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Bud69er!!!
(nipped short) Your business is a shitbusiness as you say, so leave it, if you cant stay here without it, leave, Do not spend your lifetime here unhappy, it is not worth it. You know life doesn´t go in a rerun, so do the right thing now.
if you decide to stay, you realy really really have to start to adapt. look that word up,,, adapt..... and if you hate life in Phuket there are so many wonderful places here in Thailand that not are that bad as you descibe. If you lack money, as I KNOW you are, come up to Isaan, we have a very good and cheap life here, dinner 35 baht, same for lunch
Welcome mate..
Glegolo
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Anybody who go to Isaan, must be nuts! Keep the place to youself. Worst advice ever. Not north of Bangkok, no way!
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Yesterday l replied to a guy who said don't get involved with an Isaan lady because of what they eat, today we have you with another negative blurb about the Isaan district. Please let us know why the statement. Could it be not enough bars per 100 metres or not enough girlys hanging around in shop doorways for you or perhaps not enough drunken farangs in one place to dribble and talk rubbish. Must be one of the three reasons If the poster had lived up country he would witness virtually no aggression, pleasant people and more. Everywhere l go here l get shown respect and friendship from Thais, even have beer supplied by THAIS many times. You should get around a bit. PLEASE let us know your thoughts because there are many of us that live in Isaan.
quote me! go back through everything i said and qoute me!
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Tigerfish!!! I would like to read about your thoughts as well in this matter. Or dont you have enough knowledge, and are just talking
air.... Plse enlighten us about Isaan.
Glegolo
answered you question did it. GOOD IM SO HAPPY.
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wakey wakey, we all know these thais are big smile when you go in there shops to spend money. so dont give it all that....i have my veiws of this place, as i will say again EACH TO THERE OWN, & by the way im the most politest person you will ever meet. so i bid you good day SIR PS i know england is not the best place in the world but atleast i will feel safer & get a pls & thx from people .
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Bud69er!!!
I dont care what ever you are or not are!! The situation you describe is easy to fall into. And it is not easy to take yourself out of it. When I read about your life as you describe it, I got the feeling that you mostly have a hard time because you do not understand a shit of life here. You say that you understand thai-language to 90%. hmmm it is like people looking arround and cannot see anything, mostly because they are not LOOKING!!
You are right Bud69er they do not give us thank you, they do not say thank you to their own kind, so why to us falangs?? i think you expect too much really!
Your business is a shitbusiness as you say, so leave it, if you cant stay here without it, leave, Do not spend your lifetime here unhappy, it is not worth it. You know life doesn´t go in a rerun, so do the right thing now.
if you decide to stay, you realy really really have to start to adapt. look that word up,,, adapt..... and if you hate life in Phuket there are so many wonderful places here in Thailand that not are that bad as you descibe. If you lack money, as I KNOW you are, come up to Isaan, we have a very good and cheap life here, dinner 35 baht, same for lunch
Welcome mate..
Glegolo
Anybody who go to Isaan, must be nuts! Keep the place to youself. Worst advice ever. Not north of Bangkok, no way!
Yesterday l replied to a guy who said don't get involved with an Isaan lady because of what they eat, today we have you with another negative blurb about the Isaan district. Please let us know why the statement. Could it be not enough bars per 100 metres or not enough girlys hanging around in shop doorways for you or perhaps not enough drunken farangs in one place to dribble and talk rubbish. Must be one of the three reasons If the poster had lived up country he would witness virtually no aggression, pleasant people and more. Everywhere l go here l get shown respect and friendship from Thais, even have beer supplied by THAIS many times. You should get around a bit. PLEASE let us know your thoughts because there are many of us that live in Isaan.
quote me! go back through everything i said and qoute me!
