Going solo to Thailand for a holiday , need advice or tips ! wil +rep good comments:)

be careful driving a car or motorbike over there, if you're involved in an accident (even if its not your fault) you will get the blame and have to pay. the way they see it is "you're not meant to be in their country so if you werent there, the accident wouldnt have happened". the police dont earn much money so they make a living off corruption and bribes. you're best off paying one of the locals to take you, whether its in a tuk tuk, taxi or on the back of a motorbike, they're cheap so worth it. i payed a dude $2 AUS to take me from one side of bangkok to the other.


oh and if the girls are too good looking, they're a bloke. check for hand size and adams apples. (they now have operations that shave down their adams apples so you cant see them

Bangkok is awesome fun, you'll love it but it's very busy. phuket (patong beach) is very nice and more relaxed, either way you'll have a good time.

hope this helped

 

I got busted in Koh Samui for not wearing a helmet by a motorbike cop NOT wearing a helmet. Had to go to the cop shop and get processed, thought I was gunna get effd over but it cost me 200bht about 7AUD locals got 400bht fines

 

Haha. The M150's are great if you've had a big day and want to head out for a night. Keep you going. lol

Yeah man the rooms at Baan Laimai are awesome. And the pool is amazing! Ideal location to. Looking for luxery people will recommend Gracelands in Patong but honestly save your money. Twice the price of everywhere else and honestly no nicer then say Baan Laimai and others. And its further away from Bangla Road as well.
$100AUD is exactly what our daily budget was! And we had no trouble with keeping to that even with shopping and tours most days!

 

Read this.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...teve-fitzpatrick/story-fni0cx4q-1226643384832

 

I've been to Thailand several times, but not in the last 10 years, and had a great time every time.
I'd go back. This is based my experience -

there is a lot of great food in Thailand, but they tend to use too much chilli for my liking. So I have to remember to ask for "no chilli" when I order. You'll work this out for yourself, soon enough. I never eat red meat in Asia: there are too many horror stories about rats and dogs, and I don't want to eat either, nor do I want wonder about what I'm eating, or have eaten. I stick to chicken and fish. Thailand has great seafood.

Bangkok - a big city; very crowded, but not dirty. A few sights to see; some great shopping, but only if you're buying things that you really want. I found the "night markets" to be the most interesting. I only spent a few days in BKK, and that was enough.

Phuket is a big island on the west coast. Some parts cater for tourists, other parts do not. Patong is great: plenty of choices and good value for money. The beach is nice, but no surf.

Pattaya - relatively close to BKK, so it's easy to get to. I didn't like it. It was a centre of the paedophile trade, and a walk on the beach made me realize that these people were brazenly doing unspeakable things in public.

ChiangMai - in the mountains - very nice. I had some great tours from here, including a long ride through a pretty forest, on an elephant.

HatYai, on the Malaysian border - a market town, everything is cheap. Clean, but not many sights to see. I found it a great place to chill for a few days.

Places I haven't been, but would like to go to -
Koh Samui, and island off the east coast.
ChiangRai - further north than ChiangMai - lots to see and do, I'm told.
HuaHin - south of BKK - where a lot of expats make their homes. Must be a lot good about it for these people to choose it above all of the others.

I have met a lot of people who have backpacked through Thailand, and there weren't many horror stories. A lot of them had found a seaside village, with great food, great beach, and everything really cheap: there must be dozens of them. I'd be happy to go exploring, to see what I could find for myself.

Transport: travel agents are everywhere, and they will organize tours for you, or bus-travel to other places.
I'd never be tempted to hire a car or bike and drive myself. I get a taxi, or a tuk-tuk. The trick is this - if it's got a meter, then make sure it's in use. If no meter, then agree the price before you get in. Often the driver will offer to wait for you: be wary of this, as the bill might expand when "waiting time" is added.

Remember to keep your fluid intake up. Carry your own medication for diarrhoea - when you need it, you don't want to have go looking for it. I usually buy "Immodium" at a pharmacy at home, before I go away.

Money: rather than use money changers (many of whom are a pain in the backside), I use my card in an ATM. Ask at your bank which ATMs have the lowest fees.

Phone: next time I go away (I go to Bali a lot), I'm taking a cheap unlocked mobile: Coles had a basic Nokia, unlocked, on special for $27 a few weeks ago. When I get there, ask around, and get a prepaid SIM for $10, then email the folks at home a number for them to call me on if they feel the need to contact me.

Enjoy yourself: I did !

 

I just hope you don't come back with three assholes.

 

Man thialand is awesome. You will love it. I work in south Africa on a 4 weeks on and 2 weeks off roaster. I I try to go to thiland every second break. Very rarely get back to Aus now lol. Bangkok is pretty crazy. Stay in sucumpit it's where all the night life is. Soicowboy is good if your looking for some loving. Pattiya is all crazy if your looking to party. I am going to the full moon party in koh phangan next week. Koh sumui is nice chilled out island. It's not a dangerous place at all. You just have to watch some dodgy people trying to rip you off but even when they do rip you off its still cheap as. Go for it man. You meet so many other people traveling alone from all over the world.

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Be careful bro, lol

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