dfdgfdfdgs Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 In a city of over 10 million people, I seem to meet people I know more often than I should. Generally it's not me recognising them, it's them recognising me, I guess being a farang there are fewer of us so we stand out more to the Thais. But weirder still, three of them I've never met. They've recognised me from apps and Line. It happened today on Silom Road. I squirted her in the face. Anybody else get this? I've read a few stories of people meeting friends from their home country, in Thailand. That's never happened to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauGR1 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 It's very normal actually, happened to me many times in Bkk, a few times in Delhi many years ago, and i was just visiting for 1 or 2 days. I think there are areas, in any big city, where most visitors go. Khao San Road in Bkk is a classic. It seems that half the world is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 The only place where it's possible to meet friends from home would be kao sarn road...everybody goes there and thinks it is real Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldgit Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 It’s happened to me twice, I bumped into a guy who used to work for me in the UK as we were getting getting off a BTS train at Asoke, he’d lived here for a year, but ten years later he moved back to the UK a couple of months ago.Then a couple of years later I was walking near Thonglor BTS when I turned a corner and bumped into my old boss from the UK, same organisation, he was visiting his son who works here, we usually meet up when he visits. Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Having lived here 20 years... My Wife having been schooled here and lived here all her life, we always meet people when out and about in Bangkok. It would be a very rare occasion that we go to some shopping mall, some restaurant or some fun event and not bump into someone one of us knows. I also once bumped into an old school friend from the UK in Khoa Sarn road - Not close enough to keep in touch and the days before Facebook.... I recognized her... we ended up having a laugh and spending a few days together. I've bumped into ex-work colleagues at airports. Whenever overseas my Wife will invariably bump into someone she knows... At Suvarnabumi airport or simply walking down the high street in Japan etc... It really is incredible just how small the world is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 I experienced quite the opposite. When i stayed in BKK i dated probably hundreds of girls there, but i hardly ever met somebody again randomly (I don't go to Khao San, but to places like Terminal 21, Siam, and so on). I randomly ran into somebody i know not more than 5 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 I met an old friend from school , last time I saw him was 30 years ago. Inside Burger King of all places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamyai3 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 16 hours ago, theoldgit said: It’s happened to me twice, I bumped into a guy who used to work for me in the UK as we were getting getting off a BTS train at Asoke, he’d lived here for a year, but ten years later he moved back to the UK a couple of months ago. Then a couple of years later I was walking near Thonglor BTS when I turned a corner and bumped into my old boss from the UK, same organisation, he was visiting his son who works here, we usually meet up when he visits. Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Happened to me on a handful of occasions, and always seems to be on or very close to the BTS too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Chance Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 I meet Jim Morrison once and other guy name 'prince.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrilled Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I don’t know many people on purpose.I have A few friends.So chances of it happening would be slim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenKong Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I once bumped into someone in Terminal 21 who lives in my Jomtien condo. He was there just for the day, just like me. Neither of us goes to Bangkok at all often. And a couple of years ago I found myself in business class on a plane from BKK to LHR, sitting right next to the man who lives directly opposite me in my condo building. That was just plain spooky. Neither of us goes to the UK more than once a year, and he generally only goes every few years. The odds of both of us being on that flight on that day and on that particular airline (which doesnt even fly direct) must have been very low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Rivetting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyfez Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Do you remember me????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyfez Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Actually people see me, but pretend they haven't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkleMoooose Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 "I squirted her in the face" Saves the bedsheets I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 It's happened to me several times. Twice in Bangkok, once in Gothenburg, once at LA airport, once in a restaurant in Newport Rhode Island and three times in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thonglorjimmy Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 1 hour ago, dotpoom said: Rivetting! But here you are reading the thread and taking the time to comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKr Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 1 hour ago, UnkleMoooose said: "I squirted her in the face" Saves the bedsheets I suppose. no wonder she remembers :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smotherb Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Several years ago, I was sitting in Nana Plaza one afternoon having a cold one. I guy walks up and greets me by name and says he has my briefcase. I had no idea who he was, but he filled me in. It seems ten years before that I had left Iran and gave my briefcase to a friend saying, we will meet up some day and I will get it back. The man who walked up to me in Nana Plaza was not my friend, but someone else who my friend knew was going to Thailand and had given him my briefcase. Neither man knew how to contact me, except that I may be in Thailand. Small world eh, but it gets even smaller. The man with my briefcase had arrived in Thailand about six weeks before he met me and his household goods, which held my briefcase, were delivered to him just the day before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauGR1 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 On 4/16/2018 at 4:12 AM, Thian said: The only place where it's possible to meet friends from home would be kao sarn road...everybody goes there and thinks it is real Bangkok. It is as real as the Chao Praya river. other places where you can meet old friends are, of course Bars, Malls, Open Markets, Temples, etc.. all places where lots of people go. I like to take the Bus-boat on the river in Bkk, years ago, on the boat, i met an old school mate of my teens, which i was not seeing for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smotherb Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 2 hours ago, KittenKong said: I once bumped into someone in Terminal 21 who lives in my Jomtien condo. He was there just for the day, just like me. Neither of us goes to Bangkok at all often. And a couple of years ago I found myself in business class on a plane from BKK to LHR, sitting right next to the man who lives directly opposite me in my condo building. That was just plain spooky. Neither of us goes to the UK more than once a year, and he generally only goes every few years. The odds of both of us being on that flight on that day and on that particular airline (which doesnt even fly direct) must have been very low. Had a similar incident on a flight to Munich. I had arranged to be picked up at the airport by a friend who was coming to meet his girl friend. She was arriving in Munich within the same hour on a different airline. As I settled into my seat, a girl seated in the row in front of me turned around--it was his girlfriend, she had changed her flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Only one person, and that was twice although a few years apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 6 hours ago, Don Chance said: I meet Jim Morrison once and other guy name 'prince.' Prince Charles?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 1 hour ago, mauGR1 said: It is as real as the Chao Praya river. Can you name me another neighbourhood of BKK which is like kao sarn road? I bet you can't, i haven't seen it in 20 years. Kao sarn road is not like the rest of BKK at all, it's nice though but very different than the rest of the city...most tourists staying there have never been in the subs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauGR1 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Thian said: Can you name me another neighbourhood of BKK which is like kao sarn road? I bet you can't, i haven't seen it in 20 years. Kao sarn road is not like the rest of BKK at all, it's nice though but very different than the rest of the city...most tourists staying there have never been in the subs. I completely agree with you, and honestly KSR is not my favourite hanging spot, i prefer other neighbourhood like Pahurat or Yaowarat.. But surely i find some enjoyment by seeing some very contrasting scenaries in bkk.. Probably the only big city in the world where i would like to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justfine Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Bumping into Chinese tour groups is like bumpa cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acemaker Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 9 hours ago, Don Chance said: I meet Jim Morrison once and other guy name 'prince.' I met Ali G once in Mcdonalds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerkinsCuthbert Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Bump into my wife regularly; turns out she lives in the same block as me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justfine Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 4 hours ago, Acemaker said: I met Ali G once in Mcdonalds. What about Bruno? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Happened to me in CM the other month with an old Samui friend. Always a pleasure to meet old friends unexpectedly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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