Asia After Hours

A Journey Through Vietnam – by Leon Visser

This must be the coolest video I have seen so far of Vietnam. I am really impressed. Those 2 guys are from the Netherlands and they enjoyed having some “tour-guides”, imported from Thailand. Their honeys don’t look bad and they seem to have a good time together. On the one hand it shows well how easily the westerners fall for the SEA girls and on the other hand also how available “normal” girls are for such spontaneous trips with white foreigners. I would not call them good girls but also not bad girls. For Bangkok I would say such “normal” girls are best to find for white foreigners at Bed Supperclub or Flixx or Shock 39. Those girls don’t have fixed jobs and they will take every opportunity they get to travel the country with, in their terms, quite wealthy and good-looking guys. The attraction on both ends is just really high.
In 3:25min you see a really cool restaurant spot. Thumbs up guys !
One of them seems to have made photos for National Geographic magazine. Check the video :

http://www.vimeo.com/28454865

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Sexy Thai chicks @ St. Regis hotel, Bangkok

This post again is for the people who only want to watch the chicks and shit.

Yes and the girls love the place too. Really stylish, they love the decor, only the vibrant lobby is missing. But having a few drinks at the drawing room with such a view is hard to beat. I am a nerd anyway, for me it does not need to be crowded with people, I can easily enjoy it there alone with a few beer.

We had a fun time there. Sometimes you really can feel like Bruce Wayne in the hotel, especially when having such hot chicks around.

Tar said she would like me organize a Bangkok pool party there, I also talked with a friendly British guy there who manages the pool bar who said it should not be a problem. But currently I am really done with events, it is too much stress.

I really liked to have Dome around, I didn’t expect I could actually need a butler but after I found out how fun it can be, I see the value.

The St. Regis got an in-house Mercedes S-Class and Bentley limousine service. They have the new S-class. Next time I try it as well. But Mr. Frank is simply my prefered driver and he knows me well already.

Check the video :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dywgXEIQrA

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Bangkok Hospital Pattaya : Not a bamboo hut !

The idea for this video was to show the hospital in a neutral, authentic perspective of a touristic outsider.
You will see people walking towards and away from the camera, strange and “unwanted” things are not getting cut out. Of the 1 hour walk I originally was planning to cut a 30min video but I liked all so much that I actually only cut out 10min of some longer walks. This just shows how authentic the whole video is.
My motivation for this is : I simply love Thailand, if I can help a little a good place like this one, it makes me happy. I am not doing this for everyone, only if I really consider something to be worthy to be portayed.

The staff I encountered at the Bangkok Hospital Pattaya is extremely friendly and helpful. I had the opportunity to have Dr. Ian Corness as a guide. He is a very knowledgeable person, an excellent communicator and he got a great sense of humor. Thanks to him, this whole walk doesn’t appear sterile and boring.

Video 1 explains general things about the hospital : They have 400 beds, are accredited by the Joint Commission International, their international service speaks 22 languages. They are even a little more international orientated than Bumrungrad in Bangkok making 60% of their revenues with foreign patients.
Dr. Corness shows a standard room which costs something around THB 5000 / day. Rates in Pattaya and cost of living in general are cheaper in Pattaya than in Bangkok. Dr. Corness liked to stress that Bangkok is considered as a transit for most people (not me !) whereas Pattaya is a destination. Traffic in Bangkok moreover can be so bad that the transport from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport to Sukhumvit can take sometimes almost same time (usually around 40 min) like driving down all the way to Pattaya (usually around 2 hours).
Dr. Corness explained in a great way why people should not be worried about the standard of the hospital although the city being best known as the world’s largest sex destination.
Nowhere in the world except in Thailand you will find the hospitals being constructed like a hotel. The main reason for the medical tourist coming is still the very lower price which can be around 25% of what you would pay in the USA or Germany.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZMoAvm1RBs

In video 2 we see the dental cosmetic & implant center where 28 dentists work. We learn about the efficiancy of the health promotion center : for example you get your blood test results only 45 minutes later after the blood was taken. Some befriended MDs in Germany might get mad when they read it here. Things in Thailand just work easier, heavy beaurocracy like in Europe helps creating extra jobs but it won’t get more efficient…

The hospital employs 12 cardiologists who all have extensive experience and are fully accredited specialists. I have a quite high trust that hospitals like Bangkok hospital and Bumrungrad employ physicians that really work on a very high level. Local universities like Chulalongkorn or Chiang Mai university for example have reached a standard that appears really good to me.
Because they are a private hospital they are able to pay higher salaries to their physicians than a public hospital could pay. This is clearly an advantage to get and maintain some of the best doctors of Thailand.

