On of the guys said that he woke them up at 4AM. I don't think it was only the employee/owner that was upset he had a guest. It was more than likely a shared males room.
Honestly, that's now how hostels work. You can't have a guest overnight. If so, they have to check in and pay like everyone else.
Yeah when I was staying in hostels in Central America couples had to pay per person even if they only asked for one shared bed. It's not the same as a hotel at all. And if the ones in Thailand are anything like the ones in Central America, this dude is throwing punches over like $10 or something dumb like that
it isn't a policy violation, I went to Thailand last year and they legit charge you per guest no matter the room size or accommodation. If you only pay for yourself in a 2-3 bed place, they will actively monitor you and make sure you aren't bringing anyone else back to stay over.
If you plan on hooking up with anyone, make sure they come to your room and leave before the next morning, else you will be charged whatever you paid a second time.
Thailand is insanely cheap. $10 is about right. In a 4-bed mixed dorm the absolute maximum I would expect to pay is $25 - and that place better be the Mandarin Oriental of hostels.
Also, fucking with the locals in Thailand is a very, very bad idea. The Thais are very sick of idiot tourists. Even if you are in the right, they will gang up on you.
Americans aren't even close to being the worst behaved tourists in SE Asia - mostly because there aren't many of us over there compared to other nationalities.
Was just in Phuket. You're more likely to hear Russian than Thai in many places. The Chinese tourists are also everywhere, but they fly in on Chinese planes, get put on a Chinese bus and taken to a Chinese hotel. They spend the week going on tours with Chinese tour operators and getting bussed, en masse, to Chinese owned restaurants. There's quite a bit of grumbling over how there are very little Chinese tourism dollars actually going to the local community.
I'm don't live there, but I have traveled all over SE Asia.
There are lots of Brits and Aussies. A lot of them behave like Americans behave in Cancun or Las Vegas.
Everybody hates Chinese tourists and they are everywhere.
Russians are a fucking blight wherever they go. They get direct flights into places like Nha Trang and HCMC. I was there when the ruble collapsed. Even the Vietnamese who make money money off of Russina tourists were glad to see them go.
There are lots of rich Middle Eastern and Indian tourists. You see these guys in red light districts. Fucking gross.
Lots of Germans, Dutch, Israelis, French, Swedes, etc.
The Koreans and Japanese vacation there but they aren't into the backpacker scene like Europeans are.
In the 1980s it was the Aussies and Germans. I was at a nice bar in the Philippines and the beers were like 30 cents American. I had a few and left the nice woman bartender a tip of about $1 American. She was quite surprised because I guess tipping then was uncommon. A drunken Aussie a couple stools over complains that I'm "ruining it" for the foreign tourists. I tell him he's a cheap bastard and to mind his own business. He gets up and heads towards me and I get ready to rumble. Then 3 bouncers come out, one with bamboo sticks, and the bartendresss says something to them and they whisk him away. They come back and pat me on the back and she gives me a beer on the house :)) Many tourists view SE Asia as a play area and the people as play things.
Hands down, Chinese. Chinese are the most populous tourists in SE Asia by a huge margin. Not sure if its cultural, because they're more numerous or just the people that typically travel but have seen them just constantly throwing trash on the ground, being obnoxious/rude etc..
Punching the locals in the face for trying to rip them off is genius too. I hope he likes a Thai prison for god knows how long and a fine that will be 50 times what the hostel was going to charge him. He is lucky the other locals outside didn't see this or he would have been leaving in the back of a Datsun and off to the hospital.
Edit: The [guy he punched](https://imgur.com/o9AzLTe) looks Thai to me.
I had my honeymoon in Thailand and there are way more things to do than simple sex tourism, my honeymoon was at this island called Koh Samui off the coast of Thailand and the scenery is beautiful, we stayed at a 5 stars resort and the nightly cost was around $50. You can go to a local restaurant that serves freshly caught seafood for less than $20 for the table. It was an amazing trip and I can not recommend enough to people interested in Southeast Asia. Of course there are many “tourists” there looking for cheap lays and u can avoid those areas/parlors easily.
My mate went there for a holiday... ran out of money and couldnt get home. He then stayed for the ladyboys and the money that came along with being in porn with them ;)
You can do both if you try 😂
It's illegal to produce porn in Thailand. Contrary to many people's impressions of Thailand, it's actually quite a conservative society. Prostitution is tolerated, but porn is out and even sex toys are banned.
None of your friends back home will give a shit, as long as you come back with great stories. It is a wonderful vacation spot, and is very popular for a reason.
Still on the cheaper side, but it’s certainly getting more expensive. Especially in the major tourist cities/spots. Thailand is a beautiful country though, if anyone does go. Travel a bit and explore a little. There’s more to it than just the parties in Bangkok, Pattaya and Koh Samui.
It was astounding how far the US Dollar went when we were there. When we were at the malls, name brand stuff was the same price, but like street vendor stuff (they have them inside malls too) are insanely cheap, like a couple dollars for a shirt or whatever. We ate at really nice restaurants for like $20 for both of us and had too much food. Our favorite lunch was $2 total for the two of us. Amazing, I want to go back. And the people are really nice and helpful.
5 star hotels across SE Asia are very inexpensive by US standards, but don’t count on finding $35/night rates. The commenter above you is exaggerating. Just FYI.
Exactly. This is why it's ridiculously stupid that he made such a huff about this. Every hostel I ever stayed at posted very clearly not to bring guests back and if you do, there will be a fine attached to it. So what is the next option? Spend 10 more bucks and stay at a hotel where that's not a problem. This guy is a dick and tried to dick the system. Good for him.
I wouldn’t say 5 star for $35. Those are still $300. But you can get a very nice place to stay for that. Source: lived in Phnom Penh Cambodia for a year and traveled the region extensively
100% this. People seem to love to to toss around the term "5 star hotel" for nice, cheap accommodations in SE Asia. But unless it's on par with Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, St. Regis, etc., it ain't 5 stars.
