Bangkok Tourist Trap Tips by PS_Lee81

well... we didnt really know about the Buddha Days in Thailand. We thought all the pubs and shows were 24/7, all year round until we went to Pat Pong and they put the sign "Close for Buddha Days". They're really kind of religious and Buddha Days were considered one of the most important days in their calendar. We were really unlucky to pick those 2 days during our visit to Bangkok (9-10 or 10-11 July 2006)... so better to check it before ending up like us....

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At Least Do This: em... actually there were some other people inviting us to their secret pub/show where they still open regardless of the sacred days. But we didn't dare to go coz we afraid that we might ended up paying for our way out their door. So my suggestion is go to other shopping complex, taste other local food, or go to bed earlier for the next day...

we were around the World Trade Center shooting photos of the statue when a guy approached me and explained to me about the sacred statue. He told us we were very lucky to visit Bangkok that particular day coz it was the Buddha Days. Then he said they were having some kind of ceremony at a temple/wat called Lucky Buddha not far from the place we were. He mentioned there will be a lot of people visiting the temple and will be closed before 5pm.
I started to believe coz we knew that day was really a Buddha Day in Thailand. So i asked him to show the location of the temple on the Bangkok map that i were having. He pointed to somewhere to the north of the city and i noticed there were no sign of any temple/wat there. If the place really famous it should be in the map!! More suspicious things were that he kept asking us to go straight away before they close at 5pm and to take the tuk-tuk for only THB10. I read about the tuk-tuk scam and i started to know what was actually happening. I told the guy i need to meet my friends first and we managed to walk away.

Althought i have no prove that the lucky buddha doen't exist, but the way he persuaded us was really suspicious, making i'm damn sure it was one of the jewelry scam in Bangkok. So everyone of you there, make sure you were not falling into this trap!

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At Least Do This: just walk away if you think the person is suspicious. Get more information from other people.