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Fraudsters in Chiang Mai

Fraudsters in Chiang Mai

Lots of guys live off of the hustle especially here in Thailand, money is hard to make in this country especially without a large investment and even then you risk losing the lot. Normally I have no problem with what people do, you’ve made someone a mark and they’ve fallen for it then honestly can’t really blame [...]

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I got scammed at a Karaoke in Pattaya

robbed at a karaoke in Pattaya

There’s a first time for everything and of all the places I get robbed it had to be in Pattaya. I’ve been to almost every Karaoke house I could find in Northern and Eastern Thailand and at every shop it’s exactly the same I’m prepared for every little scam they have in order to push [...]

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Should I have stopped the guy raping a Thai Girl

Thai Girl Rape Story

My life which like that of other Expats in Thailand either retired out here early or working online typically sleep when the sun comes up. Being awake during the night however you see a lot of crazy stuff happen even in “mild” Chiang Mai. I’ve been living on and off on the same street for [...]

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Scamming money out of Thai girls

I’ve lived in Thailand for four years now and I’ve seen a lot of scams perpetrated against Thai girls. This article while it might sound like a how to guide into scamming money out of Thai girls it’s merely written as a warning to how Thai girls can get scammed, and some for their life [...]

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I got robbed at an ATM in Pattaya

I’m sure you’ve heard about some ATM fraud going around in Thailand, specifically Pattaya. And I’m sure the information went in one ear and out the other. Well, I was a victim this past week and it was a huge pain in the ass. I checked my online account for my American bank account that [...]

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How to get ripped off at a Karaoke

karaoke in chiang mai

If you’ve never been to Karaoke in Thailand then you probably don’t even know what it’s really like and most of that reason is because you’re more than a little worried about getting ripped of and walking out with a 22,000 baht bill. And that can happen to most people especially those without many street [...]

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Secrets Pattaya Back in Business

Secrets Pattaya

In Thailand there is the law and then there are ways around the law and it seems if you have a successful business in Thailand no matter how illegal it actually is you’ll find a way to keep it going and we can just assume it’s done by cash. You may or may not remember [...]

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Police Checkpoints in Chiang Mai

Police Checkpoints in Chiang Mai

After many years in Chiang Mai cruising around on the bike I’ve come to realise that the police are doing the same checkpoints at the same time of day or night at the same spot all the time. I havn’t noticed a pattern for when they do the checkpoints but I do know that they [...]

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Thailand Graffiti Crew Videos

Thailand Graffiti Crew Videos

When it comes to arts and drawing so many Thai people have a flair and a knack for drawing and painting pretty much anything. Here are some videos of some Thai guys in Bangkok who have made the underground graffiti crew go mainstream.

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What happens when you get caught drink driving in Pattaya

What happens when you get caught drink drivign in Pattaya

This letter was sent to me from a reader regarding the recent crackdown on drink driving in Thailand. You shouldn’t be driving drunk especially in Pattaya so if you get caught you really can’t complain about the repercussions. In the letter it says that no assistance or translations were provided which under Thai law as [...]

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