True about who you tell about your Thailand holiday. I remember my first trip, I told two guys who i work with, and by mid week, everyone thought I was a deviant. From then on, I'd fly all the way to Australia or Singapore or Japan, even China, take a load of pics, then head off to BKK and slowly spend out the pics from the other location to make it appear as if I was still there. But now I'm old and don't care. I even have a female friend I've known for 26 years coming with me in January. I want to show her Koh Samui mainl6 and, of course, pattaya.
Yes agreed, have always found that to be the case with some workmates. It's usually the ones that haven't travelled overseas or been to Thailand. They seem to think if your going there as a single male your a sex tourist. Strangely going to the Phillipines doesn't seem to have the same level of stigma to it.
Want to impress a Thai girl with food? Take her to one of those Thai/Issan barbecue restaurants where you sit outside and prepare your own food on one of those cone-like barbecues and share a big Leo with ice. Tell the girl that she cooks. Seeing that you falang can eat and enjoy her cooking is something which makes her very proud. Ohh, and get well.
One thing I've noticed in nearly 40 years of going there, is the vast majority of Thai people don't understand sarcasm at all. It will usually go straight over their head, or they will take what you said using sarcasm seriously. Some gradually start to understand it when dealing with lots of foreigners, but it doesn't come easily.👍
Always look them in the eye , then you can gauge if they understand u , Some can't speak English but will try and bluff u along shirt sentences but they don't understand a word, I like to talk phil will agree on that, I can talk with a mouth full of marbles, but I've been in conversations for 20 minutes and worked out she is clues to my words
Hi from USA. Moving to pattaya soon. I watch Alex Bambam video all the time. Saw him going to your Le Pub bar and started to watch your channel. New subscriber and just " Liked". I am slowly watching your videos. CHEERS!!
Phil, glad you have been mended by the hospital, also Love the Childrens Sunglasses, you know the ones with arms that don't go over your ears, good to see you back, I enjoy your videos.
Hey phill , great advice as always , i have been coming to pattaya for 20 years now , I have many stories to tell , believe me ,I can’t wait to try your 2 bars buddy , I hope that you are feeling better soon 🇬🇧🙏, take good care of yourself
Great video Phil. Completely agree, my mrs refuses to eat som tum in restaurants as she says it’s not as tasty as street food. She really doesn’t like going to big busy restaurants. Truthfully she would always rather buy street food and eat it at the hotel or back at the room.
5555 flowers - i was with a girl for about 3 days at this point and went to i bar most every night - than the rose seller came around - and i bought her one - and she told me = darling , next time you want to waste or throw away money just throw it in here - ( as she opened her purse and pointed to it ) 55555
Excellent, real world advice. Especially important, as you stated, realize this is NOT the West. Don’t project how things are in “my country” onto Thailand and Thai people.
Nice one Phil. You are 100% correct on our list especially on not telling people. I made that mistake a long time ago and it's pretty hard to undo. I think you are right it's mostly jealousy. Great advice. Never thought about after-shave. Hopefully, see you end of November. Chok dee krup
All great advice for newbies, Phil. Especially No.3: Impressing. I've witnessed guys giving it the Billy Big B*llocks flashing (what they consider) an expensive watch and wads of cash. Not a good look (in any setting). Regarding fragrance, there are exceptions, of course. In a particular restaurant I frequent, one waitress always smells my neck and compliments me on fragrance. Also, there have been many occasions where my lady visitor has had a cheeky spray of my fragrance before leaving. Keep up the good work, aer kid.
@SteveSmith-zz4ih Phil alluded to it in his blog. Nothing over-powering. Local product. It's guaranteed to drive the girls crazy. Take one, fresh 1000 Baht note. Rub it liberally on your neck below each ear. Thai girls' favourite fragrance!🤣🤣🤣
Love your comments on good people , main reason I'm here, I want to be around their mindset not western, the poor are beautiful people, u see poor..... guys help , I meen old lady cart if look clean and few using it , get on board, they are poor , and treated not the best by their own, class thing ......even some bar girls, if u see one no confidence Struggling, buy one drink move on that 15 mins will make her day , I'm not talking glamorous ones , the opposite, I always.... always talk to phils cleaner minder , she lights up now because she knows I do it daily, took me time , I used to say to phil she is hot and cold , now she will talk to me in front of all the girls, she knows I will not belittle her as old lady , I get a kick out of it when go to bbus she now waves from 100 m away , I am 6ft5 , took time they are poor , you are white, you notice them they notice u she will even try and talk if im one end of room she feels confident....
