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[SirArthur]

Great thread Degen, et all...Thanks for answering questions...

I've never been, thinking of taking a trip, had been thinking about it before this thread.


1. Is it hard to find hotels with AC? Is AC standard or rare in Thailand? Atleast a window unit. That would be a must for me.

2. Ever been hospitalized for getting a hold of some spoiled food? You say the best food is street food, is most of it safe to eat?

[beats]

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Great thread Degen, et all...Thanks for answering questions...

I've never been, thinking of taking a trip, had been thinking about it before this thread.


1. Is it hard to find hotels with AC? Is AC standard or rare in Thailand? Atleast a window unit. That would be a must for me.

2. Ever been hospitalized for getting a hold of some spoiled food? You say the best food is street food, is most of it safe to eat?

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AC is everywhere. Totally easy to find places with AC even on small islands like Koh Phi Phi. You could also get a room with an electric fan and toilet that requires a bucket of water to flush. Both ends of the spectrum are available. You could probably spend $180 a night if you wanted to on a room or $15 a night. Variety dude.

Regarding food. I usually would get some digestive troubles for a bit after being in Thailand for a week or so. After that I didn't have too many issues. I got food poisoning only once in 2 years. About my average for America come to think of it. Thai's eat at food carts all the time so it is good stuff, high turnover, fresh food usually. Tasty and cheap too. Food cart pic below. Fried stuff on a stick = tastyness.

[Ribsauce]

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One thing before liftoff.

When you guys traveled around Phuket, Krabi, Koh Samui and what not. Did you just stay at hotels or did you find other places that were better?

Also what is the best way to travel around phuket. Our trip will be Bangkok 2 days in the beginning > Phuket 1 week probably > Koh samui 1-2 weeks > Bangkok/Pattaya/whatever the rest. How do you travel around phuket to krabi and the other places. Koh samui you probably just take a boat or something to the nearby islands?

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Pick up a lonely planet guide. They have overviews of all the hotels as well as instuctions on how to get to all the places you want to go. I would be dead without mine.

As for rooms, what I usually do is look in the lonely planet section for the town/island and go to where the most hotels/guesthouses are and go door to door until I see a place that looks cool.


Anyways, I came in here to say Cambodia sucks really bad, but the Angkor Wat is amazing and anyone in Thailand should make a 3 day trip to Siem Reap when they need to renew their visa or whatever. The rest of this place sucks donkey balls though.

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right on about the street vendors. when I first got here I was kinda picky but the last month I've been picking random stuff off the menu and most of it rules.

I also ate Indian Curry for the first time yesterday and I really want to get a time machine and beat my own ass for not eating this stuff years ago

[fish2plus2]

That fried stuff on a stick is also popular in HK and Singapore. It has never done anything at all for me.

[Ribsauce]

I don't really dig on the fried stuff on a stick but I eat almost all of my meals from street vendors. Usually a rice dish like chicken with chilis and basil or some type of noodles. I don't really mess with anything on a stick

[farang0]

A lot of my meals come from these little food carts. Its damn good food once you figure out what you like. Meatball carts are really good especially when you are really [censored] up at 4 am after some heavy drinking.

[fish2plus2]

check out rembrandt hotel sunday indian buffet soi 18, the restaurant is at the top.

teh food court in emporium has v good indian food, that place has a sister restaurant somewhere on sukhumwit.

the indian food on lower sois is OK i guess, but i find these other places better. just dont try to get a thai to eat indian, because they wont.

[farang0]

My Thai Girl has eaten indian food with me.

[Poker Pro!]

If im atleast 5months in bangkok, I should rent apartment,right? Hotel living would be more expensive.

[farang0]

Of course you should get an apartment. 5 months in a hotel would cost you substantially more. Check out www.MrRoomFinder.com for general prices