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my wife is thai,
married for 8 years. she first came to the u.k. 6 years ago. shortly after we married, we went to apply for her 2 year u.k. resident visa which she was entitled to do, being married to someone from the u.k. we collected all the paper work, got all the certificates and translations done and went home to fill out all the documentation. i sat her and the rather large family down and said if there is anything i need to know tell me now(no bullshit) because if you do they will find out. after sweaty my nuts off all day filling out several different forms i was satisfied that we where ready to submit the application.
the next day we went off to the british embassy in bangkok. when called, handed over all the paper work, along with the fee and all the correspondents we had kept in the two years prior to getting married.(i met my wife in a barbers shop the first time i came to thailand on holiday. the first thai girl i ever talked to, needed a shave, fell for her instantly and asked her out) anyway back to the story. we had kept copies of emails, phone records, flight tickets and hotel receipts of holidays we had spent together, from the 5 trips i had made back to thailand to see her, photos, wedding photos you name it. you should have seen the guys face behind the counter. the stack must have been at least a foot and a half high. they asked her a few questions on her own and said o.k. we will give you a call.
6 days later got the call to say would we come into the embassy and bobs your uncle no problem, 2 year visa stamp on behalf of her majestys muppet show.
we stayed 5 years in london, england working all hours two jobs weekends you name it saving up to come back to thailand. initially the u.k. was a shock to the system for my wife, like it would be for anyone. all the usual things, the cold , food ,culture etc.. it helps though and stands you in good sted if your coming from an animal of a place like bangkok to a beast of a city like london.
i got her a national insurance number and a thai friend of mine gave her a job as a cook in his restaurant( made sure she paid her taxes. in time she started to take on her own indentity and find her feet. a good thing for anyone when they staying in a foreign country. small things at first like buying a bus pass and catching the wright number bus to go to work. it also helped that she had a small piece of home with her all the time whislt being at work. she could talk to her friends at work in her own tongue, and eat the food she was use to eating back home in thailand.
i also tried to install into her that work and money isnt everything( not an easy thing to do with a thai, when shes was earning more in a week in england than she would do in a month of work in thailand.
we went out at weekends and bank holidays, showed her all the places i love about my own city, smithfield meat market at 4a.m. on a friday morning, china town and eating dim sum, the arsenal football club, camden market, the view from ally pally. plus i took her to thai day outs at battersea park, loy khratong festival at the thai temple in wimbledon, and to see all my friends in the pubs around london that do thai food.
she had and still has a large amount of friends back in london. i think its important for anyone when settling in a foreign land to feel comfortable and not alienated. she made a big impression on my family and got on so well, my mother will always regard her as the daughter she never had. bit of a bumer at christmas though, gets bigger and better presents than me now. god shes like a five year old kid as soon as december kicks in.
altough different in lots of ways i have never had any problems with her trying out foods that she is not accustomed to. loves a good fry up, roast beef and yorkshire puds, lamb, turkey, sausage rolls, scotch eggs, mussels in white wine, steak and kidney pies, an indian on a friday night after she finished work. you name it she will give it a try. the only thing she is not keen on is dairy and cheeses. thats because of her upbringing. when she was young they didnt have to many things like that in thailand. it was a diet of fresh foods and vegetables and fruit. not alot of chocolates and sweets, not like the kids of today who seem to eat alot more falang foods.
all in all i think she is a credit to herself, her family, her people, her country and i am a very lucky man to have her as my wife.
as for the question about why are there so few thai in the u.k. i think it a concoxtion of alot of things all rolled into one.
firstly: as in any country when you want to visit or stay in it, you play by their rules. dont like it tuff! no lying, telling fibbs, be honest. theirs no way around the system. they will find you out in the end.( the amount of thais i have known to work in the u.k. mostly in the restaurants business and not pay tax) one day the premises get a call from the inland revenue. employees are asked to show proof of employment and wage slips THEIR SCREWED!
secondly: like most countrys their always going to be some bad apples. english people have the reputation of being lager louts and football holigans when they go abroad. sorry to say this but alot of people s perceptions of thai women in the u.k. is that they are money grabbers, only marry a guy for 2 years and then run with the money. told you so i bet i know what she did when she was back in thailand, kind of view. unfortunately there are a few who live up to that reputation and spoil it for all the good ones out there.
thirdly and finally: when you do go to another country, you owe it to yourself most of all to give it a go. yes its hard, nobody said it would be easy. you miss home, your family, the foods different, why cant i get fresh papaya, why are rambutans 3 quid for half a kilo. because they are, the same way i cant get a decent packet of bacon. DEAL WITH IT! think of what a waste and what you could have done with the 25 odd thousand baht you paid on the airline ticket.
so there you go. doubtless to say there will be those of you out there senior members with over 500 posts, older guys who think they know it all, jokers,whatever, i really dont care i am just trying to answer the question asked the best i can, from my own experiences, in my own way.
