jaywalker

Obvious it was staged from the quality of the production ??????????

And the over smulshiness of the whole sentiment

Thats how advertising works, and millions of gullible suckers fall for it!

I totally agree with you.

It does not portray the "other" side, such as:

• What a ladyboy is & how to spot them (for the vast majority of males that are heterosexual)...Hey I figured it out by buying one a drink on Boracay once in 1999.
• Pickpocket ladyboys on baht buses
• Taxi scams
• Tuktuk scams
• Motorcyclists driving like maniacs
• ZERO parking most any and everywhere you go
• Police collecting tea money for imaginary offenses
• How any physical altercation (always STUPID) will wind up w/ 8 Thai guys ganging up on said farang "fighter"
• Why one needs to constantly look right, left, up, down, behind you and keep an eye on the uneven pavement all at once when crossing the road or just walking on the sidewalk/footpath
• Bag snatchers when you look like you have something worth stealing
• Shall I go on?

It's not a 100% BS video. It's just not the entire story us grizzled veterans of Thailand know.

It's just a convoluted way of presenting the truth in the light they want to portray their portion of the story in.

Honestly, is the smartest thing I've ever seen TAT come up with, which ain't saying much.

I saw the stupid body paint, stupid unkempt hair, no razor in forever....OBVIOUSLY staged & I wanted to barf, BUT...

Not to say Thai folks aren't friendly to idiots like this guy "acts" to be. Thinking back, aside from the hair, lack of razor & body paint... I was once helped by friendly locals when I was in a helpless state.

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I passed out drunk as a skunk on the beach on Koh Larn around 2001 at night & was helped.....woke up covered in sand somewhere "else" above the high tide line = somebody drug my stupid ass up above the high tide line

I made some great Thai beach-bed vendor friends out there as well over the years, but this video is, well.......staged but yet TRUE? In my experience it is.

For sure if you go to Koh Larn, look for the older house in the middle of Haad Samae Beach & ask where Mr. Song is, or if its "his" section of the beach.

Song speak excellent English and is as honest as they get. SUPER nice guy.

He inherited that section of the beach from his uncle (Mr. Paam) who has since passed on.

Mr. Paam got shut down in 2006 or so....BIB mafia wanted tea money he didn't have.

The place was ZERO developed back then, and was PERFECT aside from the soi dogs. Along came the government, for better or worse.

Anyhow, they wouldn't allow Mr. Paam to rent beach chairs or umbrellas or sell beer or food.

The whole beach was alive yet he was shut down.

I walked by & his wife started yelling my name, so I went over to say hello. They were DESTITUTE. Mrs. Paam had (of course) a 1 year old grandson they were struggling to feed. They DID NOT beg! Did not ask me for anything. Just explained in their broken English & my broken Thai what was going on.

I had about 9,500 baht with me & gave them 8,000 baht. I gave it to Mrs. Paam (who has also passed on) so Mr. Paam wouldn't drink it all. Nice guy but he was in a state of severe depression with no light at the end of the tunnel & smelled like a distillery that day.

Not saying my 8,000 baht solved all their problems, but Mrs. Paam told my wife she had no idea how she was going to buy milk for the kid when I stumbled in with 8,000 baht.

I would normally drop 1,000 baht or so on food & drinks at Mr. Paam's beach.

The next 10 or 12 times I visited & tried to pay my check-bin, Mr. Paam would say "Check-bin? You no hab check-bin here". = He paid me back when I had no expectation of ever being paid back.

I'm from the USA & aside from admiring soccer players ability to run for 4 hours non-stop, don't particularly watch soccer or American football for that matter, but I spent the night at his house & watch Thailand VS. Germany one night. It was quite the crowd & I was made most welcome & this was ages before my act of charity.

I took Mr. Paam home & he had dinner & stayed at my house in Banglamung once.

Don't get me started on how nice the locals are in Isaan. They're always super cool.

Much like the bulk of anti-[insert your country name here] is directed at governments, most American, Brits, Autralians, Kiwi's Spanish, Brazilians, Thai's (even Russians) are nice folks once you get to know them.

Having said all that, I know where the dregs of society live in Orlando & Chicago & Jacksonville & Los Angeles, and Pattaya and Panama City, Panama, Buenos Aires and Bangkok.

I still have ZERO sympathy for corrupt cops & incompetent government policy (USA included - at the top of my list).

Errrr. the "Mai pen Rai" attitude is BS as well when it come to doing something correctly (construction for example) drives me nuts.

Back on topic though, your average Thai citizen is just a nice person at heart, much like 99% of population Earth.

This was back in early 2010 & I moved back to Thailand (Pattaya) & they had 3BB signs up every 10 feet it seemed like with a 4 digit number to call.

I called and called and called. No answer.