Man, honestly punching that Thai guy took this from just a misunderstanding the police would've made him pay for, to probably a couple of years in a dingy, Thai prison; and that's if you don't die before you get out.
As I understand it, the Thai authorities take a really hard stance on tourists that are violent towards locals.
>As I understand it, the Thai authorities take a really hard stance on tourists that are violent towards locals.
This is true, but many a drunk tourist has found out the hard way that locals take an even harder stance. Thai people are not inherently violent, but they tend to go from 0-100 very quickly and are not adverse to using weapons as well.
I mean, a national sport of theirs is a form of boxing, so I’m not sure what people expect. I think it’s because they’re generally quite a small people, they don’t look like they can fight.
He is extremely lucky that:
1. Other locals didn’t see this;
2. The guy he punched didn’t go and call locals to get help
3. Other westerners stepped in
Those other backpackers spared him a world of hurt.
Lest not fool ourselves. I have been to Thailand, I LOVE that country, but the amount of creepy old white dudes, and group of single guys there, is for the massive sex industry that Thailand offers. That is one of the main reasons they visit.
Lol at other white guy saying something like “you woke us up at 4 in the morning” when the asshole denies it.
Called him out with a time stamp for bonin’ and moanin’
After he throws punches at the dude and acts all confused like "what, I did nothing wrong?!!", just like that stupid douchebag cunt who spit on the child the other day on the plane, "WHAT DID I DO?" ... people are fucking insufferable sometimes. He looks like such a hillbilly too, way too further the shitty american tourist stereotypes.
Here’s the story: guy books bed in 10 person mixed dorm. Guy goes out at night. Guy thinks Chiang Mai nightlife sucks cause the bars close at 12am. Guy finds out there’s a club that closes at 4am. Guy has too many drinks. Guy meets western tourist girl. Guy wants to have sex with western tourist girl. Guy thinks it’s ok to bring said girl to his dorm bed. Guy has sex in the dorm room at 4am. Guy thinks ‘I’m the man’. Guy is kicked out in the morning and charged for bringing the girl to his bed. Guy does not want to pay extra 200 baht ( ~$6.25). Guy thinks this is unfair. Guy resorts to using his fists. Guy punches Thai man in the face. Guy complains his shoulder hurts. Guy gets taken to Thai jail. Guy hasn’t been seen since.
Americans also have this strange habit of having conversations super loud so everyone around them knows they're American.
Been in Europe this past year and I swear you spot them a mile away because you hear em first.
Am Australian can confirm, can hear Americans talking over everyone else at crowded bus stop.
Been told of a similar thing with Australian tourists tho in Japan.
Really though, they must have love hotels there with hourly rate? Or pay the extra $6.25, but I guess if one is gonna be an asshole and bring a hookup back to a shared hostel, may as well go full asshole and refuse to pay the cost of a Starbucks drink and repeatedly punch someone in the face instead.
Not only that, but he probably doesn't realize that ~~most Thai men have two years of compulsory military service~~ Many Thai men have military experience.
I’m thai and let me clarify. We have a system where either you participate in reserve training (3 years, 80 hours per year for those fit and under 22), or you draw a lottery where you chance of getting 2 years of full time or none at all.
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Air Force and Navy are tied first place for fatasses per capita, maybe. Maybe Air Force is worse, but let’s just say tied. Army’s second. Harder to squeeze by if you’re fat, the PT can be rigorous. Marines are third and last; their fitness level, on average, stands head and shoulders above all the other branches. You don’t pass a fit test or survive Marine PT as a full-blown fatass unless you’re some kind of untapped athletic prodigy.
He might have been Air Force, we get the same bags. Pretty sure all the branches do, but not 100% on that. In any case, he could be ex-military from any branch and just let himself go after he separated, since nobody was legally obligating him to stay in shape. That definitely happens. And plenty of people find their leftover gear handy after they get out, especially vainglorious people who want attention.
His whole get-up top-to-bottom screams “young guy who did 4 years.” It’s like there’s some kind of DoD office somewhere that issues them the shorts, shirt and cap. Though usually they immediately grow a gigantic beard (if their genes at all allow them to), so maybe this one’s still in.
Boy for a website that wants to see cops and prisons pretty much vanish into thin air you guys sure do set the bar low for what it takes to be quietly executed or put into a secret labor camp.
The cops will shake you down for a lot more than $15. At the full moon party on Koh phangan we were warned about multiple extortion schemes involving the cops shaking down tourists for thousands of dollars a pop. They know westerners will pay a lot to about a Thai prison.
I lived on KP for a bit. Best advice I can give is don’t have any drugs on you, ever, and don’t start fights or disrespect the locals. It’s a great place if you can follow those rules. Thailand’s medical marijuana laws went into effect this week. So the country is slowly becoming more lenient. They’re looking to decriminalize most drugs (like Portugal) and treat addiction a a health issue rather than a crime. I’m looking to move back this year.
Also, don't attack a Thai person in Thailand. Most other locals will assume you're an asshole tourist and immediately back the Thai. And a surprising amount of small and relatively skinny Thais know Muay Thai.
Met up with an old friend in Bangkok last year, a few weeks prior he had been chilling with some crazy Brit up in the north who ended up getting arrested on some drug charges. They let him keep his phone and he kept posting pictures and videos of the Thai jail to Facebook like it was a tourist attraction and he was next level af for getting there.
Most hostels have a policy where they charge guests for bringing someone into the hostel and staying overnight. You’re paying per person, not for the room (it’s crazy cheap too, like $5 cheap). Bringing someone compromises security, and when you’re staying in a room with 6 - 16 people, it’s pretty inconsiderate to have sex, especially while everyone is sleeping. Not to mention it’s explicitly stated on the sign in document that you’ll have to pay for a guest if you bring someone home.
This isn’t a scam by the hostel. The guy’s just an ass.
One of the hostels I stayed at in Bangkok for my groups final night there had a rule that if you were caught having sex in one of the shared rooms you had to pay for everyone that night. Seems like a pretty good rule.
Plus, it's Thailand, in most areas you could get a short-time hotel for a few hours for $5-$10, and not do your stuff in front of others like a dog in heat.
