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Go Fund me - Koh Samui hostel owner in distress.

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 8:19 pm
by CEOCambodiaNews
Locked Up Abroad! Help Repay Bribes – Samui resident asks for help!

A resident of Koh Samui recently found herself locked up in jail after papers she thought were legal and correct and allowed her to run a backpacker resort were correct. However they were not. Loren has shared her story on a Go Fund Me page – here is what it says.

​Hi, I’m Loren, as most of you probably know. I’m a traveler and try to be open and honest always, and as a result I have the most incredible luck. I always say it’s not always good luck, but always incredible!

This week my incredible luck was incredibly bad...
http://www.samuitimes.com/locked-up-abr ... -for-help/

Re: Go Fund me - Koh Samui hostel owner in distress.

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 8:49 pm
by boozyoldman
What a cool, groovy and vilely corrupt screwy country!

And such a pity that she did not check the crooked
"lawyer's" real status in the first place!

Re: Go Fund me - Koh Samui hostel owner in distress.

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 9:09 pm
by Bertros
CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Locked Up Abroad! Help Repay Bribes – Samui resident asks for help!

I’m a traveler and try to be open and honest always, /

me too.... :lol:


cheers


Bertros :hattip:

Re: Go Fund me - Koh Samui hostel owner in distress.

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 4:26 am
by hanno
Another blue-eyed, do good hippie getting busted.....

Re: Go Fund me - Koh Samui hostel owner in distress.

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 8:33 am
by phuketrichard
old saying "let the buyer beware"

she tried to get by on the cheap rather than doing it legal, everyone here that does business knows there is the quick cheap easy way to do things but ...it has its risks
to bad many take that option

Re: Go Fund me - Koh Samui hostel owner in distress.

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 11:54 am
by sigmoid
People need to understand that this is the way of the future for "farang' in Thailand.

Andrew Drummond did a recent write-up on the subject:

http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2016/09/ ... -week.html

Another interesting article:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikegonzale ... 3d4a565b21

Anyway, the end is nigh

Re: Go Fund me - Koh Samui hostel owner in distress.

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 12:19 pm
by Bertros
sigmoid wrote:People need to understand that this is the way of the future for "farang' in Thailand.

Andrew Drummond did a recent write-up on the subject:

http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2016/09/ ... -week.html

Another interesting article:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikegonzale ... 3d4a565b21

Anyway, the end is nigh
Interesting reads.

the times they are a changing....

Wonder if it will spread to....?

cheers

Bertros :hattip:

Re: Go Fund me - Koh Samui hostel owner in distress.

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 12:38 pm
by phuketrichard
FYI Drumond is Banned in Thailand so we need look here;

https://translate.google.com/translate? ... &sandbox=1


Thailand is bending over ( as the Cambodians are) to the Chinese now; ( and looks like the Philippines will be as well)
recently wouldn't allow the HK activist Joshua Wong in the other day
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongk ... SKCN125025
Funny how during WW2 they sided with he japs, this time they might be picking the winners thou

We live in interesting times

Re: Go Fund me - Koh Samui hostel owner in distress.

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 5:22 pm
by Bertros
phuketrichard wrote:FYI Drumond is Banned in Thailand so we need look here;

https://translate.google.com/translate? ... &sandbox=1


Thailand is bending over ( as the Cambodians are) to the Chinese now; ( and looks like the Philippines will be as well)
recently wouldn't allow the HK activist Joshua Wong in the other day
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongk ... SKCN125025
Funny how during WW2 they sided with he japs, this time they might be picking the winners thou

We live in interesting times
I think the interesting this is this:

-the Chinese think it's to their benefit if they 'squire' these local Asian nations. (I didn't say smaller!)
-the Chinese are new at this...(prolly?)
-We (that's the plural we of 'us' westernish types) have been doing it for a loooooooong time. just sayin'
-'we know' some times is ain't so much fun. keeping countries that sit side by each and don't always get along, well keeping them in a state of 'along' is tough.

-good luck on the Chinese. maybe it will even things out a bit and reduce the freaking cost!!!!

just sayin' as it were.

cheers


Bertros :hattip: