In Reply to: JBR Thailand posted by vandor on Friday, 11. September 2009 at 11:32 Bali Time:
Since the 80.
Bali is an Island and Thailand is a country?
If you went only to Phuket or Samui then you possibly went to the wrong places!
Bangkok is a big city and also not to everybody's taste.
I will admit that over the past 2 years i have been to Bali more than Thailand for holidays as it can be a lot cheaper at the moment for food and stuff because of the great Rup to Dollar exchange.
But now the Baht is back up to 28 for a Dollar Thailand is a bit more atractive again.
Samui and Phuket are very very expensive compared to the rest of Thailand.
Bangkok can be a bit expensive if you dont know the ropes,but it is a major city.
Thailand is a fantastic country as are most of the people and I love it,cant say the same about Indonesia because i have only been to Bali.
I like Bali a lot but if i could fly to Thailand direct in 3 1/2 hours for the silly prices we are getting in Perth at the moment I would choose Thailand every time.
But if the choice was Bali Phuket or Samui for a holiday I would choose Bali.
I prefer Thailand to the little i have seen of Indonesia,Bali.
But I prefer the island of Bali in Indonesia to the islands of Phuket and Samui in Thailand.
I hope you get a chance to see a bit more of Thailand one day its a fantastic place!