Shocked farang

On 2/28/2023 at 5:41 AM, nglodnig said:

Every time I visit Thailand (for the last  thirty or forty years or more) I spend an hour or two at Bangkok Airport waiting for my onward flight. Occasionally (once or twice a decade) I overnight there.

 

Dirty, smelly, over-crowded, crime-ridden and the traffic is atrocious - unbelievable, at any time day or night.

 

Yeah right, it's the thirtieth best city in the world.

 

 

Overnite at the airport? Do you mean in one of those capsules in the basement? 

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

It's all about how great we are and how we can expect hordes of various tourists in the news these days! Bangkok is a scruffy, hot, traffic jammed sweltering, polluted, over-crowded city like most of the capitals in the region.... 

But at the same time, some neighborhoods really have a feel of a small town... 

On 2/28/2023 at 5:41 AM, nglodnig said:

Every time I visit Thailand (for the last  thirty or forty years or more) I spend an hour or two at Bangkok Airport waiting for my onward flight. Occasionally (once or twice a decade) I overnight there.

 

Dirty, smelly, over-crowded, crime-ridden and the traffic is atrocious - unbelievable, at any time day or night.

 

Yeah right, it's the thirtieth best city in the world.

 

 

You have a problem Sir, if you cannot see the positive in Bangkok, you shouldn't keep on going back there... 

On 2/27/2023 at 6:03 AM, SuperSilverHaze said:

Entire city needs a coat of paint. Really looking shabby.

 

Needs parks and through rebuild of foot paths, roads, sewers. Traffic laws and regulations

 

Senior card BTS for farang.

 

Museum lol. No hab 

 

Parks and green spaces no hab

 

Take the masks off you ignorant people.

 

30 doesn't seem so good.

This no hab sounds funny but it's the spirit, the kindness of Thais who try to be nice to foreign people despite the little fluency they have in English. Yesterday I was in the BTS and a Thai girl bumped into me, she said "solly, solly, Sir", I said with a smile, no problem, Mai pen rai, she was so pleased that falang can speak a little, nit nói, Thai! LOL

12 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Normally the vehicle that caused the accident has to pay the costs...In this case the hit and runner...Stupid of the girl to travel without a travel insurance  of course. and of course the bill is too high, as probably for Thais it is much lower..1,6 million THB.. while expensive surgeries here on THais are not half of it, including hospitalization... 

Most probably she did have insurance but the moment she sat on the motorbike, no licence, the coverage evaporated. Null, zero 

The article is right about paying the "fine" on the spot as it useless to fight against the Thai police, the act like a mafia and if the issue is brought to the police station more and more senior officers will be looking into the issue which means it will become more expensive. You cannot beat the Thai police, period. 

On 1/26/2023 at 8:02 AM, brianthainess said:

While I agree Thaksin was much better than having Generals trying to run a country with a dictational mindset, (lets not forget the attitude camps) trumping up charges to get rid of popular opposition. And now FFP in the running changes things, unfortunately Thaksin's statement that weed was as bad as opium has put me off him. 

Really? How stupid and outdated to say such a thing... 

This dispute between Taksin and Prayut should be resolved in a Muay Thai boxing match

alive in Pattaya.

I would bet on Taksin, how about you guys?

Koh Tao is somewhat part of my life as I did my Divemaster's course there back in 2002.

(After that I continued to become an istructor in the west)

I ended my stay by getting Dengue fever and had to go to a hospital in Koh Samui.

Back then the island was so relaxed, most of the people staying there were involved in the diving

industry, the dive sites were perfect for learners. I just feel sad that the reputation of this beatiful island is so demaged now.

39 minutes ago, Robert Tyrrell said:

Cannabis is a huge cash crop both personal consumption and for Medical purposes, This is making hug revenue for Thailand as it does in many countries, I’m American ???????? And it’s nearly legal in almost every state.

5% Nope , It’s certainly consumed by many in Thailand ???????? For sure And certainly no worse then alcohol.

Wow! Another one claiming "I'm an American in Thailand!", there's nothing new under the sun! 

5 hours ago, nikmar said:

one thing I ve noticed within my own, admittedly limited, circle is that people i know would never dream of touching weed are now trying, experimenting and getting in to it. my neice and her friend are good examples. it's like a new toy for them - ""oooh cookies ..... ooooh ready rolled joints"

And people like me who have had a lot of past experience with it, specially in the teenage years now avoid it like a plague as it creates tolerance, once you smoke some continuously, you become more and more insensitive to it and some people are compelled to smoke more It's really like kissing a mermaid, I would not recommend but still think that everyone should try at least once. 

Money, money, money, that's all that matters to the Thai government! They are bringing also some wonderful new Covid variants as a gift to Thailand! 

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

I'll believe it when I see it, so far fares have been going up and up owing to all sorts of excuses, and once fare is is up very difficult to bring it it down...

Only competition can bring it down. One airline trying to bring down the margins of another airline. 

Why this kind of stuff always happen in Pattaya?

It seems this place brings out this sensuousness in many people...

22 minutes ago, IamNoone88 said:

Making himself and his country proud. He can collect his brain and dignity at lost and found at airport arrivals on his way back Finland.

The so called "Leave your brain at the airport" concept... 

12 hours ago, AllThaiedUp said:

Lucky guy.. if it were anywhere else he would be facing a driving suspension and possibly jail time

True! In Thailand you can get away with almost anything! TIT! 

15 hours ago, roo860 said:

According to the local paper she was a passenger. And wore a helmet. 

Sorry to say but most helmets in most shops are a complete joke and don't give any protection. They are just a formality to comply with the law. I'm very sorry for what happened to this woman, maybe some rich Thai tycoon could help to pay her hospital bill. She is in my prayers, I hope she will recover soon. 

14 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

Do they have tourist hotels in Utah without railings on the balcony?

Do you think they would be able to trade like that?

 

From google:

 

This hotel has a swastika on the front! I wouldn't stay in such a place, even knowing that this reverse swastika means something totally different in Asia... 

If he was totally drunk as some posts here suggest, he was already killing himself with alcohol, so he only accelerated the process. Better if he had smoked a joint instead! 

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

And why do kids with parents and a home take them... because they can?

No, they are also in pain, most of the times the family is dysfunctional, there's no love and one of the parents is a narcissist. 

On 12/3/2022 at 6:16 AM, cdemundo said:

Here are 9 and 10 year old boys living on the street with no parents and the big issue is that they are smoking ganja?

Let's treat the symptoms, maybe the cause will go away.

Exactly. Homeless kids take drugs to ease the pain of being homeless, having no parents. Why isn't the government providing shelter and food for them? 

12 hours ago, VinnieK said:

Well..as a Chinese he can blend in easily and yes maybe he can buy himself out of trouble.

Asians can play the system way better than a dumbass, high-moral-ground farang 

I wonder how these millions of Sino-thais got to live here in the first place 

Seems there is special treatment for Chinese here.

Thai IDs (for a price) etc.

 

The Sino Thais are a different category as they came in different waves of immigration many generations ago and are now perceived as part of Thai society. 

1 hour ago, Mad mick said:

Killers or murders walk amongst us everywhere not just Russians . 

Just saw five of them yesterday @ Pier 21 mall... ????