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silver_butterfly
Joined: 12 Nov 2006
Location: South Korea
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| I went to Thailand on my own this summer and I had a great time, it was a great way to make some new friends too. I just made sure I would be kept very busy, I got my scuba diving certifications...so even if I had gone with a friend I may not have seen much of them anyway! I think I'll be heading back to see the Similan Islands in a few months - can't wait!! |
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Masta_Don
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Location: Hyehwa-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| You lot visit a very different Thailand to the one I know. Outside of the tourist areas I have never had any touts chasing after me or any problems. In fact inside the tourist areas when I have ventured there I have only ever had a few. |
I don't know if it's considered touristy or not, but when I spent the night in Trat on my way to Ko Chang, I was in for a big surprise. We stayed at a hostel that had about ten rooms total. But even with just ten rooms there were two prostitutes there. Not only were they there to pick up backpackers but they had their own room in the hostel too! They fed us soft shell crab and tried to get us drunk but even the free handjob in the bathroom didn't work. Ultimately, I was surprised, as I figured that that far out of town, that far off the worn track, in a hostel, there wouldn't be prostitutes. Sure was wrong. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:37 am Post subject: |
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Sex trade is everywhere. Not just tourist areas. Go up country and look around at night at all the shop houses and bamboo buildings on the highways.
Trat is fairl touristy. Jump off point for Cambodia and Ko Chang.
nice town. really need a bike or a car there though to make the most of it. |
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Patrique
Joined: 04 Oct 2007
Location: Sajik-dong, Busan
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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I'd recommend the north, depending on how much time you have. Take the night train to Chiang Mai, it's a great city especially the centre around the giant moat. From there you can go to Pai (a really, really cool town that many end up staying in weeks beyond what they intended - google it and you'll find tons of information) and many other interesting places.
The main safety-related tip is: be on your guard when you're drinking, especially with people you don't know. That's when you're mostly likely to be robbed or victimized. |
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oxfordstu
Joined: 28 Aug 2004
Location: Bangkok
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
You lot visit a very different Thailand to the one I know. Outside of the tourist areas I have never had any touts chasing after me or any problems. In fact inside the tourist areas when I have ventured there I have only ever had a few.
If you really want to experience Thailand get on the local buses and get yourself up Issarn and see life around there. Head up to Loei and along the Maekhong to Nong Khai then onwards to Nakhon Phanom and down the east of the country. stop in Ubon Ratchatahani and cross over into Laos for a couple of days before taking a slow train back along towards BKK, get off at a few cities and spend a day or so seeing what life is really like.
The beaches and such like are nice but it's only the superficial world of tourism that you get to see.
There is nothing better than a bus ride at sunrise over the rice paddies watching the buffaloes wandering around. |
Couldn't agree more. All of you tourists going to places like Phuket, Samui, Koh Phangan, Bankgkok, Pattaya, Chiang Mai, etc. haven't seen the real Thailand. Go up to Isaan. Completely different world up there and much MUCH cheaper. Nong Khai, Udonthani, then go up to Laos for a few days, the cheapest country I've ever been to (rooms are about $2). |
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Greekfreak
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:48 am Post subject: |
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Check out Koh Samed (or Samet, depending on who's spelling). I stayed there about 4 days when I first travelled to Thailand, and loved everything about it.
The food's great; I stayed at Jed's Bungalows, but I was being a cheap-@ss. It's not a party island, and it's about a 3 hour-drive from Bangkok, then a 45 minute boat ride. The white sand beach is great, there's not much rain, and not nearly as loaded with tourists as other islands. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't let anyone else discourage you. Thailand is sooooo easy to do alone. Just get a cab from the airport to Kho San road. Find a cheap guest house and go from there. Just keep your head on straight and don't do anythng stupid like try to invest in gems or drug dealing and you'll be fine. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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Stuff KSR.
Go to KSR meet lots of the same sort of people, get stuck into their mentality, listen to their plans, lose your ability to make your own decisions and start to follow them to their next destination.
might as well go on a package/group tour.
Get in a taxi and tell him to take you to a bus terminal and or train and get out of BKK and into real Thailand.
Even better hire a car or a truck for a couple of weeks. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
Stuff KSR.
Go to KSR meet lots of the same sort of people, get stuck into their mentality, listen to their plans, lose your ability to make your own decisions and start to follow them to their next destination.
might as well go on a package/group tour.
Get in a taxi and tell him to take you to a bus terminal and or train and get out of BKK and into real Thailand.
Even better hire a car or a truck for a couple of weeks. |
My feeling exactly. I just made this advice because this person is a relative newbie and traveling alone. For a first timer and someone who has not traveled alot K.S.R. would offer a level of comfort and stability. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe.
I just never got the whole KSR meet like minded people crap.
It was always more of an adventure to just get on a bus or a train and see where it stopped. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
Maybe.
I just never got the whole KSR meet like minded people crap.
It was always more of an adventure to just get on a bus or a train and see where it stopped. |
You probrubly wouldn't like Goa. Basically the same thing but they are all driving motorbikes. Every year quite a few of them go homein a
wooden box |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Nah,my idea of fun isn't sitting around with the "great unwashed" talking about karma and smoking charice. |
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