1 minute ago, Rockyroad said:

Love your work. Best sense of humour on here.

Me too. I wish I could reward you with 👍 , but that ability was taken away from me

3 minutes ago, Celsius said:

Me too. I wish I could reward you with 👍 , but that ability was taken away from me

Uncle Ritchie gave me 6 thumbs down in a row for having an opinion different to his. Thus proving me correct once again.

3 hours ago, Celsius said:

Me too. I wish I could reward you with 👍 , but that ability was taken away from me

Did you lose your privileges, your ability to send emoji's?

7 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

What is all that?

Love your work. Best sense of humour on here.

Naaa that would be ballpoint :)

Old school Thailand was a welcoming place for visitors who were polite and friendly. Thai people are still much the same, it is the behaviour of many foreigners now here which has changed, not for the better.

On 6/22/2026 at 2:01 PM, MIke B Bad said:

I really miss the buzz of the illegal bars......ones set up in derelict buildings, waste land, pop-up bars on the street.......'they' are slowly trying to sanitise certainly Bangkok, and it's a shame.

The good old days back in the 90's ...when I was walking back to my hotel from Nana Plaza at 2 -3am along Sukumvit and there was a VW Combie van set up as a bar with tables and chairs and good music. That was a great way to finish off the night.

2 minutes ago, wavodavo said:

The good old days back in the 90's ...when I was walking back to my hotel from Nana Plaza at 2 -3am along Sukumvit and there was a VW Combie van set up as a bar with tables and chairs and good music. That was a great way to finish off the night.

Yep same here......... 1990 onwards.......even went to one bar on about the 5th floor of a derelict multi-story carpark......all shrouded in tarpaulins.....pull them aside.....pool table, fruit machine..........I can remember getting there, but have no clue how I got home.

I like that you can still find old style Thailand and also walk in an AC mall or visit a 'secret' bar by opening a fridge or a locker. Best of both worlds.

A late night drunken ride through the back streets of Bangkok in a tuk tuk with a pretty girl is the same now as in the past. Taxis are still cheap and they still don't know where they're going. There's still someone telling you the Grand Palace is closed today, but he can take you an excellent tailor.

The Chao Phraya Express Boats are still great value and great fun, and rail or bus travel is always a mini adventure. And Chinatown is still Chinatown.

Then travel upcountry and kids still shout 'falang' and there's low cost, wooden restaurants with great food.

I miss the excitement of the old 2-stroke motorcycle taxis, and the more innocent fun of the girlie bars, but old Thailand is still there for those who explore.

She who must be obeyed bought a men's hairdressing set two years ago.

I've never looked back since then as I'm afraid to.

On 6/22/2026 at 11:08 AM, save the frogs said:

Maybe I'm paying farang prices?

Depends where you live too I guess.

Of course, if you go to a salon in a mall, you're going to pay a high price. Mine went up from 350 to 400 recently. Do you people have any clue about how much rent these salons pay in a major shopping mall? The landlords have virtually priced them out—100's of thousands per month.

20 hours ago, JensenZ said:

Of course, if you go to a salon in a mall, you're going to pay a high price. Mine went up from 350 to 400 recently. Do you people have any clue about how much rent these salons pay in a major shopping mall? The landlords have virtually priced them out—100's of thousands per month.

Yes rent is the

20 hours ago, JensenZ said:

Of course, if you go to a salon in a mall, you're going to pay a high price. Mine went up from 350 to 400 recently. Do you people have any clue about how much rent these salons pay in a major shopping mall? The landlords have virtually priced them out—100's of thousands per month.

Yes companies own malls and rents are high. The government should own malls.

On 6/25/2026 at 11:42 AM, Kinnock said:

The Chao Phraya Express Boats are still great value and great fun,

Yes but you can no longer stand at the back and take-in the whole panorama you have to sit down and squint through a window on one side.

26 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Yes but you can no longer stand at the back and take-in the whole panorama you have to sit down and squint through a window on one side.

Take the tourist boat, and sit on top for the IMAX experience. Especially if a photo bug. Doesn't get any better, unless you got a drone, then screw the boat completely

Use to always go to JuSMAG on Sundays for good company, jukebox music and duty free grog.

In the arvo everyone was fairly hissed.

Mixture of Army, just returned from active service, Peace Core, Expats and wives.

Sometimes used to que up to play music at the jukebox and some Peace Core peoples used to cut into the front of the que to play their music.

One day this drunken Aussie got to the head of the que and this woman pushed in front to play her music and the Aussie (thinking she was Peace Core) called her a few choices words including fing, Lesbian, bitch.

Didn't go down to well, specially as he found out later she was the wife of a just returned green beret office.

Evidently the woman told her husband and 4 guys in green camouflage fronted the Aussie who told his story and apologised many times, but, not good enough so the Aussie guy thought it wasn't going to end well so get in a few good punches first.

When they picked him up of the floor, not much damage, frog marched out the door with a Banned for Life sticker on his name.

Aussie guy standing on the street asked someone to fetch his wife and in Typical Thai style, when she say a bit of blood on his face, she went berserk and was going to fight everyone.

A bad night was getting worse!

Next day taking with some friends, my Amercan friend said the Green Berets didn't want to hurt him, but they were all pretty hissed off a the guy this Aussie hit was their leader and just returned from active service in the middle east, with a broken leg as well.

The demon grog :)