Damo
Brisbane, Queensland
6134 posts
Needing some recommendations from people who have been.
Planning for around 11-12 day trip over. I will be a little restricted for movement due to friend not being 100% mobile.
Will be doing Bangkok/Phuket of course but not sure of where else one can go or what to do.
Couple main spots are the tigers and elephant ride and possibly Ko Phi Phi Lee(Scene from the beach).
Appreciate the info.
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fpot
Gold Coast, Queensland
20863 posts
Sif you aren't going there to stock up on roids.
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redhat
Sydney, New South Wales
807 posts
If you're on the phuket side Railay is pretty awesome. Although you have to hop on and off longtail boats to get there, not sure how mobile you need to be to jump on and off the boats. Good walks and rock climbing at Railay.
Also if you're in phuket on a sunday, the fancy hotels there do a brunch from 11am-3pm which is like all you can drink champagne and cocktails and like the most ridiculous buffet ever. Talking like a whole tuna and they carve off sashimi, 3 different cuts of steak cooked right there for you. Pig on spit etc.
Diving/snorkelling there is amazing. Koh Lanta probably had some of the best diving trips on that side of thailand.
If you're planning on going to the other side to koh samui/phang nang for a full moon party, then koh tao was easily my favourite island by far. Was pretty relaxed, had awesome diving and beach parties most nights.
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DeadlyDav0
Brisbane, Queensland
2299 posts
Yeah dude - cheap sustanon, a viagra generic and even reductil is available. I spent half my time checking out what the pharmacies had available.
One guy even offered me a deal: Sustanon comes in 1ml, single use glass vials. They also had those bottles of tiger balm linament (i forget the volume). He said he could thoroughly wash out the tiger balm linament, fill it with sustanon (say 20ml worth), then put the linament back in the box and shrink wrap it. Made it easier for bringing it back with the trade off of non sterile injections.
And stun guns or bb guns. I didnt get the bb gun but stun gun i got.
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Damo
Brisbane, Queensland
6135 posts
I have no interest in any drugs from thailand.
Cheers red.
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Tollaz0r!
Brisbane, Queensland
12831 posts
DeadlyDav0
Brisbane, Queensland
2300 posts
Or a BJ/handy from a lady boy.
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Reverend Evil™
Wynnum, Queensland
20554 posts
Why not get a blowy from a ladyboy over there. It's not like we're ever gonna find out. I prolly would. hehe
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spidz
Brisbane, Queensland
11093 posts
Damo
Brisbane, Queensland
6137 posts
I haven't said no to that idea. It's different area code so anything goes. ahaha
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RockitMan
Brisbane, Queensland
6420 posts
Koh Pi Pi is awesome - fav place there. When I went there were no bogans and just a great young backpacker crowd. 'the beach' is Maya Bay and you do a tour from pi pi to get there.
Krabi has really nice beaches too and quieter with less bogans.
Spent 1 night in phuket and it was DISGUSTING and couldn't wait to get out of there. I exepct all the main tourist areas to be like that. Bangkok was also a waste of time.
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Clubby
Brisbane, Queensland
861 posts
I'm heading to Thailand mid July for a week. We are doing 4 days in phuket and 3 days in kho samui (how ever you spell it). We are just doing generic touristy things, elephants, diving etc. I am looking for a decent day long cooking course to learn some cooking skills. Droping into Vietnam after that for a week or so.
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Damo
Brisbane, Queensland
6138 posts
clubby, can you post up some more details of your itinery please. Will help me out.
Rockit, what do you class as disgusting?
I was very close to buying flight+hotel from livingsocial or scoopon but found it had a nice sewer creek next to hotel boundary.. I put that in the disgusting category.
last edited by Damo at 11:01:43 15/Jun/12
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RockitMan
Brisbane, Queensland
6421 posts
Rockit, what do you class as disgusting?