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i stay at poipet resort. which is the sister casino to grand diamond. for 2 reasons really
1. the rooms are cleaner, and dont seem to have any mosquitos. unlike grand diamond.
2 its quieter and more laid back.
the price is the same, although over the weekends whislt you pay 1,000 baht for the room and 1,000 for the deposit which you get back when your stay is complete, you effectivly pay 600 baht on fridays and saturdays get 400 baht promotion chips. sunday to thursday 500-500.
yes your partner does not need a visa, but cannot leave what i call (no-mans land) the part of land in between the two borders, which is where all the casino are situated.
another place you may like to try is star vegas! very popular with thais, and has a swimming pool.
are you going alone or with a company?
advice... if you are doing it alone once through the thai exit border, fill out your own cambodian visa application, otherwise you will probably end up paying a bribe to the cambodian police. just becuase the filled the documentation out for you.
are you going by coach? i alway go with a company called heng-heng. there is usually enough seats to go around, which counts for alot. you dont want some thai reclining their seat all the way back in your lap for 2 and 3/4 hours 200 baht. if your up early enough on the return day it helps . no long waits at immigration and the tour company will drop their price to get bums on seats.
have a good trip. anything else you want to know just ask.
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worked in smithfield meat market(london) most of my life, for a catering butcher. i would say that in thailand the pigs are raised in a more free range kind of way.it reflects in the taste and tuffness of the pork when cooked. also over here, they tend to use the whole pig, wheather it be, a pork steak, a chop, the back which is usually dried and then used to as (moo-kop) the use of the off cuts, innards, nose, ears etc...
having said that the real issue for me is finding good smoked/ unsmoked back bacon. although in the west salt and water is used to bulk up the weight, therefore the resaon to charge more, the taste remains far more superiour. most of the bacon i find over here has alot of fat and just shrinks into an ineadable piece of crisp fat.
also thai are not particulary keen on eating anything that has not been cooked, ie. slow cooked over a few days, fried or had the b.b.q treatment. where as foreigners especially europeans like to cure their meats
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nong khai
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yes i am aware of how to divorce in thailand, that was the original plan but the wife now for some reason seems intent on doing it at the thai embassy in london, so i need info on if this is possible.
is she still on the 2 year visa or has she already got the 25 year one? your in the u.k. now and all the cards are in your favour. dont go anywhere near the thai embassy. i am not sure and dont qoute me on this, but i am not even sure if the u.k. fully recgonizes a thai marriage. sounds to me like shes already got something going in the pipeline.(has she got a large group of thai friends in the u.k. that could be advising her?)
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Tigerfish
Thought a lot about your replies to this topic and others that you have made (as a newbe). My conclusion is that you are an ars__ole that has know idea about life in this part of the world. I suggest you stand back and forget you are a farang and try and mix a little. Try a dog steak or even cat steak, then perhaps you will learn about REAL Thai people and not the ones that are influensed by farang culture where you hang out to satisfy you.
I don't know why you'd waste time thinking about his opinions, he's just another unpleasant foreigner touting his thai/chinese Bangkok girlfriend as an ego-boosting penis enhancement and he will always be better than you - leave it at that.
Where did you eat cat, by the way?
wife of 8 years with a daughter,
chicken feet, dog and cat, pigs ears and nose, crickets, frog. innards etc.. all very tasty. maybe you and transam should get together over some (som tam) no chillies of course, and get your facts straight. or maybe that should be a macdonalds!
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Tigerfish
Thought a lot about your replies to this topic and others that you have made (as a newbe). My conclusion is that you are an ars__ole that has know idea about life in this part of the world. I suggest you stand back and forget you are a farang and try and mix a little. Try a dog steak or even cat steak, then perhaps you will learn about REAL Thai people and not the ones that are influensed by farang culture where you hang out to satisfy you.