Dr. Corness already works 12 years for the hospital. He explained in a funny way that he came to Thailand 14 years ago like many other foreigners who had been through a lot of shit in their home country. I bet he really could write a best-selling book about life in Thailand from the expats point-of-view. He is a great character. He got re-married 10 years ago with a Thai and got a son and a daughter with her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ntoLt2nVo

In video 3 we see at first the Arabic reception area and Intensive Care. They are the only hospital in Pattaya that has an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanner.
Dr. Somchai who studied medicine in Munich, Germany, introduces his supersight surgery which isn’t LASIK. He brought a lot of technology and knowledge from Germany to Thailand. He works together with Carl-Zeiss from Jena for the lenses he uses. Dr. Somchai works since 15 years for the hospital, he developed his technology in 2002 and had 205.000 operations being done with it. Dr. Corness refered to him as one of the leading lights of the hospital. He was also responsible for getting the Icelab from the German company Zimmer to the hospital.
In total the hospital employs 100 full-time physicians and 100 part-time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNGVcsepKBM

In video 4 you see the brand-new, cutting-edge Icelab, a cryo therapy spa, which is the only one across whole Asia. You can heal all kinds of conditions with it at minus 110 degrees, especially pro sports men like to use it for healing faster. I should inform Mr. Rainer Calmund about it to send his football injured pro-players down there for a little fun rehabilitation time. It costs only around THB 1000 per session, around 10 you should do depending on what you use it for. You walk through 2 chambers with different temperatures and try to last in the 3rd chamber around 3 minutes. Next time I come to Pattaya I want to try it. You get a big boost of endorphines and oxygen from it because of the density of the air. After all the heavy partying and drinking in Pattaya that I am used to : this is just what I need. In case they don’t like my video portray, they won me at least for the Icelab already. LOL.

Later you see the cantine and the dermatology & cosmetic surgery center. They employ 5 cosmetic surgeons. The most popular surgery there for forgeigners is breast augmentation (enlargement) and for locals a nose operation from flat to more western looking. A big part of the medical tourism happens within beauty surgery. Pattaya as a nice, touristic beach destination is clearly scoring in convincing patients to stay for a longer time if the operation demands it.

Bangkok Hospital Pattaya is a fully digital hospital. All your data (for example blood tests, diagnosis, X-rays, prescriptions, etc…) is electronically stored and you get identified with a barcode you carry along. Moreover they share data with hospitals abroad, so let’s say you want your doctor in the USA to have all the info on what you did in Pattaya : no problem, they are very cooperative. I am very impressed of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwW5j6LoQOM

In video 5 you see the MRI scanner. The hospital got their own busses and can arrange picking up international patients from Suvarnabhumi airport. The International Service Department can also take care of visa and other issues.
The hospital got 11 ambulances, the majority of ambulances run in Pattaya are public, run by various foundations. Their own ambulances go out with a doctor on board and treatment could already start there.
The Emergency Medical Service got 16 beds. Pattaya, let me assure you, is so much safer than any place in the USA I know of.
We make some jokes about the large amount of public holidays in Thailand : Dr. Corness wants to produce a small pocket calendar for Thais which lists the days when Thais are actually supposed to work. LOL.
The International Service Department will also help you with your insurance, trying to figure out if your insurance abroad will cover fully or partially costs of your stay at this hospital. What I learned about insurances is : they really don’t give a shit about people, of course we all work in the monetary system. The insurance looks at the numbers like everyone does : as long as they don’t have to pay more, it is very likely that they agree to a stay/treatment at the hospital. That’s why price matters so much. Plastic/beauty surgery however is nowhere covered anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vLFKMuByVE

I want to say many thanks again to the entire Bangkok Hospital Pattaya staff, especially to Dr. Ian Corness taking the time and guiding me around that spontaneously. I am always shocked and impressed how helpful people in general are towards me in Thailand, like giving me permission for such video tours. Taking into account my aggressive logo and sometimes controversial website content : When they give me their trust, I am all the more willing to help.

