PingRoundTheWorld

Really? I wonder if it's the price - these are pretty cheap, western food would cost at least 2-3x times more. Then again with the amount of expats on a very strict budget it's not really a surprise.

Complete 180. Can't make this **** up...

Campaign for everything once in a while, do nothing inbetween. Reading the title I also thought they're closing the entire island 😆 but also agree with others that Phuket specifically doesn't seem like a hotbed for child exploitation. If anything it's a haven for hookers who's best before date has long expired. Typical Phuket girl is in her 30s or 40s settling for one nights while she's looking for a long term sponsor.

Kind of makes sense if they have been forced into this type of work due to lack of better employment possibilities. Sure- there are some with degrees and normal jobs, but the majority cannot get a good job. Add to that the costs of surgery, hormones, upkeep, etc and even a normal salary isn't enough anymore. So even if they don't like sex that much or aren't into straight men they still work because the money is good. Lose-lose for everybody but it is what it is.

Hardly enforced in most hotels, and straight guys who take a chick with a dick from beach road (probably the worst place you could choose to choose one) are more likely to evade this procedure due to embarrassment. Having said that: if you're going to bring a ladyboy home at least use your brain a bit - hide all valuables, cash in the safe, have exact amount you intend to give "her" ready and nothing else available to poach. Good practice with ANY stranger you bring home, especially from the street - bar girls are less likely to steal because they know you know where they work. I've had this happen before (with real ladies): went to the bathroom, they went through my pockets. The smart ones only take a couple of bills and leave the rest so you'll think you just spent it, the stupid ones take it all and dash out. I try to limit the amount of money I carry in pocket and no repeats for stealers. Also good to not be drunk, but that's easier said than done. 😆

Cigarettes are way more toxic than PM2.5. Cigarette smoke contains over 7,000 chemicals, including carcinogens (benzene, formaldehyde), heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium), carbon monoxide, radioactive materials (like polonium-210) Meanwhile, PM2.5 is primarily a mixture of soot, dust, sulfates, nitrates, and other combustion byproducts. Fun fact: most of the above is contained in vape vapor too - just at lower quantities. Higher temperature vapes contain more. Duration matters too: taking 100 puffs from a vape is worse than smoking 1 cigarette. That's what a lot of people don't understand, especially in Thailand, they think it's harmless candy and suck on it continuously throughout the night - that's the equivalent of having a cigarette every half an hour or so. If you have a few puffs here and there yes it's less harm, but if you continuosly puff it's pretty much the same or worse.

Flip...flop...flip...flop. Even as an avid hater of smoking in public places, more than most, and sensitive to smoke personally (I get stuffed up and cough my lungs out when near a smoker) - I thought it was absolutely nuts that they banned the smoking rooms a few years back. Yes- it's stinky for a few seconds when you pass by it, but it's better than half the gate toilets smelling like cigarettes.

I could've told you that a decade ago. As soon as they started allowing the hordes in they've sealed their fate to need to take action to expel them in the future. It's just a matter of time really.

More likely she refused to leave without the remaining 2000 baht. Maybe even got violent or threatened them. A hooker losing face is a dangerous creature.

He's a retired policeman - not a kid - why would anyone believe someone trying to sell you on 5-10% monthly profit is beyond me. There are no legit investments that can guarantee such returns. (note I said "legit" - being a loan shark isn't..) It seems these days grown men lose their brain when they hear "crypto" as if it's some magic money-out-of-nothing tree.

Why? What's the value proposition? It has higher fees than when I use banks, I have to worry about paying tax every time I want to use it because it's taxed as an asset, not a currency. It's way too volatile to be used as a stable currency. Real world applications are limited to mostly shady stuff - you're not going to buy groceries with Bitcoin. Etc etc etc. Just the volatility and tax worries guarantee most people would never view it as a currency. I keep hearing this mantra pumped by people who are already heavily invested into it. But answer this question: why would I ever NEED it? aside from investment.

There. Fixed it for you. 👍 Joking- never been to CM. Does not sound like a place I'd enjoy much.

If there have been multiple complaints then why the hell is the place still running. Shut it down. And charge the staff for robbery, not just excessive charging.

It is terrible. They literally flood second road walking all over the place in large groups disrupting traffic. Thankfully they mostly stick to their own nightclubs in Pattaya... so far. In Bangkok they started letting them in Nana Plaza and nightclubs - terrible mistake which is already backfiring. (Not talking about one or two people: the other night half of B******** was Indian guys and couples. Bumping into people, knocking **** up, and just being annoying. Will not go back anytime soon.)

For every X Indian tourists who spend very little money you lose a western tourist who does. Quantity is not quality. (not saying there aren't quality Indian tourists - there are - but these are not the ones coming)