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Good morning, Thai embassy. Songkran day off is over, so it's time to get back to work.How's my dtv application coming along?
>>2875751this would be such a kino time to visit SEA with very few tourists
>>2875794You might be right. Looks like there's tons of hotel availability in bkk and reddit has posts about how traffic is noticably lighter, hotel workers are mentioning it's slow, middle easterners are noticably less, etc.>fuel prices up>less people arriving for short trips>air routes to India are being cut back>visa free entry being cut back>dtv criteria is said to be getting more stringent and selective, more rejections (pls not me)>more people are drifting to Vietnam and whenever elseHey embassy, WHERES MY VISAAAAAA
>>2875800>>2875753
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>>2875800My flight is being operated by Asiana and will be arriving from a layover in Seoul in late July. Am I fucked or will their fuel stocks be okay?Also does that mean I can go to soi cowboy without having to deal with over 9000 jeets trying to sell me counterfeit Rolexes?
Flights from India to Thailand have definitely gone up in price. I was seeing flights for as low as $90 one-way before this shitstorm kicked off, $150 roundtrip. Just checked and roundtrips are now starting at $350 from Delhi. Most one-way tickets are $200+. I'll be making the trip no matter the cost. An extra $100 in airfare doesn't matter much when measured against eight months of travel around the entire circumference of the earth. But for a group of jeets taking a vacation, the extra cost makes a big difference.
>>2875815Flights across the board are more expensive. I booked LAX to BKK for late July on March 8th for $750, as of now it's $1230.
>>2875817Wtf kind of shopping have you done you dumbass putoSo many flights for sub $500
>>2875820>posts one way fareNo, the $750 deal I got was for round trip from 7/27 to 8/4.
>>2875821Oh.I can't even remember the last time I bought a round trip flight. I always one-way it.
Google Flights shows on a graph just how much fares for regional Asian travel have risen over the past month.
>>2875827How come? You probably are paying way more that way.
Just paid $239 for a 2200 km flight from Kathmandu to Bangkok in June. Nepal Airlines has always been pricey, so this fare is only a little higher than the historical average of $200 or so. Got a little surprise when checking my inbox for the flight itinerary. The new owner of the company I have worked for since 2019 sent me an email saying "it's so great to hear from you!! BTW we don't need you here anymore, so sorry :( "Fuckin A. I already bought my return ticket from BKK to muttshartistan in July. Loyalty is a crock of shit in the modern world of HR roasties. You can't count on anyone to stand by you or be there for you when you need them, no matter how hard you've worked for them in the past. The only thing you can count on is the cash you have on hand, so you damn well better hold onto it.
>>2875838>>2875815>>2875847>saar
>>2875841I never have a real plan. I always keep things open ended.>>2875847Make your upcoming trip to Thailand a good one before you need to wage cage hard once you're back.>only thing you can count on is the cash you have on handWatch that inflation btw
Good morning, embassy. Time to wake up and get back on my impending approval.Do you understand me?
>>2875800If they cut visas down to 30 days, what's the point? I'm a remote worker and I'm going to set up shop in Phnom Penh in the fall. Easy residency visa, can skirt around taxes, and be able to hop to Thailand or Vietnam easily if I want for a week or two.
T’way Air and Air Busan have cut flights to Thailand. They haven't axed them all but there's been a significant reduction.
>>2875903I will be returning to America as a hobo, not as a wagie. One idea is to hitchhike around the Midwest until I find a traveling carnival and hire on with them. Or else farm labor. Hence the upcoming forty days in Thailand should be a period of comfy solo wanderings through the provincial countryside, staying in pleasant A/C rooms and eating tasty market snacks...because life as a footloose vagabond in midsummer America is going to be nowhere near as predictable and sedate. >>2875841Roundtrips are for wagies who have a set date when they return to the wagecage. Long-term travelers on the other side of the world always book onward flights, not return flights. Sadly, most of the good one-way deals have been erased by the rapidly rising price floor.
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>>2875827How? I believe Thai immigration/ customs will give you a ton of shit if you don’t have a return flight. Might not even let you in.I remember 6 years ago flying to Manila from SFO and the fucking airline told me they wouldn’t let me on unless I book a return flight
>>2875926Not always. Most of the time they just ask when you’re leaving. Aslong as you don’t sperg out and just say some arbitrary date that is well within the valid stay period, like 2 weeks, they will just go "oh okay, here’s your passport"
>>2875827You should start booking a fake onward ticket for your travels now. It never used to be an issue for me, but starting in 2025, I started getting asked about it more and more. Probably 50% of the time I get asked now.
>>2875926Philippine Airlines? They did that to me when flying to Philippines AND when flying from the Philippines to Thailand. Required proof of onward travel to get my boarding pass.
>talk to some locals, apparently they are all up to their eyeballs in debt for newish ford ranger. It common to take out car loans for 8-12 years.Yeesh what the actual fuck.
>>2875807>late Julyno one knows.
>>2875751>get angry from hearing a white woman nagging her man about plans and wanting to go rest>turn around and yell SHUT THE FUCK UP>both look at me, stunned>continue walkingIdk if it's the isolation, or aging, but holy fuck I stopped caring and go so fucking angry
GIVE ME MY VISA RIGHT NOWHURRY THE FUCK UPI have serious fatigue for the place I'm in and want out but I can't leave while my visa application is in progress.TELL ME. And tell me it's accepted. Fucking laughable if I actually end up getting rejected.