Thais don't expect foreigners to follow any of their cultural rules, we're not part of their society. Obviously don't point your foot at someone or touch someone's head and if there's a misunderstanding or you're in any doubt just smile. Apart from that you don't need to do anything.
It's great that you're feeling well again. I have to vehemently disagree with you on one point. Almost all the Thai ladies I meet enthusiastically sniff me and my sinfully expensive French perfume "Ombre Nomade" with an ecstatic look. 555
Great video Phil! The guys I work with still mess with me about my trip to Pattaya but in reality I do think they are just jealous. Glad you are better my friend
Great list as usual. I agree with them all. Always like your examples. When I tell people where I’ve been I always say Chonburi instead of Pattaya. Would hate for them to Google Pattaya. Ha!
There’s one guy that wears so much that I used to smell it in the office at Secrets bar when he walked into the bar. But generally I only smell Thai fragrances on men.
@@LePubPattaya Yes mate! I always wai those Soi dogs. They are said to be reincarnations of people who did wrong in the first life. I like to give them a second chance.
Great advice ,where im from people that go to Thailand know each other without really knowing some of them personally, the rest who have never gone give you the old ladyboys thing,they don't realise how great a holiday it is ladyboys or girls,man its a great great place to be in for a holiday, cheers bud ,from Ireland
Phil what's going on with those sunglasses 😎😂 are they kids glasses that don't reach your ears 😭😭 Regarding all the facts today, it seems slightly that the girls you are referring to are definitely Bar girls because an educated Thai girl would definitely appreciate the bunch of flowers or a Western restaurant, or even an interesting conversation. But that's just my opinion 😊
regarding no. 4: Don't you sometimes miss conversations that are bit deeper though? I understand your point and I've experienced the same as an expat in a different country than Thailand - the conversations here are always superficial (due to the language barrier and also less focus in that culture on debate, expressing your opinions, reflection etc.).
I don't go into detail about what i get up too in thailand & if someone makes a joke i just play along-a lot of married guys get jealous of us bachlors & our free lifestyles 😅
I checked with my wife and Phil is correct, you should not "Wai" someone who is younger than you e.g. a child, even if they are giving you a Wai. Just simply smile and nod your head apparently.
I thought the Don't tell was gonna be " How much many do you have in your bank account ! " .l saw it mentioned many times on other you tube channels that Thais and even ex pats , ask a lot how much do you have ? " It certainly true in the USA !! Where a lot of people ask " How much do you earn ? " . My answer in Thailand would be what without offending ? " Not enough ! " might be a reply or " Not much !" or " Mind your own business !" ?
I would say only tell the right, like minded people. As someone openly gay, I am always cautious who I tell about my private life. Currently down here in Jomtien, only venture into Pattaya for the markets. The Complex is a lively straight/gay mix. Boyztown is awful
Disagree on perfume , I put on Hugo boss , joop , Jimmy choo at the moment, now 6000b per bottle here Under 60 bucks in aust , every girl I've been with never stops asking what I have , my partner now goes to work and will use mine , now Tom Ford etc basically is man's but to be honest I can't tell difference
Looks like it's time for Mr. Eggs "All About Wais" video! There are a few different wais & why one does a certain wai (all puns intended)! Remember guys-"Where There's A Will Is A Wai"!@@LePubPattaya
Thai girls like female perfume, I was in a restaurant and the girls kept coming over standing their for a minute then one came over with a iPad and asked the missus if her perfume was the one what was on the iPad screen. there like the secret police will find any think out.
