i think i'll stick to the soapy massages and naked gogos.

If i was only in bkk for 2 weeks per year i'd stick to soapys and naked gogos too...

are the beer stations operating this year at central world? last year they closed them because the old guy died. are they back up?

hey guys. do any of you use bet365 in thailand?

i'm traveling through asia grinding. so far i've been through laos, vietnam and am in cambodia now. i play on a number of different sites and all have worked in all those countries with the exception of bet365. it worked fine in laos, in vietnam it seemed to work or not based on the internet provider of my guesthouse, but in cambodia i'm getting a message saying i'm trying to access from a restricted country.

has anyone used this site in thailand? if so does it work and have you used it on more than one internet provider? i was relying on getting money off of my bankroll there to fund my trip and am not quite sure what i should do.

thanks for any advice!

Sitting on the steps of 7-11 drinking a tall leo is my idea of a beer garden so I wouldn't know.

I have an Australian bet365 account, and while in Thailand I've changed to USD and placed a few bets, telling them I'm in Thailand as well IIRC. Should be fine.

Just a heads up to anybody who uses Agoda don't leave your card info saved on there. Going to the mall today I started getting email notifications from my bank for 300 here, 700 there, 600 there, etc. Next thing u know Agoda confirmations for hotels in diff cities in china and Singapore all 5star(good taste). They were all bookings for today with one being a 2 day booking all in diff names

Anyways had to call the bank have them shut down the card and can Agoda to refund. They did cancel and refund but still was a stressful 30 mins.

They didn't seem to get my email or any other passwords. They just changed my Agoda password. My guess is it was a Agoda employee since a smart hacker would of changed more passwords for email. Obv when I get home I'll virus scan and change all passwords but yeah lame experience. Bitcoins all safe as well.

Going with few friends to Phuket for 8 days, first 4 days we will be in Patong to get tired, and then need a reccomandation for a bit quieter place with better beach, but with still ok nightlife/etc ?

If you don't have any virus on your computer, it's more likely a smart hacker who hacked Agoda and then sold in bulk the Agoda accounts on the darknet.

Yeah, if it was a virus/keylogger they'd of took my bitcoin for sure. I imagine my email password would of been changed(dont need a text code to change my email pw thats connected to agoda). Also have money on a couple pokersites that they could of hit up. Actually I realized I had the exact same password/email as a login on a pokersite as agoda(noob).

Yeah could of been a hack on the agoda website. That would be a pretty big deal dont you think? I've been on other websites when there hacked and they email you. Maybe they wouldnt send out a email because of business being hurt but others have in the past. I was thinking some 3rd world employee ninjas them out and sells them on the darkweb, but maybe a hacker does it in small amount here and there to keep them flowing in. The timing was perfect wait till the weekend around xmas when alot of people are busy, book all the hotels like 3 hours from check in time in diff places.

I already got the money back in my bank this morning. For sure a good wake up on being more secure online for me. I've always heard do this and that for security but never was too worried about it. I'm lucky it was a minor thing and not the bitcoin wallet getting hit up.

ok, thanks for the info man.

For the password and security stuffs, I would advise you to always use the two step confirmation or rsa token on the poker sites, if you can. Then for your email, use one for all your important stuffs like poker, flights/hotels booking and airbnb. I use myself gmail with two step confirmation. Every time I log in to my gmail account I have to write a code who is sent to me by sms by google even if I log in from the same computer. So if a hacker have my password, I guess he would have to hack google himself (biggest company in the world, gl with that lol) or to steal my phone.

It's a big deal yeah but no company will publicly admit it unless the hack is huge, talking about infos of millions of stolen accounts and still, I remember to read a few weeks ago I believe that it was amazon who got ass fukked by hackers who stole them infos of millions of accounts with cc infos & co, the hack happened two years ago and they only publicly admitted it a few weeks/months ago to say oh yeah don't worry now all good we fixed the security leak.

will be leaving Chiang Mai nx week, selling a ASUS PB258Q monitor for 3500 baht.
bought last yr from Amazon, still in gd condition and functioning well.
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-PB258Q-2...ds=asus+pb258q

3 Months in Thailand Trip Report

I posted a couple times after a week or two in Bangkok. I loved the city, loved the girls, loved everything - and predictably, I was told I had "rose-colored glasses" on. While the novelty of Bangkok did indeed wear off after three months, my rose-colored glasses never seemed to go away. I'm back in farang-land now and I'm positive I'll be back in Thailand as fast as I can get there.

I work online, so I was not "on vacation" in Thailand. I led a relatively normal life. I worked, worked out, and spent almost all my free time dating. I knew that the dating in Thailand was far superior to it was in the United States, but I couldn't fully appreciate how much better it was until I returned and remembered. Using Tinder in Bangkok (and in Phnom Penh), I matched with probably a third of the girls I swiped right on. Back in my hometown, I've had one match out of maybe 150 swipes. In Thailand, I began to think I was supermodel hot. Now I remember that I'm not.

