Post: #26

Haha, I remember reading that Dash brought a pillow, comforter and bedding to Korea.

Post: #27

Don't bring: white women.

Post: #28

Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar (with mother) is also in supermarkets in Bkk.

Best lube I"ve found is (American) AstroGlide. Bought some in Boots or Watsons in Bkk.

I use Sensodyne toothpaste. For some odd reason it is much cheaper in SEA supermarkets than in the West.

Oddly, it's hard to find quality virgin coconut oil in Manila. (The healthiest oil you can consume)

Post: #29

(01-03-2014 03:39 AM)Antipodean Wrote:  Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar (with mother) is also in supermarkets in Bkk.

Best lube I"ve found is (American) AstroGlide. Bought some in Boots or Watsons in Bkk.

I use Sensodyne toothpaste. For some odd reason it is much cheaper in SEA supermarkets than in the West.

Oddly, it's hard to find quality virgin coconut oil in Manila. (The healthiest oil you can consume)

Try Mercury drug for the coconut oil. Here in Cebu they sell 100% virgin, organic coco oil for 200 pesos per 250ml. It's called 'prosource virgin'.

Just checked the bottle and it's packaged in Metro Manila. Coconut oil is magic stuff.

Post: #30

Bring an electrical adapter. My Hong Kong trip was ruined cause I could not charge any of my electronics.

If you travel a lot, bring a battery pack so you can charge your stuff away from electronics(busses/ferries etc..)

Post: #31

Bring a beard trimmer. You will pay out the ass for one in every place I went.

Gotta keep the hedges looking good.

Also, powdered supplements will clump up from humidity, compensate with the special little pouches.

Condoms weren't hard for me to find in Asian and I'm pretty big. It was actually a lot of fun to ask the cute girls in the pharmacies for the larger condoms. They would giggle to each other and i would shrug with mock embarrassment.

The measurements are in mm on the package usually.

(Though i mostly rawdogged)

Post: #32

What's 13 inches in millimeters?

Post: #33

(01-03-2014 02:21 PM)Enigma Wrote:  What's 13 inches in millimeters?

330mm or 33cm or 3.3dm.
https://www.google.se/search?q=13+inches...3&ie=UTF-8

I had bought a pack of condoms in the Philippines and it would only go halfway, with some force.

Post: #34

Apple products are also quite cheap. At least cheaper than in Europe.
I bought an Iphone 5 in Cambodia this time last year. Saved about 200$ if I remember right.

Post: #35

How hard is it to find a good slow cooker?

Post: #36

1kg of pure heroin in your bag. Never a good choice for SEA

Post: #37

(01-09-2014 02:42 PM)Enigma Wrote:  How hard is it to find a good slow cooker?

Are you looking for a girl or an appliance?

I fairly sure I've seen them in appliance stores.
The major chains have everything else you will find in the west, except I've noticed that dishwashers are not so common. They probably use girls for that!

Post: #38

Slow cooker for $50 at Tesco. Though it's more of a boil-the-shit-out-of-your-food-after-two-hours cooker.

I wish my condo had a dish washer. I guess most people who can afford a dish washer can afford a full time maid though, so they're not common.

Post: #39

(01-10-2014 04:26 AM)RioNomad Wrote:  Slow cooker for $50 at Tesco. Though it's more of a boil-the-shit-out-of-your-food-after-two-hours cooker.

I wish my condo had a dish washer. I guess most people who can afford a dish washer can afford a full time maid though, so they're not common.

If I had a large family to care for I'd use a dish washer, but just for myself I prefer washing by hand. That way dishes are cleaner, it's easier on them, and you save energy and capital. Getting a maid for doing that would be embarrassing for me.

Post: #40

(01-10-2014 04:26 AM)RioNomad Wrote:  Slow cooker for $50 at Tesco. Though it's more of a boil-the-shit-out-of-your-food-after-two-hours cooker.

I wish my condo had a dish washer. I guess most people who can afford a dish washer can afford a full time maid though, so they're not common.

I hate doing dishes.

I've read that the nicer rice cookers can do the same shit as a slow cooker but the price on both is so high over there. You can get a decent Crock Pot for like $15 in the US. It's not like $50 is some crazy amount of money, it just sucks because someone gave me a brand new one the other day

Post: #41

Bring any shirts that you want to have tailored. They do a better job than the alterations-drycleaners back home, figures since the local tailors have experience making clothes by hand and in factories.

Bring and wear clothing that will set you apart from typical Gringo / Indian crowd, keep in mind 100% humidity. It seemed like the better quality clothing gets shipped out to the 1st world. And you don't want to waste too much time shopping anyways.

I don't think you need a slow cooker, when every street corner has a hawker whose food is tastier than any SEA restaurant back home, and dirt cheap. You could bring an insulated container to put it in to bring it back to your apt.

Or pop a squat with the rest of us

Post: #42

(01-10-2014 02:17 PM)PoosyWrecker Wrote:  Bring any shirts that you want to have tailored. They do a better job than the alterations-drycleaners back home, figures since the local tailors have experience making clothes by hand and in factories.

