Bangkok’s multistory standalone soapy spas have parking lots, and often have full service bars and karaoke lounges, unlike most smaller Storefront Spas. They occasionally have curtained-off individualized carports to ensure privacy. Many of these establishments will offer masseuses providing different massage services, at varying price points. Spa management have indicated to WoWasis researchers that their […]
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PC Air’s ladyboys to be Thailand’s queens of the skies
Freshly-minted Thai regional airline PCAir won’t make its first flight for several months yet, but here at WoWasis, we applaud them for staffing up with ladyboys in its effort to have a diversified work crew. Perhaps the highest profile ladyboy hired so far is Miss Tiffany Universe 2007 winner Thanyarat Jirapatpakorn. The Bangkok Post notes that […]
Read the rest of this entry »Bangkok’s Suan Pakkad Palace Museum: traditional houses and Ban Chiang pottery
WoWasis is always looking for interesting museums that aren’t always well-touristed. The wonderful Suan Pakkad Palace museum is one of these, located just a few steps east of Exit 4 at the Phaya Thai BTS station, houses a nice collection of artifacts in a “palace” setting of old Thai teak homes. Eight separate houses contain […]
Read the rest of this entry »In Bangkok’s electric showers, death is quicker than the electric chair!
Earlier this year, WoWasis reported on a deadly shower stall in the Philippines, but one we recently encountered in Bangkok certainly competes! This Thai shower features an electric heating unit with the insulating cover removed from the control box, leaving all the wires and electrical stuff exposed to water and humans. There’s even a Buddhist […]
Read the rest of this entry »Bangkok’s streetside sewing & shoe repair: good quality, great price, and close!
Quite a few visitors to Thailand have told us here at WoWasis that they like the quality and price of streetside shoe repair and sewing so much that they actually bring their shoes and clothes from home to be repaired here. It’s cheaper than repair in their own countries, or buying new. In all Thai […]
Read the rest of this entry »Best lunch and dinner counter in Bangkok: Took Lae Dee at Foodland Market
Here at WoWasis, there are times we want a quick, inexpensive, and good meal, and for a second get away from the exhaust fumes and heat that can be part of the sidewalk dining experience in the Land of Smiles. Took Lae Dee (“Cheap and Good”), a lunch and dinner counter at our nearby Foodland […]
Read the rest of this entry »Best skin scrub, massage, and spa in Bangkok? Sazanka’s new location
Although mostly men frequent Sazanka, the experience of getting salted, exfoliated, massaged, and lotioned is something all genders would appreciate. Sazanka has just moved to a new location, one BTS stop away from its former location on Washington Square. Those of us at WoWasis recommend the two hour long “Sazanka Massage,” essentially a Korean akasuri process, […]
Read the rest of this entry »US drug enforcement funds going to Bangkok girly bars?
Thousands of beer bottle coolers (known in Bangkok as “beer condoms”), in all probability funded by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), have been distributed and remain in hundreds of Bangkok go-go bars, beer bars, and hotel bars in the aftermath of Operation Hot Spot. This law enforcement inititaive was launched as a joint […]
Read the rest of this entry »New Bangkok Airport Train gets you downtown in 15 minutes
WoWasis tested the new Airport Rail Link train shortly after its inaugural run, and as advertised it took us from Suvarnabhumi Airport to the centrally located Makkasan station in 15 minutes. It cost 40 bhat for the trip (soon to be raised to 150 baht), and the train raced along the course at up to […]
Read the rest of this entry »Electric shaver in Bangkok: Where do I find pre-shave lotion?
Here at WoWasis, we found out the hard way that hardly anyone in Bangkok uses electric shavers. On our last flight, our pre-shave lotion broke open in the luggage and all was lost, so we had to buy pre-shave lotion for our Norelco electric shaver after arrival in Bangkok. And we found that nobody sells […]
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