Finally got TOT & had to bribe them 200 baht so I wouldn't have to wait 2 weeks to get connected. Sheesh!

One year multiple entry - also allows me to open a Thai bank account. Advertised ont this site. Actaul price is $499 plus $200 so actaully $699. I would like an answer to the question regardless...I have not purchased it yet I guess I have muddied the water as everyone is focusing on the expensive fee when really all I needed to know is whether they do a criminal background check for a one year Visa..that should have been the extent of the question..thanks for the feedback all the ame guys.

Don't worry about it. I have a few misdemeanors & they never asked.

I suppose one could have a felony record & it wouldn't matter, as they never asked.

Even if they did ask your run-ins with the law happened almost 15 years ago.

I made it through the first 3 minutes and then nausea sent me to the toilet.

You made it 2.5 minutes longer than me. [bARF]

I'm also unsure why they recently banned the turn left on red at many Pattaya corners, at least for 2 wheel vehicles.

Probably because most motorcycles don't even bother to look to see if any traffic is coming. They just slow down marginally and turn on in.

In the US, one can turn right on a red light, ONLY after coming to a FULL STOP, which makes sense.

200 baht ... What a joke !

Should fine these nasty street walkers 2,000 baht for first offense and 10,000 baht for second. That will solve the beach road problem. However they will just move their hunting grounds. I guess it is just hopeless for Pattaya and the entire country

It's the world's oldest profession.

It's been "illegal" forever

It's a victim-less "crime" (some will argue about forced prostitution), but selling poon-tang has been around since the invention of currency.

Documenting the working girls to make finding the criminals that drug & rob (these are NOT victim-less crimes), sounds like all they can do.

If they TOTALLY ERADICATED every single Thai girl and lady boy from ever venturing out alone on Beach Road they'd all move to 2nd Road.

Again, I'm no fan of the BBIB, but looks like documenting them is better than turning Pattaya into some Sharia State & putting all women in Burkas.

Errr, which doesn't work either.

I was in the Crowne Plaza in Abu Dhabi one night, partying on Jack Daniels with a couple friends in his suite & one of them had ordered hookers over the phone.

3 Iranian girls showed up wearing abaya's (black dress covered head to toe) & not much else underneath once they got to the room.

Fighting hookerdom anywhere is like passing a law telling the wind it can't blow (pun intended).

I thought each generation was supposed to do a bit better than the last? Is this an improvement???

His daddy must at zero, like every politician on the planet, so, yeah, he probably IS a step up from his pappy.

The boy ain't right in the head.

I was in Pattaya last weekend and the scene on the lower end of Beach road was a bit unsightly.

I've always thought the 2:00 PM crowd on Beach Road was a bit dodgy. I can't imagine it at 2:00 AM.

To each his own though I suppose. I have a friend that just loves to meet afternoon girls on Beach Road.

Up2Him...

I normally don't have a lot of positive feelings, thoughts, expressions, nor opinions of the Bungling Boys in Brown, but this does kinda make sense.

IF, big IF, they use that 200 baht to print out all the photos & put them in a mug-shot book, AND associate that info with the girls'/ladyboys' ID card info for use the next time a victim comes in, it might help in two ways.

#1 - Victim may be able to point out perpetrator.

#2 - Might make potential perpetrators think twice before committing crimes.

I know, I know. I'm being optimistic, but one can always hope eh?

Anyhow none of it applies to me, as I do not partake of Beach Road other than the occasional drive down there every few months.

Anything that can be hit by meteors etc can hold organic life just like earth.

They bring water that is trapped in salt crystals tiny droplets at a time. These combine to form bodies of water that absorb into certain strata I believe which contain amino acids. the building blocks of life.

It is absurd and quite arrogant for some people to disbelieve that there is other life out there.

The universe and even our solar system is absolutely teaming with life.

I agree. Has to be life out there somewhere besides just Earth.

I recall hearing/seeing a documentary 25 or so years ago saying that the earth loses around 12,000 gallons of water a day via the atmosphere in to space, but not to worry, as it is constantly being replenished by shooting stars & such.

I thought that was pretty cool. There's a constant exchange & interaction going on with us & the great beyond.

And yeah, what you say about amino acids makes a lot of sense as well.

Looks like Coco the clown.............. But I do like that shirt !!

My thoughts exactly. Looks like a permanent clown.......But I like the shirt.

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Reminds me of reading about a guy that got arrested some years ago in Dubai for having cannabis resin in the treads of his shoe. In the picture the "suspect" was a black guy with dreadlocks wearing a Bob Marley shirt.

Several years back an acquaintance was involved with unpacking/processing some newly arrived helicopters at Don Muang.

They needed all the shrink wrap removed, blades installed, tail gears set up & connected to the drive shaft etc...

That tail gear is set up at a 45 degree angle to the drive shaft gear & runs in an oil bath.

