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Old Thailand thread will be moved back when the situation with Degen is resolved. For now, this is the new thread for questions, answers, trip reports, experiences, and discussion on Thailand. No linking to or copy/pasting from Degen's blog of ANY nature.

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Gay. Whatever, my yawn thread inspired by the original thread.

Oh hey look

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http://thewitness.org/archive/mayjun...urningMonk.jpg

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what were those two things you posted that mat deleted?

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i just said hi and nt said hi chum back! just being friendly to my fellow mods!

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oh, cool!

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This thread needs pictures. I'll start with short shorts in the pool hall in Bangkok. http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8...1673imgyu0.jpg

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well its offical.
Nation killed it.
the other thread had history. this is boring. plus all the answered questions gone?...
who cares about degen.. he started the thread, its not like he put a friggin patent on it

on other note... mr.magoo almost slept with 2 sisters.. turns out one of them got pissed cause she thought i was gonna sleep with her. he left with the innocent looking one, so i guess he still had a blast?

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on other note... mr.magoo almost slept with 2 sisters.. turns out one of them got pissed cause she thought i was gonna sleep with her. he left with the innocent looking one, so i guess he still had a blast?



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one [censored] time [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]


also killing the other thread is pretty [censored] lame. that thread was huge and awesome.

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anyone having problems with pokerace? it worked the first 2 weeks i was here but now doesn't work. i emailed support and they said it was because i'm in thailand.

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anyone having problems with pokerace? it worked the first 2 weeks i was here but now doesn't work. i emailed support and they said it was because i'm in thailand.

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Depends on your internet connection, some places it works, some it doesnt...

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U have to tell support to send u a fix.. ive received it and now it works everywhere.
talk directly to josh.

so we going out with tufat tonight?

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Last night was so sick, i was at spice till 6 and danced with a NON hooker wich i will meet for dinner now and after that i ended up in some small bar in soi 11 playing pool and going home at like 10 with a girl and when she turned of her pants i saw 2 tattoos on her legs but whatever [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] thx for the good ryu pumpui and all the others.

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Last night was so sick, i was at spice till 6 and danced with a NON hooker wich i will meet for dinner now and after that i ended up in some small bar in soi 11 playing pool and going home at like 10 with a girl and when she turned of her pants i saw 2 tattoos on her legs but whatever [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] thx for the good ryu pumpui and all the others.

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I would love to purchase these turn off/on pants.

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you're a trooper manylevels [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I mean first one girl, then a threesome and you still get another one for at home, haha.. maybe I should also try those pills lol

anyways.. I'm having a blast with all the 2+2 guys

Ryu
SRB

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what airliner you pll recommend for connecting flight from bangkok to phuket and back? Looking for reliable one. I have heard that some cancel their flight if only half booked? Travelling with children so need +ev airline [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

What hotels you recommend in bangkok for two adults and two children?

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What is the situation with Degen?

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Soo awesome. nh.

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killing the other thread is pretty [censored] lame.

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Really. Who cares what the "situation with degen" is. He's had nothing to do with the thread for ages, besides the name in the title. That was/is one of the biggest and best threads here ever, and one of the few bookmarks I check on an almost daily basis (yay, coming back to BKK in five weeks!). Strange choice from management to take it down, even if just temporarily.

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Hello,

I've been here about 1 year. I'm going back to the States in a few weeks.

I can probably answer questions pretty well.

To start:

Cheapness: Everything requiring thai/SE asian labor (medium quality clothes, custom tailors, food, prostitutes, strippers, cabbies) is cheap as hell here. To get decent quality things you generally need to pay a fair bit but not as much as western prices.

Bangkok: gigantic city. Anything you want to do is here. Its dirty and traffic is worse than any US city I've been to by far. There are nice areas though.

Beaches: Phuket is the most popular and developed. After that is Koh Chang and Koh Samui. Beaches around Krabi are my personal favorite and are a lot less crowded. They are only good during the high season otherwise its to rainy. I've been to beaches in about 10 countries and Thailand's are the nicest by ar IMO.

Girls: Any girl who throws herself at you is probably a hooker/goldigger/both. These girls are generally considered quite ugly in their home country (dark skin) and need to go with foreigners. Middle and upper class girls here are generally pretty similar to western girls but have some differences and are generally more shy and reserved. You can have sex with a different girl who is considered attractive in most Western countries every night easily no matter how ugly or socially retarded you are. You can probably have sex with them for free if you are reasonably attractive/fun/they think they can potentially be your girlfriend. Having a funny looking face also doesn't matter (even to middle class girls) since they don't really seem to be able to tell that sorta thing. Social status is big here and any girl would do well to date a man above her social status almost regardless of what he looks like. Being a foreigner puts you at probably upper middle class by default unless you look and act like a slob. Then you are still well above rice farmer but not that high.

Internet: Available almost anywhere. You can get decent speed in most places there are white people. The reliability is not terrible but can be bad. I play $10/20+ here regularily and probably lost a total of 3 buyins due to disconects over this past year on Koh Samui and in Bangkok.

That should cover most basic questions. If you have more I'll try and answer them.

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this darkskin stuff is so stupid
My gf is upper upper class and a little dark skinned.
when we go on vacation even for a day or 2 she brings 6 different facial creams, all of them say 'whitening'
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Anyone who's met her can aknowledge that shes minimum a 9/10... and lots of thai guys want to be with her. even with her darkish skin

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yeah really makes NO sense

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yeah his gf is very nice but she could need a little more decolte (-: btw my hottie yesterday has propably the best natural breasts of whole bangkok oh and i was suprised how tight non hookers are, she couldnt sit on me [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

anyone knows a good place to play poker? inetcafe or wifi?

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Couple more things..