Bring and wear clothing that will set you apart from typical Gringo / Indian crowd, keep in mind 100% humidity. It seemed like the better quality clothing gets shipped out to the 1st world. And you don't want to waste too much time shopping anyways.

I don't think you need a slow cooker, when every street corner has a hawker whose food is tastier than any SEA restaurant back home, and dirt cheap. You could bring an insulated container to put it in to bring it back to your apt.

Or pop a squat with the rest of us

Any suggestions for clothing that would set u apart?

Post: #43

Edit: wrong thread.

Post: #44

(12-28-2013 05:27 PM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  Don't bring pussy.

Hahaha! That'd be like packing your own lunch and going to a buffet.

(12-28-2013 04:59 PM)Enigma Wrote:  I'm not talking about a basic packing list but items that are either very expensive/hard to get/poor quality in Thailand, the Phils, Vietnam, Indonesia, etc. The other side of the coin is just as important...no need to waste packing space on something that is very common and/or cheap in that area.

For instance, a few guys have mentioned that it's hard to find good whey protein at a reasonable price in Thailand. I think I saw someone mention something about sunscreen being pricey out that way too?

What supplements, toiletries, clothes, electronics, food, etc. did you have difficulties getting in SEA? What stuff can you get a better value on there?

I'll be out there soon myself and I'm sure other guys could benefit from the info.

The rest of the guys here have excellent suggestions. As a rule of thumb, any electronics, software, any type of special formula or supplements and any brand names are more expensive in SEA simply because of import fees and taxes. Anything that is grown, produced or manufactured there should be taken advantage of. Also, labor is cheap, so I make good use of traveling masseurs, weekend maids, and services like what DirectDanger recently brought to our attention: Uber, to hook you up with a driver.

Some other things you might find useful that I haven't yet seen on here:

1) Grid-it organizer, great for all your cords and headphones and pens and stuff.

2) I carry a cheap wallet with $20 on it as a throwaway for any potential pickpockets or muggers. I keep my credit cards and IDs and larger cash in one of these water proof "wallets" you can hang around your neck.

3) I know it is humid as hell in SEA, but my bro got me one of these James Bond-like jacket/vests and it came in really handy for carrying stuff.

4) Credit Cards are getting more and more easy to use out there. Save yourself 2-5% in Foreign Transaction Fees per purchase. A Capital One card has no FTFs.

5) Exchanging currencies and bringing cash is easier by using local bank ATMs. Charles Schwab's High Yield Investor Checking Account Debit Card reimburses all ATM fees worldwide every month. The cash you withdraw is automatically converted into the local currency using the official exchange rate, so no money-changer-or-airport-stick-it-to-you-sucker-punch-shark fees.

Hope these help.

Post: #45

(01-10-2014 04:32 AM)Handsome Creepy Eel Wrote:  

(01-10-2014 04:26 AM)RioNomad Wrote:  Slow cooker for $50 at Tesco. Though it's more of a boil-the-shit-out-of-your-food-after-two-hours cooker.

I wish my condo had a dish washer. I guess most people who can afford a dish washer can afford a full time maid though, so they're not common.

If I had a large family to care for I'd use a dish washer, but just for myself I prefer washing by hand. That way dishes are cleaner, it's easier on them, and you save energy and capital. Getting a maid for doing that would be embarrassing for me.

You get embarrassed quite easily. I've never been embarrassed to have someone wash my dishes, sweep and mop my floors, clean my shower and scrub my toilet.

If you cook three meals a day like I do in a Thai sized kitchen, which means a small single sink with virtually no counter space, you'd know how much of a pain in the ass it is, and how much time it takes, to wash dishes 2-3x daily. I'd rather spend that time being productive, as opposed to doing routine work that a monkey could do.

Post: #46

The problem with street food is it is shit quality food being cooked by people with dubious hygiene and zero knowledge of basic food handling practices. Not to mention the low quality oils, msg, tons of sugar, etc. they put in that shit. I feel exponentially more healthy and energetic since I've limited that shit from my diet.

Street food is unhealthy as fuck. I once ordered some grilled chicken and asked them to cut it up for me. What did they do? Put it on the same cutting board as the raw chicken, and cut it up with the same.exact knife that they were just cutting said raw chicken with. Needless to say, I didn't eat it.

Also, if you want a meal not packed with rice or noodles, it isn't so easy to get. High carb diets fucked me up for years, and I didn't even know it until recently. I feel so much better. No more energy crashes and cravings. I'm a believer.

ok, so tldr, cook your own meals if you want to stay healthy in Thailand.

Post: #47

@Scott Free: That Scottevest site is crazy.

@Rio: Agreed. I'm a lazy fucking cook but I'm not trying to survive off street food or take-out.

Post: #48

if your tall and have bring feet, bring enough clothes and shoes to last you the whole trip. Could have problems otherwise finding clothes that fit.

