what's cheap to buy in bangkok, Koh samui, Koh tao?
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30 March 2006, 08:23 PM
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If you're there over Easter you could be in for a surprise - Water festival... Was on Koh Samui for it a couple of years back - entire island, 24 hours, water fight! Has to be seen to be believed - I now understand why most people take out money on those days inside two plastic bags 
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The water chucking festival Songkran has already been
Go to Chatuchak market in Bangkok [at end of skytrain line]. Biggest market in world - wooden stuff is good value or maybe you will walk away with a monkey!
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Go to Chatuchak market in Bangkok [at end of skytrain line]. Biggest market in world - wooden stuff is good value or maybe you will walk away with a monkey!
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30 March 2006, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by darren...
If you're there over Easter you could be in for a surprise - Water festival... Was on Koh Samui for it a couple of years back - entire island, 24 hours, water fight! Has to be seen to be believed - I now understand why most people take out money on those days inside two plastic bags
not.going back in december ,can,t wait... if you are in bankok and want some good shopping go to the big shopping mall in the asok area near soi cowboy.Depends on where u stay it is easy to get by the skytrain lots ov desiner shops and good food too but dont drop any litter on the streets in bangkok u will get fined about 2000 bhat as i found out 
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30 March 2006, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Diesel
The water chucking festival Songkran has already been
Go to Chatuchak market in Bangkok [at end of skytrain line]. Biggest market in world - wooden stuff is good value or maybe you will walk away with a monkey!
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Go to Chatuchak market in Bangkok [at end of skytrain line]. Biggest market in world - wooden stuff is good value or maybe you will walk away with a monkey!
D
30 March 2006, 09:45 PM
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MBK Centre (Mah Boon Kong)
Siam Square
Chatuchak market
Patpong night market (for knockoffs and tourist kitsch, bargain heavily - offer 1/10 of the asking price to start and don't pay more than 1/3)
Pratunam market for clothes
Khao Sarn Road
Chinatown
Panthip Plaza (for IT stuff)
And more upmarket
Siam Paragon Complex (Largest shopping centre in BKK, Luxury mega-mall)
Gaysorn plaza
Emporium
And Songkran can be fun but the novelty can wear off very quickly especially after days of being soaked and covered in flour, as a foreigner you are a fair target. Stomach upsets and eye infections are common from the water being thrown at you too.
Siam Square
Chatuchak market
Patpong night market (for knockoffs and tourist kitsch, bargain heavily - offer 1/10 of the asking price to start and don't pay more than 1/3)
Pratunam market for clothes
Khao Sarn Road
Chinatown
Panthip Plaza (for IT stuff)
And more upmarket
Siam Paragon Complex (Largest shopping centre in BKK, Luxury mega-mall)
Gaysorn plaza
Emporium
And Songkran can be fun but the novelty can wear off very quickly especially after days of being soaked and covered in flour, as a foreigner you are a fair target. Stomach upsets and eye infections are common from the water being thrown at you too.
01 April 2006, 07:23 AM
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My diary wrong sorry - maybe its like Easter and TOTALLY unpredictable where we keep it! "Songkran Festival, April 12-15, is the traditional Thai New Year. This is the time for Thais to pay homage to Buddha images, clean their houses, and sprinkle water on their elders in a show of respect. Anyone who ventures out on the streets is likely to get a thorough dousing of water, all in good fun, but also quite welcome at the peak of the hot season"
Take a mac!
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