I'm reading many negative experiences of Thailand here, which saddens me. I've been there multiple times, it's a beautiful country that I enjoy very much. There's definitely problems with lousy tourists going there to purchase sex, but aside from that it's a very nice place and I haven't had any issues.

This isn't strictly related to the story, but I just wanted to add some alternative point of view to this thread.

Caveat: I've traveled to many "less developed" countries so I might be more street-conscious than the average traveller.