La Defense Soapy Massage Parlor, Bangkok, Thailand
by Suk Psycho ~ October 23rd, 2008. Filed under: Massage.La Defense is one of those Massage Parlors one can only reach with a private car/motorbike or with a taxi. It is on Rama IX road, on the way to the airport. No BTS or MRT station there.
Once again it’s a very large building that looks like an hotel. Inside there is a fiwhbowl and a place for side line girls. The price is 2200 baht for the fishbowl and 2600 for the side liners. The Papasan was cool but did stay with me all the time that I was looking at the girl. So, to buy some time, I asked to visit the rest of the place. And that’s when I realised that there was also a huge model lounge.
It’s not the first time that the Papasan doesn’t tell me about the model lounge. I guess these Massage Parlors off the beaten paths are Farang friendly but try to keep the model girls for the Thai and Japanese customers.
Girls in the lounge were valued 3500 baht and up, although there was not such a big difference with girls from the side line and fishbowl. One was even quoted 5000 baht! Maybe that’s why they are reluctant to bring the Farangs there. We are probably the only ones who complain that it is way overpriced!
For me just another place where one pays more for the surroundings than for the girl herself. Considering it is far from downtown and not in a living area but rather next to the highway, this is definitely not a place that I would recommend.
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October 24th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Excellent off-the-beaten-path review. La De’fense was actually a place I had on my places-to-go list. The pictures I’ve seen of the models there were very enticing to say the least. In fact, La De’fense & IDA are both places I really want to visit on my next trip.
I’m really glad you reviewed the place since I’ve got some questions I’d like to ask.
1.) Being that it’s not nested in the farang accessible area, did you have any trouble with taxis’ or whatever mode of transportation you used to get there?
I’m concerned because, my first few attempts at getting a taxi to take me to Poseidon(which isn’t nearly as hard to get to), the cabbies simply refused. I heard 2 popular excuses:
a) “Place closed”
b) “Too far bad traffic, I take you to other massage place.”
It didn’t occur to me, until one of the knowledgeable managers at Big Mango explained to me that, one can always take the BTS and grab a cab nearby or walk. And that cabbies could be brided, if necessary. Obviously the cabbies don’t get commission from Poseidon so I’m figuring La De’fense might not employ such promotions for cabbies either.
2. Any problems with communication? I’m at a level below zero in terms of Thai speak. Considering that from your review, it sounds like the this is a more Thai joint than a Farang place. Do you think there’d be any problems in terms of communication? between the papasan and of course the models?
3. How’s the neighborhood, granted a lot of the places out of the way can be pretty dangerous. I don’t want to put myself through any unnecessary harm. That means being mugged or falling victim to any of the numerous scams done to tourists.
I’d be very grateful if you can provide some further details to my questions. Much appreciated and please keep up with the off-the-beaten-path reviews. It’s nice to see some really different specs now and then.
October 24th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
@SukPsycho – Great out of the way report! Too bad about the thumbs down, they got some lookers on their site.
@Midnitesigma – I used to live in the Ratchada area of BKK and from my experiences have found that if you are coming from Sukhumvit, Silom, or MBK area the taxis (9 times out of 10) will refuse to drive to Ratchada for whatever reasons they have.
If you directly ask them to take you to Poseidon, they may refuse because it really is too far (no return fare) or because they’re not getting a cut of the action. A better alternative would be to ask them to take you to the hotel directly across the street. Or if you go the public transport route you’ll have to take the Skytrain to Asoke, then transfer onto the underground subway. You’ll probably be paying as much or more than the cab fare by doing this.
For some reason whenever I used to catch a taxi in Ratchada, they’ve never refused to take me anywhere and always turned on the meter. But along Sukhumvit, it’s a crap shoot.
October 24th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
@ MS: I got a motorbike which makes things easier (but not safer). I you go by taxi you should avoid the heavy traffic hours (5 to 8pm on weekdays) or go on weekend. Maybe you can book a girl from the website to make sure.
No communication pb as the papasan always speaks a bit of english, and it is all about prices anyway.
The neighborhood is not great, but all these MPs have security guards outside who will call a taxi for you. Therefore whenever you go it is rather safe. I wouldn’t recommend to start walking at night from the place though.
@ sabai: they do have stunners, but I mean this is quite expensive and far for what it is.
October 24th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
@SukPsycho – yeah you’re right. 3,500 baht without an actual soapy massage in an out of the way location isn’t what one would consider a deal. i’ll stick with cupidy.
October 25th, 2008 at 12:59 am
thanks guys for the excellent info. I’ll be sure to use it on my next trip to BKK.
October 25th, 2008 at 3:25 am
Talking about soapies…there is a Thai movie I saw a while back called “Cherm” (English title – “Midnight My Love”) starring Mum Jokmok, you know the guy in ALL the Thai comedies and Tony Jaa movies as the sidekick.
The movie is about a soapy girl (total HOTTIE) falling in love with a country bumpkin taxi driver played by Mum. You can watch it in it’s entirety on youtube in eight or nine – 10 minute clips. Or buy it on DVD at Big C for like 60 baht.
There are gratuitous shots in the MP showing the fishbowl lineup, the girls changing room, the actual massage room, and scenes of her giving a bath, and her getting bent over and stuffed by punters. The movie moves pretty slow but the chic is damn cute!
October 25th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
@ sabai: Sounds fun. I’ll try to get it and have a look.