Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 me and my missus and another couple thinking of going in september time.. any tips or recommendations.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz1 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 lady birds be carefull;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I've been. Make sure you go scuba diving around Shark Island, visit Koh Samui and Koh Tao. Watch out for the Red Bull, it's like syrup and you can actually feel yourself coming up on it if you drink it with vodka. Taxi drivers are a helpful resource for all sorts of things... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 lady birds be carefull;) http://www.apple.co.uk/illustration/range_images/Ladybird%20DaveB_350.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted April 21, 2008 Author Share Posted April 21, 2008 what time of year did you go gaz ?? am going with the missus so i will be on my best behaviour... is the beaches warm ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz1 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 http://www.apple.co.uk/illustration/range_images/Ladybird%20DaveB_350.jpg lol i meant T/V;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 what time of year did you go gaz ?? am going with the missus so i will be on my best behaviour... is the beaches warm ?? I went over Christmas and New Year, it was good although we did have a few days of the rainy season before the sun came out. I'd say Mid-Jan would be a good time. The beaches are amazing mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I am going over at start of November at end of rainy season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I am going over at start of November at end of rainy season You might be a little out there dude it was still wet when I went for the first week or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Mmm, maybe this book Ihave ain't too accurate, will check up on it, ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Quimby Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Been there 3 times, loved it every time.. People are great.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jspec Germany Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Been there once years ago. Wonderful place. Recommend Phuket, Patong, Koh Samui, and Chiang Mai. Get an authentic Thai massage, you and the missus. Eat everything you see, drink Tiger beer and Mekong whiskey with Coke. Pepto, Tums, and Imodium are your friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 http://www.tripadvisor.com great advice and lots of useful information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmx1lew Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 try get a few happy shakes if you can, then you will have a good night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd-mkiv Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Not long been back from there spent 3 weeks out there and loved every minute of it, started off in bankok for 4 nights stayed in banyan tree 5* hotel with an open roof top bar/resturant on the 63rd floor never seen anything like it. def do the floating market tour there its great try the local food cooked on the little cannoes/boat we spent a day in a traditional thai house learning how to cook thai food this was a good laugh an gave a good idea of what you were eating for the rest of the trip. Tiger temple was another place that I loved its a long droive from bangkok but well worth the trip after bangkok I got the night train to chiang mai, where we done a 2 day trek in the jungle, stayed in bamboo huts in a long neck village. the next day we did elephant trekking, white water rafting, bamboo rafting all this for £18 it was mental. Chiang mai is so cheap and a lovely place to go, spent most of it doing trips, one was called flight of the gibbon where you would be zip linning 65mtr up a tree 200mtr to the next. I done motorcrossing throught the jungle aswell, the veiws was amaising. Flew from chiang mai to puket, then got a boat to the Phi phi islands where we stayed for a few days, I have never seen veiws like it, and the water was like a bath. This was one of the best holidays I have ever experienced, the Thai people love the english and genuinly want to help you out, ill be going back next year for sure. The rest of my pics are on my myspace page. Oh and these two Both men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted April 21, 2008 Author Share Posted April 21, 2008 awesome pics.. when did you go ??? month ?? can you give me a little trip guide of were i should stay if i wanted to do similar things like you did ?? am only going for 2 weeks but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolarbag Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Oh I cant wait to go!I want to go to train, my buddy's just back 700quid for 6weeks at the Fairtex Gym, cant beat it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd-mkiv Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 awesome pics.. when did you go ??? month ?? can you give me a little trip guide of were i should stay if i wanted to do similar things like you did ?? am only going for 2 weeks but... I went for 3 weeks last two of march an 1 of april, this is the hottest time to go, but there was still the odd shower. I dont mind helping you out, theres some lovely places to stay all over for a very good rate, we got most of our info from the Lonely plannet book. they will tell you the best places to eat and sleep if your on a buget or dont mind shelling out ( there expensive is a lot different to ours though ) what do you want from your holiday? if you like beaches I would choose flying to Puket then getting a boat and staying on the phi phi islands, then you can get long boat taxis to other islands one being where the beach was filmed Maya bay. If you like the jungle side of things, trekking, river rafting ect then I would say chiang mai, its a lovely place and a real value for money. Bangkok is a very hectic place, but we had some of our best times there with trips and veiws, temples ect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schtuv Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Yes - great place. In fact my workmate is moving there at the weekend. I headed out there for two weeks, mid-November, and just missed the rain. Shopping and sightseeing in Bangkok, and climbing near Krabi I'll have to try and find my standard "so you're going to Thailand" advice email, and forward it on Remember: don't walk and eat at the same time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soaruss Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 If you like the jungle side of things, trekking, river rafting ect then I would say chiang mai, its a lovely place and a real value for money. . Is chiang mai really a nice place?? My uncle and his wife live there teaching english. Another relative went to visit them and hated it (but they are snobbish). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 My old school friend is serving 10 years there for drug smuggling, she doesn't rate it very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd-mkiv Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Is chiang mai really a nice place?? My uncle and his wife live there teaching english. Another relative went to visit them and hated it (but they are snobbish). Yer I loved it, I cant see how any one would dislike it as there is so much to do. stayed in a little hut/house in the rainforrest on stilts with a live waterfall running through the middle of it, im think it was around £70 a night but worth every penny. turns out angelina jolie stays there aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 There's been a few posts about this recently, probably worth a search as most will have answered already;) The best thing we did was sea kayaking above Phuket near James Bond island. You go through caves into lagoons in the middle of islands, only way to access them, and only for a few hours a day, amazing experience!!!! Go diving if you can as well:d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I went to a golf resort just outside Phuket, really nice place, yeah theres chicks with dicks everywhere, but its chilled and relaxed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 My old school friend is serving 10 years there for drug smuggling, she doesn't rate it very much I am sure she doesn't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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