Im starting to wonder, in all these years - what really does impress Thai girls? ?? Started questioning this while watching the video. I tend to talk about alot of stuff. Now Im just lost
Syd, I’ve got no idea either. I think good heart is important, but Westerners see that as just spending money on them. It’s a lot more complicated than that.
@@LePubPattaya the problem is spending money n not having a quality Interaction is acceptable by them than having both. So that makes it more complicated to understand. And the world famous "upto u" puts them more in a tizzy. Guess they just need to be made to feel secure
I was in a bar on soi 7 I was chatting with a beautiful Thai girl and she kept on sniffing me then she shouted to her mates then they started sniffing me I hadn't got a clue what was going on I asked do I smell of BO she said nooo smell goooood 😂😂😂😂 "Henry Baker" a seal of approval and yes I bar fined her for the rest of my holiday her English good, intelligent and very funny but with a big heart I have to use a walking stick these days due to CMT and Sheueumans on my spine she is always watching me if I go to the toilet or move anywhere.
True about who you tell about your Thailand holiday. I remember my first trip, I told two guys who i work with, and by mid week, everyone thought I was a deviant. From then on, I'd fly all the way to Australia or Singapore or Japan, even China, take a load of pics, then head off to BKK and slowly spend out the pics from the other location to make it appear as if I was still there. But now I'm old and don't care. I even have a female friend I've known for 26 years coming with me in January. I want to show her Koh Samui mainl6 and, of course, pattaya.
You went to extremes to hide your holiday.
Yes agreed, have always found that to be the case with some workmates. It's usually the ones that haven't travelled overseas or been to Thailand. They seem to think if your going there as a single male your a sex tourist. Strangely going to the Phillipines doesn't seem to have the same level of stigma to it.
Want to impress a Thai girl with food? Take her to one of those Thai/Issan barbecue restaurants where you sit outside and prepare your own food on one of those cone-like barbecues and share a big Leo with ice. Tell the girl that she cooks. Seeing that you falang can eat and enjoy her cooking is something which makes her very proud.
Ohh, and get well.
Absolutely right. This is called Moo Gata (Pork Hotpot)
One thing I've noticed in nearly 40 years of going there, is the vast majority of Thai people don't understand sarcasm at all. It will usually go straight over their head, or they will take what you said using sarcasm seriously. Some gradually start to understand it when dealing with lots of foreigners, but it doesn't come easily.👍
There is no word in the Thai language for sarcasm, they just don’t understand the concept. Look at Thai tv. It’s all slapstick and visual comedy.
@@LePubPattaya Too true 👍
Always look them in the eye , then you can gauge if they understand u ,
Some can't speak English but will try and bluff u along shirt sentences but they don't understand a word, I like to talk phil will agree on that, I can talk with a mouth full of marbles, but I've been in conversations for 20 minutes and worked out she is clues to my words
Yes, they just go on bidet language and laugh a lot.
Sorry to hear what is going, wish you the best Phil. Thanks for the info, much appreciated.
Thanks Johnny.
Great Video Boss Phil....Some good info there. Good to see you are better.
Cheers Craig.
Always sensible, honest & spot on advice given once again from Phil
Thank you Dave.
Open mind great advice
Glad you think so!
Hi from USA. Moving to pattaya soon. I watch Alex Bambam video all the time. Saw him going to your Le Pub bar and started to watch your channel. New subscriber and just " Liked". I am slowly watching your videos. CHEERS!!
Alex is a great guy. Thanks for watching.
I will go to Le pub to buy you a drink when i move to town. Think you don't drink beer no more, right?
100%....number 5...DONT TELL... Great advice!
Thanks Will.
Phil, glad you have been mended by the hospital, also Love the Childrens Sunglasses, you know the ones with arms that don't go over your ears, good to see you back, I enjoy your videos.
My face has outgrown them.
Hey phill , great advice as always , i have been coming to pattaya for 20 years now , I have many stories to tell , believe me ,I can’t wait to try your 2 bars buddy , I hope that you are feeling better soon 🇬🇧🙏, take good care of yourself
Thank you Michael. I’ll see you in one of the bars I’m sure.
