Can anyone suggest me good films set in Thailand? Preferably like The Beach?
The Beach is my favorite film, so a film like that, set in Thailand would be amazing. Ive seen Bangkok Dangerous which I was a bit disappointed with to be honest. Ive been to Thailand many times and love watching films set there. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks!
I watched Brokedown Palace in the end - http://www.megavideo.com/?d=57GP6MVX Worth a watch but if youv'e never been Thailand and dont know what it is really like it could put you off lol
Why Does Italian Food Seem Like Such a Poor Value?
I've lived in San Francisco Bay Area my entire life. There are many Italian restaurants in North Beach. I've also eaten at the fast food type establishments like Olive Garden. To me, a modest plate of pasta with tomato sauce and 3 little pieces of green veggies should not cost more than $11. Some people say, "Oh, it's the ambience that you are paying for." The atmosphere at Italian Restaurants is supposed to be something intimate and special.
I don't understand it. Maybe it's because I'm Chinese and most of the Chinese Restaurants in the San Francisco area are dirt cheap compared to the Italian eateries. But I'd rather eat on a plastic chair sitting next to a busy street breathing in auto fumes for $4 slurping on a huge bowl of freshly cooked egg noodles in chicken broth with tender beef strips, bean sprouts, and a fistfull of cabbage rather than a candlelit dinner with spaghetti, glass of wine, and 3 small pieces of broccoli eaten on a real table cloth for $22 which is exactly what I paid last time I ate at an Italian Restaurant in San Francisco.
It's not just San Francisco that Italian food seems to represent poor value. I've been to Thailand as well, where Pasta and Noodles charged me $32 for a plate of salmon, pasta, glass of wine, and another dish. Every place I've ever been, the Italian restaurants charge a lot of money and don't offer much in return. I've also been to China, and Cancun Mexico and again, the Italian eateries always offered the smallest amount of food for the greatest price.
My brother told me he found a great Italian restaurant near 1st St. in New York. This was prior to 2005, but they charged around $10 for a heaping plate of pasta, enough for 3 days. If they had an Italian restaurant in SF that offered 3 days of pasta for $10 I would be all over that.
Thanks everyone for your responses. Italian food is one of my favorites as well which is why I posted my question. I don't like having to pay $13 for a small plate of pasta and 4 small pieces of asparagus.
And I'm not going to the high end places either. I've tried Italian restaurants all over, if it's too expensive I leave, but there aren't any cheap Italian restaurants as far as I know in the SF Bay Area.
As far as Rush is a Devil Racists' Comments take a look at Olive Garden in Palo Alto: $15 for spaghetti and meatballs?!? $13.75 for small plate of fettuccini alfredo?!? Those are budget prices? Those are not budget prices. That's expensive and you called Olive Garden a budget restaurant. And none of those dishes come with steak either.
Will American citizens be making any more foreign disaster donations? Like they did the Tsunami relief fund?
What happen to the Tsunami relief fund? No one can forget the weeping faces of the fishing families and other victims like them in Thailand, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka, on December 26th, 2004. Governments were SLOW to respond, but the private sector was swift with their donations, which came from school children’s bake sales, bottle drives, musicians concerts, religious groups and so forth. These ordinary citizens then demanded their governments match their generosity with official aid. As a result, in 6 months, $13 BILLION was raised – a world record.
Sri Lanka’s president, Chandrika Kumaratunga, interpreted the tsunami as divine punishment for failing to sell off Sri Lanka’s beaches and forests, as proposed by USAID, the World Bank and the Asian Development bank, just 2 years earlier. These groups saw Sri Lanka as a high-end tourist destination. There was one major problem though. Millions of people would have to leave traditional villages to free up the beaches and the land for resorts and highways. Then, along came the tsunami that changed everything. Sri Lanka, thanks to years of warfare, had driven itself deep into debt buying weapons. It was not in the position to deal with the devastating disaster. It was forced to turn to the likes of the IMF, the World Bank and the US Treasury. This aid of course, came at a price; a price you cannot put a $dollar value to. In exchange for financial aid, Sri Lanka was forced to auction off much of their “state” (public) owned land to FOREIGN multinational corporations.
To make a very long story as short as possible, OUR (mine and your) donations were used to construct foreign owned tourist facilities on the beach front that used to be occupied by local fishermen for hundreds of years.
We can no longer rely on our organizations to deliver our well meant relief dollars to the rightful victims. Corporate greed stands in the way.
Source: The Shock Doctrine, The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by journalist, Naomi Klein
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Name five places you’d like to travel to (And Why?)?
Koh Samet, Thailand- The beaches are gorgeous! And it's so serene.
Helsinki, Finland- I'm Finnish, and it sounds amazing.
Moscow, Russia- Russia sounds really neat, and the mosques are beautiful.
Sydney, Austrailia- The opera house! 
Tokyo, Japan- The city life, and shopping.
Lol, brookie, I live by LA and love it. 
I have a weird like scar or mark on my arm, what can it be (see below)?
I was swimming at a beach (in Thailand) at night like a week ago and I felt on my arm it started like itching and burning, I thought it was either a mosquito bite or a cut. When I came out of the water, I couldn't really see much but a little red dot. Then the next 2 days it continued burning and hurting. After that the pain went away but the dot got bigger, (less than 1 cm) stayed the same size and doesn't go away. What can it be?
What is the weather like in India and / or Thailand during August and September?
I am looking to travel through South and southeast asia during the summer months. I understand that August and September is the monsoon season in much of Southern Asia. After looking up seasonal weather data for some cities like New Delhi and Phuket, I learned that these areas get as much as 10 inches of rain a month during this time. However, these numbers down really mean a whole lot to me conceptually. Can someone tell me what a typical day is like in one of these areas affected by the monsoons? I.e. how many hours a day does it rain? Does it rain everyday? Is it more of a light rain or does it come down in buckets? Does the monsoon season make going to beaches during these months practically impossible? Does the sun come out a few hours almost everyday despite the rain?
Also, I realize that the answer to this question depends somewhat on exactly what city we're talking about, but any experience you have for a particular city affected by the monsoon would help. Thanks
I want to visit countries like Brazil, Peru, Columbia Mexico, India, Places in Africa, Thailand etc.. to help.?
Hello friends, I want to visit those countries above I know they are poor, but my Goal is to visit them to specifically put a smile on a childs face, even if its one child per country, I visited Mexico this year and it was for holiday purposes and had a great time on the beach and meeting local people and eating coconuts. I also made many Children smile just by giving them a hug and money not much either. But I want to at least visit 5 countries in this List and make those poor children smile because they have the most beautiful smile ever. I want to know friends what do you think? im 25 now and im not rich but this is a goal for me, I hope to make money and do good with it, what is your take on what im telling you? do you have any quotes and wisdom words to encourage me more? I love you thanks for the help
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