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[boringguy]

KPK.... but its RM90...

[Yokosi]

Originally Posted by boringguy

KPK.... but its RM90...

KPK is a bit too far away. And a bit expensive.

Have to take motorsai every time !. Better you stay right in town.

PP Hotel is on your left side of the main road, 5 minutes after the Thai immigration. And no safe deposit box in the room.

[llbkoh]

Originally Posted by Yokosi

KPK is a bit too far away. And a bit expensive.

Have to take motorsai every time !. Better you stay right in town.

PP Hotel is on your left side of the main road, 5 minutes after the Thai immigration. And no safe deposit box in the room.

hi there, all bros,

Care to give or list some hotels in Danok that have safe deposit boxes and wifi in their rooms.

thanks.

[giacomo]

Originally Posted by etct88;

. Food is expensive.
. Hotels have no swimming pool, even if there is a swimming pool, you wouldn't want to swim in it.
. Gym is unheard of.
. When going to disco, watch your drinks man, otherwise you end up shaking your head in approval, along with the loud noise, some call music.
. You don't see police, but see guns on men without uniform, sometime you wonder why no crime. Go figure out this.
. Most, if not all gals are 'protected'.
. Never, tok jai puying with funny toys, they may shoot with the real 'toy'... then say 'oops sorry kar'....


Having said all the above, it is fun.....

enjoy

Thanks for the summary. Wow, Dangerous fun for a change, hehe
Passed by Danok on way to Hatyai during the day once and it looks sleepy. But on way back passed thru during the night and both sides of the main road was rocking. One cheongster on the van told me Danok is now more happening than Hatyai so have to taste it one of these days.

BTW, are there many internet cafes in Danok?

[lglg666]

Originally Posted by giacomo

Thanks for the summary. Wow, Dangerous fun for a change, hehe
Passed by Danok on way to Hatyai during the day once and it looks sleepy. But on way back passed thru during the night and both sides of the main road was rocking. One cheongster on the van told me Danok is now more happening than Hatyai so have to taste it one of these days.

BTW, are there many internet cafes in Danok?

Bro giacomo....btw is Danok the former Padang Besar or is it different place?
Pai sei....didn't go up north for a long long time

[Yokosi]

Originally Posted by giacomo

But on way back passed thru during the night and both sides of the main road was rocking. One cheongster on the van told me Danok is now more happening than Hatyai so have to taste it one of these days.

BTW, are there many internet cafes in Danok?

Yes, Danok always rocks at night.

Yes, there are internet cafes in Danok. Per hour usage is RM2.

Originally Posted by lglg666

Bro giacomo....btw is Danok the former Padang Besar or is it different place?

Padang Besar is in Perlis.
Danok is in Kedah.
Different places.

[bonkemon]

danok sky looks cloudy at 5.30pm and drizzle a bit. Hopefully it will be clear by night. Tmr public holiday, not sure the price will go up boh... I will update when I reach there.

[CheongKa]

Originally Posted by bonkemon

danok sky looks cloudy at 5.30pm and drizzle a bit. Hopefully it will be clear by night. Tmr public holiday, not sure the price will go up boh... I will update when I reach there.

wow bro, you are back again! enjoy! really hope to cheong danok again...

[PinkAbalone]

anyone organising a trip in dec?

[giacomo]

Originally Posted by lglg666

Bro giacomo....btw is Danok the former Padang Besar or is it different place?
Pai sei....didn't go up north for a long long time

Same here -also didn't go up to border for some time until recently
Both Padang Besar and Danok are at the border but diff places. PD is on Perlis side and split into two-half in Thailand and half is Malaysia.
Danok is on Thai side of immigration checkpoint- The Malaysian immigration side is Bukit Kayu Hitam which is in Kedah.
Still remember few yrs ago, when took bus up north and reach Bukit Kayu Hitam early morning ard 5am or something. Bus stopped at Bukit Kayu Hitam checkpoint but the checkpoint still not open cos it is not 24 hrs open. So we all had to hang around and lie on ground TCSS waiting and waiting. The whole scene was quite bizarre like a scene from Chuck Norris Missing in Action movie with immigration officers /guards moving around the jungle makeshift checkpoint while we were like bunch of Vietnamese refugees lying on compound

[lglg666]

Originally Posted by Yokosi

Yes, Danok always rocks at night.
Yes, there are internet cafes in Danok. Per hour usage is RM2.
Padang Besar is in Perlis.
Danok is in Kedah.
Different places.

