If you are like me, then you may have passed Nong Khai several times while on a (visa) trip to Vientiane, Laos, but never bothered to actually spend a couple of nights in this town. Well, it’s quite tempting to choose Udon Thani 60km down south as a stopover instead that has arguably more nightlife …
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One of the questions I recently get asked quite a lot from readers is: Which city is better in terms of girls, Bangkok or Pattaya? I think that’s quite an interesting topic to discuss in a full article, so that’s what I’m going to do today. Because I know that there are quite a lot …
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What’s your idea of a perfect day in Pattaya? Maybe you wake up late at around 11am because you had a night out at the bars and nightclubs. So the first thing after you took a shower is to head to one of the restaurants for a big brunch. One hour later it’s just noon …
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Some people claim that Pattaya doesn’t have a lot of fun daytime activities. So what is there really to do before sunset if you don’t feel like driving out of the city for another temple, overpriced theme park or low-key beach that might be quiet and beautiful but really too hot before 4 or 5pm? Well …
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You have probably heard the saying “Once you go Asian, you can’t go back to Caucasian” and I can tell you from my experience that it’s true. But I would even go a step further: Once you had a Thai girlfriend, and I mean not just dating but a real relationship, then you might find girls from …
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Khao Lak is one of the most popular family destinations in Thailand and therefore the nightlife is completely different to Phuket some 80km further down south: Less bars, less massage salons, less mongers, less hookers. I wasn’t even planning to visit there this year until my sister told me that she and her husband had booked …
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You might think there are lots of hot girls in southern Thailand and think of Koh Samui, Phuket and Krabi. That might be true, but keep in mind that most of them are not southern Thai girls but come from northern Thailand and Isaan. And those are all tourist hot spots. If you really take …
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These days you hear more expats in Thailand than ever complaining about all different sorts of things: The uneasy visa situation for long time residents. Increasingly tougher to set up companies (especially if you don’t want to rent a physical office). Unreasonable prices for condos given the generally poor building standards. Increasing number of both …
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