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[QUOTE=Love Sex 22]Arrived earlier this week to Bangkok. since don't like the local cigaret's brought with me seven packs of Marlboro that I purchased in duty free shop in New York .[/QUOTE]
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I have to laugh hard at that one... you pay a ticket from the US to Thailand adn you are worried about saving 15 bucks on cigarettes?
I guess if you want to continue smoking, you have to start growing a liking to thai cigarettes.
But then again, all my colleagues smoke Marlboros so it can't be that expensive here
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The only reason I bring cigaret's with me is because the Thai Marlboro is not the same and I just don't like the taste . And I don't know where to by an imported cigarettes in Thailand. And agree that the government is trying hard to collect revenues from any legal way to pay there bills. Its looks like the police also stopping more cars to check their insurance cards , and DWI drivers so they can write more summons , On the subject of the cigaret on my summons they write the following to explain the total charges.
Base price per Pak 45 Baht X tax rate %80 = 36 Baht
36 Baht X 10 = 360 Baht Penalty fees per Pak
I had 78 paks X 360 Baht = 28080 Baht
So the moral of my story is as suggested here stop smoking. Or just declare the cigaret's when entering Thailand and pay the %80 percent Duty rate of 36 Baht per box.
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[quote=love sex 22]
36 baht x 10 = 360 baht penalty fees per pak
i had 78 paks x 360 baht = 28080 baht .[/quote]
give up tobacco and consider sex as an alternative ...
they need a new direct "nothing to declare" channel for that at the airport: green, red or [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord900][CodeWord900][/url].
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Surrender
[quote=bearsk]give up tobacco and consider sex as an alternative ...
they need a new direct "nothing to declare" channel for that at the airport: green, red or [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord900][CodeWord900][/url].[/quote]can't you surrender cigrattes and tell them keep it!
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[QUOTE=Love Sex 22]The only reason I bring cigaret's with me is because the Thai Marlboro is not the same and I just don't like the taste . And I don't know where to by an imported cigarettes in Thailand. And agree that the government is trying hard to collect revenues from any legal way to pay there bills. Its looks like the police also stopping more cars to check their insurance cards , and DWI drivers so they can write more summons , On the subject of the cigaret on my summons they write the following to explain the total charges.
Base price per Pak 45 Baht X tax rate %80 = 36 Baht
36 Baht X 10 = 360 Baht Penalty fees per Pak
I had 78 paks X 360 Baht = 28080 Baht
So the moral of my story is as suggested here stop smoking. Or just declare the cigaret's when entering Thailand and pay the %80 percent Duty rate of 36 Baht per box.[/QUOTE]Definitely cheaper if you get caught more than every 10th time. And I believe you could have ended up worse if you meet the wrong guy there.
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Visa Scam
Best to secure that visa yourself instead of using third parties who may turn out to be scammers!
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[b]Woman arrested by Immigration Police accused of offering Fake Visas to foreigners.[/b]
On Friday Mr. Gaven Horst aged 34 from South America went to the Immigration Office in Jomtien to check the authenticity of a visa which was stamped in his passport. He explained to Police Captain Achib that he obtained the visa through the Visa 2 Company based in Soi 13 off Pattaya Second Road and paid 13,500 Baht for the service which did not require him to leave the country but only hand over his passport to the company who would do the rest.
It was determined that the visa was fake and an Immigration Police investigation began into the company. Khun Bat-tamaporn aged 40 from the Visa 2 Company was contacted and explained she used another company called Property 4 U based in South Pattaya to make the visa. Khun Natarin from the Property 4 U Company explained that they sent the passport to Khun Narinee aged 43 who could make the visa. An arrest warrant for Khun Narinee was obtained and she was arrested on Friday Night and taken to the Immigration Office. She confessed to providing the fake visa service and was charged with producing counterfeit government documents. She will appear in court next week.
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Quiet time!
I just had the best arrival to Thailand for a very long timel
The flight from Europe was way less than half full, more than half travelling on to Ho Chi Min, and of those of us clearing at BKK I guess more than half were returning Thais!
More immigration staff than passengers meant immediate clearance, no queuing, and my bag going round the carousel when I got in to the baggage hall. Although I was not stopped, Customs did seem to be checking more than usual though. Perhaps a new policy?
And of course no queuing for taxis.
From aircraft to taxi, 15 minutes max!
