Living in Thailand

[LittleBigMan]

The Pro,

Sorry! good suggestion but you got to remember most of us are too old to do the things you suggest!

1. can do
2. What is the number for the police in Bangkok? will they speak English etc?
3. As noted, he was driving too fast, even so if he had stop why pull the hand
brake. Just quickly open the door and get out.
4. Ignition is all the way to the right, you got to reach over him and since he's
going so fast it might have resulted in a accident.
5. Driver kept relocking the door and most likely not enough leg strength.
6. can do
7. Not traveling along, can do
8. Coming from the airport I believe you won't have a problem if you are
getting a taxi in a control situation.

OTH, situation could happen to anyone of us when you are inside Bangkok trying to use a taxi. Just going from point A to B, some of these guys take the long route just to make 10 extra baht. Not taking into consideration that they have to pay for the gas! backward thinking! That's why I gladly give a guy any guy a good tip just to get me there quick with no B.S.

I like coming into Bangkok, late at night from the Airport. I have never had a problem. I tell them where I want to go then I turn on my phone and pretend to speak to a friend that I in taxi number so and so and should be there in 30 minutes at the same time I watch them to see if I get a reaction that they understand want was said. They might not understand English but most know 1,2,3 numbers.

LBM

[The Pro]

All taxi's have their number on the inside on the rear doors, the yellow plate thats rivetted on.

Simply call the police and tell them you are being kidnapped in taxi number xxxx.

If you are in a panic and things not going well wait until you are in traffic and preferably going slow then pull on the hand brake and hold it pulled up, or pull the gearstick into neutral and hold it there.

You only have to get the car to a stop and you can get out. If he is trying to release the handbrake or put the car into gear and you are stopping him then he will all the while be slowing down.

If the car is going slow then reach over and pull the ignition keys out. This will put on the steering lock and also stop the engine.

If he is wizzing along very fast then one thing to try is to open the door when passing another car (using your legs to push it open) and hit the other car with the door. This will attract attention, other people and phone calls to the police.

The main thing is you need to attract attention and stay in places where lots of other cars or people are.

There used to be a driver who worked Don Muang Intl who always robbed tourists, taking them off to the middle of nowhere and taking their money.

Simple thing to do nowadays is if travelling at night, never travel alone.

If you must travel alone then phone book a taxi. It costs a few baht more for phone booking but the taxi is recorded as on call to you, so they will not try anything on.

Very interesting Story. I am not sure what I would have done if I were at your place... I think I most probably would have ended up hitting the guy in the head while he was driving Slowly.

Wrong approach, I know... but in these situations what else can you do? my temper would certainly guide me to hit the motherfucker.

Now having said that, if one were in this situation, what can be done?

- call the police and give the taxi name and number?
- What was the Taxi color? (was it company or independant)
- Call a friend adn tell them the situation (for what, I don't know) LOL
- Puch the cabbie's head till he's groggy

What can actually be done?

[Daddy07]

...What should have been a 20 minute taxi ride turned into a 2 hour nightmare...

See ... you should have moved to Pattaya, that shining city on a hill, where the folks are far more friendly and civilized to Thai and Farang alike.

There are no crazed taxi drivers here.

[Old Thai Hand]

did you get the cab number or license plate number? if you had a cam on your cell phone you could have recorded some of it.

no. stupid me. i was so rattled, that i just wanted to get away from the guy and only thought of the licence plate #, afterwards.


nic

i thought of hitting him, while he was driving. but, he was driving most of the time like a complete maniac and at such a speed that if i had hit him, we would most certainly have crashed.


hindsight is 20/20. but, i think everyone is capable of irrational and unpredictable behaviour, and not thinking clearly or logically, when under threat.

i've been in war and under fire and handled it far more rationally, than i handled the situation last night. i feel quite stupid, now. but, i'll admit that last night, i was in shock, quite scared, and lost it a bit.

[Run Mann]

Last night, I was kidnapped by a Bangkok cabbie.

Did you get the cab number or license plate number? IF you had a cam on your cell phone you could have recorded some of it.

[NicFrenchy]

Last night, I was kidnapped by a Bangkok cabbie..

Very interesting Story. I am not sure what I would have done if I were at your place... I think I most probably would have ended up hitting the guy in the head while he was driving Slowly.

Wrong approach, I know... but in these situations what else can you do? my temper would certainly guide me to hit the motherfucker.

Now having said that, if one were in this situation, what can be done?

- call the police and give the taxi name and number?
- What was the Taxi color? (was it company or independant)
- Call a friend adn tell them the situation (for what, I don't know) LOL
- Puch the cabbie's head till he's groggy

What can actually be done?

[Old Thai Hand]

Last night, I was kidnapped by a Bangkok cabbie.

Under normal circumstances, this wouldn't have happened, as I am quite familiar with most parts of central Bangkok from the river all the way out to Bangna and north to Nontabhuri. But, I just moved into an area of town, On Nut, with which I am not that familiar. So, when he turned off Suk down Thong lor, and said he was taking a short-cut because of traffic, I at first believed him because he was still going in the right direction up Phetchaburi and Rama IX. The problem is that I don't know the backroads into my soi, yet, which is also one of those soi, which is quite long, that curves off at a slant in the direction of Suvarnabhummi. So, when he suddenly went up a ramp to the expressway out of town, I knew something wasn't right.

