urban genie
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I'm in Pattaya right now with the Thai mrs and our son.Been coming here since 1989 and been about 20-25 times.started bkk,flew air asia to surat thani,ferry over to Samui and Lamai beach,then over to Phuket,flew up to Udon Thani with the inlaws again on air asia then down to utapao and pattaya.things getting not so cheap like it once was,i remember the £ being 75 bhat ,it was so cheap and good value.some great places to visit,Sukkothai and Ayuthaya both old capitals before Bangkok,chiang mai is much smaller than bkk and easy to walk around on foot.
Getting back to Chang beer,it used to be 7.5% volume and about 35 bhat for a 660ml big bottle,u could get pretty pissed on 3 or 4 bottles for £2 back in the day,theyve knocked the strength down over recent years ,its now 5.5%.Leo is now my preferred beer at 5% .
Chock dee khrap !
Udon thani is a fine place, easy to get to laos and the mekhong and decent number of flights to other places, plus thats where I will mainly be staying when I'm over there in our house. first went in 99 when 23 with some work mates(mixed group of 3 chefs and 5 receptionists) traveling and fell in love with the place, went back for the next 2 years with one of those mates mainly living pattaya as a base while traveling because of the pratically 24hr drinking and with samet not far or bangkok again for travelling convenience, it's where I met the missus working in the hotel beer garden. try and go back every year to see family and friends, beautiful country that I recomend to all.