eh ya 210k in bangtao for that one.... euh...

No seriously people in Phuket are just not nice for the most part. They see you as an atm and any time you refuse to pay something absurd they will give you attitude. Also plenty of phukettians wouldnt hestitate to stab u in the neck

yeah I get this impression of the thais here too. Wouldn't like to live in any of these touristy places long term

thai ppl are much more genuine/trustworthy towards foreigners in issan and other non tourist towns/cities....pretty obv really

BKK like any city is a mixture

plenty of bangkokians would also stab you with a switchblade for 50 thb as experienced by myself, jspill and jonathan.

Phket regs vs bkk regs each telling the other why they are wrong for liking the place they choose to live. Classic.

Just pointing out getting stab has nothing to do with living in Phuket/BKk (i've done both), it has to do with being in Thailand.

Anecdotally I'd suggest the chances are higher in patong with the % of utter pricks. But I'd need spiv to give a statistical confirmation

You were asking for it mr vomit and you know it

cHAWENG

Precisely the opposite. I can't say as much for jspill though.

Chaweng is the place to stay for partying and degen stuff. It's like Samui's version of Patong beach and the main destination for tourists under 30.

Lamai is a lot quieter, with a larger proportion of expats to tourists, although still has a bit of nightlife including a couple of clubs. Unlike Chaweng though, you are unlikely to find many female tourists in any bars or clubs in Lamai. Lamai's tourists are mostly families trying to escape the Chaweng crowds, or single guys. Accommodation, eating out and nightlife are a bit cheaper in Lamai than in Chaweng.

Both have decent beaches.

It's about 15 minutes to travel between the 2 by motorbike or Songthaew.

Chaweng Beach:


Lamai Beach:


As you can probably see from the pics, Chaweng beach has whiter sand but is shallower and a hell of a lot busier. Chaweng also has much bigger tidal range, at high tide it's almost lapping at the steps of some resorts, which can make it hard to find a spot to sunbathe.

There is also Maenam beach, which is pretty nice and quiet and has some good eating out options, but Maenam lacks any kind of nightlife compared to the 2 main beaches. A good option for people who want to concentrate on grinding and keep away from the nightlife as much as possible. Quite a few Scandi grinders stay in the Maenam area.

Maenam Beach:

i was asking for it ya. the driver was probably from phuket anyway

Hey guys
Im looking for some place to stay in bkk for 1 month from 4 Sept. Im looking for some spot for 2 people (2 rooms) or could you just recomment me some serviced apartments to rent?

the problem with phuket over bkk is that you get a lower class of tourist in phuket just as you do with pattaya. Mainly because most western people love beach holidays. BKK will have them too, but its so big that you hardly ever see them. Phuket in the day the tourists will stay on one 5-6 main beaches. At night they will all go to one place patong and thats why it appears they are worse, they are easy to spot.

as for bkk expats to phuket expats, it would be the same I would of thought, all expats are nice until they are busto (or german). Phuket being a small island the island only having pockets of land were things have been built like aparments/shops etc, once again they are easier to spot. BKK is massive and harder to spot

Unlike the classy BKK tourists who live in their 5k apartments paid for by their parents, take creeper pics of women waiting for trains and post hilarious trip reports about raping prostitutes.

spiv you fu.....

In kata atm, thinking of taking a break from the grind and checking out somewhere, any place you guys recommend over the others? also the weather forecast is **** for the next week, is it the case of, the weathers bad I cant do anything here?

Weather wise I hear the east coast of Malaysia is a good spot this time of year as it's not rainy season there. The bar scene could leave something to be desired though.

Phuket does suck when the weathers bad, head to the bar and stay in for a week with the chick that kicks your a$$ at connect four

Story ?

How to catch a big snake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=YIDV2shX9II

Three of us got a taxi to go like 5km to football. We flagged it down from On Nut BTS, not one lying in wait and not in a touristy area at all. He didn't reply when I told him where to go, which I thought was strange as they always repeat it just to make sure, no matter how perfect you say it. I remember thinking he looked like the scammy kind of driver you imagine in Phuket, darker skin, poorer, crazy look in his eye but we were already moving. He was driving aggro and muttering crazily under his breath even though the traffic was fine. After a few minutes the first time he acknowledged us was to tell us in Thai to get a bus or the train.

I was kind of tilted as football isn't near the BTS so we'd need another taxi for the last leg or 3 bike taxis, and since the meter starts at a high % of the final rate a 1km journey was a nice scam for him to pull on three white guys in shorts and t-shirts. Normal drivers would refuse the journey from the start, or say it's free if they decide to drop you off because they run out of gas or traffic is bad. But I was pretty sure this guy would expect us to pay.

After a bit of back and forth of him saying he'd stop, aggro staring in the mirror and me saying no I told him his job was to drive people around, he had only one job to do, so do it. He mutters something meaning wow, your mouth is real good and pulls over at the next BTS. We'd only gone a few km, the distance of one stop and the meter was at 45 baht.

He points to the meter but I say no, because you said you'd go but didn't it should be free. The other guys were calmer than me and already getting their wallets out, which in hindsight is obv more +ev. But sometimes I'm too proud and told the guys to get out, and we start walking off.

The driver sits staring at us a few secs then gets out, walks around the cab leaving the door open, cutting me off before the skytrain steps and pulls out a knife, screaming 'ao dang!' lol. I pretty quickly came to my senses and gave him 50 baht

I'd never throw coffee on a driver like the American who got stabbed to death or be physically aggressive, but sometimes my choice of words makes them lose face. I'd be the first person to tell someone else it's not worth any confrontation / these people come from some of the poorest parts of the country / nothing they can do will make a difference to them scamming the next guy in the same way etc., but it's hard to be that zen about it when it's you in that moment

I had zero effin clue what the conversation was about. I just asked 2 or 3 times, "Are you sure James? Do you want me to pay?". "Nah man, he said its free, just get out".

jspill and jon were already walking up the stairs to the BTS, I was lagging behind. He pulled the knife on me first yelling and swinging his arm in stabbing motions. It took me a couple of seconds to grasp wtf was going on. I remember turning and saying "James, I've thing there's an issue here."

lulz

cool story bro

lol quality. This sounds to me like, he pulled the knife on you and then you pointed him to James as if to say, 'he was the one who started it!!'

It's not raining in Samui, and basically never does for more than an hour a day.