Post: #49

What I'm saying is you will do way better if you never walk around in sandals, cargo shorts and a Beer Chang tank.

That vest is way too hot to wear in SEA unless you're out visiting the hill tribes.

This is from the perspective of a guy who relocated long term to BKK who can pass for native, a White or South Asian dude should still be able to use this info. Well, might be a lot trickier for the latter.

If you need to carry stuff get a lightweight attache from Ferragamo or Zegna or something that looks similar, with both handles and a detachable strap. The strap gets wound thru the chair your sitting on to deter theft, and so you don't have to set your bag on the nasty floors in the bathrooms. The handles should be made of leather not vinyl to absorb the sweat from your hands instead of turning into scum but this isn't huge.

Every 18-40 White guy with a 6+ Thai girl I met or saw in public during the day was dressed like so, similar to how I was dressed:




These guys are wearing jeans but what you can try is bring pants that fit perfectly and have a local tailor duplicate them using fabric you pick out. Their suit jackets might not always turn out right, but pants are hard to screw up. Don't forget that you can only wear pants for a few hours before they have to go into the hamper. Notice how high up the bottoms of the shirts are and how the waist and sleeves fit follow, you can have all that done at the tailors. I would pair with some nice shoes though I see the locals wearing chucks so it might not even matter.

At night you can keep the same thing but I used to swap the shirt out for something more interesting, sometimes gaudy. My douchebag striped collared shirts got a new lease on life after I brought them over left them there for when I visit SEA, cause its not douchey when every other dude in the club looks like they still have on their university uniform or just got out of the office while you're wearing a pimp Bertigo. At night I would wear black puma speed cats cause they're likely to get pretty dirty and scuffed. You can get them for $30 - 40 by signing up for the puma mailing list, they have a sale every 4 or 5 months... I wouldn't pay more than that for them.





So if you want to get your hair cut and styled right you got to go to this place in the mall like Central World, I can't remember the name but its got artificial turf covered seats in the front. It costs more than the neighborhood spot but the stylists there will get you looking like a superstar as the Thai's like to say.

In your laptop / attache you can carry your Macbook Air and dongle, baht coins, game phone, sunglasses, condoms, wet wipes and toilet paper cause a lot of bathroom stalls won't have it, stomach medications buy these at the local pharmacy ahead of time because when the runs gets to you it'll strike like lightning, passport, cologne, smokes, bankroll and business cards and and card case for the ones given to you, oh yeah small umbrella if its the season. In my pockets the only things I carried was my apt key and card, a slim wallet of breathable fabric, business phone, and I put headphones in here if I was going to get a massage. Anything in your pockets can get soaked, you're in the jungle. Same reason you don't want a backpack it will get stuck to your back, that and all the backpackers have them.

So if you got to get online I would get a 3G dongle (might be 4G by the time you get there) because the internet cafes are full of kids playing video games and I only met one broad in all the times I went. I would post up in a cafe in one of the malls and sit at the table where I could see the most broads coming and going, that I could also get up and out to meet them quickly. It's easier if you have a stand for your laptop to keep the monitor near eye level.

If you're planning to use Thaifriendly and all those sites I would save about thirty pictures that I liked and outsource to Philippines like Tim Ferris did, have your assistants contact the broads, take care of the back and forth messaging, funnel you the ones that are in your town, dtf, have all their teeth etc. In addition I would hire some Thais to create a profile and do the same on the Thai-language dating sites. Livingthai.org has good info from our perspective.

I went to a Uni English dept to offer to help with English practice in exchange for Thai and was enthusiastically received by the instructor who passed my email out to her classes, I got a couple of emails off that one teacher alone. There are not nearly as many good looking broads at Thai Uni as there are in the US but I still think it is a good angle to get into a few middle class social circles.

So you want to meet the upper tier of girls what I would do is find out where the more expensive women who work at places like The Lord or at the G clubs go to eat after their shift end around midnight. You will probably have to know how to speak some Thai and ask a several late night moto drivers, this will take some leg work but I can't think of a better way to meet the hottest DTF girls short of going into the hi-end brothels/clubs and using the ideas from thegmanifesto strip club guidebook and McQueens books.

Unexpectedly had to leave BKK so these last two ideas I never got the chance to follow up on, but I will get back to you guys next time I'm out there in a few months. Along with some one of a kind restaurants that aren't in English language websites or guides.

Post: #50

I used to dress like that during the day when I was first here. Better for day game, but I don't need to day game as my night game is pretty unreal.

night time I would would a shirt/chinos and shoes and would kill.

During the time time I started to wear t-shirts, shorts and trainers after a few months in. I couldn't be bothered to walk around in the heat sweating for these girls wearing shirts and jeans. Thai girls have about as much intelligence as a grain of rice, i realized quite quickly that I am better then 99% of them (and women in general, like most guys) and just realized I couldn't give a f***.

But getting girls is never my top priority when im out during the day.