I have just come back from holiday in Thailand and would like to warn everyone :

1. Do not talk to anyone (often nice ) on the street!
/Thai people act as if they wanted to help you often acting as airline pilots, police, national gallery workers or students but all of this is cheating and they always want you to buy something or take taxi (tuk tuk) or simply steal your money.

2. Take tuk tuk or taxi if you want to take it not when someone is offering you.
/they will take you in to their shops ;tailor, jevellery, travel agency TAT where other "Thai friendly professionals" will sell you their product( holiday package, coat, shirt, "diamond ring") for much more than it is worth!!!

3. TAT agencies cheat and organize you holiday packages for much more than you would pay just going from place to place buying tickets in your hotel or bus/train station and you will also have a choice of accomodation rather than the choosen bungalow with rats and dump on the wall often far from the local beach or ammenities. It is only worth to buy single ticket from them and is better to use your hotel agent with TAT license than a big TAT specialized in charging more for a great package:)

4. Never ever let any group or single Thai (even staff serving you) be to close to you.
My bus driver (trip organized by TAT agent in Bangkok) stole 80 USD from my wallet while the other bus driver asked me to help him to pack my bags.

5. Always bargin the price with TUK TUK or TAXI as the one given to you is at least 2 times more or if it is to low and tempting that means they will take you to the shops to sell you something so they get a commission

6. Never buy anythink that you do not want!
Thai will use hundreds of methods to make you thinking that you want to buy something and it is cheap but in fact when you get back to your hotel you will
realize that you do not need it and it was sold to you for 3 times more.

7. If you realize that someone was in your room or stole your money always check if you have absolutely everything as they often still one card and some money and put your wallet back to your pocket with some fake cards and money so you do not realize and that gives them time to use your card etc.

8. If you want to travel to Cambodia from Bangkok (much nicer people and more honest and about 30% cheaper than in Thailand) buy your visa in the authorised agency in your hotel for 800-850 baths or cross the border walking through and buy it from the officer in uniform -that will cost 20 USD or 800 if you pay in baths).
When you buy it at the border the fake agent will "help you to get visa for 2 times more expensive (min. 1200-1300 baths). If fake agents are stopping you just tell them that you already have visa and walk to the uniform officer at the border) 9. Do not believe in some freat sleeper bus as you often pay more for sleeper and it turns out to be a normal bus with stink in the not working tolilet (part of the experience:)

10. Do not believe Thai are poor as most of them that work around tourists and can speak English pretend that they are.
Poor people live in Cambodia but they are more honest and is worth visiting Cambodia.
Just be carefull and do not trust anyone too much.
If you want to see Vietnam - my frien went there and apparently they are less honest and cheat even more than Thai people.

11. Thailand,s islands on the South are beautiful, Bangkok - nothing special, Chang Mai and jungle up North - nothing special ( better to see Cambodia).
Good luck and be carefull -you have to there !