I could EASILY spend all weekend watching the entirety of this channel, from start to finish, so many parables with my own experiences , what a magic ✨ time to have discovered paradise ..... 🙏🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@karlsthailand

11 ай бұрын

So happy it has brought some of it back for you and it’s good to know others who experienced it feel the same way. Thanks

Great trip down memory lane Karl. Thanks for sharing. I too arrived in Thailand for the first time in 1987 as a 23 yr old, but in the month of December, as I was on a round the world journey and in Italy when you and your mates arrived there in August. It was an awesome time and I remember a great sense of freedom as every day was an adventure back then. As you say, travelling was a learn as you go happening back in the 80s. Sun, sand, bikes, sweet gals and traveling around on a whim without ever over-planning. Much obliged for allowing me to re-live the experience.

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin, I hope that the pictures brought some of it back for you. The series isn’t finished yet, a few more to go

Hi Karl, Thanks so much for bringing your adventures from Thailand back in the 80s The photos are fantastic and a real window in to the past Thanks again Buddy

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mickey, thanks for leaving the positive feedback

Absolutely beautiful and fantastic! Thank you this is a great one with the part 1, nice memories !

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, more coming. I am doing every year from 1987 to 1992

13:53 days of youth… I also have my own memories and wouldn’t I like to go back in time.

@karlsthailand

4 ай бұрын

Cheers. Happy that the video may have jogged some memories of your own.

I really enjoyed that video. Great job narrating with the slides/photos.

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff, I really enjoyed reliving the memories evoked by the pictures my friend

I enjoyed part 1 and part 2 and you had some great stories and I love the pictures

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks brooks1958, it’s always nice to know that people are enjoying my content

Just smiled all the way through that , a great story with photos to match , Lovely vlog Karl cant wait for the next one .

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mal

So good, thanks for sharing mate!

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Aaron, my pleasure

absolutely fascinating mate great memories amazing you still have them slides. that's proper old skool travelling love it.

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Dean, what a trip it was and so glad I kept the slides

great photos and memories so glad you have got them and made a vlog so good to read all the comments

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Brett, hope you are well

Another very interesting video wish they were longer I not want them to end, brilliant

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks John, we’ll I certainly never wanted that first visit to either lol. Hope you are well buddy

really enjoying this karl, brilliant to see thailand bk in the days before i even started going

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Craig, a few more to come yet

Lovely photos and stories. Top video 👍

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Glen, this is part 2, more to come

Thanks for sharing. Love your content

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Your dadsvan

Brilliant video, a pleasure to hear your story with the accompanying photography

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Simon, happy you enjoyed it

Fabulous stuff Karl, a real trip down memory lane for you and great viewing for us! Cheers mate have a great week David from Glasgow🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave, hope you are well

Great stories, I've watched enough of your "1980's Thailand reminiscing" videos to hear bits and pieces repeated in different spots. The quality of storytelling could easily be on television, very engaging. 👍

@karlsthailand

11 ай бұрын

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed those videos. Truth is that my pictures back then are a very limited quantity so there's bound to be a bit of repetition in there. Cheers

Fantastic that you kept all the pics. Great stories mate :).

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Yes, I’m so happy that I kept them all now, this was video 5 and there are at least 2 more in the series to come

love seeing the photos, thanks for sharing

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks J, more to come

Brilliant video. Great stories and pics. First class.

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Bobby, more on their way

Memories to last a lifetime mate. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure DB, glad you are enjoying the videos

Super flashbacks great video

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad it took you back

Your pictures in the collection are one of the kind..thank you for sharing..

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, I’m glad that you enjoyed them, there are more to come

Great vlog, Karl.

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, glad you are enjoying my content

Great stuff and memory stories, i also will never forget my first hilarious trip to Thailand Bangkok.

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. The first trip is usually the best isn’t it?

so refreshing your channel.a big change from farang showing you their pizza or commenting on the awesome bacon for breakfast.good work Karl

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, I try to do what I want to rather than what everyone else does. I appreciate the fact that some people appreciate my take on things.

Jesus that sunburn must have hurt!! Great stuff again Karl, thanks!

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

I really can’t remember to be honest but probably. Thanks

Great times ! Awesome days ... enjoy .

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Karl, they were great times

Very cool Karl reminiscing good times

Great recollections!

