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Has Anyone Been to Thailand?

Malakaiii
edited September 2007 in General
Just wondering if anyone has been to Thailand. I'm going there next May for 40 days and I can't WAIT (especially in this weather!). So I thought I'd see if anyone else has been there.

Feel free to share stories about other places you have traveled as well! I want to see the whole world...

Comments

  • Steven
    edited November 2006
    Theres alot of Shemales there..im not kidding.
  • imelting
    edited November 2006
    40 days!! wow, ive been there once myself when i was a kid, so i dont remember any of it, but i hav pictures to prove i was there!! lol

    i still havnt step foot on europe yet *sniff
  • babygurl
    edited November 2006
    omg malakaii ur soo lucky i wanna go there soo badd.. ive never been but recently i decided its the next part of the globe that i wanna conquest it seems so pretty n have heard their beaches are gorgoues

    ive gone to spain its really nice there too, went in the summer gets scorching hot though but beaches n nightlife are off the hook... the ppl dont sleep for some reason lol all just partying it up
  • Malakaiii
    edited November 2006
    Yeah, I've always wanted to go since a friend of mine went in grade 4... so it's been a long time coming!

    The beaches DO look gorgeous. I just read Alex Garland's book 'The Beach' to get me all psyched up for how beautiful it is there (great book, too).

    That's funny that no one sleeps in Spain! I thought they did the siesta thing? :wink:
  • meeshmeesh
    edited November 2006
    my sister went to Thailand for about a month last year. She LOVED it! she mentioned to me about Krabi Island or Beach?
    and yeah apparently there are a lot of transsexuals in thailand, but i guess it's a part of their culture. my sister thought it was actually amazing how they actually looked gorgeous and not "drag-queenish".

    i backpacked through france, italy and switzerland this past summer...there's so much more in europe i have to see, before heading off to another continent!

    out of curiousity, are you going to thailand for a specific reason? or just for fun?
  • Malakaiii
    edited November 2006
    Awesome, I'm glad to hear that your sister liked Thailand! I've heard many good things so far.

    And good for you for backpacking through 3 European countries! I've always wanted to do that. I will maybe get to Europe next... It does tend to be more expensive, though! Did you need to learn some languages to get by?

    I'm off to Thailand just for fun! A nice, relaxing time on the beach. And I take a lot of photographs, so I'm hoping to document some of their culture like the amazing outdoor markets and huge Buddha statues!
  • meeshmeesh
    edited November 2006
    I really hope you have lots of fun! I've heard so many positive things about Thailand (i just wish i could remember all the things my sister told me)...but of course, you'll see for yourself very soon.

    yeah europe is trés expensive!! Well, it depends...I mean the Euro itself is about double the Canadian dollar...and then you have the Swiss monetary system, which is just ridiculous. people think living in vancouver is bad, well, i was in switzerland for about a week before i was seriously in debt (i had to call home to get money wired in...that's how bad it got!)
    i had a little french background (and my best friend is French too) so we got around fine. in italy, people knew english most of the time (or french if we were desperate). English is such a major language, you can pretty much get anywhere in Western Europe with it!
    to all the locals i talked to, they said that English is the easiest language to learn (and these people can speak 5 languages! especially in Switzerland where the culture is more of a mix!

    but anyway, every time i start talking about Europe, I go on a spiel and i can't stop...

    When are you heading for Thailand?
  • Malakaiii
    edited December 2006
    Oops this conversation slipped to the bottom and I forgot about it!

    That is awesome, Meesh! I really want to get a Eurorail pass and backpack around Europe sometime. Maybe when I grad? And thanks for the tip about Switzerland! I really want to check out Greece.
  • crim_bum
    edited December 2006
    Yeah..I'd be careful about the guys/girls...you never know which is which.
    Funny story about that. My roommate met some chick there...needless to say it was a guy
    lol
  • Malakaiii
    edited December 2006
    ahaha... That's too bad. Though entertaining for us. :wink:
  • noname
    edited September 2007
    Hey Malakaii, I will be heading to Thailand from Dec 15-29th. I already got some prices from flight center. $1650 for the flight per person and we found two 4 star hotels. One is $105/night and the other one which is closer to the train system and downtown is $198/night. Does this sound reasonable and do you have any tips for us? Thanks.

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