I don't know why you'd waste time thinking about his opinions, he's just another unpleasant foreigner touting his thai/chinese Bangkok girlfriend as an ego-boosting penis enhancement and he will always be better than you - leave it at that.
Where did you eat cat, by the way?
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transam!
newbe or not , totally irrelevant. as for what you think, couldnt care less. if you had bothered to read everything and not nit pick that parts you bother to choose and qoute me on then i wouldnt be writing this now.
i know how long i have lived in the los, and do not need to justify myself to anyone thai or falang. let alone some jumped up "advanced" member on a thai chat forum site.
GET DOWN OFF YOUR PEDESTAL MATE BEFORE SOMEONE DOES IT FOR YOU!
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Both the way you met and the fact that she brought two people with her point to her being on the 'good girl' side of the pendulum. It's not a guarantee by any means but it's a good sign.
Her being from Isaan isn't a great sign, thats where most of the bar girls come from and basically anybody in Bangkok from Isaan came here to make money. It's not an indictment and there are certainly lots of girls who are of good character and intentions from Isaan - but from a statistical standpoint, it's more likely she's a 'good gir' if she were from Chiang Mai or Bangkok or something.
The place she told you in Isaan is likely a very large city and wouldn't reveal much - I would not name her moobarn (village) but I doubt thats the name she gave you. It was likely:
Surin
Korat
Ubon
Khon Kaen
Kalasin
Udon Ratchatani
Probably spelled some of those wrong and there are others but all of those are very large cities with a ton of smaller villages around them, which is where most of the girls actually come from, not those cities.
Hehe, no, the province starts with an S (but its none of the named) but she also told me the village. I saw it on the map, but as I said I dont remember, i think it was 3 words those in latin script.
hope its not sahkon nakon or your in real shit. has she ever expressed a strong desire towards dogs!
I think YOU have a real problem. Go lie down somewhere, hopefully you will be OK but l doubt it..
the only problem i have is with people like you! you clearly did not read the rest of the quotes that belonged to that particular part of the post. this coming from a man who, correct me if i am wrong lives in isaan. (ubon) si saket about 250-300 kilometers away from sahkon nakon, claims to be up to speed with the way thais live, and their traits and customs. but knows nothing about what some people do differently to others in parts of the province. your married wright to a lady from isaan, ask her what some people eat in sahkon nakon. i know because i have been there many times and have tried the local quisine and delicassies.
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this is not your fault op, and dont let anyone try tell you different. certainly dont go beating yourself up about it. you can only go by what you feel inside and what you think is the wright thing to do..
tried something out earlier today. i showed your post along with everyone elses imput, to my wife and her brothers and sisters. the family is thai/chinese and come from bangkok. a firm shake of the head was my wifes reaction
.along with all the other females of the family. enough said. another thing that you may want to consider was what the men thought. they would have never put up with this kind of behaviour.most of thailand is a male dominated society, and what man say goes, no question about it. there are probably alot of posters that will now come on here now and jump to the defence of how your lady carried herself and that you have to understand that this is how people who have families from isaan are. most of whom probably have wives that come from that region of thailand. the kind that will jump at the opputunity to knock any falang who questions and critises this way of thinking, and then the next day post a complaint about how something they dont like about how things are done in the los.
this is an exact reflection of the way of thinking in thailand today. you have abbisit v thaksin, you have yellow shirts v red shirts, the people of the north who sit about all day, and complain about the fact they have no money because they are poor farmers. then you have people like my wifes family, a mum and dad who started off with next to nothing, ten children, who got off their backsides worked day and night, invested in thier childrens future and are now reeping the benifits. without losing the concept of family values.
it happens the world over. wether you are in a bar in london listening to some sweaty sock, taff, mick or northener complaining about everything about your home town, that its not the same as back home, he aint got no money, but would you buy him a drink.
same happens in bangkok you have all the northeners coming down, selling their sticky rice, som tam, blasting out isaan country music night, listening to all their sob stories and then they all fuc_k back off home for songkran and happy new year. (ever noticed how peaceful bangkok is at these times of year).
as my wife said to me! wait for the phone call a year down the line when she wants you back, with baby in tow and the thai father nowhere to be seen. guess who she is going to ask her to help her out on the financial side of things. sorry mate but you seem to me to be just some poor guy caught up in this sick and twisted game.
leave it well alone, you are better off out of it.
sticky rice, thai whisky bah-nok bah-nok
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Both the way you met and the fact that she brought two people with her point to her being on the 'good girl' side of the pendulum. It's not a guarantee by any means but it's a good sign.