@karlsthailand

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the memories and thanks

A pleasure to watch and listen👌

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kittian

thanks so very much great video good times

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks YourMoeJoe, this is part 2, more to come

@4.00 minz I have the exact same pic of Hadrin bay !! Before paradise was lost.... Hooked on this Chanel already great stuff Karl absolutely great 👌🏻✨

@karlsthailand

11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Samui and Phangan are still beautiful place but I don’t recall seeing water this clear there since. Glad that you enjoy my content, cheers

I love this episode, I love people sharing memories

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, I enjoyed sharing some of my memories

Excellent stories

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lk M

That navy Benneton shirt. True 80s nostalgia. Thanks for sharing, mate :)

@karlsthailand

24 күн бұрын

It was the real thing…honest! 😂

Another Wonderful video from the glorious 80s Thailand, Koh Samui was such a beautiful island back then as I mentioned previously I was on Lamai February 88 Thailand is your whole world Karl and will be with you forever❤

@karlsthailand

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and yes, wasn't Samui just so perfect back then? Cheers

Fantastic 👍

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers DD

Great stories from the past. Koh samui was a true paradise then it seems.

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. It was an honour to see it when having a paradise beach to yourself could be an everyday thing. I’m sure it’s still beautiful today although I haven’t been for 17 years now but there’s no turning back for sure

Love your story Karl❤️ Thanks so much sharing your memories of Thailand from the very beginning! Gosh wasn’t it awesome to be young and in a foreign country back then? Bet you boys had a blast after eating those cookies 😉 I look forward to seeing more of your videos:)

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Marietta, you made me laugh, yes we certainly found out why some of the cookies were 10 Baht instead of 5! 😂

Love these Karl … looking back for you must be !!.. I dunno but must be utterly amazing, keep posting your history and memories.. but what a life you are having 🙏🙏❤️✌️

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Tom, yes it is pretty cool to be able to go back via these pictures. Still some more to come, thanks again

Your liv'n the dream, Karl. Nice!

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks b h, I’m so happy that I found Thailand when I did

Very nice Karl ! It sure looks like happy days that you had and amazing memories.

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. You can’t beat your first trip to Thailand can you Per?

@perolsson4344

2 жыл бұрын

@@karlsthailand No you are probably right,, even though the second and third etc. also was amazing 🙂

Great video mate. Heading to Thailand in June. Not been there since 1991. Looking forward to it. Cheers

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure, I hope the video brought back some good memories for you. Btw, there’s a playlist on my KZread channel featuring all the videos I made using my old slides, they’re quite popular

What a great trip down memory lane and it struck me whilst listening to you recounting that you never forget the names of the first people who make the trip truly unforgettable. I too have vivid memories of my first trip in 2005 but they got a bit blurred after, the names forgotten and the times just melted together - must have been the heat! What a p[lace to be and surely the best place to settle after a hard life elsewhere. Thanks for sharing.

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Darryl , yes it even puzzles me that I remember their names. I guess it’s a sign of what an impression the first trip had on me

@keepintouchthailand9983

Жыл бұрын

🥺💖

Out of the three NANA, Soi Cowboy, Patpong even today Soi cowboy is relax and the place to go. Tilac GOGO indeed still there (2020)

@karlsthailand

11 ай бұрын

Soi Cowboy always seemed to have retained it's character the most over the years until about 10 years ago. I only go there rarely these days but still enjoyed my last visit there last year

So good seeing the old pics, I can’t believe your mate Adam hasn’t been back cos he’s smiling ear to ear in every pic. Look forward to the next one ☝️

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

He might well have been back Mark, we lost contact about 2 years later. I did actually drive to his hometown about 10 years ago and asked after him but my attempts to contact him got nowhere

Thanks for sharing Karl, Awesome memories. Looking forward to Pt 3 😀

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Mark

@markp5056

2 жыл бұрын

@@karlsthailand I was up on Doi Suthep in April and just past that viewpoint where the tarmac road ends is now concrete slabbed. Its very 'hairy' in a Nissan Navara though and only wide enough for 1 car! Couldn't bloody turn around for miles!!! Would love to go back up but on an eMTB next time as seen a few guys riding up there. Awesome place to ride 😎

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Mark, I’ve also taken a car up there a few times and it is very narrow in places. Great up there for hiking and trail bike riding though for sure

OMG Karl, I need to meet up with you when I come back, I was there in the same time period. Your last two vids have been amazing. I'll bring all my pics, it's like a carbon copy. So impressed, the good old days, the freaking Awesome experiences an memories... You really get it, you really get it. I really hope when I get back, I can share what I have with you, all those pics... The memories people only wished they experienced. Thank you for sharing... OMB!!!

