Suggestions for other areas that have. Other attractions.
Okay guys, I just got back from the DR, and it was great. But I am so ready to go back to Asia. A return to the LOS is in the cards, but I want advice on some places that have good attractions in addition to some worthwhile mongering opportunities. Your suggestions will be to the benefit of many others, besides myself, who can imagine a Thailand beyond BKK and Patts. Not that those two places aren't fun. But, I am still a serious tourist who loves to visit World Heritage sites, meet the real people and of course enjoy a bargain vacation in the process.
Maybe I should define what I mean by "worthwhile mongering opportunities". I look for places where you can meet pleasant girls without too much hassle. I actually like the looks of ordinary Thai girls, so I am not looking for something that looks like an anime from a Japanese cartoon. I seek out good performers, not beauties, and my experience has been the more that you pay the less you get. My latest trip to the Dominican Republic, confirmed my experience that price tends to have a negative correlation to quality.
Good attractions? How about good food, good company and interesting locales, as well as something of historical and cultural interest. I think you can get my drift. Its possible for all those things to be found in the same place.
Did I mention that I went to Old Sukhothai? Not the quickest or easiest place to reach. I took the train to Phitsanulok, and arrived later in the afternoon, to late to visit the ruins in Old Sukhothai. Stayed at a old, barracks like hotel near the train station run by a really cool and friendly old couple. I was the only farang in town it seemed, and I loved it. Nobody bothered me. I would have loved to have found some mongering opportunities there. But, this is very much off the monger's path and I don't speak Thai, so I couldn't ask around.
That said, I am open to places like that. I don't need to an English menu or English literate bar girls for that matter. Isaan sounds like it has some good possibilities, but I expect other parts of the country have their appeal as well.
Thanks for your input. Feel free to message me for advice on Berlin, Boca Chica, Santo Domingo and Medellin or read my trip reports for the quick intel.