Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 8:32 pm

OldOldGuy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 6:30 pm Lots of Beer Lao in Cambodia, $1 or less, never seen Myanmar beer (which I love). Strange, but I like Cambodia beer better than Angkor. $2 for a Beer Lao in Lao is damned pricey.

Cambodia is the best beer, i prefer Angkor over Anchor, but hangovers are nasty on Angkor (bad guts) and Anchor is too smooth gets horrible after a while

Doesn't hold a candle to Beer laos , Myanmar beer, Tecate, dos equis & Asahi and i am sure many many more
i'd say its tied with Heineken BUT above Thai beers

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Sat Sep 01, 2018 8:09 am

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 8:32 pm

OldOldGuy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 6:30 pm Lots of Beer Lao in Cambodia, $1 or less, never seen Myanmar beer (which I love). Strange, but I like Cambodia beer better than Angkor. $2 for a Beer Lao in Lao is damned pricey.

Cambodia is the best beer, i prefer Angkor over Anchor, but hangovers are nasty on Angkor (bad guts) and Anchor is too smooth gets horrible after a while

Doesn't hold a candle to Beer laos , Myanmar beer, Tecate, dos equis & Asahi and i am sure many many more
i'd say its tied with Heineken BUT above Thai beers

never liked Beer Laos, never understood the massive love for it tbh
Asahi is nice

I've been all over SE Asia (except Myanmar) and chose to retire in Vietnam... specifically Vung Tau.

Vũng Tàu = Geezerville, one of the largest open-air nursing homes in the world.

While quite scenic and pleasant, it's also mind-numbingly boring. It's like a chance to experience death without actually passing away...

"value/quality" for money, i'd probs have to say Thailand...
i guess a big factor is the local knowledge of the areas in which you stay, most of the places i go in Thailand/Cambodia ive been going to for years and even lived, so i know the best places to go for the best value/quality for the best prices,
for years Cambodias' value for money was much better compared to Thailand, but now i don't think it is, prices have crept up in the main cities, that of which is on par with Thailand, but does the quality match too? Not really, the quality is just the same as before...

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sat Sep 01, 2018 3:04 pm

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Sat Sep 01, 2018 8:09 am

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 8:32 pm

OldOldGuy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 6:30 pm Lots of Beer Lao in Cambodia, $1 or less, never seen Myanmar beer (which I love). Strange, but I like Cambodia beer better than Angkor. $2 for a Beer Lao in Lao is damned pricey.

Cambodia is the best beer, i prefer Angkor over Anchor, but hangovers are nasty on Angkor (bad guts) and Anchor is too smooth gets horrible after a while

Doesn't hold a candle to Beer laos , Myanmar beer, Tecate, dos equis & Asahi and i am sure many many more
i'd say its tied with Heineken BUT above Thai beers

never liked Beer Laos, never understood the massive love for it tbh
Asahi is nice

Asahi used to be the cheapest beer you could get by the case in Cambodia. Fuck them for re-inventing it, pretty much nobody buys it now.

sigmoid wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:38 pm

I've been all over SE Asia (except Myanmar) and chose to retire in Vietnam... specifically Vung Tau.

Vũng Tàu = Geezerville, one of the largest open-air nursing homes in the world.

While quite scenic and pleasant, it's also mind-numbingly boring. It's like a chance to experience death without actually passing away...

I never thought you'd make me laugh but that is a classic.

PS - No revolution yet in Thailand I'm afraid Sigmoid, you and Hotdigr should get together for the quality of your local/regional predictions.

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:20 am "value/quality" for money, i'd probs have to say Thailand...
i guess a big factor is the local knowledge of the areas in which you stay, most of the places i go in Thailand/Cambodia ive been going to for years and even lived, so i know the best places to go for the best value/quality for the best prices,
for years Cambodias' value for money was much better compared to Thailand, but now i don't think it is, prices have crept up in the main cities, that of which is on par with Thailand, but does the quality match too? Not really, the quality is just the same as before...

Cambodia is a rip off, unless its beer or bor bor I'm not goin there

Beerinthemorning wrote: ↑Wed Sep 05, 2018 6:14 amCambodia is a rip off, unless its beer or bor bor I'm not goin there

How will we survive?

No doubt that vietnam offers the best for $. Cheap rooms awesome dorms, cheap beer, amazing cheap scenery tours, cheap motorbike rent. Friendly locals.

Thailand is just easy but only cheap on long term rentals and diy transport.

Cambodia and the rest are cheap but there are less cheap room deals of comparable quality, for example comparing to Vietnam. The list goes on.

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:20 am "value/quality" for money, i'd probs have to say Thailand...
i guess a big factor is the local knowledge of the areas in which you stay, most of the places i go in Thailand/Cambodia ive been going to for years and even lived, so i know the best places to go for the best value/quality for the best prices,
for years Cambodias' value for money was much better compared to Thailand, but now i don't think it is, prices have crept up in the main cities, that of which is on par with Thailand, but does the quality match too? Not really, the quality is just the same as before...

Remembering back to the days when there was 40 bt to the usa dollar and 5 years + ago when $1 Australian got closer to $1 usa,,, it was cheap to live in Cambodia.
Now, with Cambodia using the usa dollar, some imports should be cheap,, but they are not. For tourists coming from some countries and having to convert their currency to usa $, makes Cambodia a expensive holiday destination. After excluding China, I can see somewhere in the future there could be a big drop of tourists from Europe where they could get better value for their money closer to home and not have to travel so far.

Wont make much difference to people like Jamie, as he ain't a tourist.