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@fialee8ca132Сағат бұрын
It's easy to talk about money when you have money... but when you don't have money, then money is the most important thing. No money, no life. Love, positive thoughts, smiling isn't going to feed your belly, put a roof over your head, or provide fresh water. No one wants to grow up being a whore... or having to put up with assholes 24/7.
@daniello91553 сағат бұрын
What was this gentlemen expecting, a view with the Sydney Opera House, hanging gardens of Babylon, herds of wildebeest or vast fields of the Serengeti.
@davetherave67242 сағат бұрын
Basil
@daniello91552 сағат бұрын
@@davetherave6724 Yep, Lol
@daniello91552 сағат бұрын
About half way through I started wondering if he was taking the piss, never can tell with the Brits.
@ArjanSchaeffer19732 сағат бұрын
Respect that this story was told at this channel as well.
@MyMiniHomeWorkshop3 сағат бұрын
3 mins into this he already sounds like the typical whinging Pom
@clivebaxter63543 сағат бұрын
whinging sex tourist, they come from all over
@HairyPixels44 минут бұрын
😂
@PierreHuberty3 сағат бұрын
Entiteled Cheap Charlie travelling to Pattaya and expecting sophistication. 😂😂😂😂
@TruthTellerTH-k3w3 сағат бұрын
He may (or may not be) cheap, but I think he's spot on about the greed.
@LiFiMining2 сағат бұрын
❤
@beverlyweber4122Сағат бұрын
Anybody who spends as much as HE does is absolutely ignorant. Tourist areas for a tourist willing to spend it....duh!
@doggk2 сағат бұрын
Funniest Thailand experience / story ever.. 🤣He just wasn't lucky and not prepared at all.. Thailand wasn't his thing to begin with and that's it.. Dude compares Spain and Greece with Thailand.. there's the entire problem.. If you go to Thailand and expect to not be scammed at least a couple of times.. You're not prepared for it.. If you go there for the same things you got back home.. Why booking a flight to Thailand in the first place ?? 🙆♂.. Just stay in Communist Europe.. Enjoy the rain, the cold, pickpockets, migrants, feminism.. Thailand is not for everybody ..
@Nathan-pq7xeСағат бұрын
Also calling Thai food 'crap' and solely eating burgers and steak...
@Fred-e7x3 сағат бұрын
I lasted until the 8:21 part. This is fabricated or the guy is just a total snobby a$$!
@adammoshe21572 сағат бұрын
Agree 100% and had exactly the same feelings and experiences in exactly the same places.
@nncadi13 сағат бұрын
What a miserable sod!
@Serendipity-gj2me3 сағат бұрын
Appreciate this guys honesty and feel exactly the same way as him.
@TruthTellerTH-k3w3 сағат бұрын
I'm getting there! 🤣
@clivebaxter63543 сағат бұрын
But he's a stingy twat
@jimjones154747 минут бұрын
Brutally honest extremely accurate!
@henkdejong90513 сағат бұрын
Fifty quid for accommodation is reasonable. Sounds like this guy has not been to Paris.
@tishknight3 сағат бұрын
Sounds like you have never been to Thailand.
@Eric-of5ex2 сағат бұрын
Maybe he will go to Paris one day..get annoyed by people around the Eiffel tower trying to squeeze some money from tourists then conclude that all of France is bad 😂😂
@doggk2 сағат бұрын
You can even have accommodation of quality for less than fifty quid / night..
@HairyPixels43 минут бұрын
He said it was a good price.
@TheJohnnyboy212 сағат бұрын
Glad he never complained about the heat and the mosquitos but almost everything else
@HairyPixels44 минут бұрын
two good complaints to be fair
@johngerard32183 сағат бұрын
I don’t think he liked it
@fialee8ca132Сағат бұрын
Lol... this is beyond cheap Charlie. Every other word was either money or cheap. If you want to dirt cheap... go visit the dirt.
@MorinoRavenberg3 сағат бұрын
The guy is obviously biased and somewhat embittered by all the negative experiences, and the things he's saying are obviously present but of course not for the entirety of Thailand. They're obviously normal and genuinely good people in Thailand just like anywhere else, in his case shortly summarized he simply got the short end of the stick. A combination of having overhyped expectations of an almost delusional kind and other factors led to this story.
@dariusslade495351 минут бұрын
There's a common perspective presented: He won't miss Thailand nor will Thailand miss him. The end.
@samvalentine47404 сағат бұрын
The whinging pom 😮
@ArjanSchaeffer19732 сағат бұрын
Finally, a story that is talking about an understanding currency, dollars. With the other stories, you always need a calculator if you want to understand what prices they are talking about. Just dollars, international audience can understand.
@Nathan-pq7xeСағат бұрын
actually a quid is a pound - GBP
@ArjanSchaeffer197338 минут бұрын
@Nathan-pq7xe yes, but more or less the same as a dollar or euro. Much easier to understand than to talk in baths or whatever exotic high inflation currency.