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[url]http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1901396,00.html?cnn=yes[/url]
In Patpong, one of Bangkok's most notorious red-light districts, go-go girls count their livelihood by the number of sex tourists they entertain. "Three inches, three minutes, 3,000 baht ($87)," laughs Goy, a 25-year-old bargirl. Last summer, she and her fellow pole dancers at the Camelot Castle entertained scores of men every night — first in the bar, where they earn a monthly salary, then at the customer's hotel, where they negotiate their own rates. But as cash-strapped tourists have turned their backs on Thailand — tourism officials say revenues will plunge 35% this year — the ranks of men cruising Patpong have thinned dramatically. On a recent Wednesday evening, just three tourists watched a visibly disgruntled Goy wiggle around her pole. "My base salary was 8,000 baht ($232) a month, but now they are giving me 6,000 baht ($174)," she says. "I haven't had a customer in five nights, and I'm lucky if someone buys me a drink."
As the recession continues to bite, sex workers from Bangkok to Berlin share Goy's frustration. "People just don't spend that freely anymore," says Anke Christiansen, co-founder of Hamburg's Geizhaus ("Das Original Discount Bordell"), where visitor numbers have dropped up to 20% since the crisis began. "Customers who used to come to us two or three times a week now limit themselves to once a week." That newfound restraint has already forced some brothels to shut their doors. In the Czech Republic, where 14% of men admit to having slept with a prostitute, up to half of all sex establishments outside of Prague have closed in the past year, says Hana Malinova, director of Bliss Without Risk, a prostitution-outreach group in the capital. Others have simply reduced their workforce. "In villages where there used to be 10 girls, there are now two," she says. America's working girls have suffered too. The Mustang Ranch in Reno, Nev., recently laid off 30% of its staff after its highest-spending clients started staying away. (See 10 things to do in Las Vegas.)
The world's oldest profession isn't about to take the recession lying down. Brothels and bathhouses have launched promotions — including free shuttle buses, senior-citizen discounts and day passes — in a bid to arouse interest among wary spenders. "You have to offer better service these days and special packages," says Karin Ahrens, manager at Yes Sir! in Hanover, Germany, where revenues have fallen 30% since the recession hit the nation. As part of a new deal, customers there pay $111 to have as much sex as they want (or can) for one hour. At Geizhaus, recent promotions allowed guests to have sex for free on Halloween and Easter if they wore a costume or brought in a decorated egg. And Berlin's Pussy Club charges guests a $98 flat rate for six hours of unlimited sex, access to a sauna and solarium and an all-you-can-eat buffet. (See pictures of Berlin.)
Not everyone needs a gimmick to stimulate business. In the Netherlands, Jan Bik says the recession hasn't affected his nine brothels because they target the "common man"; clients pay as little as $42 for half an hour with a woman. And while many of his former customers have left, "people who would normally go to the expensive clubs are visiting us now, so it's evened out." Elsewhere, currency shifts have actually created opportunities for the sex trade. Ukraine's currency, the hryvnia, has lost about 40% of its value against the dollar and euro since the start of the crisis, a change that will further boost the country's growing tourism sector and thereby the number of visitors willing to pay for a thrill. "The country is becoming a paradise for sex tourism before our eyes," says Yuri Lutsenko, Ukraine's Interior Minister. Police experts forecast that the industry will more than double its revenues this year, generating $1.5 billion. And, says Anna Hutsol, head of a nongovernmental women's rights group called FEMEN, deepening unemployment will likely increase the exploitation of vulnerable women: "There are girls without jobs and foreigners with money who want prostitutes."
Back in Bangkok, the relative strength of foreign currencies isn't helping local businesses. The cost of traveling to Thailand from far-flung places like Australia and Japan offsets any gains from the exchange rate. Pong, the female manager of Bangkok's Babylon Sauna, Bed and Breakfast, knows that all too well, as her business depends on foreign revenue to stay afloat. Described as "the most stylish and lavish sauna ever seen" by online gay guide Pink Banana World, Babylon welcomed an average of 800 visitors per day before the recession hit. That number now hovers around 500. "The entrance fee is already low, so dropping it won't make a difference," Pong says. So what's a sauna manager to do? "Pray for us," is all she can say.