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Sure Tony, I’m always up for a bit of nostalgia with someone who was there too. Yes, please bring your own pictures too

Fantastic mate!…..I had similar experiences….but later, from 2004…..love to have met you guys!

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave

Thanks for the memories. I traveled to Thailand about a year after you did in 1988 it was so good to see some of the photos because I never took a camera on that first trip. I stayed in Daret's house and Chiang Mai about a year after you did and that photo was really great to see. I've been back a few times over the years it's very hard to describe for people just how it's changed. it was just so mobbed the last time I went well I thought about the first time there were not so many westerners.

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

It was indeed a special time Clyde and I’m glad it brought a bit of it back for you. Daret’s House was a backpacker’s classic and only closed about 5 years ago I think.

Happy story

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was a very happy trip

Must have been great times Kalle. Talk about memories 👍

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

You should have been there Anders. Cheers

Brilliant brings back so many memories, i was in most of those places a few years later between 92 and 95.

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

I went back to Patpong 2 weeks ago for the first time in many years, it’s a ghost of it’s former self

@zacdalton2983

Жыл бұрын

@@karlsthailand i haven't been to Patpong for years used to frequent a few places there back in the 90's, i think Safari bar was one of my favourites. i did go to soi cowboy around 5 or 6 years ago and ran into Kenny who used to have Kennys or My place on soi sri bamphen. Was last in Bangkok 2 years ago but these days i rarely leave Koh Chang.

“… listening to our Walkmans.” Lol what a blast from the past!

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

Yes, don’t they seem primitive now

Awesome photo's Karl. New subscriber right here mate!

@karlsthailand

11 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoy my other content and thanks for the sub!

A great follow up, I am glad the videos are doing so well. Hopefully you get a raft of new subscribers.

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. It’s nice Michael although I did suspect that they would appeal to a wider audience. It’s great to get some new subscribers too

Really enjoyed watching these recollections… you can tell in how you describe the photos that much fun was had at the time …. I discovered Thailand only recently and I was still a school kid in 1987 … but this video makes me nostalgic for a time and place I never knew

@karlsthailand

Ай бұрын

Thanks for your thoughts Paul. That series of Thailand recollections videos have been very popular. I'm just glad I had the foresight to take those pictures. Looking back I think I was 'vlogging' it in the only practical way I could back then. Cheers

Excellent !!! Thanks for taking us along on your walk down memory lane. Brought back memories of my first trip back in 93. The best of times!!

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill, they certainly were great times for us youngsters then, even our limited budget couldn’t stop the fun

@billmoeller8897

2 жыл бұрын

@@karlsthailand Been going back every year since 93. When I retired in 2000, would spend 6 months in Thailand, 6 months in the USA. Then covid hit. Just got out tickets to return in November. Looking forward to getting out of the US (it is bad here) & seeing how Thailand & Chiang Mai has changed, if any, over the last few years.

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you can get back here now Bill

There is nothing like great memories. You must have had a blast as it shows with the glow on your face when you are telling the story. I am landing in Bangkok in 13 days for my 19th trip & I too have great memories of Thailand but my 1st trip was 2008 & I would loved to have experienced the earlier times. The whole world was much happier & carefree back then. Cheers

@karlsthailand

9 ай бұрын

Great memories indeed and I think that applies to most of us regardless of when we first visited. You can never replicate that feeling of everything being new. Cheers

Amazing how you remember the girls names you met, you must wonder where they are now sometimes, i would. Great memories to share Karl

@karlsthailand

2 ай бұрын

It's strange but having all those pictures has helped me to remember their names. Yes, I sometimes wonder and sometimes did meet/hear from them many years later. Cheers

Brilliant video ,been splurging the cash the passed decade or so when I go to Thailand, nice hotels ,not haggling etc...there's something about travelling on a shoe string that adds to the character of the memories/experience....my next trip ill set myself a budget for the holiday as a whole ...on seeing the pics of you leaving I had that leaving feeling you get everytime you leave thailand 🇹🇭 what a place it is ,i feel grateful for my travels and to have found thailand the people and culture 💖

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Danno. Thailand is and always has been a special place

This is awesome. You're showing an angle of Thailand that most Westerners don't get to learn about. Your passion for Thailand shows. Thanks.