>>2876058Just go to Vietnam, broThailand is plonked now
>SAWATDEE KAAA MASSAGE KAAA
>>2876072Thailand is so much better than Vietnam.
>>2875926they don't ask for a return ticket at the destination but they will at the airport you're departing from
>>2876082why is her hair blonde?
>>2876095They've never asked me and I've entered Thailand about a dozen times.
>>2876097If you have a return ticket with the same airline they will know and not ask. I have been asked every time when I have had an onwards flight instead of return.
>>2876096>herit's Thailand, bro
>>2876101not all of them are ladyboys. most of them aren't actually.
>>2876091The visa policy isn't, nor are the prices
>>2876098I've had an onward ticket or no ticket a few times and wasn't asked either but I'll take your word for it. Maybe it just varies according to the person who's looking at your shit?
>>2876102Yeah only the good ones are.
I left when Songkran started because my grandma died.I hope the world is alright enough next year for festivals.
>>2875794I'm currently in Bangkok, there's lots of tourists here, the hotels and hostels are rammed. It's reasonable to think this middle east situation has reduce tourist numbers, but in practice its only a few % down on the norm, perhaps even low-key substantial, but definitely not major.
>>2876138Because prices are still normalish and people already paid for their carrier contracts months ago. The reality of $200/barrel oil (what Singapore and Sri Lanka are reportedly paying) has not hit yet.
>>2876138Bangkok is the most visited city in the world, don't forget. Even if numbers are down 50%, the tourist hotspot areas would still seem crammed with foreigners.
>>2876014Keep your streetbum rage back in Los Angeles or whatever mutt shithole you came from. With that lack of self-control, you don't belong in Asia.
>>2876014>another unc-cel losing his grip
>>2876014based
>>2876149t. afraid his chihuahua yapping bitch is gonna get chewed out on their 2 week annual vacation and ruin at least 25% of it
>>2875751My flight for Chiang Mai is in 4 days and I haven't got any shots/vaccines. Am I fucked?
>>2876201It's not Africa...
>>2876201vaxxmaxx. get two doses of pfizer, j&j, the chinese one, astrozeneca, the sputnik one, and then get at least 4 boosters for each. Its the only way to protect against ladyboy Super AIDS
>>2876201Just get typhoid and hepatitis real quick. Or don't.
>>2876201Just get your vaccines done in thailand, they have every vaccine you need and are absurdly cheap. Go to Thai Travel Clinic, they are the best. Dengue vax is only $50. www thaitravelclinic com/cost.html
Mac Dano
>>2876361I thought they only gave the dengue vaccine to people who have had it before.
Just returned from Pattaya and I never saw so many young mongers (like 35 and below). Shit is getting more and more mainstream lel.
>>2876439Same its actually nuts now. I talked to so many and they are all just normal decent looking guys who would have been married with kids if it was 20 years ago. Now they are just pussy starved and coming to Pattaya instead of dealing with the western hypergamy.
>>2876439nice, seems like a good place to make cool friends and get laid too
>>2876456Are you trying to deprive me of the post-trannysex "I think I have AIDS now" posts that I love so much?
>>2876461Was my third trip and the most fun by far. Met a lot of cool guys as well.
>>2876439Thats a little weird. Thailand is a rapidly aging country. I don't see how this is sustainable lol.
>>2876466Dunno but works for now. Also noticed more girls from Laos/Cambodia in the bars so maybe they just fill the gaps.
>>2876456I uhh actually wasn't planning on hiring prostitutes...
>>2876450>>2876439Would be curious to know where they’re from.Americans, Brits, aussies, europoors or what
>>2876499I think the Songkran party atmosphere might skew things at this time of year to a younger crowd.When I was in Pats in December, I felt like the only Burger in sea of jeets and Russians.
>>2876499For white people, the majority is still Anglo. But especially among the younger crowd, there were lots of Germans. I also met some Scandinavians and French people. I witnessed some pretty unusual visitors to....for example, a group of three boomer couples from the UK whom I ran into every single time I went to Soi Boomerang. Also, once at a beer bar on Soi Buakhao, I saw a roughly 25-year-old cute looking white girl making out with a bar girl.Also lot of Russians, but usually they are couples and never met one in a monger venue.
>>2876500I won’t go to Phuket because it’s young shouting faggot general. I wanna be the hot young thing in pattaya and bone the late 30s/40s beach chair attendant ladies I fucked both of them that worked a section and they got envious of each other. It’s so awesome being a young cock to older Thai women
me and my thai gf
>>2876579>imagine you two both skinny as fuckyou could've been hipsters but you chose... this
Are there TEFL jobs in Bangkok that are 15-20 hours a week total (no additional planning/required on campus times) that will pay me enough to live frugally? Or should I go to Vietnam/China for that instead
going to Thailand to get my dick chopped off next week
>>2877084Trannies are only good when they still have their dicks and use them.
>>2877125eh I'd rather be cummed inside desu
Would be mildly amusing in a way if anon can get his dick chopped off faster than the embassy can handle my simple visa application.Do Thais handle sex changes faster than paperwork?
how bad are the mosquitos in the major cities? should i get anti-mos spray or whatever?
Is the Full Moon Party still a thing?
