Beng

Neither nor, as you are simply 20 years to late.

Both places are rip off too, very unfortunately.

Also, most people are not going to the beach anymore afer a few years,

while you realize all the negative aspects of living in a prime tourist area with only

money in mind and very little choices regarding to the rest of the kingdom.

Thailand is still great..... somewhere else.

Never change a winning side. New layout sucks.

A while ago, there was a topic about a very ugly and massive project in the south.

The link Any pics how it looks now ?

Next time you guys talk to Bangkok Airways ask them what a Boutique Airline is

I've asked them this, when they started this boutique thing some years back. I was told boutique stands for small & exclusive.

It's easy to find in Georgetown/Penang, if you get there occasionally. For Samui, there used to be an indian restaurant supply shop on southern Chaweng beach road.

Located in a little soi, across from Chaweng Resort, on the left hand side. Otherwise you can ask one of the indian/nepalese tailors

101 views and not a single reply. So does this mean that there isn't one single decent boozer in Had Yai

Try post laser disc the banboo bar or the swan,there all shit but there the ex pat bars i think.

Swan and post laser aren't that bad. Food 'n drinks inexpensive and they are located right in the centerof HY. Good muslim restaurant is across from the King's hotel (hotel not to recommend though). Many of the hotels offer great value breakfast buffets (Novotel,Regency,etc.)

Unfortunately this project has discontinued.

But over on the ringroad between Tesco and Chaweng there is a brand new indoor football stadium about to open.

Have looked at it from the road and it looks the Mutts Nuts.

Thanks for the info starcandle !

aiways friendly fellow. RIP Antony

Anyone knows wether the football ground at the jungle gym in Plai Laem is still under construction ?

Try BK or Kuala Lumpur.

Cheaper flights to KL (Subang) with http://firefly.com.my/ I and it's not flooded.

You are trying to get specialist stuff in a country that thinks it's OK to use sunglasses when welding.

Good point there

From another thread.

Flood Protection With Sandbags, It is a science

Flood protection with sand bags.

Same in Thai.

LOS = Land of sandbags indeed

Some local Police guy would probably buy it

If they only could read English

You forgot to mention the number of bed/bathrooms you want.

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It's a shame, poeple leave their pets behind in the floodings. I bet they're not gonna take them back. TIT

Mr. Chans and Ms Pauline's. True Thai/New Yorkers. Great pizza.

Ate there a few weeks ago - Standard Thai-pizza with stingy topping and under-cooked dough.

Get REAL NY-pizza, go a further down Canal rd to the Samoeng intersection and try Pizza & Pasta - BEST

Good pizza indeed, but I think it's closed or they have moved ? Mad dog's is good too, but too small sizes.

They are doing this ever since. Also the klong in front of PG office and BKK hospital, where they place the mud on the slope right behind it. Waste of time and money.

Beng - a very one sided description of all of those places.

Phuket, Pattaya and Chang Mai - you only mention a few insignificant positives. Samui - you only mention negatives. (By the way -some of your positives are wrong!!!) Not a well balanced argument.

What is your motive?

Tropicalevo, what I'm saying is, Samui has no gov. airport, infrastructure, stable power supply, tabwater supply, etc. All the basic features of a world class destination are missing.

That doesn't go along with the, very high costs, compared to other places in the kingdom.

How's the move going Beng?

I've skipped it.

It was only word of mouth, that brought the first foreigners to Samui in the late 60's early 70's. Samui was a place to recommend.

The situation has changed. Nowadays, Samui gets people through travel brochures and TV ads.

In contrast to other destinations in Thailand, like Phuket & Krabi ( good infrastructure, power supply, gov. airport), Pattaya (cheap accommodation, many choices) or

Chiang Mai (very civilized,good climate, clean and reasonable priced), Samui fails to match any of them and offers the least for the most money.

The local islanders could get away with their prices, mismanagement and ignorance for quite a while.

But in times of globalisation and the internet, plus the financial crisis and a fierce domestic competition, it doesn' look good for them much longer.

130 Baht for a Heineken??

Its a proper rip off aint it!

The whole island is a rip off.

the whole island is not a rip off.

I went to Honda yesterday to get a new seat clip fitted, and it cost a staggering 138 baht fitted

Had whole new seat fitted to a Honda Wave in CMX for 250.

depends on the whether.

i know that sounds a bit silly but a heavy down poor could come at any time. only need a few hours and the road shall be flooded due to high tides.

If you look at the beach the water it right up which means that the floods cannot leave the island till the tides take it out.

so when the sky changes to dark then you'll need to be on your toes.

Worst affected area will be south Chaweng and Laem Din for shure. I wonder, that people are still renting shops there.

They rent the shops from the people that left after they got flooded. Keeps repeating itself.

True, they are still being able to find another idiot. But this will not go on forever.

130 Baht for a Heineken??

Its a proper rip off aint it!

The whole island is a rip off.

depends on the whether.

i know that sounds a bit silly but a heavy down poor could come at any time. only need a few hours and the road shall be flooded due to high tides.

If you look at the beach the water it right up which means that the floods cannot leave the island till the tides take it out.

so when the sky changes to dark then you'll need to be on your toes.

Worst affected area will be south Chaweng and Laem Din for shure. I wonder, that people are still renting shops there.

Forgot to put an important item on the list.... Baked Beans: always worth having a couple of tins in stock.