@HairyPixels48 минут бұрын
GDP per capita in Thailand is 7000 USD making the average salary about 500 USD/month so yes it's a cheap country BUT you can't go to tourist traps and major cities where you're living like the top 10%. The only real cheap things are rent and labor so unless you're taking advantage of those don't expect Thailand to be cheap.
@rossdawgsbrokenspirit90383 сағат бұрын
Who do these bar girls think they are having an opinion !
@fredandretrondsen90153 сағат бұрын
Remove all prostitution in Thailand and see how many who go there . Og course its far from the cheapest and best quality for the money there . If you look at tourism in South East Asia , Thailand is no.1 anda Malaysia no.2 but Malaysia dont have all that night life and prostitution as Thailand . No.3 Singapore who are why mote expensive but also better quality and more organized . The test have less tourists than several highly cost European countries . People are different with different likes, economy and condition .
@nordthernlights65592 сағат бұрын
Sounds like a Paris syndrome... Thailand was cheap 25 years ago. But still now it's possible to have good deals. For example, a taxi took me from Bangkok 313 kilometres far (and drove back alone) for only 3000 Baht. I paid more from Zurich main train station to home (about 12 kilometres).
@sagepirotess63122 сағат бұрын
I was in Thailand 2011, i hated it. January. To hot, and the week i was there, a major week holidays. Everything closed including all major landmarks. No desire to return. I did meet a thai girl, took her to vietnam for a week. And no she wasn't a bar girl. But played with her in viet.
@HairyPixels55 минут бұрын
That's the best time of year too unless you like maximum humidity and rain.
@sagepirotess631248 минут бұрын
@HairyPixels I took a break from working in South Korea. 2011. Loved the cold and snow. Anyway I just finished tet holiday Vietnam, closed hcm. Go to bkk. All closed. Super hot. Meh.
@eunicef150 минут бұрын
Good story. He has valid points. BTW- I love Greece too.
@nowgettheretravel2 сағат бұрын
I would love to know what restaurant he went to for 25 Quid for meal with 2 beers. I know many great places to eat in Nana area for under 100 baht (GBP2.50)
@gordon.Jacko1055Сағат бұрын
I think it’s a lot of the KZbinrs that portray Thailand as a cheap holiday obviously this fellow got his information from the wrong place !!!!!
@Hansblinkers28 минут бұрын
Western food is really overpriced, why is that, it’s the same raw ingredients?
@alangraham89268 минут бұрын
As expected alot of people knocking this guy and a lot of what he said is true regardless of you dyed in the wool Beer Chang tee shirt types up in arms. He's not coming back so no more steak dinners and wine for some "old boiler" from Nana. To some degree he is a victim of his own circustances but some of the "ladies" really do take the piss but strike while the irons hot is their motto, so in conclusion caveat emptor.
@haraldx88733 сағат бұрын
You fell into typical tourist traps. It is the same wherever you go. Nothing new
@priortokaraew7569Сағат бұрын
Who can one blame if the Thai baht has been reigning and crushing every other currency? And think of all the smart asses that I've seen comment in various places who think they are smarter and better overall, because they are farang, than someone who can pull a complex feat like that off.
@perjespersen3806Сағат бұрын
guy didnt do his research
@chrisdesmond29382 сағат бұрын
This is a perfect example of not doing your own research about a place you plan to visit and only taking other people word for it. First of all thanks for reading ot the story but this guy comes across as a person who thinks he is far better than everyone else in my opinion Yes a small number of people try to overcharge you for things like taxis but name a country where that does not happen to tourist. I went to pattaya in december just gone and i can honestly say they people are amazing, once you understand that the bar girls are working and trying to earn money it makes things much easier. I am looking forward to my next trip back to thailand and it can't come soon enough
@mckernanfionnuala18Сағат бұрын
Title is wrong. Should be just “ cheap cheap cheap”
@GruxxanСағат бұрын
glad i went when it was 76 baht to the pound
@aidkgjehebejjeСағат бұрын
Come on, it's the same all over the world!
@didibu575446 минут бұрын
He is right. You have to ask for prices everywhere which is pretty annoying. Otherwise you end paying 400 baht for a noodlesoup at a market. Taxis i gave up and rent now always bikes or cars. Hotels have fake pictures and fake reviews. So you should book always only one night. If you avoid phuket pattaya etc and have your own ride you still can have a nice time in Thailand. Otherwise you just ripped off. Btw. Bali is much worse
@beverlyweber412254 минут бұрын
Notice he never visited any place outside of bars. Hmmm.....
@damion954Сағат бұрын
Wow. I understand that no destination is perfect but this guy came to thailand with a bad attitude to begin with. Plus I dislike his generalization of the people
@michaelj32824 сағат бұрын
Got to be a wind up LOL
@chriswilliams50614 сағат бұрын
Got to be a wind up, even Peter sutcliffe has better opinion of the girls 😂
@tishknight3 сағат бұрын
He's wound up the Aussies on here 😅.
@sagepirotess63122 сағат бұрын
Guy should have gone to Vietnam or Laos.
@HairyPixels42 минут бұрын
Thailand has real poverty in most of the country. My neighbors can't afford gas so they cook with charcoal. Many such cases.