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the eticket system for bangkok buses which was due to go live, i believe, in december 20017 and is now not only not implemented but increasingly looking like a white elephant abandoned project.

visited and travelled in more than 50 countries, lived and worked in five countries and the only incident was an attempted mugging in morocco - and that was partly my fault as i took a short cut across wasteland in the early evening.

thailand? safe as houses, apart from the roads and some beaches if you dont know your limitations and/or how to swim out of a rip tide.

I'm asking, because I think that it would be an interesting experience as I've never seen a farang-looking individual selling anything in one of those stalls.

i've seen quite a few foreigners working in central dept mall stalls selling beauty products, creams, soaps etc. they never seem to dress very well, cheap looking clothes and shoes often not clean - strange given the products being sold and it being a customer facing environment. (assume they're on commission and dont earn enough to dress themselves decently)

it also occurred to me that things much be pretty bad back home if they're reduced to working in retail in thailand...

i was one of only four foreigners living in a chinese city of 250,000. i was stared at constantly, shouted at regularly, pointed at, laughed at and followed round the supermarket as the contents of my shopping basket were, apparently, fascinating, and occasionally i was spat at.

on the plus side i had a lot of success with the local ladies

had the same experience a couple of years ago with one of the durex products, i just went numb, never used them again and i was back to normal.

khao san road is a perfectly safe place to go, it's pretty much a walking market street in the day time, in the early evening it's more noisy and busy but no drunken behaviour, anti-social behaviour. there may be drunks around after 11pm but easy to avoid.

the parallel road 'soi rambutree' is in two sections dissected by the main road and is a preferable place to spend the evening; quieter, cheaper and better restaurants than KSR.

there is also a small, pleasant park five minutes away near the river on phra atit road.

the banglampu area is great for temples, some surviving traditional old buildings and markets. there are accommodation options to suit all pockets.

just stay away from tuktuk drivers.

i live five minutes from KSR, if you need any specific information PM me.

1 hour ago, observer90210 said:

Women, either in Europe, UK, USA, Thailand or anywhere...when they are gold diggers,  seem to have almost identical techniques to manipulate the male ego or try to play on jealousy,  in order to meet their ends. Don't fall in for it....just dump her and pick up another one....enough of them around not to fall into any such pranks.

But of course, easier said then done....especially if she's great in the kitchen and when playing on your fiddle !!!

that may be your experience and and it's sad to hear as, happily, i have never dated a thai lady who wanted money from me. back home i dated scores of women, not one wanted my money.

i've dated in japan, mongolia, china and france and not one wanted my money.

maybe i have other things to offer?

despite police assurances to the contrary water is being thrown at motorcycles and other vehicles on the main road near my place. why dont these people get it?

1 hour ago, kotsak said:

Case closed, that's the last we hear of him..

hummm... maybe, maybe not. as my thai's friend's 10 year old daughter, mint, said to me last week;

mint; what are prisons for?

me: criminals?

mint; poor people.

13 hours ago, joeyg said:

I must say I have not seen Thais aiming for the eyes and ears in my experience.  I'm sure there's exceptions.

when i used to venture out at this time of year the locals were certainly as malicious as the foreigners, i never understood why they can't have fun and enjoy themselves without behaving like that.

on the other hand it is almost entirely the locals who seem to think it amusing to throw water, unexpectedly if possible, at motorcyclists. why would anyone do that?

2 hours ago, markaoffy said:

60,000 drunk drivers in 2 days, and that’s only the ones caught!! Ever need an example of how irresponsible and selfish people are !


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good point, if the shockingly inept, lazy and unprofessional RTP have managed to put their facebook feeds down long enough to catch 60,00, just imagine how many drunk drivers there are out there. terrifying.

nice thing to do. due to a combination of the recent obsession with love destiny, every thai i have asked has been watching it, and the PM telling/asking locals to wear traditional costume.

a quick look around at songkrn time and you will see it's the children, teenagers and low class, low educated adults involved for by far the most part.

my thai friends are middle class, well educated (in thailand and abroad), professionals who dont look forward to, and hate what goes on, during songkran.

if you think all thais enjoy songkran then i guess you are hanging out with the lower class uneducated section of society. everyone to their own.

in my experience embassies and consulates close for public holidays in the countries they are situated as well as those in their homeland. and why not?!

songkran is celebrated in laos. i was there a few years ago and it was a much more civilised affair than in thailand with water throwing taking place in the afternoon allowing people to go about their normal holiday relaxation and pleasure in the morning and go out for a relaxing dinner in the evening without some idiot throwing water at you.

 was in CM recently and took the bus from the airport to the town and vice versa, 40 baht each way as i remember

On 04/04/2018 at 1:45 AM, InMyShadow said:

One station costs 16 baht. And the average is around 40 baht. Westerners should leave immediately if this is an issue

Why is this even a topic?

haha exactly. i mean how would it work in practice? separate ticket sellers/ticket machines for foreigners? how would you stop a foreigner buying  ticker at a thai machine? have staff watching every machine to make sure a pesky foreigner doesn't but a thai ticket? it's just a ridiculous proposition.

an ex of mine was a doctor, she was walking to work during songkran. a local guy walked up and emptied a bucket of water into her handbag, he apparently thought it was hilarious. #gottalovesongkran

i took comfortable bedsheets for granted until i came here - which seemed all the more surprising considering the climate. i have found it very difficult to buy decent sheets here so always bring from home - where i can buy decent quality sheets with ease

I asked the True Visions person what time the Liverpool-Man City match was being replayed and he told me it began at 7.30. It actually began at 7.10, but I was ready for that as I never believe a word that I'm told in this country

so why did you ask?!