absolutelyBangkok archive · Being farang
Originally published June 28, 2009
+ BRITISH COUPLE FIGHTS BANGKOK AIRPORT EXTORTIONISTS +
Two tourists were held by an bangkok airport gang until they paid up £8,000
Nothing out of the ordinary? Or does the political and social downturn affect the attitude of Thais? Or still not enough blows to the tourism industry? Nicest part being: They weren’t held at a police station, but a “lurid pink motel”…:
By Michael Sheridan, The Sunday Times
Read the whole story here.
(Assuming they’re innocent: At Suvarnabhumi Airport, when picking up family or a friend, I keep on being surprised about the amount of loitering scum fishing for unsuspecting arrivals.
As a longtime resident it’s easy to spot and fend off those bastards. But as a first-time tourist, screwed right at the arrival, combined with Thailand’s declining political image, I cannot help but feel pity for those first-timers being smilingly led away by obvious crooks. What can you do. Call the police? Idiot.)
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