Perils of Expat life in Thailand and other countries
This is the best video describing the dangers and disconnect an expatriate will experience in countries of the third world (Thailand in this case) and why such popular tourist countries are made only for the short term fun vacations.
[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPZKbAWHvc[/URL]
Absolute Worst Cases Imaginable
[QUOTE=CaliTraveler;3017343]This is the best video describing the dangers and disconnect an expatriate will experience in countries of the third world (Thailand in this case) and why such popular tourist countries are made only for the short term fun vacations.
[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPZKbAWHvc[/URL][/QUOTE]I agree with Montecristo and Tconor. That video is like a comic horror story.
$600-$700 USD per month for electricity? Maybe if you own an 8 unit condo complex and pick up the tab for everyone.
I live comfortably in a lower Sukhumvit apartment with a nice view of the city, fitness center, pool, laundry machine on the balcony, have my air conditioner set at 25 see at least 18-20 hours per day, essentially whenever I am in, and rent, electricity, water, personal router internet, phone service and all paper goods, shampoo, soap, mouthwash, toothpaste, etc, etc, etc combined is rarely as much as $700 USD per month.
And I know I could start fresh in a brand new condo / apartment complex within a 15 minute skytrain ride of this location today, also with a good fitness center and pool, for the same amount per month or less.
That highly pitched bit about all income being taxed if you live here 180 days or more has still never materialized for any expat I know who comes from a country with a no double tax treaty with Thailand. Which is every expat I know here. There is not even a line on any form required to rent an apartment, extend our visas, submit our 90 Days Residence Report online, anything, stating that we need to have a Tax Identification. Not yet anyway.
Late night ladyboy encounter
So last night I was browsing girls on the michat app mentioned by a veteran here (GG). Unlike other dating apps, this one seems to be used exclusively for p4p now, so there's no need to beat around the bush, being unsure it's a normal girl looking for a normal date, or a girl looking for p4p. Here it's only p4p, and scammers.
This one had in her profile "100% real girl", so with that stamp there was no need to even ask if she was a ladyboy of course. In addition, her photos were obviously of a real girl. Sometimes I'm not sure when looking at photos and in those cases it's easier to ask, but in this case I was sure, 100% real girl like the profile said, so did not bother asking.
W: you want short-time? Girl: Yes. W: how much? G: 2500. W: 1500. G: no, cannot. W: ok, up to you. G: ok, sorry. G: (some minutes later) ok, 1500. I can come. W: ok, send me selfie first. (girl sends selfie of the same good looking girl there are photos of in her profile).
Send her a link to the airbnb I'm staying at, and on the way she goes. Even sends me link to her bolt-ride, so I can follow it and see when she arrives. I take the lift down so I'll be there around the time she will arrive, and wait in the lobby. At the same time a thaifriendly-freelancer who I had tried to invite over to repeat with an hour earlier, but who said she could not come until past my bedtime, and who I thus had to pass on last night, messages me line asking if she can come now, an hour earlier than she said she could before. I don't mark her message as read, but leave it pending for now.
A few moments later I see a motorbike pull up on the main road in front of the condo building, and a person get off. It's too dark and far away for me to see what the person looks like, but I can see from her walking posture that this is going to be a ladyboy for sure. Either that or a girl who has never worn high heels before, but decided try that for the first time in her life, tonight at 1 am.
I stick around anyway, just in case this is a real girl who has been in some accident, or was born with some birth defect that made her walk like that, but sure enough: once the creature comes closer and I push the button for the lobby doors to slide open, what enters the lighted area is a bona fide ladyboy, as sure as anything I've seen.
I can't help rolling my eyes at him, as he says "hello" in his squeaky fake ladyboy voice, while continuing stalking towards me on his high heels, as something straight out of the living dead. I make the sign of the cross and tell him "you ladyboy", before turning around and walking back towards the elevators. I can hear him behind me muttering something along the lines of "me real girl", but I'm already too far away to hear him clearly. I feel sorry for the pretty girl whose pictures this vile creature is abusing in an effort to trap innocent men, and me too.
I message the tf-freelancer while going up in the lift that it's ok for her to come now, and 15 minutes later I'm banging her instead. As pleasurable an experience as the first time, and someone I imagine I will be repeating with on a weekly basis during my stay.