Daewoo

The hotel I use is on Sukhumvit Soi 4, a little way down.  Getting there from Soi 3 is a nightmare at night when my flight gets in.

Once a taxi took me a sneaky way where he went over Th Sukhumvit on the tollway, then did a U turn through the barrier, and back up what I assume is Th Duang Phithak, cut through to Soi 2, and then through (I think the Raja) Hotel Carpark...

It was by far the fastest and easiest route, but I am fuzzy on the details...

I don't think he went as far as the turnback at the Tobacco Company...

Any ideas???  Specifics like how far past Sukhumvit the U-turn is???  What carparks, laneways to use???

I have a good Thai/English speaker to explain to the driver if I know where I am going...

Regards,
Daewoo

I have emailed the Heidelberg Hotel to book accommodation next week, no reply.  I used heidelberg.bkk@gmx.net I don't really want to call international if I don't have to.

Can anyone confirm that it is business as usual for them.

Regards,
Daewoo

Quick stop-over in BKK on my way back from CNX, where I will be out riding bikes in the coutryside...

I need a couple of new suits for work.  Here in Aus they start at about 10,000TNB but a quality one will be at least double that...

I have had a couple of suits tailor made and am not overly happy with them, and since I only have one day to shop, figure Off the Rack will be the go.

I am small for an Aussie, 5'10", 70kg, 32" waist, so don't expect to have enourmous troubles finding something to fit.

What I don't know is where, which centres, and which stores...  my Hotel is on Lower Suk, prefer access by Skytrain or Metro to somewhere far out in the sticks...

Any help appreciated...

Daewoo

(Mods, before you close this, please read it, and feel free to modify it if I break 'the rules')...

I love bargirls...  (right up to the point where it becomes prostitution, which doesn't exist in Thailand)

I travel a bit fair for work...  mostly Australia and the Pacific, but also most of Asia (especially Thailand )...

I love that when I arrive in Bangkok, at 11pm, by 11:15 I have someone to talk with...  someone to play pool against...  someone to show family photos to, and talk to about her family...  someone to drink with until I feel like going to bed...

I love that if I am in town for the weekend, I can have someone to go sightseeing with...  I love showing someone part of their country that they have never seen...   I usually know more about Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Pho, and Wat Arun than the girls from near Ubon Somewhereother, and always more about the ferry system...

I love that it is easy to meet somone to go shopping with, order food that I would like to try, and translate where my limited Thai ends...

I love that often she is cute, but equally often old, fat and ugly and has more in common with me...  what do I care what she looks like, as long as she really does have a good personality...

I love it right up until the point where the girls become available for more than 'friendship'...  The scale of things with respect to that in Thailand upsets me, but I don't judge or begrudge anyone of that...  just not my kinda scene...  Don't want this to turn into a thread discussing that subject (both due to the forum rules, and because I respect your opinions, and hope you respect mine)...

So, back to the original topic...  this isn't something that seems to be as available or available at all elsewhere...

Most of Asia you might be able to find freelancers in a bar, but they aren't interested in just hanging out in the bar...  knock shops I expect even less interested...   Australia and the Pacific not even that...  you fly in, have a beer, alone, with dinner, and then retire to your room to watch the same TV you could at home...  maybe with a beer from the bottle shop...  and catch up on your sleep...

Why is Thailand so different???  What are the other options???  Am I alone thinking that we need to UN Resolution for force all countries to create a 'Universal Bill of Human Rights to Bargirls'???

Cheers,
Daewoo