are endowed with or acquire specialised capabilities, and either form combinations or trade to take advantage of the capabilities of others in addition to their own. 

Vinapu enjoys a 25:1 advantage over yours truly in show bar visits. I’m not even in same ballpark. 

And when I do it’s to same venues: Freshboy or Good Boy. 
 

 

[10tazione]

7 hours ago, bkkmfj2648 said:

massage guru

aka the nuru guru

[TMax]

Ventured into Arena yesterday just after opening. Being an early bird there was only about 5 boys to choose from but the choice was made easy for me as I was greeted with a smile and a wave by one of the boys upon entering and as he was more my type and not as big or buffed as the others I went with him. 90 minute aroma oil massage wasn't too bad (750 baht and in the standard room), I've had a lot worse but let's face it not many actually go to Arena for the massage and in the end we both had a happy ending so tipped 1500 baht. I did easily manage to have him not do the sensitve area that had caused discomfort after a previous massage, on leaving the number of boys had grown to a nearly packed house full and of all different types as well. Not a lot happened during the day after that but some relaxing by the pool for a while. Evening was also quiet and started with a couple of beers and a delicious stir fried chicken and cashew at Happy Beer Garden before enjoying a good walk around the neighbourhood.