PingRoundTheWorld

Why? sounds about right for Bolt from Phukey City->Patong.

Exactly. How would he know her room number if she hadn't invited him in? she probably did and don't remember it. Also unexplained is how he managed to enter the car park, elevator, etc - assuming it's a typical condo and you need a key card for those. Still kind of weird for a Bolt driver to hook up with a passenger, but it wasn't necessarily uninvited. Bottom line: getting drunk af is a great way to find yourself with a stranger in bed the next morning.

Odd that they were specifically targetted. It doesn't sound like anyone was trafficked or exploited or underage. There's literally thousands of such establishments in Thailand. Must've pissed someone off or neglect to pay up.

Uhh, no. What has she done aside from being "the wife of"? What exactly qualifies her to be president? And in other news: women usually make terrible leaders. Just look at Germany and Sweden, being figureatively and literally raped by hordes of Muslim immigrants who wil never integrate into normal society. These were women leaders who allowed them in.

You're unlikely to see much or any of your deposit back anyway, so don't bother with cleaning. Even if they charge you(r deposit) for cleaning it'll only be 1-2k, but you're guaranteed they will find "damage" and other things allegedly wrong with the place and deduct it from your deposit. In ~8 years in Thailand I have never gotten my deposit back, from any landlord. Illegal? yes. But there's not much you can do and going through legal channels for small amounts is a waste of time. I'm a landlord myself (not in Thailand) so I can see their side and why they would want to receive the place back in perfect condition, however in reality wear and tear happens, and it is THEIR responsibility, not the renter's. Unfortunately most landlords I've encountered are out to squeeze every last baht they can out of the property so will nickel and dime you for anything you allegedly caused, even if it was already there before. (and then they'll pass it on to the next renter WITHOUT fixing it, and when they move out "find it" again) P.S. These were all Thai landlords. I haven't had any foreign landlords (so far). Not sure which would be better...

If you have to go through all of that to keep your girlfriend then you don't have a girlfriend - you have a rental. A normal Thai girl isn't going to fall on random ****s just because she met your friends, on the contrary - meeting your friends and family (assuming THEY are normal....) is a good thing. Living in tourist areas in itself isn't an issue as long as she stays out of the bars. If she does go out partying (without you) on a regular basis, however, then ditch her yesterday. There is only one reason people go out *on a regular basis* - make all the excuses you want, but one underlying reason. Single occurences like birthdays etc can be excusable, as long as it's in somewhat respectable venues.

Jeff Bezos: Beta male with money - worst combination possible. Bore her to death + the possibily of disengaing AND keeping a good chunk of his money = divorce. Bill Gates and Paul McCartney: See above. Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt: Narcissistic psycho women with assets and resources of their own don't make the best partners, hot or not. The problem wasn't that they were rich or successful, the problem was that the women were not dependent on them financially or emotionally. It worked well when it suited the women, ended when it no longer did. None of the beta breakups would've happened if they weren't married and the women weren't set to receive millions at divorce. As for Johnny and Brad - they weren't their wifes, it just was just their turn. A wise poster once wrote: always make sure you are more valuable to her alive than dead. So expand that further: always make sure you are valuable to her, period. Great rule to live by IMHO.

Absolute nonsense. Internet service is barely useable in half the hotels on the island. When I moved to a condo it got slightly better with fiber internet at the zoomin' speed of 50/50mbps. Bangkok and Pattaya you can easily get 500mbps, 1gbps, etc. I can't think of a single technological area they are better at than Bangkok or Pattaya.

You can clearly see the ladyboy grabbing the first guy, hitting him on the back and in the face, then pointing and being aggressive towards the second guy. No idea what happened before all of this (if anything), but hitting someone in the face and being aggressive makes the punch self-defence. Live by the sword, die by the sword - ladyboy is violent, so he met violence.

I like the concept in general, and I'm sure from a housing perspective they're probably even better than a lot of other options out there, however I can't help but wonder about my number 1 personal concern: safety and security. Basically anyone with a rock can break into these - just smash one of the huge windows. Way too easy to break into when you're away, way to easy to attack you if someone wanted to. Or am I worng to assume that? I'd have the same concerns with a regular house, however with a house you can at least put bars on the windows to deter those who seek easy targets. With a lot of these half the walls are windows so it isn't feasible to put bars on them.

If by soon you mean 2040 then yeah, MAYBE. Other countries sure, Thailand? it'll be a while...

Sounds like these Chinese are gang/mafia, and likely do weild influence in the area. Hopefully they do get prison time and deportation as this kind of scum is exactly who Thailand needs to kick out. Attempted rape, then attempted murder. In any normal country they'd be behind bars already and stay there for many many years. You can't buy yourself off an attempted murder case, and attempted rape with witnesses should be prosecuted regardless of whether the victim presses charges or not (she won't - she's too scared). Kudos to the father for pressing forward but he better watch his back as it's almost guaranteed a group of other Chinese will pay him a visit in the future.

Do you want a router that tethers internet from your phone? if so you've got answers already, but keep in mind it may disconnect often, not reliable, and drain your phone battery. Another option to consider if you must use a SIM card (why?) is to buy a 4G or 5G router with a sim card slot and skip the phone altogether. Similar to a Pocket Wifi but in router form.

I like APC with regular power outlets, but they don't last long - a couple of years maybe.

