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Old 02-07-2007, 04:03
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Ok before I start I just want to makes this clear and say I know it is not customary to be topless in Thailand and I am asking this to find out peoples experience and not there opinions.

I want to know from people who have been to either Koh Phanagan or Koh Samui about if there are women topless and it is accepted there.

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some people might think it is , but it isn't! , at least , not by the Thai population

when i was on koh chang , i noticed my g/f was angry at something,
when i asked if she was angry at me , she said no , but pointed at some western girls on the beach .topless

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you will find topless falang women there on the beach and by the pools....but most Thais are very offended by this
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you will find topless falang women there on the beach and by the pools....but most Thais are very offended by this
I don't like it either, just doesn't seem right to me if the locals are against it. That goes for anywhere not just Thailand - just a matter of respect imo.

But, how many tourists would even know whether it is accepted or not?!?
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Old 02-07-2007, 06:14
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I don't like it either, just doesn't seem right to me if the locals are against it. That goes for anywhere not just Thailand - just a matter of respect imo.

But, how many tourists would even know whether it is accepted or not?!?

Agree here...How many check out Thai forums before going to know whats right and wrong?
Saw a few falang ladies on samui topless...
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Am I getting praise because I asked?
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The most annoying thing is to see all the topless granny-types !! Tits down to their knees..and in majority compared to the covered up ones !!
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Old 02-07-2007, 06:28
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The most annoying thing is to see all the topless granny-types !! Tits down to their knees..and in majority compared to the covered up ones !!

Yuck and then they stare at you cos your with a beautiful Thai lady...
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Old 02-07-2007, 06:34
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Ok I am not 80 and anyway I am checking out your Thai lady not you! Ha Ha
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and presumably now you've been advised that it is not acceptable, you won't do it ?

I've seen police come and tell people to cover up.
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Yuck and then they stare at you cos your with a beautiful Thai lady...
Yepp...always makes me ashamed of myself.............
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I just give them my cheesiest grin and a double thumbs up...Who the fck are they to judge me.......Love the dirty looks i get
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and presumably now you've been advised that it is not acceptable, you won't do it ?

I've seen police come and tell people to cover up.
You mean like "so-cal?"5555




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and presumably now you've been advised that it is not acceptable, you won't do it ?

I've seen police come and tell people to cover up.
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We have the whole world to choose from. We want to go to a place that accepts it.
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then maybe the Gold Coast......Thais + in general all Asians do not like it
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the asian men want to stare.
but it's all this shame associated with nudity.

the women get offended cos
a)there might be children around
b) my bf/husband might actually enjoy the view
c) man, she wishes to have big knockers (this only applies to nice sets of headlights)

Farang women going topless can actually cause a big family squabble where someone's gonna be hurt real bad.

So despite whoever's 'who are u to judge me?' attitude, just spare a thought that your actions might actually hurt someone else.
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My GF tells me its not a problem for farangs to go topless or to go braless. The police frown on Thai's only, the Thai's arent offended as far as I have seen when I have been on Patong beach and Hua Hin. the more remote the beach the more liberal they seem to be. so Samui should be fine.. but that's just my experience.

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Old 02-07-2007, 11:26
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We have the whole world to choose from. We want to go to a place that accepts it.

Fair enough, so where will you be going?

jaffaman....my wife disagrees with your girlfriend. She considers it unacceptable for anyone to be doing it in Thailand.

I suggest we get them to wrestle in wet mud to decide who is correct. wearing tops of course

Oh and it was Samui where I watched the police telling people to cover up.

I have also seen Thai girls topless in Patong, but not for a long while.
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I saw some shocker falangs topless on the beach at Patong. I dont think it is good in someone elses country, and when I get the stares from the old farang women when I'm with a thai lady I just look at their husbands and smile, they know what I mean.
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Old 02-07-2007, 16:57
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jaffaman....my wife disagrees with your girlfriend. She considers it unacceptable for anyone to be doing it in Thailand.

I suggest we get them to wrestle in wet mud to decide who is correct. wearing tops of course

Oh and it was Samui where I watched the police telling people to cover up.

None of my previous GFs have found it offensive. Can they join too?

I think it is pretty much accepted by now that around the popular tourist beaches, farangs are allowed to go topless. On an average high season day on the beach in Kamala, there are literally dozens women with their tops off.

I wonder what the reaction would be if the MiB came down there one day and asked the old hags to put it back on.
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Plenty of topless ladies on Patong beach the last couple of times I have been.

When I was walking with my TG she just said "Falang women not shy no" and me I wasnt really looking 55555
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I don't think we've really nailed whether the average Thai person is offended by it or embarassed by it. There's a subtle difference.
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Plenty of topless ladies on Patong beach the last couple of times I have been.

When I was walking with my TG she just said "Falang women not shy no" and me I wasnt really looking 55555

the only tg i saw topless in patong turned out to be katoeys........55555555.............ij
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