Hi, another newbie here. I’ve been reading this forum for a while now and found lots of useful info here.
I’ve been to Los only once, for 3 weeks in February ’08. I flew from Brussels to BKK with Etihad, which I can highly recommend: great individual entertainment system, decent food and all the free booze you want.
In the first place I came to Los because I was fascinated by Thailand for a long time: the friendly people, the food, the temples, the beaches,... I heard about the p4p-scene but that was not a reason I came here. I had the idea of going with a girl maybe once or twice, just to see what all the fuss was about.
Well, that turned out a bit different... I guess this sounds familiar to a lot of people here.
So here’s my trip report:
Part1: good intentions
So, I started with 4 days Bangkok and stayed in Majestic Suites. I needed the first day to acclimatise to the heat, noise and smells of BKK.
On the second day I took the BTS (great way of transport) and the Chao Phraya express-boat, got lost in crazy Chinatown and sampled the real thaifood for the first time. I eat a lot of thai food at home to, but the real stuff has much more taste (and fire) . Aroi mak mak, didn’t eat any farang food for the rest of my holiday. When I finally found my way back out of the crowded sois I got back on the express-boat... in the wrong direction. When I asked the money-collector if the boat went back to Sathorn (where the BTS-station is), he said “no problem”. He must have thought “let’s f*** with the farang” because I ended up doing the whole route in the wrong direction and back. Well, it was a cheap 3-hours sightseeing-tour (25 baht).
In the evening I took a walk on Sukhumvit and ended in Nana Plaza. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I was so overwhelmed by it all that I finally ended back in my room...alone.
The next day I visited the Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew and Wat Pho, which were all very beautiful. Again I took the express-boat, but figured out how it worked by then and didn’t get f***** this time.
That night a guy told me about the beergarden on soi7 and said it was more relaxed than nana, so I went over there. First I went to the open restaurant across the Beergarden for some food and a couple of beers and to watch the traffic of girls walking in and out of the bar.
Then I went in and when I finally got my courage together smiled to a girl that caught my eye the moment I walked in the bar. She came over and we started talking and drinking. I told her it was my first time in los (I know, not very smart of me) and asked her to show me around BKK. She asked if her friends could join us. I thought “what the hell, the more the merrier” ,so I walked out with three girls and we took a taxi to Khao San Road (their idea). I remember getting some strange looks on Khao San Rd because I was walking there with three TG’s.
When I woke up in the morning with the first girl next to me, all I could remember was coming back from Khao san Road with her alone (don’t know where we lost the other two) and going to a go-go-bar with her. For the rest it was all a bit of a blur. I’m afraid I was very very drunk! But I’m pretty sure I had a good time.
When my hangover was gone, I spend my last day with some shopping in MBK.
Conclusion: For my first days in los I held on to my intentions pretty good: spent most of my time on sightseeing and shopping and took only 1 girl to my room.