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DONTS:

Don't take up any offer of a ten baht tuk-tuk ride, or you will be taken for a big ride.
Don't complain about the standard of English here, your Thai language skills aren't that exactly that hot.
Don't try a shirt on if you aren't going to buy it, the vendor doesn't need the smell of your armpits all over her goods.
Don't go walking around Bkk shirtless hoping for a nice tan, or you will get a right tanning at the nearest police station.
Don't go throwing your cigarette butt around downtown Bkk if you don't want to made a few dollars less off.
Don't feed a 20 baht bunch of bananas to an elephant on the street, you don't want to promote cruelty to animals.
Don't buy a rose from a child beggar at night, you don't want to promote child labour.
Don't take the advice of a taxi who recommends you go for a naughty massage, he's not taking you there cause he likes you.
Don't buy a Buddha Image for household decoration, it doesn't belong on the top of your TV.
Don't take advice from any Farang that has spent the past 20 years sat on a stool at a Pattaya bar beer, he knows nothing.
Don't come here for 3 years and complain about all things Thai, or the locals will ask 'Why don't you go home?"
Don't think she fancies you just cause she asks where you are staying, questions like that are only the norm here.
Don't dictate to the Thais about their humans rights, our records are nothing to boast about.
Don't argue with a Pattaya songthaew driver, you don't need a plank of wood over your head.
Don't whistle to the King's anthem in the cinema, Thais are rather sensitive about such things.
Don't walk around drinking a bottle of beer, you don't want to be mistaken as a drunkard.
And finally don't carry all your valuables in your handbag while walking around Chatuchak, you may live to regret it.


DOS:

Do learn how to say a few Thai dishes in Thai, you don't want to eat just Pat Thai and fried rice throughout your entire stay.
Do buy gems at a reputed estalishment, the tuk tuk driver's recommendations are nothing to be desired.
Do dress politely, you don't need to be seen that you have no self-pride.
Do give a tip at a nice restaurant, not everything the Lonely Planet states is true.
Do, if you wish, donate money to respectable charities for the under priviliged, and not some dodgy beggar on Silom.
Do get off the beaten track, there is more to Thailand than just writing boastful postcards and drinking banana shakes.
Do keep your alcohol limit under control, or you will enjoy a free breakfast as guest of the Corrections Dept.
Do say hello to the local kiddies, the local adults won't think you are some kind of pervert as like in the west.
Do take a shower regularly, you sweat and get more smelly here than you do in the west.
Do take your shoes off when entering a Thai house, they don't need your sandals dirtying the floor.
Do have respect for their religion, in their eyes your religion is 'weird' too.
Do speak politely to the authorities, you don't need to be sat around all day.
Do be very careful and ask around first if you want to see a ping-pong a-go-go show at Patpong, you dont want to be relinquished of all your money.
Do be patient, the locals don't appreciate Farang who lose their temper just cause the waitress got the order wrong.
Do, as western girls, dress modestly in the Muslim areas of the south, you want to be seen in a good light.

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Thought I would try and liven the Forum up a little bit.

Can you think of anything else that I could add to this list.

Will enjoy reading your comments.

All the best,

stevesuphan