Bangkok - seeks survival guide
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It's already been posted in this thread, and wasn't funny the first time.
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Just come across this awesome thread! Looking to go to Thailand next summer with family, a week in Bangkok and 2 in Phuket (ideally we want Koh Samui but there's no availability 
), can't wait....rest of my family are divers and we have a friend out there who runs one of those extreme activity companies from one of the islands.
Dad used to live in Thailand and has wanted to go for years. Excited
), can't wait....rest of my family are divers and we have a friend out there who runs one of those extreme activity companies from one of the islands.Dad used to live in Thailand and has wanted to go for years. Excited
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But as JBuk said, just turn up. No need to book in advance, there will be plenty of places available. You're never going to be hard pressed to find decent reasonably priced accomodation over there. Might be worth booking a first night in advance for the sake of convenience, but other than that there is little need.
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5 of us are going and using our points in a timeshare thingy to stay in a hotel/villa type place
But as JBuk said, just turn up. No need to book in advance, there will be plenty of places available. You're never going to be hard pressed to find decent reasonably priced accomodation over there. Might be worth booking a first night in advance for the sake of convenience, but other than that there is little need.
Its not great, used to be lovely years ago, now its too commericalised and crowded. Plenty of other lovely places to visit.
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Phi Phi islands??
You came back early? Why was that? Surely not just because you hated Phuket right?
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Cool. What's your plan once you get over there?Woot, all booked up. Touching down in Bangkok on 1st April in the afternoon
CAN'T WAIT!!!!
Not got a clue yet if i'm being honest, i'm looking for a good list of things to see and do and gonna try and make an itinerary for myself!
Obviously I wanna see Bangkok, Phuket, Koh Samui/Koh Phag Nan, but other than that i'm not sure yet! Any recommendations?
Will be landing on 1st April, and I plan on flying from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur on the 24th, then onto Singapore for my flight to Australia on the 26th.
Great guide Seek
We must have journeyed a few hundred miles in tuktuks in Sri Lanka, and I even drove for a bit. It's only a problem in the bigger cities where the pollution is horrific. I've even got a wooden tuktuk on my desk at work
Nothing wrong with tuk-tuks
We must have journeyed a few hundred miles in tuktuks in Sri Lanka, and I even drove for a bit. It's only a problem in the bigger cities where the pollution is horrific. I've even got a wooden tuktuk on my desk at work
Great guide Seek
Nothing wrong with tuk-tuks
We must have journeyed a few hundred miles in tuktuks in Sri Lanka, and I even drove for a bit. It's only a problem in the bigger cities where the pollution is horrific. I've even got a wooden tuktuk on my desk at work
The Bangkok tuk-tuks have been cleaned up. They run on LPG along with the taxis. They feel a lot faster than they really are.
Well yes, mainly because i hated phuket.
That's sad because you missed the chance to go see some other truly amazing parts of a fantastic country.