NativeBob

be cause he likes freebies. they all do, don't they?

Likely what is missing in this story was his "Great White Man's" attitude toward them. Something went wrong and they got pissed. No wonder - thais have very short fuse [no, not what you just thought - that is just tiny].

and what exactly was a "scam"?

It is amazing how many "khun thai" students are overstaying abroad. Anybody got similar "punishment"? I met really mean thais in [such a god forsaken place] Bulgaria and Slovenia. West coast of US is infested with thais who arrived on student visas sponsored by thai govt. but "changed their mind". Same in UK and EU Does anybody charge them $15/day for overstay? Nope.

fines, detention, ban to enter LOS. Isn't too harsh for innocent/harmless overstay? May be they also should neuter as well?

That's good one! Remark on that BS about russians looting everything including washing machines ))) #ROFL so called "free-fall" is irresponsible style of journalism in UK (and other countries).

100% true. Ruskies don't mingle there. But Bibi has a lot to do with it. Last weekend we went to check that elephant pants at KSR (nope, same price as at Silom) and seems like little Haifa. Brave and vigilant defenders of Holy Land some how relocated to exactly this area. Why?

College grads are dumb as a brick. Just high schoolers? I guess same. Everybody wants starting salary from 35K up & benefits. Their ambitions are tremendous. I know that first hand.

Agree. KSR is done long time ago. And F*** those memories "I've been there in 90s!" So what? Marco Polo hostel was 120thb? many hostels were not more than 200thb. Pad Thai for the price of burger? Everything is vanished from KSR and unfortunately it is normal. Thai charm is gone.

Oh, I see where she's heading now. I thought IS scam startups are long gone, just after Nigerian Black dollars. Nope, I was wrong. IS food technology is about growing cherry tomatoes in the desert. That's all. The rest is <deleted>

Yes, they welcomed Nazis as liberators with bread and salt and celebrated. BTW annexed Gdansk was always Danzig - old German city with amazing architecture and paved roads.

I thought the narrative from the press was exactly opposite: They are brave Soldiers of Light, willing to sacrifice themselves for striving Democracy, Peace and Freedom. What a huge turn! Oops! that was nypost!

During Cold War guess who was the most vigorous and hawkish anti-Soviets? It was Soviets living abroad. Nothing changed since: Famous Solzhenitsyn called US to nuke USSR. Russians living in Israel openly criticize their Motherland yet don't rush to assimilate into hebrew culture. I saw something similar only with Turks. BTW: it was expected that nobody from NATO leaders took new Nuclear Dogma of Russia seriously. Again. When will they learn or TzarVlad will stop lecturing?

I thought it is called SARS, not covid. You get corona viruses almost daily, twice on weekends.

Foreigners are really weird at that island. Never ceased to amuse. Even back in late 90s it was very "stupid idea", but in 2024? Too much 'shrooms

whole Eastern Europe block own helluva properties in TH. Bulgarians even own whole condominiums at Sathorn and Wittayu (yes, near US embassy). The way they "funneled" EU funds is amazing!

that was easy!

Good idea! way better than that hassle

Haven't seen any foreigners there.

Seriously? Poland? #ROFL

Very true. I met few who got RP faster than anybody ever just because they knew "The Guy". Completely worthless snobs.

Those rave parties are so insecure! Any wannabe can send half of that stoners to the rainbow, just nobody gives a <deleted> about them.

Never ever happened in our condo. They manage water supply just fine.

I love it! Bernie "The Expert" Sanders

He probably did not do market research beforehand. There are dozens of "look at me pity" stories about thai prison. Even few movies. Boring