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Thailand

  • 13-04-2014 8:19pm
    #1
    alex111
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭


    Hi

    I'm heading to Thailand for the summer alone, want to know if there is many irish bars over in Bangkok and does anyone have any tips or advice for me

    thanks


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  • #2
    beano345
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,105 ✭✭✭beano345


    alex111 wrote: »
    Hi

    I'm heading to Thailand for the summer alone, want to know if there is many irish bars over in Bangkok and does anyone have any tips or advice for me

    thanks

    There's a few probably not as many as other cities,one on khao San road as far as I remember.tips : make sure you agree a price with a taxi driver before you get in at the airport their notorious for trying to rip you off,stick to your guns and they'll come back over and agree eventually.I'm hoping to head back over next year,you'll have a blast


  • #3
    alex111
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭alex111


    Thank you for the reply, I will do my best to haggle with the taxi men :) is it better to book hotels before I go or just arrive in Bangkok and pick a hotel that looks good :)


  • #4
    beano345
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,105 ✭✭✭beano345


    alex111 wrote: »
    Thank you for the reply, I will do my best to haggle with the taxi men :) is it better to book hotels before I go or just arrive in Bangkok and pick a hotel that looks good :)

    I just arrived mind you I wasn't staying in hotels was more renting a room or a room in a guest house on khao San road far cheaper and right in backpacker central


  • #5
    mickman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,661 ✭✭✭mickman


    be prepared for plenty roaches and mosquito bites if you stay in the khao san road


  • #6
    geecee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 916 ✭✭✭geecee


    beano345 wrote: »
    make sure you agree a price with a taxi driver before you get in at the airport their notorious for trying to rip you off

    My advice would be to NEVER haggle with a Thai taxi driver
    Insist he turns on the meter and pay what ever the meter says... If he won't turn on the meter get into the next taxi...
    The driver will never haggle to less than the meter price so the meter will always be cheapest!


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  • #7
    Blitzkrieger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,660 ✭✭✭Blitzkrieger


    Try O'Reilly's Irish Pub, 62 Silom Rd. It's a fair bit away from Khao San Road, but a fair few ex-pats seem to hang around there. It's not far from Pat Pong and whatever metro stop that is. I'd definitely have a hotel booked before I get there, if only for a few days so you can get yourself orientated.

    What exactly are you planning on doing in Thailand for the summer? Are you working or just on a holiday? Bear in mind that things are much cheaper up north, but no matter where you are it's worth looking around a bit for the best deals. You never have to go far from tourist central to find someone doing meals/laundry/whatever cheaper.


  • #8
    anto9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 883 ✭✭✭anto9


    Plenty of Irish bars in Bangkok.Today the Army have taken over though and anounced a Nation wide curfew from 10 pm till 5 am .Dont know how long it will last though .
    I live up in Chiang Mai but some Irish bars i know in Bangkok are ,The Dubliner Sukhumvit around Soi 22 i think .Hanratty Soi 4 lower Sukhumvit.OReilly as mentioned before on Salom .Another Irish bar on Soi Coventry,Salom ,maybe called Molly malones ?


  • #9
    dellas1979
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,128 ✭✭✭dellas1979


    Hello,

    If you ever need somwhere to stay (or something happens) I stayed in a hotel here: http://www.renohotel.co.th (right in Siem Square and MBK center) and they were really nice people. Bout e25 for night.

    Bangkok tho for 2/3 months to live...I managed 4 days there as a tourist and did not like it (I think its a love it or hate it place). I think if we had moved out towards the suburbs for a bit of green. We did get to Kanchanaburi (and stayed in chalets down by the river quai and had a very, shall we say, nutty night!).

    Yes, metered taxis in Bangkok are cheaper - with the pink interior (they run on some kind of gas cylinder rather than actual petrol).

    As already mentioned, there is a big military presence in Bangkok at the mo, and you are advised to register with the Department of Foreign affairs if travelling there.


  • #10
    Ed_Stephens
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 227 ✭✭Ed_Stephens


    I've no idea why you want to travel halfway around the world to drink in Irish bars but there are a few, the one mentioned above on Soi 4 is called Hanrahans and does some very good food both Thai and European. Irish bars in Thailand aren't like in other countries, don't expect Irish people working there and only a few will drink there, they'll be overpriced too. Far better to try the open air beer bars, you'll meet people of all walks of life there and the beer is cheaper too especially if you stick to the local Chang or Singha beers.


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