Thailand Chatter Thread - Page 155

'Until 1888 the Thai New Year was the beginning of the year in Thailand; thereafter 1 April was used until 1940. 1 January is now the beginning of the year. The traditional Thai New Year has been a national holiday since then.'

It then goes on to say -
'Songkran falls in the hottest time of the year in Thailand. If it falls in the middle of the week, many Thai take off from the previous Friday until the following Monday. '
not surprising ^^

01-01-2011 , 08:00 AM

#3853

Lessu

Thailand Guru

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no clue but wikipedia says thailand adopted 1st of Jan being the first day of the year on 1941

01-01-2011 , 11:31 AM

#3854

mj2

journeyman

Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 337

Anyone interested in watching the Rose Bowl or other bowl games, the Sports Corner on Sukhumvit Soi 20 is staying open all night tonight to show them "live".

01-01-2011 , 03:51 PM

#3855

FrederickDeeb

enthusiast

Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 88

BKK football tomorrow, 8.15, thonglor soi 10 Everyone welcome

01-01-2011 , 09:17 PM

#3856

NutzDeepLOL

enthusiast

Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 61

I am travelling to Thailand this month with a friend. We are both poker players and neither of us have been before.

Basically I am just looking for a little advice on the best locations in general for grinding, partying and meeting other players etc as I might be there for a while.

Also, do you recommend getting a flight to BKK then searching for a hotel/villa when we get there? I was told you can get up to 1/3 of the price knocked off this way...

thx

01-02-2011 , 01:04 AM

#3857

HC82

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Bangkok or Phuket. Showing up and getting your place will almost certainly be cheaper as the websites you are looking at are geared toward noobs and have jacked up prices.

01-02-2011 , 01:16 AM

#3858

rutang

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it depends on how long you'll be here. if you're not coming long term, pick a place and go with it. if you're gonna be awhile, do yourself a favor and check out Phuket, BKK, and CM before deciding where to settle (unless you know already where you want to go aka love beaches or megacities, etc)

01-02-2011 , 01:21 AM

#3859

Vucking Vish

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Hitting Udon Thani tomorrow for a couple of nights. I know feck all about the place and have nothing booked. Any info on places to stay, nightlife, stuff to see during the day would be useful........

01-02-2011 , 03:27 AM

#3860

moobaa

old hand

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,791

damn squid from last night (i think) poop water like 7 times allready today and throw up once

everytime i go thailand i get sick like this one time

01-02-2011 , 03:39 AM

#3861

Lessu

Thailand Guru

Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,069

id go get some loperamide and antibiotics if i were you

01-02-2011 , 04:47 AM

#3862

dc_publius

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,308

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vucking Vish

Hitting Udon Thani tomorrow for a couple of nights. I know feck all about the place and have nothing booked. Any info on places to stay, nightlife, stuff to see during the day would be useful........

I'm no UT expert, but the only thing I did that was semi-neat there was go to the Cobra village. It's about 20-30 miles North of the city.

Personally, I liked Khoan Kaen a lot more. Right on the border, by the river, and seemed to have a better atmosphere. But like I said, I don't really know what to do in UT and didn't figure it out during my very brief stay there. Seemed kinda drab to me.

01-02-2011 , 06:27 AM

#3863

Lessu

Thailand Guru

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you mean nong khai, right? khon kaen is not near the border

01-02-2011 , 06:32 AM

#3864

Lessu

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i spent couple of nights in udon thani 2 years ago. i didnt try to find any cultural stuff from internet beforehand so we only spend the time walking around in the day, found one mall but that was about it

in the night they had a standard hooker street there and on another street they had bunch of foreign bars and we spent some time on a irish one. we tried to ask for a nightclub but only found a smaller one though it was pretty nicely decorated

it was a while back so i wouldnt know any directions but the centrum itself isnt that big so if you want to find something it shouldnt be difficult

01-02-2011 , 07:08 AM

#3865

Vucking Vish

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Lessu

you mean nong khai, right? khon kaen is not near the border

Yep he must mean NK, was going to do that too but time is running short after having a great time in Laos and staying here longer than I thought.....

01-02-2011 , 07:12 AM

#3866

Vucking Vish

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Lessu

Cheers for that, think I now have all the nightlife info from other sources. The Irish place you mention sounds like the Irish Clock which is supposed to be good for food. Mr Tongs is supposed to be the best nightclub with loads of girls apparently, most likely rentals though by the sounds of it......

Just have one full day to sightsee so will probably just have a mooch around the city for a few hours and see what's happening......

01-03-2011 , 10:25 PM

#3867

ATOTHEC101

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Looking for action in BKK tonight, just arrived here with Jorgens brother Henrik, staying at the Dream hotel currently, get on itttttt.

01-04-2011 , 12:08 AM

#3868

Mmerli

adept

Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,129

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATOTHEC101

Looking for action in BKK tonight, just arrived here with Jorgens brother Henrik, staying at the Dream hotel currently, get on itttttt.

You're in the wrong place. Everyone knows Phuket nightlife is better.

01-04-2011 , 12:41 AM

#3869

AuroythmiX

old hand

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ATOTHEC101

Looking for action in BKK tonight, just arrived here with Jorgens brother Henrik, staying at the Dream hotel currently, get on itttttt.

Getting on it? What, you're smoking crack or crystal meth or something?

01-04-2011 , 01:05 AM

#3870

Sandviper23

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Just moved to Pataya, signed a 6 month lease on condo. This place is awesome. I've been to BKK, Chiang Mai and Phuket and NOTHING beats Pataya!!

01-04-2011 , 01:37 AM

#3871

Lessu

Thailand Guru

Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,069

you must be the first

01-04-2011 , 01:41 AM

#3872

yourface

Pooh-Bah

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poo-ying love you mak mak

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01-04-2011 , 01:41 AM

#3873

ATOTHEC101

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AuroythmiX

Getting on it? What, you're smoking crack or crystal meth or something?

Would have to see how much of a heavy night out it ended up being...

01-04-2011 , 01:56 AM

#3874

fourkingbs

grinder

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 673

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sandviper23

Just moved to Pataya, signed a 6 month lease on condo. This place is awesome. I've been to BKK, Chiang Mai and Phuket and NOTHING beats Pataya!!

WTF! how? and you? WTF

How long have you been there? And you, The type of girls WTF.

Right now. I'm sure you wont last there, I hope your security deposit wasn't too big as your going to bail within 6 weeks is my guess.

Its is the Vegas of Thailand, Still WTF

explain...