Prubangboy

Chiang Mai is like New York -a place where you take a cab to take a walk.

2 minutes ago, bignok said:

Walk from Maya to Old City via Nimman gives a good idea of city.

 

Not that nice a walk along a heavy traffic road. Not that compelling an area to live in. Def do that walk before 10 AM before the heat cancels it.

Cab is 80 baht to the old city (tho often, 150 baht coming back, 120 baht if you're on border by the moat).

9 minutes ago, bignok said:

maya mall

 

 

 

The least useful mall in CM, not even a Robertson's Department Store.

Excuse me, it's the Maya Lifestyle Mall, which is only good if your lifestyle involves browsing dozens and dozens of opportunities to buy a new plastic iPhone case. Or if you need a lot of aroma therapy options.

Some nice condos behind it tho. A lot of Chinese people rent there. Mae Sai Khao Soi is there too, and is usually the food highlight for our visiting guests.

Across the road is a slightly baffling Japanese theme park entertainment development. Lot's of food trucks etc. Not bad, but I went twice, love Japanese food, and left without eating. You can't throw a rock in Nimman without hitting a good value Japanese or Korean restaurant.

A lot of Bangkok Thai people pack into Nimman on the weekends and they love that little Epcot-like Japanese experience. People should def visit Nimman on a Saturday night in tourist season to see if they like it. It's like Bourbon Street, New Orleans (we love it).

5 minutes ago, NHBOB said:

I am from the greater Boston area.  Riding with traffic is not new to me.  Although I understand it's a good idea to avoid the smaller sois because of the half-feral dogs.

The soi dog problem has been much improved for decades. An esteemed poster here, StickyRiceBalls, has posted a lot about biking around CM (Me? No way).

Austin is the Asheville of the South West. And CM is the Asheville of Southeast Asia.

Rich hippies, a proper selection of restaurants, so Southern Indian restaurants, not just Indian ones. A smattering of culture, not just Methodist tyranny. If I had to live in Texas (at gunpoint), it would be there.

The whole southwest's many problems with electricity and water make me grateful to be in Chiang Mai. Mexico might well refuse to take it back.

I'm a new arrival (one year) who's been here a dozen times.

Just had lunch at the venerable Dada Kafe in the old city, another beautiful interior that has its decor layered over the years serving up pick-your-curry/pick-your-protein to a good-sized crowd. Very solid vegan menu too. The Kat Cafe was heaving too.

Across the road from Nimman1 Mall, The Hong Tauw Inn has lots of antiques and a waiter will even chat about them a bit. They also do the comprehensive range of N. Thai dips, which seem to be on the endangered food list (as per Mark Weins).

Down by the night market, the very retro Gekko Garden is a masterpiece of the Chiang Mai/Lonely Planet style: Tons of big old growth plants, lots of cowboy/buffalo horns/wagon wheels.

Where are other lost in time restaurant interiors (partic of the tourist kind)?

Top North Guest House with its huge teak elephants is another example. Writer's Bar in the OC too.

What about the Austin sound like Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovitt etc. Few places in the world are so musically famous.

The frequency of these discussions means that people value this venue. I do too.

To talk to someone about their life here or get practical advice is great, partic for free. I enjoy doing the same. 

If someone wants to fight all of the time, they're some version of not right in the head and I give 'em a miss. I just parma-nixed someone today. If I had the technical acumen to block him.....I still wouldn't. It's all part of the unique mix.

If people want to post about their elbow, I have no problem with that.

If I have a passable elbow joke to toss out, I will.

If not, I'll sticker on a few emoji's supporting other elbow-mockers and then go back to Slate. 

I can't think of a fourth rule for Internet behavior. I mean, duh.

My English teacher friend there tells me that companies stopped subsidizing English classes.

And that like most of Asia, Japan has become more inward-looking and nationalistic.

English-speaking also became less fashionable. This is sad only on the women side of the equation.

Bloom Cafe was the best Cam food I ate. It's NGO etc so has the tasting platters with all the bits and bobs. If it were in Chiang Mai, I would eat there every week.

https://wp.avondale.edu.au/ytravel/2020/08/05/when-eating-becomes-giving-a-guide-to-feasting-at-cambodias-best-ngos-and-ethical-cafes-loren-russell/

Okinawa is #4 on my bucket list so I would like to hear your Okinawa stories.

You should just keep bumping this thread.

Remember to really hose your horrible, old man butt before hoping into a group hot tub situation. 

They think you're like a dog anyway, and they will really appreciate that extra blast up your crack.

Bringing a bottle brush along would also not go amiss.

5 hours ago, NextG said:

In which case he could do that in his own country. 

 

So no, he cannot compare because no decent woman would be available to him. 

And yet, and yet, you come from a country renowned for having amongst the beautiful women in the world.

And yet, and yet, you ended up with a Thai woman as the love of your life.

-What was lacking, babe-wise, back home?

-Were you attracted to Thai women in general or was your wife a special situation?

I'm not dissing you, I'm wondering what in your background evinces such strong reactions to other people's harmless goings on.

A lot of guys just want to commune with a non-complaining, thin woman.

'Can't fault it. Not even as a life plan.

4 minutes ago, NextG said:

There’s the rub… sex tourists don’t really have anyone they can trust. 

Wait a minute.

Are you saying that sex workers are actually not that into you?

Because this iconoclastic new revelation is going shock AseanNow to its very core.

Chav, Bogan, Yob.

Please draw a Venn diagram so that others can tell you Brit and Commonwealth drunks apart.

18 minutes ago, AFearneyhough said:

I'm an American woman living in Jomtien with my American husband of over 20 years.

 

I have a wonderful life here.  I would't change it for anything.

Jomtien and The Darkside were high on our retirement list due to the amenities and proximities you describe, partic the medical ones. If I were a beach person, I'd happily do it or Cha Am. Maybe Cha Am for the smaller scale.

We like the idea of a western community to access here in Chiang Mai, but we never get around to it. It's just so easy to meet people on the fly here. They come and go, and after small town living, we really like that too.

34 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

 

 

Never bring the cow to the milk.

My wife prefers to refer to herself as the ham sandwich that got brought to the picnic.

Bob, would go 30 baht more for a Beer Lao IPA? And have you ever ordered one of those bubbly beer towers at a night market?

Beer Lao had a merch store in Vientiane (pre-Covid). I carried home a surprisingly well made Beer Lao cafe umbrella. Still in use a dozen years later.

It's a great logo, they really should milk their brand.

On 6/20/2022 at 11:53 AM, RafPinto said:

Just waiting  for a reply from our dear member who got his "back door" kissed in a massage shop in CM.

 

Since he did give exact location of the shop for verification, I believe that puts him beyond reproach.