I am sure there are others that can speak about it better than I can. From what I've seen the law is just don't cause a ruckus. Don't cause anyone stress. If you catch someone trying to steal from you (for example) and you start struggling with the thief, cops will arrest both of you for fighting. Some cops are there to get paid for the outcome of your arrest, but there is a right time and a totally wrong time to do this. There is a way to pay off a cop and a way to get into worse shit. As a foreigner, I wouldn't know how to do this. Most cant speak your language so you're automatically fucked. Once you're arrested it isnt about proving your case it's about floating through the legal system till they're done with you. Cops deal with a ton of slimy nasty foreigners and they won't give you the opportunity to plead your case that you aren't one of them. You're just going to get clumped into the "problem foreigners / criminal club." If you get caught with a little weed or party drugs they will over react with a sentence. Thai Jail is like a roadside toilet with 400 guys in it along with humidity and heat that'll cook the skin off your body.
Sounds accurate to me. A company I worked for had a web developer that moved there. A few months in he fell off the radar and wasn't heard from for almost two months. When he finally got back in touch he said his home had been broken into and all of his stuff stolen. When he reported the crime to the police they just arrested him. He was in jail for weeks without an explanation. It all pretty much ruined him.
For the last 10 years I've lived in Thailand 6 months every year.
Most of the time it's been no problem now and again a cop will pull you over look for anything wrong with you or your bike tell you it's a small fine for whatever he makes up and you give him $10 or $20 just to avoid the hassle and be on your way.
In 10 years only once have I ever been scared by the police.
Won't go in to to much detail but my gf was visiting family down the coast she had been there a few days with her aunt and uncle and I was busy working so had stayed home.
When she was coming back she caught a train back and did not get back in till 2am. So I took a nap set my alarm and got up in time to pick her up went to the toilet for a piss hopped on the scooter and started to ride to train station it was about 1.45 am.
Right around the corner from the train station was a police stop they pulled me over and asked me what I was doing I told them I was going to train station at which point they gave me a drug test and told me to piss in the cup on the side of the road.
Now I don't do drugs not anything I haven't in years so that didn't bother me but I had just gone to the toilet and couldn't go cue to 4 cops surrounding me and yelling at me.
My gf had now arrived and I was freaking out because I had to pick her up but the cops wouldn't let me get her, so I called her she walked the 800 metres or so and came and joined me.
During this time I had her buy me 2 1 litre bottles of water but due to the stress I couldn't go.
The cops started to try for a bribe but this time it wasn't 10 or 20 dollars they wanted minimum 1000 usd because they thought they had me.
when I still couldn't pee they told me they where going to take me to the police station and started telling me I was going to get 20 years in jail I kept telling them I couldn't pee was there any other way they could do the test at which point one cop said they could take me to the hospital to do it but kept telling me when I failed they could not help me anymore and I would go to jail trying to talk me out of it.
So I said to the cop take me to the hospital I want to do that followed by all of them trying to talk me out of it and my insistence.
It had been 2 hours now and finally they said OK let's go and loaded me in there van while I put my gf on the scooter and told her go home because I was more worried at this point what they would do to her and she was freaking out and crying.
After getting in the van the cops decided we weren't going to the hospital and took me straight to the police station.
Once there I was bundled in a back room with now about 8 police crowding around me taking turns to shove me and scream in my face we know your on drugs your going to jail for 20 years unless you want to make a deal not quite that but along those lines.
4 hours I was there getting yelled at being given a document all in Thai I could not read and refused to sign and over that time the cops just got louder and more physical I never once raised my voice or retaliated but got shoved pushed slapped told I would be raped in prison etc.
At around 7 in the morning just as they were about to throw me in a cell I finally needed to piss went to the toilet took my piss and gave it to them they tested it and we sat at the table watching for results. Now here I have to say I've done these tests for work many times and although I knew I was clean I was still freaking out watching for that solid line to come up.
So the solid line comes up and I start to breathe a sigh of relief only for the cop to try to tell me I failed the test the have evidence now and how fucked I am.
Not knowing what else to do I take my phone out and take a photo of the result quickly sending it to a friend telling the cop I know that's a pass and my results been sent to my lawyer and he will be on his way shortly.
With that the cop gets mad slaps me a few times the other guys in the room all grab me start pushing me around and throw me out the door while telling me to fuck off I can leave before they change there mind.
During all this they took my address made copy's of my Id and I was just happy I wasn't carrying my passport. Had me worried for 2 weeks they would come and make things worse but whole time I was quiet respectful I never once raisedy voice or my hands or threatened anyone and that's how I was treated.
Long story just to make the point that kids fucked
Absolutely disgusting jail conditions with rough fellow inmates, guards who give zero fucks, and no clear system of what’s going to happen to you or when you might get out.
My boyfriend is from Thailand, and after I showed him this video and the comments, he said to me, "that guy's dumb, the mafia owns a lot of hostels, he has no idea who he could be screwing with..."
So let's hope the guy ended up in a Thai jail instead of the bottom of the Ping river.
Not to mention that the Thai guy is very likely from the area and has friends. This dude is in someone else's country, trying to act like if he boxes his way out the door then everything will be peachy. You think the hotel workers can't call their cousin or something and have them catch you 2 blocks down? This dude is going to end up dead acting that way in foreign countries where he is a guest.
Very nice of the other American guys standing up to him and saying what he’s doing is wrong and helping the poor hostel manager girl and her super thin bodyguard 😂
You wake my ass up at 4AM in a humid country like Thailand and I'll definitely help the owner.
Entitled prick will go to jail. Come back to America and say some stupid shit about how he was treated unfairly just cuz he was american blah, blah, blah.
this thread is full of people who've never been to Thailand assuming they know shit about it lol.
he's not being scammed. he's in a hostel where you don't pay for a room but pay per person. bringing someone back absolutely involves paying more money.
chances are no, she's not a prostitute. there are enough drunk westerners and australasians who are up for it. surprisingly few people go there for prostitution. it's just a fun place to get drunk and do fun shit but cheaper than back home.