>>2876361>>2876378>I thought they only gave the dengue vaccine to people who have had it before.Yeah. Dengue isn't really just one disease, it's four different variants that all present in the same way, and here's the key thing: each time you get one, it's worse. Usually people survive the first two but die on the third or fourth.And here's the thing about the vaccine: it isn't perfect, and because it's not perfect, sometimes an individual will develop immunity to only two or three of the strains that the vaccine is protecting you against. Meaning that if you go into a dengue-heavy area again and get the strain that your body DIDN'T develop immunity against, you'll likely die from it.So, they try to only vaccinate people after they've already been infected with the disease once or twice. That way, the odds are lower that they'll end up dying from a failed vaccination.
>>2877169Just get a dog, then. He can take care of you three or four times a day and you don't have to chop anything off to deal with sexual fetishism.
>>2877177so for me I've been waiting for 7 months, but my consult is Monday and Tuesday is my surgery date>>2877196my wife will be the one cumming inside me
>>2877182December was the worst for mosquitoes. For some reason, as soon as the cool dry air of winter arrives, they hatch in swarms.
I have never gotten a mosquito bite in Thailand before. They have fucking fish in every body of water, even the small flower pots filled with water always have small fish in them kek.
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Needs more downvotes:https://old.reddit.com/r/travel/comments/1sskqgm/norse_airways_has_announced_it_is_canceling_all/ohozesz/
>>2877362No, Trump really did fuck over everyone on the planet for Israel
>>2876082Based.
>>2877384If they don't want to get it worse they should give me my visa.If the world is falling apart Thailand would be a fine place to be stuck.I'm so tired of waiting.
>>2876058>GIVE ME MY VISA RIGHT NOW>HURRY THE FUCK UPsometimes they randomly reject people just for the lols. free $400 for them and they don't even have to look at the application. the fuck Timmy gon do.
>>2876082me lub you too mutt. send money buffalo. him sick. kaaaa.
>>2877406This is what concerns me. I've read elsewhere some people get rejected, no idea why, then they submit the same stuff to a different embassy in a different country and they get it.>the fuck Timmy gon doTry not to kms I guess.
Good neighborhoods of Bangkok if I want somewhere chill and I'm not mongering?
>>2877409How about you go somewhere else? There are fine cities to be in just to chill.Kuala Lumpur is a fine city with good facilities at cheap prices.Vietnam is the meta if you're a broke complete loser.
>>2877409Ari or On Nut.
I want hijab hottie bumbums so bad
>>2875753why are his eyebrows so MASSIVE in the vids, but pretty normal in the court photos?inb4 muh fisheye lensthey're xbog hueg
>>2876579Me and my gf watch this show every Monday. We felt bad for Sheena when Forrest's mommy finally forced him to go back to America. That nigga is never coming back to Philippines.
>>2877409I like Chinatown (Yaowarat). It can be a bit chaotic in some parts but it's full of history and great food stalls. I stayed at ASAI Bangkok Chinatown hotel a few times before I moved to Bangkok.
>>287747890 Day Fiance?Qrd on their major malfunction?
>>2877480When I first visited during December peak tourist season in 2023, Yaowarat Rd was more than a bit chaotic. The famous street food market was literally jammed nut to butt with pedestrians. Even in India I've never been stuck in a crowd barely able to move forward, but there I was, because there is a barrier separating the road from the market. Every plastic chair was taken, and people were feasting on the most exquisite seafood imaginable. Lots of groups standing around waiting for a table and blocking passage for others. Away from the tourist hordes, there are a lot of grimy little shops and crowded narrow roads. Basically India-tier but with Chinese instead of Indians. And no honking.Personally I prefer the outlying provinces because they are much cleaner due to massive new public works projects. They are also just as cheap if not cheaper than the grimy parts of Bangkok and cities adjacent in the Chao Phraya basin, which are also beat to shit. Places like Singburi for instance.
>>287748590 Day Fiance: Before the 90 daysAn obese, autistic American white man named Forrest had a nearly decade long online relationship with an even more obese Filipina woman named Sheena. Forrest finally went to Sheena's country to see her while but he brought along his overbearing mother and braindead stepdad. They got engaged, lost their virginities (age 32 for Forrest and 40 for Sheena), and were trying to think of plans on how to be together physically long term. Forrest's only USA income is disability checks so he didn't meet the income requirements to bring Sheena to America on a K1 Visa. He was thinking about somehow getting a job in PHP but his momma shut that down. There's a bunch of other minor drama that makes her mistrust Sheena. So he ultimately decided he'll go back to Murica to get his shit together and bring Sheena over some day to get married.The last episode tell-all is next week. We can't wait to get updates on the other trainwreck relationships. Sheena and Forrest are kinda gross to look at but they're so wholesome together.
>>2877490That's a little sad, actually. I'm actually more sympathetic to them than the usual 90 Day Fiance couple.
People are given a 5 year visa if they take a fucking cooking class or muay Thai fitness class shit. There are broke fucking farang on social media being given money by Thais or rummaging through garbage because they're just that pathetic. News articles claim Thailand wants higher value tourists rather than begpackers and budget travelers. Passports from India have been given 60 days visa free entry while other countries are being rolled back to 30.If I demonstrate I have more money than the entire family of anyone viewing my application and more monthly income from dividends than they do from their job I get REEEEEJECTED.Three fucking weeks I spent in a shit hole I didn't want to be in and paid over 300 USD for this application. I'm over my quick seethe and now it's time to move on.I'll either need to get creative for a future dtv attempt or just not bother with Thailand for a stable base.>just sign up for a cooking classI'm not doing and paying for that shit.
