A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Check out this place I visited last night guess where this is.

Chinese gods hock lock and seal

Cows to be fed

 

[Froggy]

Have cows must be India liao. Maybe hock lock siew is Chinese version of Vishnu Krishna and Shiva?

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Ah joe u don't know where in bkk this temple is? They had a nice Chinese temple inside there with 100s of ppl burning joss sticks, fortune telling and even the monks with the ppl wearing mourning clothes u see at hdb funerals

 

[Froggy]

Ah joe u don't know where in bkk this temple is? They had a nice Chinese temple inside there with 100s of ppl burning joss sticks, fortune telling and even the monks with the ppl wearing mourning clothes u see at hdb funerals

Bro I not Buddhist nor Taoist nor Hindu

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Bro I not Buddhist nor Taoist nor Hindu

Me either I visited as a tourist

 

[Froggy]

Morning bee-tai-bak soup breakfast

see what shop put on every table, a big big bowl of crispy lard, up to you to add

 

[yinyang]

Re: 1st Miss Universe Myanmar in 53 years

No kidding, this proposed b500 entry fee for each visitor? From jan 2014.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/375635/tourism-sector-opposed-to-b500-tourist-entry-fee

 

[Froggy]

Re: 1st Miss Universe Myanmar in 53 years

No kidding, this proposed b500 entry fee for each visitor? From jan 2014.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/375635/tourism-sector-opposed-to-b500-tourist-entry-fee

S$20 x 30 million visitors = S$600 million

WOW

Will S$80 put off a Singapore family of 4 visiting Thailand hmmmm???

 

[johnny333]

Re: 1st Miss Universe Myanmar in 53 years

S$20 x 30 million visitors = S$600 million

WOW

Will S$80 put off a Singapore family of 4 visiting Thailand hmmmm???

Not too sure that Sporeans would be included in this because as part of part of the Asean Free Trade Agreement they are trying to encourage visitors from ASEAN.

 

[Froggy]

Re: 1st Miss Universe Myanmar in 53 years

A good authentic Thai restaurant I will highly recommend is Krung Ten (13.834184,100.608382) for this restaurant one cannot find any tourist or tour group. Food is as Thai as one can get. Price is also very Thai.


Kailan with mushrooms saute in oyster sauce


Seabass Topyam


Cockles BBQ


Manager opened these for us, as I don't eat this I don't know how to open it


Otar here we call it or-mok filled with Thai herbs


Steamed crab


with plenty of roe

The above 5 dishes with 2 bottles of Singha and a coconut = 1,420 baht (S$57) opens from 11am to midnight band starts around 7.30pm. It's a huge huge place. Love it.

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Re: 1st Miss Universe Myanmar in 53 years

Visited chiang saen yesterday checked into hotel near river khlong. Ride was 1 hr plus from the airport. Ate at this restaurant overlooking Laos.

river khlong

restaurant is called Sri

Prawns from the river khlong and the maggot looking things are called rot dwan they are pretty expensive in bkk I heard but cheap in chiang rai

 

[Froggy]

Re: 1st Miss Universe Myanmar in 53 years

Ha Jah so you eat bugs ya? Nice right? I like it but not those big ones like maeng-da

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Re: 1st Miss Universe Myanmar in 53 years

Ha Jah so you eat bugs ya? Nice right? I like it but not those big ones like maeng-da

My very first time. I think they taste ok cos they were fried and as you know most fried food tastes more or less about the same. The food that I couldn't bear to eat was the jing rit fried crickets bought from some stall at bkk.

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Re: 1st Miss Universe Myanmar in 53 years

Entering Myanmar soon at Mae sai

 

[yinyang]

Re: 1st Miss Universe Myanmar in 53 years

Entering Myanmar soon at Mae sai

Northern exit to Myanmar at Mae Sai, cross over to Talichek. Market place kind of cowboy town. Mae Sai's a market strip, with all sorts of produce and counterfeit (like branded slippers flip flops). Enjoy

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Re: 1st Miss Universe Myanmar in 53 years

All foreigners wit the exception if Thais need to pay 500 bht. Freakin expensive. Saw japs, a few Brits and myself inside the damn office on too of filling in a departure card. Thai Fren wanted to go back but I thought its good to check out talichek

 

[Froggy]

Re: 1st Miss Universe Myanmar in 53 years

All foreigners wit the exception if Thais need to pay 500 bht. Freakin expensive. Saw japs, a few Brits and myself inside the damn office on too of filling in a departure card. Thai Fren wanted to go back but I thought its good to check out talichek

500 only $20 little la. Thailand implementing this too starting 1st Jan see above post by YY

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Re: 1st Miss Universe Myanmar in 53 years

500 only $20 little la. Thailand implementing this too starting 1st Jan see above post by YY

mine is just a one day visa and only allowed around the area not allowed to leave talichek. fren bought some stuff I bought 3 blu Ray discs at only 60 each then we left the place

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

first time driving a car in Thailand. Will be posting some pics of muban pasak noi. first time seeing a damn village

 

[dietcoke]

hey joeyts, where is the kreung ten restaurant?

looks good.

Jah, drving in thailand (in city) i think is comparable to sg. jam everywhere. and people, or rather cars cut queue and they drive more fierce than sg. but, i will say, they are also very tolerant of people cutting queue. countryside, well, it's a nightmare in rural side. all i can say is suka suka got street lights, suka suka don't have.

well, next month i will be going on a road trip too. starting point is river kwai in kanchanaburi, drive past suphan, ang thong, and finally reaching pak chong. will be going palio, sheepland etc. also, will be there for 2 days to attend friend's wedding, then will travel down to wang nham kiew, chonburi and reaching pattaya. stay 2 days and finally drive back to starting point.

hotel, i had booked in pattaya 2 days starting sunday 17 nov. which bros is nearby to meet up?