Ulysses G. 26,190 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I agree, there is still plenty of action around, but those were halcyon days for many of us old timers. but it's Us that's changed UG! I know you go back much further in Chiang Mai than me, but I think the street is more fun than it was 18 years ago when I first came here - and there's more in the way of, dare I say it - legitimate night life, mixed up with the naughty stuff! You are right, but as we were younger then, many of us enjoyed it more than we might now. Of course, Ian Forbes never ages, so he still going strong. Link to post Share on other sites
endure 1,843 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Of course, Ian Forbes never ages, so he still going strong. You mean he's a vampire? Link to post Share on other sites
Ulysses G. 26,190 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 He only feeds on very young damsels. Link to post Share on other sites
orang37 1,683 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Sawasdee Khrup, TV CM Friends, We believe this video (kid-sister safe) Essence of Farang on Loy Kroh captures the "spiritual essence" of the icon that "Loy Kroh" has become in the minds of certain expats in Chiang Mai, but we suggest you be patient for the first 22 seconds of it: you can last that long, can't you ? best, ~o:37; Link to post Share on other sites
Thaifan2 6 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 (edited) I went to Loy Kroh today as i was starving for some eye candy . ( i am stuck out in the sticks with a thai wife in San Sai ) . Edited April 28, 2011 by Thaifan2 Link to post Share on other sites
jdinasia 2,815 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I went to Loy Kroh today as i was starving for some eye candy . ( i am stuck out in the sticks with a thai wife in San Sai ) . If that is where you go in CNX for eye candy, I would suggest that living in San Sai has made you blind Link to post Share on other sites
Ulysses G. 26,190 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I prefer Airport Plaza for just looking. Link to post Share on other sites
WinnieTheKhwai 7,594 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 In some of the massage parlours we could see the farang guy sitting outside trying to look inconspicuous and to not bring attention upon himself that he is the owner. Actually, those guys are usually tourists trying to get a "good girl' to date them for free. They really get in the way of real customers. Seriously..? As if there's much difference in background between bargirls, massage girls, waitresses and other lower-end jobs? That's a bit misguided, but up to them of course. (As long as they don't start yapping on TV or elsewhere about having landed a 'good girl' who's actually an hilltribe massage girl or whatever, and how he's so much better than 'those guys who married bargirls' . ) Link to post Share on other sites
WinnieTheKhwai 7,594 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 "I was taken back just how seedy, dirty and squalid that area has become." What was it like before? Sometimes its not the pIace that changes, but our perception and expectations. True, but in this case, around 1998 or so, 2-3 girls would physically block your path and grab you as you walked down Loi Kroh and try to drag you inside. The OP seems to speak of a trend towards seediness, but I bet he only arrived a year or 2 ago. Clearly the trend is towards it becoming more up-market. How newbie would one have to be to not see that. Link to post Share on other sites
Ulysses G. 26,190 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 (edited) It is more about the "free' part I think, but these guys are always sitting in front of massage parlors trying to chat up the girls and getting in the way of real customers who are willing to pay for a massage. Edited April 28, 2011 by Ulysses G. Link to post Share on other sites
WinnieTheKhwai 7,594 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 (edited) Let me add some more for comparison. Look at IanForbes pictures of Loi Kroh by day. I was in Bangkok yesterday and walked around the lower Sukhumvit area. Do you have ANY idea what, say, Nana Entertainment Plaza looks like by day? It's a certified sight to behold. And the Sleaze Explosion late at night? Any street in Chiang Mai including LK looks like sacred temple ground compared to that. In NEP by the way, bars tend to charge 135 or even 145 baht for a small glass of Sangsom & Coke or a beer. Out on the street it's still a hefty 80-100. Of course you do get to experience the Tsunami of Sleaze for that. A mix of crazy young chicks, desperate old aunties, plenty ladyboys, a big contingent of African hookers, tuk tuk drivers thinking you might want a sexy lady or a body massage, and that in a steaming hot, grimy street filled with the trash of the earlier night market. Loi Kroh and the moat near Thapae? It's the Champs-Élysées in comparison! Edited April 28, 2011 by WinnieTheKhwai Link to post Share on other sites
elektrified 3,526 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Another very informative and interesting post from WTK! First Russian and now African hookers in Thailand? What is this country coming to? Link to post Share on other sites
daoyai 7,003 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Let me add some more for comparison. Look at IanForbes pictures of Loi Kroh by day. I was in Bangkok yesterday and walked around the lower Sukhumvit area. Do you have ANY idea what, say, Nana Entertainment Plaza looks like by day? It's a certified sight to behold. And the Sleaze Explosion late at night? Any street in Chiang Mai including LK looks like sacred temple ground compared to that. In NEP by the way, bars tend to charge 135 or even 145 baht for a small glass of Sangsom & Coke or a beer. Out on the street it's still a hefty 80-100. Of course you do get to experience the Tsunami of Sleaze for that. A mix of crazy young chicks, desperate old aunties, plenty ladyboys, a big contingent of African hookers, tuk tuk drivers thinking you might want a sexy lady or a body massage, and that in a steaming hot, grimy street filled with the trash of the earlier night market. Loi Kroh and the moat near Thapae? It's the Champs-Élysées in comparison! You should be writing copy for TAT adverts,...... got me missing BKK. Link to post Share on other sites
uptheos 11,124 Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Another very informative and interesting post from WTK! First Russian and now African hookers in Thailand? What is this country coming to? The 'invisible hand', demand and supply? Link to post Share on other sites
ianf 2,778 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 The 'Gross drunken farangs' are probably not in any fit state to recognise an attractive woman if they saw one, so why do the BG's need to be under 30 and eye candy? I think the bar owners have the right idea; employ cheap old slappers to keep the drunken clients happy. Meanwhile, those who are looking for a decent woman are far away from Loi Kroh that's for sure. Absolutely. You'd have to get drunk to go home with any of those Loy Kroh ladies. Its what happens in the morning that bothers me. Link to post Share on other sites
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