A Vietnamese car forum once had a thread where the OP asked what everyone would put in their trunks in case shits go down. Most of the answers are what you'd expect: chains, bats, batons, pans, etc. The most upvoted answer is: running shoes. 😂 Everyone loses in a street fight, so keeping calm and remaining courteous are the way.
As a person from South Asia, I agree, I know that Thailand is a little bit more expensive than most of India, but holy balls, 60 USD for a 40 minute ride!? That's insane!
the cabs also pull that shit on us locals too. nothing’s worse than getting rejected because i wanted the meter price, while standing in the rain after work.
There's this one time I heard one of them saying "Ah shit I got a smartass instead (ได้พวกรู้ทัน แม่งไม่หมานเลยวะ)" to their friends after I asked for a meter price. I don't look like a Thai person but I do understand Thai language, needlessly to say I've never taking a meter cab since. Now I use BTS/MRT every time I can, if I really need to go somewhere else without public transport access then i would strictly using Grab. At least non of the Grab driver trying to swindling me yet.
I can see Garnt’s soul leaving his body when they said they paid 750 bhat for a pad Thai 😂😂 I usually use Grab when I go to Thailand and Vietnam, you don’t have to worry about rigged meters, getting lost, the language barrier or people ripping you off
They take a photo of you passport when you getting a sim card because of a new law in Thailand that if you wanna purchase a sim card you have to show your ID card to buy it. They prevent some sketchy people to buy a multiple sim to scam another people and make it easy to track down who purchases it. And for foreigners who don't have Thai ID they have to take a photo of your passport that's why.
Okinawan has great historical interaction with south east asia when they are still called the kingdom of Ryukyu. Probably why the people psyche are almost the same.
As an SEA, it is, but the woman they saw was sitting sideway and depending on the bike, there could be no stepbar on the backseat to rest ur weight. That girl was lowkey playing hardcore 😂
As an SEA Indonesian, unless the driver is a really close relative, we won't be grabbing on to them. We rely solely on core strength and the occasional holding on to the back seat for dear life lol!
Despite being SEA Malaysian, I would hold onto the rear handle of the motorcycle seat with both hands because having 80kph winds hiting your face is scary af. 😂 even with the helmet I'm scared.
4:34 the first time I went to Thailand (Bangkok) with my parents and girlfriend it was a tour package so IDK how much it was. At least we have a big van waiting for us at the airport lol. The second time (just after Christmas - this time with my nephews), we took the bus to Lumphini and just walked to our hotel nearby, and it's quite cheap albeit we had to wait for the bus to arrive.
I feel like Bangkok isn't actually the best tourist destination in Thailand even though it is the most popular. It's just a bunch of temples which are boring, but maybe it's because I've been in Bangkok all my life. Phuket, Krabi and the islands are the best part. Come here during Songkran festival in a few years for extra juice, if the festival is brought back.
The Maeklong train market an hour out is really the only thing near Bangkok that’s worth the experience. Otherwise only good thing is the food and night markets but that’s it
Southeast Asian traffic is in fact very terrifying. I've visited Laoag city with my relatives on multiple occasions in the past and I learned quickly that crosswalks are just there for decoration. People will drive through you if you don't walk fast enough.
I swear to God those motherfuckers can all burn in hell and I would be a happy man, Hyperbole, obviously, there are some nice ones, but the vast vast majority will try to rip you off if they get a chance
this vid is so relatable, when i went back to vietnam to visit my family, even when my family was being really careful we still got scammed a couple of times (not as bad as connor bc we're viet and look viet), and one time me and my mother were taking a taxi home and they gave a price that was clearly a 50% markup, but i didnt say anything bc well, 2 women stuck in a car with a grown ass man trying to scam us is a recipe for disaster, so i just paid the dude and got home safely. P.S. Do Not visit seafood markets, they'll scam you to hell and back. Rigged scales, they bound the seafood with rubber bands so you cant tell if theyre alive or dead, or they deadass pretend you havent paid them when you already did. Not even mentioning the chemicals they could've dumped on the dried seafood, so just stick to buying from trusted sources (lets hope ur relatives know a place)
If you wanna try traveling in Thailand like a local, I’ll shill for the channel Ellis WR. These guys know how to get genuine Thai experience and bypass the tourist trap.
I was in Thailand for a bit and everytime we walked past a certain building in the middle of construction none of the people were working, just chilling. There was also the chef that fought that giant lizard... There was also an elephant that was supposed to go to a monkey spot but the elephant left because it was afraid of monkeys.
