thecyclist

Yes, Prachuab is a nice, beautiful bay, much nicer than Hua Hin, and less touristy.

If Manila wasn't way more expensive than Bangkok, I would prefer it any day. Anyway, in the Philippines you wouldn't want to live in Manila .There are far better places.

Filipinas have become more similar to the Thai chick's in regard to their focus on money over the years. 30 years ago way better than their Thai counterparts, now a lot less so.

Pattaya is perfect for vampires. Sleep during the day. Party at night.

Obama was a cultural Marxist??555 You gotta go for an IQ test and have yourself checked in. Have you read any books by the founders of the cultural Marxist tradition, Adorno, Horkheimer, Marcuse, Lukacs etc ?I am sure you haven't . Your small mind wouldn' t understand them anyway. You'd better stick to Fox, it's made for nitwits like you. To call Obama a cultural Marxist is an insult to the genius of Adorno. Obama is very much within the neoliberal right wing corporate fascism tradition. The total failure of his administration brought us the orange one, so following the reasoning of the cultural Marxists, we have gone backward from the soft totalitarianism of the totally administered society back to the hard totalitarianism of outright fascism. Back to Fox for you . they will feed you more of these easy to digest ,easy to understand -even for the dumbest of dumb- soundbites that will get you all riled up , so that you can use concepts you don't have the slightest idea swhat they refer to.

Why not a few Swastika tattoos on your forehead too? Sing a few Nazi songs when you walk down beachroad with your torch, give the Hitler salute to everyone passing by. Freedom is for suckers. Fascism is the new flavor, best version of it ever, led by the orange retard.

They are doing that at the Savannaket border crossing too now.? They used to do that at the Lao/Cambodian crossing, asking for an exit fee. Corruption spreading.

Not that different from Thailand. Lots of Indian tailor shops with virtually no customers. Half of the Indian restaurants in "Indiatown" in Pattaya Tai are almost always empty. How fresh is their food?

Most of them are run by Thais, but in tourist towns some of them are run by foreigners. I know at least 3 in Pattaya, that are farang owned. But, knowing good old xenophobe Anutin, it's definitely about staying in the headlines, and there is nothing as satisfying as a bit of good old farang bashing. It's a Thai tradition.

Scum of the earth or ,as Stormy Daniels refers to him , the orange turd. Flush ,flush, flush. But so far he has been a turd that won't flush.

We must have been in different Vietnams. Fruit more expensive in Vietnam 5555. Clothes, yes. Electronics no idea. Juice, Tipco imported from Thailand, obviously. Milk, exactly, the same. Maybe when you talk about food, you mean dog or cat food. I eat human food, and that is definitely not 50 % more expensive in Vietnam. Dog food might be 50 % more expensive, but never bought any in either of those countries.

While Danang is a great place to visit, for living/retirement Vung Tau is better. The weather is more like Thailand, hot all year round , and minimal chance of Typhoons hitting it. 5 years ago, I would have said that prices in Thailand and Vietnam are approximately the same, with Vietnam having a slight edge. But post pandemic that has changed. Prices in Vietnam haven't changed much, but was shocked to see how expensive Thailand had become over the 3 years I was stuck in Vietnam due to the pandemic. No retirement visa, but if you marry a Vietnamese, you get a temporary residence, and you are even allowed to work. Corruption here is ,as incredible as that sounds, way worse in Vietnam.

Can these clowns ever make up their minds about anything? This constant back and forth. The Shinawatra 's only drug is money and power. Zero empathy for the rest of us ,who don't have enough money to spend the whole day counting it.

The immigration officer was fluent in Russian or did immigration hire a Russian as an uncover agent?

You are right. In Pattaya during off season you can get a very nice room for 500 Baht. 700 pesos in Angeles gets you a dump.

In general the low class and lower middle class Thais are friendlier. The further up the scale you move, the more arrogant and distant they become. At the top ,the Chinese Thai elite feel so entitled and superior.

Definitely not cheaper than Thailand. Was significantly more expensive 10 years ago, but the Peso has lost a lot of ground against the Bahti, so might only only be marginally more expensive now. we would have to hear from someone who has been to both countries post pandemic.

Nope, it's on Negros Island. Cute little town, but not much to do there. Good for biking the Visayan.Short ferry ride to Cebu Island, which has a very scenic coastel road to Cebu city.

The inspector couldn't be bothered to really inspect.Easier to just sign his name, confirming that the boat was seaworthy. Or for a little donation look the other way. Life is cheap in Thailand.

Hotel booking for entire stay?Who does that, book a hotel in advance for 2 months?

Thanks for all the input. I also posted this on the Cambodia expat forum. Two recommended, from personal experience, a Do Saiha in PP. Additionally I got this reply: "The foremost and most advanced total eye care centre in Cambodia is not in Phnom Penh, it is in Battambang, and most people have never heard of it, and it does not have a website as it was set up in 2007 to service the total eye care needs of the poorest of the poor in northwestern Cambodia (but in fact people from all over Cambodia and from all walks of life now come to the BOC, in increasing numbers, instead of going to Thailand or further afield)- it is the Battambang Ophthalmic Care - BOC at # 378 Street # 3, Battambang. About a two minute walk from the Psar Nat, the central market in Battambang, and directly opposite the Piphetthearm Pagoda. Behind that nondescript building façade is to be found several floors of wonderful optometry, ophthalmology and an excellent modern operating theatre. Unlike any other centre for eyes in Cambodia, it has won two International Awards for excellence in total eye care. Last month it was awarded by the APAO - Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology and pre Covid-19 it received international recognition from the ACOIN - Association of Community Ophthalmology of India." I will be cycling from Vietnam through Cambodia to Thailand, so I can check out both options.

Wouldn't have considered this 10/15/20 years ago, but Cambodia has come a long way, and in Thailand private hospitals are just too expensive, while government hospitals either have a long wait or 2 tier pricing. In Vietnam, where I spend most of my time now, a lot of the hospitals are not allowed to operate on foreigners. So I am considering Cambodia. Anybody has any information about the quality, pricing etc at eye hospitals in Cambodia.

Wasn't Abdullah the name of the Tuktuk driver?Hailing from Yala ,maybe.

He is Thai. Can't be deported.Should be incarcerated.

Their are root canal dentists ?? I thought that is standard treatment, that just about every dentist can perform. Implant specialists yes, but a standard root canal. Never been to a dentist, that wasn't able to perform one.