Her being from Isaan isn't a great sign, thats where most of the bar girls come from and basically anybody in Bangkok from Isaan came here to make money. It's not an indictment and there are certainly lots of girls who are of good character and intentions from Isaan - but from a statistical standpoint, it's more likely she's a 'good gir' if she were from Chiang Mai or Bangkok or something.
The place she told you in Isaan is likely a very large city and wouldn't reveal much - I would not name her moobarn (village) but I doubt thats the name she gave you. It was likely:
Surin
Korat
Ubon
Khon Kaen
Kalasin
Udon Ratchatani
Probably spelled some of those wrong and there are others but all of those are very large cities with a ton of smaller villages around them, which is where most of the girls actually come from, not those cities.
Hehe, no, the province starts with an S (but its none of the named) but she also told me the village. I saw it on the map, but as I said I dont remember, i think it was 3 words those in latin script.
hope its not sahkon nakon or your in real shit. has she ever expressed a strong desire towards dogs!
I'm intrigued, what do the good people of sahkon nakon do with their dogs? Please dont tell me it is what I'm almost fearing it is.
tasty!
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Both the way you met and the fact that she brought two people with her point to her being on the 'good girl' side of the pendulum. It's not a guarantee by any means but it's a good sign.
Her being from Isaan isn't a great sign, thats where most of the bar girls come from and basically anybody in Bangkok from Isaan came here to make money. It's not an indictment and there are certainly lots of girls who are of good character and intentions from Isaan - but from a statistical standpoint, it's more likely she's a 'good gir' if she were from Chiang Mai or Bangkok or something.
The place she told you in Isaan is likely a very large city and wouldn't reveal much - I would not name her moobarn (village) but I doubt thats the name she gave you. It was likely:
Surin
Korat
Ubon
Khon Kaen
Kalasin
Udon Ratchatani
Probably spelled some of those wrong and there are others but all of those are very large cities with a ton of smaller villages around them, which is where most of the girls actually come from, not those cities.
Hehe, no, the province starts with an S (but its none of the named) but she also told me the village. I saw it on the map, but as I said I dont remember, i think it was 3 words those in latin script.
hope its not sahkon nakon or your in real shit. has she ever expressed a strong desire towards dogs!
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So the OP asks "Am I just a typical stupid farang" and anyone who tells him that he is, should be ignored and must be on yaba?
This kid really is totally delusional. She randomly goes out drinking without telling you and doesn't come home even on your birthday. What were you, sitting there at the kitchen table wearing an apron holding onto the cake you baked yourself looking at the door and holding the phone hoping that this time she would call?
sounds like one of those isaan music videos, but in reverse!
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But shes not drunk regularly, hel_l we went through weeks on end without drinking. You guys don't understand, she isnt a party girl, yes she liked to go dancing every once in a while, but so do we all.
Shes an amazing cook, she regularly made the best tom yam goom I had anywhere. She took care of everything, dishes, washing, heck even my own personal hygiene. She is everything I could hope for. The way she talked about having kids, and taking care of everyone. you dont know her. I will not have her being drawn into the dirt here, no matter what she has done to my heart. Judging from your replies, shes a better girl than most of you woudl ever desirve.
I don't wanna go to thailand to have some fun with a random hooker. thats not who I am, and thats not who i want to be. I just want to figure this out.
if i may can i ask you 2 questions!
1 where did you meet her.
2 where is she from.
i understand if you do not wish to reply. none of my business.
