"Come to Miracle Thailand where you can be clubbed by security guards in Bangkok, kidnapped by fake police and scammed at every corner in Pattaya, beaten up by the TukTuk mafia in Phuket, killed in Chiang Mai from the over use of pesticides in the hotel, murdered by the police in Pai, killed by a mini van on any road in the country, and catch drug resistant malaria, HIV, bird flu, and swine flu. And if you're really lucky, you'll be murdered violently and the police will rule it a suicide even thought your arms were tied behind your back and your head was found a kilometer away."
:lolBIG:
Been living here in Bangkok for 1+ years with no problems whatsoever. Guess I'm respectful and polite to the locals, and that goes a long way. Being a foreign douchebag blowhard causing problems will attract the trouble you've written about.
I'll take my chances here as opposed to the USA any day of the week. :grandmais
"Whig said his clients complained about having trouble with local service operators, especially from criminal gangs in Pattaya. For instance, he said, tourists rent jet skis from local operators but end up paying large amounts for damage that they have allegedly made to the equipment. He said these jet-ski operators worked hand-in-hand with the tourist police. He also complained about illegal taxi drivers harassing tourists at Suvarnabhumi International Airport.
"Liu Feng, CEO of Yunnan Comfort Tourism Group, said his company's biggest problem was that local operators did not provide services according to the agreements signed. He said the government should set service standards.
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/561718-thailand-is-still-favoured-tourist-destination/
"Liu Feng, CEO of Yunnan Comfort Tourism Group, said his company's biggest problem was that local operators did not provide services according to the agreements signed. He said the government should set service standards.
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/561718-thailand-is-still-favoured-tourist-destination/
Canadian sisters dead...food poisoning?
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/canadian-sisters-found-dead-thai-resort-164351036.html
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/canadian-sisters-found-dead-thai-resort-164351036.html
It seems there was a 2009 case like that:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/7118010/Canadian-sisters-found-dead-in-Thailand
The deaths of two Canadian sisters in Thailand has similarities to the 2011 death of a New Zealander in the same country.
Thai media has reported that the sisters were found dead in their Phi Phi Palm Residence Hotel room in a southern resort island of Phi Phi.
The Manager newspaper website quoted police Lieutenant Colonel Rat Somboon as saying the women had probably been dead more than 12 hours when their bodies were discovered Friday with vomit and other signs of a toxic reaction.
Canadian Foreign Affairs spokesman John Babcock confirmed that two Canadian citizens died in Thailand but did not provide further details. He said Canadian consular officials in Bangkok are providing assistance to the family and are in contact with local authorities.
In February, 2011, New Zealander Sarah Carter died and her friends Emma Langlands and Amanda Eliason became gravelly ill while on holiday in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand.
Thai authorities later ruled that Carter was exposed to chemicals similar to those found in pesticides before she died, but say her precise cause of death cannot be confirmed.
Carter was one of three tourists to die in seeminly mysterious circumstances between January 9 and February 4 in Chiang Mai - the others were American Soraya Vorster, 33, and a Frenchwoman aged between 23 and 33.
An elderly British couple and a 47-year-old Thai woman staying in the same hotel as Ms Carter died around the same time, in similar circumstances. Authorities, at the time, said none of the deaths were related.
In another similar case in May 2009, an American woman and a Norwegian woman died after suffering severe vomiting and dehydration at a Phi Phi guesthouse. The cause of death was never determined.
A couple recent incidents in Phuket:
1. "Australian man 'beaten, left for dead' in Phuket"
13:00 AEST Thu Jun 21 2012
2. A 60 year old female Australian travel agent stabbed in the heart by thief & died.
"Recently the Aussie Embassy in BKK admitted Thailand was the one of the most dangerous tourism destinations for Australian tourists."
"The British and Swedish Consulates have also issued similar statements."
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic...eart-in-thai-bag-snatch-tragedy/page__st__125
1. "Australian man 'beaten, left for dead' in Phuket"
13:00 AEST Thu Jun 21 2012
2. A 60 year old female Australian travel agent stabbed in the heart by thief & died.
"Recently the Aussie Embassy in BKK admitted Thailand was the one of the most dangerous tourism destinations for Australian tourists."
"The British and Swedish Consulates have also issued similar statements."
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic...eart-in-thai-bag-snatch-tragedy/page__st__125
If you want to compare the safety of tourists in the USA vs Thailand, the Canadian government travel advisory considers it safer to travel to the USA.
For the USA it says to "Exercise normal security precautions"
For Thailand it says to "Exercise high degree of caution".
http://www.voyage.gc.ca/index-eng.asp
For those of you who have enjoyed Stephen Leather's literary works about the Thailand night-club scene, he has a new one out that you can
read here:
http://www.smashwords.com/extreader/read/164531/1/the-alphabet-game-an-erotic-short-story
I haven't read it yet...
read here:
http://www.smashwords.com/extreader/read/164531/1/the-alphabet-game-an-erotic-short-story
I haven't read it yet...
"10 Countries Where Retirees Live Large
"Retirement in the United States is nice and all, until they ask you to actually pay for stuff.
"When retirees' nest eggs are a finite and dwindling resource, rising local and federal taxes can put even the staunchest, flag-draped patriotism to the test. If retirees are willing to leave the states behind, the savings can be substantial."
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/10-countries-where-retirees-live-large.html
"Retirement in the United States is nice and all, until they ask you to actually pay for stuff.
"When retirees' nest eggs are a finite and dwindling resource, rising local and federal taxes can put even the staunchest, flag-draped patriotism to the test. If retirees are willing to leave the states behind, the savings can be substantial."
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/10-countries-where-retirees-live-large.html
