Lemsta69

Plenty of good reasons. Eg. It's 4am and you stumble out of Patpong 2 and there's no taxis, only a lone tuk tuk. Easier to just mumble you destination, tell him the price you're going to pay then pour yourself into the back seat. You and all the other "tuk tuks are for tourists" brigade are boring. I'll take whatever mode of transport that works for me at any given time without getting all hung up about whether I'm perceived to be a local or not, or if I'm getting "ripped off".

And turn mobile data off so you don't use up any credit inadvertently. OR buy a roaming package for the convenience of not having to rely on WiFi like a loso ????

No.

Are you jealous because it's more interesting than those fake temples you spend your life raving about? Next you'll be asking us if Angkor Wat is worth visiting ????????????

That's a long-winded and very whiny way to say "sorry OP, I have no game" ????

You can get P4P almost anywhere in Thailand. The Thai scene is huge, way bigger than the tiny foreigner-oriented zones. I've seen it myself maybe three or four times, including once with a Thai guy whose wife had just given birth. He called up a couple of youngish girls he had on speed dial, picked them up and took us to a love motel a bit out of town. I chose to sit it out so I just waited in the car with a very sad looking girl who looked like she wanted to be anywhere else. Much, much seedier than the "Pattaya style bars" that you decry. Dude was a car battery salesman, so just an ordinary guy. The kind that you "Pattaya bad, real Thailand good" types think are the "salt of the earth". You probably wai them every day ???? So yeah, unless you live in the jungle mints from anywhere then you probably DO live in a "flesh pit" but you're too blind to see it.

Relax guy, I was having a laugh.

It's not just farang that do this, some Thais I know use the term fairly loosely. So why are you singling out Whitey, you got the self-hate thing going on?

Comedy gold ????

You're not representing me Mac, I'm a fan of visa agents and all that that entails. Long may the current system reign and woe betide anyone who gets in its way.

Hit the reply button but do not send actually send a reply. Then post the return email address on here, perhaps BritTim or someone else can help work out if it is a legitimate address or not.

So start a new thread with an appropriate title and without maligning one particular group of people. Shame on you for race-baiting.

You whinge about farang, little Boggsy whinges about Thais. Win win, everybody's happy. Except the long suffering audience of course.

Euro bank ripped you off the sneaky buggers, you should contact them and tell them to put it right. Call the ombudsman if they refuse.

Depends on the individual. That stuff stopped working for me after a while so I resorted to quackery from the internet, namely lemon juice and baking soda which worked a treat. After the last attack subsided I went on to the Allopurinol and haven't had another attack in years.

You're replying to a poster that hasn't visited this website in almost two years ????

This website needs all the traffic it can get so the current owner can offload it to some unsuspecting noob. If little Goaty is so concerned about what is reported on here then he should put up and buy the thing or just shut up and spare us the sermon ????

Dudes who walk around shirtless in areas that they"shouldn't" likely don't give a flying f**k about how they are perceived. Except maybe guys like the OP who seems to have confidence issues and need a bit of urging before they goes parading around Si Lom 2 in his underdaks ????

I am. It's my right to enjoy such pleasures. If it's OK for the legions of Thai men who engage in such practices in their sleazy karaoke joints and fairy light bars then it's OK for me. Funny that Al Jazeera doesn't go to places like that...

It's a nine year old thread bro, nobody cares anymore unless they've got an axe to grind.

Yes, I know but thanks anyway.

OP is applying for an METV.

He's saying that maybe someone is trying to scam YOU, not the other way around. @BritTimhas suggested there may be data leaks in the Thai e-visa system.

Immigration does not issue visas, the Consular Affairs section of each Thai Embassy does. They're governed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, not the Royal Thai Police Immigration Bureau.

Of course you can, I see shirtless farang quite often down the Si Lom area in the busy season. Nobody gives a rat's, or if they do they keep their opinions to themselves.