I'll get back to the girls in a minute but I just want to gush about regular life in Bangkok. The only truly valid complaint about the city that I hear regularly is how bad the traffic is. Well, yes. But as someone who didn't really need to commute unless I felt like it, I can say it never really got to me. The BTS and MRT are great and cheap. Motorcycle taxis are cheap, fast, and superfun. Simply put, getting around Bangkok was easy and convenient.

The food was great. I did get a bit sick of Thai food by the end of my three months, but that was never really an issue because any food you can think of is available in Bangkok. Eating delicious food for very cheap was something I really appreciated. Again, though, my gratitude for this situation has grown considerably since being back in the states. Food of similar quality is available, but it's expensive and I can't get whatever I want without considering the cost like I did in Bangkok.

I found making friends easy and fun in Bangkok. I met a handful of guys that I really enjoyed spending time with. Having the commonality of being a farang in Bangkok meant that we could relate very easily and had a lot to talk about. People in general seemed happier in BKK than they do where I'm from. This happiness makes them easier to talk to and seems to make people more willing to make new friends. One thing I need to admit is that a lot of what I write about could be the result of self-fulfilling prophecy. Maybe I expected things to be better in Thailand, and this expectation created my reality. Even if this is the case, I miss it.

OK back to the girls. I found that I could basically date as many beautiful girls as I wanted to. And I did. It was common for me to have 3 dates in a single day, and I did this far too often. At times, I was completely exhausted from dating. I knew I was in a unique position (compared to being home) and I took advantage of it. People talk about Thai girls being shallow, and in general I agree with this. However, you can't date ~50 girls without finding at least a handful of interesting ones. I couldn't, anyway. Almost all of the girls I met were Tinder matches, but Badoo got me a couple dates and ThaiFriendly did, as well. I also approached a few girls in real life, and this nearly always went well, but I found it was unnecessary thanks to how effective Tinder was for me.

I paid for sex twice during my entire three month stint. Once in Thailand at a massage place (but I met her off Badoo...) and once in Phnom Penh. Both experiences were fine but I didn't really need to be paying to play, so I found that it was a worse experience overall than just going about my business. I also got a couple happy-endings at massage places. Those were cool, but again, unnecessary. One more note about massages - they're so goddamn great. I probably got 15-20 massages total in Thailand, almost all "oil" massages for 400Baht. I ended up finding a girl that I liked and became loyal to. She learned my pain points and gave me exactly the massage I was looking for. I stopped doing the happy ending thing after my first 3 massages and 80% of my total massages ended without any fluid being excreted. Being able to get a massage without any financial concern was fantastic, for me. Where I live now, a massage would be nearly 6x the cost it was in BKK. I won't be getting any here.

I left Bangkok twice. I went to Phnom Penh got 4 nights, which I discussed in the Cambodia thread. I stayed at the Riverking and played poker for a few days. The guys there are great and the poker room is more than I could have asked for. Good food and drinks, competent (and beautiful) dealers, and an overall nice atmosphere.

I went to Krabi for a week with a girl that I developed a particularly strong connection with. In fact, I still have a lot of feelings for her and hope to see her again relatively soon. Krabi is beautiful. It's a beach town with a slower pace than Bangkok, and it provided a really nice change of environment for me while I was there.

Without getting into the specifics of the girls I dated, I guess I don't have too much else to say. If you're reading this and you want to go to Thailand but haven't made the decision yet, all I can say is DO IT. I wanted to go for 5 years before I finally took the leap. For those 5 years, I basically knew I would love it, but fear and inconvenience kept me away. Well, there's nothing to be worried about. You might have some jetlag and some traveler's diarrhea, and maybe you'll get chlamydia, but it's all worth it.

Sounds like much better experience than what that 2WT (2 week tourist) a.k.a lol69 has.

Nice TR

i couldn't think of many things worse than being stuck on a date trying to have a conversation with a thai girl. they're imbeciles. each to their own i guess.

Knowing that there is a 75+% chance you're getting laid within hours softens the blow.

Sure, getting laid and nice weather and cheap cost of living are nice. But I'd much rather work for someone else 40 hrs a week and have meaningful conversations with fat chicks in the UK.

sure the cost of living is more but you get paid more than you do in thailand working digital pikey jobs.

You're right, Merry Xmas

Hey everyone

What do you guys think is the best gym around Thong Lo? Used to go to the RQ club but fancy changing it up. Had a look at Virgin Actives website at Emquartier looks nice but never been in.

Cheers and Merry Xmas btw!

C

Is 3,000 baht ok? and will you accept litecoin? (or bitcoin, but you can easily change ltc/btc/fiat on exchanges for .24% or less) as ltc fees are about a nickel.

can get get a similar monitor new on lazada for 3500 (I know yours is better)

If i was a two week tourist like you, i wouldn't go on dates either. Just stick to gogo girls, bar girls and McDonalds ice creams.

Does anyone know where I can get a decent standing desk in Thailand?

Think you can get it at IKEA.