scrubbedexpat141

Awesome, thanks for that pal.

Pleased with 'The Happy One' returning?

TheShed

Overjoyed!!!

scrubbedexpat141

So, here we go with an uninteresting commentary on what I thought:

Bangkok for one night at the start, stayed Sukhumvit area and was cool, Fat Gut'z was a wicked little bar and lively, fun around there. Got the metro from the airport as the hotel was on a BTS stop, piece of piss, cheap as chips and was nicer than a cab.

Singapore - highlight of the holiday for me, unbelievable city. Beautiful, well looked after, respectable, pleasant city. Street food, Clarkey Quay (preferred Boat Quay), the Zoo, the Flier/Flyer, all of it was well run, well organized and really, really nice. Singapore Slings are ****ing lovely too. Raffles is an example of something Dubai will never have. Nice to be able to wander around too. Metro there was wicked too.
Downside- 10 quid a pint. Wow.
Downside 2 - They are VERY anti smoking. Bastards.

Koh Samui - Chaweng. Nice beaches, great views and we were lucky with weather. Beach Road is like being in Magaluf / Malia I expect, cool but tacky. Good laugh.

Koh Phagnan - Wicked, more backwards, more unkempt, more what I expected. Haad Rin was a sleepy little town with a couple of stunning beaches, really chilled out. It was here that I finally found out why I was getting so pissed, Chang beer is 6.4% and can come in mighty size bottles.

Koh Samui - Lamai - Much preferred to Chaweng, still busy and a bit tacky but the night market that shut off the roads was epic, live music, one pound cocktails, street food, shit stuff to buy, was awesome. Waterfalls and shit were worth hiring mopeds for but as you'd expect, run by a bunch of morons and full of ****ing Russians and Chinese.

Bangkok - final two nights, Silom / Sathorn area. Highly recommend the Banyan Tree, amazing hotel. Patpong Night Market was funny but annoying after a while, we weren't that fussed about watching ping pong balls fly out of *****, even if it was offered for 100baht....I've been fleeced before and wasn't having it.
Got a different impression of the place this time, we just chilled after lots of travelling and didn't explore too much. I'd like to say I'd give Bangkok another go but I'm not in a hurry. I definitely get the appeal though.

All in all, Thailand will be visited again. Only this time much cheaper, thanks to Emirates bumping us on our flight out there, we had to wait 4 hours until the next flight, got free dinner, free hotel room for the 4 hours and a free return each to the same zone as Bangkok. This means a cheap 10-day golf holiday in Phuket I reckon!

Thanks again to everyone for the help / suggestions.

Blue Cat

welcome back Scamp

mentalist

You didn't mention the weather, mate?

scrubbedexpat141

Sunny.

Rained once in Koh Samui
Once in Koh Phagnan (proper heavy shit)
Both last nights in Bangkok but with lightning and Thunder.

So four evenings of some rain, two of which were mental. Not bad i don't think?

mentalist

I love the Thai monsoon conditions in the evenings, creates a great ambience and clears the air like nobody's business. So much better than persistent drizzle.

scrubbedexpat141

I got a free beer for standing in it for 20seconds. I was absolutely soaked but it felt amazing.