Fear and Loathing in Thailand

Salutations brothers, I wont be around much over the next couple of weeks as I am going to Thailand, but if possible I will try to provide you with exciting and thrilling updates in this thread if I ever find myself in an internet cafe with some time to kill.

But anyway, I know we have a pretty diverse group of chaps on this forum, so do we have anyone from Thailand, or anyone who has been? I havent done nearly as much preparation as I should have done so any advise that you may have on things to take, things to watch out for and things to avoid etc would be much appreciated.

I will be meeting up with some friends out there and then hopefully what will follow will be two weeks of solid alcohol and drug abuse puncutated with the occassional bit of amazed sight seeing, so once again if anyone knows anything about scoring drugs in Thailand and the risks involved please let me know, looking on google would be relatively pointless as the information provided by most "information" sites is unilaterally biased.

Also is there anything I should really try not to say, bearing in mind that my insensitive mouth can often land me in trouble? I know already that insulting the monarchy can land you in prison, is there anything else like that? I have a habit of saying unbelievably stupid things at a loud volume, so I really need to know if there are any real taboos.

Anyway, I fly out on Monday so not much time, but any advise/help/suggestions would be much appreciated...

I don't think many Thai people understand english, to be honest.

Mandieta6;2349096 said:

I don't think many Thai people understand english, to be honest.

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Yeah I know I am worried about that, I really should get a phrase book or something. Been a long time since i was last in a country with a language I was totally oblivious to, it's gonna be weird.

stay away from the asians.


nah, bon voyage my friend

watch out for those famous Thai trannys

Ride an elephant

leungtl;2349103 said:

Ride an elephant

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I dont know if they have them in Thailand, but if I get the chance you can rest assured that I will

::shinji::;2349102 said:

watch out for those famous Thai trannys

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I dont know man....... if there's one place to experiment with homosexuality in a consquence free environment....

I will actually be very disappointed if I dont atleast see one Thai ladyboy

Sir Sir_Didier_Drogba;2349107 said:

I dont know man....... if there's one place to experiment with homosexuality in a consquence free environment....

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when in Rome...

my best mate just got back from thailand on friday, i was sposed to go with, but work wouldnt let me have the time off with stocktake just around the corner. the place looked awesome from photos, they hired out a moped for a day, went quad biking, and went on a canoe trek, also rode elephants, went and saw a lady boy cabaret, went and seen the ping pong lady show (she shoots them out of you know where) ... cant think of anything else they did, but they had a ball.... are you going to phuket, bangkok, phi phi island?
stay clear of bangkok, its a hole... phuket and phi phi are the places to be.

Mutt;2349162 said:

are you going to phuket...

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I'm sure he's going to phuk a lot of things.

Sir Sir_Didier_Drogba;2349105 said:

I dont know if they have them in Thailand, but if I get the chance you can rest assured that I will

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Didn't I tell you that?
I thought there were many Anglos in Thailand?

Sir Sir_Didier_Drogba;2349107 said:

I will actually be very disappointed if I dont atleast see one Thai ladyboy

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If you're in Bangkok, you'll definitely see at least a few. From the back some of them really look quite stunning.

Sir Sir_Didier_Drogba;2349107 said:

I dont know man....... if there's one place to experiment with homosexuality in a consquence free environment....

I will actually be very disappointed if I dont atleast see one Thai ladyboy

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If you were 15 years older you would fit the creepy English man on vacation to have sex with underage girls (or boys) to a tee.

I know that Chewing gums are not allowed in Singapoure but i dont know about Thailand.
Make sure about that before you go thetre, you dont want to end up in a prison just because you had chewing gum :funny:

CapaJr;2349199 said:

I know that Chewing gums are not allowed in Singapoure but i dont know about Thailand.
Make sure about that before you go thetre, you dont want to end up in a prison just because you had chewing gum :funny:

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I don't recall Sir_Didier_Drogba asking a turk for his opinion.

Mutt;2349162 said:

my best mate just got back from thailand on friday, i was sposed to go with, but work wouldnt let me have the time off with stocktake just around the corner. the place looked awesome from photos, they hired out a moped for a day, went quad biking, and went on a canoe trek, also rode elephants, went and saw a lady boy cabaret, went and seen the ping pong lady show (she shoots them out of you know where) ... cant think of anything else they did, but they had a ball.... are you going to phuket, bangkok, phi phi island?
stay clear of bangkok, its a hole... phuket and phi phi are the places to be.

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Well, my first port of call will be Koh Phan Gan for the 20th anniversary full moon party, will be there for a few days, but after that I dont know, we'll decide that at the time. I do intend to spend a couple of days in Bangkok before I fly back as I have heard some of it is very beautiful.

King;2349210 said:

I don't recall Sir_Didier_Drogba asking a turk for his opinion.

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I am very grateful to him, otherwise I might have chewed gum and been sent to prison

Sir Sir_Didier_Drogba;2349211 said:

Well, my first port of call will be Koh Phan Gan for the 20th anniversary full moon party, will be there for a few days, but after that I dont know, we'll decide that at the time. I do intend to spend a couple of days in Bangkok before I fly back as I have heard some of it is very beautiful.

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Been to Thailand, loved it. I stayed at the Coral bungalows, which is on the sunset side of Had Rin on Koh Phan Gan, so we had beautiful views in the evenings. Try and find somewhere a bit further out from the town to stay if you can because it tends to be overun with revellers further in, which can get annoying when you just want to relax in the evening rather than hear drunken singing in the early hours (the place I stayed was 5 minutes away from the town, so it was quiet but near enough to walk to the town).

The Full Moon party was a bit of a disappointment. The beach was packed out but there wasn't much of an atmosphere...think part of it is that it's over-hyped, so when you actually experience it seems a bit of a let down.

Chaweng, which is on the east coast of Koh Samui is heaving, full of Western influences like Burger King, McDonalds, Starbucks etc, so avoid if you're after a more "authentic" experience of Thailand.

The one place I'd definitely recommend going to is Anthong National Marine Park in Koh Samui. You get there by speedboat, which is pretty cool and can go snorkelling, kayaking around the islands and there are plenty of nice small beaches for picnics. The guides will try to pimp one of the local girls...GUARANTEED

Oh BTW, most of the locals don't speak English but around the tourist areas, you'll be fine. Anyway, I found hand signals tended to get the message across when comminication proved to be a problem.

I hope you get cought with drugs and get executed.

nah, but u gotta hire some prostitutes (check for penis) for like 1 dollar each.