Razzler1973

I am sure it's inevitable that the road will become paved. I remember the days of the road to Haad Rin not being paved and taking a boat there from Thong Sala in low season.

1 hour ago, impulse said:

Sadly, neither location is currently served by the BTS or MRT (though Chinatown is getting close), and the beauty of street food is the convenience of stepping out of your 3 or 4 or 5 star hotel and stumbling across it.  Not making a slog halfway across town to slurp up some 40 baht noodles.

There are people that stay in those areas, many, in fact. Street food there is convenient for them

In all my years in Bangkok I really can't remember being super inconveniced by food carts on pavements tbh.

Now they cleared them away in Thonglor there's of interest to walk to. It's not like people are strolling up and down much, are they? It's BTS > Transport > Home kind of deal

"We're good at business and they're good at art" ... what a load of patronising <deleted>.

"Oh look at them, without a care in the world, smiles on their faces, why can't we be more like these simple folk"

What hippy drippy rubbish.

They got plenty of problems. My GF is from another part of Asia and thinks Thais are quite grumpy. They're good at art though!! Rubbish

How's life in Myanmar? I travelled around about 15 years back, loved it.

You work or just retire/live there? I mean, is it easy and stuff? Love to go back

Any of the places all over Lanta will be much of a muchness tbh.

'Not everyone does a good job'? You would happily give it to your hotel if they weren't 60 baht and you have no idea how good a job they will do.

If you're prepared to give it to your hotel then just give it to someone outside of the hotel that charges less. It'll be fine

On 02/04/2017 at 8:09 AM, lungnorm said:

Arrange to meet a woman at T21 which is a short walk from Nana and think she is not a hooker mmm fat chance.

How far away from Nana and Cowboy do you need to go to meet someone for a date and for it to not be considered a 'hooker area'?

T21 is pretty central and full of lots of people. When I look at them they don't appear to be hookers, I am sure people do meet at T21.

The issue of meeting girls from TF regardless of area is a seperate issue but meeting in T21 doesn't change my opinion of the situation at all tbh

I am sure it was reported they were looking at other locations. It won't be the same though

He says that without a source so I assume just guessing that it will go ahead, like everyone else

What's the 'rule'? If a headline has a question mark on it then the general answer is 'No'.

Not even close to the worst traffic. I live in Dubai, it's shit and we're not even the worst in the region!

On 20/03/2017 at 10:04 AM, rak sa_ngop said:

You are probably referring to Mulligans (Irish bar) upstairs in the Buddy? Building. It's the one with the motor cycle collection in the entrance area.

 

They must have some pretty serious connections to be able to stay open 24 hrs.

No, that D&D place about halfway down, 24 hour and I am sure they have good connections

On 30/01/2017 at 10:30 AM, siam2007 said:

 

as Koh Lanta is difficult to get to, there is a good chance almost no Chinese holidaymakers are there and I would guess this is the best option for the OP. Large island with veeeeery long stretches of deserted beaches and near to no nightlife. Just make sure you rent a scooter

Koh Lanta is not difficult to get to at all. In terms of Thai islands it's got to be one of the easiest. Even in low season I got a mini bus from Krabi and less than 3 hours, I think it was, easy!

11 hours ago, off road pat said:

Come on...wake up, Le Meridien is a serious business, they are not going to risk any problems by playing this stupid low life game.

What stupid low life game?

I am asking if the Meridien story is confirmed.? i.e. is it confirmed by the Meridien? I don't know if this massage parlour said all this stuff about the incident, including in the hotel or if it got verified by the press as the truth.

That's what questions are for

Too late now but unsurprisingly, Khao San Road has a place open, it's like a 24 hour place, middle of KSR, sometimes they don't have commentary on for late games but there may be a smaller screen somewhere near the side they put it on for a small group. Other than that it's late night drinking and pool and all that but they are always open if you can't find a regular pub to watch football

20 minutes ago, cheapskatesam said:

This will sound weird but i always wonder how men rape women? Especially lone rapists with a single female.. 

I cannot comprehend being able to hold down a struggling woman and doing the deed... 

 

1. She'd be giving every ounce of fight.. punching kicking wiggling 

2. Surely she'd be screaming like crazy and other staff and customers at the establishment would hear and investigate

3. It takes some sheer audacity for a guy to even do it at his place of work surround by colleges.. even for a chickenhead

 

Now you hear about her accepting money and wanting more.. now that doesn't seem right either.. a British woman accepting £100 for getting raped.. surely she'd be traumatized and want justice instead of a measly 100 quid?

 

 

What absolute <deleted> is this?

18 hours ago, Toshiba66 said:

I agree with Senior Player above about the spelling mistakes. Even the Hotel Name is spelt wrong. Takes the edge of the facts.

Haha, typical internet "you spelt something wrong therefore everything is a LIE"

They have a bunch of boat tours, 4 islands tour was pretty good when I did it

I am not super surprised.

If you go to Railey there are farang staying around Ton Sai, when I walked over to Ton Sai from Railey there were a fair few farang sort of set themselves out with ropes, etc and doing a bit of climbing right there

A convoluted plan to make 8000 or 5000 baht.

Is the Le Meredien story confirmed as true? It could very well be 'the other side' lashing out and coming up with a story to make someone look bad, who knows

Most stuff recommended but Sawadee Hotel in Soi 8 I think is just under 900.

If you're up for walking around, i.e. not much in the way of baggage, up Soi 3, past the Grace and then the next right there's a couple of hotels around there (PS Hotel or something, rings a bell) and used to stay there 800 or 900, can't imagine it's gone up hugely.

You really want lower suk? Little Corner near Ekkamai is under 1000, quaint little place, clean and added Ekkamai travel options if that is required for getting back home the next day

If there's no ticket machines there and this is the way things are coming from the suburbs then no, I wouldn't. If the inspector also didn't have an issue with it then I definetely wouldn't.

I think you did the right thing, told her to mind her own business (politely, of course!) and went about your day.

No idea why she was so angry, leave her to it, mate

In terms of 'dive bars' is Wong's Place still around?

2 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

So 1 guy does it and it is the Thai way. Who drinks sangsom and chang mixed anyway?

Not mixed, surely? One tap for Chang and one for Sangsom, no?

Not sure how clean those 'pipes' are, mind

Errr, when I like stuff

If someone replies to something I posted with an answer that doesn't require anything more than 'thanks' then the like is like a 'thanks' I guess.

Something that makes me laugh or I think is good/entertaining, whatever.

Something that is useful, a lot of info, even if it's not info for me but relevant for the thread then I'd often like that as someone went to the trouble of assisting someone or answering their queries. Something someone else asked that may be of use to me too.

She 'only took a little bit', I mean, come on. Did she only take a little bit? You're getting her side of the story here. I just sprayed a bit, I just took a bit .. you took stuff from someone's room and this is the only time you know about that she got caught.

I wonder why she even told you, better to make something up as to why she left