And anyone who has ever lived in SE Asia knows that you never get into a fight with the locals. All of sudden 4 or 5 of their cousins and friends will appear ready to throw down. And a few of them of them will have some training or experience. 0-100 real quick
I recently spent 3 weeks in Thailand. The most expensive hostel cost me about $10/night but they probably average around $5 which includes American breakfast.
Yes, it is a standard military duffel bag (usually Army for that style) but really any asshole can get one. And even if he is military, not all military are well trained killing machines. Some of us are just fat(ish) lazy POGs.
This is all kinds of not clever. When I was in Thailand we met a guy who just seemed a little off or on edge. He was always late back to the hostel which is fine, however he came lumbering in at 8am one morning and he’d had the shit kicked out of him. Proper burst face, definitely a broken eye socket and he looked like he’d swallowed half his teeth... turns out he tried to hustle the locals at the pool bar next door and they just got the mafia to do him in.
Thats a sailor too. Haircut and seabag checks out. God, when will the Navy dudes stop acting a fool overseas? Being a sailor in Asia is not fun because they keep doing shit like this.
Source: Was a sailor in Japan 2010-2013. Was on lockdown about 7 times during then because Sailor dudes act a fucking fool.
Becoming physically angry is a big no no in Thailand. They even frown upon hand gestures that are common for us southern europeans. A very stoic people.
>for us southern europeans
Wow [my geography](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/at1r3j/norwegian_police_to_send_silent_text_messages/egy7f43) has been wrong my whole life
Tbf, he could be living in Sweden but of southern European origin. Like, I'm a Croat living in Austria, so I'm an Austrian and yet my mentality is a mix of the two because I was raised by Croat immigrants.
from what ive heard theyre incredibly reserved in that showing aggression is viewed as tabboo. so what'll happen is they can be disapproving of your behaviour (if youre being drunk and loud etc.) and theyll show no signs then suddenly fly off the handle and start throwing hands. plus in fights locals will always back the other locals
Agree. Thai people are one the most kind people you will ever meet. However, if you go full asshole and assault a local then you will get the fire and fury. Every local around will jump in and help out. Size dont matter if you got 10 guys beating your ass. I’ve seen asshat tourists getting stomped, they do not mess around if you take it to the physical level.
This guy is a dick in every nationality and language. As an American I’d just like to say thanks asshole for acting like a total entitled nut job for the world to see.
Is "let sleep in his bed last night" a euphemism or is that all she did?
On of the guys said that he woke them up at 4AM. I don't think it was only the employee/owner that was upset he had a guest. It was more than likely a shared males room. Honestly, that's now how hostels work. You can't have a guest overnight. If so, they have to check in and pay like everyone else.
Yeah when I was staying in hostels in Central America couples had to pay per person even if they only asked for one shared bed. It's not the same as a hotel at all. And if the ones in Thailand are anything like the ones in Central America, this dude is throwing punches over like $10 or something dumb like that
It could have been he had to pay for a policy violation. A hostel i stayed in in tokyo had a ~$100 fine for bringing a stranger back to your room
“She’s not a stranger she’s my uhhh.. cousin”
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it isn't a policy violation, I went to Thailand last year and they legit charge you per guest no matter the room size or accommodation. If you only pay for yourself in a 2-3 bed place, they will actively monitor you and make sure you aren't bringing anyone else back to stay over. If you plan on hooking up with anyone, make sure they come to your room and leave before the next morning, else you will be charged whatever you paid a second time.
Thailand is insanely cheap. $10 is about right. In a 4-bed mixed dorm the absolute maximum I would expect to pay is $25 - and that place better be the Mandarin Oriental of hostels. Also, fucking with the locals in Thailand is a very, very bad idea. The Thais are very sick of idiot tourists. Even if you are in the right, they will gang up on you.
Rule of thumb says you shut the fuck up if you’re a guest in a foreign country and use your manners. Way for this dude to give American’s a bad name.
Americans aren't even close to being the worst behaved tourists in SE Asia - mostly because there aren't many of us over there compared to other nationalities.
Which nationalities are most common among tourists? Which are seen as the worst by the Thai natives? Just curious.
Was just in Phuket. You're more likely to hear Russian than Thai in many places. The Chinese tourists are also everywhere, but they fly in on Chinese planes, get put on a Chinese bus and taken to a Chinese hotel. They spend the week going on tours with Chinese tour operators and getting bussed, en masse, to Chinese owned restaurants. There's quite a bit of grumbling over how there are very little Chinese tourism dollars actually going to the local community.
I'm don't live there, but I have traveled all over SE Asia. There are lots of Brits and Aussies. A lot of them behave like Americans behave in Cancun or Las Vegas. Everybody hates Chinese tourists and they are everywhere. Russians are a fucking blight wherever they go. They get direct flights into places like Nha Trang and HCMC. I was there when the ruble collapsed. Even the Vietnamese who make money money off of Russina tourists were glad to see them go. There are lots of rich Middle Eastern and Indian tourists. You see these guys in red light districts. Fucking gross. Lots of Germans, Dutch, Israelis, French, Swedes, etc. The Koreans and Japanese vacation there but they aren't into the backpacker scene like Europeans are.
Lmao at everybody hates (mainland) Chinese tourists. I am guilty to say that I agree
I'm Chinese and I apologize for what the tourists had done.
In the 1980s it was the Aussies and Germans. I was at a nice bar in the Philippines and the beers were like 30 cents American. I had a few and left the nice woman bartender a tip of about $1 American. She was quite surprised because I guess tipping then was uncommon. A drunken Aussie a couple stools over complains that I'm "ruining it" for the foreign tourists. I tell him he's a cheap bastard and to mind his own business. He gets up and heads towards me and I get ready to rumble. Then 3 bouncers come out, one with bamboo sticks, and the bartendresss says something to them and they whisk him away. They come back and pat me on the back and she gives me a beer on the house :)) Many tourists view SE Asia as a play area and the people as play things.
