muchogra Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Sometimes when I'm by myself I enjoy going to a snooker hall in the evening and shoot some games with the markees. Are there good snooker halls in CM with markees who play with customers? I will be up there next week for a few days and want to kill some time in the evenings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 There is a big snooker hall with markees that I went to some years ago. I can't recall exactly but someone else might know where I mean. It's next to a condominium off (behind) Changklan Road the post office side, that all I can recall I'm afraid......help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miltonbentley Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 There is a big snooker hall up Charoen Muang Road on the left near the railway station. Never been in so I can't be more help than that I'm afraid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave2 Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 re .... There is a big snooker hall up Charoen Muang Road on the left near the railway station. hes right .... : ) dave2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 re .... There is a big snooker hall up Charoen Muang Road on the left near the railway station. hes right .... : ) dave2 I knew it! I would have put my mortgage on it! Some things in life are certain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaimiller Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 There is a big snooker hall with markees that I went to some years ago. I can't recall exactly but someone else might know where I mean. It's next to a condominium off (behind) Changklan Road the post office side, that all I can recall I'm afraid......help! Its called Caesars and its at the side of Chang Klan residence. I used to live in chang klan residence and go in alot even just for a beer. a good place and some decent people go in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 If in Ubon, gladly give you a game. Good private rooms at Nevada Hotel complex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Yes, I'm an idiot, but what is a markee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 (edited) There is a big snooker hall with markees that I went to some years ago. I can't recall exactly but someone else might know where I mean. It's next to a condominium off (behind) Changklan Road the post office side, that all I can recall I'm afraid......help! Its called Caesars and its at the side of Chang Klan residence. I used to live in chang klan residence and go in alot even just for a beer. a good place and some decent people go in there. Thank you TM, you're OK too. Yes, that's the place quite big with smoking and non smoking rooms, but all that might have changed to NS now. Cute markees, not overly pushy.....but put me right off my game. The adrenalin rush made me go from Eddie Charlton to Hurricane Higgins in no time! I'd have a game with you but ever since I've had varifocal lens, I just can't seem to find the hole. Edited September 1, 2011 by uptheos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctrunfree Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Yes, I'm an idiot, but what is a markee? Its like a big tent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muchogra Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Thanks guys for all the good input. Uptheos, seems like you're the man to ask for anything CM...ish. Re: " I'd have a game with you but ever since I've had varifocal lens, I just can't seem to find the hole." May I suggest using your nose to find the right hole? thaimiller, playing snooker without beer degrades my game skill. dave2, just like some poster had once said, if dave2 doesn't have a picture of a place, that place doesn't exist. transam, do you play snooker as fast as you drive?... Hey, great hospitality on your part. Appreciate it. Now, since I'm not too familiar with most of the "landmarks" in CM, could someone please tell me which intersection Caesars is near? While I'm asking, could someone also tell me where this Smith or something restaurant NancyL once mentioned as to what intersection that is near? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muchogra Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Yeah, both of the above-mentioned places are on Changklan but it's a long road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Yes, I'm an idiot, but what is a markee? Its like a big tent! Markee is young boy being called by his mum. Marque is a big tent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaimiller Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Not sure on the Smiths Restaurant but directions to Caesars are as follows: Go up Chang Klan road away from the night bizarre road traffic lights (Pantip plaza). After around 750 meters you will see the Shangri la hotel on your left followed by the big Kasikorn Bank, keep going on the road and after another 250 meters you will see an old small shopping center set back with a large open area in front of it (sometimes this has food shops on it) opposite this is a Photograph shop (Fuji I Think), turn right on the little road there, after 20 meters turn left down an even smaller road and Caesars is there on your right and the car park is on your left. if you get to the main traffic lights you have gone too far but don't panic, turn right at the traffic lights and after 150 meters there is a very tight right hand turn, go down this small road and Caesars is on your left with the carpark on your right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 While I'm asking, could someone also tell me where this Smith or something restaurant NancyL once mentioned as to what intersection that is near? Thank you. Head down Changklan Road again, go past Chiang Mai Land on your right. Keep going straight a few hundred metres and you will see a tall sign on your left saying Smith. You can't really miss it, the sign is quite high and big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anselpixel Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Godzilla, behind the gas station next door to Wat Lok Molee off Maneenoparat. Big and in town, but I know nothing about the gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave2 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 re .. could someone also tell me where this Smith or something restaurant NancyL once mentioned ... yes ... see pic re .. Head down Changklan Road again, go past Chiang Mai Land on your right. Keep going straight a few hundred metres and you will see a tall sign on your left saying Smith. You can't really miss it, the sign is quite high and big. it is ... look for this sign and youve found it enjoy ... dave2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 it is ... look for this sign and youve found it enjoy ... dave2 I'm beginning to suspect dave2 is part of the Google Thailand Street View crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolgeoff Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 they are so many snooker halls in chiang mai to chose from.you just have to ask a few thais who play the game in cm to point you in the right direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 it is ... look for this sign and youve found it enjoy ... dave2 I'm beginning to suspect dave2 is part of the Google Thailand Street View crew. Indeed, I wonder how many unsuspecting farang's will appear in the final product? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Yes, I'm an idiot, but what is a markee? Incorrect spelling- "Being an athlete of exceptional skill and popularity: The team is hoping to sign a marquee player." There are also many snooker/pool tables in Chiang Mai bowl on the moat opposite computer plaza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muchogra Posted September 3, 2011 Author Share Posted September 3, 2011 they are so many snooker halls in chiang mai to chose from.you just have to ask a few thais who play the game in cm to point you in the right direction I did ask some Thais. A few months ago (I was quite new to CM then), I took a stroll and completed walking the entire perimeter of the old city. I asked a guard in front of an Inn near the NW corner of the moat where I could play some snooker. He pointed me to north of the moat on Chang Puak Road and advised me to take the scenic route (presumably some bars or entertainment places). I headed down following the direction he gave. I ended up in a soi and confronted by a gang of 7-8 dogs. I stopped on my track and started whistling to them. That quieted them down. Then came another gang of 4 dogs rushing toward me from a few houses down. I whistled again and started yelling: bi gai gai (go far away). That stopped their approach and I backed out slowly out of the soi. So, I never found that so-called scenic route. Back on the main road, I asked some ladies who were closing the store where I could find a snooker hall. They pointed me to a place west of the moat behind a PTT station. So I went. This is the place anxelpixel refers to - Godzilla. The place wasn't too bad though they did have ripped carpet. The people there treated me nice. They even arranged a markee who was getting off her shift to play with me. I played for about 3 hours and had 5 big bottles of Singha. The bill came out lower than I had expected. I asked the markee why so low. She said it's only B60 an hour and told me that many puuyai play at another place - a place I have since forgotten where. Now I wonder if she called me a puuyai because of my age or the way I dressed and conducted myself. In any event, I am certainly glad that I stopped after my fifth large bottle of Sing or I might have just lost in their eyes my puuyai status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muchogra Posted September 3, 2011 Author Share Posted September 3, 2011 As to the word "markee", I thought it came from an English word. The Thais pronounce it as "mark gee" - someone who set up the game and keeps marks (scores) for you during the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 As to the word "markee", I thought it came from an English word. The Thais pronounce it as "mark gee" - someone who set up the game and keeps marks (scores) for you during the game. Some of them keep your pulse rate up too! Whoever said Thai's can't add without a calculator should go to one of these places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 In any event, I am certainly glad that I stopped after my fifth large bottle of Sing or I might have just lost in their eyes my puuyai status. Nah, just say you're a friend of James Wattana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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