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Question about finding a place to live: I'm thinking of moving to thailand for 6mos-1yr. I'll likely be going with my g/f (beat, I know) [/ QUOTE ] Unless your GF is extremely hot and tolerant you are going to ruin your couple man. Think "temptation island" but in real life. Even if you do nothing wrong she ll get paranoid. Maybe it's easier in the islands. |
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Maybe it's easier in the islands. [/ QUOTE ]she'll go mental about the thai girls AND the topless euro & aussie tourists |
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You know I was never big on Thailand, though not really against it either. Then I saw this crap. http://www.houseinphuket.com/houses/LTR/a0008/ Seriously $1,200 a month for this place? Anyone want to split it with me? Jesus. 3 bedrooms + huge office. I know absolutely nothing about Phuket, but I must say this area looks much more developed than the last thread let on. [/ QUOTE ]well it's in Phuket town....most ppl who go to Phuket want to live by the beach.... this website is fine too for phuket rentals: http://www.siamrealestate.com/phuket...erm-rental/53/ |
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Ya that location sucks, you are at least 20 minutes by motorbike from the beaches, it's also a very Thai neighbourhood which could be good or bad.
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I'm bored so I will elaborate on that. Basically all the beaches are on the west side of the island, and that house is on the far east. 20 Mintues is optomistic also, in traffic that could be 35-45 minutes usually.
In my opinion the best towns to live in would be Kata/Karon/Kamala. These towns are all touristy, but they are close to beaches and close to Patong, the nightlife centre. NTB lives in Patong, and it's the centre of the tourist trade/sex trade/nightlife. We chose not to live there because houses are much more expensive and harder to find, also the beach isn't that nice. The 3 towns I mentioned are about 25 minutes away, so close enough to go for shopping or nightlife, but they also have very nice beaches and a nicer atmoshpere, constant Go-go bars can get annoying. A big thing for us in finding a house was timing. We were looking in late oct/nov and many houses that were up for sale didn't want to rent then, because the high season was approaching. If you were looking in april/may/june you would find much more flexible land owners and you could get better houses. |
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Is there a good place in Bangkok for an American Breakfast?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] What is the situation with Degen? [/ QUOTE ] http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6854/48168240fs8.jpg [/ QUOTE ] rofl this is awesome. Edit : if my assumption that the missing guy is Trotsky is right. [/ QUOTE ] Nope. It was Nikolai Yezhov. |
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I still haven't booked my ticket for Christmas. Basically I need to get from BKK to New England (any of the three major airports would work). Any suggestions on airlines/routes to do this cheaply? Can you get flights directly to the east coast?
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RE: Phuket housing, there are plenty of great deals in what are essentially upper- and upper-middle-class suburbs. You can get a huge house relatively cheaply but you're far from the beach, restaurants, stores, etc. Patong isn't bad as long as you aren't living in the middle of it. If you're a mod, go check out the place NTB and I stayed at.
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I still haven't booked my ticket for Christmas. Basically I need to get from BKK to New England (any of the three major airports would work). Any suggestions on airlines/routes to do this cheaply? Can you get flights directly to the east coast? [/ QUOTE ] You can have cheap or you can have direct. Thai Airways runs one direct flight to JFK per day. 17 hours, $1,300. If you don't mind having 10-12 hours added to your trip, you could probably save a few hundred. I've never bothered to check into it. I've been told there's dirt cheap Peter Pan bus that runs from NYC to Boston with a stop in Hartford thrown in. Pretty sure it doesn't leave from the airport. Or you can take the Connecticut Limo from JFK to New Haven for $65. |
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alright so how is the weed is thailand? costs? quality?
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alright so how is the weed is thailand? costs? quality? [/ QUOTE ] Cheap and ok. Side effect : prison 12 years for possession |
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really? do lot of people smoke pot without being worried?
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hmm that house the guy who made 100k in 100k hand posted...
me and my gf are thinking of moving to phuket right now. so [censored] cheap for houses there, esp in phuket city. we have a car so the distance doesnt matter. we found some [censored] sick there cfor 1.2k a month |
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I'm in Thailand now and am thinking of staying here for a bit. Anybody want to split a place for $1k-1.5k? I'd rather go down and live on Phuket/Krabbi/Koh Chang but wouldn't mind getting a place in Bangkok.
I'm 21, playing poker, drink too much, etc. If you are in Thailand, give me a call...my number is 0831794877 |
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The best place to eat an american breakfast that I know is the bakery place in front of the Marriott on sukumvit. They actually can do over easy eggs. Their benedict eggs are also real good, as their hash brown. Well i think i want to go tomorrow now. Not the cheapest place but you really get quality there.
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there is no way jfk direct is still available for dec right now. it was 75% booked in august.
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Yo all!