The local mechanics were checking the oil temperature.....Had make sure everything back there was 45 degrees ya know.

"This is not the first time that law-breaking vendors have protested at excessive extortion by officials. In July 2011 vendors from Kata and Karon complained they were being unfairly targeted for raids, and in 2011 Patong pirate goods vendoes also held a protest at Kathu Police Station after many were raided despite paying bribes to be left alone."

I mean, like, HUH??? This is worse than the pot calling the kettle black.

Well at least the cops aren't blaming the Burmese or Cambodians.

Yet...

I was a NEW newbie (first trip) in 1999.

Had a bar girl I had brought from Tilac Bar on Soi Cowboy with me.....Woof! Can you say NEWBIE?

Kept her for a week at that! (Stupid!)

Rented a jetski for 700 baht. Luckily for me the scam had not yet formed in their minds at that point of their evolution.

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To the OP, be careful TiT, you can get sued for slander.

Anybody from/in Thailand that wants to sue me is welcome to do so in the fine state of Georgia, USA.

Anyhow, I'm pretty sure slander is about spreading lies, not opinions nor facts.

I was a NEW newbie (first trip) in 1999.

Had a bar girl I had brought from Tilac Bar on Soi Cowboy with me.....Woof! Can you say NEWBIE?

Kept her for a week at that! (Stupid!)

Rented a jetski for 700 baht. Luckily for me the scam had not yet formed in their minds at that point of their evolution.

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Do I know you?? Was her name Lee??

Don't think so Brother. Her name was Ging.

I came back in 2001 (to live) & bumped into her again at G-Spot in Nana Plaza.

She immediately hit me up for 500 baht on sight (Thai girls have amazing memories). She was quite the money-grubber. I told her to take a hike.

I'd look at the province of Labuan in Malaysia.

I've heard they have some nice business incentives there.

http://malaysiabizadvisory.com/advantages-registering-malaysia-labuan-company/ though I doubt I'd use that company/website to form anything.

Their command of English is poor & they use the word "hub" .

That was just a quick Google search.

I've heard great things about company formation there from other sources though.

The internet is great for an overall idea of research, but you never know till you put boots on the ground.

As somebody else mentioned, go speak to several law firms with your BS detector on its highest setting.

I was a NEW newbie (first trip) in 1999.

Had a bar girl I had brought from Tilac Bar on Soi Cowboy with me.....Woof! Can you say NEWBIE?

Kept her for a week at that! (Stupid!)

Rented a jetski for 700 baht. Luckily for me the scam had not yet formed in their minds at that point of their evolution.

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What was the point of this post?

That 15 years ago I was new & naive, the internet/information age was still a twinkle in Al Gore's eye, I had a blast on my first trip to Pattaya, rented a jet ski and did not get scammed.

I can only guess they had not dreamed up this scam back then or I just got lucky.

It's called nostalgia. That was the point of my post.

I was a NEW newbie (first trip) in 1999.

Had a bar girl I had brought from Tilac Bar on Soi Cowboy with me.....Woof! Can you say NEWBIE?

Kept her for a week at that! (Stupid!)

Rented a jetski for 700 baht. Luckily for me the scam had not yet formed in their minds at that point of their evolution.

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Never in my wildest DREAMS would I consider changing the name my parents gave me.

Is jaywalker your christian name or surname?

Yep, sure is! Same as your Christian name is Chairman of the Board.

It's actually jaywalker ibn bin ali jawalker abu jaywalker...Begat from Issac, who was begat from....

My Username here depicts me trying to cross 2nd road in Pattaya. My avatar represents how I have to get prior to doing so.

Usually Soi LK Metro does that for me.

Thailand immediately grows on you.

Fantastic place for a vacation as long as you don't rent a jet ski.

After a few years the noise levels got on my nerves....This is speaking of Pattaya & BKK.

Motorcycles, street vendors, soi dogs, neighbors's yapping mutts.

Driving changes from a novelty into a nightmare.

Try to do business & see brown envelopes passed around to get anything done.

Try to get construction done & some toothless retard with hopeless tools shows up.

Vendors set themselves up EVERYWHERE.

There's ALWAYS something sitting 1 foot/.3 meters off Sukhumvit Rd from Chang Mai to Trat.

Trucks/lorries are WAY overloaded & WAY under powered = you are passing/overtaking them every half a mile on your way to Isaan.

Bars pad bills - Fact.

Thai's always win in Thailand.

Cops make up reasons to extract 200 - 500 baht from you.

Those are clear glasses.

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First arrival & rose colored glasses....

DROP-Dead gorgeous women everywhere.

DROP-Dead gorgeous women everywhere.

DROP-Dead gorgeous women everywhere.

DROP-Dead gorgeous women everywhere.