Took the motorcycle taxis when I was in Bangkok for the same reason that I just didn’t want to be caught in traffic. Felt like I was gonna die at every moment on it. No helmets. Swerving through Bangkok traffic. 😂
When I was in Thailand on the coast. I got a cool taxi driver, that I only paid $50USD to have him drive me around for a whole day. Brought me to 2 massage parlors, 7 pearl shops, 1 mall (had to stop him from bring me to another pearl place), Elephant ride, Go Cart place and food. A good 5-6hour ride.
Yeah, "too chill" is what's annoying here .... 🙃 (Totally agree, if it's just in certain situations then that's totally fine, this is pretty much in everything even if it's about health, hygiene, safety or anything)
Man, Thailand when I went was AMAZING. But WOW do they try to scam you. "The palace is closed for tours" No, no it's not. Nice try though. I'll never forget the Golden Temple outside Chiang Mai, too. That was nothing short of incredible.
I agree, the second they see you are a tourist, even if you're a domestic tourist, you're basically just a giant dollar/ rupee/ yen/ euro sign to them Which part of South Asia do you happen to be from by the way?
The meter only cab does not work. In Bucharest, even in the airport for example, they will take you to their own cabs that are in on it. And the meters are controlled by a stick like those you use on the wheel to announce direction change. In ANY cabs in the world, except some in Scandinavia like Norway or Denmark, TAKE...THE...BUS. Your likelihood of being scammed is 90% less. Though you have to know how to navigate the buses.
Don't know when Joey went to the Philippines but I think things have changed since then. Yellow (airport) taxis are better than the regular ones (white taxis). Thare are luxury taxis available, too. Also, there's Grab. The motorcycle thing, they are still annoying af, but the laws are stricter now around Manila. If you do go to areas outside Manila (like in other provinces), oh boy, you'd see the classic no helmet/3 people riding/with kids and infants in between thing.
Luv SE Asia living in Thailand now! Up in Isaan! Been going since 2007. It was worse back in the day. I remember when the tuk tuk’s would always try and take you to clothing stores so they could get a gas voucher. Pad kee mao is amazing but my favorite is pad krapow moo kai dao mai sook!!!!
Same question lol, maybe they just didn't know about it? I know that a lot of people who come to India don't know about apps like Ola which is our version of Grab
wait, is there are no online taxi in thailand? I remember seeing news about gojek expand there. There should be no problem with taxi with online system.
You can take AOT taxi from airport if you need to haul suitcases and people. Standardised price, not cheap but much less expensive than the scam taxis and then there's no line.
The best thing is the motorcycle taxi xD There was me fearing for my life and then i looked over and there was a women sitting on the back of a motorcycle sitting sideways! She must have been glued to the seat! Cause that guy was not slow!
Thailand is the #1 country I want to visit....So hoping to get there in the next few years and I WILL be getting those drunken noodles, wherever they are. As far as taxi's/uber/etc....no one can rip you off quite like the US can. LOL
Drunken noodles are just the tip of the ice berg. Don’t be afraid to try new things at a night market. Also don’t just stay in bangkok but visit Chang Mai and Phuket
Oh my dude, if you want to get ripped off by transport people, there is no better place than South Asia, half of the fucking tuk tuk drivers over here seem to think that the meter is for decoration lol
because they got what they wanted. at least they didn't pay and not get the product. and I think amidst all the stuff they had in their schedule, they were probably lazy to barter too much or did not have the experience to do so when they're already tired, which is fair
@@AquaStockYT I think that's the main reason, getting ripped off in a foreign country , especially a foreign country that a friend or co-worker/ costar descends from makes for really good content, something tells me they'll be using Grab taxis and relying on Garnt way more the next time they go to Thailand
I'm guessing people is getting injured en masse all over South East Asia for that awful traffic and that can't be good for anything. It'll probably get better tho.
If wanna feel safe travel in SEA probably Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei. The other offer best trip too but a bit hastle this is based on my expririence travel in SEA
coincidence that they can got thailand and not be busy but when it's something else or another story abnout making a video, or meeting deadlines or catching up with fierends and they are suddenly oh so busy lmaooi would tooo honestly im just being hoenst though
SEA traffic laws:
- don't crash
I think that's the rule for basically the entirety of the developing world ie, most of the world
A Vietnamese car forum once had a thread where the OP asked what everyone would put in their trunks in case shits go down. Most of the answers are what you'd expect: chains, bats, batons, pans, etc. The most upvoted answer is: running shoes. 😂 Everyone loses in a street fight, so keeping calm and remaining courteous are the way.
in Thailand the press honk or you will get beaten up
Optional
Garnt's reaction to how much the bois spent on Pad Thai was everything xD
the world need to know that there's more to Thai food than Pad Thai
@@name_used1473 you need to know that the world can enjoy things that they want to without people like you shitting on people's enjoyment of things
As a person from south east asia they definitly got hit in the tourist trap
As a person from Thailand, they definitely got hit with the tourist trap.