>>2877500I fabricated an employment contract and "work portfolio" to get approved for mine as a remote worker but my plan was to quit working before moving to Thailand. They asked for my pay stubs along specific information on it which I had already uploaded. I printed out those same documents, circled the information they were asking about, and got approved a week later. What a nonsense process.
>>2877500>Passports from India have been given 60 days visa free entry while other countries are being rolled back to 30.To be fair the genetics of a Thai is clearly half jeet, half chink
>>2877500What the fuck did you apply for? What's wrong with the DTV muay thai visa? No, they don't actually check if you are really training.
>>2876201Do normgroids really get vaccinated to go to Thailand?
>>2877500>>2877501Kek that's pretty messed up. Man I'd be miffed at those monkeys. Did they roll it back 30 days no visa entry for americans too?
>looks at news about oil and flight cancellationsIf my trip to Thailand in July gets cancelled I'm going to go off the deep end...Either I'm going to go pandemic era Chris Chan or have a Daniel Larson style nuclear crash out...
>>2877608just ignore reality bro
>>2877610So I go full Daniel Larson at the airport, got it.
Is it a waste of time planning a SE Asia trip right now? Should I just wait until this war and fuel crisis is done?
>>2877622there's still plenty of eurofags hereit's possible if you want it(or they all booked in advance)check prices and if the airlines try to rape you go somewhere else
Currently sitting in Srilanna National park right now and we took the boat in only for them to tell us that the trails were closed and that the water levels were to low to kayak farther in. Is there anything nearby worth doing to not make this day a complete waste?
Is Thailand really making weed illegal again? The news says they are but I kind of doubt that kind of shit will be well enforced.The new government seems really retarded, fucking everything up for no reason.>Government wants higher value touristsThey should just fuck off and accept that they're a degenerate paradise. Shorter visa free stays, cracking down on visa runs, making weed illegal, making you fill out an online form before entry, all while everything gets gentrified to shit, fuck Thailand bro, where is the replacement degenerate paradise country? Tanzania or some shit?
>>2877631>Shorter visa free stays, cracking down on visa runs, making weed illegal, making you fill out an online form before entry, all while everything gets gentrified to shit, fuck Thailand bro, where is the replacement degenerate paradise country? Tanzania or some shit?India is underrated. >They give 180 day visa. No runs, no requirements, no questions.>weed illegal, but just pay the cops $10 and they dont care. >not gentrified at all, normies are terrified to go there>sex is not that hard, they even have ladyboys if thats what you want>similar weather as thailand, significantly cheaper
>>2877632Not a bad idea honestly
>>2877632India is rated exactly as it should be>filled with indians>rent more or less the same as Thailand>more polluted and higher chance of food poisoning You are right about the 180 day visa being nice, but you've still got to apply for it. No tourist visa on landing.
>>2877634Thaijeets are Indian anyway
>>2877635Half indian. They don't smell nearly as bad and I've never seen a street shitting street in Bangkok. They are also more civilized (for the most part)
>>2877608>pandemic era Chris ChanDo a post pandemic Chris Chan and fly to Finland instead
India is a retarded shithole. Stop shilling it. You might accidentally trick someone into going there.
>>2877565>What the fuck did you apply for?Digital nomad/remote workerI even gave them my tax return in addition to brokerage statements to show I had short term income from some active trading so it's work. And that I'm compliant with tax laws. And my passport pages to show how long I've been out of the US and am already effectively a digital dorker for more than a year.Do they want me to keep doing what I'm doing but in Thailand more? No lol. They want more indians and brokies in cooking classes who complain in Facebook groups that the 500k THB is a little steep and it's hard to scrape that together over the course of a few months.Or posts of people being accepted with their portfolio of social media they manage to make money from.>What's wrong with the DTV muay thai visa?I don't want to do Muay Thai right now. I have energy and time going into other things.>No, they don't actually check if you are really training.I have seen posts that people have actually had gyms called for verification.There have also been mentions of being given a different visa instead of dtv like a 6 months tourist visa because they're starting to decide that not everyone needs a 5 year visa for a few months culture thing. Not always though.I'm going to make another trip to Thailand in a bit and I'll decide then if I want to try again with a dtv. I still have interests in other places anyway. I don't need to live there.I was pissed when I first got the email but after a while I didn't even really care. I have plans for multiple other countries anyway and just wanted a solid long stint somewhere good for a few months stability right now and hoped Thailand would be it.
>>2877632>they even have ladyboys if thats what you wantHello saar you like lb yes
>>2877631>June 2026 recriminalizationUndoubtedly you'll still be able to find shops in the smaller provinces that ignore the new rules. A bigger concern than lack of supply is the enormous fines that the new law dictates for unlawfully possessing cannabis as a tourist. Prison time is no longer a threat, but the fines are something like $2000 USD equivalent. It creates a big incentive for hotel staff and others to report you to the police in the hope that they can get a little reward for themselves. I don't think I could have a sack of skunk stinking up my hotel room, smoke on the balcony and take it easy like I did in years past, knowing that nobody is going to do anything even if they do catch a whiff.>>2877632India's eVisa has a hundred questions. And drug use is a big deal here, though some parts of the country are much more permissive toward cannabis use than others. Police harassment is only going to happen if somebody reports you to the police. Abandoned buildings are the most common place for the bros to relax and toke up without worrying about interference. The cheap weed hits like garbage and smells like burning leaves. The hydroponically grown shit is extremely expensive and rarely encountered in most of India. Locals have told me that hand-harvested hash is the most common in the Himalayas.
