1happykamper

Greetings from Pattaya! Yesterday I visited Koh Larn... On a wooden ferry built out of goffer wood.. 😂😂. I visited Tien Beach... accessed via a raised concrete path... The path is just wide enough for two people to walk past each other... But 2 to 3 meters above rocks! 😂😂😂😂. No fence. No nothing! Thailand is can be a very dangerous place to visit. In Mexico I was always vigilant about crime. Here in Thailand it's all about falling.. tripping and staying well away from adventure...things break, sink and catch fire on a regular basis here 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Maybe so... a quick update.. I arrived on koh Larn today... 45 minutes boat ride from Pattaya. Omfg. It's Delhi on the beach.. or Moscow.. Can't tell which. Very few Thai and "others "

Pattaya will be such a sht show... with too many tourists... not enough infrastructure and more filth and crime. I'm in Pattaya now. Huge difference in just 5 years. Things are looking very filthy and rundown.

.. and these TM 47s are really keeping track of bad guys 🤦

So his weight knocked over some sort of sign and everyone went nuts at him? Very very strange. A lot of violence and theft of his stuff for no reason... seemingly

The headline! 🤣🤣🤣. I was wondering how these French men were getting away with running a traffic check point 🤣🤣🤣🤣.... running it implies they impersonated police. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

You need to be enlightened more. Allow me... these are facts.. not an opinion : I've lived around the world.. 7 countries and traveled to 41. I've been living in Thailand 10 years and chiang mai just 2 years. I've only ever been hit by a vehicle in chiang mai.. three times! 🤣🤣🤣... one fairly seriously and it was a hit and run! Nope.. it's certainly not me. it's definitely chiang mai!

Wrong. I know the drill. Your assumptions are wrong . My post was about pathetic drivings skills.. It wasn't about not understanding Thai culture. Try to keep up

What? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Get grip cupcake

He lives in England and he's a dad. Hmmmm.... Yep. He's not going back. What will he do for money I wonder...

But he could do that at the end of a train line in Bangkok

You've been living in BKK in 1100 a month? Wow! Nit noi baht. Seriously... Most can't live comfortably here in chiang mai for that little. When a man gets tired of Bangkok... He gets tired of life itself.

OP here.. Greetings from Jomtien! 🤣🤣🤣.. next stop to check out... Hua Hin.. I've lived in both before. It's sooooo very quiet in Jomtien compared to chiang mai! Walking on beach road at 7 am was a pleasure... walking anywhere in chiang mai at that same hour was not a pleasure in the last few years. Best of luck

"visa has expired". Really easy to understand.

Statistically my experience with Swiss men is that THEY HAVE ALL had anger issues. My neighbor in Hua Hin years ago wielded a knife and gun at neighbors and then used both! Friggin nut jobs

Really? Yes... Depending on the amount of the bribe.

Security is doing a fine job

I've been hit twice, as a pedestrian, by cars. Fk that.. "smile wave and walk on".🤦🤣🤣🤣 Er... No... Thai need to learn to drive and respect pedestrians!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦. Uhmmm... Did I wake up in an alternate Universe.

I've driven a mb in HCM and Da Nang... Much easier than chiang mai... Yes... Chaotic.. But even pedestrians get their fair chance at crossing six lanes of travel... Just get into the flow viet ride slower in cities. Thai here in cnx.. Ride far to fast for conditions

I'm at the same crossroads of thinking. Ten years ago here in chiang mai was a pleasure to ride around. The city roads are now full of holes and general mahem. Potholes in Thailand country roads used to be rare because so many ride motorbikes and rider can easily be thrown off his bike. Now.... Potholes on many roads. Roads in many other parts of Thailand are in much better shape... Notably.. Krabi. I used to really enjoy chiang mai. Maybe a rice field is indeed more my style 😥🤦

Next headline should read "Thai people most selfish and lowest IQ of all developing NATIONS". 😢

I've been living in various parts of Thailand since 2015. I've also lived (retired) in Mexico, Vietnam and Indonesia (Bali) I'm now a (fit) 74 year old living in chiang mai Mai city on and off for several years The Thai driving here is getting much worse.. Right? I'm speaking from a pedestrians point of view... it's dangerous now to try to walk around the city! I haven't driven in years but from what I experience via taxi rides... driving skills here are worse than ANY of those afformentioned places. Just awful... from a pedestrian and car passengers pov. Sidewalks in chiang mai city are downright dangerous leaving little option but to walk the streets... I digress. This morning... I'm walking next to warorot (Kad Luang market).. walking at the very edge of the street... there are no sidewalks in this area... and a car heading.. at slow speed.. straight for me.. I assumed they would stop. Wrong. They kept driving! The driver got out of the car.. Picking up fruit the lazy c#w.. and laughed at me. I was pissed and gave her my best possible insults in a body language that any mor^n would understand. No apology... She giggles These situations now are nearly daily. Ive been hit here by moving cars.. Twice .. Once fairly seriously... The merc driver just kept driving. What the hell is wrong with "these people". My anger levels here are noticeably higher nowadays. So much so that quite often I opt not to go for a walk. So very pathetic that I have to think this way. Will I really leave chiang mai city because of this? I enjoy city vibes... So rice fields are not my style...

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣There havin' a laugh right? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Oh another U turn Thailand! Gmafb. Who's steering this crazy ship Immigration offices here are swimming in paperwork. Useless paper than no one ever refers to after it's filed.