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My wife & I were with some thai friends in Phuket recently & were also "LUCKY" to be confronted by several Tuk Tuk drivers trying to make us go sor a ride with them,blocking our way & not allowing us to pass with out going onto the roadway to get past.It was only after Thai Friend flashed Badge they backed off & left us alone.He said it's about time they got rid of the stray dog problem there.
We all feel we won't be going back to Phuket again for a long time,if ever as there are a lot of other places as good or better & without the harassment. For the love of dear God, tuk-tuk drivers do not try to make you go anywhere - they sell their services in the same way that tailors, massage girls and others do, sometimes a little too aggressively and in a manner that is different to what you may experience back home but they do not force anything. If you're not interested then simply say no or ignore them and if they're blocking your path, say excuse me and ask them to step aside which they will readily do in most cases. Hysteria.
oh thats ok then chiang mai the poster must be lieing as you seem to be the authority on tuk tuk drivers!!
Say excuse me and ask them to move could get you killed in phuket
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why is this thread able to continue? nothing but denigrating thai girls. anything negative about farang spinsters and the thread is closed immediately.
im a 30 year old thai married to a 80 year old farang. i work as a bank teller and it was love at first sight of his bankbook, crooked numbers followed by a lot of zeroes, i mean the strong features of his well weatherd face- the kind young thai girls swoon over.
when my newfound bf bought my family a new car i knew he was the one. and when he built a house on family land i knew it was destiny.
now that his account doesnt have many zeroes, it may be time for us to part ways, but, hey IT WAS HONEST AND TRUE LOVE! fairy tale like!
contrary to all the negativity, most thai girls only want kind, compassionate men, not common traits in younger men.
are you having a laugh or do you smoke too much crack??
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If she has not got testicles lol
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"bashings by tuk tuk drivers, farangs getting electricuted (2 in 4 days) rip offs and scams yes I would be very worried phuket is dead and the smell of the rotting flesh is the same as that in Pattaya"
These things happen in tourist areas in Thailand, SE Asia in general, Mexico, South America and goodness knows where else, if you can't accept that then you should vacation/live in safe places such as, er, um, well maybe just stay home. Anyway, you should get yourself a job as a reporter with the National Enquirer or the Star, they need people who can write sensationalist headlines like that!
Am contacting a friend at the Sun newspaper as its the most read in UK and widely available around the world, they love stories like this
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Anyone who witnesses the Soi Khoatalo railway crossing at a busy time when there is a train approaching will see several near death experiences. Everyone is in such a rush to get to the place where they are going to do bugger all anyway.
Yes they get in a car and a bit of power goes to their heads, try get them to hurry when you want something done like waiting for your banana shake for an hour!! crazy
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Love him or hate him you have to admire this guy, he is larger than life.
And the biggest thorn in the side of the current government by far.
A fossilized brontosuarus turd is larger than life too,
can't say i want it visiting me either.
He is motivated by 'appearances of being of great importance',
and is willing to spend foolishly to gain that appearance.
I was speaking to some very well educated chinese businessman in kuala lumpur and they said their network of friends followed the thaksin/PAD saga and that they actually backed thaksin more than this government as thaksin was more open and did alot more for the country and the poor and realised that problems were thai not blame on others like farang. Also they stated that PAD seemed to want thailand to be same as china with very strict human rights etc.. etc.. They actully felt the pad was no better than the BNP in england the only difference being BNP are racist working class <deleted> and PAD are middle class racist <deleted>. Would like to hear view of other nations in asia and not the usual farangs on here!
Ok this was just one group of businessman from china but maybe these feeling are more widespread???
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Yesterday on Highway 12 north of Phetchabun my wife an I witnessed 4 military convoys of approximately 30 trucks (120 trucks) in each unit transporting women and children heading east. You could see some Red Cross observers with them and the solders that we saw in the back of the trucks had rifles not buttons.
Does anybody know the name of the Thai government official who inspected and approved the final reception arrangements for the Hmong victims when they arrive at their destination in Laos.
Surely no humane caring government would just pack them in trucks and ship them off, Hitler used to do that !
Hitler invented the smoking ban too!! how times change hey
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I'm not still there got out a while ago, taken my money elsewhere but this forum is better than the movies and help boredom at work!!!
