Total moron travelling to Thailand

[TruXta]

For my scrawly travel diary - but of course!

Also for filling ing immigration forms, there were none left last time I went and I had to ask lots of strangers and wait around to get ours filled in.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It's nice but £25!! Think I'll grab a towel or a sarong when I get there.

Why do you need to even buy one when you're there if you're staying with friends. Surely they have spare ones or are they all filthy?

 

[El Sueno]

Why do you need to even buy one when you're there if you're staying with friends. Surely they have spare ones or are they all filthy?

I dunno quite what to expect regarding the digs tbh, yeh maybe - but is it good form to turn up as a guest and then start bumming stuff like beach towels?*

*Not actually, like, having sex with anything resembling a beach towel.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I dunno quite what to expect regarding the digs tbh, yeh maybe - but is it good form to turn up as a guest and then start bumming stuff like beach towels?*

*Not actually, like, having sex with anything resembling a beach towel.

hm, maybe not. Family's one thing, friends might be different. Depends on your friends I suppose

 

[El Sueno]

hm, maybe not. Family's one thing, friends might be different. Depends on your friends I suppose

Yeah I'll see what they got for me when I get there, and anything lacking they can point me in the direction of the nearest 'Boots'

 

[TruXta]

Where you going, sueno?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Where you going, sueno?

Yeah, to the islands or stuck in the city?

 

[twentythreedom]

swiss army knife

 

[hmmph]

Oh yeah, photocopies of passport - the nurse reminded me of that when I had my jabs this morning. And I'd already forgotten.

scan your docs and email them to yourself - much easier than carrying bits of paper around if you're travelling light.

 

[hmmph]

how long you going for? if for a while, take a cheap unlocked phone with ya and buy a Thai sim card... million times cheaper to phone home, bank, insurance etc than going into internet cafe.

 

[El Sueno]

Only a couple of weeks, friends live in Bangkok so I'll be seeing a little of the city, the mountains and the beaches. Not going mad, if I was there longer I'd hop over to Cambodia or something but I'm gonna be spending the time mostly chilling on the beach I think.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

scan your docs and email them to yourself - much easier than carrying bits of paper around if you're travelling light.

Yeah, that's what I do, and send a copy to my sister as well, just in case I forget my email log-in

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Only a couple of weeks, friends live in Bangkok so I'll be seeing a little of the city, the mountains and the beaches. Not going mad, if I was there longer I'd hop over to Cambodia or something but I'm gonna be spending the time mostly chilling on the beach I think.

Yes, but which beaches and moutains?!

 

[hmmph]

There's an official taxi rank at Bangkok which has a fixed cheaper price iirc, just avoid the expensive dudes who hassle you, or preferably get the skyrail metro thing or the bus, you'll be able to work it out n it's generally more interesting if you don't have loaaads of stuff. Plus it's dead cheap.

I always used the motorbike taxis; quicker, cheaper, more interesting - but not for everyone...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I always used the motorbike taxis; quicker, cheaper, more interesting - but not for everyone...

More dangerous

 

[5t3IIa]

Only a couple of weeks, friends live in Bangkok so I'll be seeing a little of the city, the mountains and the beaches. Not going mad, if I was there longer I'd hop over to Cambodia or something but I'm gonna be spending the time mostly chilling on the beach I think.

One can fly to Cambodia for around a £100

 

[El Sueno]

Yes, but which beaches and moutains?!

I have no idea, they just said "come out man, we got beaches, mountains, the city - the lot"!! I'm relying on some local knowledge cos one of them's been there a good 4/5 years so might pack off to an island or sunk, will wait and see what they got in store for me then make suitable suggestions if I'm not impressed.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I have no idea, they just said "come out man, we got beaches, mountains, the city - the lot"!! I'm relying on some local knowledge cos one of them's been there a good 4/5 years so might pack off to an island or sunk, will wait and see what they got in store for me then make suitable suggestions if I'm not impressed.

Oh, a magical mystery tour. How exciting

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Learn a few phrases in Thai on the plane, flattery always goes down well.

^^^this x1000

'Sawadee' - say that to every fucker you meet; you'll get bong-bong time and they'll let you bone their sister too.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

^^^this x1000

'Sawadee' - say that to every fucker you meet; you'll get bong-bong time and they'll let you bone their sister too.

Is bong-bong the same as ping-pong?

 

[hmmph]

More dangerous

I'm not so sure it was that dangerous

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'm not so sure it was that dangerous

Maybe it's just the amount of them compared to this country makes it look more dangerous. Certainly see more bike crashes over there than you do here

 

[El Sueno]

I'm not so sure it was that dangerous

I've hopped on the back of motorbike taxis in India, quite the thrill when you turn a corner and run into an upturned lorry sticking out of a ditch.

 

[hmmph]

Maybe it's just the amount of them compared to this country makes it look more dangerous. Certainly see more bike crashes over there than you do here

most of the motorbike incidents I saw whilst I was there were westerners (ferrangs). These guys do it for a living and understand those roads better than anyone...

 

[El Sueno]

most of the motorbike incidents I saw whilst I was there were westerners (ferrangs). These guys do it for a living and understand those roads better than anyone...

From what I hear, true dat.

 

[goldenecitrone]

One can fly to Cambodia for around a £100

Three days in Angkor Wat is the perfect break from the traffic of Bangkok.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

most of the motorbike incidents I saw whilst I was there were westerners (ferrangs). These guys do it for a living and understand those roads better than anyone...

I realise that, but that's not to say you won't be involved in one of the many accidents caused by a westerner

 

[Riklet]

I'm sure you're aware of this but be very careful with drugs (especially buying them off people you don't know/really trust), if you do have them then be careful about carrying them around in public on transport or in clubs, the police do occasional sweeps etc. Best not to be complacent, Thailand is a lot stricter on such things than places like Cambodia/Laos. I wouldn't bother going near anything illegal tbh in the more touristy areas, more sketchy hassle than it's worth. That said, you can get benzos, opiates etc over the counter from some pharmacies...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

and don't get caught dropping cigarette butts, not that you should do that anyway!

 

[TruXta]

and don't get caught dropping cigarette butts, not that you should do that anyway!

? Did that all the time, never got any hassle.