I’ve backpacked through Southpark Asia for years… now i feel quietly pushed out

[jas007]

I've just re-read this entire thread and I 'm not at all sure everyone is on the same page.  Five pages of gibberish. 

 

Backpackers, Cheap Charlies, phonies, posers.  What's the issue?  I think Thailand still has something for everyone. 

 

It's no longer "once upon a time" any more.  It's today. The world is in a state of constant change.  "Same Same, but different," as the saying goes.  It's all good.

 

No one is stopping a low budget traveler from exploring Thailand. Ditto for the people with a higher budget.  Some location adjustment may be necessary for some people, but so what?  That's life.  And for the people with unlimited funds, no one is stopping them from staying wherever they want. 

 

I'm almost 74 and I still have a backpack for short trips. I'd post a picture, but I'm sure everyone knows what a backpack looks like. And I would have no problem whatsoever staying in a budget accommodation off the beaten path.  Some of the best times of my life were back in the days when I was a "starving student' trying to get through school on a shoestring.  It was an adventure. And it all seems like yesterday.  I could do it again tomorrow. 

 

 

[steven100]

so your one of those people from Khaosan road who have dreadlocks in your hair, don't bath very often and some have no shoes, you stay in 250 baht hostel rooms when you splurge the spending. 

 

sorry,  your not welcome here,  they want quality tourists that spend money ... not backpackers.

 

maybe south Sudan or Burundi in Africa will be more suited and you'll be liked there.   

 

 Thailand doesn't want backpackers,   they don't spend enough cash.   

[steven100]

26 minutes ago, jas007 said:

I've just re-read this entire thread and I 'm not at all sure everyone is on the same page.  Five pages of gibberish. 

 

Backpackers, Cheap Charlies, phonies, posers.  What's the issue?  I think Thailand still has something for everyone. 

 

It's no longer "once upon a time" any more.  It's today. The world is in a state of constant change.  "Same Same, but different," as the saying goes.  It's all good.

 

No one is stopping a low budget traveler from exploring Thailand. Ditto for the people with a higher budget.  Some location adjustment may be necessary for some people, but so what?  That's life.  And for the people with unlimited funds, no one is stopping them from staying wherever they want. 

 

I'm almost 74 and I still have a backpack for short trips. I'd post a picture, but I'm sure everyone knows what a backpack looks like. And I would have no problem whatsoever staying in a budget accommodation off the beaten path.  Some of the best times of my life were back in the days when I was a "starving student' trying to get through school on a shoestring.  It was an adventure. And it all seems like yesterday.  I could do it again tomorrow. 

 

 

Khoasan road backpackers are not welcome here as much as quality spending tourists from other places. 

sad .... but it's the truth     

[jas007]

10 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Khoasan road backpackers are not welcome here as much as quality spending tourists from other places. 

sad .... but it's the truth     

So at the immigration counter at the airport, how do they know who's who?  A separate line for anyone with a backpack? 

[steven100]

8 minutes ago, jas007 said:

So at the immigration counter at the airport, how do they know who's who?  A separate line for anyone with a backpack? 

 

backpacker for Khoasan road ...  thrifty spenders

 

 

other tourists they want ....    spending tourists .... 

 

[jas007]

21 minutes ago, steven100 said:

 

backpacker for Khoasan road ...  thrifty spenders

 

 

other tourists they want ....    spending tourists .... 

 

I understand what they may "want."  But really, they haven't done much to stop anyone, have they?  They may fool around with the visa scheme once in a while, but it's still, it's the same rules for everyone. 

 

So what if guesthouses on Patong Beach are no longer 300 baht?  Try another place. That's what it's all abut, right?  The original backpacker/budget traveler mentality. "Exploring strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilizations...."  From Star Trek. Sorry if I mangled the quote. 

 

It's all still there.

[steven100]

5 minutes ago, jas007 said:

I understand what they may "want."  But really, they haven't done much to stop anyone, have they?  They may fool around with the visa scheme once in a while, but it's still, it's the same rules for everyone. 

 

So what if guesthouses on Patong Beach are no longer 300 baht?  Try another place. That's what it's all abut, right?  The original backpacker/budget traveler mentality. "Exploring strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilizations...."  From Star Trek. Sorry if I mangled the quote. 

 

It's all still there.

your right my dear .... they ( the TAT )  change their ideas more often than we change our socks.  Lol

[Quentin Zen]

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