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that astute observation Kay. I’m glad you noticed

youve got some great memories to take to your maker, watched you on paddy Doyles Pattaya vid the other day , you come across as a genuine bloke, im in thailand in dec, if i bump into you ill get you a ice cold beer mate

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I enjoyed that sequence I did with Paddy. Sure, I like ice cold beer

What an idyllic time! I remember using slides years ago and loved the depth of colour they gave but my first trip to Thailand in 2004 was the first time I had a digital camera, a Sony cybershot.

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

It was great Geoff, yes, slides had a much greater colour and dynamic range. Digital has many advantages these days though

@jeremyfielding2333

2 жыл бұрын

@@karlsthailand People do still shoot film, and Bangkok has many places where you can get film processed.

I'm having flashbacks of my first adventures in Thailand. Thank you Karl. All the best. Mitch 🙏

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mitch, glad it brings it back for you

@kevininsiam

2 жыл бұрын

what year was that, my first trip was 1988 and i still got many photos and memories that today are lost in modern times

As stated before, 1990 for me... only got a handful of photos so this was just great to see 👍 I stayed on Koh Samui , Chewang Beach, Coconut Grove bungalows I returned 30 years later and the same family still run the place all be it a little richer. It's now a great big resort next to the famous Ark bar. If you ever go back to Samui you'll be shocked at the place now. (ruined)

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

I’m almost scared to return Mick, too many memories that could be shattered, I thought the changes were crazy the last time I returned in 2005. I will return when I get the chance though

Your series of videos of 1987 are great. Imagine how it was for the first backpackers in the mid 60’s… about 20 years earlier than the time you went. I can only live in Asia.

@karlsthailand

4 ай бұрын

Yes, I often think about that, even in the 80’s people thought it was a strange and distant destination, it must have been much more so back then. Cheers

We were on ko Samui 1986 then went up north for water festival then up to the boarder. Glad I kept the photos and stories - risky time hiking but lived to remember the details

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

That’s great and especially that you still have the pictures to go with the memories. Photography was so much more expensive back then, a limited number of frames on the roll of film, the fact that you had no idea what you had until the film was processed and the fragility of the final media means that getting anything more than the odd snapshot from that time is pretty hard today.

I remember staying at the same beach in a hut that looked close to identical to the one in your pictures back in 2002, i think it was about 280b back then, but well, time flies it's close to 22 years ago already. Thanks for a great video

@karlsthailand

7 ай бұрын

That’s great….280 Baht lol. A bargain even then and yes, hasn’t time flown? Hope that you enjoy my other videos too. Cheers

Wonderful memories there Karl. Never boring even without the internet. I loved nineties Koh Samui despite being laid low with food poisoning for a week from the moment I got there the first time. Stayed at IKK Bungalows in Chawang right round near the airport. So was it Samui Highland that set off your love of hiking? I guess the 5 baht cookies were lacking in certain ingredients! Looking forward to part three.

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Yes, plenty of things you might find in your cookies in those day Mark lol

When’s Part 3? Thanks for sharing Karl 👍

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Part 3 should be up on Thursday Willy. No problem

Great video Karl,the days before the smartphones came into the world were so much better!

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Yes, mobile phones and the Internet changed everything. How did we manage without lol

Your trip reminds me of a 2 month tour of Europe I did with 2 friends in 84. Awesome time for us. Little money but it didn't matter back then. All kinds of adventures...

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it’s the adventure of it all isn’t it? Seeing new places and meeting new people

Great viewing mate reminds me when I went in 92 Krap Pom from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

My pictures spans from 87-92 Michael so I will have at least one video up soon with pictures from that year. Khop khun khrap

Karl, such great pictures and tales of your youth. Those photos of Samui -- the natural colors of the water, the unspoiled flora -- incredible. Your girl on Samui looked "sun-kissed (13:00)." Skin used to pure, unpolluted air, and a bit of sun. Sometime you'll have to tell more about that "luminous crab" that chased you! Cheers!

@karlsthailand

5 ай бұрын

Cheers, yes, that crab. Actually the crabs were genuinely luminous but the cookies seemed to make them grow in stature lol

@GatorJake

5 ай бұрын

@@karlsthailand

Great trip to Koh Samui. I've only been there a few times with the last being in 1999. I'm sure that it is much different now.

