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I second Kanchaniburi, plenty of days out from there, beautiful scenery and great entertainment. Stay at the Jolly frog for cool riverside huts and amazing food at a great price. The death railway dominates the area but still loads of chilled out stuff around like the monkey school and the waterfalls. Im not hating on BK, I had a good time there but, at the end of the day, its a big city, so many people spend more time there than is necessary in my opinion. Use it as a hub to explore the areas to the north west and north east and the islands to the south |
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twelveways 7,131 posts
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DodgyPast 9,353 posts
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Registered 16 years agogareth886 wrote:
I'll pm you my mobile number. Working in the northern outskirts now the flooding has subsided... So traffic could be a bitch.
I'm going to be in Bangkok on Friday for 1 night (catching a flight the next day at midnight.
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Jetset_UK 3,578 posts
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Registered 18 years agoOK, me and the new lady friend have decided on rather short notice to goto Thailand for 2 weeks at the end of March.
She is a very keen scuba diver, and I've been once in Greece, so that will probably be a focus for a few days at least. She went to Thailand 10 years ago to Ko Tao, and I've never been to Asia at all.
Anyway, she's a little worried that Ko Tao maybe completely different than it was 10 years ago, and doesn't want to ruin her memory of it, should it be populated with Starbucks and WHSmiths.
Anyone have any thoughts before the Lonely Planet guide turns up? -
gareth886 2,870 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI don't think Koh Tao has changed to much at all. There are lots of dive resorts but definitely no Starbucks of the likes. A couple of 7Eleven's but that's about the height of it. Koh Tao still has a very laid back vibe. -
Jetset_UK 3,578 posts
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Registered 18 years agoAh well that will please her. 2 weeks of being laid back is what I need!
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gareth886 2,870 posts
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Registered 15 years agoYeah, there are dive places absolutely everywhere in Thailand but Ko Tao is known to be a bit of a mecca for diving or learning to dive. When I was there it was the low season and very quiet, I'm not sure what its like during the high season but can't imagine it being much different. Most of the backpackers tend to swarm to the neighbouring Island of Ko Phangan.
I done an advanced PADI at Big Bubble and the accommodation pretty much had its own private beach, with the bungalow about 30 steps away. Absolutely love Ko Tao. -
HisDudness 1,760 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI'll be flying into Krabi and then heading for the coast and islands four a couple weeks. Not going to bother with Phuket. Is it enough to have a few islands in mind and just head there to find these beach bungalows for rent?
Also what's it like to find soft drugs there? Can I buy and smoke pot without getting in sketchy situations? -
smoothpete 37,743 posts
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Registered 17 years agoHisDudness wrote:
They do not have entrapment laws. Meaning that an undercover cop can sell you weed, then bust you for buying it. THEY DO NOT FUCK AROUND. All the advice I have had says that if you must smoke weed, buy it off Australians. But I will seriously advise against it tbh
Also what's it like to find soft drugs there? Can I buy and smoke pot without getting in sketchy situations?
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HisDudness 1,760 posts
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Registered 11 years agoYeah that's what I've been gathering from reading around on "enthusiast" travel reports. Sad. Guess I'll stick to beer.
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BinaryBob101 27,755 posts
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Registered 12 years agoYou'll get weed with no problem on Koh Tao. It'll be the bar that most looks like it'll sell weed. Just get in and out quickly and quietly and you'll be fine. don't travel with it though.
MaMa at Banana Rock, if it's still there is the right place for you. -
StixxUK 8,755 posts
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Registered 19 years agoWould it be stupid to go on holiday to Thailand next month given the protests currently going on?
I'm guessing it's generally OK but y'know.
Thinking about flying into Bangkok, scooting over to Cambodia to see Angkor Wat then back to Thailand and down to Krabi for a hotel and beaches.
Any tips? I've basically never travelled outside of Europe before. Pretty nervous about the whole thing but also excited.
Going with the GF, we are both around 30 and a bit past the whole party thing, after some relaxation and culture. -
mangojoe 2,529 posts
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Registered 11 years agoIt's fine , parents are there for 3 months every year and currently there now. Bangkok is mad and very polluted . Good fun though. Just hire a tuk tuk for the day and set a good price with the driver for all the sites you want to get done. Better and more fun then organized tours. Pat pong (spelling) market is worth a visit. 3 nights is enough. When buying anything in the market immediately half their asking price and Barter from there. Phuket is nice. Reccomend cape panwa as it's away from the more commercialized areas . Krabi is also nice. I could write for hours about Thailand . Great place. Been 8 times but not in the last 5 years . -
mangojoe 2,529 posts
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Darth_Flibble 5,592 posts
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Registered 17 years agoGoing to book 2 or 3 weeks in thailand, maybe Karon beach area as its close to the man nightlife while far away from the nightlife. Been watching that "sun, sex, suspicious parents: thailand" it does seem its attracting the drunk British idiots like the knucle dragger in last weeks episode. Hopefully this is kept to the full moon party area on koh samui? -
Thailand is awesome
Travel light and travel far..... Lonely Planet book is great too if you need any guidance on hotels, food, travel
Don't worry about protests and all that malarkey -
Darth_Flibble 5,592 posts
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Registered 17 years agoOther tourist tend to be really nice people, much more friendly the ones in Europe -
Agree, I spent a month there with my wife and found the experience was so good, best country I've been to but I suppose the amount of time gave us the freedom to explore more than let's say a package holiday.....
But yeah if you go with flow and understand it for what it is, you will find it is a beautiful country..... There are some truly diamond places too....