The beach was ordinary and literally elbow to elbow as far as the eye could see with fat middle aged europeans in g-strings. (Phuket). All day long there's trucks with speakers mounted on them driving down the road blasting advertising shit at you. Walking around the bar districts is just greasy as and constant harassment but not in a nice way.
Then khaosahn road in bangkok - literally walked up and back and left - it was BOGAN CENTRAL. I don't think I even saw a thai person - just aussie bogans with mullets and southern cross tattoos throwing up in the gutter and lady boys trying to harrass you.
I like partying - I've done Laos Tubing and vietnam halong bay cruises etc and they were epic, but the main areas of thailand are just scummy. Stick to the less-big places and it's much nicer - pi pi was awesome but maybe I just got lucky on a week with no bogans..
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infi
Brisbane, Queensland
18807 posts
I'm never going back there. The place is a hole.
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fpot
Gold Coast, Queensland
20867 posts
casa
Brisbane, Queensland
4659 posts
 rolly, i'd recommend staying on phi phi don and not in phuket, if you do want/need to stay on phuket, stay on one of the more southern beaches and dont stay in patong. We stayed in karon beach over new years and it was boss.
Only need a day or two in bangkok, the place is a fucking shit hole.
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Sc00bs
Brisbane, Queensland
8855 posts
pretty hard to go past the 10ml $30 enanthate vials ...
or the 50cent beers
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Sc00bs
Brisbane, Queensland
8856 posts
or watching 10yr olds mui thai the fuck out of each other hahaha
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MARLINBLADE
Queensland
388 posts
Bangkok is a shit hole amen to that, but Phuket is ok dude, you just gotta know how to approach it... Yeah you get harassed by cunts trying to sell you suits and shit, but you just keep walking and ignore it. Like Red mentions, he diving is awesome, i did my open water ticket there...
Touristy shit wise, don't bother with Phantasy, or the zoo, but definitely walk Banglah road at night and go see a ping pong show.
Tips:
When one of those suit dickheads asks you to shake his hand, put your finger in your nose, he won't be that keen after that.
If a chick looks smoking hot, it's a dude
Go to the doc before you go and tell him your heading to Thailand and need some diarrhea tablets and make sure you get the good ones.
Don't drink the water if you can help it (ice in drinks is a bit hard to avoid) stick to bottled water as much as you can.
You can usually take your own bottles of spirits etc down to the pub bar and they will pour your drinks using that. We spent all day in the swim up bar drinking our own cheap as fk bourbon instead of hotel prices which aren't that cheap when you do the maths.
Any time a shop owner gives you a price, drop it by 2/3's. They will laugh, you walk away, and they will call you back, Offer them a bit more and chances are they will take it. If they don't call you back then keep walking, there's millions of em all selling the same shit.
Get some karmagra while your there, it's awesome and your mrs will love it.
Go see kick boxing. Well worth it and a it can be full on. Don't get caught up betting with the locals tho, the fights are usually set up one way or the other and if they are hell keen to bet, then bank on that fight being fixed.
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crazymorton
Brisbane, Queensland
3135 posts
Why not get a blowy from a ladyboy over there. It's not like we're ever gonna find out. I prolly would. hehe
don't you still owe all us one?
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Bangkok fucking rules (though I had thai friends to take me out to some good clubs and shit). But if you are looking for a chill beach holiday imo Koh Tao and go across to Haadrin for some mushroom shakes.
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fpot
Gold Coast, Queensland
20873 posts
Ivonin
Brisbane, Queensland
1080 posts
Phuket ftw, bit more expensive, but so good =).
Awesome for a couple/family, Bangkok for single mates and shit.
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infi
Brisbane, Queensland
18809 posts
Too many brown savages?
I don't know why you have so many racial hangups fpot. I found the locals to be very civil, polite and helpful.
The place is just very crowded and filthy, and the roads are dangerous to drive on. It's not my idea of a holiday.
