shoturtle
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relax, you take this to seriously. you do not have to keep reading.
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I doubt Turtle will move on Steve. He's got some "superior (German?) stubborn firepower" running in his veins and will not give up.
I give up though.... I really do on this one!
Leonardo has a house on Koh Lanta it is even mark on some of the tourist maps, the island is not a pack as phuket. The beaches are nice. I drove down from Krabi for a day trip. Well worth the visit. Down by the ferry port, it do tend to be quite touristy.
People say to rent a scooter to get around, but be warn there in no insurance for tourist in thailand for scooters. No matter what the rental agency say. You bang it up, even if it is not your fault, you pay for the repairs. If you rent a car, go to AAA or Canadian equivalent to have an international lic issue. The police sometimes ticket the tourist because it is a easy fine.
If you are spending anytime in Bangkok, and want to high end evening go to the Scirocco it is a great bar in a high rise hotel, There are 4 bars and restaurants in that high rise, they do have a dress code. no sandals and well dressed. Go just before sunset, and it is an incredible view.
Yeah I had seen warning os the scooter rentals all over the place so had decided to steer clear. We are staying just south of the ferry terminal I believe.....like 2 or 3 kilometers. I hope to day trip into Krabi once or twice. We are there for 13 nights so I hope to get several days of diving in and many topside things as well. I will say that information does seem to be somewhat limited on exactly what there is to do and where things are.....but I suppose that goes for many vacation destinations. Our trip starts with one night in Phuket and then 3 nights in Kao Sok at a wedding.
We will be in Bangkok for 3 nights at the end of our trip so I will try to find Scirocco.
With the scirocco, just ask the bell captian at the hotel you are staying at they will let you know if you are dress right to get in. It is pretty easy to find, it is on silom road, down by the river at the end of silom road.
I don't want to get into the discussion, because there really is no point at all in these kind of 'discussions'. But I do want to add one thing. It was me (so I guess you mean 'one poster' with 'them') telling the 'big hotel chain advice' was bad. The reason: in general these hotels are for the same quality more expensive than the more local hotels. Plus there is the whole atmosphere, more Thai feeling with the local hotels, etc. And to implicate that the big hotel chains offer more security:No if you read the thread, they said that it is bad advice to tell people to stay at a big name hotel because it is overpaying, if they want to add feeling of security.