Going abroad
Whenever I go to another country (Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand) I invariably find "British pubs" full drunks bellowing over AC/DC with a pint of Guinness clutched in one hand whilst trying to pull any woman they can. It's gotten to be a bit of a stereotype:



It's almost comforting to know that there are some constants in the world. Drunken British, drunken and surly Russians and surly Germans who may or may not be drunk are to be found the world over, with rather glum locals serving them.

Cheers!
( Wanderer, Sun 26 Jul 2015, 12:13, 5 replies)

Experience has taught me to avoid "English Bars" anywhere in the world
For one thing - you're not in Blighty any more. If you've got the urge to travel why would you want to go to an "English/British bar", unless you're some flat-earth chav in an enclave of a foreign country that might as well be the UK because you've been delivered straight there in an airborne version of Dodge City and you're effectively spending two weeks of your life in a slightly sunnier version of a local authority high rise block in Hull.

For another thing - it doesn't matter if you've got out of the package holiday rut. You will invariably encounter in any "English Bar", anywhere:-
1 - a foul mannered, bad tempered Ulsterman
2 - a scrap metal dealer "looking for a British chance"
3 - a hatchet-faced British woman who made an ill starred match with a local many decades ago and can't afford her way back out

I love the picture though - clicked for this.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Sun 26 Jul 2015, 18:00, closed)

We accidentally wandered in to an English Pub in Amsterdam.
Contrary to all the stereotypes, it was very pleasant.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 28 Jul 2015, 9:34, closed)

If its the Viking bar
Then you are quite correct
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Tue 28 Jul 2015, 12:15, closed)

I actually did find one fairly nice pub in Bangkok.
But then it turned out to be Australian.

(At least Thailand has some good food, though I have to admit that after a couple of weeks I did really want western food. Cambodia was also pretty good as far as food goes. But Sri Lanka? I lived in fried rice and counted myself lucky to have that. Devilled chicken gets really old, really fast. Especially when every food is "devilled".)
( Wanderer, Wed 29 Jul 2015, 12:36, closed)