BritManToo

On 7/13/2019 at 2:40 PM, DEQ said:

There are no go-go bars or nudity.

I found the girls inside the darkened bars got frisky very quickly after a $3 lady drink or two.

Tops came off very easily.

Apart from that, I agreed with your post.

On 7/11/2019 at 7:56 PM, Puchaiyank said:

If you are attempting to bring about reform, it's probably best if you try to stay out of prison...

History disagrees with you, it could give him time to write a book, how about a title "My Fight".

20 hours ago, csmith said:

Just had a cataract operation on one eye at Sriphat Hospital in Chiangmai .… Baht 78,000 .… they did an excellent job.

Sriphat aka Maharaj aka Suan Doc is no longer a cheap hospital for foreigners.

Had a quote for a broken hip from them last week 200,000Bht, Nakorn Ping price 30,000bht.

15 minutes ago, Traubert said:

The much heralded Vietnam isn't. Nowhere near it.

 

' Tourist arrivals in Vietnam edged up 0.2 percent year-on-year to 1.19 million in June 2019 from 1.18 million in the same month a year earlier. Visitors increased from Europe (2.3 percent), namely from Russia (3.7 percent), Germany (6.9 percent), and the Netherlands (9.3 percent); America (7.4 percent), mostly from the US (8.3 percent).'

 

https://tradingeconomics.com/vietnam/tourist-arrivals

I'm one of their new tourists, once last year, 3x this year.

3 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Ms Pearce for instance, points out the she (and her father) had "already told him that he can come to see his daughter anytime," and that she had "never stopped him from seeing her ..."

Bit hard for him to do when she's blocked his phone.

5 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

There's nothing in the article about her 'snatching' the child.

You gotta read the full story, it also says mom employed nanny and housekeeper to look after the kid while she worked full time.

Having lost two children of my own in the UK from a woman snatching and running I have the greatest sympathy for the guy. I never saw mine again.

3 minutes ago, SteveK said:

How do you season pork mince for a shepherds pie? Lea and perrins and a stock cube?

Half a cup of Tesco onion gravy (from the big Tesco Lotus).

So the woman snatched the child from the Bangkok family home, moved to Phuket and blocked the fathers phone.

Sounds like dad just corrected her injustice towards him.

Good luck to him.

On 7/8/2019 at 6:15 PM, ghworker2010 said:

Next time does she legally have to hand over her DL? Come to think of it... if she were to download that app and show the DL details on the legal app then this problem is alleviated is it not?

She could just tell them she doesn't have a driving licence, fine is the same.

5 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

And that's the problem, I am a high spending tourist at around 200k per 2 weeks trip (not including flight). I very rarely use credit cards in Thailand. Most of my spend is cash which is spent in Thailand.

 

My week in Da Nang (last week), I spent a massive 6,500bht including flights.

And that was splashing out on a $15/night room near the beach.

7 hours ago, newnative said:

l usually visit a place  only once, too.  That's sort of the point of tourism--going somewhere you  haven't been to before.

In a way you're right, I rarely hire the same lady twice.

9 hours ago, emptypockets said:

Judging by your posting comments it has been many years, if ever,  you have been in a five star hotel. 

Never been in one, think the added expense is a waste of money, I'm happy enough with $10/night.

But did live with a Thai hooker for a year who worked for them in Chiang Mai, front desk would call her up, she charged 40,000bht for the weekend.

18 minutes ago, Yinn said:

They have policy about “unregistered guest” in the room after 9pm. 

For that reason. Most/every 4 and 5 star in Phuket and Phangnga have the same rule. Trust me, they don’t want the sex tourist. 

I always book a double room and tell them my gf is arriving later.

Until booking.com (et al) requires both guests names, I would just ask for a refund if the hotel refused the second guest. 

Anyway your last post about Koreans convinces me you're not Thai. Koreans are the worst customers anywhere in Asia, known for their violence, shouting and drunken behaviour.

On ignore now, I don't want to read troll posts. 

5 minutes ago, moontang said:

BM, I am surprised you haven't discovered the 25 cent beer happy hour in Sihanoukeville. Euphoria or something... 

I was happy enough at N-pub in Da Nang where the Saigon export was 20,000vnd (25bht), buy one, get one free at happy hour, that's 12.5bht/bottle. I had plenty of Angkor draft in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh at 50c-75c a glass. I've just stopped drinking in bars in Thailand, all my spare money now goes on holidays in Vietnam and Cambodia every 90 days, countries that actually seem to want me to visit them and welcome me.

Sihanoukville is just a giant building site at the moment, occupied by Chinese casinos, all the bars are gone.

1 minute ago, SOTIRIOS said:

...considering that, in 16 years, I have never heard one Thai say anything good about people of Indian origin....

I don't know, lots of them seem to like Lord Buddha.

11 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Curtain hotel ok for that. No problem.

Why public? Act like real wife?  Make people uncomfortable because everyone know.

 

Tell you what, tell us the name of the hotel you work in, I'll contact your manager and ask him if he wants my business or not? I'm guessing you'd be sacked on the spot for your comments.

(That is if you're not a white male troll pretending to be a Thai woman)

16 minutes ago, Yinn said:

MOST people think same with me, my boss, my friends, my hotel. Is ugly to see. Pitiful. 

Western people don't care what hotel service staff think.

Your job is to serve us.

Every 5* hotel in the world has old guys with hookers as customers, it's what rich guys do.

Often the hotel will provide the girls.

1 minute ago, uzynkotak said:

Which web sites are good for apartment search in danang?

I usually use AirBNB and Agoda for Vietnam.

Loads of homestays in Hoi AN for $10/night for air-con double room with balcony inc breakfast.

Bus fare from Da Nang to Hoi An is 20,000vnd (about 80c, 25bht).