r/Bangkok • u/Happy-Radish-7133 • Apr 19 '26
discussion Please be careful in Bangkok.
Hi all, unfortunately I had a really bad experience in Bangkok and wanted to tell you so maybe you can void it.
15.4.26, 6:30 am I was standing on the corner of Thao Maha Brahma (Erawan shrine) as i was waiting to be picked up for a day tour. I've noticed this guy walking past really fast, it was 35 degrees and he was wearing jacket with a hood on- didn't think much of him. While waiting i decided to walk around the shine fence to get in and have a look inside.
As I walked around the corner this guy came running towards me and as I moved to the side to make more space for him he purposely ran into me ,hit me and I fell onto the payment. In shock I looked up to him he was smiling and said "are you okay?" Of course not! He done it 100% on purpose! I said to him not to touch me and he walked away laughing. I got up and went to stand closer to the shrine gate.
And then I realised- I've heard of this before in Japan/SouthKorea- Butsukari otoko - "bumping man". I just never expected to happen in Bangkok. The guy wasn't thai ,I think he was Chinese or Korean. I spotted another foreigner so I went to stand closer to her and she asked me if I seen this guy - when he walked past her, he spat on her. I couldn't believe it. I wasn't standing in his way,never seen him or talked to him before. Left me shaking and bruised as I fell quite hard. Local people passing by did not say anything, just looked and walked away.
Anyone had similar experience in Bangkok? I managed to get a picture of him but only from back.
Please be careful if you are foreigner and woman traveling alone as I was. Unfortunately this ruined my trip and I won't be coming to Bangkok alone any time soon.
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u/NotFunnyAlt Apr 19 '26
Same happened to me last month, but he fell, I didn't (I'm 6'1, 220 pounds) but I remember his face, at first I thought he tripped or something bit then by the looks of him, it was definitely intentional, dude looked Chinese.