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Avoiding The Scams December 10, 2009

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Tik and I feel quite embarrassed when travelers spend time in Thailand and end up getting cheated here.

Thailand as a whole, and especially Bangkok, are in my experience, the safest places to travel in the world.

Unless you’re really unlucky you’ll never find yourself under any physical threat here – regardless of where you venture or what time of the day or night it is. Pretty much the only crime you might experience here might be confidence crime or possibly minor theft or pickpockets.

For those of you nervous about traveling to a country where police don’t command much respect, I’ve put together some known scams you might experience here and some advice about how to avoid them.

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Tigers in Thailand May 13, 2009

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I feel obligated to write a post about The Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi, Thailand because a lot of travelers have mentioned how excited they are to go there.

I’ve been there once and really do not recommend going it.

Here are my reasons:

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Tiki Tour Thai Travel Tips: Non-Touristy Bangkok Attractions March 10, 2009

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We received an email today from a fellow Couchsurfer asking for our advice about the non-touristy things to do in Bangkok.

Tik and I have been discussing writing up some tourist guides of our own so that we don’t need to expend the same small-talk with every person we host so … for the benefit of anybody traveling to Thailand, here is the first of many Tiki-Tour Travel Tips in Thailand.

Today I’ll be answering Jacqueline’s question of what to do in Bangkok away from the traditional tourist things. I’ve taken a bit of artistic license here and have listed a few things that are, in most peoples minds tourist attractions, but I’ve included them where think that tourists might not know about them.

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