Bored with Thailand

[Pat]

2 months ago Pattaya was trying to compare itself to Miami. Written by a euphoric Thai of course

[Exexpat]

Bangkok's Miami! There's no beach but that doesn't stop them describing it as beach front

[Boon Mee]

Come March/April/May period, considering checking out the Cameron Highlands for a spell.
Never been there...

[Exexpat]

Vietjet just started flights to Dalat in Vietnam, their highland equivalent to the Cameron Highlands, but with a small city rather than small towns to explore.

http://vneconomictimes.com/article/b...-bangkok-route

[Chitown]

So where did you go?

Right now I am spending 3 or 4 months a year in Pattaya / Na Jomtien. Usually from around December to March, to avoid the cold winters. The rest of the time I bounce between San Bernardino, Chicago and DC.

[Chitown]

I use to go to Singapore, but Thailand has a lot of the same stuff now. I would also go to Australia for long-term visas at the honorary consulates (can you do that anymore?) and a taste of Western civilization. I wanted to explore a country that I did not know well - as opposed to USA.

You can't chew gum in Singapore, right?

[Chitown]

I use to go to Singapore, but Thailand has a lot of the same stuff now. I would also go to Australia for long-term visas at the honorary consulates (can you do that anymore?) and a taste of Western civilization. I wanted to explore a country that I did not know well - as opposed to USA.

Did Thailand get a Raffles that I am missing? I skated out of the Marina Sands, which is a horrible place, to the Raffles last time we were in SG.

[Chitown]

^
You aren't by any chance related to the DJ Pat of TD fame are you?

I was just going to ask that!

[Exexpat]

Right now I am spending 3 or 4 months a year in Pattaya / Na Jomtien. Usually from around December to March, to avoid the cold winters. The rest of the time I bounce between San Bernardino, Chicago and DC.

Good move. There's no earthly reason to spend more than a few months a year in Thailand for those able to choose.

[Mid]

You can't chew gum in Singapore, right?

Little known fact: During the negotiations for the US-Singapore free trade agreement in 2003, two sticky issues could not be resolved (pun intended): the war in iraq, and chewing gum. Concessions were made by both sides, and Singapore finally lifted the ban on chewing gum in 2004, provided that the gum was for "therepeutic purposes" (e.g. teeth whitening). Since then, sugar-free gum has become available for purchase in virtually all corner stores in Singapore, but still no one chews gum cos who gives a crap now that it's legal. The cool kids have moved on to sharing potato chips on the train, because that still carries a fine of $500.

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-so-many...m-in-Singapore

[Pat]

I was just going to ask that!

Yes but this version isn't a disc jockey

Ant calling me DJ Prat really upset me. That's what did it.

He's mean and spiteful, and he redded me for no reason, calling me a skinny fat tosser

Anyway, back to the topic....

Do Thais get bored with their own country?

[Exexpat]

skinny fat

A term invented by bodybuilders to sneer at everyone that isn't overweight but doesn't want to bodybuild?

[Pat]

I was just going to ask that!

A term invented by bodybuilders to sneer at everyone that isn't overweight but doesn't want to bodybuild?

Love to see them sneering at the Thai blokes that use JJ park's ramshackle gym. Beaten senseless is an understatement.

[Pat]

Just looked up flights to Hong Kong. Easily a place where a month would go by like a week.


Any losers blagging it there would be sussed in seconds. And a lot of the girls you chat to in bars or clubs are well clued up on the chancers types, some will just ask you outright if they suspect.

[Boon Mee]

Did Thailand get a Raffles that I am missing? I skated out of the Marina Sands, which is a horrible place, to the Raffles last time we were in SG.

I wouldn't call Marina Bay Sands 'horrible' but it is definitely a destination for the "High Rollers"
Nice shops and the Casino there is first class.

Nicer btw than the ones in Macao IMO