Neeranam Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 If it weren't for rebellious hippies in the early 60's, Thailand wouldn't have the tourist industry it has today. Old Stan would never have met Buriram Noi, the cashier, and settled down here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post oldrunner Posted August 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2018 One of our homes is in Ayutthaya and we pass by the ruins every time we come and go from our home there. I'm not terribly religious; however, I do respect Thai Temples, Thai revered sites, and the ruins in Ayutthaya. It's not much to ask that anyone visiting such sites behave in a manner befitting the site. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyezhov Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 1 minute ago, oldrunner said: One of our homes is in Ayutthaya and we pass by the ruins every time we come and go from our home there. I'm not terribly religious; however, I do respect Thai Temples, Thai revered sites, and the ruins in Ayutthaya. It's not much to ask that anyone visiting such sites behave in a manner befitting the site. Yeah and because some Thai folks act like jerkoffs too is not an excuse for foreigners to do it or get all in their feelings about being criticized for it. It's called manners. My daddy taught me when I was 6. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 9 hours ago, ramrod711 said: Standing or sitting on the ruins is disgraceful and possibly damaging, doing the splits, maybe not so much. But it is a "Tad" disrespectful of the temple, ancient or otherwise ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esso49 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 25 minutes ago, oldrunner said: One of our homes is in Ayutthaya and we pass by the ruins every time we come and go from our home there. I'm not terribly religious; however, I do respect Thai Temples, Thai revered sites, and the ruins in Ayutthaya. It's not much to ask that anyone visiting such sites behave in a manner befitting the site. Perhaps you should sell "one of your homes" and purchase property where there are no disrespectful foreigners so as not to upset you. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jesimps Posted August 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2018 Doing the reverse splits in the world's sex capital. Tut tut. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHTel Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 24 minutes ago, Nyezhov said: Yeah and because some Thai folks act like jerkoffs too is not an excuse for foreigners to do it or get all in their feelings about being criticized for it. It's called manners. My daddy taught me when I was 6. Well actually, for the tourist, I think it is. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do". When a foreign tourist visits any site in Thailand and sees how the locals act, then it's quite excusable to believe it's okay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Dude Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Doing this provocative stuff here is offensive to many Thais as these places are culturally important to them and have allowed them to be shared with all visitors...fair enough. Personally, I am fairly ambivalent to it all, apart from a frown towards the motivations for these exhibitionists doing it. Most of these morons that do this stuff are only doing it so they can post it on social media in a narcissistic and vain way to get the 'look at me' thing going or that they are 'breaking new ground' in the endless quest for likes/views etc. They should not only be fined for being disrespectful but also detained for being a lunatic. The power of social media has rotted everyone's brain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Sings on multilingual languages spelling it out should be all over the place, along with some CCTV cameras for facial recognition. The sign should have heavy fines and imprisonment might help, however they would have to apply either or both and I somehow don't believe they are capable of it, because everytime something like this happens, its a 50 baht fine and a wai. 1,000,000 baht fine or imprisonment or both should be on the sign, no payment of fine means remaining in prison until fine is paid, simple really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krataiboy Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 The selfie has a lot to answer for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHTel Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 18 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said: Sings on multilingual languages spelling it out should be all over the place, along with some CCTV cameras for facial recognition. The sign should have heavy fines and imprisonment might help, however they would have to apply either or both and I somehow don't believe they are capable of it, because everytime something like this happens, its a 50 baht fine and a wai. 1,000,000 baht fine or imprisonment or both should be on the sign, no payment of fine means remaining in prison until fine is paid, simple really. I've just been through this with my wife. She agrees 100% that, as we both know, Thais use these places for photo opportunities and do so by posing, hugging a statue and climbing. If fines etc were enforced in these situations there would be many more Thais in the firing line than tourists. Tourists may not know any better but surely the locals do, so why do they ignore the 'protocol'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Some troll posts and the replies have been removed. A post lobbying members has been removed: 5) You will not use Thaivisa as a platform to gather support to effect changes on religious, political, or governmental issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chama Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 The Golden Goose that is tourism comes with a price. That being said, those that have suggested that having an educational conversation at the entrance may help. Those who point out that the Thais act with a greater level of disrespect by littering have surfaced a far greater problem that really does deserve more attention. Any suggestions regarding a corrective action would need to be enforceable. One would think that if you are caught littering you should be tasked with collecting 2 kilos of rubbish or paying a fine that would offset the cost of hiring workers to clean up after the offenders. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alien365 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 I guess a bit of yoga at these temples is out of the question too then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post canuckamuck Posted August 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2018 If the site is so sacred why is it in ruins? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
at15 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 really embarrassing 2 mentally ill people 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Off topic posts and the replies have been removed, this topic is not about littering control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 (edited) They are probably just Youtube Vloggers and are willing to do anything to earn a few dollars. 1 mill views on Youtube and you can earn a small fortune. Edited August 17, 2018 by balo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55Jay Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 13 hours ago, james.d said: I visited these places 2 days ago morning and afternoon and they were clean. The only piles of rubbish I saw were where the overseas tourists were scoffing lunch down or later waiting to board their buses in the car parks. Must have been some terrible lunch if they were scoffing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaff Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 On koh phangan they do it naked ! Lovely ❤️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 6 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 This park is not well cared for. As a general rule, ruins are not temples and therefore it is acceptable to bear skin when walking about. This is stupid behavior bound to get attention especially in this faux moral climate of military regime. Once again, stupid farang inviting scorn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bundooman Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 On 8/17/2018 at 8:19 AM, CelticBhoy said: They could promote this: "<deleted> in a Wat" Might catch on . . . . . ? As long as your not the T... that promotes it, Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramrod711 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 14 hours ago, canuckamuck said: If the site is so sacred why is it in ruins? Funny post, but it is a good question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oztaurus Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 On 8/17/2018 at 8:16 AM, missoura said: I The Thais said the Burmese were bad people for doing this and not to be trusted. Even today. The Burmese teacher said that the Burma army was just doing what the Thai army had done to them in the past. I have also had conversations with well educated, middle class Thai about the Burmese invasion of Thailand and they almost spat the words "Shwedagon Chedi - built with Thai gold". The Khmer seem much more relaxed about the Thai sacking of Ankor Wat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 15 hours ago, Dick Crank said: if you zoom the pic the lady on the left appearscto have a turd there, or maybe thats the guy? That is soo gross DC, now I have to go back and take a look. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 18 hours ago, at15 said: really embarrassing 2 mentally ill people Why is it embarrassing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Maybe they were Burmese, they sacked the place so up to you. Bunch of old stones.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoDinosaw Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 On 8/17/2018 at 2:16 AM, missoura said: Nice to see a 1999 selfie of a self absorbed Yanky, but where are the 5 female professors that we really wanted to see - climbing, prancing and posing on the ruins out-of-shot ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Joke Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 On 8/17/2018 at 9:05 AM, james.d said: I visited these places 2 days ago morning and afternoon and they were clean. The only piles of rubbish I saw were where the overseas tourists were scoffing lunch down or later waiting to board their buses in the car parks. Did you meet any outraged f-wit netizens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theguyfromanotherforum Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 She can do splits in my ruins all day long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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