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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Location: Korea
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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30 baht for an American dollar. I can remember when it was 48 |
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Yaya

Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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I'd say prices in Thailand have jumped drastically over the past five years, as the influx of foreigners has raised prices.
Perhaps Cambodia and Laos are the better alternatives, though Bali is also still quite cheap. |
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rhinocharge64
Joined: 20 Sep 2006
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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Ditto. But still very cheap. |
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DCJames

Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:50 am Post subject: |
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Ditto. But still very cheap. |
I wouldn't say Thailand is "very cheap". It's cheaper than Korea, but not "very cheap" like it once was. |
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FUBAR
Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Location: The Y.C.
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:03 am Post subject: |
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screw thailand.... their smiles are gone and the people there have started to think that they are entilted to tourists paying inflated prices for their huts and food.... I'd rather go to Malaysia anyday. |
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Tiger Beer

Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:09 am Post subject: |
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i'm amazed they've had prices as low as they have for so long.
The bang for the buck is really high, PLUS its international worldclass much more than say Seoul, etc. |
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DCJames

Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:37 am Post subject: |
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FUBAR wrote: |
screw thailand.... their smiles are gone and the people there have started to think that they are entilted to tourists paying inflated prices for their huts and food.... I'd rather go to Malaysia anyday. |
yeah, last time I went to Thailand, the Thai people were incredibly rude.
I guess they don't appreciate my hard earned tourist dollars. I haven't been back since. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:18 am Post subject: |
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Old news |
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spliff

Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:55 am Post subject: |
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It's due to the raises in petrol.. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Location: Korea
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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Tiger Beer wrote: |
i'm amazed they've had prices as low as they have for so long.
The bang for the buck is really high, PLUS its international worldclass much more than say Seoul, etc. |
Way better western style foods than Seoul. Day tours are way better organised much less of the whole hurry up and wait syndrome. |
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BTSskytrain
Joined: 11 Oct 2007
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:49 am Post subject: absolutely still very cheap |
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air con guesthouse: 400 baht per night
eat only thai food (and who'd complain about that?): 150 baht will buy you three meals per day
large bottle of Chang: 40 baht (suppose you drink 4 in an evening) 160 baht. after four large Changs you'll be buzzin' louder than any bee in the hive.
pack of smokes: 45 baht
condoms (pack of three 40 baht)
one short time daily: 500 baht
add it all up: approx. 1300 baht ($40.00 USD) per day
if i spend a month in thailand at this daily rate i will have spent $1200.00
so let me get this straight. all i have to do is save a mere $100.00 per month for one year and i can take a vacation where i will eat well, sleep well, get loaded and laid everyday? NO BRAINER! LIKE I SAID......
THAILAND IS STILL VERY CHEAP. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Location: Korea
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:40 pm Post subject: Re: absolutely still very cheap |
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BTSskytrain wrote: |
air con guesthouse: 400 baht per night
eat only thai food (and who'd complain about that?): 150 baht will buy you three meals per day
large bottle of Chang: 40 baht (suppose you drink 4 in an evening) 160 baht. after four large Changs you'll be buzzin' louder than any bee in the hive.
pack of smokes: 45 baht
condoms (pack of three 40 baht)
one short time daily: 500 baht
add it all up: approx. 1300 baht ($40.00 USD) per day
if i spend a month in thailand at this daily rate i will have spent $1200.00
so let me get this straight. all i have to do is save a mere $100.00 per month for one year and i can take a vacation where i will eat well, sleep well, get loaded and laid everyday? NO BRAINER! LIKE I SAID......
THAILAND IS STILL VERY CHEAP. |
Where is that? There's no way you can get those kind of deals in Pattaya or Phuket. Particularly the short time. You must really go to the sticks somewhere up north. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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500b shortime is the normal rate in Pattaya, three holers as well (so I was told) unless you are a numpty who doesn't know the rates.
400B for a guesthouse - still there. not the nicest places to stay and I personally wouldn't stay in one but they are still there. |
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