John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 4:37 pm

WildAlaskaKen wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 2:46 am

John Bingham wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:52 pm

WildAlaskaKen wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 9:35 pm Ill be moving back to Siem in December. I might be keeping my place in BKK too. I wouldnt rent anything in Siem sight unseen. I found a place last time (Pre Covid) in one day, so it isnt hard. And the roads were worse then.

I like being on or close to a main road. I like a place nearby to buy a handful of eggs, a tea and some noodles. I rarely go out late at night, so I dont need to live near nightlife, which is non existant anyway. I dont think it will take me more than a few days to finds a place when I come by in November to start the process, which will be easy if I keep my condo in Bangkok.

I like Siem Reap because its quiet, inexpensive and laid back. The bars down on Sok San have their usual 24 hour drunks, the expat community is pretty cool and since my social and cultural mileau is weed smoking hippies, its fun for me. You will find assholes and cliques everywhere, up to you how you behave, nobody will give you trouble.

I was in Siem all through Covid. I moved there to enjoy a laid back lifestyle, with the option of monthly trips to Bangkok for good food, shopping, partying, etc. RT airfare was $80, o yeah...and then they closed the border! Cool beans for me, since I had the Temples all to myself for a year.

So now without Covid, I can come back and satisfy the above plan. I think Ill keep the condo, cheaper than a hotel even though that 40 floor elevator ride to get Food Panda drives me nuts. Thats where Siem shines for me: Order up from Cafe Soriya, when they arrive walk out the door in my sarong with belly hanging over with my hair blowing in the breeze, nobody bats an eye. Compare Bangkok: Order ffrom FoodPanda. Get dressed 5 mins before he arrives. Tie hair back. Go out door, walk down hall, exit security door. Elevator, 6 of them. 40 floors. Use key card in elevator. Walk out to lobby, folks in and out, another two security doors, folk everywhere, might as well just take a taxi to a restaurant for all that, since I already had to get dressed just to get breakfast...

I'm confused by this post. By Siem do you mean Siem Reap in Cambodia or just Thailand?

Post is pretty clear, Siem Reap a nd Bangkok. Both.

Maybe if you move to the capital you can start calling it "Phnom".

John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:59 am Boueng Keng Kang is much nicer.

John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:10 am Maybe 30 years ago.

MarkArmstrong wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:03 am

John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:59 am Boueng Keng Kang is much nicer.

NGOville?

MarkArmstrong wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 5:21 pm

John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:10 am Maybe 30 years ago.

Bit to inner city for me, apart from that yes I would

violet wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:58 pm

MarkArmstrong wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 5:21 pm

John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:10 am Maybe 30 years ago.

Bit to inner city for me, apart from that yes I would

There’s inner city and then there’s inner city PP style.
You haven’t been.

MarkArmstrong wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:47 pm

violet wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:58 pm

MarkArmstrong wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 5:21 pm

John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:10 am Maybe 30 years ago.

Bit to inner city for me, apart from that yes I would

There’s inner city and then there’s inner city PP style.
You haven’t been.

Whats unique?