Stuck in sunny UK moping about reading tv and wishing you was
Get back to your boring job mate,
From the things you say I think we all know who the Mug is or has been in the past
Sour grapes init!
Might go and watch sunset on the beach
Later Mug
I actually work in bali driving a tuk tuk ha ha joke, we get the same sunset here in malaysia you mug!!!
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My gal has never traveled more than 160 Km from her home village in northernmost Thailand because she's a hill triber, and doesn't have a proper ID (we're working on it). Yet she wants to travel to southern parts of Thailand, see the sea, walk on a beach. I've done those sorts of things a 1,000 times, but I want us to experience some fun times together by the sea shore.
I've been to all the places mentioned in this thread, and it's disheartening to read the places are deteriorating at such a fast pace. If I take my gal anywhere, it will be to out-of-the-way places, and hope that the dark clouds (of violence and extortion) which have sullied Phuket and Pattaya haven't spread to other places nearby. Am considering Lanta, as I've been there before and it was ok. Wish there was a place with some waves over 2' though (and didn't have trash along every linear meter of beach). Am open to suggestions.
Lanta is not much better now, more touristy, and last season was dead with many businesses closing, also lots of tension between muslims and buddhists, buddhist bars being burnt to ground last year in klong tob although if you go in may you might get some bigger waves but loads of rubbish on beaches and its mostly farangs that do the beach clean
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I'm not still there got out a while ago, taken my money elsewhere but this forum is better than the movies and help boredom at work!!!
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Come on guys help us out!
I think this is my girls work number and would like to no where she works as i have my suspicions about her and what she does for a living.
Great basis for a relationship, just sack her off and go buy private dancer!!!
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A situation that could have, and should have been avoided.
As tourists they should have taken the guy's word and found another parking spot. You don't go to someone else's country and do what's you think is right in your country.
This guy who beat them is still a piece of human excrement and should be thrown in jail but I put some blame on the tourists.
Okay so a Thai guy and his family go to the Costa del Sol and park up on the beach front . No "no parking" signs and they end up getting bashed up by a local taxi driver with a metal bar who says "that's my spot!" According to you the Thai family must bare part of the blame, "they were asking for it!" Are you mad? Doesn't matter what country your in or where your from that's wrong
A thai guy would not last 5 minutes on the costa del sol, come on you thais please come spain for holiday and see what happens to you!!!
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"broke his arm" <deleted>???
This confirms my decision not to visit Phuket for the last 6 years.
Spot on, well said.
Phuket and Samui have never had and will never get a recommendation from me to my family or friends back home. If you've never been to them, avoid them like the plague. Nothing but hassle, aggravation, touts and rip-offs if you can speak Thai or not. Even my Thai friends and family won't go there.
If you like beaches, there are many other alternatives (eg. Trang, Satun)where you don't encounter low life scum like that.
"IF TOU CAN SPEND 5 MINUTES POSTING ON HERE SPEND 5 EMAILING A NEWSPAPER."
Yes, or post it on Hi5, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter etc. At least that way, people are guaranteed to see it in print, newspapers are at the whim of the editor.
Oh please! Don't put Samui in the same bag with Phuket. Although it's true what others indicated that all touristy areas of Thailand attract human scum and that guys living up North somewhere have a higher chance of counteracting with the nice breed of Thais ... Samui tuk-tuk drivers are definitely the best in the country! This I can also say in reply to the request for positive comments about them. Why? Because SAMUI DOSN'T HAVE ANY TUK-TUKS! They are banned from this lovely island on environmental grounds I guess.
Taxi-mafia? Well, nobody calls themselves "mafia", some taxi drivers are very nice people here but surely they are a group of men sharing common lifestyle and values. Since all Thais on the island either have their own transportation or take motor-bike taxis the taxis are only used by the tourists and hence we have set prices. But the prices are still low comparing with Western standards with the only exception being 500 THB from the airport in Chaweng to Chaweng that is maybe 4 km away. A lot of resorts provide free airport pick-up though. So, don't be shy and come to Samui instead of Phuket. This island has much more charm anyway (this is my opinion only so please don't crucify me Phuket-ers).
Coming back to the original topic, I don't believe Phuket police is serious about apprehending the culprit especially when they say that "summons have been issued".