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

I used to go there often but haven’t been since 2005, like you I wonder what changes have occurred? I’ll have to get back there and do a ‘Than and Now’ video

Karl. Great I took no pics when I was there 1990

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Yes, I am so glad that I took and kept these pictures now

I 1st had drink in the blue fox March 1985 on my 1st day in bangkok,was married to a Thai in November 1986 ,still married to the Same girl now,I am going to live in bangkok this October,I sent your video part 1 to a lot of friends,they all loved it,keep up the good work thanks,

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Luds tours. It’s a nice thought that my video has brought some of your happy memories from the 80’s back to you. It still makes me sad to see that the Blue Fox is now a 7-11

Brilliant Karl, and I'd say the exchange rate wasnt bad either 🤣🤣

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Actually it was about the same as it is now. It was 42 Baht to the £ in the late 80’s. It was only after the currency crash of 97 that the exchange rate was really good for 10 or 11 years. Thanks very much for your comment Pat

❤ Your talking about Soi Nana, first time I come there was 1995...bizzy and cosy, not like now at all.. stay there most till closing time aroud 2 or 3 o clock, walking back to my hotel with some girls, Sukhumvit very quiet that time, I stay at Soi nung..😅1. In something like Golden Palace, some chinese owners hotel on the grond floor, water come up in the room during raining seison... first took a swim before I entered my room, and my lady was sleeping, that are some awesome memories I never forget...😊😊

@karlsthailand

11 ай бұрын

It was most certainly buzzing in Nana in the 90's Arthur. Glad the video stirred some of your own memories, cheers

nice

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Leroy

Great video again. From where I stand it is not a small accomplishment to travel to Thailand at that time, with little money (any kind of travel is easy when you have endless ressources), no internet to consult for information, etc. I am only a little bit younger than you and it took me much longer to get to the point where I was ready for this kind of trip. So, I will continue to watch your videos with admiration and a modicum of envy ;-)

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks so much for such a compliment. I think I was always pretty adventurous at heart but Thailand really brought that out in me.

great video of the "old days" , how about you make some more please

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gordon, this is part 2 and there are more coming (basically for every year from 87-92)

Absolutely Fascinating Karl my first trip was 2008 but some of the stories just sound so familiar ,ie the ladys names !! i often think back to my first trip and on Koh Samui to all the laughs and malarky we got up to.. Brilliant vid as per usual from the Intrepid traveller... Big Cee Issan

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Charlie, you can’t beat those first trips for sure, glad it brought it back for you

@bigcee3338

2 жыл бұрын

@@karlsthailand Her name was Nit, just the most beautiful lady, she sadly passed a few years later from cancer.. She started my love affair for Thailand. am sad i havent a pic of her RIP Little lady

Brilliant Karl. I wish I could stay on the beach for 40 baht today.

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it’s a mind blower really Brian. I had such a shock when I saw how much it would cost to stay there today

Just discovered your channel Karl. Having been to Samui three times I would love you to visit and review a visit there after all this time 👍

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

I haven’t been to Samui for 17 years now and it’s somewhere I used to go a lot. I really want to return there and make some videos including a ‘then and now’ using my old pictures. Unfortunately my budget can’t manage a trip there right now but I will take the first opportunity I get to go back there. Hope you are enjoying my channel and thanks

@etherealdreams7936

Жыл бұрын

@@karlsthailand When the time comes I'll look forward to your perspective. I've been to Thailand 4 times. Twice to Phuket and twice Samui. I'm a bit of an enigma with others I meet that have been to Thailand as they have visited Bangkok & Pattaya. Strangely I'm curious to visit Chaing Mai as I'm interested in road cycling but allergic to hippies 😆

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

Lol. You’ll find most of them in Pai but I wouldn’t let that put you off a trip there from Chiang Mai if you get the chance

Really enjoyed this video and the previous one Karl, wow how things have changed and how you and the gang enjoyed it with no phones internet or AC! Thanks for sharing Karl 🙏👍

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Col, yes things have definitely changed. I’m so glad that I took so many pictures at the time. Part 3 will be up later today

@colerwoll

2 жыл бұрын

@@karlsthailand brilliant will look forward to it oh and by the way the photo quality is quite amazing for 1987! Take care Karl, I’ll be back in Pattaya mid September hope to see you if yer around 👍

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Sure Colin, I’m often here, give me a shout nearer the time

@colerwoll

2 жыл бұрын

@@karlsthailand will do Karl 👍

My first time was in 86 and been there several time's since. Heading back soon.

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

That’s great, I hope that my pictures have brought back good memories for you. Have a great trip

@krazeekalvin

2 жыл бұрын

@@karlsthailand they did. I have lived there and still have my condo there. Got stuck in the U.S. because of the mess. Planning to move back overseas in a few years, if I can wait that long.

