A Salute to 50 Years of Late Nights at Bangkok’s Malaysia Hotel

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Fri Nov 24, 2017 4:45 pm

who else has spent a night or two there??

Upon opening in December 1967, the hotel quickly grew popular among American GIs visiting Bangkok for R&R for its convenient access to places such as Lumphini Park, the U.S. embassy, the Joint United States Military Advisory Group, or JUSMAG – not to mention Patpong and other red-light districts.

In the beginning, rooms started at a handsome 120 baht per night. After the American withdrawal from Vietnam, the loss of business forced the hotel to cut rates in half to only 60 baht.

http://www.khaosodenglish.com/life/arts ... sia-hotel/

my first trip ( back in 77) three of us had a triple room and all had soi cowboy girls> ahhh the memories.
Used the Malaysian as our go to hotel till we moved UP to the Crown on soi 6 LO

frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Fri Nov 24, 2017 5:06 pm

i think 1978 or 79 was my first time in bangkok.
you could buy legit sapphires for peanuts- set them in bali and sell the product literally by the kg in usa.
i sold a halliburton case full of it- abt 8 kg on the plane to the guy sitting next to me one time.
took some mucking around for him to find the cash quick on arrival.