As a tourist, they definitely got hit with a Thai trap.
As a person from South Asia, I agree, I know that Thailand is a little bit more expensive than most of India, but holy balls, 60 USD for a 40 minute ride!? That's insane!
@@MegaGun2000 for real bro!
How did they not realize that's highway robbery.
the cabs also pull that shit on us locals too. nothing’s worse than getting rejected because i wanted the meter price, while standing in the rain after work.
Holy fuck, Thai taxi drivers do that too? Motherfuckers are the same in all of the parts of India that I've been to lol
Can't wait for Automated Taxi, Thai Taxi drivers don't deserve their jobs. I'll teabag all over their lost jobs when that happened.
no Grab in Thailand?
@@azraieruslim there are, but they're still more expensive than the meter Taxi (when the meter taxi weren't greedy goblins that is)
There's this one time I heard one of them saying "Ah shit I got a smartass instead (ได้พวกรู้ทัน แม่งไม่หมานเลยวะ)" to their friends after I asked for a meter price. I don't look like a Thai person but I do understand Thai language, needlessly to say I've never taking a meter cab since.
Now I use BTS/MRT every time I can, if I really need to go somewhere else without public transport access then i would strictly using Grab. At least non of the Grab driver trying to swindling me yet.
I can see Garnt’s soul leaving his body when they said they paid 750 bhat for a pad Thai 😂😂 I usually use Grab when I go to Thailand and Vietnam, you don’t have to worry about rigged meters, getting lost, the language barrier or people ripping you off
They take a photo of you passport when you getting a sim card because of a new law in Thailand that if you wanna purchase a sim card you have to show your ID card to buy it. They prevent some sketchy people to buy a multiple sim to scam another people and make it easy to track down who purchases it. And for foreigners who don't have Thai ID they have to take a photo of your passport that's why.
Thailand SIM cards need registration with a passport by law. But far less hassle than Japan as Connor can testify
Okinawan has great historical interaction with south east asia when they are still called the kingdom of Ryukyu. Probably why the people psyche are almost the same.
As a person living in SEA, I thought it was normal for people to not hold on to the motorcycle driver when they sat in the back
As an SEA, it is, but the woman they saw was sitting sideway and depending on the bike, there could be no stepbar on the backseat to rest ur weight. That girl was lowkey playing hardcore 😂
As an SEA Indonesian, unless the driver is a really close relative, we won't be grabbing on to them. We rely solely on core strength and the occasional holding on to the back seat for dear life lol!
I always just hold on to the back seat
Despite being SEA Malaysian, I would hold onto the rear handle of the motorcycle seat with both hands because having 80kph winds hiting your face is scary af. 😂 even with the helmet I'm scared.
i just put my hands on my knees lol
4:34 the first time I went to Thailand (Bangkok) with my parents and girlfriend it was a tour package so IDK how much it was. At least we have a big van waiting for us at the airport lol.
The second time (just after Christmas - this time with my nephews), we took the bus to Lumphini and just walked to our hotel nearby, and it's quite cheap albeit we had to wait for the bus to arrive.
Next Time in Thailand: Trash Taste Special, Fire a*s speedrun marathon.
Even more reason to install a bidet at Garnt's place there.
I feel like Bangkok isn't actually the best tourist destination in Thailand even though it is the most popular. It's just a bunch of temples which are boring, but maybe it's because I've been in Bangkok all my life.
Phuket, Krabi and the islands are the best part. Come here during Songkran festival in a few years for extra juice, if the festival is brought back.
The Maeklong train market an hour out is really the only thing near Bangkok that’s worth the experience. Otherwise only good thing is the food and night markets but that’s it
Bangkok has everything you'd expect for a cityscape destination, so if you want a foreign city life experience, it's there for you.
As someone from the Philippines I wish we have more temples, or ancient infrastructures. We basically have non, because the colonizers destroyed it.
