WinnieTheKhwai

You could always build it yourself with Soda water, lemon / lime juice & Equal. Number One bar has real lemons and above-average soda water (Schweppes was it), so all you need to source is some limes. And a box of Equal at Makro.

25 baht som tam.. Rice up to how much of it you want.. 5B, 10B..

I'm sure I could find 20 baht som tam too if I thought it mattered.

They appear to have everything that is made out of plastic

Just came back from there. They don't have sex toys made from plastic.

> Papaya salad with rice is 45 baht now,

No it isn't. But maybe you live in Patong?

That might be true on the whole ... but the particularities are debatable. I am not at all sure I'd say Thai girls/women(poor people/folk of certain ethnicities, etc.) are amongst those with "far more rights" in Asia.

I'd say that "not being stoned to death" for minor social infractions would qualify has having far more rights! Overall Thai women have the exact same rights under Thai law that Thai men have.

(That's why the chorus of "who cares what anyone else thinks of my relationship" is so commonly piped here. Here -- where what others think may almost define you!).

Um, that would still be other people's definition wouldn't it? So people may or may not care about that.

In Europe we do too. cmjantje is just confusing types of ground meat with meatloaf (the dish)

To all you preachers out there...I am not looking for advice...just facts please. Prices dropping you say? Well smokers and drinkers still have to eat, and now the price of a fried Tub Tim in the fresh market has just increased to 100 baht. That's about a 25% increase - or more. So let's discuss 'rising' prices And hold the lectures please.

Tub Tim fish are evil. Don't eat them.

Still, which market is that? I didn't notice any price increase for fresh fish.

heck that is an easy one.... thai girls take a lot more showers so smell sweeter... everywhere ,never have hairy armpits so i guess you have t say this sure makes thai girls so much more pleasant( and easier) to love....

i am just in the kick off with this one ... this is a completely new very relavent thread that could explore things never know to men and women here before....

I see. Let me do a 'Priceless' and put that into a scientific graph for you, revealing the impact of hairiness.

Ahh...now i just knew some things i said would be interpreted in a different way that i wished them to be...

Ok..let me edit one of those comments:

That is *SO* sweet. I love you Eek.

"Personally I dont think about the bar scene here. But, at the same time, I dont have deep friendships with men here who are involved in the bar scene. The men I would consider good friends here are in "regular" relationships with regular women" (and..to add to that, some of those men are in relationships with women from other nationalities, not just Thai. Some *shock horror* with western women. Maybe all of them were "working" girls when they met though.. silly of me to assume that regular girls who seem nice and work hard in their regular jobs no matter what nationality probably did not start out their young adult lives as working in some kind of p4p scene... )

dam_n. You're getting better at this.

I said "friendship-wise I relate better to regular guys, who are educated and are in regular relationships.". This is true. I DO relate better to those kinds of men. I didnt say that men involved in the bar scene are uneducated. Im sure many are highly educated. In fact..dont most of the ThaiVisa members have phd's already? If a man cant control his thinking with the little head, the IQ of the big head is irrelevant. (Seriously though, you did take that part out of context. Although I agree it could be easily read that way).

No, it took effort to read it that way. Some respect please for my ability to pull stuff out of context!

I guess I'll let the 'regular women' thing slide. (Never met a completely irregular one in a bar yet.)

Personally I dont think about the bar scene here. But, at the same time, I dont have deep friendships with men here who are involved in the bar scene. The men I would consider good friends here are in "regular" relationships with women (of course this may cause the cynics to say that those men probably indulge in sex on the side,

Yes, or they found their partner in the bar/tourist scene to begin with.

For whatever reason, some find it truly hard to believe that a man (or woman) will not play around on their partner).

Possibly those who went to Meadish' castration clinic. Anyone else though..

On average I think generally the men who are involved regularly with bg's seem to be or become a bit different. I think its better that i stop there though, because i dont wish to offend. Im just saying that friendship-wise I relate better to regular guys, who are educated and are in regular relationships.

!!! So, people who appreciate the bar scene are uneducated??? And even if some aren't, then what does that have to do with anything? I just don't see the relation. I'm educated up to my eyeballs but that doesn't mean I don't screw around. Please, some respect here! Not to mention that it's perfectly possible to screw around outside of bars. I screwed around for example with a gas-station-convenience-store-girl once, or twice, with my boss' secretary, a school teacher, and even a nurse in mental institution. (No I wasn't a guest there at the time, or ever, in case anyone wonders. )

That's where I get my awesome understanding of Thai culture and society. And that's why Farang men in general in Thailand are so much more tuned into their surroundings and the culture. You know it's true.

Oh, and "freedom" of the bar scene is a matter of perspective too.

Freedom = not caring about what others might think, and going your own way. I think it applies.

Are they spiced already, so ready to fry or grill?

My third favourite seafood restaurant in Chiangmai, and I am going to be characteristic now when it comes to naming it, is located on Chang Klan Road just past Bake & Bite when traveling from the Night Bazaar. Cheap, but no view.

I think it's called Uan He Ha or some such, and I'm not a big fan of it. It's not cheap either.

Now if it was a cheese brand I might have second thoughts.. But for kitchen appliances.. I just found out my .... err.... /that thing that sucks cooking fumes out of the house, it must have a name/ is a Smeg.

> It is scary what I have to pay for something even close to being similar.

Almost as scary as trying to buy, say, fresh Durian in Canada.

As a buffalo I take offense to this post. I've reported the abuse.

Thanks Blinkers!!

(And note that it really is not opposite Wat Suan Dok as someone said, which is much further down Suthep road!)

Come on, the OP was trolling. It's fun to run with it and have some banter around, but honestly, look at the question. "Is love possible in XYZ'"... I'd like to hear a location where love is impossible!

Too bad the topic didn't truly take off in the right direction. Kind of like a Bang Fai rocket misfire. Someone ended up in the mud anyway.

In my humble opinion, eating seafood should be done at the seaside, not 750 or more kms up the road.

...only to find out that the seafood at some seaside restaurants again comes from another 750 or more kms away, and that the prices are actually higher than at Chiang Mai seafood resraurants.

I always liked Andaman in Chiang Mai, but they keep moving and I've lost them.

Note to all: This topic is about SEAfood. Restaurants serving farmed fried CP frankenfish such as pla thab thim need not apply.

I'm a culuture vulture.

When in doubt about any fruit, buy the most expensive ones.

Easy.

Also the Lychees are seriously in season right now.. Cheap cheap cheap..

Gator, change your meds.

Urgently.

Nothing local comes close to the Mainland Vintage one.

(Actually, noting local comes close even to plain old Makro cheese that costs 350 baht for a whole kilo.. this is not quite as tasty as the Vintage one, but it's perfectly acceptable and much cheaper)

Typical. Lusting after poodles.

I like Lanna Hospital. Not a small clinic obviously, but more reasonably priced than Ram, and they know what they're doing.

Absolutley priceless... All this condone-talk makes me hungry. (Or was that calzone.. )

Would the Thais really imprison her for 2 to 5 years for "stealing" a bar mat?

No, of course not. Didn't you know that this type of hyperbole is how news media works? They just check the typical maximum sentence for whatever the offense was and print that. So when you look up 'thievery' then you see.... 3 to 5 years. He presto!

Much more likely she will get off with something in between a warning, up to a small fine and possibly deportation.

Why is this such a big topic here, with all the newbies coming out of the woodwork? Please.