Бангкок, Чиангмай, Пхукет или Паттайя? Путеводитель

youre so off the mark on many aspects

i could break it down point for point

for example traffic: uw0tm8? bangkok is the worst as riding a scooter is suicide there, even pattaya is better as you can hop on a 10 baht songthaew and get everywhere. anywhere else just get a scooter and youre mobile

girls: wtf dark skinned isaan girls in chiang mai? the city is known for its white skinned lanna beauties and cashed up bkk thais go there just to lock down chicks. the only place youll see isaan broads is on hooker street loi kroh. id wager money you never stepped into places like monkey, warm up or infinity… your jaw would drop to the floor!

no rooftop bars in chiang mai? theres a whole bunch of them actually. including upscale places on maya mall where all the fancy pants rich thais hang out

you can blow a lot of money there just as well if you want. youd get a lot more value out of it than in bkk though… fine dining, expensive apartments CM got all of that too

i really dont understand ppls fascination with bangkok. yes its got the best nightlife but thats about it the place is a shithole and you couldnt pay me to live
there. id go mad within a week over all the traffic and people everywhere. not even to mention the blistering heat 24/7. logistics are terrible cant get anywhere without multiple motobike/bts/taxi rides. brb paying 4k for a decent gym no thx jeff

ive been all over thailand and CM is hands down the best overall package. the only thing missing is great nightlife and a beach. you got a point though the digital nomad types are annoying.

pattaya is pretty good too as its on the beach, good transportation, pretty cheap and all the amenities you could ask for. but good luck meeting a normal girl there who luvs you without paying (im a romantic)

phuket sounds decent Ive never been but keep hearing its really expensive which is putting me off. in koh samui you got a tight knit expat community too which is really nice.

5555 Thanks. Keep up the great work Harvie! Reading your posts always keeps LoS on my mind until my next foray into the west….much appreciated!

Isaan is best
hottest girls
best farms
no tourists
Super smart girls

ahh where to begin..I live in PATTAYA now 3 years, before Ao NAng. First and foremost PHUKET is toast for many of the reasons mentioned above. Letting taxi prices influence you is insane though..If you go through how you spend your money that will tell you your priorities. So trust me on this no matter where you live, ENTERTAINMENT is by far your BIGGEST expense. MORE than rent, food, utilities or anything else. So being the big city it is BANGKOK is more expensive than the rest for this, whether nice restaurants or women at NANA.. It is a true URBAN condo life, as opposed to my suburb life with dogs and gardens in Pattaya. I rent studio condos with kitchens for 10,000 baht centrally located with all utilities included even wifi and aircon, it is double in Bangkok.

1. Like I said PHUKET is Toast, but Krabi /Aonang has gorgeous beaches very cheap. yeah you need to take a boat over to phuket for women sometimes..
2. UDON should be considered as well.
3. Chiang Mai is a regular visit for me. skip jan through march due to the during otherwise it is more temperate. TAXIS/TUKTUK price is immaterial as you can walk almost all of it!!!
4. Pattaya wins hands down for now other reason than you are free. YOu can drive your scooter anywhere, to attractions etc. NEVER a TAXI! it costs 2000 baht a month for a yamaha nuovo 135 cc. You can’t do this anywhere else. Bangkok has more women, but they are also much more expensive, whether normal or working . In pattaya it is very easy to have girls visit during the day time for nearly nothing as there are no other customers. In bangkok they have to live far out so can’t just drop in. pattaya has same high end restaurants, great clubs, theatres and even more attractions. Yes we have the SOI 6 crowd and the two week millionaires on walking street. Look past that nonsense and decide how you want to live..run on the beach go to a health club etc..regular girls who work Big C and hotels are eager to enjoy a nice dinner. busses every 30 minutes for those fancy nights in Bangkok.. Why come to thailand to live in one of the most concentrated cities on the planet..?

Well, I don’t know why nobody mentions it, but due to everything already said here, plus changing weather, I thing the best deal is a continous nomad life of moving all over Thailand and spending the rainy season in Koh Samui, (may to october) and then moving somedays to Bangkok to get some action and after that to Chiang Mai to enjoy calm, mountain, tempered weather and good prices, before moving back to Koh Samui and all stuff around (Koh Tao, Ko Pha Ngan, even some days in Phuket o Krabi).

Hi Nick,
We will spend November in Pattaya and have not made living arrangements yet. Should be fun.

Almost All the bad shit you say about Phuket is basically all the bad shit I say about Patong and not the whole island. Phuket is slow to get around and very spaced out though, that is annoying when you want to get your computer fixed or something. Nightlife outside of Patong is quieter but way better along with the beaches, food and lack of douche bag Australians (I’m Aussy so I’m allowed to tell the truth about us). The stunning Thai women are kind of tough to find but definitely around. Everything in Phuket is easy and relaxed so long as you’re 5+km away from Patong.

Bangkok could be cool to live if you get to know the place. Having said that finding nice accommodation and cheap food that isn’t trash seems to be as difficult as getting around. Everywhere else in Thailand, I’ll gladly ride a bike and feel pretty confident but in bkk, I get lost catching a train and places randomly Fucking stink. The only hard positives I found were that it’s a good perve and public transport is really efficient even if it is confusing for me. Maybe bkk isn’t for me because my idea of a good night out is pretty chill where as BKK is more of a happening busy area.

I Fucking hated Chiang Mai. Fucking hipsters and shit… It’s hot in town but too cold in the mountains, the restaurants had pretty art and bad food. Not a single good perve outside of looking at my missus too. Accommodation was reasonably priced so there’s that. People would say that I should spend more than a weekend there to form a real opinion but Fuck that place. I’d rather go to prison.

Pattaya was actually pretty good for muay Thai training, paying too much to watch fights and getting drunk. The beaches suck but jomtien is great for a quiet beer and massage. Not the cleanest but some dirt cheap food and you can really chill there, not so much like bkk where everything is so busy. Sometimes I fantasize about being a dirty rich old man there but I’m not quite dirty, rich or old enough for that to be a reality.

I have been recently to Phuket/Patong and it was not worth time nor money. This place as all other outside BKK and Pattaya are for short visits only. Pattaya is mid-size, which is good, but 3-6 months a year are enough (low season). Bangkok will be still great, but strong contenders (Jakarta, Saigon) are comparable in many aspects. Especially important – much, much less tourists, notably female, young couples with cameras, French, Arabs, Chinese families, Indians, Japanese groups or old farangs in wifebeaters