I’ve taken to walking down the Beach Road for exercise. The shaded promenade provided good cover against the sun and the distance allows you to work up a moderate sweat, while surveying the various vignettes of street life occurring in various locales. The free-lancers working the beach are mostly old as is their clientele of classic Cheap Charlies. The younger girls are really young and possibly jail bait. The ka-toeys are not so deceptive, but can be pushy with their invitations for a happy ending. None of these people pose a danger in the daylight. That task is left to the countless survey-takers for real estate concerns.

“Are you from here?” The girl smiles with a clipboard in her hand. She seems friendly enough. Most of them are pretty and you feel a little pity, when they tell you each survey earns them 20 baht. Soft-hearted men take the time 10-15 minutes to fill out the papers and think that’s that, however these girls are shills for rapacious land agents seeking for you to invest in a time-share.

These land sharks will call to announce that you have won a prize of a two-week vacation.

“Please come down to the office to pick up the tickets.”

Of course once you are there, the salesmen pressure you into depositing $100-400 to guarantee your holiday in the sun with a further goal of unloading a distant villa for $20,000.

“No thanks.”

Retreat immediately and return to your 600 baht/night hotel.

It would take you over a 600 nights to come close to the $20K they want for your time share.

Scam?

I throw no stones, but better to wave the clipboard girls away.

Nothing but a waste of time.

Better to stick with the ka-toeys. They only hurt you for 1000 baht.

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