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curiousaboutkorea
Joined: 21 Jan 2009
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| Thailand newbies throw caution to the wind and have comedic level of naivety. Thailand veterans think that because they've been to a place once they know everything about it and will kill an hour bargaining over 50 cents. I'd hang out with a Thailand newbie over a Thailand vet any day of the week. |
Agreed, a lot of the "vets" think they're tough b/c they can "survive" in so-called exotic Thailand and mutter a few Thai phrases. I met a lot of these d-bags on my first (and probably last) time in Thailand. |
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Tobias
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:26 am Post subject: Agreed |
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| partialtone wrote: |
| Thailand newbies throw caution to the wind and have comedic level of naivety. Thailand veterans think that because they've been to a place once they know everything about it and will kill an hour bargaining over 50 cents. I'd hang out with a Thailand newbie over a Thailand vet any day of the week. |
I wouldn't want to hang out with either one. The newbie will think Bangkok is all there is to Thailand, and if that experience sucks for him, then Thailand be damned for all eternity. The vet will try to hold you enthralled because of his 'vast knowledge' and try to make you feel as though you are dead in the water without him. He may not know jack about teaching the present perfect progressive tense, but he knows exactly which bus to take to that watering hole downtown in Sukhumvit, damnit! That, in his mind, will make him the authority over you. |
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kiknkorea
Joined: 16 May 2008
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| Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:43 am Post subject: |
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| The ones who won't cross the street without checking their Lonely Planet guide first. |
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sobriquet
Joined: 16 Feb 2007
Location: Nakatomi Plaza
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| Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| partialtone wrote: |
| Thailand newbies throw caution to the wind and have comedic level of naivety. Thailand veterans think that because they've been to a place once they know everything about it and will kill an hour bargaining over 50 cents. I'd hang out with a Thailand newbie over a Thailand vet any day of the week. |
Who the hell bargains for stuff? Newbies do that's about it.
I suppose I never have to visit tourist hell though ad bargain over Chang T-shirts or CDs. |
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sobriquet
Joined: 16 Feb 2007
Location: Nakatomi Plaza
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| Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Jeff's Cigarettes wrote: |
| Perhaps because there are a lot of travel agencies there. |
nah
he's a cheap sod. Always has been. he could stay in central bankgok for a bt more but he won't.
Local buses everywhere,no taxis.
I'm pretty sure he whips himself at nght time aswell. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Well, I was in Phuket for the month of January and could tell the beach newbies by how pale they were; white as a ghost compared to the beach veterans. |
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D.D.
Joined: 29 May 2008
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| Diesel shirt and red bull drink. |
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DCJames
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:00 pm Post subject: Re: Spotting the newbie in Thailand. |
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They buy a custom made suit while taking a tuk tuk tour of Bangkok.
They fall for one of those gem scams.
A guy picks up a Thai girl from a beer bar and is surprised when she asks for money the next day.
Buying drugs on walking street and having to fork out all your cash to pay off a bribe to the police.
Finding out she is a he in the shower.
Renting a room on Kho Sarn road and being shocked when you can't bring any guests into your room.(Getting shocked by the post nuclear cockroaches)
Getting pickpocketed at the entrance to Nana Plaza. |
Making posts like this. |
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sobriquet
Joined: 16 Feb 2007
Location: Nakatomi Plaza
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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| People who come back from LOS and all they can talk about are sex tourists, prostitution etc. |
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visitorq
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:13 am Post subject: Re: Those are good |
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| Tobias wrote: |
Those are pretty good. Let me add one that could top them all:
The guy who screams "Stop that, you son of a bitch!" when he gets a water squirter full to the face during the April water festival (SongKran) is definitely a newbie. Actually, he's a dumbass who hasn't done his homework and researched Thailand's holidays. |
F-ck songkran. What a worthless excuse for a holiday. Getting sprayed or drenched with dubious water (or that baby powder crap they put in it) while wearing business attire and carrying a pricey cell phone is not my idea of fun. If I gotta be in the country I just stay in my room and order food-by-phone. |
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visitorq
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:21 am Post subject: |
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| sobriquet wrote: |
| partialtone wrote: |
| Thailand newbies throw caution to the wind and have comedic level of naivety. Thailand veterans think that because they've been to a place once they know everything about it and will kill an hour bargaining over 50 cents. I'd hang out with a Thailand newbie over a Thailand vet any day of the week. |
Who the hell bargains for stuff? Newbies do that's about it.
I suppose I never have to visit tourist hell though ad bargain over Chang T-shirts or CDs. |
Heh, exactly. I've actually seen backpackers try to ask for a discount for bottled water and grub from 7-11 
I never haggle. I either know the price (and just hand them the cash without debate) or I just don't buy it. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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Actually answsers the question 'Where you go?'.
Can't find the official taxi-meter queue at the airport.
Thinks the girl coming up to him at the bar is actually interested in a conversation. |
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Sapa
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
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I don't know about them being newbie or not but I fucking hate the "real traveller" idiots. The ones that think they are getting off the beaten path and seeing the 'real' Thailand or wherever. They bitch about other tourists and somehow think that their experience is more authentic than others. These people can be found in the KSR area, it can't get more authentic or 'real' than that!
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Sapa
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
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