What was the biggest lie and hoax you ever read in a book or travel guides about Thailand ?

[Sandman77]

With this topic , I want find out why most Thai books not reflect the trues, beginn read the amazon customer feed back of famous Thai books

Most of them are negative, wrong ideology behind , some things are true, but some traveler books called culture shock mix together fiction and reality!

The biggest hoax I ever read in a German traveler book about Thailand.

If somebody points with the finger

In the direction of a budha statue

The hand can hacked off!

Before I come here

I read many books belive it all, but know , I did not want support the million dollar book industries anymore, because all are showing Thailand in a very bad view!

If someone read never come here, he got a completely wrong opinion!

[Carib]

Please Sandman; Point at a statue using both hands....

[rgs2001uk]

You are completely correct 101%, I hope for all those that have never visited this country they never read your threads.

Come to that have you ever actually been here?

[Costas2008]

Ahhhh, Sandman, I know these bad books say horrible things about Thailand.........

Are you still living with your lovely wife or she threw you out?

[Thakkar]

The biggest lie in travel books is that sitting in a coffee shop "people watching" is an interesting thing to do.

T

[GuestHouse]

Whatever is said in the books, the reality is stranger than any fiction.

[rgs2001uk]

Whatever is said in the books, the reality is stranger than any fiction.

Nice to see you back GH, trust the exams are completed now.

Anyway to paraphrase you, the biggest lies we tell, are the ones we tell ourselves.

[ATF]

Sandman since you are going to end up living in the bush soon I would feel this would be a good time to start on your memoirs.

It could be an international bestseller.

[simon43]

'Never touch a Thai on the head'

That's total <deleted>! I see it all the time, from patting kids on the head to Thai friends slapping each other on the head for fun!

[Somtamnication]

That their smiles are genuine....

[rhythmworx]

sorry misread that....

Just thinking.......

never read any books the photos were good though.

[Thakkar]

Whatever is said in the books, the reality is stranger than any fiction.

Missed your postings. Welcome back.

T

[Seastallion]

Didn't read it in a book but on an internet forum....

"I have 3 casual girlfriends that don't want money from me, one 45 kg, one 40 kg and one 50 kg......."

[crazygreg44]

The biggest lie in travel books is that sitting in a coffee shop "people watching" is an interesting thing to do.

T

Yes it can be, not a lie, but it's not "watching people" that is interesting when you sit in a cafe. You have to watch their FOOTWEAR and make yourself secret notes on how many shoes do not fit, too small, to big, too old or just the weird ones with plain feet hanging out of them sideways. It's a nice game one can do while sitting in a cafe, and a funny one, though !

[Thakkar]

The biggest lie in travel books is that sitting in a coffee shop "people watching" is an interesting thing to do.

T

Yes it can be, not a lie, but it's not "watching people" that is interesting when you sit in a cafe. You have to watch their FOOTWEAR and make yourself secret notes on how many shoes do not fit, too small, to big, too old or just the weird ones with plain feet hanging out of them sideways. It's a nice game one can do while sitting in a cafe, and a funny one, though !

I prefer looking at tits, but to each his own.

T

[i claudius]

That their smiles are genuine....

you beat me to it

should read "the land of fake smiles" in the adverts.

[h90]

I think you don't know how to write books.....

Read some other books, mix up some stories, you need pages have no time and of course you don't want to travel to Thailand.

[Sandman77]

And how about , take your shoes of

When you enter a house!

Not put your feeds in the direction of the people when you sit

One one question I never found any aswer study tons of books

Why Thais use toons of make up

That looks like a super Modell , but on most sourroundings of there houses are rubbish and bin halls , not all but most!

That is something that did not match

I must say the Akkas was more clean

Around the house!

No I must begin study akka books, any recommended?

[Seastallion]

The biggest lie in travel books is that sitting in a coffee shop "people watching" is an interesting thing to do.

T

Yes it can be, not a lie, but it's not "watching people" that is interesting when you sit in a cafe. You have to watch their FOOTWEAR and make yourself secret notes on how many shoes do not fit, too small, to big, too old or just the weird ones with plain feet hanging out of them sideways. It's a nice game one can do while sitting in a cafe, and a funny one, though !

Foot fetish or is it just that you've been retired here for a very long time and the tropics have got to you?

[marko kok prong]

I certainley think lp overstate the foot thing,i mean the way they talk no one would even play football here,typical from the hairy hippies they generally hire to write for them.

[FritsSikkink]

Sandman since you are going to end up living in the bush soon I would feel this would be a good time to start on your memoirs.

It could be an international bestseller.

If somebody was able to understand it.

[FritsSikkink]

And how about , take your shoes of

When you enter a house!

That is a good thing to do. Why should you drag all the crap underneath your shoes into the house?

[marko kok prong]

Bar girls always lie,i know this is not true,as my first time i used their service she told me"i have never seen ham this big".

[krisb]

And how about , take your shoes of

When you enter a house!

Not put your feeds in the direction of the people when you sit

One one question I never found any aswer study tons of books

Why Thais use toons of make up

That looks like a super Modell , but on most sourroundings of there houses are rubbish and bin halls , not all but most!

That is something that did not match

I must say the Akkas was more clean

Around the house!

No I must begin study akka books, any recommended?

Yes, Akka Dakka up ya Klakka.

Great book.

[krisb]

And how about , take your shoes of

When you enter a house!

That is a good thing to do. Why should you drag all the crap underneath your shoes into the house?

Including leptospirosis as I have been told it is.

A disease spread by rats.

So take your damn shoes off.

[casualposter]

And how about , take your shoes of

When you enter a house!

That is a good thing to do. Why should you drag all the crap underneath your shoes into the house?

Including leptospirosis as I have been told it is.

A disease spread by rats.

So take your damn shoes off.

That was a good post. Thanks for sharing.

I'll now go and read up on leptospirosis.

[Borzandy]

Long time ago I have red Thailand is LOS.

[HeavyDrinker]

Not in books, but search the forum for 'whereustay' and ppmacready' and you're away.....

The myth that 'The Thais keep the best women for themselves" is a belter and many from that same source (a well known internet blogger)

[Thaddeus]

Please Sandman; Point at a statue using both hands....

Given the overall composition of the posts, I think he may already be doing this.

[arminbkk]

That their smiles are genuine....

you beat me to it

should read "the land of fake smiles" in the adverts.

Actually, that there are not enough smiles to call it "Land of Smiles".

Anyway, I had not read many books on Thailand, but of the ones that I did read, or of what I did read, I'd say at least 50% is outside reality.

Cannot come up with any example right now, except the above one, that's one that gets proven/disproven daily.

(real one 555)