PeterRS

You're right. It's NOT true! After 5 trouble-free years with my Mac desktop, the battery inside finally gave up the ghost. Steve Jobs - you have a lot to answer for

Can someone please NAME AND SHAME the bar who chose to play such excruciating loud music? I hope everyone will make a note of the name and ensure they never patronise that bar.

Yes, there was a 747 forward cargo door failure as you point out. Most people tend to associate such a failure with the DC10 Paris crash because it resulted in 345 deaths and was definitely a design fault in the aft cargo door. I believe it also featured in that Air Crash programme, which I do watch when I can.

Not sure what security is like there now, but it certainly used to be quite easy to grab one that had just dropped off it passengers.

Not inconvenient. The hotel has a shuttle boat that links it with River City and the Skytrain at Saphan Thaksin. When it stops around midnight, you can always get a taxi back as the traffic is very light.

It sure was a fatal crash. Outside Paris in the mid 1970s. But it was the McDonnell Douglas DC10, not a Boeing! The DC10 did not have a very distinguished record. In early 1979 an engine flew off an American AIrlines flight on take off at Chicago's O'Hare airport. The aircraft banked steeply and crashed with all passengers killed. All DC10s were then grounded for a while. In the same year, though, another flew into an iceberg off New Zealand. Its successor, the MD11, corrected a lot of the design faults, but it always seemed tainted by its association with the DC10.

There is a lot of choice, it depends on when you will be in Bangkok and your definition of "upper class". The Hilton is offering great rates for weekends next month. I agree you'll have no problem with a younger friend. agoda has rates there around US$120 for weekend nights next month. Lebua State Tower has rates $150 - 170. The Mandarin Oriental is over double that.

Interesting discussion. I

I stayed at the Crowne Plaza. Great hotel and had a great time. No problem at all with joiners. It's just a short walk up the hill to Blue Boy. If that's too much, the monorail has a stop right at the hotel and gets you there in one stop. It's good because you also get the monorail from the airport train.

Hundreds of gay guys from many ASian countries attend the full moon parties. Not sure if there are any dedicated gay areas, but since many guys go in groups, they tend to gravitate towards each other during the night. Don't worry. You'll have a blast.