Living in Thailand for 3 years I've never heard of "summons". The police usually know everything that is going on locally because they are very curious types and much involved with the community. The first thing they want to know is "what happened and who's done it" and it only takes them few minutes to talk on the phone with few "friends" to find out. They have surely talked with the offender by now and the rest is just a playing for time for the tourists to go back to their home country and the bulk of the incriminating evidence to disappear. The guy who's done it is one of THEM and "this is THEIR country" ;-) Although they may feel sorry for the beaten family and they understand that the scum-bag overextended himself the Farang will not be "allowed to impose" their ways onto Thailand. This case is just like many other events that happen all the time here to make me believe this a likely outcome. Beating is just an every-day bread here and not serious enough to generate international headlines to which they would have to react differently.
Now, this is an uneasy question to all the cocky Farang (the ones who tend to stand their ground) who live here: how many times have YOU been hit? Did you report to police and did you learn the lesson? This may require a separate thread, so please help moderators if there are enough responses.
no samui has metered cabs that dont work, they are worse i would say the taxi mafia on samui or the lady boy mafia, jet ski mafia etc.. etc.. etc...WAKE UP YOU MUG
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bunch of f****** monkeys if he did it to me i''d burn down his house...
seriously
For 8000 Baht he could have been dealt with the thai way!!
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my ex used to come to burma with me just to get her passport stamped and keep me company so thats ok not sure about malaysia
if you are only doing a quick visa run or are thinking of staying as next to the borders there are plenty of food outlets where he can wait while you get your passport stamped (near talliban national park)
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This argument is pointless unless evryone who has posted registering their shock at this cowardly attack and the tuk tuk extortion/lack of public transport CONTACTS TAT, THE WORLD NEWSPAPERS AND TELEVISION.
IF TOU CAN SPEND 5 MINUTES POSTING ON HERE SPEND 5 EMAILING A NEWSPAPER.
Already done by many i am sure. TAT are a waste of space as are the government
Check out the foreign office in uk report on thailand - its not all temples and smiles beleive!
There are also various groups on facebook which can get many many people around the world, proved by the recent music chart wars in the uk on facebook (sorry not good example)
I think the chinese embassy is near the thai in london so there are already protest in that area why not move along to the thai embassy for the Hmong refugees or the cambodian boy that was burned alive or the boat people pushed out to sea etc.. etc... etc..
Stop eating in thai restaurants so the thais abroad can go back to thailand which is the attitude they give us!!
Soon i think thailand will only have israeli tourists and thats only because its hard for them to go many other countries!! If you beleive in karma then thailand will get what it deserves!!
This is just one incident there are thousands more every year
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It looks like a bangkok number, could be a payphone, sorry am in uk so cant phone too expensive
Probably that bargirl you gave your number to when you was drunk asking you to send her money lol!!
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I am coming to Thailand in February, first time in my life. I was planning, among other places, to stay in Phuket for 4-5 days, but now I will go straight from Phuket to islands and hope there is no taxi mafia on the islands...In spite of me being very peaceful person, when my rights are not respected, I could get myself into trouble. Same goes for seeing a woman/child/elders being beaten in front of me. Thus - no Phuket for me.
Do yourself a favour and go to malaysia as its the same all over thailand, there is only one good buddhist in thailand and we cant even mention him on here
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Thailand is becoming a place not to visit,i will not be recomending my friends to come here,and i have been coming here a longtime,everyone is getting ripped of,if you are a Farang you pay double why? you cannot own land why ? you cannot work why?,the only thing good about Thailand now is it is warmer than the uk,and most of the Thais do not like the farang unless they are getting money from them, for doing nothing (bling) that is what they are,and it is going to get worse
Well, with your simple mind - I do not quite understand <deleted> you are still doing here.... The best for Thailand would be that people like you stay far away from this country!
Do you think Thais would have welcome people like yourself if you did not have money to spend in their beautiful country? Do you think you would get a decent looking girlfriend if you did not have money? Why don't your and all other like you return home - it will make Thailand a much better place for the locals.
and to your questions;
Why foreigners can not own land - it is the smartest and best regulation Thailand have. They are actually trying to protect their country from rich foreigners buying all their valuable land in order to help the their own people. Even their laws are not strickt enough, it for sure helps a lot.
