No, no needles...sometimes they make you sicker. My mum went to China and she was sick the whole time from taking the shots.
Hope that the weather is good for you but November is their wet weather (monsoon season) if you get that it'll be grey and humid and rainy.
Barter with the drivers too, you can hire someone to drive you around to see the big budda and cashew nut factory cheaper. Just walk down the street and whatever they say bargain with them...if they say no no that's too cheap then go to the next person! Get the best price and then go back hehe Can't remember whether we paid 100 or 200 baht just know that all they have to do is get one paying customer for the day and they go home afterwards! Only thing is that they will set you up to buy things like they will take you to the pearl shop and then you go through and they try and make you buy. the drivers get paid one litre of petrol for taking you there and normal say to you just walk through and say no...easy enough!
Sharpen up on bartering because everything is cheaper than they say...sometimes as cheap as 50% so don't' be afraid to go low...you'll get the feel of whether you can wing it or not. Oh and DONT say you are Australian hahahah say you are a kiwi. they hate Aussies but love Kiwi's!!! hahaha

OH one other thing...DO NOT BUY FROM THE KIDS SELLING THINGS INTHE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. Yes you feel sorry for them but they are working for the mafia and preying on you feeling sorry for them. You will be having a drink at 11.00 pm and a little person will pull on your top and ask you to buy a string bracelet..it's sad but they might as well be selling drugs for where the money is going! And don't buy drugs...Shapelle

You're going to have an awesome time