Fun times back then...

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

They certainly were Trevor

Absolutely adored this episode! If my memory serves me correctly (I saw a video with you in it 2 years ago), and seem to remember that you speak fluent Thai correct?

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you can’t beat your first visit and my first visit was a long one so plenty of stories to tell. Yes, it’s pretty fluent, at least for the purpose of every day conversation

This Tokay gecko made my wondering also in Ao Nang. Tanks to you I know what it was.

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

Happy I solved the mystery for you Reny

I know that feeling of being totally pissed off at the thought of going home . when you've got to go to the air port, I could see it on Adams face on one of the last pics.......👌🏻🙌🏻

@karlsthailand

11 ай бұрын

You got it lol. For me the biggest shock was waking up the first morning after I got back to the UK thinking I was still in Thailand and the realising I was in fact back home! Cheers

@barryseal-7710

11 ай бұрын

@@karlsthailand that's called a nightmare 👌🏻🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🙏🏻

@t147han

2 ай бұрын

I have seen big hard men crying on there last night,and they used to play john denvers going home on a jet plane.

Another great video! Superstar was still going in 2020, but I'm not sure if the pandemic finally killed it off. I wonder what happened to the jukeboxes from the Blue Fox, they would have been a good find.

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

Cheers, I did make a video where I returned to Patpong last year as it happens. I will put a link at the end of this reply. Yes, those jukeboxes were a piece of local history, if they could speak then who knows what stories they could tell kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y6CplMmGmbnFp6w.html

I just stayed in Koh Samui and could hear that sound at night in my room ! Glad I didn’t know it was a massive lizard keeping me company 😆

@karlsthailand

Жыл бұрын

I tell you that noise had me puzzled for days and days

GOOD DEAL KARL, lived and around the same digs back then. UNREEL!!!

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Which digs are you referring to Rodney?

Thank goodness there's someone else who was in Bangkok back then! My first trip was in June 1987, and what a wild time it was. 17:18 Ah, the Grand Prix, sadly long gone. If there is such a thing as a "local" in Bangkok, then that was mine, and I met a great girl there. We ended up seeing each other for the next three years. Funnily enough, I got in touch with her again recently and found out she's a grandmother now. Time flies.

@karlsthailand

10 ай бұрын

That's great Mark, I'm just happy that I have some pictures left and a clear enough memory to share a bit of those times with people. I still enjoy Thailand a lot but I also like a bit of nostalgia. Thanks for your own memories of Grand Prix Bar.

@markfulwell4256

10 ай бұрын

@@karlsthailand Got rid of most of my photos when I got married. Bad move.

@karlsthailand

10 ай бұрын

I hear that from so many different people, I guess for many it's part of moving on in their lives

Looking back really brings home the great memories of those days, you spent more time drinking in the bars and in the company of all in the bar and never would you rush your time but today with so many bars you will do more bar hopping but still the fun is there. back in patpong and a few places you would never get hassle for lady drinks and pattaya was also the same. I due back in November but not sure with all the high prices of the nightlife that smile is going to shine big again 😀 but to be back is a great start 👍

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, things were different back then but it can still be fun now. November is a good month to visit, have fun!

@kevininsiam

2 жыл бұрын

@@karlsthailand always love the simple dress code of the girls in the past and you could take them at any time to visit a thai temple. but one year when a thai bargirl was in the hospital her friend asked me if I would like to visit her and straight from bar to the public hospital without a change of outfits i enter the hospital with 4 bargirls in they soi6 wears. maybe a bit too hot for hospital and the looks they got and poor me also had to hold my breath, it really was OMG. 😲 today dress code some girls dress really classy you don't see many now in those skimpy class gear 👍

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

I do agree that the dress code was simpler back then but believe me inappropriately dressed bar girls isn’t a phenomenon unique to the present day lol

@kevininsiam

2 жыл бұрын

@@karlsthailand with the likes of ibar, 808 and insomnia and the many other nightclubs plus you got many of those dress carts selling nice cool outfits i feel the dress code is more hiso .back in 1988 pattaya only have the marine disco on walking st so it wasn't a place for dressing up HISo style

No internet, no digital cameras, no Google maps! Travel way more fun back then. With all the information available now, when you go somewhere new, the trip ends up being some amalgamation of everything you researched beforehand and the experience on the ground. More pure pre digital everything.

@karlsthailand

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks James. When you think about it it’s no surprise that pictures from back then are a lot rarer. There were less travellers in general and film was expensive and required processing