Anyone else notice the quality of scene composition, photography and editing of this vlog was a major step up from others. Well done Adam, your extra time and effort you put into this one is appreciated by this subbie 🤙

@stevenjonas3421

2 жыл бұрын

I noticed a lot of b roll from other vlogs

@David_in_Thailand

2 жыл бұрын

The opening has some great scenes very beautifully edited.

translated by google - i only know what concerns waterways, the international maritime law prescribes right before left, this is also applied to rivers and canals, also in thailand, but sails before screw does not apply there

I would add burning season to the list.

Merry Xmas Mate…thank you, really enjoying your stuff,, every post is fabulous 👍🇦🇺🇳🇿

I had that too in Vietnam and Thailand not wanting to budge on a price even if there no one around to make any money. There's an old American saying my dad had and it was a fast penny is better then a slow dime.

Im with you 😅 The gaps to get around the stairs to go over them are hilarious 😂

You make some very valid points.. Thailand is amazing.. OMG.

I believe using the right hand side going up the stairs is because most peoples stronger side where they have more power using the handle is their right hand side. Maybe?

The one that gets me is that 5 kids drown everyday in Thailand ! Soooo preventable !

Great edit mate , loved it🍻

Love this blog lived in Thailand a long time but the craziness is what I love

Took the production to another level 🔥🔥🔥

It’s all what I call Thai Logic, I’ve been married to a Thai lady for 14yrs and I’m an expert on the subject lol. It’s like rainy season and Pattaya floods several times, of course this problem could be fixed but their logic is once the water drains away then it is fixed because tomorrow never comes.

The music thing will be copyright/licensing costs. In the west you'll sometimes hear very good covers done for mainstream adverts as licensing the original recording by the artist would cost a fortune.

My guess with the stairs/escalators is the handrail will be on (most) people's dominant right side?

Ha ha great video. I've long since given up trying to understand these things about Thailand :)

Wow, the video is super informative! 🙏🙏 it will make my decision on the road much easier from now on haha

As an architect I loved this video. More of this please!

Uploading less frequently is definitely paying off! Watched this video all the way through. Good stuff!

@devinscott4146

2 жыл бұрын

Quality improved a lot

Great vid - I drove in BKK (and road trips around Thailand) for around 6 years and thank goodness, never got into an accident! 😊

Most reasons I love about Thailand, speeding blows my mind too, simple changes could save lots of lives.

@andreww3621

Жыл бұрын

Who cares about speeding, WEAR YOUR MASK!!!🤣 Thai logic

@GoingGoingGoneCraigWyatt

Жыл бұрын

@@andreww3621 so true 😂

There are a place for all content most of which I love. Dan and Adam have a huge level of skill set at production. Others older vloggers have other skill sets that appeal to a nearly 50 year old man... I left Thailand yesterday and returning to England is pretty devastating

Awesome as always. Well look's like the test and go has stopped. So hopefully mid January I will be able to come then. Have you heard anything since you are there?

Love this video Keis the editing is awesome you have definitely shifted up a gear. Yer the driving on the left and walking thing still confuses me I just don't get it. lots of things about Thailand confuse me but that's why we love it I guess. Man 500 baht fine for speeding and thats the only one you can get all day i would be speeding all the time but at the right time i guess. Thanks for the video mate its fantastic. Stay safe mate cheers

Great video, as you say road rules dont seem to apply much . A friend of mine was stopped for no driving licence and it was 400 baht . He paid and off we drove again . Cheaper than getting a licence he told me ! Now I do the driving as hes had no training what so ever 😱

Thai road deaths, only include those that die on the road, those that die in the ambulance or later in hospital are not included, now they would be around 2-3 times more!

Great observations and insights of peculiarities there

Excellent All Around. I Wish You A Merry Christmas.

I have questioned the same things : ) Especially the sidewalks. Great video again.

Great video. I also wondered about the cover version music. In Singapore there was a Filipino cover band that was played everyhwere. The other thing that is strange about Thailand are the strange alcohol sales hours where main shops close from 2pm until 5pm every day yet you can go to a small independent shop next door and they will sell to you.

Thailand is ranked #5 in the world for most road deaths per 100k inhabitants (according to Wikipedia list)

I feel like all taxi drivers have the Thai cds with all the American songs sang by Thais. First time hearing it was like straight off the plane. I'm like how is this legally possible

The boat thing I can answer; maritime rules are international. 🍺🍺

@LootGoblin4510

2 жыл бұрын

That is the only one that makes sense... ;)

This video's intro is just next level. Epic. 🤯

Thumbnail of the year !