Why foreigners can not work;
Well, I am not sure what you are thinking about here? It is actually not a big issue for forigners to work in Thailand if you have a decent qualification and proper interpersonal skills. For someone like you, who have completed max 7th grade, I undestand it can be difficult.... Why not compare with the regulations back home in the UK - are they so much differernt?? Why don't you allow all people from Africa (Nigeria, Somalia, Eritrea etc.) to come to UK if they want to work?? It is basic terms it is the same as the Thai government is doing - they want to have SKILLED labor not just anyone.
If you think the only thing good about Thailand is that it is warmer, why not consider California instead? Or maybe noone would care about you there?? Get real people!!!
It is time for loosers like Munns etc. leave the Kingdom as soon as possible!! If you can not move to a country and adapt to their culture better than picking on peple who are struggling to make a living - stay away! If you think the tuk-tuk driver live in a luxurious house with big garden, get real! He probably live on max 10.000 B per month which should feed the entire family. At least he do something for a living - not only receive governemnt fundings every month!
However, people should not do such things no matter what!! It was horrible to read about even it was probably done to an arrogant frog!
SD
The uk does let nigerians etc.. into our country, we are actually full with about 8X the unemployment rate of thailand and more children living under the poverty line than in thailand.
Many nigerians come here on student visas and get in terrorism
Labour are losing out big time due to relaxed immigration laws so maybe you should get your facts right first
If the thai government only want skilled labour then why are there so many unskilled lowpaid burmese workers here??
Yes in the uk you can get a pretty girlfriend when you are skint, this is the 21st century in england where girls actually want to pay for things!!
Yes the weather and prices is a major thing attracting brits, especially arthritic older types that live healthier in warmer climates, but with dual pricing, scamming, visa runs etc.. its not such a cheap country to live in
Protect their country - they are racist and xenophobic and most of these high flyers are actually half chinese not even thai
Maybe a farang and his thai wife would be better for thailand if they owned the land and not government or mafia types - its disgusting human rights issues are an international joke now!!
More and more people are now leaving thailand just look at other forums like bbc, hmong group on facebook, basically human beings and not people clouded by fake smiles and young brides.
Replies on a postcard please!!!
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its not just in phuket, phangan , samui, pattaya and even smaller islands like lanta
looking at other forums and facebook groups many are anti thailand at the moment so very soon maybe these tuk tuk drivers will have no customers ha ha ha!!!
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Maybe tescos, sony, honda, suzuki etc.. should move out of thailand and see how they like that!!!
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I agree with transam "Marry a Thai, marry the family" thai family first no matter what you got or how good you are.
Or however bad her family is they still put them first!!!
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Doormat, dog, atm,
Around about there i would think!
To all you with your rose tinted views and young thai wives, wake up and smell the coffee.
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must be boring for the op to open every WEEK the same thread about Thai rail.........
poor poor Thailand, may be the world should send donations
THere is still around a million pounds missing from donations to tsunami victims so dont send these people anything
Phuket Tuk-tuk Driver Attacks French Family
in Thailand News
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yes but how many family tourists will not feel intimidated by this, surrounded by thai men after reading such things on various websites and try telling that to the french family
A few years ago on samui my mate made mistake of renting jet ski, for fun he was going near some thai fishermen and splashing them abit, they actually laughed and told him to carry on as they were hot, when he came to shore 3 thai men from the jet skis attacked him, now he is a great boxer and knocked all 3 out, when next thing one came over and hit him on head with an anchor. An old farang tourist see this and called the tourist police. They asked my friend what he wanted them to do, he said put me in a cell with him for 5 minutes, the thai man (apparently big mafia cried) the police said he had done this many times but couldnt put him in a cell with him, a thai friend advised my friend to ask for the thai jet ski man to apologise in front of many people, this he hated as lost more face than being beaten to a pulp by an big angry scottish boxer from glasgow that had never lost a fight in the ring. THe man was banned from the beach for a while but my friend kept a low profile although had lots of support from thai friends that own a lot of land on samui. THey are cowards, simple as will do anything to get money or make a problem for farang
I'm sure there are many more stories but this wouldnt of happened unless the old lady phoned the police, my friend was annoyed with the cut on his head but would have been happy to leave it as he knocked 3 men to the floor!!! moral of the story dont rent anything unless you know them or can trust from word of mouth although with less and less tourists every year these scumbags are getting more desperate!!!!