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Maybe not the CC we are all after, but a nice Christmas present from Marriott was my life membership card, in Ti! Would rather it be from Pt, but very nice with name and number inscribed on the back. Could not resist but flashed it booking into the JW in BKK over the weekend and it was the first...

I'm supposed to be transitting on the way to Tirupati in the next two weeks so i will certainly seek it out. But, back onto beer, this was a very nice drop i tasted in the Philippines. I was expecting a lager type copy, but very surprised as very Hoegaarden like in taste, but not colour. Crisp...

Was in Bangalore just before Christmas and stayed at the Sheraton. Went to their rooftop bar (at the World Trade Centre) with an Indian colleague. I ordered a craft Weisse, name escapes me, but the waiter brought out a different beer. After some discussion the reason given was the beer was "out...

Just talking right now in the office to my Thai colleagues its certainly not a farang problem! The GM's daughter was "taken" last weekend where the fare is usually 300 baht, but got hit with 500. She forgot to take the taxi number. GM said one of the rorts has a sort of a button/peddle that they...

That is why i use a lot of public transport.

in context across the taxi world, not a bank breaker for me, but, it is dishonest and illegal fiddling with a meter. I tip well, but the tourist who gets ripped off on this is not good. Can add another $15 - $20 to the taxi fare to a river hotel.

Agree it is a painful way, being on the other side of the airport you know you have been taken to the cleaners. Even worse is that you drive a long way past it too before turning into the airport.

yes some get on the expressway at Bang Na and go on the Pattaya/Chon Buri expressway. This morning i got the motor taxi from the hotel to the BTS, then down to Bang Na. Car from Bang Na, passed the airport and continued for 2 hours, 40 minutes of that on the expressway.

Grab is quite good, ive used it in the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. HCMC was a bit of a struggle though..... Others all OK. its just become one of the standard forms of travel now. Even have a BEAT account in greece.

I was joking!!!!!!

As a frequent traveller, i was thinking of all the ways i have travelled throughout BKK et al. Big bus, little bus, open bus, tuk tuk, taxi, motorbike taxi, motorbike, car, truck, van, in the back of a pick-up (great rides!!!), bicycle, tractor, BTS, MTR, country train, Sleeper train, airport...

not sure how you keep the booking slip other than the printout from the taxi machine, but as a frequent taxi rider here i have a snapshot of his taxi plate. Further, i have a very good friend in security at BKK and he is going crazy over the way i was treated. The driver will now be banned from...

Arrive BKK hotel this morning and front story on the Bangkok Post was reporting on a German report about the hotels, taxi, etc, scam in various parts in Thailand at the moment. Perfect timing as i just had a nasty experience coming from the airport with a taxi whose meter was doctored. As a...

Well my watch is probably really too traditional, doesn't need charging, new batteries or the internet to work, easy to change and see (as you get older) and keeps your hands free. I using it right now (this minute) in SE Asia as i bring in a furnace and its perfect with the loud noises...

That is the challenge Hvr and I've got no solution yet. And they get very frustrated when i call to see how they are from here in Thailand.

Thanks to all of the comments, but i think my job is now to convince them their travelling days are over. Going to be hard because it was a huge feature of their life, at least 3 trips per year for 45 years. Just to answer some of the above; for the past five years J class has been standard...

I've mentioned a number of times in posts here over the years one of strengths of travelling for me was dad and mum's many trips to Thailand (100 +) when we were growing up and travel/asia/people etc, just became the family norm. Unfortunately they have reached that time in life that its...

This one to me was a classic, not because of the beer, but by the alcohol content 4.91%, are you kidding 2 decimal places! The beer itself was not bad a bit like a Toohey's old but a bit lighter in burnt character. Not bad for San Miguel.

Its been some time since I've posted anything, a bit of a personal self-imposed exile after some of the debate on a few threads during the last election. But beer has brought me out, good old beer what can it not do!!!!!!! I've stored a lot of pic's up over the recent months but i do like this...

Galena, you need galena!!!!!! We have all been "lead" astray with this thread............