| Station Hotel Ipswich 21:55 - Mar 6 with 4862 views | loftboy |
Coming home from QPR yesterday I had a 45 minute wait for my connection to Lowestoft, went into the station hotel and had a couple of pints of Camden Hells, £6.50 per pint!! It’s cheaper than that in Camden. |  | | |  |
| Station Hotel Ipswich on 21:27 - Mar 7 with 764 views | TractorWood |
| Station Hotel Ipswich on 15:09 - Mar 7 by Lord_Lucan |
About 10 years ago I went on a two week holiday in Penang. Swear to God, as soon as I saw the prices of a pint I considered taking a 20 hour bus ride to Pattaya. |
A pint in Penang about 5 years ago was about £3 or 15 ringit if my memory serves me right.
I remember paying £12 for a pint in Singapore once. That bar is now closed though. Shockingly. |  |
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| Station Hotel Ipswich on 21:49 - Mar 7 with 731 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Station Hotel Ipswich on 21:27 - Mar 7 by TractorWood |
A pint in Penang about 5 years ago was about £3 or 15 ringit if my memory serves me right.
I remember paying £12 for a pint in Singapore once. That bar is now closed though. Shockingly. |
That's crazy. 100% the prices were criminal when I went.
I can't explain it - there were hardly any bars anywhere either.
I can pin point when it was as well, we were playing Arsenal away in the semis when I was there.
I'm now trying to find out exactly where I was staying, I must have been in the Idiot Farang quarter. |  |
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| Station Hotel Ipswich on 21:57 - Mar 7 with 719 views | TractorWood |
| Station Hotel Ipswich on 21:49 - Mar 7 by Lord_Lucan |
That's crazy. 100% the prices were criminal when I went.
I can't explain it - there were hardly any bars anywhere either.
I can pin point when it was as well, we were playing Arsenal away in the semis when I was there.
I'm now trying to find out exactly where I was staying, I must have been in the Idiot Farang quarter. |
It was probably George Town or Batu Ferringhi. Not sure you can really stay anywhere else.
It wasn't that easy to find a beer in George Town but very easy in Batu Ferringhi as it's a touristy place.
There may have been some mass relaxing in alcohol rules. | |
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| Station Hotel Ipswich on 11:50 - Mar 8 with 640 views | Radlett_blue |
| Station Hotel Ipswich on 21:57 - Mar 7 by TractorWood |
It was probably George Town or Batu Ferringhi. Not sure you can really stay anywhere else.
It wasn't that easy to find a beer in George Town but very easy in Batu Ferringhi as it's a touristy place.
There may have been some mass relaxing in alcohol rules. |
When I was there in 1991 we were staying in Batu Ferringhi. We were in a smart hotel & alcohol was expensive & even at a price, the wine selection was poor. One night we walked down to a local restaurant where prices were reasonable. |  |
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| Station Hotel Ipswich on 12:40 - Mar 8 with 606 views | solemio |
Haven't been to Norway since 2008. Certainly their prices were astonishingly high. We ate a lot of vegetarian meals as we found a veggie restaurant with comparatively reasonable prices.
For many years the two most expensive cities in the world were Oslo and Tokyo. No idea whether that is still the case. | | | |
| [Redacted] on 12:47 - Mar 8 with 594 views | victorywilhappen |
| Station Hotel Ipswich on 12:40 - Mar 8 by solemio |
Haven't been to Norway since 2008. Certainly their prices were astonishingly high. We ate a lot of vegetarian meals as we found a veggie restaurant with comparatively reasonable prices.
For many years the two most expensive cities in the world were Oslo and Tokyo. No idea whether that is still the case. |
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| Station Hotel Ipswich on 16:18 - Mar 11 with 448 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Station Hotel Ipswich on 11:50 - Mar 8 by Radlett_blue |
When I was there in 1991 we were staying in Batu Ferringhi. We were in a smart hotel & alcohol was expensive & even at a price, the wine selection was poor. One night we walked down to a local restaurant where prices were reasonable. |
I'm trying to find a file on my pooter and I can across my Penang file - yes, i am a sad tvvat that keeps everything electronically for ever.
Anyhoo, I was there in 2011 at The Flamingo Hotel in Tanjung Bungah and I found a photo of one of those outside restaurant things and it has a big electronic illuminated price board. I remember this was the cheapest place for a pint but I rarely went in it as I prefer a proper bar with a bar stool.
According to the board a pint of beer there was 18 Ringgit which in todays exchange is £3.29 - I think that is quite a lot for a beer 10 years ago - especially for an excessive drinker on a two week holiday. | |
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| Station Hotel Ipswich on 16:31 - Mar 11 with 426 views | bluelagos |
| Station Hotel Ipswich on 16:18 - Mar 11 by Lord_Lucan |
I'm trying to find a file on my pooter and I can across my Penang file - yes, i am a sad tvvat that keeps everything electronically for ever.
Anyhoo, I was there in 2011 at The Flamingo Hotel in Tanjung Bungah and I found a photo of one of those outside restaurant things and it has a big electronic illuminated price board. I remember this was the cheapest place for a pint but I rarely went in it as I prefer a proper bar with a bar stool.
According to the board a pint of beer there was 18 Ringgit which in todays exchange is £3.29 - I think that is quite a lot for a beer 10 years ago - especially for an excessive drinker on a two week holiday. |
My first trip to Prague about 20 years ago - ordered 6 pints of local lager and I had a whiskey and coke. When I went to pay, whatever the barmaid asked for worked out at £2.10, so I explained I wanted to pay for the whole round, and not just for my drink.
She smiled and said "You have"
Fair to say we got properly battered that weekend. TWTD |  |
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| Station Hotel Ipswich on 18:53 - Mar 11 with 367 views | farkenhell |
| Station Hotel Ipswich on 16:31 - Mar 11 by bluelagos |
My first trip to Prague about 20 years ago - ordered 6 pints of local lager and I had a whiskey and coke. When I went to pay, whatever the barmaid asked for worked out at £2.10, so I explained I wanted to pay for the whole round, and not just for my drink.
She smiled and said "You have"
Fair to say we got properly battered that weekend. TWTD |
When I was at college, a lad I shared a house with told me that his favourite beer was 16p a pint in Prague. It was a long time ago now (too long) although a pint here was about £2 at the time. He was a bit of a bullish!tter so I didn't take much notice, but now having read your post, I'm wondering whether he was telling the truth after all! | | | |
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