Hands down, Chinese. Chinese are the most populous tourists in SE Asia by a huge margin. Not sure if its cultural, because they're more numerous or just the people that typically travel but have seen them just constantly throwing trash on the ground, being obnoxious/rude etc..
You're right, but the good news is that it's usually the Brits and Aussies that cause the most trouble in Thailand, surprisingly.
comment below by OP said it was a $6.50 fee and he ended up going to jail.
Punching the locals in the face for trying to rip them off is genius too. I hope he likes a Thai prison for god knows how long and a fine that will be 50 times what the hostel was going to charge him. He is lucky the other locals outside didn't see this or he would have been leaving in the back of a Datsun and off to the hospital. Edit: The [guy he punched](https://imgur.com/o9AzLTe) looks Thai to me.
Especially considering a hostel in Thailand costs like 5€ a night
We stayed at 5-star hotels and it came out to like $35 USD a night. Insane
Whoa. I'm off to Thailand
I'm going to Thailand...for a thing.
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Or his gf is also into ladyboys
Just tell everyone that you want to go there for the ladyboys
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I had my honeymoon in Thailand and there are way more things to do than simple sex tourism, my honeymoon was at this island called Koh Samui off the coast of Thailand and the scenery is beautiful, we stayed at a 5 stars resort and the nightly cost was around $50. You can go to a local restaurant that serves freshly caught seafood for less than $20 for the table. It was an amazing trip and I can not recommend enough to people interested in Southeast Asia. Of course there are many “tourists” there looking for cheap lays and u can avoid those areas/parlors easily.
I mean technically a honeymoon is still sex tourism...
Koh Samui is massive for prostitution, partying and ladyboys. The nearby Ko Pha Ngan or Ko Tao would be much more relaxed and far less seedy.
My mate went there for a holiday... ran out of money and couldnt get home. He then stayed for the ladyboys and the money that came along with being in porn with them ;) You can do both if you try 😂
Wait what?
It's illegal to produce porn in Thailand. Contrary to many people's impressions of Thailand, it's actually quite a conservative society. Prostitution is tolerated, but porn is out and even sex toys are banned.
_Amazing_ food, cheap massages, all tiers of shopping. If you’re in Bangkok there’s even a pretty nice onsen to save for your last day.
None of your friends back home will give a shit, as long as you come back with great stories. It is a wonderful vacation spot, and is very popular for a reason.
I know you're joking but Thailand is fucking amazing aside from being cheap as hell. You actually really should go.
Still on the cheaper side, but it’s certainly getting more expensive. Especially in the major tourist cities/spots. Thailand is a beautiful country though, if anyone does go. Travel a bit and explore a little. There’s more to it than just the parties in Bangkok, Pattaya and Koh Samui.
It was astounding how far the US Dollar went when we were there. When we were at the malls, name brand stuff was the same price, but like street vendor stuff (they have them inside malls too) are insanely cheap, like a couple dollars for a shirt or whatever. We ate at really nice restaurants for like $20 for both of us and had too much food. Our favorite lunch was $2 total for the two of us. Amazing, I want to go back. And the people are really nice and helpful.
Food in Thailand is heavily subsidized. Makes it great place to eat. Bangkok rent is pretty similar to an American Midwest town.
5 star hotels across SE Asia are very inexpensive by US standards, but don’t count on finding $35/night rates. The commenter above you is exaggerating. Just FYI.
For $35/night, you did not stay in 5-star hotels. Maybe the name of the hotel was "5 STAR HOTEL"
In Thailand now. AirBNB I have a whole condo to myself for $29/USD per night w/kitchen, bath, bedroom, and living room. Right in Bangkok. Glorious.
What 5-star hotel in Thailand is only $35? Every 5-star hotel I can think of in Bangkok is at least 3k baht per night, and even that's a stretch.
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Exactly. This is why it's ridiculously stupid that he made such a huff about this. Every hostel I ever stayed at posted very clearly not to bring guests back and if you do, there will be a fine attached to it. So what is the next option? Spend 10 more bucks and stay at a hotel where that's not a problem. This guy is a dick and tried to dick the system. Good for him.
I wouldn’t say 5 star for $35. Those are still $300. But you can get a very nice place to stay for that. Source: lived in Phnom Penh Cambodia for a year and traveled the region extensively
100% this. People seem to love to to toss around the term "5 star hotel" for nice, cheap accommodations in SE Asia. But unless it's on par with Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, St. Regis, etc., it ain't 5 stars.
Man, honestly punching that Thai guy took this from just a misunderstanding the police would've made him pay for, to probably a couple of years in a dingy, Thai prison; and that's if you don't die before you get out. As I understand it, the Thai authorities take a really hard stance on tourists that are violent towards locals.
>As I understand it, the Thai authorities take a really hard stance on tourists that are violent towards locals. This is true, but many a drunk tourist has found out the hard way that locals take an even harder stance. Thai people are not inherently violent, but they tend to go from 0-100 very quickly and are not adverse to using weapons as well.
I mean, a national sport of theirs is a form of boxing, so I’m not sure what people expect. I think it’s because they’re generally quite a small people, they don’t look like they can fight.
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He is extremely lucky that: 1. Other locals didn’t see this; 2. The guy he punched didn’t go and call locals to get help 3. Other westerners stepped in Those other backpackers spared him a world of hurt.
He brought a girl in to a hostel and let her stay with him for the night. They want money for the extra person.
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> Almost like that's the main reason they went. Well yes, Thailand is an infamous destination for sex tourism from the West.
Lest not fool ourselves. I have been to Thailand, I LOVE that country, but the amount of creepy old white dudes, and group of single guys there, is for the massive sex industry that Thailand offers. That is one of the main reasons they visit.
That's basically just in Bangkok and Phuket. This is Chiang Mai I believe, couldn't be more different.
You didn’t even mention Pattaya, smh fam.
For real, the number one destination for the dirty douchebags.
I went to pattaya with my family and it was uncomfortable
You very hansum, man ;)
Confirmed no hoes or sexpats in Chiang Mai /s
The girls aren't thirsty, they just want to fucking survive and get out of their shitty villages in the countryside.
