Anybody in Lamai at the moment? If yes, then maybe we could get some beers?

Had to quote this lol.

I wish I could buy a pack of cigarettes like that here. They all have disgusting pictures of throat cancer victims and crap, it's horrifying. I need to go buy a cigarette case.

But hello to all my fellow Thailand farangs. I live on Koh Samui near Chaweng Beach, absolutely love it here. I'm a bit ticked that I'm not at the full moon party right now, but I had some work catastrophes back in the states that I had to deal with tonight.

I've got a myriad of questions for all the people who have been here a lot longer than I have. But I'll read up a bit more in the thread before I blast away. Main question = any expat poker games on Koh Samui?

could the guys living in Kamala post a little bit about their favorite places to eat and hang out in that area? driving through a few days ago, i was reminded of how much stuff is down there that us southern islanders know nothing about

Does it make any sense to go to Phuket in late May / early June? I hear there's some surf at that time but I I'm doubtful because of the rain and the quality of the surf.

I've been telling you southern hillbillies for a longtime you're missing out

Being a family man, I actually don't eat out very often, but I do know a lot of restaurants have opened within the last couple of years, so a wide variety of food, both Asian and Western, is available now.

Regarding nightlife there's obviously a myriad of bars, a handful of those have no problem staying open after 2am. There's one nightclub, that a lot of locals frequent (they play a lot of live music, mostly Thai).

Edit: Oh, or are you looking for specific recommendations? Then let me know a day you drop by, we'll go out for some beers or something.

in for a night out in Kamala
I could post that PM you sent me a while ago, Beck. you summed up a ton of good restaurants there.

Sure thing.

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add me to skype; adgroom

There are, but they are mainly hosted by scandis who don't post here and organised on scandinavian language poker forums. They do lurk and read here though so maybe someone will PM you.

Personally I think the idea of holding home games in Thailand is pretty risky, and I really doubt that they would give out details over the internet to somebody they don't know, for obvious reasons.

I dont know why it would be hard but i got a triple entry tourist visa np. actually didnt send all the pictures and they still stamped my passport and told to send later when i can.

Can anyone give me a brief description/opinion of the Rawai area? How it fares in terms of living quality, beaches, etc?

rawai has a lot of 2+2ers/poker players and good bars/restaurants people frequent

rawai beach itself is more of a pier. nai harn beach is 5min away which is one of the nicest beaches in phuket. there are also couple of smaller beaches that you need to know about to find them.

imo rawai is a good place to live but if you live in the very south of rawai you are at the south tip of phuket too which is kind of far away from everything like some of the sports we do or from the better shopping options.

i think there is some sort of description of rawai in the sticky too

anyone have a computer desk/table for sale in bkk? pm me

Yea, same here, I should be arriving in Phuket in May, so if anyone has a 23+ inch screen to sell ( i think some people will leave for the series) i’d be glad to buy it.

Anyone has an idea of the cheapest price I can expect to pay for a Montreal - Phuket flight (from May-August)?
Would it be cheaper to do Montreal-BKK and just do the rest of the travel on land?
Approx $ difference between set-dates and open-ended ticket?

can't help for most of this but it's def not worth it going bkk-phuket "by land" to save money.

You can get a flight bkk-phuket for quite cheap though, so if Montreal-bkk is much cheaper it might make sense, yeah.

no idea how flights work from canada but bkk-phuket is like 700-800km by land which takes 12hrs in a bus while a flight takes 1h20min and costs ~$50

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thx guys

Looking at it on AA, the departure flight is around 668$, the return ones are 1300$+, should I simply wait and buy a one-way flight during the summer? Is the massive price difference due to planning in advance?

So many of the sites are terribad. It’s a mess trying to figure this out.

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it’s actually pretty tilting being offered flights in the 4-11k$ price range...

If you are looking for offer transfers or sell stuff, from now one you need to make a post in either the marketplace or relevant transfer thread, and then link to that in your post. There are some liability issues with these types of posts so they have to be policed a bit.

Hello 2+2ers, my wife and I are taking a trip to Thailand in November and looking for some advice on lodging. Here's a little about us:

--big into food...love high-end, low-end, everything...we sometimes plan itineraries specifically around food/restaurants we want to try
--we like to drink, but not big into clubs...we prefer laid back bars drinking beers and listening to classic rock
--we enjoy visiting old school style markets, but not big into shopping in general and malls
--prefer comfortable and large over trendy and small
--looking to spend $100-200 a night

Probably a little vague, but with all that, what neighborhoods (or specific hotels) would you recommend in Bangkok and Chiang Mai?

Thanks!