vesiva

Jim, a New York limo driver, whom we interviewed earlier in this series, explained how it works. He lived in Thailand in recent years.

"To have a girl in Pattaya for the night, where she spends the whole night with you, that's it; she's yours," Jim said. "It's, you know, you're buying a girl for the night. That's what you're doing. That's what's so nice, and she has to do whatever you ask her to do."

It's a sad sad world with a lot of very sad people:-(

O my God, what a fantastic story! I am not normally the romantic type, but this story made my heart warm and my soul happy

Work all your life and end up shoved into a nursing home playing dominoes with senile folk staring out the rain splattered window with mind numbing repeats of come dancing on in the background wondering what your life was really all about.

Alternatively retire here and live life on the edge fully aware that one wrong move, one wrong word, one wrong businesses deal you could end up like this poor bloke shot and dumped on the side of the road like a worthless animal.

rip

Or alternatively, retire somewhere else where one wrong move/word/business deal does not get you murdered in your bed one night by people that you thought you could trust and that are just after your money::-) (I would think there are more than two options here:-)

After reading your 2 post on this topic, where you clearly demonstrates, that you despise Thailand and Thais, what are you doing here on a forum about Thailand. Instead of spewing your venom here, join a forum in one of your "nice" Asian countries!

I thought you were allowed to comment on news in here. and I think I have the right to do so. As long as the news are not false, I cannot see what is wrong with that.

Or do you think I should pull wool over my eyes.? In a forum it must be allowed to discuss topics and have other opinions than yourself. It should be ok, to have an opinion, even if it differs from yours,you know.

As you can see, there are plenty of other people here that feels the same way. I don't know you ,so you should not take everything that people say here personally . Or is this a forum for people of only one opinion? In that case, I have totally misunderstood the meaning of forums...

Work all your life and end up shoved into a nursing home playing dominoes with senile folk staring out the rain splattered window with mind numbing repeats of come dancing on in the background wondering what your life was really all about.

Alternatively retire here and live life on the edge fully aware that one wrong move, one wrong word, one wrong businesses deal you could end up like this poor bloke shot and dumped on the side of the road like a worthless animal.

rip

Or alternatively, retire somewhere else where one wrong move/word/business deal does not get you murdered in your bed one night by people that you thought you could trust and that are just after your money::-) (I would think there are more than two options here:-)

It seems to be every other day these news. A foreigner murdered by a local(which in this case it is not proven, but if it is 'the usual business' , I assume it is the case.)

Very sad the way thailand is going down the drains,also because they rely so much on tourists and foreigners economically.

I once wished to go to thailand to live, but after reading this forum, I would never do it. In fact , I would not even go there on holiday, I think.

It seems like a society gone mentally ill.

On one hand they do anything to appear white, on the other hand there is a real hatred for foreigners.

Now, if i was male, I would NEVER marry a thai, because how can you be really sure?

Don't know what the attitudes towards white females are, but there sure are a lot of attacks on those, too.

Luckily, Asia is large and there are plenty other countries to choose from. As it is now, Thailand would be at the very bottom of my list. Such a beautiful country, but such ugly mentality. Really sad.

Now that's a TRUE buddhist (as opposed to the millions of other 'buddhists' in thailand)

Well, first off, is she on the pill? That can help with hormonal acne. And what kind of treatments is she getting? Those might possibly be contributing

Try auricular therapy and reflexology. It's often a good combination-treatment :-)

HI Vesiva,

many people here work in internet businesses.

I once mentioned to a lady from Estonia that wanted to stay here to hook up with Lemon Grass Spa products Phuket and market their stuff in her home country. Aren't there a lot of the sauna/spa places where you are? Set the site up, hook up with Lemon Grass, use DHL Worldship software on the site to do the shipping, go sell to all the spa places in Norway showing them the site and how to order.

Anyway, just an idea, and yes as far as my nic, don't believe everything you read ;-)

Hi, Grumpyoldman.