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[quote=castlerae]simian,
you make a good point, but at the same time, you have to admit that such an approach limits you to the 'high-mileage' women. i have nothing against experience, but the flip side is that the longer they've been "in the trade" the more hardened (at least in my experience) they tend to be, and the more mechanical the experience.[/quote]in my experience some aged 27 or older have been the best, so i chose to see them regularly. just because they are that age does not equate to them being longer in the biz. plus being 30 rather than twenty they are probably more mature, hence have a better attitude, which is more important than anything else. btw in the looks department all my regulars were more gorgeous than 99 percent of the pics in the photo thread, could have passed for being in their early 20's if they were in the west, and were as attractive as a 20 year old tg hottie.
[quote=castlerae]also, can you really trust your eyes to tell you how old a woman is? [/quote]if her photo id pic matches the lady and it says she is of age, and then your hotel security man takes her card & lets her into your room, imo there is little to worry about. even if the id is fake, it seems doubtful that any court could find you responsible. did they expect you to scan her for her age with a 23rd century star trek device.
if the girl wanted to blackmail you she could lose her fake id and threaten to go to the police. you would still have the security guard who saw it, if he could remember and was willing to testify should it go to court. otherwise taking a photo of it with your cell phone could be more reliable. you could also go further and request other evidence of age, such as a driver's licence.
like someone else said, they have never heard of a case like this being prosecuted. the biz does not need this kind of advertising. the tg does not want to be in the public spotlight as a hooker, with losing face being the end of the world in los. i expect the hotel will likely also be on your side, as that would be to their advantage economicly.
btw i seem to recall reading here about a thai big shot who was known to have been sleeping with an **** girl, yet heard nothing about him going to jail. you can also see on here from time to time comments about known **** girls working in popular bangkok bars, yet what do the police ever do about it? their mamsams do not seem to care.
finally, one more suggestion that might ease one's mind. if you see the same youngish looking girl in a bar or on the street every day, week after week, chances are that she is not an **** fly by night scam artist.
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Libido Sex Pills
I am looking for any recommendations of where I can get "Herbal" sex pills. The chemist variety doesn't react well with me, and I have run out of the herbal brand I normally use (Raging Bull Sex Pills) which I cant find in Thailand. So guys, have you got any recommendations?
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[quote=pinkpearl]in my experience some aged 27 or older have been the best, so i chose to see them regularly. just because they are that age does not equate to them being longer in the biz. plus being 30 rather than twenty they are probably more mature, hence have a better attitude, which is more important than anything else. btw in the looks department all my regulars were more gorgeous than 99 percent of the pics in the photo thread, could have passed for being in their early 20's if they were in the west, and were as attractive as a 20 year old tg hottie.
if her photo id pic matches the lady and it says she is of age, and then your hotel security man takes her card & lets her into your room, imo there is little to worry about. even if the id is fake, it seems doubtful that any court could find you responsible. did they expect you to scan her for her age with a 23rd century star trek device.
if the girl wanted to blackmail you she could lose her fake id and threaten to go to the police. you would still have the security guard who saw it, if he could remember and was willing to testify should it go to court. otherwise taking a photo of it with your cell phone could be more reliable. you could also go further and request other evidence of age, such as a driver's licence.
like someone else said, they have never heard of a case like this being prosecuted. the biz does not need this kind of advertising. the tg does not want to be in the public spotlight as a hooker, with losing face being the end of the world in los. i expect the hotel will likely also be on your side, as that would be to their advantage economicly.
btw i seem to recall reading here about a thai big shot who was known to have been sleeping with an **** girl, yet heard nothing about him going to jail. you can also see on here from time to time comments about known **** girls working in popular bangkok bars, yet what do the police ever do about it? their mamsams do not seem to care.
finally, one more suggestion that might ease one's mind. if you see the same youngish looking girl in a bar or on the street every day, week after week, chances are that she is not an **** fly by night scam artist.[/quote]a bar girl told me that her cousin who is not 18 has work in the a go go bar for 2 years. they position guys out my the entrance so if the police shows up the **** girls run and hide. this has been going on since the beginning. also the girls will borrow older girls id to get by hotel security.
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[QUOTE=LittleBigMan]After I figure it out I got profiled and thereafter I stop using tubs and just got new luggage and never had a problem again being stopped. [/QUOTE]
When I wear my suit (for immediate meeting after landing or from just leaving a meeting in MNL) and roll my luggage through and go straight through the Green area without even looking at the officials I never get stopped even if I have ice chests (full of fresh tuna / fruits and other things which are totally illegal).