Great intro Adam 💪 the music mate 👊 Side walk with crossing is crazy i agry 🤔 The trafic fines for spedding is insane, over here if you drive over 30km to fast you nred to go to a judge and they deside how high your fine is, or if you have a lot of speeding fines, they take your driver license on the spot or the judge decides 😏 Thanks for this great vlog, and as always, C Ya in the next one, cheers 🙌🍻 P.s. happy holidays mate 🎉

The first time I saw a family of like 4 people on a tiny moped, all without helmets, I was pretty shocked by it. The first time I met a moped coming towards me on a sidewalk I was also a bit bewildered.. But the actual road was one way and after his delivery he was obviously not continue going the same way as the road anyore. So sidewalk was the way he chose. :P So strange, but getting weirdly used to it. And I just recently dared be a passenger on a moped, not a moped-taxi though, but a local friend of mine. I was, and still am, somewhat terrified when we drive around and I will be getting a helmet. When I said this to him he was like "nah, no need. I drive good".... XD Will still be getting a helmet if we keep going places on his bike. :P So far I love this country, from the little I've seen and felt while I've been here. But the traffic is really horrendous!

I have negotiated around those overpass stairs many times, it is a challenge :-)

Correction: MOST people drive on the left, some will drive on the right however. LOL Remember: In Thailand, safety is 5th. LOL

Some of the Thai cover bands are awesome, I was in an Irish bar in Krabi and saw a U2 cover band. The sound and singer sounded like the real deal, it was insane

@Tom-Yum-Gai

2 жыл бұрын

many of those are Philippines bands, they're famous for it. Listen to Journey's new stuff, they got the Steve Perry replacement from a Phils cover band they saw on youtube.

Yes... it blows you away the first time you visit Thailand, then after a few visits it's Meh ! that's how it is.. deal with it.. but I would never get on a scooter pissed or without a helmet and decent jacket/jeans/footwear.... gravel rash even at slow speeds is not your friend.. and I carried a first aid kit on the scooter (never had to use it though...yet)

damn, this opening is crazy, keep up with the good work

In Tokyo you stay to the left on an Escalator but in Kyoto you stay to the right🤷‍♀️

Cool video yeh some crazy things here but it also makes the charm of Thailand 🤪

They like Thais singing western songs, my wife listens to all the covers from the Masked Singer rather than the original, I think its just because its the first time they have heard the song so thats their touch point.

2k baht fine for speeding or no helmet Under 18 must wear a helmet or 2k fine Running red lights or not stopping at stop signs. 2k fine Weaving in between traffic.. 2k fine That should about do it.

God I love Thailand The thing about Thailand though is typically the drivers are actually much more aware of there surroundings compared to U.S. driver's.

@LootGoblin4510

2 жыл бұрын

That's because they have to be, or be a statistic... ;)

@siccens6168

2 жыл бұрын

@@LootGoblin4510 Exactly. There's a certain fluidity about the traffic. That was my point. 😉

@andreww3621

Жыл бұрын

@@siccens6168 Its controlled chaos

I’m Thai and couldn’t agree you more on the #1. yep it’s weird.

What scares the crap out of me is when driving on country roads you get motorbikes coming at you on the wrong side of the road

@LootGoblin4510

2 жыл бұрын

probably those use to driving on the right and "forgotten" it's on the left in Thailand, one less thing to worry about coming from Aus or the UK.. ;)

You are Our Thailander! The traffic/driving is horrible you are right.

translated by google - Because of number 5, it could be that the translation into Thai changes the emphasis and expression of the overall sound so much that there is only a similarity

I loved this video ...

555 i agree. totaly understand what you say

In my experience a farang rarely gets Thai ride prices I just assume 100. I ALWAYS ask before I get in

Hey I love your content! I recently got back to America from Thailand. A couple more things I didn't understand maybe you can research for me is nobody has trailers or hitches on the trucks. They just stack everything really high. Funny to watch. America was built with trailers. Also they play western music and Christmas music everywhere even though I was the only American around even in non tourist areas. Maybe you can do a video on it.

@Tom-Yum-Gai

2 жыл бұрын

business...plus they love to party. They celebrate THREE new years, for example.

