Thai Town To Kill A Month In

[LaosLover]

1) Where have you done this (bonus points if it was bad)?

 

2) Where do you want to do this?

 

3) Where do you never want to do this?

 

1) Me, done it in:

 

Ubon (pretty good, no need for month #2)

 

Ko Chang (month #2? No prob)

 

Pai (actually a real town off the falafel stand-Main Street)

 

Ko Phagnan ( shagged Germans, now out of my league)

 

Hua Hin (solid, would do Cha-Am next time)

 

2) Want to do it in:

 

Silom BKK, Nonthburi, Ko Kret

 

 

3) Never want to do it in:

 

Kanchaburi (angry drunk brit hellhole)

 

-Not a beach person.

 

 

 

 

[Fat is a type of crazy]

My girlfriend and I are seriously considering staying a few months at a time in Koh Chang once I retire next year. Then to Australia.  It depends how much stimulation you need but nice food and beaches and forest does me fine for a few months. 

 

[bignok]

A month

 

- khorat, phitsanulok, nakhon si thammarat, chang, chiang mai, chumphon

[scubascuba3]

Pattaya, if you want to go outside, Bang Saray, Ban Chang, Ban Phe Rayong, easy to kill a month

[Burma Bill]

Khon Kaen, Udon Thani, Nongkhai??

[BritManToo]

  On 9/1/2023 at 6:12 AM, Burma Bill said:

Khon Kaen, Udon Thani, Nongkhai??

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All hell holes!

 

Back to OP, if single male ........ Pattaya.

If a couple ........ not Pattaya.

[bignok]

  On 9/1/2023 at 6:12 AM, Burma Bill said:

Khon Kaen, Udon Thani, Nongkhai??

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1 month between the 3 be ok. Not each.

 

1 month with a car is best in Isaan

[bignok]

I think 1 month doing train rides north to south is best. Go CM to NST. Then 3 to 5 nights at your selected stops.

[Irish star]

  On 8/31/2023 at 5:31 PM, bignok said:

A month

 

- khorat, phitsanulok, nakhon si thammarat, chang, chiang mai, chumphon

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Korat for what , I lived there 4 years boring 

[Irish star]

  On 9/1/2023 at 6:24 AM, bignok said:

1 month between the 3 be ok. Not each.

 

1 month with a car is best in Isaan

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Nothing in KK or Korat 

[LaosLover]

I say I'd like to kill a month on the pottery island of Ko Kret in N. Bangkok, but that island might get a little small after a week.

 

Same with Nonthburi. I want to test being north of BKK, by the river. And even the other side of the river. I did a search here and a lot of Nonthburi people from here moved out to Suraburi for less congestion. 

 

A less urban feeling AND a lot of restaurant choice is very hard to find. That's why Silom is on my 1 month try-out list too. Ban Rak etc., even Ari, it's surprising how green BKK can feel, even close in.

[bignok]

  On 9/1/2023 at 6:47 AM, Irish star said:

Korat for what , I lived there 4 years boring 

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Phimai and phanom rung nearby. Why you stay 4 years if hated it?

[bignok]

  On 9/1/2023 at 6:48 AM, Irish star said:

Nothing in KK or Korat 

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KK has nice night market. One of the best in Thailand.

[bignok]

  On 9/1/2023 at 9:10 AM, LaosLover said:

I say I'd like to kill a month on the pottery island of Ko Kret in N. Bangkok, but that island might get a little small after a week.

 

Same with Nonthburi. I want to test being north of BKK, by the river. And even the other side of the river. I did a search here and a lot of Nonthburi people from here moved out to Suraburi for less congestion. 

 

A less urban feeling AND a lot of restaurant choice is very hard to find. That's why Silom is on my 1 month try-out list too. Ban Rak etc., even Ari, it's surprising how green BKK can feel, even close in.

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Silom is average.

[bignok]

NST and Chiang Mai are the best cities imo outside Bangkok.

[LaosLover]

Yeah, sure.

 

But like people come here for cheap girlfriends? We're here for cheap sushi and 5* meals.

 

Silom is more green as a neighborhood-ish than Suk Road, the other food Mecca. Nonthaburi, with the ability to subway and riverboat in to downtown and then be further out for some quiet entices.

