For those that have traveled long term in Asia -- do you do
your own laundry, or do you typically pay somebody (guest
house owner, laundromat) to do it? If so, is this
expensive? Have you found it better to bring along some
Woolite and do your own?
Thank you.
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Well If your G.H. does not do it then it is
easy (and very cheap) to find somwhere that does. ( I'm only
talking about Thailand here but I suspect its the same all
over.) I guess you could do your own, washing powder can of
course be bought easily of course so you can decide when you
arrive about all this really.
A lot of guest houses in Thailand will do laundry. If not,
they'll tell you where to take it. Commercial laundries can
be found in most touristy areas although they vary in how
long they will take. As a last resort, you can always find
one-use packets of shampoo at the local market (or at many
guest houses) and do it yourself---works as well as
woolite. I've been able to find places that do laundry in
Laos and Cambodia, as well. If you're going well off the
beaten path, it may pay to invest in some featherweight
clothes that will dry quickly when you need this (e.g., see
ex-officio's website for examples, REI and LL Bean sell
decent knockoffs that are cheaper).
woolite and all
I employ a cleaning boy who travels with me with the
express task of cleaning my clothes he is number 9 in my
group of locally employed slaves
All at a dollar a day
1. Valet to take charge of all the locals I will employ
2. Translator who knows the local dialects donÆt want to
lower myself and not speak English
3. Tall boy to hold a umbrella to keep my fair skin out of
the sun
4. 4 baggage handlers (15 if I am travelling with my wife)
5. Houseboy to look after my hotel room
6. Driver in case the taxis are to dirty (must hire a
stretch limo)
7. Personal manservant to wash and clean my delicate body
8. Personal cook just in case they cannot cook western
food who wants to eat all that rice
9. Laundry boy
10. 3 armed guards
11. Personal trainer
12. Astrologer
As you can see I employ loads of locals injecting money
into the local economies
Either Andrew is incredibly stupid hence I would not let
him out of his own country
Or as Alan Wicker would say ôitÆs a wind upö
If you pay my airfare and expenses you will not have to worry. I will bring my own woolite (what's woolite?) and will wash your clothes before they are even dirty. I will even iron them...while they are still on your body if you like!
Me velly good washerwoman
(Not scrubber)
I would add a few other options for the laundry service by
Colonial Man.
There was a time in the past when there was a service to
mail the laundry to either Paris or London from S
America/Brazil during the rubber boom (turn of this
century).
DHL courier does have a service in most SEA countries,
where u could mail your laundry for a same day service and
return by courier (to London, Paris or to Andrew's favorite
laundry in Wagga wagga). This could be doone during your
onward journey. Say, if you mail in KL your may collect in
Penang.
Does Andrew require his clothes
- on a hanger or folded after ironing?
-low/med/high starched?
(as most 5* hotels would like to know?)
If there are many other Andrews requiring this service, DHL
may start a special laundry run. Laundering may be done in
London but Andrew may trust the locals to iron. Wagga wagga
sounds like the centre of the universe, where the rich and
the famous reside!.
If on the other hand Andrew likes to do his own laundry, if
backpacking, here is a practical tip.
Most wash basins leak and the stoppers are ineffective to
hold the water for any duration, to soak the clothes in
soapy water. I use a few large plstic bags, one inside the
other ,placed inside the wash basin, to soak the clothes.ND
I would add a few other options for the laundry service by
Colonial Man.
There was a time in the past when there was a service to
mail the laundry to either Paris or London from S
America/Brazil during the rubber boom (turn of this
century).
DHL courier does have a service in most SEA countries,
where u could mail your laundry for a same day service and
return by courier (to London, Paris or to Andrew's favorite
laundry in Wagga wagga). This could be doone during your
onward journey. Say, if you mail in KL your may collect in
Penang.
Does Andrew require his clothes
- on a hanger or folded after ironing?
-low/med/high starched?
(as most 5* hotels would like to know?)
If there are many other Andrews requiring this service, DHL
may start a special laundry run. Laundering may be done in
London but Andrew may trust the locals to iron. Wagga wagga
sounds like the centre of the universe, where the rich and
the famous reside!.