Fuck I'd love to go back there -
twelveways 7,131 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI try to go for at least a few days every year, amazing country. -
Darth_Flibble wrote:
Thats been my general worry about thailand, is british people. I;ve been sort of put of going there as a result. But i've talked to a few people in the last week who have been and warming to the idea. But i think i rather do vietnam and cambodia first.
Going to book 2 or 3 weeks in thailand, maybe Karon beach area as its close to the man nightlife while far away from the nightlife. Been watching that "sun, sex, suspicious parents: thailand" it does seem its attracting the drunk British idiots like the knucle dragger in last weeks episode. Hopefully this is kept to the full moon party area on koh samui? -
smemma 789 posts
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Registered 13 years ago@joelstinton currently living in Bangkok so have done a fair bit of Thailand travel. It's true that the more well known islands are full of Brits on the piss types - samui, Phuket, phi phi, koh pagnan etc, plus Bangkok is too of course- but there are so many islands to choose from. Places like koh jum and the trang islands have less of that business going on, and if you go in off season lipe and lanta are winners; beautiful, beautiful places but loads of bars and bungalow places are closed in low season, so you can get amazing spots all to yourself... If you want SE Asia without all the lurid side of tourism, I can highly, highly recommend northern Laos; cheap as chips even for asia and nowhere near as over-developed for tourism. Oh and it's one of the most beautiful, friendly and chilled out places I've ever been, with most travellers there being a little older and wiser than often found in Thailand / Nam. No beaches though! -
Darth_Flibble 5,592 posts
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Registered 17 years agojoelstinton wrote:
I wouldn't worry about British people from my past visits, although I suspect its sort of done for tv program I mentioned. The only real problems I've seen is pissed up Aussie 20 year old that use to go to bali and think Thailand is "their place" (like idiots do in Ibiza and Magaluf)
Darth_Flibble wrote:
Thats been my general worry about thailand, is british people. I;ve been sort of put of going there as a result. But i've talked to a few people in the last week who have been and warming to the idea. But i think i rather do vietnam and cambodia first.
Going to book 2 or 3 weeks in thailand, maybe Karon beach area as its close to the man nightlife while far away from the nightlife. Been watching that "sun, sex, suspicious parents: thailand" it does seem its attracting the drunk British idiots like the knucle dragger in last weeks episode. Hopefully this is kept to the full moon party area on koh samui? -
Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agojoelstinton wrote:
Don't let it put you off, you only see the fannies if you go to specific places.
Darth_Flibble wrote:
Thats been my general worry about thailand, is british people. I;ve been sort of put of going there as a result. But i've talked to a few people in the last week who have been and warming to the idea. But i think i rather do vietnam and cambodia first.
Going to book 2 or 3 weeks in thailand, maybe Karon beach area as its close to the man nightlife while far away from the nightlife. Been watching that "sun, sex, suspicious parents: thailand" it does seem its attracting the drunk British idiots like the knucle dragger in last weeks episode. Hopefully this is kept to the full moon party area on koh samui?
I'm just back and didn't see a single pissed arsehole. -
Khanivor 44,800 posts
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Registered 20 years agoDon't they have mirrors in Thailand? -
Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agoKhanivor wrote:
They keep breaking
Don't they have mirrors in Thailand? -
localnotail 23,079 posts
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Registered 13 years ago@modula Can you still go tubing on the river in Vang Vien in Laos? That place was like a Wild West frontier town when I was there in '03. I'm guessing you can't get opium in the bars any more, but can you still easily become a Kip millionaire? 
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StixxUK 8,755 posts
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Registered 19 years agoNow trying to decide between Angkor Wat and Chiang Mai before heading down south. I don't want to spend too long in Bangkok, it really doesn't look like my idea of fun.
Leaning toward Angkor Wat as it's more spectacular and Chiang Mai might be a bit too much like a smaller Bangkok. However it is more expensive and I'm also wondering if we go for 3-4 days if there's actually enough there to make it worth all that time...
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StixxUK wrote:
Though I didn't reach Chang Mai myself due to time constraints when I was in Thailand, everyone I know who visited that part was very positive about it. Many even considered it the best part of their Thailand trip.
Now trying to decide between Angkor Wat and Chiang Mai before heading down south. I don't want to spend too long in Bangkok, it really doesn't look like my idea of fun.
Don't know anyone who has visited Angkor Wat yet but it seems a bit too much out of the way for just one historical site. Might just be me though.
Bangkok is well worth it too IMO though I can certainly understand why not everyone would want to spend more than a day or two there. It has that universal "big city" feel to it for sure.
I'd tell you to stay a few days for the food alone but that is glorious pretty much anywhere in Thailand.gif)
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smemma 789 posts
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Registered 13 years ago@localnotail about a year ago they clamped down in vang vieng; you can go tubing but only 3 bars are open on the route now apparently. Also the vast majority (there might be one or two tucked away - we only stayed a night as as beautiful as the place is, the old party town reputation kept up the quota of c**ts) of the weed / shroom / opium bars have gone too. Yeah a million kip is about £75! I've never had such a fat wallet! -
smemma 789 posts
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Registered 13 years ago@JoeBlade chiang mai is awesome; absolutely loved it there and wish we could live there instead of Bangkok! -
thanks for replies earlier. Funnily enough at work today, i was talking to a friend of my dads, who is in her 60's, and she off to thailand this week, for 6 weeks. She got a niece who lives there, but she been before, and loves it. Really encouraged me to go! And on friday a regular customer came in, who i realised hadn't been in a while. Turns out he been to thailand for 3 months and goes every year. Not much younger either, but i think he goes there partially for the drugs as well 
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My aunt and uncle (mid 60's again) just spent six week in vietnam and cambodia. These old timers eh! good on them!
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