Frosty

Just did Armani tailors on the corner of Sukhumvit and Soi 8.  4x slacks for 1,500 each.  These had the rubber stops on the sides, 6x loops, front/back lining, fitting sessions, etc.  Feel free to use this as your starting point for negotiations with them, you may be able to get them down some more.

Reading the Bangkok Post they have an article that the departures bridge is out and that it takes an extra 3-hours to get there now. 

Any first-hand experience on this? 

https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1356387/don-mueang-users-warned-of-traffic-congestion

If I had to do it I'd have to be near a Skytrain station.  Once I got tired of one area I could shuttle myself off to any other area of the city for the day, or night.

Just arrived last night.  Set up a meet-me location and who knows.  Tentatively when MrFreeze gets here we're supposed to chill for a bit also. 

Publicize the where/when and see what happens.  I'm going to get my haircut and some clothes shopping then I'll check back online and see what's up for tonight.

Never seen it in Bangkok, but that guy who owns Bar 4 on Soi 4 probably knows, he's been there forever.

Do any of you guys think the THB to USD conversion will keep going up in the following months with the king's death?

imo, yes ... US is about to raise interest rates again and our currency gets strong as a result.  Also, I believe this mourning will drop the Thai GDP and productivity as well.

Do we have any meetups set up yet?

Platinum and Patunam malls ...

BKK 13-17

Patts 17-24

BKK 24-27

It should run around 1,000 baht one-way between Bangkok and Ayutthaya ...

Unless it also has a way to eavesdrop on your conversations as well .. who knows ...

Just use your wifi connections ....

They can try to shut down Nana, Cowboy and Patpong but what about all the other outlying areas?  Even if they can clean them all up people will just make deals on Thaifriendly or CL.  There's no way they can stop it.  This doesn't even begin to touch Pattaya and the rest of Thailand.

Quality = expensive ... ... If they try this they'll revert back once they realize they are not Singapore.  You have to create the image first and they don't have the cash to do it.

The Erawan Shrine is amazing.  I just with the BTS went all the way to it instead of stopping at To Bearing.

Just read this today, the video is insane.

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thailand-gang-attacks-uk-family-video/

This video will never go away.  It's very brutal and a clean shot of what happened.  The Thais will be apologizing for this for years.  I doubt much will happen to the perps though.

Bangkok is the most capital dangerous city in the world ... unlike your own major cities where no one gets conned, overcharged, robbed or cheated. Please don't come here with all your money as there are enough of us here already and we can cope with all the street crime, danger and women without your help. 555

All cities have their bad sides ... But some places are more notorious for it than others.  Also, in the cities I have been to outside of Thailand, I've never seen a gem or jet ski scam.  Actions like these seem to be pervasive to Thailand.  Could it happen somewhere else?  Probably, but not as commonly which is why these types of scams get associated with Thailand and not other places.

yes

Textiles ... Contracts and inspection of merchandise ... I may need to visit a few sites.  There will be no financial exchanges though.

Do you need to get a business visa if you are going to do some business in-country or can you just get a tourist visa and use that?

They made some derogatory comments so I thought I'd give them a gift ....

Okay ... One of my soap bars gave me ringworm ... Nasty bitch to get rid of. Gave them all away to friends and kept the better ones (not wrapped in celophane).

What's up with all this home-made soap being sold in Thailand lately?

How are the exchange rantes when you do electronic transfers? Any fees?

Did you look at the hotel forum here?