>>2877666Are you the Italian millionaire with the Philippino gf? what's your income? real work or investments? I might be in the same boat as you in that I live off my portfolio, pic rel, but that's not 'real' income I guess... Since I do Muay Thai anyway I'll just go that route.Bro, Muay Thai is fun, just do it like once a week, if you only do training you won't have to worry about getting hit/hurt or anything, they don't do that if you dont want it. https://www.muaythaifever.com/dtvvisamuaythai>Is class attendance mandatory?>We are not asked to monitor or report attendance to immigration or any other government organisation. You have paid for a course of Muay Thai and we are prepared for your arrival. However, we are able to be flexible and understand that the DTV is a tourist visa and you may wish to explore all of Thailand. Our position is that your registration is valid and we are ready to activate your study whenever you are. We do not expire your course so if you don;t turn up we assume that you will one day in the future.
>>2877662I've been there myself, so I vouch>>2877681India's evisa takes like 20 minutes and lasts up to 5 years, 180 days each. The locals told me to hit up the Nigerians for weed, there's a lot of them in India. In some states some form of weed extract is illegal
Ah shit, here we go. I have a DTV but this affects my gf whose from a neighboring country. She's technically working in Thailand illegally but we hope her boss will help her get her an MOU work visa soon.
This may sound like a coom related question, but it's not, honest. I've been seeing these girls with like a straight up bronze skin, darker but not black, legit like bronze, what area are they from? obviously i'm not going to ask em.
>>2878106They’re just poor whores from places like buriram
>>2878106>what area are they from? obviously i'm not going to ask em.ask them yourself pussy
>>2878104bruh these fucking politicians always look so weird, they never look really Thai, like they're from another country. The elite of this country is straight up just another race kek. Thai people are the ultimate goy cattle in terms of politics desu.
>>2878158All those people with really long names are chinese. The chinese own 90% of the entire thai economy. Jews of the east as Rama V said.>>2878106Probably cambodians. Just ask them, all these broads love talking about their rural towns.
Flying into BKK next week and might head down to one of the gulf islands, thinking either phangan or samui. Mostly looking to unwind on the beach with fellow whites and maybe a party night or two. Are these islands still worth going to? I was last in the area in 2010 and it seemed like things were going downhill even then so I’m a bit concerned. If I see more than 5 jeets in the same place I may end up in prison.
>>2878110Ignoring the tattoos, it's been too long since I've had this type of study session in the west. I feel like a monk who didn't choose monasticism but because of environmental factors, was led away from devouring innate beauty towards an isolated space where I only accumulate wealth, exercise, and distract myself with various hobbies. I know after a few study sessions, I'd want to shift to other meaningful aspects of life. But how can a man, capable of so much studying, deny himself this academic arbitrage with the only cost being a plane ticket? Study partners are a rarity when you work from home and have no irl friends, forget sessions, it takes multiple months to find someone sharp enough and willing to chat first. I've never tried cold approaching study partners, perhaps I at least attempt this before looking elsewhere. I blame myself for not trying sooner.
>>2878199Difference is, many Chinese are extremely industrious. Go to any Chinese part of Thailand and you will see endless small fabrication shops. Chinese get rich because they work harder than the natives.>>2878227>whoa my god, i went to asia and i saw some asians! it's liderally over!If you want to get drunk around whites, go to Poland, you dumbfuck.
>>2878106Southern part of Isan, places like Surin, Korat etc.
I heard they were "cracking down" on visa runs and making you fill out some online form before entering Thailand now. If I wanted to do one visa run from Chiang Mai to Laos to extend my trip to like 6 weeks or so, would they stop me at the border, or what I'm worried about is would they stop me at customs for not having a return flight in 30 days? When I went in the past they asked barely anything at customs, but I can't remember if they like checked my plane ticket or something
>>2878327>Chinese get rich because they work harder than the natives.Bullshit.
>>2878334Tons of people including my gf and her best friend are still doing border runs without issues. You should be ok.
>>2878327Fuck zipperheads
>>2878452QRD?
>>2878334Some years ago I flew into Don Mueang airport from Vietnam to get a business visa to teach in Nam. Had some cocky, arrogant thai monkey woman give me a whole lot of shit for not filling out the address of my intended stay perfectly. Made me get out of line and go to a back room for further questioning with a different employee. That was my very first trip there, my welcome to Thailand. I had a return flight and everything, wasn’t really dressed like a backpacker scrub but I was wearing shorts (no gross sandals) and a polo shirt. This monkey bitch really wanted to take me down, lol.From what other expats say, always avoid middle aged female thai women employees at immigration and customs. They’re absolute miserable cunts that want to give you hard time & demean you. It’s probably luck of the draw with male Thais. https://youtu.be/QbtR0hWlvzM
>>2878474I've never had any issues. Just don't look like a begpacker.
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>>2878454I work security for a Chinese tech company. They are the haughtiest godamn people you could ever deal with. I simply am left aghast regularly.They are such little shitheads that they cannot help themselves but GAWK at any perceived infraction of decorum they come across. They stare without self awareness. They treat anyone who they view as beneath them scornfully and they do it righteously.I would be on the frontlines if they invaded America and I’d be doing terrible things to the women I captured. No way I’m living in their world
Anyone in Bangkok right now? I have a few days with no plans so wouldn't mind meeting a random anon for a beer.
