Quote: (12-27-2012 12:54 AM)RioNomad Wrote:
Thailand isnt for everyone. Seems people eitherove it, or hate it. It also really depends on which city you were in, and where in that city you went. Living in Chiang Mai is way different than Bangkok. And Pai is crazy different. Pai is a huge backpacker/hippie town in the hillside. Not gonna find many hot Thai girls there I don't think.
Scotian, when you were in Bangkok, how many times did you go to RCA or Thonglor? You can't compare living and partying in the best areas of Medellin/Bogota, or the girls, with the best in Bangkok without spending some time in the best spots that BKK has to offer.
The girls in Thailand probably won't be as sexy as Colombian girls. Thai culture is fairly reserved. Girls will dress very nice when they go out, but are much less forward than what I hear of Latin chicks. If a Thai girl is very aggressive, she's probably a pro or a ladyboy lol.
Scotian, unless you spend a few months in BKK, it's going to be hard for you to compare it to Medellin/Bogota. You haven't lived here to do that. Pai and CM is nothing like living in Bangkok. BKK is a city you must live in to appreciate. I hated it my first trip, but now that I have friends and know where to go, I love it here. You will find countless people online who say they hated BKK, at first, but after a couple of months they love the city. This has been my experience 100%. I think it would paint a pretty inaccurate picture for you to compare Colombia to Thailand, because you lived in the best places Colombia has to offer, but In Thailand you are way off the grid. Hopefully I'll have some time when you get to BKK and I can try to show you a good time.
I agree, I haven't spent enough time in BKK and even when I was there I didn't party much, most of the time was spent jet lagged. The only club I went to was called Mixx, in the basement of some nice hotel, not sure of the location, but it was decent. I'm looking forward to going back there in the next few days (should be there by Monday), if you're around we should definitely go out for some drinks.
Honestly, the first few weeks in Thailand were brutal for me and I almost packed up and left a couple of times. This was mostly due to a lack of planning and research on my behalf but the culture shock and adjustment was intense, it took me awhile. I regret staying in the lower Sukhumvit area, although its where all the action is, seeing the shit that farangs get on with in that area made me ashamed to be a white guy for the first time in my life, no wonder some Thais are jaded or downright rude to farangs.
Chiang Mai was okay, went out a couple of times but wasn't too impressed by the bars I went to, Zoe's and Spicy were packed with dirty backpacker types (dreadlocks and no footwear) and old white dudes, most of the Thai women there ask for money to go home. I was impressed by the Warm Up club, but didn't stay long because the Muay Thai crowd I went with all showed up in singlets, shorts and sandals, I was the only one dressed in trousers, shoes and a dress shirt (big up on that data sheet you dropped, its because of that I changed my clothes before I went there). I was also refused service at a bar in CM, assuming because my friend and I were the only farangs, a few people gave us the hairy eyeball and when we asked for beers the bartender said no and shook his head, we promptly left.
Another thing about nightlife in Thailand, there's a lot lame ass, mid-life crisis type older dick heads in some of the bars. I'm sure you've all seen them; over weight, coke bottle glasses, Hawaiian shirt, sandals with white tube socks pulled up to the knee, dancing like a chipmunk on jib. Its all good when stylish, cool older guys like WEDO hanging out at clubs but these old poindexters are annoying.
Anyway, then I came up to Pai and really saw a side of Thailand that I didn't in the bigger cities, this place changed my perspective entirely, I'm so glad I came here, I only wish I had known about this place before because I would have come here as soon as I got over the jet lag in BKK. I'm gonna drop a data on Pai.
I guess the jury is still out for me on the nightlife in Thailand, I've only gone out boozing a handful of times because I've been concentrating on training, but the entire month of January will be spent partying and doing tourist activities with my Canadian friend down south, in BKK and up north. I still have a lot to see of this place.