When I wear my normal shorts and shirts and such I get stopped. One time I was pulled over, my phone rang, I started to talk in my limited Thai abilities and they changed their minds and waved me through without issue. There is big time profiling going on.
Another time I was stopped and had way over the legal limit of alcohol (brought a chest full of bubble wrapped bottles of alcohol that can not get in Thailand plus plenty of duty free items), the officials looked at me, I shrugged, smiled, told them can't buy them in Asia so what is a farang supposed to do, they laughed and waved me through.
Go Figure...
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Tansak KTV,
You're right they profile and are really scared of people that might have money in which they don't want to rub anyone wrong. Whats funny is I look Thai and never ever wear a suit but with those tubs I most likely look like a drug dealer or smuggler. In the past when I get stopped and then I open my mouth the attitude changes a little they no longer seem so interested in opening up the tubs. Two years ago when I took my wife and son to the U.S. we came back with 6 tubs from all our shopping and I had no doubts that we were going to be stopped in fact they were waiting for each.
It's always a game you got to play I never worry cause I got nothing to hide.
LBM
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[quote=andybkk]a bar girl told me that her cousin who is not 18 has work in the a go go bar for 2 years. they position guys out my the entrance so if the police shows up the **** girls run and hide. this has been going on since the beginning. also the girls will borrow older girls id to get by hotel security.[/quote]so she would have started when she was only 15. when in any doubt i check the picture id and dob on the card to make sure she is the same person and not ****. if the pic does not definitely match the girl, then i act as if she is not legal and find another, hopefully, female.
thailand is a very poor country, so the people do what they have to do to survive. what's a girl to do if her families only source of income is a rice farm that has been flooded, which seems to happen a lot in los. she will risk being caught breaking the law to feed her relatives.
btw, if there weren't so many farang in the nation, many people in this kind of situation would be fucked. so i look upon my visits there as donations to charity.
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[quote=jayman 05]i am looking for any recommendations of where i can get "herbal" sex pills. the chemist variety doesn't react well with me, and i have run out of the herbal brand i normally use (raging bull sex pills) which i cant find in thailand. so guys, have you got any recommendations?[/quote]i was going to put this part at the bottom, but here it is at the top: [b]if you are taking heart medication, do not take any performance enzymes without consulting your doctor.[/b]
that's out of the way, now:
go the gnc, they are dotted around bangkok, google for them.
get one bottle each, capsules: "l-arginine", and "l-lysine". (warning: they aren't cheap, maybe 1,000 baht each.) on the day you know you are going to get lucky, about four - five hours before going out, take 5 (five) capsules of each, if you are a big guy, say 100 kilos, take more. safe and effective.
not only will you have more natural strength and stamina, also, you will cum in buckets.
now, start thinking about taking one or two "l" caps a day each for keeping a good healthy horndog attitude going. you'll really notice the difference in about 3 weeks, colors seem to be brighter, you'll have more energy, and, low and behold, you find yourself getting little stiffies in the grocery store n shit just like when you were a kid. that's because l-argenine helps your inner organs regenerate faster, produces more of what they were when you were younger.
look the stuff up on the internet. it's good for you in a lot of ways.
i only use vitamin k when i know i am going to be doing multiple performances, which have been pretty often lately. :d i like what it does, but i don't like the after-effects the next day. the combo of the two strategies however, is definitely a winner, and defintely worth it for me.
ok, now:
a friend in la told me that the mornings before a scene, a noted pr0n star doses himself with a yogurt smoothie cocktail with massive amounts of l-arginine, l-lysine, (6,000mg each+) alpha lipoic acid (2,000 mg), vitamin e (2,000 mg) and plain aspirin (700 mg). i've tried it several times, (not actually going with the full amounts, call me chicken that's ok) and though i can't say i was rocco siffredi or anything, i have to admit it is nice, it does work, and i do feel very relaxed. nice leathery hard-on too, none of the jacked up over stretched skin feeling you get from chemicals no after-effects, either, zero. hint: if you ever wanted to make a bukkake movie for yourself, this would be the time to do it.
you may want to start with just the l's first, and get used to what you are supposed to be feeling. it's subtle, but nice. then try the full booster effect later.
ok, now, some guys here will swear by redbull, it has a ton of taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid), but i think those dudes have been in thailand too long. for me it doesn't really do anything, frankly, it makes me fall asleep.
sure there will be other recommendations from the guys here, that's mine. have fun!