If on the other hand Andrew likes to do his own laundry, if
backpacking, here is a practical tip.
Most wash basins leak and the stoppers are ineffective to
hold the water for any duration, to soak the clothes in
soapy water. I use a few large plstic bags, one inside the
other ,placed inside the wash basin, to soak the clothes.ND
I would add a few other options for the laundry service by
Colonial Man.
There was a time in the past when there was a service to
mail the laundry to either Paris or London from S
America/Brazil during the rubber boom (turn of this
century).
DHL courier does have a service in most SEA countries,
where u could mail your laundry for a same day service and
return by courier (to London, Paris or to Andrew's favorite
laundry in Wagga wagga). This could be doone during your
onward journey. Say, if you mail in KL your may collect in
Penang.
Does Andrew require his clothes
- on a hanger or folded after ironing?
-low/med/high starched?
(as most 5* hotels would like to know?)
If there are many other Andrews requiring this service, DHL
may start a special laundry run. Laundering may be done in
London but Andrew may trust the locals to iron. Wagga wag
To those who took my post seriously, as it was intended,
many thanks for the info, it helped.
Andrew
We did it ourselves...had to wait too long and if it rained
we had to wait longer to get it back. We did a little
every day as soon as we arrived at a guesthouse...take a
universal drain stopper and you can purchase bar laundry
soap at any store.
A newbie asks a concrete, newbie question and gets crapped
on.....Many other people ask vague, uninformed questions
like "what can I do in Thailand" and they're taken
seriously. In the end, this all reflects rather badly on
the would-be humorists here more than on Andrew.
Wash your own underwear and socks. When all the rest of your
crap is dirty, pay someone else to wash it.
The point I am going to make is this
Bring soap powder to Asia!
What does Andrew think the local population washes their
clothes in? Mud / Goats urine / DonÆt bother to wash their
clothes at all?
These sort of questions deserve a good slamming if he had
thought it through and asked a more sensible question he
would get a sensible answer
Do you want people like this wandering around Asia with
100kg Backpacks carrying everything like the idiot at the
bottom of this thread of the thorn tree?
But then again if you are the infamous rich of richly
travel you would want someone like this just more victims
to prey on.
Well you are a mean, nasty, antagonistic and unkind piece
of work, aren't you? Does it give you some sort of pleasure
to see the worst and not just simply offer advice to a new
traveler, even if he is ignorant in his question?
He will learn, as you did, but hopefully he will be a lot
more kind when he returns by offering advice, not
beratement. Take your negativity and nastiness elsewhere,
this is a supportive site, and people like you with their
mean and bitter remarks make it rotten.
Jennifer
The poster's question is not the problem here, it's this
wanker's responses. We should pity people like Colonial
Man, he is obviously quite a prick.
i bet it's Kyaw making all the postings!!!
Thanks for the compliment Emily
Wanking is without doubt the safest form of sexual relief
in this current climate of HIV/AIDS
--
Just been announced yesterday AIDS is the No1 killer in
Africa now
--
As to the soap powder slamming its still a stupid question
has Andrew bothered to buy a guidebook?
Has he started to read it?
Small things jump out at you like maps with supermarkets /
day markets / superstores etc what do you think is sold
there?
--
If you bother to follow this site you get the same stupid
questions offered again and again even to the point where
their maybe a similar posting lower down in the thorn tree
just use the scroll bar
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Cases in point
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1. Current travel situation in Cambodia
2. How wonderful is Khoa San road
3. Cheap trekking in the north of Thailand
4. What to take in my backpack
5. How Good / Bad is myanmar
6. How to get from the airport to?
7. Where to buy counterfeit goods in?
8. Cheap tailors
9. Will my ATM card work in?
10. WhatÆs the weather like in?
11. Larium vs. Doxycycline
12. Cheap flights in BKK
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But my all time favorite is can I pay for everything in
Asia with US dollars with shall I take soap Powder with me
a close second
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if you have a serious question i can answer i will answer it
but i will continue to slam stupid questions !
Looks like I was right. Thanks for the confirmation, CM.