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I spoke to our agency and liaised with the embassy so hopefully should be fixed tomorrow, fingers crossed. Trying to get info from the Vietnamese immigration services was like getting blood from a stone. We went to the killing fields and the national museum this morning and loved(?) it. Super imformative and sobering day. Thanks for the food suggestions as well because the local BBQ was awesome.
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Ally McBeal Wiki posted:My one additon, if you're still there, is to wake up early (or head home real late) and sit down to some pork and rice (bai sach chrouk) on a streetcorner. They close up shop by like 8 AM or earlier, but it's so worth trying. Oh, I completely forgot, if you like Mexican food, they now have a restaurant rivaling La Monita - Mexicano. It's over in BKK1 I think. Unbelievably good chips and salsa and guacamole and tacos and enchiladas and... everything. Owner is apparently a douche with a nightmare girlfriend, but his brother pretty much runs the place and cooks and they're Mexican. It is fanTASTIC.
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Vegetable posted:Three days in Penang next week. What should I be looking to do? Eat as much as possible, particularly nyonyua cuisine. Check out the street art as well, it's really cool and well done.
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Yeah just eat all the street food, they are all amazing. If you go online and search for hawker food recommendations pay attention to those created by locals, and any place that has a queue would usually be good. Avoid food courts especially one called "Red garden" something, it's an odd tourist trap and the food is poo poo. You can rent bikes, get a map and ride around to look at the street art and go to the tiny port. Then in the evening take a drive to the beaches at Batu Ferringi where the night life is.
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Vegetable posted:Three days in Penang next week. What should I be looking to do? weird, I just found out that I have to go to Penang on Saturday for a few days....
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The Saddest Rhino posted:
Cool, good to know!
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On the safe side go for USD 50 per day (not counting accommodation) in case of alcohol or uber / taxi, but even then it's over compensating
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The Saddest Rhino posted:On the safe side go for USD 50 per day (not counting accommodation) in case of alcohol or uber / taxi, but even then it's over compensating You've clearly never gone drinking with Pirate Radar.
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i haven't i have only drunk with two goons in my whole life 
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Bangkok is only a hop, skip and a jump away.
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Maybe going back to Cambodia this year with a friend who is into archaeology. Other than the obvious Angkor Wat loop and killing fields, anything else I should pitch?
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There's a good museum in PP that's just full of ancient Brahmic statues. Not sure the name of it but it was pretty cool and relatively cheap to get into. The Genocide Museum is also worth seeing if you want to have a somber day.
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So I'm staying in Dusit tonight, are there any good bars near there worth checking out? Any Bangkok goons up for grabbing a drink? I have line if you can pm me for my contact info. Should be ready about 11:30 pm
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Bad timing for me this week otherwise I would.
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Jenkem Delivery posted:So I'm staying in Dusit tonight, are there any good bars near there worth checking out? Any Bangkok goons up for grabbing a drink? I have line if you can pm me for my contact info. Should be ready about 11:30 pm If it's the district, Phra Nakhon is the next district heading South toward Khao San Road. If you go toward the river and get on the road paralleling the river closest to it - Pracha Rat I think - just after you cross into Phra Nakhon, under the big expressway bridge, you'll see street signs titled Sam Sen Soi #. Between Sam Sen Soi 2-6 is a new backpacker district that's more like the relaxed KSR that existed sometime before I got here for the first time, heh. It's not amazing over there, but they do have some very interesting and/or cute places. Look for Chillax Hotel on Google Maps. Cinema Winehouse is over there, Wunderbar is cute and has good food (Western specifically), Snack Bar serves Canadian food of all things and has some of the only poutine in Bangkok, though when I sent a photo to my Canadian friends on FB they passed it around and made fun of it, so probably not good. There's a khlongside bar that's on the right as you approach Chillax, nice place to sit and have a beer. If you continue and turn right onto Phra Athit toward the old fort and Thammasat, there are a shitload of high end Thai university bars with everything from loud (Thai) pub rock to jazz to sitting idly and drinking and so on. If you want anything more like a fancy night going out on the town, head to Thong Lo and Ekkamai. EDIT: I'm in the provinces and I'm starting to give directions like folks here, heh. Sorry. Go to the market, take a left, look for the old lady selling mango, it's not fresh, anyway, ignore her and then look for the kanom chin restaurant on the right and after that you'll see a small road next to Wat Fai Luang and you want to turn in that road and you'll know it's the right one if you see the old auntie on the chair outside a pink house be.... ReindeerF fucked around with this message at 14:02 on Mar 31, 2017 |
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There's always Parkland. Come drink at Parkland.
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Atlas Hugged posted:There's always Parkland. Come drink at Parkland. 
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ReindeerF posted:Dusit district or like the Dusit Thani hotel? I'm assuming district, but it's historically rare for tourists to stay there it why I ask, heh. Thanks for the info, yeah I'm staying at Uma Residence which appears to be on the outskirts of the Dusit district. Just doing a night in Bangkok between flights and it had really good reviews. Like you said a bunch of cool hipster bars popped up on my searches, Sky Train Jazz Bar looked kinda cool. Would I be welcome in some of those more local hipster type spots?