Some good observations. A few of my thoughts. One answer regarding the ferry traffic. Boats follow Martine rules,. not road traffic rules. As for sky train and pedestrian overpass stairs blocking the sidewalks, that in my mind is because the sky train was installed later and no money was allocated for sidewalk improvements. As for the dangerous traffic, the fatality injury rate is high for sure. I think fact helmets are required on motorbikes, enforcement is lax. To be honest some times I get so hot wearing a helmet that I can get dizzy from overheating. In any case, a helmet should be worn. But riding a motorbike wearing flip-flops, shorts, and a helmet is not really all that safe either. As for driving in Australian cities, the nanny state becomes absurd, speed cameras everywhere often seem like revenue generation rather than road safety efforts. When I left Perth after living there for two years and went to the USA, I was a road hazard! Why? Because I drove so slowly. I-5 in Califonia driving 20 -30mph over the posted speed limit is normal traffic flow. Why do people buy cover band music? Did you check the price difference? less than 1/3 of the price. Yep, that is why people buy local cover music CDs, it sounds good. For me, I like Thailand in part because of its lack of unifomity and the diversity of lifestyles. None of the wonderful inexpensive street food would be available if Thailand regulated food as we do in western culture. Just my thoughts. Good video.

You generally avoid stationary Tuk Tuks that have been sitting there a long time, those drivers are typically waiting to scam you for one big ride. The worse ones are especially those in tourist areas like the Grand Palace. They said it's going to take 30 years to put all those wires underground, but I been told they already cleaning up the main downtown areas.

Right on. Thank you for this vblog. #กรมทางหลวง #กรมทางหลวงชนบท

Interesting questions you asked here mate. Does anyone have the answers to them? Good vid Adam.

My wife's family live on a small road in rural Thailand. You shouldn't really be doing more than 30 or 40 km/hr as kids are always playing out front, farm carts, dogs, chickens so on. Their dog got killed by someone doing about 80km/hr. ( I was fond of the dog and I think the only one upset by the incident). They just get out the car and wai left right and centre and everything is forgiven. Things will never change in Thailand.

$10 lunch in Australia? Maybe a small meal at KFC, more like $18 to $25 for an average meal.

My understanding why they have "cover band" music is to get away from royalty fees to the original artists (i.e., they don't have to pay the artist if someone else has their own rendition, or at least its much less than they would owe). I think this is common all over SE Asia (I noticed it in Cambodia and Vietnam as very common to hear western songs covered by locals over the air/radio and in public places. Some local expats gave me this reason which made sense).

Dude, I was in Phuket at a club, and the DJ was killing it. But it started to sound like a live band was mixing in with the DJ, I recognized the Beyonce song playing, but could hear the band slowly taking over. Before the DJ could go to the next song, a full band had taken the stage and continued the mix and went on for like an hour with no break, and then seamlessly back into the DJ. Weirdest thing I had been to

1 reason Why I love Thailand 🙏😀

Amazing Thailand #1

Great video Keis . I found the police would fine all the farangs who had a helmet on driving carefully but forgot to take their International driving licence with them while the thai's without helmets would drive straight past. I helped a couple of ladies one day by giving them a lift and was pulled in by the police. As we were stopped getting a ticket for too many people on a scooter 3 I saw several bikes pass with the same some had more with no consequence. If you make a law it should be applied to all. I could handle it if Thai's were given smaller fines as they generally speaking have less money.

boats on right hand side is international rules for all waterways.

A little clip of ALIZ...Thai band...drummer huge star on youtube!!!

Interesting video. I wasn't aware that once you got a speeding fine you had carte blanche to drive like a madman for the rest of the day. Madness! There has to be some happy medium between over regulation (as in Oz) and the Thais laissez fare culture. I was in a rush and took a moto taxi once in central Bangkok and it was one of the most frightening experiences of my life. Insane the way the motor bike rider weaved in and out through grid locked traffic. I've used Grab bike in Saigon many times and it was no where near as dodgy as the Bangkok ride. At least the bikes don't invade the footpaths in Thailand the way they do in Vietnam.

An ausie guy that runs a motorbike shop in rawaii was telling me with his insurance policy as long as he is under .25 on the bretho they will still pay him ,insane

Amazing video as always

@keisone

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much mate 😊

My mom's Thai and we live in America now , whenever people would run across the street or walk slow across the street my mom would say " in Thailand they'd be dead "

Hey I am in America and I think it’s weird that I can buy guns and ammo everywhere, even if I’m on the no fly list, have mental health or retardation problems, and there are huge lobbying organizations that fight every single law on gun use even the common sense ones. Also half the people walk around going on about “freeest county in the world - FREEDOM! like they are the only ones 😂. Every country does things that don’t make sense.

Bro, went through the same thing living in Vietnam, but I’ll give you some advice if your going to continue living there just got to except it and leave your western way Of thinking at the door other wise you go crazy pros and cons to everything

I’m right handed but I use my left hand 💪🤣🤣🤣

The sidewalk thing is straight facts lmao. I’ve been here 365 days and still don’t know

@keisone

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I don’t think anyone knows lol

2 words explain your video ' that's Thailand'

Adam try to ride sa Ceres bus from CEBU TO SOUTH part of Cebu ….. i cant imagine your reaction🤣

So your mate Dan gone back too UK ?? Because no vids for at least a week

The power lines lol

Oghh, this is "Sabai sabai" construction style)))

All of those thing can explain in one word " Mai Pen Rai" .

