Quote: (10-29-2018 02:18 PM)The British Bulldog Wrote:
I'll be 21 in December and am planning to travel to Thailand in January or February to Phuket. I've put more my tinder on there recently and managed to get contacts of 100 girls many have said I can stay with them but obviously I know it's risky. I could be kidnapped, robbed, or have awkward encounter with a Kathoey.
I want advice on how to stay safe, how to save money and how to have fun as a solo traveler.
The best option for access to support and bangspace is keeping a hostel bed reserved your whole trip and doing airbnb or hotels to bang at a frequency that depends on your budget.
As a solo traveller the value of a hostel volunteer team that has come to know you can't be under stated, while at the same time banging in the hostel is bad form. If the girls do have their own places that does save you on hotel rooms.
Quote: (10-29-2018 02:26 PM)JimBobsCooters Wrote:
As for staying safe... don't get ridiculously drunk
This is the prime self preservation directive. Don't get ridiculously drunk or high and you will survive.
Quote: (10-29-2018 04:10 PM)RatInTheWoods Wrote:
Only 100% test for ladyboy detection is intimate self lubrication.
Unfortunately the importance of this has is growing everywhere.
Quote: (10-29-2018 07:08 PM)scotian Wrote:
Don’t entertain random people, especially guys approaching you in the street just say “no thank you” and keep walking. This could be Thai tuk tukk drivers taking you to whore houses or tailors where the owners give them money or gas coupons for bringing customers. I also had a few turbaned Sikhs approach me saying “sir you look sad” then try to get me to sit for a fortune telling session.
Thailand is pretty safe overall, have fun.
One universal rule to enforce in your travels is that people shouting at your from behind are threats. This applies everywhere from Baltimore, to Saint Louis, to Fucking Montevideo where the bums have no idea anyone could interpret their clumsy solicitations as honest threats.
Initiating violence in strange lands is ill advised, but anyone approaching you with a solicitation from outside your line of sight is a potential threat you should not regret putting the fear of God into. Maybe not in all the world, but in much of the world even their fellow bums will understand such solicitations are a serious breach of etiquette.
Give nothing and entertain no offers from bums who don't go out of their way to get in your line of sight before approaching with their solicitation.
Quote: (10-29-2018 11:57 PM)scotian Wrote:
Quote: (10-29-2018 08:18 PM)pk9090 Wrote:
Do you advise riding scooter for someone with zero experience in it and with very little car driving experience in Europe?
Honestly no but if you insist then take lessons, some of the companies that rent them out offer. I've seen too many people in crutches, some much worse, major scars and one chick who actually broke her neck after putting her scooter in the ditch. Also, take several photos of the scooter before you rent it, focus on any damage like scratches it already has, a common scam by scooter companies is to rip you off for damage that you didn't do.
Seriously if you aren't confident on four wheels the developing world is not where you want to cut your chops on two wheels. A moped can cripple you quicker than any bum. Build up your two wheel skills when you have access to a medical safety net. You can start now at home. If you are in Europe get a used Honda Wave, ride the shit out of it, and you and find another Honda Wave just about anywhere in the world except the US.