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Can't wait to head back to SE Asia myself. Think i'll hire a couple XR250s with a mate in north Vietnam and ride in the jungle this time. Rode up the coast from Saigon to Hanoi in 2010 and it was just awesome.
If you're brave enough to get in the thick of the traffic, hire a motorcycle and head out into the countryside. Never been a fan of the touristy / guided tour stuff.
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Spook
Brisbane, Queensland
33868 posts
isnt there something you could spend your money on so you actually have something when your done?
travelling seems so extravagent, spending all that money with nothing to show for it.
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Damo
Brisbane, Queensland
6140 posts
I would love to get out to the wide countryside to see the real thailand but wont have that opportunity for this visit, next one for sure. ;)
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Spook
Brisbane, Queensland
33869 posts
but yer, if i was going to a hole like thailand, id be going purely for the cheap roids
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Sc00bs
Brisbane, Queensland
8857 posts
travelling seems so extravagent, spending all that money with nothing to show for it.
yeah who wants good memories of all the fun shit they have done when they are older...
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Spook
Brisbane, Queensland
33870 posts
yeah who wants good memories of all the fun shit they have done when they are older...
i can do that right here, i dont need to spend thousands on it.
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Sc00bs
Brisbane, Queensland
8858 posts
yeah for sure, memories of hanging out in logan < memories of partying and seeing the world...
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Spook
Brisbane, Queensland
33871 posts
ive never been to logan!
once im done having fun in the nice areas of brisbane, i mite well venture there for a thril though
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Damo
Brisbane, Queensland
6141 posts
nice areas of brisbane? please continue..
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Spook
Brisbane, Queensland
33872 posts
nice areas of brisbane? please continue..
salisbury
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lol. spook reminds me of a friend of mine. "Travelling is a waste of money. I can see the world right here. through my computer screen"
Oh god.
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Spook
Brisbane, Queensland
33874 posts
ive travelled all over the world.
im glad it wasnt my money that paid for it.
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Damo
Brisbane, Queensland
6142 posts
So what was China I mean sunnybank like?
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Spook
Brisbane, Queensland
33876 posts
i heard they poop in the streets in china. they dont do that in sunnybank.
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mental
Brisbane, Queensland
3257 posts
Explore Sunnybank train station a little Spook!
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Spook
Brisbane, Queensland
33877 posts
ive been to sunnybank, i passed through it on my way to kfc. it wasnt that hardcore or anything.
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Wrecktim
Perth, Western Australia
797 posts
JakeG
Thailand
1091 posts
If you go to Pattaya, Patong beach (Phuket), Koh Samui expect a dirty, touristy, party atmosphere.
If you want to lie around on nice beaches and snorkell etc i'd recommend Krabi, Phi Phi, Railay - which are all relatively close to each other. Chang Mai up the north of Thailand would also be worth checking out as it hasn't been completely turned into a tourist attraction.
Koh Phangan / Koh Tao / Koh Samui are worth doing though... (maybe avoid the full moon - if a massive crowded beach party of animals is not your thing).
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fpot
Gold Coast, Queensland
20878 posts
It's because you said torture is okay if the people being tortured are brown savages infi.
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DK
Brisbane, Queensland
714 posts
I went to koh sumai. It was really nice. Wasn't too touristy and wasn't a shit hole like phuket and bangkok.
I recommend hiring scooters the whole time you are there and exploring the island. (like 5 bucks a day).
A few of the beaches are nice and quiet and some are full of aussie wankers. So you have a choice. There is a mad mountain walking track which you can pay a dude to run through it with you or just adventure yourself. Go to the zoo on a tour. I recommend the safari tour. shoot guns, jetski, ride elephants etc etc
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DeadlyDav0
Brisbane, Queensland
2303 posts
Patong beach. Thats where i went. I can understand people getting put off by how dirty it was but as a guy it wasnt an issue. Awesome experience and i didnt even go there to drink/party/sex.
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