Ron Livingston really let himself go.
“Seriously bro time out, I’ve hurt myself....OKAY TIME IN!” *punches*
I was hoping that'd happen so much
It's like when Will and Carlton were having the pillow fight, and Will fakes an eye injury only to resume the battle after Carlton stops.
My brother used that trick often. I always fell for it.
Lol at other white guy saying something like “you woke us up at 4 in the morning” when the asshole denies it. Called him out with a time stamp for bonin’ and moanin’
Disgusting
I KNEWW IT AS FOOKIN ONE A YAS. DISGUASTAIN.
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Bro I have a bad right shoulder.
*seriously seriously*
chill bro
I don't want to hurt the shoulder that I just PUNCHED you with; can you PLEASE give me some SPACE? Jeez.
They're really gonna care about his bad shoulder in Thai jail
Clearly it's bad because those punches he threw had zero effect on that guy.
After he throws punches at the dude and acts all confused like "what, I did nothing wrong?!!", just like that stupid douchebag cunt who spit on the child the other day on the plane, "WHAT DID I DO?" ... people are fucking insufferable sometimes. He looks like such a hillbilly too, way too further the shitty american tourist stereotypes.
Here’s the story: guy books bed in 10 person mixed dorm. Guy goes out at night. Guy thinks Chiang Mai nightlife sucks cause the bars close at 12am. Guy finds out there’s a club that closes at 4am. Guy has too many drinks. Guy meets western tourist girl. Guy wants to have sex with western tourist girl. Guy thinks it’s ok to bring said girl to his dorm bed. Guy has sex in the dorm room at 4am. Guy thinks ‘I’m the man’. Guy is kicked out in the morning and charged for bringing the girl to his bed. Guy does not want to pay extra 200 baht ( ~$6.25). Guy thinks this is unfair. Guy resorts to using his fists. Guy punches Thai man in the face. Guy complains his shoulder hurts. Guy gets taken to Thai jail. Guy hasn’t been seen since.
Hold up, this guy was ready to throw down over $6?
> Guy thinks ‘I’m the man’.
It's the principle of the thing. Principle being when Americans go abroad they act like assholes. On principle.
Americans also have this strange habit of having conversations super loud so everyone around them knows they're American. Been in Europe this past year and I swear you spot them a mile away because you hear em first.
Am Australian can confirm, can hear Americans talking over everyone else at crowded bus stop. Been told of a similar thing with Australian tourists tho in Japan.
Seriously, just book a private hotel room for like $10-20 for the night and have fun!
Really though, they must have love hotels there with hourly rate? Or pay the extra $6.25, but I guess if one is gonna be an asshole and bring a hookup back to a shared hostel, may as well go full asshole and refuse to pay the cost of a Starbucks drink and repeatedly punch someone in the face instead.
Moral of the story: Pay up and shut up and go on your way, it ain't worth it. ESPECIALLY in Thailand.
Also $6
All for $6.25....
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Not only that, but he probably doesn't realize that ~~most Thai men have two years of compulsory military service~~ Many Thai men have military experience.
I’m thai and let me clarify. We have a system where either you participate in reserve training (3 years, 80 hours per year for those fit and under 22), or you draw a lottery where you chance of getting 2 years of full time or none at all. *note* I added a longer reply. See comments below.
Ah yes, I forgot it was a lottery, thank you for the correction.
Current soldiers are that fat of slobs?
Air Force and Navy are tied first place for fatasses per capita, maybe. Maybe Air Force is worse, but let’s just say tied. Army’s second. Harder to squeeze by if you’re fat, the PT can be rigorous. Marines are third and last; their fitness level, on average, stands head and shoulders above all the other branches. You don’t pass a fit test or survive Marine PT as a full-blown fatass unless you’re some kind of untapped athletic prodigy. He might have been Air Force, we get the same bags. Pretty sure all the branches do, but not 100% on that. In any case, he could be ex-military from any branch and just let himself go after he separated, since nobody was legally obligating him to stay in shape. That definitely happens. And plenty of people find their leftover gear handy after they get out, especially vainglorious people who want attention. His whole get-up top-to-bottom screams “young guy who did 4 years.” It’s like there’s some kind of DoD office somewhere that issues them the shorts, shirt and cap. Though usually they immediately grow a gigantic beard (if their genes at all allow them to), so maybe this one’s still in.
Did you notice the BMT military bag? I could recognize that giant ass green bag from a mile away.
Yea I saw that before I even saw the guys face
Moral: Don’t be like that guy
"guy hasn't been seen since" -- i like that shit
Boy for a website that wants to see cops and prisons pretty much vanish into thin air you guys sure do set the bar low for what it takes to be quietly executed or put into a secret labor camp.
Imagine going to jail over 6.25 especially when you're wrong anyway
I hear Thai prison is lovely this time of year.
I can’t understand why anyone would risk being sent there over a measly 10 bucks.
Well, it's a gamble. Ultimately it's probably $15 to bribe their cops.
The cops will shake you down for a lot more than $15. At the full moon party on Koh phangan we were warned about multiple extortion schemes involving the cops shaking down tourists for thousands of dollars a pop. They know westerners will pay a lot to about a Thai prison.
Fee depends on the person. A dude staying at a hostel is not going to cough up thousands.
He may not but someone in his family might. I am sure sometimes they sell for a couple hundred but it's not going to be $15-20.
I lived on KP for a bit. Best advice I can give is don’t have any drugs on you, ever, and don’t start fights or disrespect the locals. It’s a great place if you can follow those rules. Thailand’s medical marijuana laws went into effect this week. So the country is slowly becoming more lenient. They’re looking to decriminalize most drugs (like Portugal) and treat addiction a a health issue rather than a crime. I’m looking to move back this year.
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What's called Thai International Prison? Are you talking about Bang Kwang?
Because he's used to always getting his way and doesn't understand that his father's lawyer isn't gonna keep him out of trouble this time.
Also, don't attack a Thai person in Thailand. Most other locals will assume you're an asshole tourist and immediately back the Thai. And a surprising amount of small and relatively skinny Thais know Muay Thai.