>>2878811Oooff, get a load of this fucker
Can anyone here suggest good neighborhoods of Bangkok for a long weekend trip? Not Khaosan and not a cooming soi. I just want a cheap but comfy room in an area that's fun to wander around.
>>2878756They behave that way not because they’re Chinese but because they’re techbros.Everyone who works in tech is a grade-A scumbag.
>>2878848That whole industry is a pox, I agree.
>>2878756Serp said that he helped some Chinese richfags with repairing their motorcycles and stuff and they didn't thank or repay himI think that's on him for not being more discerning. Ugly souls are fairly obvious to detect
>>2878756Can you provide some examples as to how they're haughty?
>>2875921>snacks...because life as a footloose vagabond in midsummer AmericaHow do you even find the will to go back? Every time I travel somewhere else then back to America, I just hate my life. Can't imagine going from being abroad to being homeless in the Midwest. America is such a spiritually vacant shithole.
>>2877631Yes. Just stay in your mutt hellhole and smoke your ultra high THC schizophrenia plant away from the rest of us.
>>2878756Being completely honest, I don't think westerners are any different fundamentally in this regard. I am American and I think Americans are just as materialistic and superficial. The main difference I see between the two is that Americans try to be less overt about it despite being the exact same.I used to think countries like China were much worse than us in this regard, but the older I get the more I view their overt attitude about it all as honesty. In America everybody wants to be that vain and materialistic, but larp and be seen as if they're not.It is the same in dating too. American women want to pretend that love and sentimentality are first and foremost, while very obviously being interested in social status in wealth when you aren't naive about it. Eastern women will ask about your job or status first and foremost, which feels jarring and does feel off if youre western, but it is honest in a weird way. Either way you sound jewish though.
>>2878859I know what you mean, it's manifests everywherePerhaps it's because they're another race, and I didn't grow up around them, but the excessively prideful and condescending chinese are more irritating. In lower or middle classes, it can be found - no skills, money, connection, etc warrant their haughtinessWhile typing this, many white people popped into my head which exhibit the same things. Hmm
>>2878861It does manifest differently in some ways. For example where I live there are tons of low IQ poor people who drive expensive trucks they're in debt for just to signal. I was driving on a backroad with stop lights every so often yesterday and it was very congested traffic. This guy in a big expensive truck is honking hid horn and raging at me because I am not riding the bumper of the car in front of me. He eventually passed me, and just drove in front of me, exactly as I was, stopping at the same light etc. Thing is I bet that guy is really cordial and nice when he's out of the car interacting with strangers, but in a faceless car environment where his avatar is his truck, he is free to express who he really is without shame. The way I see it where I live people don't have the courage to act as naughty and superior as the feel they are to others. Not saying I don't find it repulsive in Asian cultures either but still.In the US especially it also manifests as America exceptionalism, which has no basis in reality. Quite the opposite in my opinion, and it's not like we are a unified race of people in the first place where you can try to claim some identity to common genetic traits. It's just heh my gdp poor boy :). It is low IQ behavior either way.
>>2878871It always routes back the low IQ fags irrespective of race, doesn't it. High IQ fags are typically more self aware and focus on their declared enemies, rather than indiscriminately causing headachesLow IQ, low impulse control, low etiquette, crude fags are just more pervasive, and if you're educated the gap between modes of though can make things more outrageous
>>2878879>Low IQ, low impulse control, low etiquette, crudeAKA BASED
>>2878839Pls help.
>>2878880Are these the "based retards" I've heard so much about?
Any fuel shortages, blackouts? Or did I left for nothing
>>2878839Areas I liked were Silom Sathorn On Nut and Ari(kind of expensive but not like Suk)
>>2878859>In America everybody wants to be that vain and materialistic, but larp and be seen as if they're not.Momrons are like that, but will often have it right out in the open and give no fucks about larping they're not. Some will just rub it in your face. Once I got called a peasant because I wasn't using the current year's hottest smartphone like his fat ass just bought.>>2878861>the excessively prideful and condescending chinese are more irritating. In lower or middle classes, it can be found - no skills, money, connection, etc warrant their haughtinessSo they simply are better than you even if they're fat, seem stupid, have no apparent outward manifestations of false superiority like shiny things around them? They're just better than you just because? Sounds like mormons again.
I'm 29 and feel too old to visit Thailand solo. What am I gonna do there, sit at the beach and drink by myself? Visit malls and look around like a lost dork? C'mon man, I can do that at home.
>>2878965Lots of people visit at your age. Your kids and wife will love the beaches and food. What's the issue?>soloOh right stay the fuck out of here there's more than enough of you lost losers wandering around.
>>2878965I think there's a factor you might be leaving out for why you're considering spending time alone at beach town in Thailand with some malls right on the road of the beach. Is this true, anon?
>>2878981I'm saying those are not reasons to visit. It's boring, and I will take my neet business to Mexico instead. It's much closer.
>>2878950Isn't Sathorn expensive? Thought that was one of the "hi-so" areas which is definitely not my style.
>>2878950I seem to see a lot of positive remarks here about On Nut. Maybe I'll check it out. Thanks for the answers.
