Shocked farang

Yes!! The soft power of Khao San Rd after it was popularized by Leonardo di Caprio on the movie The beach!!

Actually, it ends up doing exactly the opposite as Thais immediately identify the farang wearing the elephant pants as a "cheap charlie" LOL

I don't get your irony using "obviously". Why obviously? Thailand does have beaches as beautiful as the one in the picture. Just to name a few (there are hundreds or even more), Koh Lipe island, Koh PhiPhi, The Similans, Koh Lanta, I haven't even scratched the surface of beach beauties in the Kingdom!

The elephant pants give away that he's hiding around Khao San Rd. area. 🤣

Just develop a little sense of humor, the person who wrote that is probably a Brit himself...

My two cents on Cannabis:

You are an exception, very few foreigners have a Thai driver's license.

When you say that you smoked very powerful stuff back in the day, there are many studies about the ganja being sold now and they say that the THC content has gone up many times. That's the reason that I really don't smoke anymore, the mellow weed simply disapeared and now we have these THC bombs.

With cannabis and driving, in my experience when high on THC the reflexes get slower, sometimes too slow for the conditions being faced. So, people when high should definetly abstain from driving or operating any dangerous equipment. This is very basic...

You are only looking at your side of the equation. I have watched many documentaries about people with all kinds of conditions who were helped by cannabis. You particular case really struck me a few years ago about a young girl whose family had moved to Colorado just to have access to medical cannabis, she had extremely painful migraines, she became quite ok after being treated with cannabis ( I mean full cannabis to be smoked, not only CBD).

Smoking pot can lead you to...becoming a pot head...LOL

There is a YouTuber who interviewed a cannabis store owner (a big shop on Sukhunwit Rd) and this guy claims that he's totally prepared for what is coming as next to the shop he has a clinic that will employ many Thai traditional medicine doctors who will be able to issue prescriptions for any recreational customer who needs one! Brilliant!!!

Wait, are you forgetting that this is Thailand? You just need to find a "nice" doctor who can prescribe cannabis to you. Good luck!

Weed does become an addiction to many people. Sorry potheads, truth must be told.

The main reason is that most people are smart enough not to let their brain to be kidnapped by THC. So most of the customers are the usual potheads!

Actually most people can send their money through Western Union and there's no need to come to Thailand at al!

This thing about bad foreigners sounds more like Xenophobia to me...

Keeping in mind that in Germany this case would not exist as 17 is well within the law.

You just can't understand the point, the gap between 17 and 18 is only 1 year and the girl has been a hooker for a while so she looks older and experienced. I actually think this poor guy was a victim, this chief police is just trying to show his work because of the very negative documentary by DW.

This case only confirmed what I already suspected: This "Thai elite VISA" is a total waste of money. During Covid times, many "Thai elite VISA" holders were blocked from returning to Thailand. Actually, let's face it, there's an undercurrent of xenofobia in Thai society, they are a very homogenous country and society with a unique language and there's no way that it will ever be inclusive to foreigners. Don't count on Thailand for your long term residence, they can kick you out anytime without a second thought.

Actually, anyone with a VPN account is able to watch it from within Thailand. Thailand is mirroring itself on the Chinese masters!

Prostitution in Pattaya? There must be some misunderstanding, Pattaya is a known family oriented resort and nobody has ever seen such a horrible thing as prostitution there.