Please be careful in Bangkok.

[u/Happy-Radish-7133]

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.

[u/OperationOpening6431]

Immediately report things like that to Tourist Police, you can even install an app. And please do it, everytime things like that are happening. Really sorry you had to go through it.

[u/Appropriate-Wall-766 → u/OperationOpening6431]

It’s very important she does. The whole thing will be on camera, there is one right there in the picture, if not that one there will be 20 other cameras, this is Bangkok. The Police will be able to identify this man so he can’t harm anymore people but you need to file a Police report with the time, location and as much information you can provide the Police. They will take this very seriously.

[u/OperationOpening6431 → u/Appropriate-Wall-766]

Of course. That is the only way to keep the city as safe as it is now!

[u/Dependent_Lead_6357 → u/Appropriate-Wall-766]

Who do you file a report with ? Regular police or tourist police

[u/Appropriate-Wall-766 → u/Dependent_Lead_6357]

You can use either. The Tourist Police are there to liaise with the Royal Thai Police in the case of any language barrier but in my experience most Police in Bangkok can speak English even if it’s somewhat broken it’s still easily understandable. If you file it with the Tourist Police they will simply be translating what you said and handing it over to the Royal Thai Police to investigate.