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cadenza posted:So Phi Phi really is just beaches and bars, right? Not sure how long I should stay here considering I'm not really into partying. Everyone I have spoken to has given me different recommendations though... apparently Koh Lanta is less developed, can any of you guys confirm that impression? I think what I'd like ideally is somewhere with good-value accommodation and a distinct lack of drunken 18-year-olds. Kol Lanta has a lot of swedish families. A lot of beach pubs all over the place with fire shows. Outside the two biggest beaches there are some nice places to stay. Its a nice little island, or at least was, my trip was 3 years ago. My impression of Phi Phi is that its filled with 20 something good looking youth.
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Something a lot of people don't know is that if you go to Sweden in December, the people you meet at the airport and hotel are hired from Eastern Europe to play Swedes for tourists as all the actual Swedes are at Thai beaches.
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I'm at the Robin Hood pub having a beer, had to escape the heat for a while. Havent seen the sun for four months and it buuuurns. Plan is just to relax and have some beers tonight. And just in time the Asok protest is over, makes my life a littlebit easier. Pretty much the first thing i saw after arriving was the canadian guy jumping off from the 4th floor at the airport. Landed near the public taxi line. edit: typos, drat tablet Barfolemew fucked around with this message at 05:24 on Mar 3, 2014 |
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Mar 3, 2014 05:20
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ReindeerF posted:Something a lot of people don't know is that if you go to Sweden in December, the people you meet at the airport and hotel are hired from Eastern Europe to play Swedes for tourists as all the actual Swedes are at Thai beaches. Scandy Season 
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Mar 3, 2014 06:38
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Guys, we lost Barfolemew: Finnish Man Lays Down in Road so Tour Bus Runs Over Him Just kidding. Poor guy, what a way to go. Be sure to read last paragraph for outstanding Thai police work.
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Mar 3, 2014 14:24
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Mar 3, 2014 14:43
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Ringo R posted:Guys, we lost Barfolemew: Finnish Man Lays Down in Road so Tour Bus Runs Over Him
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Mar 3, 2014 14:52
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Still here! Any goons around tue, wed or thu? Still havent gotten around to get a thai sim card but you can reach me via email. Dont really have any huge plans so im free whenever. Barfolemew fucked around with this message at 15:52 on Mar 6, 2014 |
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Mar 3, 2014 16:08
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ReindeerF posted:"He also had 29 THB so the officers kept them for evidence." Ringo R posted:Guys, we lost Barfolemew: Finnish Man Lays Down in Road so Tour Bus Runs Over Him I can't link it on my phone but there's an article under that about a Japanese tourist committing seppuku underneath that article. What the hell is wrong with Thailand.
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Mar 3, 2014 17:05
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ReindeerF posted:"He also had 29 THB so the officers kept them for evidence." Oh my god, I thought you were making a joke. Oh, man.
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Mar 3, 2014 17:17
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lemonadesweetheart posted:I can't link it on my phone but there's an article under that about a Japanese tourist committing seppuku underneath that article. What the hell is wrong with Thailand.
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Mar 3, 2014 19:03
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ReindeerF posted:We need Tytan in here to take some heat, as Cambodia has so much of this that they use the word "Deathpat" commonly. It's actually pretty rare here, even though it happens enough that we joke about it a lot. Cambodia is totally a more suitable place to kill yourself.
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Mar 3, 2014 19:13
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Another Thai language/culture question! I just found out that my girlfriend's maternal grandfather passed away  , and because I met him once and my GF's mom likes me I want to express my sympathies to them. Obviously I can't drop two grand to fly there and give them flowers, but they Skype a lot so what's a good way to say something like "I'm really sorry for your loss, he's in a better place" etc.?
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Mar 4, 2014 03:26
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lemonadesweetheart posted:I can't link it on my phone but there's an article under that about a Japanese tourist committing seppuku underneath that article. What the hell is wrong with Thailand. quote:The police colonel speculated about a possible motive for the suicide. Mr. Kosai was apparently visiting Surat Thani as a tourist. But he could have been pickpocketed and had most of his assets stolen, so he had gone to see the tourist police.
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Mar 4, 2014 05:03
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Barfolemew posted:Still here! How about Wednesday? We can start with a sauna and some Lapinkulta and whip each other.
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Ringo R posted:How about Wednesday? We can start with a sauna and some Lapinkulta and whip each other. Sure. Im at soi 18 sukhumvit so just give me place and time that is easy to find, i get lost all the time, so somwhere near a bts station would be nice. Alltho i usually still get lost cos i cant find the right exit. edit: i hate posting with a phone
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Mar 4, 2014 10:38
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Gail Wynand posted:The police work in that article is great too: Oh god. "And then he killed himself and died like a samurai" is the best thing I've read in a while.
