Tag: Bangkok

How to survive a Bangkok ping pong show without getting horribly scammed

Warning, the topic of this post is R rated, though I will try to keep the post as PG rated as possible. If you aren’t interested in more lurid topics, I’d skip this post.

You may or may not have heard of the infamous Bangkok ping pong shows. If you haven’t, google it if you dare (I would not recommend searching for it at work.) Pretty much no respectable Thai person goes to these things, and the main audience is curious tourists and pervert expats. I would say it’s a very, very unique experience that may not be for everyone, but makes a great story to tell amongst cruder minded company! Personally, I have very little interest in the titillating parts of the show myself, but just want to have very unique experience. For something equally unique that is less straight up gross and with a lesser chance of getting scammed, I would recommend the Robot Restaurant in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Continue reading →

Great Customer Service from AA, and My First, First-class Flight!

This ones going to be a short one, and fairly atypical of me for many reasons (primary of which is that it’s short 😛 ).

For starters, I booked my first, first-class ticket!! Although I wear my never-flown-a-premium-cabin badge with pride, Bangkok and Southeast Asia have been on my bucket list, and for just 60,750 AA miles (after the 10% rebate from my Citi AAdvantage Platinum card), it was worth the splurge (for what it’s worth, I will be flying Qantas and AA business class between now and this booking, but it will still have the honor of being my first flight in the front of the plane). Continue reading →

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