# I'm going to Thailand! Advice? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 21, 2002, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-thailand-advice/110064 "2002-05-21T07:59:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-thailand-advice/110064/21 "2002-05-22T19:02:33Z")
> [@](#): > > While these things happen and it’s the foreigners who are mainly targeted for these scams (because they’re percieved as being rich), there are an awful lot of very honest people in Thailand. Of course, but they’re going about their business and ignoring foreigners. I view people abroad the same way I view people here. If somebody just plops themselves next to me in DC and starts acting all buddy-buddy, my spider sense immediately starts tingling. Same thing in Bangkok, London, or Cairo. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-thailand-advice/110064/22 "2002-05-22T19:45:25Z")
One night in Bangkok and the world’s your oyster The bars are temples but the pearls ain’t free You’ll find a God in every golden cloister And if you’re lucky then the God’s a she I can feel an angel sliding up to me ---
**Author:** ![Britt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Britt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Britt)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-thailand-advice/110064/23 "2002-05-22T20:45:47Z")
OH and visit a travel doctor for vaccinations before you go hepatitis A and B are needed and probably several others depending on what you have already had. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-thailand-advice/110064.md?page=1)