Thank you for your kind reply and good advice. I will look into Lemon Grass and how to use DHL:-) I received an email from the company yesterday and will look into the marketing! Looks like their products are good quality:-)

Yes, the internet business. Also one of life's mysteries to me. A lot of people tell me that it's a big business.And I wonder:what is it and how do you get started seeing that so many apparantly is doing it. Yes, another one of lifes' great mysteries to me :-D

Thank you grumpyoldman(you don't seem like one:-) and Roel! I have thought about looking up Junie, but the last time I was on Koh Lanta,time just seemed to run very fast. I never got to do half of the things I wanted to do/see. I understand that Junie is from the same country as myself(?) I am very interested in contributing at the animal welfare center. It seems sometimes a mystery to me how a lot of foreigners are able to stay for a long time, and/ or even live in thailand for years on end,even if they are not allowed to work or even in places where there are no work. Where do they get the money from? How do they manage? And I am talking about those foreigner that are not married to a thai. Makes me so curious! Anyway, lot's of good info here.Can't wait to come back:-)

Obviously you're a female ? There are some Scandinavian (also female) tour guides on Lanta during the high season despatched from their companies. But all left in April and some of them will come back again in November. There is not much on the web for flats. Usually people come here, stay at a hotel or resort and start their search. In the diving industry there are many illegal foreign workers, i.e. instructors and dive masters. They are here on tourist visas without work permit and frequently have to make their visa runs to renew the visa. But I do not recommend or support this, although the diving industry has a hard time to survive without these foreigners. Unfortunately there are still not enough Thais who are capable to teach diving students in their language. There are some skilled Thais teaching in English, but this is not the world language everybody understands well.

Thank you:-) Yes I am female(forgot to mention that) I don't do diving so that would not be an option for me, unfortunately. I speak English, though. My ex-husband is thai and so I have a good understanding of the culture and also speak some Thai. I suppose the best thing is to do what you say most people do: stay at a resort and start searching for a place:-) Thank you for useful information:-)

Klong Dao beach and long beach are certainly nice. But there are also nices beaches more to the South of the Island. July to September is the monsoon season and you may expect some heavy rainfall. But the sun will shine, as well. However, since these are westerly winds, you commonly have high waves at the beach, which makes swimming not so pleasant. There is no comparison to what you've experience in February. About the job, there is no job for a foreigner in Thailand, unless he has his own venture ore is in an executive position in a foreign company.

Thank you fpr your reply:-) About working in Thailand: Does this mean that every single foreigner working there either has his/her own venture or has an executive position in a foreign company? Either way, I could save up and stay for the darkest months (here), in thailand. I have searched some sites for accomodation on the island, but they only list a few. I am single, don't need a lot of space, love basic thai food, need the internet but apart from that, just something basic: kitchen,bathroom and electricity:-) Are there any sites to be recommended for flat-searching on the island?

I have read through a lot of the topics on the forum , but maybe there are some new sites not mentioned in the previous posts?

Klong Dao beach and long beach are certainly nice. But there are also nices beaches more to the South of the Island. July to September is the monsoon season and you may expect some heavy rainfall. But the sun will shine, as well. However, since these are westerly winds, you commonly have high waves at the beach, which makes swimming not so pleasant. There is no comparison to what you've experience in February. About the job, there is no job for a foreigner in Thailand, unless he has his own venture ore is in an executive position in a foreign company.

Thank you fpr your reply:-) About working in Thailand: Does this mean that every single foreigner working there either has his/her own venture or has an executive position in a foreign company? Either way, I could save up and stay for the darkest months (here), in thailand. I have searched some sites for accomodation on the island, but they only list a few. I am single, don't need a lot of space, love basic thai food, need the internet but apart from that, just something basic: kitchen,bathroom and electricity:-) Are there any sites to be recommended for flat-searching on the island?

I have read through a lot of the topics on the forum , but maybe there are some new sites not mentioned in the previous posts?

I am new here and I have a few questions regarding this wonderful island. I went to koh Lanta last february and fell in love with the place so much that I want to know more about it (even if I did stay at a bad resort for the first week :-)

1. Where are the best beaches? I stayed at a resort on khlong nin the first week and was not that impressed. I would be looking for somewhere with white sand preferably.

2.What is the weather like in july/august/september?

3. Would there be anywhere to stay during those months?

4.I'd like to stay during the winter season (when it's winter in Norway,that is.Which means pretty much all year :-)

Where could I find reasonably priced accommodation and would there be any chance of a job anywhere on the island?(I know, I'm sure thousands are thinking the same, but here goes for trying! :-)

I have been to thailand several times, but I just think there's something very special about Koh Lanta and I miss it every day.

I do hope I will get some replies from people living on the island.

Have a nice day!