Koh Samui
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1970 T100C 500 cc, brought it over from Californiacabron wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 8:07 pmWich model of Triumph is that?phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 5:43 pm my last visit to samui was in 2016 an hated it< more expensive than phuket, fuck all to do, really shit taxi drivers when u park ur car on the streets>
I had been there in the early 80's and worked there in the late 80's with a travel magazine
WE were going to stay 5 days and after 2 nights drove back to Phuket via Khao sok park which is great and stayed 3 nights there on the lake
its good for families thou as most resorts are beach front
Been riding bikes, ( and used to race motocross/trails when bones healed easily) since i was 15
My bike before on Phuket
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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I've been experiencing this when returning to favorite old haunts - remembering what the places used to be like, the person I was, what everyone else passing through was like...Sadly it's never going to be the same and I'm never going to feel the same way about these places I once did, too much has changed.
Now the return journeys are becoming more a wander down memory lane than looking to be filled with any sense of uniqueness or wonder from the experience. And although acceptance has begun to replace the frustration of no longer having it the way it once was, and I'm much less aggrieved by the change to my beloved hideaways, I think I'll always want for those old times again just a bit.
Re: Koh Samui
Isn't there an easy solution to this problem? Just visit new places that you've never been to!Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:50 pmI've been experiencing this when returning to favorite old haunts - remembering what the places used to be like, the person I was, what everyone else passing through was like...Sadly it's never going to be the same and I'm never going to feel the same way about these places I once did, too much has changed.
Now the return journeys are becoming more a wander down memory lane than looking to be filled with any sense of uniqueness or wonder from the experience. And although acceptance has begun to replace the frustration of no longer having it the way it once was, and I'm much less aggrieved by the change to my beloved hideaways, I think I'll always want for those old times again just a bit.
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I enjoyed certain places for certain reasons that were unique to those destinations in a time that was vastly different. I think I'd have to strike out off the pancake trail a fair bit these days to find similar places now (maybe I'm wrong), and the prospect of eight hour Himalayan bus rides or similar journeys don't appeal any more.Alex wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:58 pmIsn't there an easy solution to this problem? Just visit new places that you've never been to!Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:50 pmI've been experiencing this when returning to favorite old haunts - remembering what the places used to be like, the person I was, what everyone else passing through was like...Sadly it's never going to be the same and I'm never going to feel the same way about these places I once did, too much has changed.
Now the return journeys are becoming more a wander down memory lane than looking to be filled with any sense of uniqueness or wonder from the experience. And although acceptance has begun to replace the frustration of no longer having it the way it once was, and I'm much less aggrieved by the change to my beloved hideaways, I think I'll always want for those old times again just a bit.
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I would never pay 1000 for a room in Thailand. 250 to 300 is my Max. What I don't like in the tourist areas nowadays they seem to be forcing us into dormitories for the same price as a cheap room used to cost. That's another reason why I avoid the tourist parts of Thailand like the plague.
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You get what you pay for.WillieW wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:47 pm I would never pay 1000 for a room in Thailand. 250 to 300 is my Max. What I don't like in the tourist areas nowadays they seem to be forcing us into dormitories for the same price as a cheap room used to cost. That's another reason why I avoid the tourist parts of Thailand like the plague.
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No idea when you've been in Thailand the last time; it almost goes without saying that your options would be pretty shitty at that price point nowadays, even in non-touristy, second-rate provincial towns.
You can refute that, but I dare you to post some pictures of the last 300 baht room you had.
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300 baht rooms are to be avoided in the whole country, i'd say 500-750 nowadays gets you something decent with hot water an air con not in a tourist area or in a tourist area out of high seasonWillieW wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:47 pm I would never pay 1000 for a room in Thailand. 250 to 300 is my Max. What I don't like in the tourist areas nowadays they seem to be forcing us into dormitories for the same price as a cheap room used to cost. That's another reason why I avoid the tourist parts of Thailand like the plague.
In a tourist area in season, 1,000 would be minimum
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1 Single Room with FanAlex wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 5:17 pmNo idea when you've been in Thailand the last time; it almost goes without saying that your options would be pretty shitty at that price point nowadays, even in non-touristy, second-rate provincial towns.
You can refute that, but I dare you to post some pictures of the last 300 baht room you had.
7 % VAT is included.
1 % City tax is included.
Total price
THB 272
a really good room in Chiang Mai window attached bathroom shower hot water fan stones throw from the main drag
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I guess you have too much money to burn. 1000 baht I would never waste that on a room if I was traveling by myself that is. If I was with company of course that changes things but I can guarantee you out of tourist areas you can find a decent room for 300 baht pretty much anywherephuketrichard wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 8:07 pm300 baht rooms are to be avoided in the whole country, i'd say 500-750 nowadays gets you something decent with hot water an air con not in a tourist area or in a tourist area out of high seasonWillieW wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:47 pm I would never pay 1000 for a room in Thailand. 250 to 300 is my Max. What I don't like in the tourist areas nowadays they seem to be forcing us into dormitories for the same price as a cheap room used to cost. That's another reason why I avoid the tourist parts of Thailand like the plague.
In a tourist area in season, 1,000 would be minimum
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