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Do you ever feel like a prisoner in Thailand?
ChaiyaTH replied to bob smith's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
You would be taken to immigration first to identify who you are. Only if that is impossible, you would end up like that in the IDC. But you could for sure end up being in jail over night or even for a weekend, if not having it on your person + no phone. -
I spend that every month on restaurants and drinks. I did erase bar girls from my budget since covid, that's why I have more for food now. 5K a night average X 2 per week.
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No I don't think it is a lot too, it is quite normal in Europe at least. Most farmers in southern france already drink a karaf by lunch time.
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Do you ever feel like a prisoner in Thailand?
ChaiyaTH replied to bob smith's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
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No it is not. Have you even read the topic so far? I think you miss the entire thing we discussed. For your non hangovers, yeah, that will be a personal thing. I can also drink much more than other people while still walking straight, behaving normal etc. But the hangovers, I do get, when deserved. However with the wine, often undeserved, it really comes from the specific wine.
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Do you ever feel like a prisoner in Thailand?
ChaiyaTH replied to bob smith's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
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Do you ever feel like a prisoner in Thailand?
ChaiyaTH replied to bob smith's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Well we have to do that already in the first place technically speaking right? If living here for 180 days or more. Or what? The first time we all need to do that would be early next year. I'm kind of waiting for that first year to end and see what the news says, if it is bad, I'll be out. Not gonna file anything. -
Besides the hangover, I'm also sure it gives me a worse drunk in general, less happy. So for me it is simple; i'll stay away from the cheap ass wine and beer from now on. Better to drink less often and more expensive in that case, saves time, headaches + good for health.
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And you never get any headache at all, not even if you drink 2 bottles of southern hemisphere origin? Is that the same for others? Or only you?
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Yeah well that could still be relative, I mean of course wines here cost more as of taxes bla bla bla. But if it is about what we discussed, one can still try and get the best deal wine, as long it is not from a southern hemisphere origin country.
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What is a huge wine drinker? And do you drink every day? Then obviously you would also get less and less chance on a headache in the first place. I am talking about doing a dinner 1-2 times a week and then having easily a bottle of wine, or even 1.5. Im not that tall and only 65KG too but I can drink a lot.
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Well yeah but to remain on topic; i would be happy to drink some cheap box wine, if that is all there is, and it is cheap. But the hangover part is where it matters hehehe. So the question would be if it really is about the hemispheres as in that case, technically, a local produced (box) wine should be safe.
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The headaches are just as bad with expensive wines from those same countries, to my experience. I am aware that box wine is inferior, should not be allowed to call wine. You can see it by the color on the label of the bottles too.
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Yeah dohh. but we are in Thailand hence cheap wine does have everything to do with taste.
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Histamine and tyramine are biogenic amines. This is a group of chemicals that naturally occurs when fermenting grapes. These chemicals may cause headaches by binding to receptors along the blood vessels in the brain. Activating the receptors causes the blood vessels to widen, which may cause headaches.
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Well the french restaurant that always has French / Italian wines, NEVER gave me a bad hangover.
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So credits to @Offshore360 for solving the wine mystery: less chance on a terrible hangover from wine? Order a European wine.
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Yeah I googled that out already too hehe. Thanks!
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Interesting as most of the wine that is cheap here, comes from southern hemispheres (south africa, argentina etc etc). This while the expensive ones are from Europe. So we need basically USA or EU wines then to avoid headaches?
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British Couple Outraged Over £9 Tin of Heinz Beans in Thailand
ChaiyaTH replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
It still confuses me until today that there is not more local producing beans for cheap prices as well with peanut butter and other nuts etc. This knowing farming rice is not paying off at all for most farmers, it is almost a subsidized hobby job + there is tons of land available. There is so many things they could produce and sell. Sometimes it makes me want to start my own farm here.- 293 replies
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How much red wine can you drink @bob smith? I can do up to 2 bottles.
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Yeah I just really want to find out because I love my red wine evenings from time to time, much more than the Chang beers. These hangovers cost me too much time, I just lost half a day so far already and not expect to be worth much until 2-3PM. This while with these 'magical good wines' that did cost around 250 a glass, I feel absolute nothing after a coffee or 2 and a shower.
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What would i be looking for? Most of these labels are Thai besides the fact that they not show the actual boxes or bottles in most places. I never drink at home, ever. Good to know to avoid Shiraz if that is true, you better not be lying to me lol.
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Hangover from cheaper wine yesterday now is like BANG BANG BANG BANG inside my head. Just torture, 100% regrets etc etc.
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Yeah crazy right. I not really like paying that much more but I can't deny it is true, hence the post.... I am not sure too, maybe it can be avoided with cheap ones too, if knowing specific ones.
