Visited THE ORION in Pinklao last week-do not recall any reports on it, so here it goes:
1.easy to reach, its behind the carpark of the TescoLotus just before the Centran Pinklao-a well known landmark, on the main road from Pinklao bridge going west, along the now closed old New Sai Thai Busstation. AC-buses 507-RamIV, 511-Sukhumvit, 542-Chinatown, 516, 556-airport and 177-Silom bring you there. also local buses like 30, 57, 123,124,127 etc. Few buses going back after 23.00-but 511 runs 24 hrs. The busstop is for most after the PATA-get off (also for taxi)-walk back-turn right into soi 9 and the sign is behind the carpark-just follow it-its in a enclosed Mu-Ban with the entry at the other side-full of cars. Their website makes it look much furhter out as it is.
2.arrival at 20.30-just when I found it I saw a BiB enter-and this always sets off my alarm-bells to avoid. So I took a walk around the block and found a male-only karaOke bar just out of the MuBan-left side (did not ask there anyting-maybbe just a random hit), and IN the MuBan seem to be 2 boarding houses-big groups of lads with just shorts on sitting out-some maybe illegal Chinese-but got 1 soft ''I go with you''-so farang are not that unknown. The Tesco just left out its dayshift-dozens of workers in green-many big smiles and come-ons.
3.2nd arr 20.45-entry is 200 bt/weekend and 150/weekday, closes at 1.00 am and thats clearly posted everywhere. Price a bit steep for suburban BKK. It is 2 fairly narrow but 5-floor high shophouses interjoined.
Ground floor is entry, a make-up area with lots of notes for mobuy-nr exchange and all the usual, then a common shower area.
1st fl. has the lockers-about 100/120 total, with own lock and an extra padlock,. No visible signs of break-in or damage to be seen. Beside it in the other house was a kind of bar/even dance-disco-only noted this on dept. You find 2 big towels in your locker.
2nd fl has a exercise/work out area with mahcines-saw noone at any time there
3d fl is the maze/cabins-half lighted/half dark-just 12 cabins or so-some not lockable- or no door. Also the only enclosed shower here-with also the only waterjet bumspray. Here is also a VDO/TV with gay por
4th fl has a tiny dry sauna (not very sweaty-hot), and a slightly larger very hot steamed sauna, common showers and rather stragely arranged, also a kind of living rooim-with normal TV-Thai soap, beach-type deckchairs, and many mags-did not check for gay Thai por available-but guess there are some.
5th fl. has a stocked bar area-also with free coffee/tea and free (the cheapest) Thai whiskey and soda-these were gone by 23.00 though. also an outdoor area and a sign-an open ''room'' for nouat=massage @ 300 bt tip.
And its piece de resistance is the rooftop open--air garden/cruising area with deckchairs, normal seats-some dark grope-area-and lots of plants and gardening-covered for the sun-but from some faraway hotel and condo being possible to be watched with new-style enlargers/camera or so.
A friendly Thai dance professor caught me and showed me all-I would not have discovered this all myself. There were few mozzies-and these like the sweetblooded white skinned most.
The whole was 10 yrs old but not showing this age-well kept, fairly clean and no khong=things ''siaj=broke or mot=finish.
There were about 30/40 patrons-a good mix of ages, mostly around 30/40 yrs-maybe 40% the expected-ooy, farang-stay out, and anohter 40% glad to see me- I got quite a few touches at the right spots and smiles. Showers are high on the walls-and have heaters-that were all turned off-I hope thats better in the cool season. IMHO they should have a few more bumsprays.
There also seemed to be some friends-circles meeting and chatting/smoking buree and gossipping.
The VDO was first showing antique Hollywood gay por-boring, but then changed to that amateur Thai gay por-same story-but much more attractive. So I sat down, was soon joined with others who liked their cruisers being made ready for battle-even 2 at both sides-and one had a nice touch to me-the por had its final-and we had a hot but sadly rather short session in a nearby cabin. These have big rolls of tissue and overflowing bins. Did not see easily spottable condoms/lube-but the other one came prepared with. In the sauna was a unique sight for me- a very thin Indian lad-about the first I ever saw in a BKK-venue.
By 23.00 most had gone and some staff already started cleaning up.
Thus; well worth a visit, come early, and bring OFF (as you cannot take it there...555) or skeetolene (stinks) if you want the garden delights.
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