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been flying u.k. to thailand for the last 11 years. first came over like alot of farang as a tourist on a package tour flying b.airways and quantas on return. i would never use b.airways again because of value for your money. quantas, well i wont go there.
a friend advised me to try out emirates and maybe like some people might of thought at the time, they might be a bit exspensive. not at all! great value for money. good food, good inflight entertainment(movies, music, games consoles, etc) pleasant, polite and helpful check in, and cabin crew staff. plus i dont mind stopovers(connecting flights) dubai airport is worth a look.
then about 4 years ago i was curious to compare the difference between etihad and emirates. had heard goods things said about eithad and at the time the 2 airlines where having a price war. just as good! although i will say this. i found the bangkok check in and boarding staff usless and unhelpful.(dont seen to understand to concept of representing a wealthy arab state airline) and the kind of service their employers would expect their staff to treat customers with.
since then after trying them out once more, on the basis of cost, same problem. i have been flying back and forth london/bangkok via dubai.
my wife who is thai, the first time she went to england 8 years ago, was i suppose a bit wary.the usual kind of reaction and reservations about flying on an arab airline. the mothers dismay to me for not choosing to fly her daughter on thai airways. the friends who said why do you want to fly emirates, i know someone who can get you a good deal on eva air. shes been flying with me, on emirates ever since and loves it.
one thing i would like to say about thai airways. i have flown them both domestically and on international flights. just because a couple of newspaper journalists about a decade ago voted them as one of the worlds best airlines, doesnt mean they are now. they have been creaming this smooth as silk thing for too long. its time they bucked up their ideas, stop moaning, and expecting the thai goverment to bail them out, just because they are the national flag carrier airline, doesnt count for anything in the dog eat dog world of travel and value for money.
hope you have a pleasant flight.
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Transam
Tigerfish must really like you. User with 3 posts, 2 of them used for attacking you for no reason.........
The bloke is a plonker
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oh i am deeply hurt, del boy! or should it be rodney. no, no wait a minute ive got it, its TRIGGER wright. just about sums you up!
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I haven't read any of these posts but want to vent my anger a little
My wife has just returned from the local market which is 2 km's from our house
There are two police road blocks to check for drink drivers on the stretch back to our house.
She was poodling along on a motorbike with our 4 year old daughter and noticed a car coming towards her but swerving from left to right all over the road.
This happened virtually on the police road block. My wife pulled off the road in fear of her life and stopped at the police roadblock.
The police stopped the car and my wife was curious as to what would happen to the driver..
All that happened was he was told to not drive the car and his passenger then got in the driver's seat and drove off.
The guy driving was absolutely blind drunk!
Was it good will by the BiB?
Or was he one of those types "above the law?" after all "it was a shiny new pick up truck"
This guy would definitely have killed someone or himself and the BiB did nothing!!
I find it quite outrageous.
Note. My wife said no money changed hands either....maybe he was off duty???
what was your wife doing driving with a four year old child on a motorbike?
Going to get me some beer!!
I don't see the problem of having a child on a motorbike, it's not illegal even in the UK I don't think.
I knew some idiot would quote that, that's why I wrote it.
Happy new year fool!!
1. this is not the u.k. and neither is the standard of driving the same as back home.
2. open your eyes, watch the news , read a newspaper ever. how long have you been in thailand? you never see the countless amount of road fatalities in this country every day. let alone new year or songkran.
3. obviously beer is more important to you than the well being of your 4 year old daughter (i too am a father of a thai born 6 month old baby girl) didnt just get off the last plane to bangkok.
happy new year. wake up and smell the smoke coming from the nearest thai buddist temple!
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I haven't read any of these posts but want to vent my anger a little
My wife has just returned from the local market which is 2 km's from our house
There are two police road blocks to check for drink drivers on the stretch back to our house.
She was poodling along on a motorbike with our 4 year old daughter and noticed a car coming towards her but swerving from left to right all over the road.
This happened virtually on the police road block. My wife pulled off the road in fear of her life and stopped at the police roadblock.
The police stopped the car and my wife was curious as to what would happen to the driver..
All that happened was he was told to not drive the car and his passenger then got in the driver's seat and drove off.
The guy driving was absolutely blind drunk!
Was it good will by the BiB?
Or was he one of those types "above the law?" after all "it was a shiny new pick up truck"
This guy would definitely have killed someone or himself and the BiB did nothing!!
I find it quite outrageous.
Note. My wife said no money changed hands either....maybe he was off duty???
what was your wife doing driving with a four year old child on a motorbike?
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