>>2878982Be honest about where you are thinking of going and what you're curious about experiencing. There is a very specific slice of Chonburi where you can sit by the beach and drink and then walk right into a modern mall from the beach that meets your criteria.I somehow doubt those amenities you mentioned and their proximity to each other are why you're on the fence.
>>2878987Better to be On Nut than Nutted On, amirite lads?
>>2878983it can be but is more of a full range from cheap to kind of expensive. There is street food and classic metal table semi outdoor restaurants as well as nice malls and airconned restaurants >>2878987As the old end of the light rail it was a big development spot but is much cheaper than similar areas with newer construction >>2879022you can find both in Bkk
>>2879033So what do you reckon is the best call for cheap street food, shit worth seeing during the day, and general convenience? I've got a lady friend there (we're both in our 40s) and she's bi and hasn't studied with a girl in a while and wants us to get a young tutor together to study at my hotel. I'm not a brokefag but I'm not a richfag.
Every place I've stayed around Khaosan has a sign forbidding guests but is that enforced?
>>2878982A country like Mexico whose entire foundational ethos is rebellion and revolution has a very different culture from a country whose history is one of monarchy rule supported by the people.
I'm so annoyed I walked 20 minutes to the gym only to find out it's closed for Labor Day today. Of course there was no signage over the past week warning farangs about this.
>>2878104>60 days is not a long stayto an american, 7+ days is a long stay
Why wont this country become cheaper, looks like the economy about to grind to halt and they have a shit TFR. Where is my cheap thailand?
>>2879263>Where is my cheap thailand?Sri Lanka / India
>>2879263>Where is my cheap thailand?Laos actually they even speak Isan>>2879263crony aristocrats and military rulers don't want it to be they would rather have virtually no economic growth as long as they stay on top
>>2879271The kind of normies who flock to Thailand don't like Laos. It hasn't been enshittified enough for them.
>>2879275I mean either way seems the trends are moving toward Vietnam. If the energy crisis isn't resolved then it won't matter anyways since tourism will implode
>>2879276I live in Vietnam and I can only hope that that happens.
Where should I look for kratom tea in Bangkok? In some other places I've gotten it from dudes just selling it in water bottles on the roadside but I kept my eye out for it today in Phaya Thai and didn't see anyone. Is it just not a big Bangkok thing? I assume it's somewhere.
>>2879229What’s it like working out in a gym in Thailand? Are there a lot of white tourist femoids? Or hot hi-so thai foids? Do they have all the free weights and squat racks you need
>>2878965Thailand is very chill, so probably not for you.
>>2879330The Fitness First I go to has everything - plenty of free weights and machines, free massage chairs, free coffee/tea/water, pool, Boditrax, classes, etc. Surprisingly almost no white girl. I've seen lots of pale-skin Thai hotties but not as many as I initially expected.
>petite Thai lady I know got fake cansI don't know how to feel about it. She was cute without them, but I'm not ideologically opposed to them.
>>2879269India is now more expensive than Thailand for A/C lodging and (non veg) dining. But India is more comfy than Thailand to live without A/C due to its huge variety of climates. With Indian LPG prices being hiked 50% to start May, restaurants are going to jack up costs all across the country. But you can still get soft drinks, snacks, and quick bites for much cheaper in India than in Thailand.>>2879263Investors require returns. Go someplace where hotels & restaurants are owned by the person who checks you in or cooks your lunch; prices will be much lower.
Hi anons I will be next month for 1 week in bkk. Doing what a wizards needs to do, seeing the market and eat lots of cheap fish, see another culture and loose his virginity to some random hooker. Is there one thing I should have seen?
I don't actually like Bangkok very much, bros. I came from Vietnam for a long weekend, and it's not my first time here so I knew what to expect, but I'm confirming that I'd pretty much rather be anywhere else in Thailand. I just got a massage handy with a finger up my ass and that was nice but I can get it anywhere else here too. If I still drank, I'd love Bangers, but I seldom do.
>>2879384Download Thai Friendly, pay for premium, and see if you can find a nice lady to show you all the cool spots in Bangkok for a small fee (aka 2000 baht or your dick). Just don't fall in love.
Wtf is it with Thai girls and money?
>>2879437What do you mean?
>>2879438Is it all they care about? Even if they're not freelancing, they expect "support" and they just talk about it a lot, and start talking about it early. It's really off-putting. Girls and ladyboys both do it, younger and older, I dunno man I'm usually pretty accepting of cultural differences but this one just really rubs me the wrong way.
>>2879420thanks I kinda planned downloading thai friendly, but wanted to ask first, if you guys have a place you would recommend 100% for someone visiting the first time and only for 1 week.
>>2879453The issue is you're talking to Thai bitches that speak English and talk to foreigners on the daily. Talk to a Thai girl who only knows Thai and they're usually pretty normal. The ones who affiliate themselves with foreigners and have good English are 99 times out 100 crazy
>>2879453Did you think that global sexual arbitrage was going to be free? Did you think that a conservative culture meant that hitting and quitting without some carrot was cool?
>>2879493conservatism is inherently transactional but hoeflation is a factor too
>>2879453Sounds like a handsum issue. That's the standard, but plenty of us just get freebees and don't give any money. You have be actually attractive though.
>>2879470True of Lbs who only speak Thai and have never been with foreign guys
>>2879514Post your face, hansum man.
