justinnsamui

I agree with Tax Exile. If you are coming with a family, boput ios a good area. The Waterfront in Boput is alsdo very nice and reasonable, very family orientated and British run.

Definitely Abramovitch, I saw him in Burger King last night having some Chicken Tenders. I asked him what he was doing, he said he just came ashore from his boat to go to the tailor's to get measured up for a couple of pairs of trousers. How the other half live.

Herbert - 018933859. They both go to Pedang Bazar.

Hi Excite, No problem, if you do go to Jim's Place, say hello from me.

Best option - go to Suratthani for a day, nice early start, 18 holes then get the ferry back.

if you want to go for a weekend playing golf then pattaya has plenty of courses and someone told me that if you join the Pattaya Sport Club - http://www.pattayasports.org/ then you can get big discounts.

Hey Excite,

I normally get my ticket from Travel Solutions then:

Catch minibus on Sunday morning at 07:15 from Nathon opposite ferry pier, the office is called Bamboo Travel.

Minibus will take you all the way to Penang; it is a long trip, take water.

The minibus drops you off at the Swiss Hotel, walk a little bit more and you will come to an office called “Jim’s Place”. Give Jim your passports and fill out a visa application form. He will get your passports back at around midday on Tuesday.

Walk up the end of the street and you will find the Oriental Hotel, rooms there are about 700 Baht per night, there are more around the corner, the Malaysian Hotel and the Continental Hotel, these are around 1,000 Baht per night. Check in for 2 nights.

There is not much to do in Penang, there is a shopping centre called Komtar just 5 minutes walk from central Georgetown there’s a cinema there and another one at Gurney Plaza (about 5 minutes in a cab). Also at Gurney Plaza there is a supermarket at the bottom where you can get some English food items that you cannot in Samui. There are a few bars on the main street, “Soho” which seems to be the most popular, sells different beer and Western food; alcohol is more expensive in Malaysia. Just over the road from the Oriental Hotel, on the same side is a restaurant that looks more like a canteen called the “Mayflower”, this has the best tandoori chicken in Penang, a must try.

On Tuesday, go back to “Jim’s Place” and pick up your passports and buy a bus ticket to Hat Yai, you will be dropped off at the bus station, buy a ticket for the bus back to Samui on Wednesday at 10 am. The big bus is a good option at this stage.

Get a tuk tuk to take you to the “King’s Hotel” Check in for 1 night, ask the tuk tuk driver to pick you up in the morning. There are a few bars nearby, I recommend Post Laser Disc which has live music and cheap food & drink.

Wednesday morning, catch bus back to Samui.

I've been going with an Austrian guy to Malaysia for the last 4 years, he usually takes 2 minibuses, picks you up from the nearest 7-11 at 4 am and you get back about 5pm for 1,450 baht. Don't bother with Ranong unless you want to get back much later, this one is far easier.

He is doing one on 7th September, call Herbert: 018933859

Nice thought but how much will actually get spent and will we see any difference ?

Bring us a donner over please kebabman

Big Joe's stainless gas grills are great but they will not come cheap. You can always cut a metal barrel in half and get a stand welded or even cheaper, dig a hole and put a metal grill over it !!

This happens every once in a while, hopefully they will either get the channels back or replace them with ones just as good. Without them it is not really worth having.

Tesco and Tops are good for steaks, chicken, pork chops etc.

Fish Market near Big Buddha is good for seafood.

Big Joes on the ring road oppostite the PTT filling station is good for sausages, burgers etc. He also has some really good ribs in vacuum packed bags that are marinated in bbq sauce - lovely.

Beer can be bought from most places.

Happy BBQ.

Try Samui Aksorn, on the right hand side just before you get to Nathon