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If you go to local markets instead of shopping on KSR, you'll get much better deals. For example, at the San Patong market right outside Chiang Mai, you can buy football shorts for 20 baht, a medium winter coat for 40, and t-shirts for 25 baht. How they do it, I have no clue. My advice is to get far away from the tourists and go to markets where the only thing you can understand on the sign is the numbers (hopefully they're not in Thai, but unlikely).

In Phnom Penh Ii challenge anyone to get better prices on clothes than 'The Night Market' open Fri.,Sat.and Sun.But if you want the specialists sort of surfer or Japanes jeans (think they are called Esa or something) you can't beat KSR. I've got a lovely cotton 'Angkor' beer t-shirt for $2 the wife bought 3 pairs of really nice jeans, and she doesn't wear rubbish at $5 for 3 pairs!

“Take someone with you who speaks and reads Thai and you're good to go! Have a good time Peter. I'd get off Kao San road - freak show central. But that's just me”
No MADMAC I agree with you. Been here for 3 nights - just couldn't be arsed to move, but you're right. The amount of prozzies I've been offered is unreal. Slippy slippy is the best pimp line yet. I can see how trouble can appear out of nowhere and fast

Re: anti-malarials.
Like the poster says Dengue is worse and there is no profilactic
.In nearly 8 years here I've only met one person who got malaria and that was in Koh Kong.I also agree there is no malaria in Thailand.
Angkor is your biggest threat, though again I'd go for lots of creams rather than pills. Doxycyclin also make some people very sick too.
I think if your still nervous you are much better off talking to a local doctor as in The West they'll recommend everything and fill you full of all sorts of poisons. It's an extremely over-cautious approach.

I have had dengue one time.I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.I thought that's it I'm now resistant but apparently there are four strains.Spray and cover is the best bet.Nets are good but do tend to make you hotter. At night I usually wear long trousers and spray my feet and kneck with DEET.We are lucky as we have good mosquito netting on the windows but most fan rooms in hotels don't.The other choice ,of course, is burning coils so you get to choose between choking on toxic fumes or the chance of being bitten.Check around your room for pools of water you can put a little cooking oil into them as this stops the eggs from hatching.(the oil means the eggs sink and the little b'stds drown.)
When I lived in Isan the locals used to shut all the windows at sunset and reopen them when it was dark.Does it help? I don't know but it's what they do.Maybe Madmac can elucidate on this practice.

OP wrote.
'Also any tips on what to do if anti malarials make me feel bad would be appreciated. I have deoxycycline. Anyone have any problems?

Eastwest wrote.
'I don't know how this thread ended up about malaria but my 2 cents about clothes....'

Eastwest-that's how it ended up about malaria'



I say this in case I'm accused of going off thread again.

Again depends on what you want.My son bought Eviso jeans,Billabong board shorts etc in KSR at a fraction of the European price.Whether they are the real thing is questionable but if not they are extremely high quality copies.This kind of stuff you only find in KSR.
Next,,Tommy Hillfiger,Quicksilver etc t-shirts can be had in Platunam or Banglumphoo market.I don't know the price there but the night market in Phnom Penh sells this kind of thing at around $2 a t-shirt. My wife buys beautiful well made clothes at the night market here at ridiculously low prices.Three pairs of well-cut jeans for $5 etc
Other than that I would agree with Eastwest