sandgroper2 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 If you have visited the place but still prefer to live in Thailand, why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optad Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 You're back!! With a question this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Been through there a few times going offshore, its good, but meh. Same kind of places dotted throughout SEA. Nothing really special, and Thailand's infrastructure is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Vung Tao is a coastal city in Vietnam with an oilfield support base that is growing as a beach resort for the locals but isn't fully on the international beach resort radar yet.. Thailand is a whole country. How can we compare these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgroper2 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 1 hour ago, optad said: You're back!! With a question this time My first topic wasnt simple enough for some to understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgroper2 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 8 minutes ago, NanLaew said: Vung Tao is a coastal city in Vietnam with an oilfield support base that is growing as a beach resort for the locals but isn't fully on the international beach resort radar yet.. Thailand is a whole country. How can we compare these? After 15 years here, Thailand to me is Pattaya or Phuket. But I know what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optad Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Good answer. I like Vung Tao. Spent a lot of time down there years ago. I understand it has changed a lot. You need to flesh out your opening post for punters to get a purchase on what the question is. THat's why the last one was binned. It is one thing to like a place but you have put something out there to 'canvas' others re their views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunak Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, optad said: You're back!! With a question this time Enlightened! But nothing to contribute. Edited December 12, 2016 by Sunak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optad Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Well to mitigate the OP's awkwardness, I gather he is talking about the free access to the beach from almost anywhere, easy ferry ride from HCMC on a friday night, great dog track which always seemed to soak up my money, a night life for the younger crew and as it were then and as i recall a destitute seafront better remembered well in a Cold Chisel song whose name i have forgotten. It also was the x/viet vets base and our gas plant not so far away. We had great times in Vung Tau in the 1990's. Shame the thread does not work. Feels like i started it myself!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 7 hours ago, sandgroper2 said: After 15 years here, Thailand to me is Pattaya or Phuket. But I know what you mean. Gotcha. Well depending one what you like most about Pattaya (or Phuket) will make it easier to compare. For me and Pattaya, there's always something new even after the last 11 years here (and my more youthful 8 years in Pattaya before that in the 1980's). Vung Tau is a bit of a one trick pony in comparison. After a month of weekends or half a dozen crew changes, you've seen it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 2 hours ago, optad said: We had great times in Vung Tau in the 1990's. Got to agree. My first time there was in 1994 and it was fun and cheap. It's a bit lame and predictable these days.... and more expensive. I have more fun in HCMC to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgroper2 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Been checking the cost of condos, a hell of a lot cheaper than here. (Patts) rent, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halfaboy Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Can you give some examples and comparisons ? Thanks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgroper2 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 2 hours ago, Halfaboy said: Can you give some examples and comparisons ? Thanks.... Google it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optad Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 ^ LOL. You are tough sandgroper!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I only went once to Vung Tau 10 years ago...the hydrofoil ride from HCMC was nice... is the Crystal bar still there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuang Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Besides banh mi I think thai food is aroySent from my Redmi 3S using Thaivisa Connect mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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