Ko Samui day 3

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Yesterday afternoon the sun finally came out and the waves receded so that there was a beach to sit on for a few hours. This was the most relaxing time since I came here.



Today I hopefully can talk to my travel agent to either get me to another resort or back to Bangkok until it's time to go Chang Mai.



I have considered going home. I find that the Thai's try to cheat you all the time. A couple of examples:

- buying fruit the vendor shortchanged me when giving me the change. I told him he owed me more money and he gave it to me. I doubt this was a legitimate error.



- cab drivers want to charge you a set fee to take you places instead of the meter. I now have an idea of what the cost should be and don't allow the cab to go without the meter on.



- I met some women from Wales who told me that a cab driver wouldn't let them out of his cab unless they gave him double the amount on the meter. They were frightened and gave him the extra money.



- when buying food from vendors, I have observed that the vendor charges me more money than the Thai's. I no longer buy things that don't have a set price.



- when getting laundry done, I found that the woman charged me 5x what she charges a Thai. I asked Will what she pays for laundry and it 10 baht (about 25 cents) a kilo (2.2 pounds) and I was charged 50 baht.



These instances are too common for it just to be bad luck. I think that many Thai's think it is ok to cheat westerners since we have so much more money than they do. But a thief is a thief no matter what your economic circumstances.



If I sound like I am a little irate it's because I am. I am beginning to hate the Thai's fake smile while they cheat you. So much for the land of a 1000 smiles.



Chaweng Beach seems to be a construction zone. Everywhere you look they are building something. All the construction noise takes away from the ambiance of the place.



That's it for now.

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Comments

[Deebo]

Deal with it
Deal with it champ, most of these people make next to nothing and the extra 10 cents they charge a foreigner means nothing to you but alot to them. Enjoy your holiday and stop crying a river over such minor matters.