>>2879493>conservative culture >modern Bangkok
By the grace of god I got back over 90% of my 34k baht deposit after moving out of my old condo. The stingy bitch reduced it by another 200 baht to cover the transfer fee from her Thai bank to my USA bank account. Fair enough since I successfully hid the damaged part of the closet unit that I spray painted.
>>2879541>34k baht depositJesus
>>2879514I'm a solid 7/10 in the west, seems to be higher in SEA (Vietnam, at least) but it's been one swing and a miss after another with the app girls here. I'll figure it out.
>>2879454Look for the Chao Phraya Tourist Boat. It can drop you at some iconic spots like Wat Arun, The Grand Palace, and ICONSIAM mall. You can also go to Bangkok's Chinatown (Yaowarat) to try all sorts of good food and pick up cheap souvenirs for your mom at Sampheng Market.
are there hikkikomori thai girls? i wouldn't want the kind of girl that choses to socialize with tourists voluntarily or for pay
>>2879552I'm trying to get with a cute hikkikomori ladyboy but I think she's too shy and autistic to meet now that I'm actually in town. I suffer as only a single white boy in Thailand can suffer.
>>2879541See, this is why I stay in hotels and don't fuck with these monthly rentals, regardless of anons bragging about how much they frugalmaxx with their condos. They bait you in with low rent - woah, only $150 per month as opposed to $14 per night in a hotel! - and then they fuck you over with deposit requirements and utility fees. Hotels OTOH have no hassle or responsibility. You pick any property that suits your whim, you have a room ten minutes after walking through the door, and you leave any day you get bored of the place. Most you might have to do is leave a 500 baht note at reception for the key deposit.>>2879514You're saying that Southeast Asia is the same as any other place in the world. You have to be a sociable, pleasant, "cool" guy in order to attract women. And I agree, because my experience has borne this out. All this talk about how Southeast Asia is a sex & companionship paradise for uncool autistic incels is a crock of shit.
>>2879572>All this talk about how Southeast Asia is a sex & companionship paradise for uncool autistic incels is a crock of shit.Except that it really is that way for me in Vietnam, despite everybody else seeming to think it's harder there. I dunno bro.
>download tf to try it out>only 30 year old hags like meOk I am also 30 and not that hot, but come on.
>>2879592Hags are the best girls though.
>>2879564we have cute hikkikomori ladyboys at home>>>/g/
>>2879638Made me chuckle.
>>2879592>>only 30 year old hags like me>Ok I am also 30 and not that hot, but come on. you are retarded, 18-25 YOs suck I'd prefer girls in their 30s but the young shits like me. Women in their 30s with their own shit are so chill
>>2879572>All this talk about how Southeast Asia is a sex & companionship paradise for uncool autistic incels is a crock of shit.Because they don't want to admit they're in the p4p game.
>>2879572No, it isn’t. I probably have some assburgers or am on the ‘tism spectrum, am boring and uncharismatic af, and I’ve gotten p00sy for free in China, Thailand, the Phils, Vietnam, Korea etc simply for being white and tall lel
Why are Thai girls easier than Vietnamese girls? Everywhere in asia you go, it's thai massage salons, never vietnamese ones.
>>2879664Viet conservatism is more in line with what westerners think and communism means they are more protected from western men
>>2879664I get laid so much more easily in Vietnam and it seems like it's just me. I lose interest the second a Thai girl mentions money. Viet chicks are far less likely in my experience to do that. Not that there aren't plenty of Vietnamese gold diggers, obviously, but it just seems less universal.
I’m going to Thailand for the first time in July. I’ll be with a friend for a week or so in Bangkok, and then I’ll be solo after that. I don’t have a ton of interest in Chiang Mai, so I was thinking either spending another couple days in Bangkok, or seeing the islands. Any ideas for a small 2-3 day excursion from Bangkok?
>>2879736Take a 2 hour bus or taxi to Pattaya. Sex tourism is a big thing there but you can have a good time without going for that. While you're there, take a day trip to island Koh Larn. It's like 30 minutes away from Pattaya via speedboat.
>>2879731That because tons of viet chicks wanna be like uyen with her german bf.
>>2879731Viet women are still materialistic as fuck but way more wholesome and actual gf material compared to Thai'sThey're hotter in general too
>>2879572How the fuck do you live in a hotel for a monthCondo's are comfyYou get a pool and a gym and other degens living there that you end up going out drinking with or smoking withHotels fucking suck, it's not even about money but for the same price you can live far better getting a monthly condo rental in upper Sukhumvit
My gf and I were walking back to our condo and stumbled upon a THC shop. She wanted to try it for the first so I figured why not and bought two 10 mg gummies for 300 baht. After a couple of hours I got the expected feeling because I've done it a million times when I was younger. Gf denied that she was feeling anything but she couldn't stop pinching/scratching herself and laughing. Eventually she got too hysterical and the only way I could calm her down was with my penis for two hours.
>>2879652But I want to fuck younger ones.
>>2879652>>2879780The grass really is greener on the other side isn't it?
>>2879780you probably need to change your style then
>>2879764The coomzone also isn't that big. It's Terminal 21 to Walking Street and back a few streets. Avoiding that also avoids Indians.
>>2879803Suprised what style I need, I guess I need to shave, but bald, fat and shaved looks not soo good lmao.
>>2879812>another bald farang surprised at his lack of smvUnbelievable
>>2879813I wouldn‘t say I don‘t have style anon. I don‘t walk around in ugly neet clothings. Normal, oversized stuff.