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Global Nanpa : The Nothing Man, 1/2

Here comes the buzzer beater. This video is a summary of the best scenes of the last trip. I doubt life can get any better than that from this level on. I have never seen any other video where I saw something that I liked more than what I am doing here. For me personally I am living my dream for this moment : it is my life, my money, my time. My values might change over time and then I simply do something else later on, but right now I am very happy that I can do just that…

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xid0mz

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“Take me to the chopper” : Aerial photography helicopter flight from Bangkok to Pattaya

This 15min video got shot during a 2 hours helicopter flight from Peninsula hotel Bangkok to Bangkok Pattaya hospital. I didn’t knew it before but according to Advance Aviation the Peninsula hotel is having the best helipad across whole South East Asia. So we were lucky. We started flying from sunrise which was a good idea because it gives the city a special appearance. Sights like Wat Arun are also most spectacular to visit at sunrise.

I won’t list now everything that you might notice in the video, mostly I don’t know it anyway. Just enjoy the eye candy :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ful-DaBlLg

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The Big Mango

This Big Mango in my eyes is the world’s best city. When I visited Bangkok for the first time in 2005, I already had the feeling that this would become a love-affair. It just felt right to be there and things didn’t change since that.
When we explored the city by helicopter I recognized how little I know of the city. I don’t think it is really important to know every angel there, but there is plenty I still want to learn and explore. The heart of Bangkok are its natural friendly, Buddhistic people who are strongly connected with the king. I don’t think it is correct/fair to say that everything went downhill and that it just became a touristic, idiot hub. It depends on the areas and tell me any other place that’s better taking it all together. Jakarta has more diverse characters, it feels more grown-up, but they don’t have that open, free feeling : too much is happening just inside buildings there.

One of the most frequented questions I get is how much money you need to enjoy it the way I present it in my videos. I thought a long time about it and experienced the very luxury but also the budget end. I didn’t start staying in Bangkok at the Jim Thompson suite. My first hotel was the President Solitaire. I payed for my first room and first stay THB 2200/day. Let me tell you what : I was so extremely happy with this room, I could not believe that I was now able to afford a room that has such a nice marble bathroom. I was blasted away from the Thai hospitality and got the chills when I entered my room. I think the first time Jim Thompson didn’t make me happier, although I still consider it to be the best room of a hotel in Bangkok and Bangkok is No.1 worldwide in my eyes.
The point is that at a certain level, the extra luxury doesn’t bring you proportional extra fun.
Interesting is that according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the normal, average tourist spends around THB 4000 per day, a little more than USD 100. And I believe that this for a tourist is just about right to do everything without real limitations if you are smart. Of course there always is no open end. But I would never go in below THB 4000 per day, it won’t be fun. As an expat or resident the budget could be decreased a lot. Beware that taken into assumption that your currency might inflate at a rate of 2.5%, your fixed money value will decrease by half after 2 decades.

Honestly speaking you can basically fuck all my guides if you search there for eventually having the ultimate day. They can help you for getting an impression, give you ideas and a better overview. Everyone has a different taste, I prefer to structure here everything as an authority because in first priority I am doing this site for myself, it is a collection database of my own travel memories.

Do you really need to pay THB 5000 for a having the best massage experience of Thailand ? Hell no, you only pay that if you want to be secluded/safe from the real world, housing in pure luxury while getting the treatment. Some of my most memorable massages were THB 250, 90 min Thai massages in some dingy parlors, located in small Sois.
The picture is very similar for Thai food. My best Tom Yum Goong I also didn’t had a 5-star Thai restaurant. Does this now all mean that I reverse back and only stay at the budget places ? No, I will continue visiting the whole spectrum because I think I experience most that way. The point I want to explain is that even if you cannot afford the luxury places, just be happy with what you have and that you found Bangkok instead of dieing in ignorance without knowing heaven.

I want to thank a few people who helped and supported me on the last trip to make this video and following happening : Jakob, Thomas, Vann, Em, Twopee, Michael, Jah, Tar, Cherry, Fai, Nadia, Kat, Dream, Ann, Lookpad, Michaela, Patrick, Advance Aviation, Peninsula hotel Bangkok, Four Seasons hotel Bangkok, Dusit D2, BKcoolclub, The Pent, Funky Villa, Bangkok Pattaya hospital, Baccara, Rainbow 4. Many thanks for letting me keep the memories inside this video and I hope it enjoys/motivates/inspires other people as well :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNNKyoRRyMk

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Mandarin Oriental hotel, Chiang Mai : Lanna Renaissance

