The first two times in Bangkok, I hated it so much, crazy traffic nothing works, but last visit made me love the city ^^

OK, now I'll go back to your post read the rest.

hope to see you in bkk

> Bangkok is a prime example of everything that is wrong with cities + some extra heat and humidity.

That's most accurate short review of Bangkok I've seen :-)

> I am confident, that it is the most enjoyable event around blockchain possible and in many aspects the best I have ever been to.

So see you there! :-)

Nice to read from you again. And all of a sudden I feel old somehow. Three years feel like 30. Quiting smoking could improve your stamina drasticly, so much extra room for that oxygen to get in. 😁 

Any system that fears critics, maybe even tries to shut them up, may change, yet it may never see any progression. 

Hope you are able to join SteemFest IV, have a great one!

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Very interesting read. 

If you book into the main hotel you won't have to leave it and they have a gym so you can just ignore the city for the most part. 

Then straight to a boxing camp - you can almost bypass the country entirely.

I've booked a five week flight window knowing nothing about the 'easy 4 week visa' ! Best get that sorted. 

It's a good excuse for a holiday isn't it?!?

Then again I've never been so easy for me to say.

The smoking area's where it all happens of course! Do they even have smoking areas in Thailand? I thought everyone smoked. 

Be good to see you there - hopefully you'll decide to go!

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:)

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Dude I miss your rants, you are one of the best ones when it comes to that part of steem.  

This will be the 4th steemfest where I wanted to go but ultimately I couldn't summon that final push that would made get up from my ass and just go!  
One of my biggest regrets on Steem, not going to Steemfests and not selling on top more ;)

As someone who has been here for 3 years as well your post resonated with me. Steem has been frustrating for sure and I think it would be extremely hard for Steemit Inc to really send any representation there because the community in general doesn't think very highly of them. The same for a lot of the witnesses.
Going to Thailand in general is a great idea. 
I have often though that maybe STEEM could continue on kind of like how quasi legal multi level marketing companies like Amway and Herbalife always continue to find a new set of recruits despite the financial wake of destruction they leave behind. 
With STEEM a new set of people take a look at it and start cheering about SMTs not realizing that they aren't comming. 
Good luck with your decision....Thailand is the world's playground!

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Still not.... decided. :-)

Sublinear reward curves?
Smdh.
Greedy bastards.
Maybe the whale experiment comes back, maybe not.

Have fun at fight camp,...

I hope to see you there dude! I too am not very fond of the city life and I imagine Bangkok will be overwhelming... but I plan to stick it out for the conference days and then head to the countryside or the islands for a week or so after. It’s not a @steemfest without @felixxx!

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Man i would like to have a discussion again:) hopefuly we both can make it!

Muy buena informacion,muy buen trabajo,saludos y feliz noche

Hope to see you there again and listen to your stories of the 'old times'.

Appreciated the candor. Hopefully things get exciting on here before november. that'll motivate a lot of people. 
I'm trying to make it happen.

Wanna go... Reality check... Trip funding not enough yet... Working on it now...

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Wow, I think this is the longest post I've seen from you. It's nice to read some of your inner thoughts.

And WHAT? You're not reading every single post here? WTF? 😝


> but I also do not want to meet every single person there again.


I'll act as I've never seen you before in my life. How's that? 😉

The muay Thai camp sounds great, I wish I was in better form to handle something like that. I'd be face down on the ground within minutes. Although I AM working on myself (food/body...it was needed). 
I'm planning  to stick around SE Asia for three months and travel to as many places as we can. I'm even thinking of going back again after those 3 months, but on the train and stop in a few places along the way. With kids and pets...Now that should make for some interesting blogs/vlogs me thinks.

As for the flights, yeah they're damn expensive. Even more so from Ireland. Shit island has us fly to the mainland first...UGH. But I was actually looking at flights from Germany and found a website that offers flights for around 400 Euro return. But couldn't book it yet, because they won't let you book more than 3 months in advance.  Not that I could anyway so three months suits me fine.

Personally, I have always had mixed feelings about Bangkok, but I really LOVE Thailand and Bangkok isn't so bad for a little while and definitely much nicer than a lot of other huge cities (in Asia). And it's so damn cheap and relatively easy to get anywhere within the country. This time around though, I feel ecstatic going back to Thailand and even Bangkok. I already shed a few tears when I knew where SF was going to be, might get more emotional when we actually arrive LOL. (this time not in front of everyone though)

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to seeing you there, even though it's would be the third time... 
And I'll be sure to have enough cigarette breaks (which you won't be smoking 😝).

I'm so sorry that I didn't see this post earlier while it was still active!!! 
The best I can describe my feelings after reading it would be - **I feel you!** 
Besides that, now, I'm really curious are you going to go to this Steemfest 4 or not!?! 

Unfortunately or fortunately, and most likely I wouldn't be going. Besides being quite far *(what concerns me less)* it would be a huge attack on my budget at the moment due to the current life happenings and circumstances, and above all my Steem(it) earnings don't justify it at all. 

However, one thing is quite sure *("quite" only in case if you quit smoking by November 😉, as if not),* and combined with some miracle that would make my arrival there possible, you wouldn't be alone when it comes to *"constantly outside smoking, rarely listening to speeches," (and) "first at the buffet...!!!"* 😉😄

>The level of intelligence at this event goes through the roof.

I agree with @revisesociology. And not just that, but that it's so easy to connect with other Steemians. You literally only need to have seen someone's face and you will have a good talk – and often a complete stranger goes the same! 

Krakow was so good that going to the next SF in Bangkok is a no-brainer for me, especially when I can afford it. It'll make for a nice first time adventure in South-East Asia as well :)

As for what comes to the development, I feel it's similar to Tesla: Musk says that something comes in 1-2 year, but you just have to add 3 years and then it comes. Things just always take more time than anticipated. But with Steem-Engine and custom tokens, the communities are already forming. I think SMTs will eventually come too, it just takes longer than we want – and what was promised. But once the SMTs are there, I don't think people will care anymore how long it took.

After all this time I've read your #roadtosteemfest post, and believe by now you probably have everything booked😉
I really understand you in many aspects you've pointed here: those early days with amateur bloggers when paying for votes was considered cheating, BGK which might be a nightmare city for me,...and much more! 
I feel I still belong to that amateur group 😅 Now I regret to not have attended sf1, but it was to soon for me. Actually I thougt it would be like an Herbalife event, fortunately I couldn't be more wrong! Hope to see you again in SF4 😃

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