What are the African guys standing outside Nana BTS doing everynight?

[ubonr1971]

I go to Bkk once a month and noticed several times when walking past the BTS stations/ streets around Nana area that there are many African guys standing there staring at people walking past. 

 

One time I noticed a few of them arguing really loud at each other and the thai seller close by was not impressed at all. 

 

Non racial tone here. Just interested in why they are there everynight. Anyone know?

[KhunLA]

Don't know, or want to know, just give a wide berth.

[parafareno]

first time i came to thailand i met 2 african guys.....I could see they did not shower for few days...they invited me to play pool and i said ok....but then they came with this crazy story....about a suitcase that I should go pickup for them in some room....it was really crazy idea....they wanted me to do it,,,they tried liike 2 hours to talk me into it....i still dont know what is the scam about though....something very dangerous..so I split....never turned back....it was somewhere around asok nana...12 years ago

[Slip]

How on earth did you know they were African?  Were they having a hearty old laugh at the good old days of apartheid?

[BananaStrong]

47 minutes ago, ubonr1971 said:

Non racial tone here

too late

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Drugs?

 

Women?

 

Perhaps soliciting for new Thailand Elite members?  ????

 

 

[Tayida]

Avoid them, that's it.

[Mac Mickmanus]

31 minutes ago, Slip said:

How on earth did you know they were African?  Were they having a hearty old laugh at the good old days of apartheid?

They may have been Black ?

[Mac Mickmanus]

47 minutes ago, parafareno said:

first time i came to thailand i met 2 african guys.....I could see they did not shower for few days...they invited me to play pool and i said ok....but then they came with this crazy story....about a suitcase that I should go pickup for them in some room....it was really crazy idea....they wanted me to do it,,,they tried liike 2 hours to talk me into it....i still dont know what is the scam about though....something very dangerous..so I split....never turned back....it was somewhere around asok nana...12 years ago

Why would you want to associate with them ?

[Will B Good]

Drugs....mainly prescription type stuff like Xanax.....they always come across as quite polite and never hassle you......... in my experience......probably here illegally and want to minimise attention.

[simon43]

They do survey work for the BTS, asking if your journey was OK etc ????

[Woof999]

You missed a great opportunity. It was a Nigerian prince with his entourage and he needs someone to help him get his huge $$$ inheritance out of the country.

 

I have an email to prove it.

[Slip]

6 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

They may have been Black ?

Well done Mac.

[Neeranam]

In Helsinki, there used to be Africans hanging outside the train station all the time. Maybe that's their culture.

[sammieuk1]

Probably lottery winning princes looking for romance ????

[bkk6060]

They use to try to sell weed.  But now, I see them in the weed shops one on Soi 7 the other day had all black man probably 10 man smoking the weed.

[Startmeup]

Is this a trolling post? They ask me do I want coke every time I walk past them. I presumed they did that to every Westerner under 60. Do I look rich, do I look like a junkie or do I look like a mug? ???? 

[ubonr1971]

2 hours ago, Slip said:

How on earth did you know they were African?  Were they having a hearty old laugh at the good old days of apartheid?

Well, they sure as <deleted> are not from Iceland. 

[OneMoreFarang]

59 minutes ago, Startmeup said:

Is this a trolling post? They ask me do I want coke every time I walk past them. I presumed they did that to every Westerner under 60. Do I look rich, do I look like a junkie or do I look like a mug? ???? 

Maybe you look like the type who takes drugs - whatever that type may be.

I live in that area since almost 30 years, and I see them regularly. I heard they sell drugs. But they never ever asked me if I want to buy any. They also didn't (try to) talk to me about anything else. 

[herfiehandbag]

1 hour ago, Startmeup said:

Is this a trolling post? They ask me do I want coke every time I walk past them. I presumed they did that to every Westerner under 60. Do I look rich, do I look like a junkie or do I look like a mug? ???? 

I would have thought that the market for smokeless fuels was very limited Bangkok.

[Denim]

Just a steel drum band.  They arrived ok but their instruments never turned up.

 

Recognize any of them ?

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

Maybe it's their culture to hang around outside with similar guys.

Sometimes I see then alone or two together and rumor is they sell drugs.

But recently there are often maybe 20 of them in front of what used to be the Amari hotel in Soi 5 opposite Foodland. I go often to Foodland, at no specific time, and they seem to be there most of the time. No idea what they are doing.

[Slip]

17 minutes ago, ubonr1971 said:

Well, they sure as <deleted> are not from Iceland. 

I am from Iceland.  Care to pick me out in a crowd?

[Mac Mickmanus]

3 minutes ago, Slip said:

I am from Iceland.  Care to pick me out in a crowd?

If you were standing on a corner in Nairobi, I could probably pick you out

[Hanuman2547]

1 hour ago, Startmeup said:

They ask me do I want coke every time I walk past them. I presumed they did that to every Westerner under 60.

I just tell them, "no sir, I'm a Pepsi man myself" and just keep on walking.

[NoDisplayName]

2 hours ago, Neeranam said:

In Helsinki, there used to be Africans hanging outside the train station all the time. Maybe that's their culture.

That's awful!

I never knew lynchings were a Finnish custom.

[Slip]

1 minute ago, NoDisplayName said:

That's awful!

I never knew lynchings were a Finnish custom.

Well done.  You won/broke the topic.  It was already all wrong because Mac made a hilarious comment.

[simon43]

2 hours ago, Startmeup said:

Is this a trolling post? They ask me do I want coke every time I walk past them. I presumed they did that to every Westerner under 60. Do I look rich, do I look like a junkie or do I look like a mug? ???? 

That's because they also sell soft drinks Coke, Fanta etc...

[orchis]

coke salesmen

[Faltu]

I used to buy ice from a guy named Peter, he was from Nigeria. He used to deliver me at Thonglo BTS mostly but will hang around in Soi 3. I used to live close to Thonglo BTS. It was 2011. Once I was caught near Nana, walking erratically and very high. Have to pay 10K to get out after siting all  night in Lumpini police station. Police wanted to know who was my supplier. I kept telling them I bought it from a Nana girl and I don't know her phone number or whereabouts.