The Dhara Devi actually got built by a rich Thai from the south with a budget of around USD 25-50 million. Nobody I asked knew the exact sum, maybe I find it out later. The owner decided to make a hotel out of his place and lets it operate by the Mandarin Oriental group since around 5 years. Rachen Intawong was the conceptual designer.
You could critize that everything there is not natural and got built by plan : Every fucking tree you see there got moved from somewhere else. But the whole complex : villas, rice terraces, garden, common facilities are absolutely amazing. You feel like a king inside a Lanna fortress for very few people.
It is more fun walking around the complex than at the Four Seasons, especially the common facilites are better. The pool that overlooks a rice paddy is simply incredible and became my favorite spot of the Dhara Devi. One day i was just lounging for about an hour at the right edge of the infinity pool looking at the windmill and farmers on the rice paddy. Damn fucking nice ! The pool is also a great networking place. The guests of the Dhara Devi are very friendly and mostly interested in chatting with other folks. People I spoke with had time and most were doing some sort of interesting stuff. In Bangkok such chats usually don’t happen in such a relaxed way. One middle-aged person from Brazil saw me running in the gym and lounged around there till I finished. Seemed like he just wanted to share some thoughts. Nice dude. This example simply shows you how much they score on the guest side. On the staff side they are good too, but the Four Seasons is better. The people from the Four Seasons simply appeared more natural friendly to me.
The villa you see is Nr. 21, grand deluxe villa with plunge pool, costs around THB 40k ++. I have a booking running for villa Nr.99 next time which costs about THB 60k++.

I am writing very positive in general. But of the places also have to deal with criticism from me. The Four Seasons Bangkok and the Peninsula Bangkok were the only hotels that scored 100% without anything to complain about. The Philippines, damn, it is a different world, they play in a much lower league in terms of hospitality, I will have plenty of updates in the hotel section soon.

Things didn’t start fully smooth with my arrival at the Dhara Devi. The keys of the villa got placed in the upper area, when the baggage came, the person closed the doors which locked me out because I was still downstairs. The complex is big, so I walked to the main reception, explained the situation, waited to get new keys and went back. 1 hour loss on a 2 days stay can be annoying. More annoying was that the staff person who gave me the new keys reminded me that I shall not lose them instead of apologizing. What the fuck ? More of such staff behavior later. It is just a general problem of the Mandarin Oriental staff across South East Asia. I saw it in Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta before : the staff there likes to hide behind their prestigious name and glitzy rooms. They pretty much focus on show and big spendors who are often (the majority of inherited ones) not the smartest. I have a really ridiculous video of the Mandarin Oriental in Manila…
We go on : Most annoying was what happened at the spa which is truely overrated. They wanted to sell a 90 minutes massage for a 60 minute one because it fitted better into their therapist schedule. When I asked them about why it is only 60 minutes, while I read in the menu it was 90 minutes, she replied that I am wrong and this massage type is a 60 minutes one at the waiting area of the spa. I said that I probably also only pay for 60 minutes and not for 90. She jumped from one lie to the next, telling me that this price doesn’t include tax and service fee. Well even with this fee, the pricing would also not have been correct, so I asked the lady to show me the treatment menu, the one I also read in my villa beforehand. She went into the spa reception area, came out again after a few seconds and aplogized that I am correct and I can have 90 minutes if I would like to. My mood for getting a massage was close to 0 at that point. The only right decision would have been to cancel the massage but I didn’t. What followed was one of the worst massages I ever got in Thailand. A THB 250, 90min Thai massage on Sukhumvit would have been way better….They have all the utilities in the spa, employ almost 20 therapists there, but still they fucked it up. I won’t visit the spa again. The complete opposite experience I had at the Four Seasons but the Four Seasons didn’t deliver in terms of food.
Another big negative factor is water pressure and temperature inside the villas. They need to fix this, it cannot remain like that.

Speaking so negative now at the end, there are still many positive aspects about the place. For me I see it as a great place to re-energize in the middle of a stressful trip. It is peaceful, the views are great, I love the garden, trees and especially the pool. I mean, I don’t use all the things that could cause problems anyway. I just need the cool villa, the pool, gym – that’s all. For that I cannot go wrong with the Dhara Devi : to indulge for a few days in Lanna heaven.
I will rank the Dhara Devi slightly above the Four Seasons in Chiang Mai, mainly because of the closer city location, just 5km outside the city, and because of an overall better structured resort.

Part 1 :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuFeomyiU5s

Part 2 :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-PsniRpxuI

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