The people:
Generally really nice. Are pretty much always kind to foreigners unless the foreigner gives them a reason to be rude to them. MAJOR EXCEPTION: Taxi scams, gem scams, tourist scams, some of the hookers, etc...when you first get here you will see a lot of this but it is really the minority. These people have absolutely no problem lying and cheating every penny they can from you. Violent crime against foreigners is generally really low unless the foreigner starts the figure.

Ladyboys: Theres a lot of them near where hookers/foreigners are. They generally are trying to hard to look and act like women and have larger frames and big fake books + larger hands and possibly an adams apple. Some are very hard to tell but it shouldn't be that hard...

Full Moon Party: Awesome. If you are <35 and like to party then do it at least once.

Taxis: Get them to turn on their goddam meter. If you are in Bangkok ANY non scam taxi will turn on their meter. If they refuse just step out and find a legit one. Generally the guys waiting and not driving past = scammers.

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If u go out like 4 or 5 looking for a girl on the street be very careful, mostly ladyboys and some are very hard to spot.

Oh and yesterday i put my phone under water at gullivers, so i have no numbers but my number is still the same though. So pls contact me what u guys do 2 tonight.

cheers

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Just play at your hotel?

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connection sucks 2 day

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whats the deal with taxi drivers freaking out if you want to drop someone off on the way. tonight, we dropped my friends gf off on the way home from spice club. it was on the way. he didn't go out of his way at all. but the guy freaked out and said he wouldn't take us any further unless we paid and then restarted the meter. we started to argue and the dude asked if i wanted to fight. i said "sure". but my friend said we should just get another cab before this guy goes psycho.

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Can you swim in January? How is the beach in Pattaya?

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rofl this is awesome.

Edit : if my assumption that the missing guy is Trotsky is right.

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you can swim year round. Pattaya beach is probably the worst beach in Thailand that I know of. There are other beaches within a short drive from it though that are OK.

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the dude asked if i wanted to fight. i said "sure". but my friend said we should just get another cab before this guy goes psycho.

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Theres probably a 20% chance your friend saved you from being killed over $1 USD.

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the dude asked if i wanted to fight. i said "sure". but my friend said we should just get another cab before this guy goes psycho.

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you're right. very stupid to say "sure". but it wasn't over $1. it was because the guy was a complete [censored]. told us to f-off several times and then HE SAID "you wanna fight". we told him where we wanted to go when we got into the taxi. half way there, he says either pay up and restart the meter or get out and get another taxi. and on top of it is a complete [censored]. i doubt most people could keep their mouth shut in this situation, especially if they are drunk.

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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) and I'm looking for a nice modern place for the two of us that is close to the beach.

I'm paying ~$1k/month for my tiny apartment in Seoul right now, and would be happy paying around the same price(even more for something nice).

I just started batting this idea around, so I'm pretty much clueless to in regard to housing costs in Thailand.

Thanks for any suggestions.

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Thanks, link helped a lot.

Question about visas:

If I just plan to play poker there, what is the best way to secure a 1yr stay?

I'm reading that simply going on visa runs every 30days wont work past 90days.

How are the guys living there and playing poker for a living managing it?

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Thanks, link helped a lot.

Question about visas:

If I just plan to play poker there, what is the best way to secure a 1yr stay?

I'm reading that simply going on visa runs every 30days wont work past 90days.

How are the guys living there and playing poker for a living managing it?

[/ QUOTE ]just ask for a 1 year visa at Thai embassy. Pretty random, depends which country you're from and in which country you ask. I don't think you'll get in in any of the neightbouring countries though. Australia is best chance imo.

or just ask for tourist visa, delivered in all Thai embassies. that gives you 2+1 month, after 3 month just go to cambodia/laos/malaysia...for mandatory vacation and ask for a new 2+1 month tourist visa and rinse/repeat.

more websites:
http://www.thaiapartment.com/
http://www.acuterealty.com/
http://www.bkkcondos.com/
http://www.mrroomfinder.com/index.php
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[edit]oops most of these websites are for BKK accomodation. didn't read about you wanting to be close to the beach. Best to go in person then, most beach vacation style housing you'll find on the net are ridic. overpriced. but here's one for Phuket with ok prices to give you an idea of how much it costs: http://www.houseinphuket.com/

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Thanks, link helped a lot.

Question about visas:

If I just plan to play poker there, what is the best way to secure a 1yr stay?

I'm reading that simply going on visa runs every 30days wont work past 90days.

How are the guys living there and playing poker for a living managing it?

[/ QUOTE ]just ask for a 1 year visa at Thai embassy. Pretty random, depends which country you're from and in which country you ask. I don't think you'll get in in any of the neightbouring countries though. Australia is best chance imo.

or just ask for tourist visa, delivered in all Thai embassies. that gives you 2+1 month, after 3 month just go to cambodia/laos/malaysia...for mandatory vacation and ask for a new 2+1 month tourist visa and rinse/repeat.

more websites:
http://www.thaiapartment.com/
http://www.acuterealty.com/
http://www.bkkcondos.com/
http://www.mrroomfinder.com/index.php
...

[edit]oops most of these websites are for BKK accomodation. didn't read about you wanting to be close to the beach. Best to go in person then, most beach vacation style housing you'll find on the net are ridic. overpriced. but here's one for Phuket with ok prices to give you an idea of how much it costs: http://www.houseinphuket.com/

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Thanks for the info.

Does anyone have any decent recommendations of places to stay in Phuket or Ko Samui for approximately one month? I'm looking to bunk down and play some poker in that time, so a stable decent internet connection is crucial.

Many of the resort-style places I've been looking at are not clear on internet availability. Basically, a clean apartment with broadband would be perfect.

Any suggestions? PM me (or respond here) please if you have any tips.

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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.