Some of ths taxi drivers if gives price believe if you barter price and they agree they are loosing face.im thai and living here.

These are a part of what i miss of Thai, here in the west you can't explain it......all these thing are you had to be there or seeing is believing 😉. At the other hand your studio mic is not sounding ok....i hope you didn't just plugged it in straight in your Mac. Better plug in your Rodhe...ir even juse your internal mic.....figure it out the studio setup is so cool.....xlr (connection on your mic) to a mini jack to plug in your mac will fail in most of the senarios

@keisone

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah was an issue with the levels in the camera, so it sounded perfect when I recorded, but when it came time to edit I heard it too and it was too late… got it all sorted now tho 😊

That’s why it’s a third world country mate! Development of a country is not all about the economy, it’s about the people and their habits and lifestyle. The fact that they take 500 baht and give you a free pass to speed is all about making some money and nothing to do with safety. It is criminal to speed in uk! Thailand is just about 50-100 years behind a developed country. Education is the key! Hopefully the next generation will be smarter than the current.

@youngmathematicians7502

2 жыл бұрын

@@billdeburgh it’s not about me or anyone else coming to Thailand mate. Thai people deserve better. Don’t you think? You’ve got the wrong end of the stick. I’m not having a go at Thailand. I’m having a go at why there’s so many problems with laws etc. It’s the local Thai people who suffers. Not the farang like yourself. 🙄

@youngmathematicians7502

2 жыл бұрын

@@billdeburgh that’s exactly why we came out of the EU mate! 😊

@youngmathematicians7502

2 жыл бұрын

@@billdeburgh well all I wanted to say was get the corruption out of Thailand.

Like in Auss the railroad and first cars where by the POMS , so righthand drive , Walk on the right inyo oncoming traffic In Thailand **** drivers , Shoppingmalls mainly designed by trendy Euros who don"t no sh*t

Really time for Thailand to drive on the right, it's one of the few last countries in the world to drive left and all its neighbors drive right.

Ah just lke the good old days in the 80s . Also in thailand it is about not losing face so rules do not mater

Most people in the world is right handed, thus, for the stairs...railing to the right.

@majorkade

2 жыл бұрын

Great. Smart.

You should have told me that no one can speak English :/ Can you advise me of visa I should get for stay here in Bangkok as long as possibile?

DOPPPPPE edits!

I don't even talk to Tuk tuk drivers anymore.

I've been to Thailand many times over the years and seen it all and your listing of seven I can really relate to. I'll add 2 of my own to that list - zebra crossings that mean absolutely nothing and we ended up as pedestrians stranded in the middle of the road with cars, bikes and tuk tuks barely slowing down all around us and the other which really blew my mind was a magazine openly for sale to anyone in the general public that wanted to purchase it simply concentrated on stories and uncensored photographs of deceased people in accidents of any type, suicide cases, murders. You'd never find that in Australia where you and I are from and that I found extremely confronting. Enjoy your time back in Australia mate. Stay safe and bring the mask with you as we had over 5,000 new cases in one day in NSW yesterday. Crazy world right now :)

The only thing I don't like about thailqnd is the taxie drivers pick you up from bangkok airport sit in the far right hand lane and sit on 140km farkin crazy I tell them get in the left lane and slow down they laugh I wanna get pattaya a s quick as I can but it's crazy

9:50 hei Mr smart guy, maybe that pole who has nothing attached on him, maybe once had some cables in the past, but for you was too hard to process and of course you need some waw content, probably in Australia everything is ''perfect''

Been here 4 years now,,,, worked it out pretty quick,,,there is No logic in Thailand. Wait until you buy a car and spend 5 hours + in a motor registry? Why are the utes packed SO high,,,,, cas the rules regarding trailers are ridiculous and cost more than the cost to make one? Nice editing as always Adam

More people have died on the road in one year then have died since the beginning of the Pandemic from Covid - on top of this - it is mainly young and fit people who die on the road. Thailand is a wonderful paradox for sure. I think philosophically it comes from the Sabai sabai attitude which is probably born of buddhism in some respects.

before you buy a 99baht plastic helmet that blocks your view or sits unconfortable you rather wear nothing, it wont help anything on impact. real tested helmets are expensive but should be used

Good video, but I think we need to address the important question! Did Cynthia get new (•)(•) ? 🤣🤣

Where is dan the man ???? Has something happen