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Bangkok Hustle Nana Seven slash one

November 1, 2018 by David Herd

Small alley beside Nana station

Bangkok Hustle Nana Seven slash one

Bangkok Hustle Nana Bangkok Hustle Nana Seven slash one may sound a little confusing, however let me explain this title. Soi 7/1 is a small alley off Sukhumvit Road adjacent to Nana station. I sometimes stay at a very good budget hotel called iCheck Inn Nana, which is at the end of the street about 200 meters from Sukhumvit Road.

Walking that 200 meters is where the hustle comes into play, you have to pass quite a few massage parlours where the girls & ladyboys are quite relentless in their efforts to lure you inside with the promise of all sorts of graphic exotic experiences. I’ll leave the description of these promises up to your imagination. 🙂

The corner of Soi 7/1 & Sukhumvit Road

Bangkok Hustle Nana That’s Nana station on the upper left of the photo.

One of the popular Thai restaurants in this Soi.

Bangkok Hustle Nana There are 3 or 4 restaurants plus a few small hotels & 6 0r 7 massage parlours.

They call themselves the Bangkok Beer Cafe. 🙂

Bangkok Hustle Nana Just across the road from my hotel, the iCheck Inn Nana.

The pickled Liver traditional British Pub

Bangkok Hustle Nana Located at the end of the Soi on the right hand side.

iCheck Inn Nana

Bangkok Hustle Nana A very good budget hotel with nice rooms & fast internet. Book through THIS LINK for a discounted room rate.

Looking at Soi 11 from my hotel room, see more on this link.

Bangkok Hustle Nana Looking at the Ambassador Hotel in Soi 11. The block of land in the foreground was where Cheap Charlies & several shops & restaurants were located before being demolished in 2017. Once again book through THIS LINK for a discounted room rate with free cancellation & a pay later option. 

Anyone fancy a game of pool?

Bangkok Hustle Nana A nice looking bar next to my hotel. Thanks for visiting my Bangkok Hustle Nana Seven slash one photo blog. There are hundreds of secret little Sois in the Sukhumvit area, this has been the story of one of them. 🙂

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One night Bangkok, never enough

April 1, 2015 by David Herd

The boys in Bangkok

One night Bangkok, never enough

One night Bangkok, never enough

One night Bangkok, never enough, plus one night Bangkok makes a hard man humble, Not much between despair and ecstasy, One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble, Can’t be too careful with your company, I can feel the devil walking next to me.

We have all heard the song and some of us have been lucky enough to live the dream. 🙂

The photo above is at Nana Plaza with Greg Clee, John Sinclair and Sean Fenton, all Aussies who love Thailand.

This it not part of my travel blog, just part of my personal history from 2007.

One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head (HQ Audio)

“One night in Bangkok and the world’s your oyster
The bars are temples but their pearls ain’t free
You’ll find a god in every golden cloister
And if you’re lucky, then the god’s a she
I can feel an angel sliding up to me”

One night Bangkok, never enough

One night Bangkok, never enough

 

Say no more…….

Khaosan Road

One night Bangkok, never enough

“Khaosan” translates as “milled rice”, a reminder that in former times the street was a major Bangkok rice market. In the last 20 years, however, Khaosan Road has developed into a world famous “backpacker ghetto”. It offers cheap accommodation, ranging from “mattress in a box” style hotels to reasonably priced 3-star hotels. In an essay on the backpacker culture of Khaosan Road,

Khaosan Road cafe

One night Bangkok, never enough

 

There are several pubs and bars where backpackers meet to discuss their travels. The area is internationally known as a centre of dancing, partying, and just prior to the traditional Thai New Year (Songkran festival) of 13-15 April, water splashing that usually turns into a huge water fight. One Thai writer has described Khaosan as “…a short road that has the longest dream in the world”.

 What a beautiful face.

One night Bangkok, never enough

A pedicure in Bangkok is an absolute please when done by such a beautiful girl.

Long tail boat

One night Bangkok, never enough

The craft is designed to carry passengers on a river & may include a lightweight long canoe hull, up to 30 meters long, and a canopy. There is a great variation among these boats, some have evolved from traditional craft types, while others have a more improvised look, the sole defining characteristic is a second-hand car or truck engine.

Ok, lets go yo Pattaya

One night Bangkok, never enough

  Another beautiful face is Dah who was working at the Honey Pot in Soi 2 when I met her last year.  

Dah in 2006, 15 kilo lighter

One night Bangkok, never enough

    Same pretty face however she was 15 kilo lighter when I met her last year.  

 Sabai Resort

One night Bangkok, never enough

This is where I stayed for 7 years each time I would visit Pattaya until I moved to Thailand from Australia in October 2011. A great location with a reasonable price, I preferred room number 311.

Sabai Resort

One night Bangkok, never enough

  Catie Rizzo from the Gold Coast with John Sinclair at the Sabai Resort.  

Cate showing off her assets

One night Bangkok, never enough

 

Atlantic Bar 2nd Rd Pattaya

One night Bangkok, never enough

  Ian Finlay (RIP March 2009) Ooy, Cate and John Sinclair enjoying a good night at the Atlantic bar.  

Sean gets engaged.

One night Bangkok, never enough

Sean Fenton and Ann get engaged, it is now 2015 and they are living happily in Townsville with a number of children. On the left is Brad Robbins also from Townsville and on The right Greg Clee who is my neighbour in Pattaya.

Sean’s bucks party

One night Bangkok, never enough

Hamish Elton, Greg Clee and Sean winding up for a huge night.  

Attitude

One night Bangkok, never enough

    Hello sexy man, where you go?

Tiny girl at the Honey Pot

One night Bangkok, never enough

  Rod is a fairly big guy, in fact he used to be a Sydney cop, he towers over the little waitress.  

Honey Pot Soi 2

One night Bangkok, never enough

It was my favourite bar for 2 or 3 years, sadly the original Honey Pot is now closed. Typical Pattaya, nothing stays the same for too long.

Honey Pot

One night Bangkok, never enough

One of my favourite Honey Pot girls, I love the sexy glasses, and if you look through the slideshow you will notice one night she was wearing red & white socks, the Sydney Swans colours. 🙂

I’m in heaven

One night Bangkok, never enough

Savannah in Soi 3

Pretty face at Atlantic Bar

One night Bangkok, never enough

It’s 2017 & I’m still drinking at the Atlantic. Check out pattaya life in 2016 on THIS LINK.

Not just a pretty face

One night Bangkok, never enough

    An incredible body as well. 🙂

Sabai Wing Soi 1 North Pattaya

One night Bangkok, never enough

 

Sabai Wing Soi 1, 3 swimming pools and nice rooms, 100 meters from BigC, great value at only $23 usd per night as of August 15. I live in the high-rise in the background, Markland. For a great room rate book here.

U Too bar

One night Bangkok, never enough

    Moved several years ago to Drinking St 2nd Rd north Pattaya.

Gold Coast girls

 One night Bangkok, never enough

Cate and Tammy.

Koh Samui

One night Bangkok, never enough

 Cate, Tammy and I decided to spend a few days in Koh Samui.

One night Bangkok, never enough, thanks for visiting.

One night Bangkok, never enough

 

When I’m in Bangkok I like to stay in Sukhumvit Soi 11, here is an excellent budget hotel, if you USE THIS LINK you will get a great rate of around B1100 per night, or $30 USD.

One night Bangkok, never enough

 

The best Bangkok budget hotel I have ever stayed in.

2008 was another super year, check out my exciting life on the Gold Coast, just click on this link.

 

 
 

Here are some more posts on my wild wicked ways. :)

 

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