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Jenkem Delivery posted:Thanks for the info, yeah I'm staying at Uma Residence which appears to be on the outskirts of the Dusit district. Just doing a night in Bangkok between flights and it had really good reviews. Like you said a bunch of cool hipster bars popped up on my searches, Sky Train Jazz Bar looked kinda cool. Would I be welcome in some of those more local hipster type spots? Not far away is the hiptser (GATSBEEEEEE) mecca of Ari, which is mostly restaurants where the same people plus some young professionals eat and then drink until late at very twee restaurants. I was almost hit once by a twee GATSBEE twat driving a quarter scale replica Mercedes or something. It's that twee. You're also not ridiculously far from Silom, you might look up Wong's and Smalls - or if you're up for it and around tomorrow, huge cultural event, the last day Cheap Charlie's will be open in its location. I can't claim to ever even have liked it, but like every expat here I've been many times and it is a landmark, heh. EDIT: Oh you mentioned Jazz, I completely forgot that Brown Sugar has relocated over by Phra Athit. It also has horrible service, but at least traditionally was the best jazz/blues bar in town (Saxophone is poo poo, IMO, though it does have talented musicians sometimes - but it's right by Skytrain Jazz Bar, so maybe give it a go and then see a hearing specialist tomorrow). ReindeerF fucked around with this message at 14:25 on Mar 31, 2017 |
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Jenkem Delivery posted:Thanks for the info, yeah I'm staying at Uma Residence which appears to be on the outskirts of the Dusit district. Just doing a night in Bangkok between flights and it had really good reviews. Like you said a bunch of cool hipster bars popped up on my searches, Sky Train Jazz Bar looked kinda cool. Would I be welcome in some of those more local hipster type spots? We always stay at Uma when we have to spend a night in Bangkok. Awesome little hotel for the price. Can't really help with the nightlife stuff though because we always have a kiddo in tow. Bardeh fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Mar 31, 2017 |
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Skytrain is good, though as mentioned a bit slow. I used to go with coworkers a lot.
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Looking at the weather and it's still a few days out of the forecast, but it looks like BKK is about 10 degrees cooler than usual for Song Kran week. That's pretty excellent news.
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Yeah it's drizzled every morning for a few days now. Keeps things real cool through lunch.
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I can report that, meanwhile, it is Africa hot in Kan every day all day. Jesus Christ. It hasn't been hot like this for the last 5-6 years.
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I feel like I'm melting today in Vietnam and it's not even that hot today. Nha Trang is a bit of a shithole, looking forward to moving on
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Just tourist central zone (lol) and dirty beach
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I haven't been there in 14 years, but it was set to be a tourist zone with a dirty beach then, so I'm not surprised.. Enjoyed it, though. Can you still spot the Russian era brutalist dachas a bit out of town as you head North or South? Those were fascinating to me. Like, hey, you can build anything, it's a tropical paradise, you don't have to build square concrete flats with rusty swingsets. On a separate note, if anyone is planning on going to Kan(chanaburi) I am full of good advice at the moment.
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Pirate Radar posted:Planning a trip to Malaysia--maybe including Singapore--at the end of September. Anyone know what my expected backpacker budget would be for daily expenses in KL, not counting accommodation? As a local, depending on your schedule I might be able to offer myself as a free, very open-minded, non ripoff (and bored) tour guide in Singapore.
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I'm getting a lot of conflicting information on Song Kran in BKK. Some people say the celebrations aren't going to be much. Others say same as usual. I read a report in the nation that said KSR and Silom have both been closed to traffic for the festivities. Is it going to be just show up and see what is happening?
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Waltzing Along posted:I'm getting a lot of conflicting information on... just show up and see what is happening? Southeast Asia in about 20 words.
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Ally McBeal Wiki posted:Southeast Asia in about 20 words.  Accurate.
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Palladium posted:As a local, depending on your schedule I might be able to offer myself as a free, very open-minded, non ripoff (and bored) tour guide in Singapore. 
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Waltzing Along posted:I'm getting a lot of conflicting information on Song Kran in BKK. Don't worry, there'll be plenty to do at your usual haunts: 
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Personally Songkran is my least favorite holiday because poopwater.
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It was 90 here last week when I was in Osaka. Now I am here and it is forecast to be 95 which is doable. 95? Naw says mr sun, try some 103 on for size. Still better than the 105 last year. I am seeing far fewer people wandering around with water guns this year. Headed to somewhere in a little bit.
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There are huge storms up here in Chiang Rai today and ain't no way I'm going out in them on my bike to see if anythings still happening for Songkran. If this is an early start to rainy season then bring it on. A week of 40c heat was plenty, that'll do thanks.
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Which are the good Tiger and Elephant reserves in Chiang Mai? The ones where the animals aren't drugged up.
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That ended up being a really wonderful experience again. And my friend for whom we have come to celebrate his birthday said the exact same thing I said last year: I'm coming again next year. Song Kran is such a great thing. I think my favorite part is seeing the little kids being so happy to be able to squirt water at the adults. They all seem absolutely tickled by it. Happy New Year, y'all.
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