I'Il be visiting Chiang Rai and Sukhothai along with Bangkok, mostly as a business trip. My company's paying the expense and i'll be spending most of the time at work. however, i will still get some leisure time once my key tasks are done, so in the meanwhile, i'll be playing a tourist too. 

The trip will be last at least 15 days and depending on the requirements, it could go upwards. also, i'd be engaging in financial activities too, like online transactions.

 

Can you guys, um, recommend me the best places i need to visit? With the best being first, in that order so i would be able to see the biggest landmarks in case it's a quick work here. And while i'm at it, recommend me a location where i can get real thai food. Google says sawasdee, sala rim and bo lan along with others, what do you guys say?

 

Also, i'm being a little paranoid about my transactions there. Most of them will be my company's i don't know if i should engage in it without securing my connection. i was told i should go for ivacy vpn over some facebook group, but i need to ask how cool or legit it is to secure data through a vpn. thanks :)

Nana soi, also most places have good wi fi so you'll be fine .... 

Climb Sukhothai mountain and visit Old Sukhothai City,  new Sukhothai city is yuck. 

4 hours ago, MasterChief86 said:

Can you guys, um, recommend me the best places i need to visit?

 

Don't forget to visit Fee Fee and James Bond Islands.

 

4 hours ago, MasterChief86 said:

i don't know if i should engage in it without securing my connection

 

If you will use public WiFi in Thailand, you should use a VPN to secure your data. Not just in Thailand, Free WiFi are vulnerable almost everywhere in the world.  

 

4 hours ago, MasterChief86 said:

i was told i should go for ivacy vpn

 

I am using VPNs for years. Ivacy is a decent VPN in very low price, if you check out their pricing at https://www.ivacy.com/buy-vpn/ you will know it's quite affordable. 

Definitely 1000000% don't go for ivacy.

 

Pay a bit more for HMA PRO.

 

 

17 hours ago, Sorenson said:

Don't forget to visit Fee Fee and James Bond Islands.

 

Could you mean Phi Phi ?  In Thailand the transliteration which results in "ph" is not pronounced like an f sound.

Hate to think how you'd pronounce Phuket.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8LpA2JV9DE

 

 

Edited December 28, 20169 yr by Suradit69

The best place to visit in Thailand is the departure lounge of any international airport.

I'd ask somewhere else to be honest. All you'll get here is tedious cynicism and tips on where to meet prostitutes. Maybe try https://www.reddit.com/r/ThailandTourism/ - they're generally a bit more positive.

Pattaya Soi 6, early evening cultural congregation ?

A park a few kms from Chiang Rai called Ri Mae Fa Luang (excuse spelling) is magnificent. Also the night market at Chiang Rai is a good place to wander and eat.

 

Sukhothai is the ancient capital ( among others) of Thailand and has a huge area where the old city was , around the 1200's /1300's I think.

You should rent a motorcycle or bicycle to take it all in.

As stated  (by Kwasaki ) Sukhothai city has nothing of interest.

Chiang Rai has the White Temple (Wat Rong Kuhn)which should not be missed.

Also Wat Huay Plakang is very impressive ( if not finished yet.

The road to heaven is paved with good intentions, however to be more realistic if you are going to soi nana first I would recommend that you discover the delights of your room service and keep well away from gold shops, visiting relatives and locate your nearest pharmacy who can do miraculous things in just 3 days.

Gotta say, this looks suspiciously like an ad for a certain VPN company.  

 

OP with 5 posts asks about a specific VPN by brand name, to be answered shortly by another guy with 1 post, telling us that it's a good service and conveniently providing a link.

 

Or maybe I've just gotten cynical after 15 years in Asia?

 

 

17 minutes ago, impulse said:

Gotta say, this looks suspiciously like an ad for a certain VPN company.  

 

OP with 5 posts asks about a specific VPN by brand name, to be answered shortly by another guy with 1 post, telling us that it's a good service and conveniently providing a link.

 

Or maybe I've just gotten cynical after 15 years in Asia?

 

 

Thanks I wondered when someone may notice this. 

The Opera browser includes free VPN, though I only used it once and don't have any feedback on it.

 

1 hour ago, Rc2702 said:

Thanks I wondered when someone may notice this. 

 

Back when I was curious about stuff like this, I'd copy and paste a few generic phrases of the OP into Google and see how many hits resulted.  I figured nobody was going to pen that many words to spam just one website.  Sometimes, there were thousands of hits, meaning they were spamming thousands (maybe tens of thousands) of blogs.

 

I'm lazier than I am curious nowadays, though.

Only 1 thing, stay off the roads.....

The local remand prison,just to make you remember you aint in kansas any more.

The local park where you will pay 100% more to enter than your family(if they are Thai)

The restaurant near the aforementioned park,which will happily strip you of what money you have left.

 A short drive down the motorway,to realise what you are missing in your own country.

The wonders of Thailand are endless.

The local remand prison,just to make you remember you aint in kansas any more.
The local park where you will pay 100% more to enter than your family(if they are Thai)
The restaurant near the aforementioned park,which will happily strip you of what money you have left.
 A short drive down the motorway,to realise what you are missing in your own country.
The wonders of Thailand are endless.

100% if you're lucky. !!
A couple of weeks ago they wanted 500 baht for me to go see a waterfall, the car and gf were free !


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Andrew Dwyer

Amen brother,i heard that.