-- Today, (09th.), I looked-in and entered the a/m. sauna - the front door being OPEN - but I saw no-one of whom I might enquire.
- It's still in builders'/decorators' hands and smells strongly of wet concrete.

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The place had 2 minor problems, which management probably never figured out, but would turn off many patrons: (1) although the rooms were big and nice, the windows on the doors could not be adequately covered (the inside hooks were wrongly placed, or something like that) (who wants people looking inside?), and (2) the shower floor was a perpetual puddle of standing water (gross) (the concrete people or architect neglected to put slope to the drains).

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-- Today, (20th.), I looked-in to see the state of progress - still v. much in decorators' & electricians' hands; still smelling strongly of wet concrete.
- Obviously plenty of work remains to be done before RE-OPENING.

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What is Style Sauna going to be re-opened as? I sure hope someone creates an alternative to DJ Station.

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How's the going at Chakran nowadays? From the website, can I assume that membership is necessary even for single entry?. Any translator can advise? My last visit is about a decade ago.

Thanks.

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No membership required, just pay at the door as usual.

It is very changed from ten years ago. The building has been basically cut in half, with the back have of the top floors given over to V Club massage, which has a separate entrance.

Additionally, the place has not been kept up very well.

I think you will be disappointed if you are remembering the place of a decade ago.

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I went to Chakran one time in my recent trip--I think it was Christmas Eve. It was crowded with attractive Thai (the most attractive of attractive you will see in Bangkok) and some basically younger farangs. I just paid at the door--I think over 300 baht. They had a nude foam party going on, where you had to check your underwear, etc. outside of the hot-tub area being used for the foam bath (they gave you a number) (the whole area had curtains around it so you could not look inside). I did not go in, and I think it had a 5 or 10 minute limit. As usual with Chakran, it ended up being a big parade, with some very picky hot Thai going in with other hot Thai, and also hot Thai who just sat around talking with other hot Thai. I was fortunate to go in a room with a hot young Cambodian who seemed to feel out of place and decided he wanted me instead of a Thai. I thought it was well-maintained and clean. I don't remember seeing any access to V Club--which might be a totally different building and entrance from the outside.

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Same building, separate entrance. You cannot go between one and the other without exiting and reentering.

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-- Today, 02 mar., a'noon. I looked-in at the former BKK. STYLE SAUNA. - signs of progress at last - :

-- Y'day., 08 mar., I looked-in at the former BKK. STYLE SAUNA. and noted the flg. changes: The illuminated sign above the door has been replaced by one reading: MUFFIN 2 SAUNA.; and on the soi's end-wall is a painted sign: MEN FACTORY SAUNA.

-- As an aside, would someone who knows these things, etymologies and/or whatever else, pray info. me aout the significance and/or meaning of the word MUFFIN in this case; I've heard & read of men being called 'Stud muffins.', but why the word Muffin?

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from a recent Thai mag:
39 underground has orgy night (lasting from 20-21.00-thats a fullnight!) on fridays.
On some other days _ I think thurs, sat, sun they now advertise with (it says so in the Thai) jack off or show off dick. Have not seen that in other ads or publications.

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Hi, has anyone been to Ganymede Sauna in the Jomtien complex in Pattaya? Seems to be a new place.

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Before taking leave of the LOS, I visited several places that have been discussed in this or other threads.

Chinatown cinema--despite two visits, I have NTR.

Heaven sauna--My visit confirmed previous experience. I hooked up with a non-Thai lad (possibly from Bangladesh) but I don't think I encountered a Thai Thai. I did encounter an extremely aggressive Chinese uncle--and there's an army of uncles there. I'm not sure whether he just didn't want to take no for an answer or was intent on making my visit unpleasant because he views farangs as unwanted competition.

Babylon--Tried a weekend and a weeknight, but I was surrounded both times by more farangs than asians. Even on Friday evening, which at one time kept going strong until near midnight (the old closing time), the crowd began thinning about 9. If I did not have such fond memories of Babylon as it once was, I probably wouldn't be so disappointed with current experiences.

Overall, BKK seems to be a bit coarser. This is mentioned from time to time in the Stickman blog. Perhaps it's a byproduct of the political tension or maybe it's just the inevitable result of a more prosperous society (as in China's big cities). Or maybe it's just me.

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