I'm off to the UK at the end of the month with my wife.  We're on Qatar outbound but Air India for the return.  I'm hoping it won't be like this. 

On 12/20/2024 at 5:21 PM, Nick Carter icp said:

I recently flew with Air India from Swampy to Delhi and it was the worst flight that I have even been on .

   80 % of the passengers were groups of Indian "Uncles" , different groups of 10-20 men and they all seemed to be returning for a week in Pattaya .

   They just couldn't sit still , it was constant commotion and noise , moving about and calling the steward relentlessly .

   I was in the aisle seat and as soon as we landed, before the plane even stopped , the India guy next to me asked me whether I was just going to just  sit there and not get off the place . I told him  that we couldn't get off the plane until the doors had opened and that would be about another ten minutes , but he was insistent that he wanted to stand in the aisle waiting for the doors to open 

Own fault for flying there

14 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Own fault for flying there

 

   It was just a stop over , I didn't actually go to India landside , just a 15 hour stop over 

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   It was just a stop over , I didn't actually go to India landside , just a 15 hour stop over 

15 hours must suck

25 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

15 hours must suck

 

   Not really, I am quite used to spending all day hanging around doing nothing 

India have decided to not give Thailand reciprocal visa free entry. 

 

I am just curious as to why Thailand choses to give visa free access to India .. something very few other countries allow, due to the extreme low GDP per person that exisits in India (much lower than Thailand), behavioural issues, penchant to remain in the country for a long period (see Malaysia who cancelled visa protocals for Indians), there seems to be no binding bilateral ties between the two countries (for example as is it is with China). 

 

The old system of allowing 14 days visa, that you could secure on arrival, the key was YOU HAD TO SHOW FUNDS, AND A BOOKING OF A HOTEL IN YOUR NAME. 

 

What i am seeing on the ground is that you are getting masses of very cheap indians, doing barbaric things like 10 people sharing a room (yes i have seen this), extreme hardcore budgets. 

 

There is the issue of them praying of vulnerable Thai women in a way that is not rite. If you go around any red lights areas, they pray in packs and try to get huge discounts on a whole group. Morally it's upsetting to see a vulnerable lady having to endure that. Of course there's arguments that all forms of prostitution is bad, but seeing a lady taking up cheap offers to go with 5 or 7 men is really horrific to see. And this does happen. 

 

Now granted, there will be affluent Indians who won't behave this way, and they would have come the old fashioned ways anyways. 

 

One positive of Indian tourists, is that whilst they drag the repuation of towns down (see Pattaya) and the cheapness, and awful behaviour - on a whole they are not violent people. Compared to the Benidorm Brits and Russians they seem completely aware they are cheap and horny. They don't engage in violence or racism. Benidorm Brits take the mantle for outright racism, refusing to adapt to new cultures, and violence. 

 

The free for all demand to get tourists numbers up is barbaric. No other country behaves this way. It's wrecked Thailand.