Sounds like there's more to the story. Who signs a promissory note without reading it? prostitution with an 82yo?! and last but not least selling a house for 60,000? Even in rural nowhere this sounds weird. More likely story: the couple was involved in drugs and prostitution to fund it, borrowed money from loan sharks and the amount kept piling up, grandpa bailed them out with a 500,000 loan which was never repaid. It's really amazing how poor with money management a lot of uneducated Thais are.

That's ultimately the solution, but unfortunately enough people do give them money to perpetuate the problem. That's nonsense. Have police do daily and nightly patrols in areas they're known to operate, and round them up every day. Deport foreigners. The locals will stop once the fines pile up. It's really not that hard. As for "foreigners" - the usual clickbait - these beggars aren't western for the most part - they are from surrounding countries, which is how they manage to enter Thailand again and again after being deported. And yes they do "rent" children to beg - never give money to children beggars as you are just making it worthwhile for them to continue.

Not as long as they keep getting paid. Typically the guys are bums who gamble and drink (the types you see sitting on the floor drinking shirtless with tattoos all over), and the girls bring home the money. The only time they get upset is if the girl stops giving them money, or leaves them. A long time ago I knew a couple where the boyfriend was literally the pimp lurking around watching while she was freelancing. He would beat her up when she didn't get enough "business". In another case I found out that my rental gf at the time had a husband when he started threatening me over Facebook - turns out she left him so he went nuts. I was in another region of Thailand so just blocked him and that was that. I have no idea why these girls go for losers like that. Maybe it reminds them of home (Isaan)? or maybe they secretly wanna punish themselves for doing what they do? For the guys it's understandable - no normal girls would accept them, and they treat the girls like the girls treat foreigners - an ATM. 🏧

If you try to find them at a gogo bar then yeah - quite hard. About 1 in 5 Thai girls have a bachelors degree, so finding them is quite easy. It doesn't mean much for the job market as a lot of those degrees are useless - my ex has a degree in English literature, she works in a hotel. Another has a degree in communications, she works at a gentlemen's club 🤣. But the ones who did go to university are more likely to be normal and want to date you and not your wallet. Hint: Bangkok and vicinity has a much higher concentration of educated women compared to Pattaya, Phuket, etc. The girls who move to work in the entertainment industry or auxillary industries aren't typically educated.

I highly doubt they'll try to enforce any of the new rules, but if they do they won't be able to - people aren't going to accept paying taxes on income that's already been taxed in their home countries. Filing taxes and dealing with double-taxation treaties is one beaurocratic nightmare, but if it means not paying extra tax people will do it - but if they go beyond and try to grab a piece of the pie despite it already being taxed then there'll be a mass exodus of anyone who's making a decent income. Either way it's a net loss for Thailand as it will either have a beaurocratic nightmare dealing with all the tax reports with no extra revenue, or suffer a huge decline in money circulating the economy as expats will limit their stays or outright leave.

That tends to work both ways - men also let themselves go when they're shacked up, and women encourage it to maintain control "no baby don't diet - you look cute chubby!". But it really is a function of attraction and the need to attract - people who don't feel the need to attract anymore let themselves go.

What a ridiculous post. There's a tiny percentage of Thai women who seek out foreign men - some genuinely attracted but also many gold diggers if not outright hookers. The grand majority of Thai women date Thai men, and here's a surprise for you: a lot of those hookers you think prefer foreigners have a Thai boyfriend/husband while they suck their walking ATMs dry. Who you consider "hot women" aren't even hot in Thai standards - an uneducated single mother in her 30's or 40's isn't a prospective dating material to a normal Thai guy. They're damaged goods which is why they resort to foreigners. And even those may have a Thai boyfriend while they date you. A normal young educated hot Thai girl is much more likely to date a normal Thai guy than a foreigner.

So many questions... 1. Why did they target her specifically? does she or her family actually have that kind of money? (unlikely) 2. If she didn't do nothing wrong, why did she believe them or listen to them. 3. Sounds like they didn't kidnap her and she voluntarily abided by their requests to move around and change SIM cards (why??) - didn't she suspect these requests? no actual law enforcement woud demand such things, on the contrary they'd want her to stick around in one place where she could be found. 4. Didn't she question why so-called Japanese officials would ask her to stay in Thailand or Singapore where they have no jurisdiction? Sounds like either she's VERY naive, or there's more to the story... P.S. Why do all these bizarre stories always involve Chinese? you never hear these stories with other nationalities (some have their own criminals - but never as weird unbelievable stories as these).

So your plan is to waste 3 days of your life doing this to save 3000 baht? I don't need DTV, but for someone planning on spending a lot of time in Thailand it's much better than visa runs and extensions. I've done the exemptions+extensions+trips route before, you spend so much time, energy, and money planning around all of that it's draining - much better having the peace of mind of a longer stay visa.

I haven't seen any official source to confirm this, and I doubt that's true. The visa application would be made outside Thailand in your home country, so my guess is they'd ask to see funds in your bank account etc. If indeed you need to hold 500k uninvested in a Thai bank account, then the true cost (visa fee+lost yield) skyrockets to 50-60k a year. Doubt that's the case though.

Are they talking 120 lbs or kg?!? 120kg would make her enormous, even 120 lbs would be heavier than what I usually date. Either way a dowry is something I would never ever agree to do, if I even agree to get married again - which is highly unlikely.