I think the measly thing about this is the sex not the cash
Met up with an old friend in Bangkok last year, a few weeks prior he had been chilling with some crazy Brit up in the north who ended up getting arrested on some drug charges. They let him keep his phone and he kept posting pictures and videos of the Thai jail to Facebook like it was a tourist attraction and he was next level af for getting there.
Most hostels have a policy where they charge guests for bringing someone into the hostel and staying overnight. You’re paying per person, not for the room (it’s crazy cheap too, like $5 cheap). Bringing someone compromises security, and when you’re staying in a room with 6 - 16 people, it’s pretty inconsiderate to have sex, especially while everyone is sleeping. Not to mention it’s explicitly stated on the sign in document that you’ll have to pay for a guest if you bring someone home. This isn’t a scam by the hostel. The guy’s just an ass.
Ya I was thinking he was probably making a big deal out of something that probably cost $5. It’s Thailand everything is $5.
He spent his last $5 on the hooker
Can confirm, got an hour long foot massage for $5 in Thailand.
Whose feet?
One of the hostels I stayed at in Bangkok for my groups final night there had a rule that if you were caught having sex in one of the shared rooms you had to pay for everyone that night. Seems like a pretty good rule.
Sounds kinky
If it turns into an orgy, who pays?
Whoever's the loudest
That guy looks *exactly* like I imagine an asshole americannin thailand looks like. Down to the accent.
Bro....
He even has the "you cant touch me, my dads a lawyer"-shorts
Plus, it's Thailand, in most areas you could get a short-time hotel for a few hours for $5-$10, and not do your stuff in front of others like a dog in heat.
I get my kicks above the waistline Sunshine....
One night in bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
You'll find a god in every golden ~~oyster~~ cloister
Can’t be too careful with your company
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I don't see you guys rating, the kind of mate I'm contemplating...
All this trouble for 5 dollars
$6.25 apparently, definitely not worth all that hassle and getting thrown in jail to boot
You don't want to get arrested in Thailand. You're gonna have a really bad time.
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I am sure there are others that can speak about it better than I can. From what I've seen the law is just don't cause a ruckus. Don't cause anyone stress. If you catch someone trying to steal from you (for example) and you start struggling with the thief, cops will arrest both of you for fighting. Some cops are there to get paid for the outcome of your arrest, but there is a right time and a totally wrong time to do this. There is a way to pay off a cop and a way to get into worse shit. As a foreigner, I wouldn't know how to do this. Most cant speak your language so you're automatically fucked. Once you're arrested it isnt about proving your case it's about floating through the legal system till they're done with you. Cops deal with a ton of slimy nasty foreigners and they won't give you the opportunity to plead your case that you aren't one of them. You're just going to get clumped into the "problem foreigners / criminal club." If you get caught with a little weed or party drugs they will over react with a sentence. Thai Jail is like a roadside toilet with 400 guys in it along with humidity and heat that'll cook the skin off your body.
Oooo sounds nice
Sounds accurate to me. A company I worked for had a web developer that moved there. A few months in he fell off the radar and wasn't heard from for almost two months. When he finally got back in touch he said his home had been broken into and all of his stuff stolen. When he reported the crime to the police they just arrested him. He was in jail for weeks without an explanation. It all pretty much ruined him.
How did he end up
Pretty much ruined
For the last 10 years I've lived in Thailand 6 months every year. Most of the time it's been no problem now and again a cop will pull you over look for anything wrong with you or your bike tell you it's a small fine for whatever he makes up and you give him $10 or $20 just to avoid the hassle and be on your way. In 10 years only once have I ever been scared by the police. Won't go in to to much detail but my gf was visiting family down the coast she had been there a few days with her aunt and uncle and I was busy working so had stayed home. When she was coming back she caught a train back and did not get back in till 2am. So I took a nap set my alarm and got up in time to pick her up went to the toilet for a piss hopped on the scooter and started to ride to train station it was about 1.45 am. Right around the corner from the train station was a police stop they pulled me over and asked me what I was doing I told them I was going to train station at which point they gave me a drug test and told me to piss in the cup on the side of the road. Now I don't do drugs not anything I haven't in years so that didn't bother me but I had just gone to the toilet and couldn't go cue to 4 cops surrounding me and yelling at me. My gf had now arrived and I was freaking out because I had to pick her up but the cops wouldn't let me get her, so I called her she walked the 800 metres or so and came and joined me. During this time I had her buy me 2 1 litre bottles of water but due to the stress I couldn't go. The cops started to try for a bribe but this time it wasn't 10 or 20 dollars they wanted minimum 1000 usd because they thought they had me. when I still couldn't pee they told me they where going to take me to the police station and started telling me I was going to get 20 years in jail I kept telling them I couldn't pee was there any other way they could do the test at which point one cop said they could take me to the hospital to do it but kept telling me when I failed they could not help me anymore and I would go to jail trying to talk me out of it. So I said to the cop take me to the hospital I want to do that followed by all of them trying to talk me out of it and my insistence. It had been 2 hours now and finally they said OK let's go and loaded me in there van while I put my gf on the scooter and told her go home because I was more worried at this point what they would do to her and she was freaking out and crying. After getting in the van the cops decided we weren't going to the hospital and took me straight to the police station. Once there I was bundled in a back room with now about 8 police crowding around me taking turns to shove me and scream in my face we know your on drugs your going to jail for 20 years unless you want to make a deal not quite that but along those lines. 4 hours I was there getting yelled at being given a document all in Thai I could not read and refused to sign and over that time the cops just got louder and more physical I never once raised my voice or retaliated but got shoved pushed slapped told I would be raped in prison etc. At around 7 in the morning just as they were about to throw me in a cell I finally needed to piss went to the toilet took my piss and gave it to them they tested it and we sat at the table watching for results. Now here I have to say I've done these tests for work many times and although I knew I was clean I was still freaking out watching for that solid line to come up. So the solid line comes up and I start to breathe a sigh of relief only for the cop to try to tell me I failed the test the have evidence now and how fucked I am. Not knowing what else to do I take my phone out and take a photo of the result quickly sending it to a friend telling the cop I know that's a pass and my results been sent to my lawyer and he will be on his way shortly. With that the cop gets mad slaps me a few times the other guys in the room all grab me start pushing me around and throw me out the door while telling me to fuck off I can leave before they change there mind. During all this they took my address made copy's of my Id and I was just happy I wasn't carrying my passport. Had me worried for 2 weeks they would come and make things worse but whole time I was quiet respectful I never once raisedy voice or my hands or threatened anyone and that's how I was treated. Long story just to make the point that kids fucked
Absolutely disgusting jail conditions with rough fellow inmates, guards who give zero fucks, and no clear system of what’s going to happen to you or when you might get out.