Thanks for the info, bro Yokosi.... I've passed thru Padang Besar
on the way to Hatyai when I was at Penang during my younger days.

Ok....wish you a happy bonking day!

[lglg666]

Originally Posted by giacomo

Same here -also didn't go up to border for some time until recently
Both Padang Besar and Danok are at the border but diff places. PD is on Perlis side and split into two-half in Thailand and half is Malaysia.
Danok is on Thai side of immigration checkpoint- The Malaysian immigration side is Bukit Kayu Hitam which is in Kedah.
Still remember few yrs ago, when took bus up north and reach Bukit Kayu Hitam early morning ard 5am or something. Bus stopped at Bukit Kayu Hitam checkpoint but the checkpoint still not open cos it is not 24 hrs open. So we all had to hang around and lie on ground TCSS waiting and waiting. The whole scene was quite bizarre like a scene from Chuck Norris Missing in Action movie with immigration officers /guards moving around the jungle makeshift checkpoint while we were like bunch of Vietnamese refugees lying on compound

Yes...agreed with u bro giacomo, I can recalled those days hehe. I went "during late 70 to early 90's" stopped at 1994 when one of the bros kena "HIV".

awtg "returned up-list" with thanks - bonkudear, localhunter, jerrystockton

[ProfessorOokami]

Originally Posted by giacomo

Same here -also didn't go up to border for some time until recently
Both Padang Besar and Danok are at the border but diff places. PD is on Perlis side and split into two-half in Thailand and half is Malaysia.
Danok is on Thai side of immigration checkpoint- The Malaysian immigration side is Bukit Kayu Hitam which is in Kedah.
Still remember few yrs ago, when took bus up north and reach Bukit Kayu Hitam early morning ard 5am or something. Bus stopped at Bukit Kayu Hitam checkpoint but the checkpoint still not open cos it is not 24 hrs open. So we all had to hang around and lie on ground TCSS waiting and waiting. The whole scene was quite bizarre like a scene from Chuck Norris Missing in Action movie with immigration officers /guards moving around the jungle makeshift checkpoint while we were like bunch of Vietnamese refugees lying on compound

I thought the border town was Changlun during the 1970's and 1980's?? There was no Bukit Kayu Hitam those days and no Danok too, only Sadao.

[lglg666]

Originally Posted by ProfessorOokami

I thought the border town was Changlun during the 1970's and 1980's?? There was no Bukit Kayu Hitam those days and no Danok too, only Sadao.

Yes....I can recalled there was a cowboy town called Sadao after passing the check point into Thailand. Wah....the good old days haha. I also remember there was a town called Betong and also wild too. Been there once and was taken to visited the underground tunnel built during Chin Peng's time. They have great chicken rice and "young chickens" too. Thanks bro ProfessorOokami

PS - sorry if wrong spelling, me old n getting demantia haha.

[ProfessorOokami]

Originally Posted by lglg666

Yes....I can recalled there was a cowboy town called Sadao after passing the check point into Thailand. Wah....the good old days haha. I also remember there was a town called Betong and also wild too. Been there once and was taken to visited the underground tunnel built during Chin Peng's time. They have great chicken rice and "young chickens" too. Thanks bro ProfessorOokami

PS - sorry if wrong spelling, me old n getting demantia haha.

Those days one could see our polis hutan patrolling the border fences at along the no man's land (where the Thai immigration check point is now)

The Thai town of Betong is next to the Perak border town, at that time known as Kroh, which was severely under night curfew.

They sold "fried chicken drumsticks" along the border.