If you are traveling in a limited budget and wanted to get a relaxing and decent massage and spa try Healthland along Sathorn Road, it’s a classy and nice place its very close to BTS Surasak Station.  A 2 hour massage is worth 250 baht for coupon holder and 350 baht for non coupon holder.  There are plenty of massage parlors along silong road an hour oil massage is worth 450-500 baht and 250 baht for thai massage. 

Food Fuji, MK, Shau Shabu by Oishi and Sizzlers….if you want to indulge in a cheap thai food try Yum Sap you can find it in World Trade, MBK and other malls.

Platinum Mall in Pratunam is good to shop for clothing.  But still I prefer to shop in Suan Lum Night Bazar.  JJ is place where you can find everything.  Spare a day if you want to shop there. For gadgets and electronics try Pantip but beware examine well the things you are buying. 

Thailand is considered to have one of the five best cuisines in the world (arguably, France is No. 1 but to me excellent Chinese cuisine for its variety is No. 1 given that media is Western-oriented) so it would be advisable to look for a place that serves excellent Thai food. Reading the travel blogs and the guides, one must not leave Bangkok without tasting its enormous selection of street food. For shoppers, the food stalls at Chatuchak are great. As a rule of the thumb, however, always make sure you don’t drink tap water – the rule applies anywhere in the world where you’re not sure of the quality of the water – take bottled water or a soda. For street food anything boiled in front of you is ok, anything grilled properly is also ok. Look at the surroundings and the general hygiene of the food stall proprietor. He shouldn’t be mixing raw food with cooked food (a source of staph), the hamds must be clean and he should not handle food directly unless he washes after holding money, etc. Bangkok the rest of  Thailand are a foodies paradise – apart from being a shopper’s Mecca and a massage afficionado’s dream city.

Any suggestions of favorite places to eat in between forays to Chatuchak, Hero, Albury, Babylon and Silom are highly appreciated.

One suggestion, the Japanese sashimi and sushi at the Oriental in Bangkok – first rate blue fin tuna sashimi and other treats. Also try its lunch buffet at least once! 

Boys
Patpong has two sois (streets or eskinitas) with rows of gay bars, again tourist traps
the best gay bars are actually around the area too pero sa mga not so popular sois

Caution
if you do anal, wear condom, its your life saver

Thai prostitution
it’s becoming westernized, the call boys are more feminine than your average parloristas here
just note that prostitution there is like a regular job

Massage parlors
nothing beats Babylon still for the boys if you’re into gay to gay

Magazines and DVD
don’t get ripped off. THEY DO NOT SELL in their country the Thai Gay2Gay movies, go to Hong Kong instead

1.  Club:  Dj Station
2.  Bath House:  Babylon
3.  Massage:  Albury
4.  Shopping:  Ask your Tour guide  

I would appreciate it much if you could give me a rough idea how much it would cost me for a small lot. By the way, my favorable place would be in Madridejos, by the beach.

Please e-mail me thru mukha79@yahoo.com. Would appreciate it so much. Take care.