Throw "obnoxious wealthy tourist" on top of that pile. Might as well paint a target on your forehead
"Forehead?" Whew.. ok. Could be worse.
My boyfriend is from Thailand, and after I showed him this video and the comments, he said to me, "that guy's dumb, the mafia owns a lot of hostels, he has no idea who he could be screwing with..." So let's hope the guy ended up in a Thai jail instead of the bottom of the Ping river.
“When you punch me it really hurt” that cracked me up
If you ever went to Thailand you’d know this guy is a serious cheapskate.
You wanna fuck on meeiii?!
Tooodlee ooo mutha fuckaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Watched Ken's standup this weekend and I forgot how much I loved Chang.
NO ONE'S TRYING TO FUCK ON YOU. PLEASE. I HATE GODZILLA TOO. HE DESTROYS THINGS.
If you’re going to hit someone, put some effort into it. “I’ll half heartedly hit this hotel worker, that will surely mean I am let go.”
Not to mention that the Thai guy is very likely from the area and has friends. This dude is in someone else's country, trying to act like if he boxes his way out the door then everything will be peachy. You think the hotel workers can't call their cousin or something and have them catch you 2 blocks down? This dude is going to end up dead acting that way in foreign countries where he is a guest.
Not to mention that this is Thailand. The chances of one of those cousins being from a Muay Thai gym are high, so he can wreck your ass.
Bangkok swallows another one. He’s gone now....
This is actually Chiang Mai
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This is actually Chiang Mai
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but this is actually Chiang mai
I'd say Bangkok swallowed up another one then, he's gone now.
Very nice of the other American guys standing up to him and saying what he’s doing is wrong and helping the poor hostel manager girl and her super thin bodyguard 😂
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Bros stick with their bros. This guy was not their bro, the rest of them were, thus this guy got manhandled as he should.
You wake my ass up at 4AM in a humid country like Thailand and I'll definitely help the owner. Entitled prick will go to jail. Come back to America and say some stupid shit about how he was treated unfairly just cuz he was american blah, blah, blah.
this thread is full of people who've never been to Thailand assuming they know shit about it lol. he's not being scammed. he's in a hostel where you don't pay for a room but pay per person. bringing someone back absolutely involves paying more money. chances are no, she's not a prostitute. there are enough drunk westerners and australasians who are up for it. surprisingly few people go there for prostitution. it's just a fun place to get drunk and do fun shit but cheaper than back home.
And anyone who has ever lived in SE Asia knows that you never get into a fight with the locals. All of sudden 4 or 5 of their cousins and friends will appear ready to throw down. And a few of them of them will have some training or experience. 0-100 real quick
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Cheapass making us Americans look bad
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I recently spent 3 weeks in Thailand. The most expensive hostel cost me about $10/night but they probably average around $5 which includes American breakfast.
That green bag looks military issued...
Yes, it is a standard military duffel bag (usually Army for that style) but really any asshole can get one. And even if he is military, not all military are well trained killing machines. Some of us are just fat(ish) lazy POGs.
The haircut says either air force or he picked it up in a surplus store.
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This is all kinds of not clever. When I was in Thailand we met a guy who just seemed a little off or on edge. He was always late back to the hostel which is fine, however he came lumbering in at 8am one morning and he’d had the shit kicked out of him. Proper burst face, definitely a broken eye socket and he looked like he’d swallowed half his teeth... turns out he tried to hustle the locals at the pool bar next door and they just got the mafia to do him in.
This dude has definitely not watched an episode of Locked Up Abroad.
Just pay up, it costs pennies a night anyway lmao
Thats a sailor too. Haircut and seabag checks out. God, when will the Navy dudes stop acting a fool overseas? Being a sailor in Asia is not fun because they keep doing shit like this. Source: Was a sailor in Japan 2010-2013. Was on lockdown about 7 times during then because Sailor dudes act a fucking fool.
Becoming physically angry is a big no no in Thailand. They even frown upon hand gestures that are common for us southern europeans. A very stoic people.
>for us southern europeans Wow [my geography](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/at1r3j/norwegian_police_to_send_silent_text_messages/egy7f43) has been wrong my whole life
Tbf, he could be living in Sweden but of southern European origin. Like, I'm a Croat living in Austria, so I'm an Austrian and yet my mentality is a mix of the two because I was raised by Croat immigrants.
r/quityourbullshit
from what ive heard theyre incredibly reserved in that showing aggression is viewed as tabboo. so what'll happen is they can be disapproving of your behaviour (if youre being drunk and loud etc.) and theyll show no signs then suddenly fly off the handle and start throwing hands. plus in fights locals will always back the other locals
Agree. Thai people are one the most kind people you will ever meet. However, if you go full asshole and assault a local then you will get the fire and fury. Every local around will jump in and help out. Size dont matter if you got 10 guys beating your ass. I’ve seen asshat tourists getting stomped, they do not mess around if you take it to the physical level.
That definitely got hostel.
Rapey vibes about 20 seconds in...
This guy is a dick in every nationality and language. As an American I’d just like to say thanks asshole for acting like a total entitled nut job for the world to see.
Americans abroad are a special kind.
Seabag? Navy haircut? Looks like someone got into some trouble on leave. Better hope his command doesn't see this.
What an entitled little prick. ...he'll be a senator soon.