Great video Phil. Completely agree, my mrs refuses to eat som tum in restaurants as she says it’s not as tasty as street food. She really doesn’t like going to big busy restaurants. Truthfully she would always rather buy street food and eat it at the hotel or back at the room.
Yeah, they like it straight from the soi.
I lived in Thailand in the late 1980s. At that time nobody called it "street food". We just called it "food".
Street food is a western concept
The animal was probably the poorly buffalo. Love the video. 😂
I think it was a horse.
5555 flowers - i was with a girl for about 3 days at this point and went to i bar most every night - than the rose seller came around - and i bought her one - and she told me = darling , next time you want to waste or throw away money just throw it in here - ( as she opened her purse and pointed to it ) 55555
Yes, not sure flowers are even popular in the west any more
Has anybody ever sent a random girl a bunch of flowers and got their leg over?
you're right about how they don't take 1. seriously. one will be surprised after observing how they genuinely revere it, but know so little about it.
Yes, it’s more superstition.
Excellent, real world advice. Especially important, as you stated, realize this is NOT the West. Don’t project how things are in “my country” onto Thailand and Thai people.
Yes, I hear this all the time. It’s wrong.
super job Phil, I travelled the world for work and your advice is good for all countries.
Cool, thanks BB
Nice one Phil. You are 100% correct on our list especially on not telling people. I made that mistake a long time ago and it's pretty hard to undo. I think you are right it's mostly jealousy. Great advice. Never thought about after-shave. Hopefully, see you end of November. Chok dee krup
Sorry your friends are so narrow minded.
I love these kinds of videos. 👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love making them.
Wonderful job. TY for sharing.
You are so welcome! Justin.
Khun Phil, such a good watch matey! Agree with everything you said 👍
Cheers Craig.
All great advice for newbies, Phil. Especially No.3: Impressing. I've witnessed guys giving it the Billy Big B*llocks flashing (what they consider) an expensive watch and wads of cash. Not a good look (in any setting). Regarding fragrance, there are exceptions, of course. In a particular restaurant I frequent, one waitress always smells my neck and compliments me on fragrance. Also, there have been many occasions where my lady visitor has had a cheeky spray of my fragrance before leaving.
Keep up the good work, aer kid.
Come on mate, tell us what fragrance it is?
@SteveSmith-zz4ih Phil alluded to it in his blog. Nothing over-powering. Local product. It's guaranteed to drive the girls crazy.
Take one, fresh 1000 Baht note. Rub it liberally on your neck below each ear. Thai girls' favourite fragrance!🤣🤣🤣
Cheers buddy. I still say local smells beat foreign ones here, but I’m always open to suggestions im wrong.
When I visited, I was most comfortable doing a nod to Thais as opposed to my waiing.
Yes, it’s ok unless it’s a copper or monk.
Good advice Grasshopper,,, well said , keep it simple 👍😊
First time being called grasshopper. Many thanks.
@LePubPattaya think of it as a compliment Phil
Love your comments on good people , main reason I'm here, I want to be around their mindset not western, the poor are beautiful people, u see poor..... guys help , I meen old lady cart if look clean and few using it , get on board, they are poor , and treated not the best by their own, class thing ......even some bar girls, if u see one no confidence
Struggling, buy one drink move on that 15 mins will make her day , I'm not talking glamorous ones , the opposite, I always.... always talk to phils cleaner minder , she lights up now because she knows I do it daily, took me time , I used to say to phil she is hot and cold , now she will talk to me in front of all the girls, she knows I will not belittle her as old lady , I get a kick out of it when go to bbus she now waves from 100 m away , I am 6ft5 , took time they are poor , you are white, you notice them they notice u she will even try and talk if im one end of room she feels confident....
The cleaner has a crush on you Mark 😔
@@LePubPattayagood judge of character
When you finish giving advice can you sing harvest for the world 😂definitely your best song😜
I’ll try.
Thais don't expect foreigners to follow any of their cultural rules, we're not part of their society. Obviously don't point your foot at someone or touch someone's head and if there's a misunderstanding or you're in any doubt just smile. Apart from that you don't need to do anything.
