paulh

Look at this website:

www.aathailand.org

they can help your friend...

I was riding the baht bus on Wednesday evening about 6:30pm to go to dinner with friends in Jomtien. Four Lady boys got on the bus one sat very close to me to my right and had a bag on her lap, one other sat next to her, another on the standing next to me and the other across from and engaged in chit-chat apparently to distract me. I felt something funny going on and repeatedly push her away. Apparently it was reaching under the bag with it's right hand and going inside my lap pocket and unzipped my coin bag in the pocket and took some baht bills. I guess I could have been more aware of what was happening, I had not been drinking, I guess I simply didn't expect this to happen, but it did. Fortunately it only got my small bills not the large ones because I did manage to stop it and get off, it was only then that I discovered my loss. I didn't bother to tell the police, maybe I should have, but it wasn't a very large amount and I am writing this off as a learning experience.

The next day about 3:00pm I got on a baht bus on Beach Rd. at Royal Gardens Mall and near Walking street four Thai Women (didn't look like ladyboys) positioned themselves identically. The one next to me had the bag on the lap, she told me that I could sit closer to her, I could not believe this was happening again I simply got off the bus, paid the driver and walked.

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice same on me!

This my very first post on this blog, unfortunately it is not a happy one . I am visiting friends in Pattaya and I have not been to Pattaya for a couple years. I traveled to Thailand many times and I am happily married to a Thai Lady from Udon Thani .

I certainly hope this can help others to be aware of this apparent epidemic of thieves on the baht buse s. In all the years of traveling in Thailand including Pattaya I have never had one problem until now. Pattaya is not the same for me anymore...

A Fool never learns from their misstakes.

A Smart man learns from his misstakes.

A Wise man learns from other's misstakes!