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[WinnieTheKhwai]

> (How many go-go bar do you need?)

31.

[Robroy]

WinnieTheKhwai, on 2009-11-05 23:48:04, said:

Chiang Mai is terrible.. it's boring, no nightlife worthy of the word 'life', it's polluted, congested, unsafe, ugly with all the concrete box type architecture, ugly electrical and telephone wiring all over the place, stench of (almost) open sewers, many areas in town are prone to flooding, you can't own houses or land, you're effectively illiterate unless you learn the local script, few people speak good English, Fugitive ex PM Thaksin is from Chiang Mai, beer is expensive and not very good, the food's too spicy and comes from open air markets where flies and bacteria are all over, (this is why the only topic you can talk to other expats about is where to find a half decent hamburger), you'll be ripped off for everything you want to buy (including that hamburger), Chiang Mai is an arts & culture Sahara, for nightlife you better really enjoy "Kantoke Dinner" because everything else is a joke, the weather ranges from 'very uncomfortable' to 'downright toxic' with the possible exception of a couple weeks in December or January.. I could go on. Look at Channel 18, even the panda's are depressed, and they're supposedly the main attraction! Yes, a Panda Jail is actually a main attraction, go figure.

Satire or not, the above is largely true. It's physically quite difficult - traffic, footpaths, etc.

However it is the most interesting place I've lived in - tho that would depend on what scene you plugged into: an interesting spectrum of expats & Thais (& Burmese, tribes, et al).

I left because the Thais burn their rice crops each year, & the smoke pollution went on for many weeks - killing 58 people (& nearly me) & causing 300,000 (sic.) to seek medical treatment.

However I still miss the place.

Anyone jaded by Chiang Mai should pay a visit to Phnom Penh, where I live now. That would probably cure you.

[Priceless]

Robroy, on 2009-11-09 03:11:31, said:

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I left because the Thais burn their rice crops each year, & the smoke pollution went on for many weeks - killing 58 people (& nearly me) & causing 300,000 (sic.) to seek medical treatment.
[...]

Have you got a (reliable) source for the above?

/ Priceless

[uptheos]

WinnieTheKhwai, on 2009-11-09 09:09:17, said:

> (How many go-go bar do you need?)

31.

So in September, April, June and November you visit at least one of them twice and in February you visit three of them at least twice.....that right?

[jackr]

KevinHunt, on 2009-11-06 02:30:51, said:

PS . when did the spell-check on TV start? Great idea.

Back for more, Mike? That'll be your browser btw.

On CM, long way from the outlaws

[KevinHunt]

jackr, on 2009-11-09 11:26:12, said:

KevinHunt, on 2009-11-06 02:30:51, said:

PS . when did the spell-check on TV start? Great idea.

Back for more, Mike? That'll be your browser btw.

On CM, long way from the outlaws

At this time of year, with the sunny days with clear blue skies and fresh, cool evenings  (I can't comment on the mornings!) then I reckon it has to be the best weather possible. Absolutely perfick (as Pa Larkins would say). 

[uptheos]

KevinHunt, on 2009-11-09 13:38:10, said:

jackr, on 2009-11-09 11:26:12, said:

KevinHunt, on 2009-11-06 02:30:51, said:

PS . when did the spell-check on TV start? Great idea.

Back for more, Mike? That'll be your browser btw.

On CM, long way from the outlaws

At this time of year, with the sunny days with clear blue skies and fresh, cool evenings (I can't comment on the mornings!) then I reckon it has to be the best weather possible. Absolutely perfick (as Pa Larkins would say).

Absolutely.......at this time of year!

[scotbeve]

November is my favorite month in CM!!

[WinnieTheKhwai]

uptheos, on 2009-11-09 12:14:14, said:

WinnieTheKhwai, on 2009-11-09 09:09:17, said:

> (How many go-go bar do you need?)

31.

So in September, April, June and November you visit at least one of them twice and in February you visit three of them at least twice.....that right?

I might only visit 5 or 6 regularly, but I don't like to feel constrained. It's good to have the others for backup.

For example, Pattaya seems to have hundreds of them, but realistically while there I visit just a handful. Still, you have to keep your relationship with life exciting, which means occasionally trying a new bar, to keep things fresh.

Diversity is good. Don't take my word for it, ask God.

Edited by WinnieTheKhwai, 2009-11-09 15:00:08.

[uptheos]

WinnieTheKhwai, on 2009-11-09 14:58:17, said:

uptheos, on 2009-11-09 12:14:14, said:

WinnieTheKhwai, on 2009-11-09 09:09:17, said:

> (How many go-go bar do you need?)

31.

So in September, April, June and November you visit at least one of them twice and in February you visit three of them at least twice.....that right?

I might only visit 5 or 6 regularly, but I don't like to feel constrained. It's good to have the others for backup.

For example, Pattaya seems to have hundreds of them, but realistically while there I visit just a handful. Still, you have to keep your relationship with life exciting, which means occasionally trying a new bar, to keep things fresh.

Diversity is good. Don't take my word for it, ask God.

A 'back up' go go bar.....now there's a face loser for the girls if ever there was one.

[caf]

KevinHunt, on 2009-11-09 13:38:10, said:

jackr, on 2009-11-09 11:26:12, said:

KevinHunt, on 2009-11-06 02:30:51, said:

PS . when did the spell-check on TV start? Great idea.

Back for more, Mike? That'll be your browser btw.

On CM, long way from the outlaws

At this time of year, with the sunny days with clear blue skies and fresh, cool evenings (I can't comment on the mornings!) then I reckon it has to be the best weather possible. Absolutely perfick (as Pa Larkins would say).

As I've told you a million times before, Kevin. Don't exaggerate.