Yes, I get what you're saying, but I think Thais will judge us on their values, same as we judge them on ours. Good point. Thank you.
It's great that you're feeling well again. I have to vehemently disagree with you on one point. Almost all the Thai ladies I meet enthusiastically sniff me and my sinfully expensive French perfume "Ombre Nomade" with an ecstatic look. 555
Yes, a few people have said I’m wrong on that particular point. Maybe I am. Glad your French scent is impressing the ladies.
Great video Phil! The guys I work with still mess with me about my trip to Pattaya but in reality I do think they are just jealous. Glad you are better my friend
Very true
You inspired me I'm going to myth made..we got to embrace the gloomy 🌧️of the land of 😊 🌞
The old MIT?
@@LePubPattaya the new myth
Really good video Phil every word so true 👍
Glad you enjoyed it Will.
Great list as usual. I agree with them all. Always like your examples. When I tell people where I’ve been I always say Chonburi instead of Pattaya. Would hate for them to Google Pattaya. Ha!
Yeah, I used to say that, until people started Googling Chonburi.
If anything Thais are moving back towards traditional Buddhist values - see the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple north of Bangkok.
a very controversial place, but stunning.
I think I may be the only person who has had cologne on anywhere I’ve been, to include your pubs. I don’t think anyone wears the stuff lol.
There’s one guy that wears so much that I used to smell it in the office at Secrets bar when he walked into the bar. But generally I only smell Thai fragrances on men.
I always wai all the stray dogs and cats.
Like me on the thumbnail?
@@LePubPattaya Yes mate! I always wai those Soi dogs. They are said to be reincarnations of people who did wrong in the first life. I like to give them a second chance.
Great advice ,where im from people that go to Thailand know each other without really knowing some of them personally, the rest who have never gone give you the old ladyboys thing,they don't realise how great a holiday it is ladyboys or girls,man its a great great place to be in for a holiday, cheers bud ,from Ireland
Yeah, the ladyboy thing. Wasn’t really helped by Little Britain sketches.
Sounds like sage advice, Thanks mate.
No worries
Never give flowers, drip freed they love money , just keep drip feeding
Small things all the time ,
Good advice. I don’t think western women like them.
Thai Girls love Issey Miyake Por Hom, maybe it's an exception.
I sure it smells lovely.
I agree that is the only aftershave cologne that I have had comments about and it's really cheap in the uk now.
Hello mr egg,im coming to your bar on sunday on the back of watching this vlog,cheers see you then i arrive on 24 th!
Lovely stuff Steve. See you soon.
Phil what's going on with those sunglasses 😎😂 are they kids glasses that don't reach your ears 😭😭
Regarding all the facts today, it seems slightly that the girls you are referring to are definitely Bar girls because an educated Thai girl would definitely appreciate the bunch of flowers or a Western restaurant, or even an interesting conversation. But that's just my opinion 😊
My sunglasses rather have a mind of their own.
Where is your bar I am coming to Pattaya in 3 weeks will come and have a beer with you Paul Manchester
Hi Paul. I’m in soi Diamond off Walking Street.
@@LePubPattaya nice I will come down and buy you a beer then
see you soon, Paul. @@paulsherwood2554
I think your recent hospital stay had you drifting back to your childhood days. Finking, I Fink, drifting back to childhood affectations are you? LOL
don't think so
regarding no. 4: Don't you sometimes miss conversations that are bit deeper though? I understand your point and I've experienced the same as an expat in a different country than Thailand - the conversations here are always superficial (due to the language barrier and also less focus in that culture on debate, expressing your opinions, reflection etc.).
Yes, absolutely. Which is why I like talking to customers.
Hey Phil hope u r feeling better
Just keep it rollin
90s Pattaya was the dogs steens
Krap Pom
It had its plus points, but there’s no time like the present.
I don't go into detail about what i get up too in thailand & if someone makes a joke i just play along-a lot of married guys get jealous of us bachlors & our free lifestyles 😅
That’s very true. A lot of frustrated married guys back home
bloody funny country is Thailand lub the place,people and country.