I'm just back from a funfilled week's stay in Patong hospital. I have a 2BR flat up on a hill overlooking Patong, Phuket. Those interested in Staying/moving to PHuket, feel free to drop me a PM with specific questions. PS The house Link meteron posted is a very decent looking spot BUT it is in a not so nice part of Phuket town. |
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Yo all! I'm just back from a funfilled week's stay in Patong hospital [/ QUOTE ] trip report [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] |
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[ QUOTE ] Yo all! I'm just back from a funfilled week's stay in Patong hospital [/ QUOTE ] trip report [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Acute Hepatits B. Felt like crp for 3 weeks then turned yellow. Went to doc who did a blood test and said WHOA BUDDY! You go hospital! Apparently my liver was on verge of quitting. After week of very professional care, liver levels are returning to safe (though still abnormal levels). I'tll prob take anywhee fro 2weeks to 2 monts to kick it completely including NO alcohol and minimal fats diet. Also, fun to look like a yellow M&M for a week. Not sure of transmission method yet (dont use needles, wear condoms etc). Overall, not a fun catch. Deffo reccomend a full Hepatits vaccination for all travelling to Thailand. I had been vaxed multiple times whilst in the military but apparently it was too long ago (3.5 yrs) so deffo hook yerself up with a booster. Variance: Watched a lot of cricket and Thai dubbed movies whilst in hospital. |
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wow, sorry to hear that [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
Getting Hep B while being vaccinated against it and not having risky behavior is a serious case of bad luck... |
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can you enter the country with a one way ticket? i know you have to have a return to enter alot of countries
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can you enter the country with a one way ticket? i know you have to have a return to enter alot of countries [/ QUOTE ] I think you're supposed to, but my travel agent said not to worry about it since they can't check E tickets. |
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can you buy a monitor with 1600 x 1200 for multi-tabling in BKK now?
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newteabag. i was told you also had ghonorea recently and kept drinking on the medication. this is most likely the reason for your liver failure as the meds they give you are methylated which makes them as bad for your liver as most prohormone or steroids for those who know about the world of bodybuilding.
we have lots of people working in the medical industry in my family and i checked before. even my mom said. i could die from just 3-4drinks in 1 night if i was very unlucky. and it s totally true. even after the meds and after taking milk thistle 4 times a day to bring back my liver. everytime i would drink for the first week i would feel my liver hurtnig which never happened in my whole life. anyways. im in the vietniam or whatever airport ni laos. after a 1 day stay im gtfo of here. train ride ws a wreck. 500 baht for 12hours of pain and misery. first 30mins sucked. then we see some random lady walking by with some nice friede rice hmmmm. next time we will get some. we ll the enxt time it was beer. so we start playing drinking games cause obv. 12hours is boring. then we get to the whiskey... still no sign of the woman with food. then boom. no whiskey no beer no food. lights are closed.. oh whatt eh hell.. were all hungry. we fall asleep 1 hour. personally i wake up with a huge headache and starving. cookie only starving and tired. jappe just horny probably. we manage to waste the next 7hours doing nothing. awtching parts of ikestoy<s video and tokyo drift while my battery gets empty. great after much pani we get there. my cell phone starts working again and my gf sent me a msg, {fighting with ex bf] man my day rocks. manage to talk to her and now she wont talk to him on the phone anymore so its good [ he keeps calling her. i checked her missed call directory, she almost never answers] so anyways. we get outside. its like -50 celcius. so [censored] cold. hungry and dried up mouths what do we see.. nothing. just a hgue stage with nobody and a bunch of annoying tuktuks. he brings us to a visa place for laos which isnt really open. we have to stay there for about 3-4hours since the border isnt open. and great some major league backpaker is there. and he talks to us. then the store next door opened at 6. food.. was.. 3 packs of chips, 6 oreo and some banana bread. for about 85cents lol. after a long time we get to the border. im still hungover and thirsty and i hate tuktuks we have to wait for paperwork again. then we have to get in line and wait untill the moron enters everybody<s passport nnumber, name, abnd adress by hand in his little both.. using 1 [censored] finger. so the line is huge and it doesnt move. so whatever. we get there. its poor as hell. no building. no cute girls in the street.. NONE no polution.. no entertainement.. just a small town with cheap food and acomodation. the mall looks like a garage sale in my old suburb town in canada. so then we go look for happy pizza after finding underwears. while they do that i already stop at an agency and buy my ticket back home for 105$.. no [censored] train for me. we cant find happy pizza so cookie and ofdabeat go back home. now the fun starts. me and jappe get to A BOWLING ALLEY. yeppppppppp. so fun there. its about 75cents a game. the big ass laobeer is 1$ and its [censored] great. u can smoke too. but its really rigged. theres 2 spot that make the ball move to the sides. and sometiems u dont hit any ball and it says uve hit 3-4 sometiems u miss your strike by 1. then when it gets back to you theres no pins so u just shoot anywhere and get your / .. we got drunk there. after that i just wanted to go back home. im really not into the 'nl10 reg busto player isnt busto' places unless its in nthe forest and u get to chase monkeys and tigers see you soon bkk |
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can you buy a monitor with 1600 x 1200 for multi-tabling in BKK now? [/ QUOTE ] i know you can buy the new huge ass apple monitor '30' inch i think |
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Sucks you had a bad time in Vientiane. I've found in situations like that it helps to ask someone who lives there for advice on things to do so you don't end up wandering around with no idea where to go.
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[ QUOTE ] can you buy a monitor with 1600 x 1200 for multi-tabling in BKK now? [/ QUOTE ] i know you can buy the new huge ass apple monitor '30' inch i think [/ QUOTE ] last time i brought one from singapore, i guess i will bring one back from the usa after xmas vacation. |
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