Southeast Asian traffic is in fact very terrifying. I've visited Laoag city with my relatives on multiple occasions in the past and I learned quickly that crosswalks are just there for decoration. People will drive through you if you don't walk fast enough.
as a south east asian this is the most representation I have ever seen
8:56 In south asia it's the god dam Rickshaws
I swear to God those motherfuckers can all burn in hell and I would be a happy man,
Hyperbole, obviously, there are some nice ones, but the vast vast majority will try to rip you off if they get a chance
this vid is so relatable, when i went back to vietnam to visit my family, even when my family was being really careful we still got scammed a couple of times (not as bad as connor bc we're viet and look viet), and one time me and my mother were taking a taxi home and they gave a price that was clearly a 50% markup, but i didnt say anything bc well, 2 women stuck in a car with a grown ass man trying to scam us is a recipe for disaster, so i just paid the dude and got home safely.
P.S. Do Not visit seafood markets, they'll scam you to hell and back. Rigged scales, they bound the seafood with rubber bands so you cant tell if theyre alive or dead, or they deadass pretend you havent paid them when you already did. Not even mentioning the chemicals they could've dumped on the dried seafood, so just stick to buying from trusted sources (lets hope ur relatives know a place)
If you wanna try traveling in Thailand like a local, I’ll shill for the channel Ellis WR. These guys know how to get genuine Thai experience and bypass the tourist trap.
19:20 Listening to this while eating my 50 Baht extra large Pad Thai almost make me dying of laughter.
I feel guilty for the way we are riding the motorcycle but hey, if I can cut 2 hrs. car traffic to 10 mins on the bike.
You bastard, IM IN!!
I was in Thailand for a bit and everytime we walked past a certain building in the middle of construction none of the people were working, just chilling.
There was also the chef that fought that giant lizard...
There was also an elephant that was supposed to go to a monkey spot but the elephant left because it was afraid of monkeys.
Took the motorcycle taxis when I was in Bangkok for the same reason that I just didn’t want to be caught in traffic. Felt like I was gonna die at every moment on it. No helmets. Swerving through Bangkok traffic. 😂
well you have your pick, Safe or Fast.
@@PrograError fast. Time is money 👍🏼
When I was in Thailand on the coast. I got a cool taxi driver, that I only paid $50USD to have him drive me around for a whole day. Brought me to 2 massage parlors, 7 pearl shops, 1 mall (had to stop him from bring me to another pearl place), Elephant ride, Go Cart place and food. A good 5-6hour ride.
Yeah, "too chill" is what's annoying here .... 🙃
(Totally agree, if it's just in certain situations then that's totally fine, this is pretty much in everything even if it's about health, hygiene, safety or anything)
lol so true (bro wrote a sentence in the parentheses 10 times longer than the actual comment 😭)
“Pad Thai is hard to fuck up” yes but that does not stop a lot of people from fucking up anyway 😂
Including Gordon Ramsay
In Thailand rn, such an amazing country, food, temples, heat, tuk tuk, lady boi, islands, massage and the people
Man, Thailand when I went was AMAZING. But WOW do they try to scam you.
"The palace is closed for tours" No, no it's not. Nice try though.
I'll never forget the Golden Temple outside Chiang Mai, too. That was nothing short of incredible.
connor is addicted to work officially
My soul left me when I heard the price of the pad Thai also. lmao
Indian situation is basically exactly same in most areas.
I agree, the second they see you are a tourist, even if you're a domestic tourist, you're basically just a giant dollar/ rupee/ yen/ euro sign to them
Which part of South Asia do you happen to be from by the way?
The meter only cab does not work. In Bucharest, even in the airport for example, they will take you to their own cabs that are in on it. And the meters are controlled by a stick like those you use on the wheel to announce direction change. In ANY cabs in the world, except some in Scandinavia like Norway or Denmark, TAKE...THE...BUS. Your likelihood of being scammed is 90% less. Though you have to know how to navigate the buses.
google maps is really good with buses as long as you're not relying too much on transfers, only issue is if you go somewhere google is blocked
I don't mind getting scammed a little bit
* gets scammed whenever garnt isnt around *
13:12 I often see those in the Philippines while traveling, some even carry their dog XD
I guess it's normal for us 😅
Was absolutely expecting Garnt to yell out Junima! Like Joey when he learned how much the guys paid for a bunny girl bar lol
Was fun meeting you guys there!!
For 750 Baht, you can get a banger Pad Thai for every meal the whole week...
Don't know when Joey went to the Philippines but I think things have changed since then. Yellow (airport) taxis are better than the regular ones (white taxis). Thare are luxury taxis available, too. Also, there's Grab.
The motorcycle thing, they are still annoying af, but the laws are stricter now around Manila. If you do go to areas outside Manila (like in other provinces), oh boy, you'd see the classic no helmet/3 people riding/with kids and infants in between thing.
Luv SE Asia living in Thailand now! Up in Isaan! Been going since 2007. It was worse back in the day. I remember when the tuk tuk’s would always try and take you to clothing stores so they could get a gas voucher. Pad kee mao is amazing but my favorite is pad krapow moo kai dao mai sook!!!!