Thanks Ray
I checked with my wife and Phil is correct, you should not "Wai" someone who is younger than you e.g. a child, even if they are giving you a Wai. Just simply smile and nod your head apparently.
The Mrs knows 😍
I thought the Don't tell was gonna be " How much many do you have in your bank account ! " .l saw it mentioned many times on other you tube channels that Thais and even ex pats , ask a lot how much do you have ? " It certainly true in the USA !! Where a lot of people ask " How much do you earn ? " . My answer in Thailand would be what without offending ? " Not enough ! " might be a reply or " Not much !" or " Mind your own business !" ?
However much they earn, they spend more.
Thanks
That is so kind of you. Thanks.
Do you know how it would be for a single elder women with her own money? Like is it safe for her to be on her own?
It’s a very safe country as long as you are sensible, polite and not too drunk.
@@LePubPattaya I never drink alcohol, very allergic to the stuff, and never do drugs. Just want massage and warm place to swim in ocean.
I would say only tell the right, like minded people. As someone openly gay, I am always cautious who I tell about my private life. Currently down here in Jomtien, only venture into Pattaya for the markets. The Complex is a lively straight/gay mix. Boyztown is awful
I think this is sound advice for anyone.
Thanks for the tips 😊. On a lighter note, how about intentionally misplacing those sunglasses? #InGoodHumor
I’m a night owl. I go blind without them.
Disagree on perfume , I put on Hugo boss , joop , Jimmy choo at the moment, now 6000b per bottle here
Under 60 bucks in aust , every girl I've been with never stops asking what I have , my partner now goes to work and will use mine , now Tom Ford etc basically is man's but to be honest I can't tell difference
You are always very fragrant, Mark.
@LePubPattaya I'm near a lot of soapy poms , I don't want to be in same basket 555
A question on the wei. Should you return a wei? You say not to wei the girls in a bar, but isn't it polite to return the gesture?
You can, but make sure it’s a low wai or just a wave will do. It’s really up to you.
Looks like it's time for Mr. Eggs "All About Wais" video! There are a few different wais & why one does a certain wai (all puns intended)! Remember guys-"Where There's A Will Is A Wai"!@@LePubPattaya
They are hookers. I don't mean that disrespectfully, it's just a fact. So don't wai them, you just look a bit of a dick 😅
Number 2: don't read Warren Fellows's book on the flight over.
I read that many years ago.
Thai girls like female perfume, I was in a restaurant and the girls kept coming over standing their for a minute then one came over with a iPad and asked the missus if her perfume was the one what was on the iPad screen. there like the secret police will find any think out.
Nice story. Was it the right one?
@@LePubPattaya yeah alien 👾 perfume. They all had a last smell when we left, I said going to see the ladyboys with my aftershave.
I would add - don’t point at people - either with your fingers or feet - and do not touch Thai people around the head.
his is so true. Pointing, especially in gogo bars. Girls hate it.
Im starting to wonder, in all these years - what really does impress Thai girls? ?? Started questioning this while watching the video. I tend to talk about alot of stuff. Now Im just lost
Syd, I’ve got no idea either. I think good heart is important, but Westerners see that as just spending money on them. It’s a lot more complicated than that.
@@LePubPattaya the problem is spending money n not having a quality Interaction is acceptable by them than having both. So that makes it more complicated to understand. And the world famous "upto u" puts them more in a tizzy. Guess they just need to be made to feel secure
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So many guys wai bar girls, its so embarrassing for them yet they don't have a clue.
Yeah, not the smartest move.
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I was in a bar on soi 7 I was chatting with a beautiful Thai girl and she kept on sniffing me then she shouted to her mates then they started sniffing me I hadn't got a clue what was going on I asked do I smell of BO she said nooo smell goooood 😂😂😂😂 "Henry Baker" a seal of approval and yes I bar fined her for the rest of my holiday her English good, intelligent and very funny but with a big heart I have to use a walking stick these days due to CMT and Sheueumans on my spine she is always watching me if I go to the toilet or move anywhere.
Nice story. I still think they prefer local fragrances, but you got lucky there. Hope you are felling ok and are mobile. Take care.