Soapbox - The Hitler Game

[GypsyT]

Quite a bit too. Hotels 450 - 900 B/night, excellent street food 35-80 B and so on.

The reason is here's so many low income locals, I was told. Not many tourist at all. I'm at On Nut BTS, north of Bangna.

Women? Yes, plenty. No Go Gos, no visible Freelancers, etc. All friendly but very few speak English. 80% are slim too!

 

Negative thinks are many too (to me);

Noise! It's non stop... day asd night.

Quite many homeless people sleeping on the dirty streets, mainly old men and women. Very sad to see.

Many handicap beggars as well. Old and young. They just offer their cup quietly, not pushy.

Weather has been very good for a week. Now its too humid and hot (for me). I already miss Jomtien beach...

Air quality was good too but last 2 days I can feel my lungs are fed up sucking this gray stuff...

 

It's been good to come, see and soon continue to North.

What did I see? I saw there's nothing to me to see! Or there was; How friendly Bangkok Thais are! Everywhere.

It's an overbuilt mega mess. I've been to worlds biggest cities and Bangkok is the ugliest of all. Driven by greed.

There's no design, no beauty, no traffic planning, no room to expand yet buildings are coming up, etc etc

 

One thing is very good, BTS works great! Metro too, but didn't try. I wanted to ride 'n see the city. Now it's done.

I recommend all to come, try all BTS routes and see this Babylon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[driver52]

4 hours ago, GypsyT said:

One thing is very good, BTS works great! Metro too, but didn't try. I wanted to ride 'n see the city. Now it's done.

I recommend all to come, try all BTS routes and see this Babylon.

try it on a pushbike and you see even more......good luck 'heading north' 

[CHdiver]

You get Hotels in that price range too in Jomtien. Not sure about street food, but as long as you are not more specific your comparsion is rather useless. 

 

That said, I guess nobody really cares if you do not visit Jomtien. Already to many people around.

[GypsyT]

Feel free to make your own trip and report.

I red 20 something your postings and found zero positives. Bickering and critical to all.

Covid time probably was the last positive thing in your life?

 

Asean Now is a great source to all who dare endure outside Pattaya ZIP code.

I like to read first hand reports by fellow members. Travel books always make it too general.

 

Nobody cares on Jomtien? U r wrong.

Who's gonna take care of needs of women if I don't come?

 

 

[Caldera]

A bit silly to compare a capital city with a beach resort. Of course prices in Bangkok are all over the place, to accommodate both minimum wage earners and millionaires.

[KhunLA]

" I was told. Not many tourist at all. "  ... 

 

I think someone needs to talk to different people, or at least, open ones eyes.    Leave the expat ghetto, and hop on the BTS/MRT, and maybe pop into some of the malls and markets.

 

On Nut ... 

 

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by KhunLA

[LALes]

To each his own.  I can't wait to get out of Jomtien and head to Bangkok.

High Season is starting now and it will be really ugly in a few weeks.

The annual overcrowding of streets, baht busses and restaurants.  No thank you.

[GypsyT]

29 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I think someone needs to talk to different people, or at least, open ones eyes.

That's what I did. I lived among locals and talked and saw how they live.

That's what I always do.

Not posting some magazine articles or Tourist facts.

I'm not a tourist. I live my life exploring.

[KhunLA]

27 minutes ago, GypsyT said:

That's what I did. I lived among locals and talked and saw how they live.

That's what I always do.

Not posting some magazine articles or Tourist facts.

I'm not a tourist. I live my life exploring.

Then you need to go have your eyes check, as BKK is packed with tourist, and TBH, I stopped reading when I got to that part.

 

I live rural in TH, and have for 24 yrs, so I'm fairly tuned in to the locals and their lifestyle.  But get O&A enough to know, plenty of tourist in BKK, since we visit our daughter there quite often.

[edwardflory]

Have lived in Pattaya 2 years,

Have lived in BKK 3 years,

Lived in Korat for 6 years now,  I compair the living here, ( Korat ) people, price and lifestyle to my home town in USA....EXCEPT friendler, safer and less expensive for a quality life, and LESS stress.

Edited 4 hours ago by edwardflory
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[NoshowJones]

16 hours ago, driver52 said:

try it on a pushbike and you see even more......good luck 'heading north' 

I will take Pattaya over Bangkok any day, you mention cheap hotels?? Not in the lower Sukhumvit area, they closed during the Chinese virus and never opened up again.

I miss out on Bangkok now as it will cost me more than twice the price of a hotel of similar standard in Central Pattaya.