I won't go into the harrowing journey and heated and threatening exchanges that occured ever increasingly, the further out we went. Suffice it to say, we ended up somewhere in Samut Prakan, east of the airport, but still in a relatively populated area, when I finally managed to escape from the taxi.

I kept yelling at him to stop, and each time he sped up. But, at one point he briefly was blocked by another car and it was then that I tried to open the door. After a couple of failed attempts during which he kept re-locking the door every time I unlocked it, I got it open and got outside. As this was happening, he was screaming at me, "Give me your money! I want your money!"

As I ran from the taxi to try to get another taxi, that happened to be there, he jumped out, in the middle of traffic, and started following me with his fists raised and shouting about the money, calling me "Hi -a". I should point out that I could have, in normal circumstances dropped this guy with one punch. He was a typical wispy, frail Thai punk (and they're not all trained in Muay Thai). But, I was so un-nerved that, other than turning and moving slightly towards him, to try to get him to back off, I ran. Also, who knew if he had a gun?

The first taxi I got to locked his doors and shouted, "No!!!" Maybe he thought it was me, who was dangerous.

Just then, a second taxi appeared, and the driver leaned over opened the door and shouted for me to get in, apparently sizing up the situation and knowing I was in trouble. I was shaking like a leaf. He sped off, with the first taxi in hot pursuit. The crazy guy pulled up beside us and started shouted at the second guy to stop because I was a thief and I had all his money. This old guy, essentially told him to "Fuck off" and sped off, trying to shake him. The crazy guy then tried to cut off our taxi and then tried to side-swipe it. But, the old guy ,driving deftly out-manouevered him and finally got away.

He remained pretty cool throughout all of this and kept saying to me, "calm down, calm down". When he asked me precisely where I wanted to go, he was shocked: "That guy wasn't taking you home, but away from home. We're way outside the city. He was obviously up to no good."

After more than an hour of back-tracking, he got me home and I thanked him profusely and gave him a big tip. What should have been a 20 minute taxi ride turned into a 2 hour nightmare.

At one point he suggested, that because times are tough for taxis - too many taxis, no tourists and thus severely falling revenue - that the guy was likely trying something foolish and desparate to get some much-needed cash.

Tension is certainly in the air in Bangkok, like I've never felt it before.

So, this is just a warning to both newbie and veteran to be extra-careful and watchful. Thailand isn't the carefree, easy-going place it used to be.

[Fon Tok]

I'd be interested to know the name of a great place to sit and drink with an ocean view..and check out the female as well as geographical scenery??

Maybe it was just a dream I had while my lovely Thai GF was lovingly lapping my unit the other day?
...

[NicFrenchy]

I'd be interested to know the name of a great place to sit and drink with an ocean view..and check out the female as well as geographical scenery??

In Thailand? that's virtually everywhere the case.

[Vinny_Viagra]

Thanks Daddy07. Good to know that I'm not the only one who enjoys observing bar girls interacting as they warm up for the long night ahead. I especially like the outdoor bars by the ocean with good views of the "scene" and the darkening sky. Hard to beat with a cold drink, a pretty girl stroking my tanned leg, and an "I'm lucky to be in Thailand" frame of mind.

I'd be interested to know the name of a great place to sit and drink with an ocean view..and check out the female as well as geographical scenery??

[Member #3428]

PS: Actually, I take that back... I don't know which girl in her right mind would want to marry a guy that will fuck her 14 times a day for the first 5 years... then be tired and drop to 7 times a day

You know her And we can meet up next Friday. And I will never drop to 7, only drop dead.

I don't care what you say, "me think thou protest too much" ... I told you before and will repeat myself... I think you will fall, and fall hard, and fall fast at some point.

But you are right I do not see you ever in Isaan. Where would you and auntie shop for clothes

[NicFrenchy]

Nah ... Pattaya is far too good for the likes of him.

He might better be confined with his frisky Thai sweetheart to a tiny villiage in the heart of Isaan where the living is hard and the sex mundane.

No Thanks, I'm not one of them hard ass Farangs that will go live in a farm to prove my teerak how much I love her.
I need Air-con, TV, A king size bed, Spacious Shower with hot water and most of all: Many many ladies so I can be a big butterfly

[Daddy07]

You're such a hard ass...

I can picture you falling head over heels in love with a thai girl and living in Pattaya as your punishment for life...

Nah ... Pattaya is far too good for the likes of him.

He might better be confined with his frisky Thai sweetheart to a tiny villiage in the heart of Isaan where the living is hard and the sex mundane.

[NicFrenchy]

You're such a hard ass...

I can picture you falling head over heels in love with a thai girl and living in Pattaya as your punishment for life...

I think's it is unfortunately the inevitable future of any ISG member going to Thailand is it not?
They must be puting something funny in my water as I resisted the urge for over 4 years.

The only thing I can say is that if wedding there is for me, it'll be a couple years after yours

PS: Actually, I take that back... I don't know which girl in her right mind would want to marry a guy that will fuck her 14 times a day for the first 5 years... then be tired and drop to 7 times a day

[Member #3428]

And deal with the "whining" mood of the repair guy

You're such a hard ass...

I can picture you falling head over heels in love with a thai girl and living in Pattaya as your punishment for life...