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A must see for all action fans... Indonesian movie, The Raid - Redemption. Best martial arts action flick i've seen in 20 years + http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1899353/ http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1514381593/

Sounds like its the same direction. Was it easy to get a bus travelling the coastal route? Cost? Any issues at the border? Thanks bb

Great read BB. Lots of fun indeed. Just makes me think its time to get to sihanoukville next year. Has anyone done the trek across the border and through to Koh Chang? Would like to hear about that :)

Despite the world ending on the 21st, any backup plans for Xmas.... just in case??

I half agree

Once I'm retired... the golf courses

Baht bus, decent good value hotels, bantering with the locals with no real expectations like phuket, the dining options on 3rd road, cheap skirt, songkran water festival, Bali pier go kart track, excellent uncrowded movie theaters, the sleaze.

Funny video... exactly my thoughts on the length...

Would have thoughts google maps shoud be fine as long as GPS is active. Other products would require the downloading of a thailand map i would assume.... i.e navigon.

Piece of shit... no offence i looked at one today at work.... ugly and quite frankly so underwhelming I just handed it back.... Im sure you'll appreciate my review DT. But seriously.... worst apple product ive seen in a long while... only redeeming feature is the weight. the overall shape with new dimension is Older models much nicer...

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Damn.... got a 12:45pm on my trip.... looks like the bus to swampy and then taxi..... Nonetheless thanks for posting.

Great weekend of sport.... i know u northern hemisphere folks dont follow Aussie sports much.... but AFL grand final was a great game won by Sydney. & Melbourne Storm won the NRL grand final Hope some of you got to enjoy them

Seven & Dazed and confused both disliking Hangover 2.... i would have never thought Next you gonna tell me Bangkok Dangerous isn't a hidden gem

i own the Galaxy S, SII & SIII. Make sure you buy the SII 4G model if you get one - that way you future proof for LTE newtork use. SIII is far better though and worth a few bucks extra ... You could pick it up for 15000-17000 i would think online.

Dixon, agree on your point regarding Thai pronunciation being spot on. Drives me insane how they seem not to be able to get slightly off Thai & quite frankly it becomes demoralizing. I ordered larb mu from phuket once and had to say it 5 times before someone else took my order. I mean ffs in a restaurant how many other dishes sound exactly like that. I don't know if they are just taking the piss or stupid! Another thing I don't like about the Thai is that they will change language to talk behind your back. I've been udon tanhI and seen the locals switch from english to thai to issan to laos just so other people couldnt understand them. On the flip side I've been treated very well and even given gifts in Korea because I made the effort to speak the language - they really appreciate it.

As for tones... slight pronunciation errors... Managed to tell a guy to get fucked one day at lunch in Korea whilst trying to say the number 18.... slight oops Fortunately his niece was there to clarify the issue and saved my ass :)

For reference honorific is well beyond pronouns. In Korean there are at least 6 different ways to complete a sentence depending on the relationship of the speaker and listener. Of course pronouns change but verbs and nouns can also change depending on the status of the listener. I would expect Japanese to have this issue given the history of the two countries... but I'm not sure.

I'm going with DT on this one. For a native English speaker it's easier to pick up a European language than an Asian language Learning English would be a pain in the ass for anyone. I find Asian languages difficult due to grammar changes, tonal structure & the complex honorific structures. I personally find Japanese the easiest of them to pick up - easy on the ears and the ladies are easy on the eyes!! And due to my Korean exposure I'm okay with the Japanese grammar structures - I never bothered to continue to learn Japanese as I see no need.

Learnt some Korean for a number of years and comes in handy from time to time. Find Asian languages a little difficult but wish my brain would absorb a little more given the time I spent over there.

Save the pain of walking in the hot sun. Just jump on a motorbike taxi and ask to be taken to soi patong-whiskey.

Pacific breeze is a good establishment. It has a sister hotel called central park which is currently under renovation. A cheaper option which allows clients to use pacific breeze facilities. Rooms have good sized safes and lan internet.

Just had a look at airport to patong... 650.... WOW ... last time i did that i think a tad over 400... patong to airport 800.... to Kamala 400.... :search:

Was under the impression she worked in Bali...

I've thought about it... trust me... only a quick plane ride away!! Then I remind myself.... Thailand isn't that long to go... pull out my porn collection & get on with business :)