 

But Nimman may be too hard to ever leave. For low traffic/great dining, it's as good as Soho or Greenwich Village 

[hughrection]

  On 8/31/2023 at 5:31 PM, bignok said:

phitsanulok

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[BritManToo]

  On 9/1/2023 at 6:47 AM, Irish star said:

Korat for what , I lived there 4 years boring 

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I managed 2 nights in Korat.

[bignok]

  On 9/1/2023 at 10:16 AM, hughrection said:

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Big fan I see. City is average but things nearby.

[bignok]

The area near the main temple in NST has good food and cafes. Best coffee Ive had in 12 months. I could hang out there.

 

CM is great for food though. Too many farangys though.

[KhunLA]

If never been there before, would be easy to do in Udon Thani, and wouldn't really need a car.

 

Krung Thep, more than enough to keep anyone interested.  Added plus of public trans.

 

Assuming one won't be cooking meals at home, though saying that, I could literally live off 7-11 & near by vendors, as there always seems to be.  Wouldn't be my preference though, so a good food town would be required.

 

Metro area better, more options, less need to self entertain.  

[bignok]

Udon grows on you. Still not my first pick. Id choose beach or mountains. Udon is flat and plain Jane. Why date 6/10 when you can have 8/10?

 

A month in Phuket even. Split between Phuket town , Nai Yang, Patong be better than most cities.

[KhunLA]

  On 9/1/2023 at 10:34 AM, bignok said:

Udon grows on you. Still not my first pick. Id choose beach or mountains. Udon is flat and plain Jane. Why date 6/10 when you can have 8/10?

 

A month in Phuket even. Split between Phuket town , Nai Yang, Patong be better than most cities.

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Phuket was the first thing that came to mind, but not really a city.  Assuming OP is staying in and around the immediate area of the city.

 

Yes, Udon is boring a all hell, landscape wise, unless heading out to the hills or edge of plateau.   As is the whole NE almost, and one reason I left.

 

Udon has some fine eating areas, along with some parks and an OK mall.  Plenty of nightlife (non P4P).

[LaosLover]

  On 9/1/2023 at 10:41 AM, KhunLA said:

 

 

Yes, Udon is boring a all hell, 

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Not enough of a downtown to walk around in.

 

Ubon was the only Issan town where I fond that little grid of pedstrian-friendly streets. Khorat inside their wall, was OK-ish.

 

Phitsolunak is high up the 'why am I here?-list. You got your Buddha foundry, your mosquito clogged meal on a riverboat, and not much else. 

[biervoormij]

Why limit yourself to Thailand? A month is time enough to get over any jet lag. I have not spent a month in a single city often but have done it in Bangkok. I guess you could also count the last 3 years I have been killing time in Pattaya.

 

I have also done a month in Amsterdam, Mexico City, Bogota, Istanbul and Kiev but none of these match your Thailand limitation.

[KhunLA]

  On 9/1/2023 at 10:47 AM, LaosLover said:

Not enough of a downtown to walk around in.

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I got a feeling you missed a lot.  If you consider the area between Nong PraJak park & RR station, 'downtown'.

[KhunLA]

  On 9/1/2023 at 10:53 AM, biervoormij said:

Why limit yourself to Thailand? ... a month in Amsterdam, Mexico City

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That would be very easy to do, and far better than a month in any TH town/city.

[LaosLover]

Then for me, there's only one one month choice: New York.

 

Loved long stays in New Orleans, Paris, Amsterdam, London, and Kyoto. But if I add 'em all up together, they're still falling a little short.

[biervoormij]

  On 9/1/2023 at 10:59 AM, LaosLover said:

Then for me, there's only one one month choice: New York.

 

Loved long stays in New Orleans, Paris, Amsterdam, London, and Kyoto. But if I add 'em all up together, they're still falling a little short.

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Well it is decided. The next time you need to kill off a month it is off to New York for you.

 

Kyoto is on my to do list but don't think I will do a month there but a month in Japan would be wonderful.

 

[In the jungle]

  On 9/1/2023 at 10:59 AM, LaosLover said:

Then for me, there's only one one month choice: New York.

 

Loved long stays in New Orleans, Paris, Amsterdam, London, and Kyoto. But if I add 'em all up together, they're still falling a little short.

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Ah Yes.  New York.  My first experience was getting ripped off by a yellow cab driver from the airport.

 

Strangely he was British as am I.