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Mar 4, 2014 10:41
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Haha. This guy I know met this Thai lady on Koh Samui, and after three days he went back home to Shithole, Germany, and bought a ticket to bring her there for a month. 
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Mar 4, 2014 11:35
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Jeoh posted:Haha. This guy I know met this Thai lady on Koh Samui, and after three days he went back home to Shithole, Germany, and bought a ticket to bring her there for a month. PICTURES!
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Mar 4, 2014 11:45
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Ringo, i sent you an email, i keep getting weird proxy errors when sending so im not 100% sure if it reached you. Ill be there at 16:00.
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Mar 4, 2014 12:52
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caberham posted:PICTURES!
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Mar 4, 2014 12:58
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True love! Would be cool to see you too so if you dont have anything better to do join me and ringo tomorrow.
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Mar 4, 2014 13:01
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We'll be around Reindeer's hood so we can just go for surprise beer visit after sauna.
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Mar 4, 2014 13:07
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Ringo R posted:We'll be around Reindeer's hood so we can just go for surprise beer visit after sauna. :matti:
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Mar 4, 2014 13:44
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I thought SEA had a monopoly on horrible pizzas.... I was wrong. Pizza Hut Australia.
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Mar 4, 2014 14:28
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Oooh, that's a strong contender.
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Mar 4, 2014 14:33
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Hello Southeast Asia. It's fourteen degrees in NYC today.
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Mar 4, 2014 14:34
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Ya but it's so diverse there and there's so much culture and look at the museums and t- hahaha suckers! WARM HERE.
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Mar 4, 2014 15:53
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Songkran is coming...
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Honeymoon in Thailand? Advice? Ideally I'd have some combination of beach/activity/history although perhaps biased towards beach.
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asdf32 posted:Honeymoon in Thailand? Advice? How many days? And Budget with a capital B? You actually have a bajillion places to choose but gooooooooons are travel I would recommend Railay. It's close to the mainland yet a really really nice Island. Amazing rock climbing. James Bond Beach is really clean (it's those private /public hotel ones) They have 5 star suites. And 3-4 star hotel retreats. I just booked mine online for myself and it was really really hilarious that all rooms have heart shaped towels. So yeah, honey moon place. You can then take a plane to Bangkok and have fun there. An alternative is just the outlying resort areas off Bangkok like Hua Hin/Pattaya/ etc... It's beachy enough and close to the capital.
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Do not go to Pattaya for your honeymoon unless you both like kinky fuckery.
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Pattaya is practically Mainland China central now, don't go there. http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2013/dec/22/chinese-tourism-changing-the-world quote:Pattaya's spectacular ladyboys are another example of something they can't see back home. (On one tour group's itinerary, the Chinese word used to describe them translates as "person-creatures".) After the show, the sequin-bedecked performers in towering headdresses crowd into the lobby to pose for photographs with tourists for an extra charge of 40 baht (80p) a time. "Please inform management if the artists misbehave," says a large sign warning about potential overcharging. But on this occasion it's some of the Chinese men who misbehave by trying to squeeze the ladyboys' breasts during their photo sessions. "They think it's OK because the breasts are not real," says Wu wearily.
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caberham posted:How many days? And Budget with a capital B? You actually have a bajillion places to choose but gooooooooons are travel What? Pattaya? For a honeymoon? No, give us your ideal budget and what you want to do. Are you looking for fancy resorts? Elephant riding? Lots of local liquor?
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The Saddest Rhino posted:Pattaya is practically Mainland China central now, don't go there. Speaking of Pattaya and ladyboys (and because I think they referenced it in the article), I just remembered that I got to see the Alcazar cabaret show when I was there a few years ago and it loving insane. Second row too, not sure what my GF's dad had to do to get tickets like that.
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If you just stay inside the hotel resort then it really doesn't matter where you stay. Pattaya and phuket are iffy places for us but for most people it's just a travel destination. Lots of beaches with a "developed" infrastructure. Sex tourism is more of a western thing. It's all over in east asia and is no big deal. And bangkok is pretty mainland too. The grand palace and other sights are just filled with tour buses. It's because Thailand allows Chinese to land on arrival. The corona beach advertisement is a loving myth unless you go to some end of the earth.
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Jesus Christ burn season came early this year. Haven't been able to see the end of my street all week. Thinking of moving to Bangkok for a few months since air is cleaner there this time of year, right? Right?
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MothraAttack posted:Thinking of moving to Bangkok for a few months since air is cleaner there this time of year, right? Right? There's 100% more grenade shrapnel in the air in Bangkok.
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caberham posted:The corona beach advertisement is a loving myth unless you go to some end of the earth. Also I hope all countries allow Chinese to land on arrival, otherwise they'll eventually run out of fuel.
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Bloodnose posted:
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