nattydread

I envy you. Things were so wonderful and perfect in my home country.

      

     

Sawasdee Khrup, Khun NattyDread,

We'd like to add to Khun Drew Aitch's wise advice the thought that the person who is seeking the lower-cost room ... which we think is entirely possible, but will not be up to "farang standard," whatever that is ... should be out there (perhaps accompanied by your Thai friend) looking herself/themselves. If a farang is present, it's our humble opinion that will not be helpful in this case.

A place to start might be to visit Talat Thipanet near the place where the old Wu Lai Road merges with Thipanet Road heading south from the southern east-west moat road, Thanon Chang Lo. Proceeding south down Thanon Thipanet off Chiang Lo (last left turn before you reach the Buak Hat corner of the moat), look for a big travel agency on your left : at that point the entrance to the market ... on the other side of the street ... will be near ... and you need to drive (turn right off Thipanet) into the market about twenty-thirty meters to find it. Just have your friends ask a local if they can't find it.

Suggest your friend(s) visit there any time except Tuesday mornings when the place if full of people trading amulets. Talk to the restaurant owners in the central part of the Thipanet Market, and ask about places nearby.

Good luck, ~o:37;

If you really want a life changing experience you might like to spend a night on the tiles with me or one of my "life changing associates"

Regardless of the outcome your life will change, I promise you that, "but I don't / won't,  gaurantee it will be for the better"  

Fall hopelessly in love with the first girl who asks for a Lady Drink, buy her a motorbike and set up a monthly allowance so she'll wait for you until your next trip?  

transam, on 2010-06-07 19:22:08, said:

Having had a GH in CMai I have seen a lot... Young or old we all can fall prey of some pretty intelligent beauties. After having a good time for the first few weeks I think many should really access the situation. What does she do when not living off you- living off another? Does she have a day job or are you her day job? How much you willing to give in your time and money- as I believe everyone has a price... I seen many girls select a far older guy over a young handsome guy in a second- if the older one gives more. Overall depends on the girl...

However I do believe this motto to a large degree said by many expats 'once a bargirl always a bargirl'... Once again there are exceptions to this rule. As these girls built a mentality far different from the typical thai girl. They become hard, when once upon a time they had dreams of a prince and his castle....

I have had a guy commit suicide in my GH due to a girl, after finding him in a pool of blood I was not the same... Yet the girl was out dating a couple of days later.

Yet i seen the reverse happen- guys who promise the world to get a few nights, if lucky weeks of bedtime from a beauty. Then move on to the next and next... i pity those girls and I feel it hardens them for what is to come. In the end many have a heart of stone but know all the right things to say to take from future men. Blame the first few who broke their heart over and over many years before.

I seen once nice relatively untouched girls turn very hard within a year with the treatment some of us guys do to them. After a while we all become Numb to the events around us. Many items that once upon a time shocked me, are very normal now... We all build up a resistance to not feeling pain, or drink, etc. Many things can break us and often it is a lovely lady...

It was very hard to see both good guys being taken advantage of and being cut down and used. Even harder to see the girls being exploited in my opinion- yet most survive and harden themselves for what is to come. If you try develop a relationship with a hardened girl- good luck to you- you need to be a special person to transform this girl.

Ultimately we will never be equal to their birth family as 'Gat Tun Yuu' (Means ultimate sacrifice for parents, etc) is very strong in Asian cultures (Particularly Thai). Most of us cannot understand and never will... Gat Tun Yuu is a concept that often gets the girls into hunting for the best potential mate, then getting the most they possibly can from them.

NAM JAI (Unconditionally generous) is also very strong and is the strongest value in Thailand. The strongest Farang value is independance thus these 2 values clash very very often... There are good and bad vitues in all cultures i believe and it is simply fascinating to journey through life experiencing them.

Most are not scams- everyone wish to journey through live with someone who loves them. Ultimately commonsense needs to come into the picture. My 2 cents.