Meridian007

Dorry said:

If you want to try the one near ABAC, but don't want to take a taxi, the klong boats might be your answer. You can catch one from downtown, I'd suggest either the one near MBK or the one near Pratunam, and take it to the stop called "Ramkamhaeng 29".

From there, follow everyone else out to the street (a bit of a walk), then turn right and go over the pedestrian bridge in front of the Big C mall. Walk away from Ramkamhaeng Road on the the left side of the street, follow it around a small curve and you can wait for a share taxi there that will bring you to ABAC.

What is the name of this restaurant? I've never had mohinga, and I'd like to try it.

BuckarooBanzai, on 2011-04-01 12:27:17, said:

Thanks! That is exactly what I needed, but I was only looking in this subsection.

scotbeve, on 2011-04-01 11:09:28, said:

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Sadly, investigative journalism is difficult to find anywhere in the world right now, the term "independent media" has become an oxymoron.

I wonder if this is related to the hotel deaths that happened in Koh PhiPhi a few years ago? See here: http://articles.cnn....-woman?_s=PM:US

What are they using in Thai hotels that is killing people?

I've always thought that these shops were just a front for the pla-ra industry!

Hey guys, try to be a little more understanding, please.

Different people have different reactions to addiction, both physical and psychological (especially psychological). Cigarette addiction is said to be more difficult in some ways to break than heroin!

AussieKenny: It's great that you were able to quit "cold turkey", keep it up! Be careful though, I started when I was 13, smoked until I got married at 23, quit for 11 years until I got divorced, and have been on again, off again social smoking for the past five. I never thought I'd pick up another cigarette, and I felt the same way about quitting that you do, but I've since realised that "Once a smoker, always a smoker". It all comes down to your willpower and peer group. I fight the urge every time I go out drinking with friends who smoke. Again, congratulations on keeping off the cigarettes for so long, but be careful, it's easy to fall off the wagon!

IMA_FARANG: Feel lucky that you have never smoked! I always tell people who have never smoked that they made one of the best decisions of their lives, and that they should never, under any circumstances, start smoking. You carry it with you for the rest of your life. Even if you successfully quit, it's always there on some level, poking at you once your triggers are hit.
You should read the rest of this whole thread, an earlier poster described the e-cigarette. It does contain nicotene, (in some critiques, it contains too much), but you can purchase different strengths, which is why it is useful in slowly curbing the physical addiction. This is better than a regular cigarette because of the extra 400-4000 (? - just referencing another post in this thread) chemicals in a lit cigarette. The glycol is just a form of alcohol used to vaporize the nicotene, and is not the same as is used in antifreeze. There are many different types, Propylene, Butylene, Pentylene, Hexylene, and Caprylyl, to name a few.

Is an e-cigarette good for you? No, but I think it has to be looked at in comparison to a regular cigarette. This is what a recent study concluded: http://www.physorg.c...cigarettes.html

It is merely an aid to slowly wean a person off of nicotine, and the associated psychological addiction. This is why it still looks similar to a cigarette. The habit formed by "sticking that thing in your mouth" and holding on to it, is much harder to break than the physical addiction. You become used to having it in your hand, and especially if you have a nervous disposition, it gives you something to fidget with. I think the psychological aspect may be why so many people pick up smoking. It gives you something to do when you don't know what to do with you hands, (cue jokes here ), but you want to "seem" relaxed.

It's easy to criticise, but I think you guys should be more empathetic to these people who are trying to kick an awful habit.

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I almost forgot,
OliverPludra: Where on Yaowarat did you find these? What cross road? Thanx!