Listening to the motorcycle story sounds a lot like Caracas (in Venezuela)
Use grab ! It’s the Asian uber
well the last time i was in thai i got scammed by a taxi, he just went around and round and pick the longest route and multiple red light
in SE asia, there aren't traffic laws, they are just suggestions and a prayer that you don't die or kill someone that day
Tuktuk doesn’t feel dangerous, it is dangerous.
Why didn't they use Grab or apps to avoid getting scammed
Same question lol, maybe they just didn't know about it? I know that a lot of people who come to India don't know about apps like Ola which is our version of Grab
Because they live good they can't be bothered
Back in 2018 i'd used Grab in Thailand & Malaysia.
The roads and traffic is really a pain in the South east Asian countries. And the bikes are literally life threatening!😅😅
Man so many TH-camrs are coming to Thailand lately and I haven't seen any of them :(
wait, is there are no online taxi in thailand? I remember seeing news about gojek expand there. There should be no problem with taxi with online system.
there are uber and grab services yes, not sure why they didn't use those
You can take AOT taxi from airport if you need to haul suitcases and people. Standardised price, not cheap but much less expensive than the scam taxis and then there's no line.
The best thing is the motorcycle taxi xD
There was me fearing for my life and then i looked over and there was a women sitting on the back of a motorcycle sitting sideways! She must have been glued to the seat! Cause that guy was not slow!
Bro hasn't seen indian roads XD
Damn 750 for pad thai... You could literally go to some well done japanese buffet or get some premium dish with that
19:12 lmao 💀
Thailand is the #1 country I want to visit....So hoping to get there in the next few years and I WILL be getting those drunken noodles, wherever they are. As far as taxi's/uber/etc....no one can rip you off quite like the US can. LOL
Drunken noodles are just the tip of the ice berg. Don’t be afraid to try new things at a night market. Also don’t just stay in bangkok but visit Chang Mai and Phuket
Oh my dude, if you want to get ripped off by transport people, there is no better place than South Asia, half of the fucking tuk tuk drivers over here seem to think that the meter is for decoration lol
What brand is joeys sweter?
You should meet legendary bus number 8 and the legend of เด็กแว้น
went to cambodia and squeezed together w four of my students on a tuktuk lol
I want the boys to go to Koh Tao and not get murdered.
Bruh why they so chill about getting ripped off
because they got what they wanted. at least they didn't pay and not get the product. and I think amidst all the stuff they had in their schedule, they were probably lazy to barter too much or did not have the experience to do so when they're already tired, which is fair
@@ella-pc2gu I guess so. But for me even if I'm on vacation I still have a budget, don't have enough money to afford to get overcharged by a lot
@@PenultimatePenPen they can just use the story here and make money back.
@@AquaStockYT I think that's the main reason, getting ripped off in a foreign country , especially a foreign country that a friend or co-worker/ costar descends from makes for really good content, something tells me they'll be using Grab taxis and relying on Garnt way more the next time they go to Thailand
They are filthy rich. They make money just by talking shit on the internet.
See grant vid since i was kid just realize we from same country 😳
Did they not do any research before going to Thailand? Bro I haven't even been and I know what is and isn't a scam..
I'm guessing people is getting injured en masse all over South East Asia for that awful traffic and that can't be good for anything. It'll probably get better tho.
Honestly, for both South and southeast Asia, you're less likely to get hurt via violent crime then you are by the drivers lol
If you find Thailand's traffic is bad, I suggest you never come to India 🤣
45:50
nice
jinkies batman
Are they asking u money in Thai currency or u r mistaking for USD and giving them that..
They definitely should go to pattaya street. Lots of dirty fun lmao
I’m surprised that after 40 minutes, I’m still the 6th comment.
If wanna feel safe travel in SEA probably Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei. The other offer best trip too but a bit hastle this is based on my expririence travel in SEA
Straight to the pattya next time....
I am afraid to ask, what did you get up to when you were there? Lol
I asked especially because you seem to be from South Asia lol
@@MegaGun2000 i haven't been there but how garnt describe where he's gonna take bois so I just made a joke about where they will be going....
Indian traffic would like a word with you
Why i am soo early?
coincidence that they can got thailand and not be busy but when it's something else or another story abnout making a video, or meeting deadlines or catching up with fierends and they are suddenly oh so busy lmaooi would tooo honestly im just being hoenst though
Use Grab or better, Bolt when you're in Thailand for e-hailing. super convenient
Riding scooters in Thailand is the best fun.