Phuket

jimholio · #1 01-02-2005, 03:20

I have quite a story about fishing in Phuket

It started out early in the morning when the minibus came and picked us up, we drove to another hotel to pick up some other people that was gonna join on the tour. After we had been standing there for maybe 20 min, 3 incredibly drunk russians stepped into the minibus with 3 bargirls.

They all had a whiskey bottles in the hands and they didnt understand much english at all. They were singing and cheering, my first thought was, man i hope that these people aint going on the same boat as we do! But ofcourse they were, at this time one of them could barely stand and one of the guys kept talking with me about jumping, i had no clue what he meant.

The conversation went on like this..
Russian: Jump, jump you? Jump?
Me: I dont understand what you mean.
Russian: 1-2-3 JUMP!
Me: Hmm..

We thought "this is for sure russian mafia" they realy looked like the mafia type of guys, one of them had a russian specialy forces tattoo on his arm aswell. And it's well known that many former special forces and KGB agents joins the Russian mafia when they get older. It was something special about them that made them look like gangsters. Despite that they were all VERY nice. After a while on the sea when the other guys were sleeping inside the boat he came up and talked with me again. The russian guy kept going about jumping and i had no clue what he meant.

Russian: Jump?
Me: Im sorry?
Russian: You jump?
Me: Jump from what?
Russian: ?
Me: Im sorry i dont understand what you mean.
Russian: Jump jump, 1-2-3 jump.
Me: Bungyjump?
Russian: No bungy!
Me: Airplane?
Russian: Yes yes airplane.
Me: No i have never done that.
Russian: You jump?
Me: No.
Russian: Ok you come motherland jump?
Me: To Russia?
Russian: Yes
Me: I dont think so.
Russian: You come my motherland stay, my guest.
Me: Umm i dunno, maybe?

Then i took of my shirt, and on my left arm i have this big dragon tattoo.
The russian guy looked at me with a wierd look in his eyes. Then he pointed and said.

Russian: Triad?!
Me: What?
Russian: Dragon, triad!
Me: No no, not triad.
Russian: Ok, dragon is triad.
Me: Oh ok.
Russian: You triad?
Me: No.
Russian: Ok.

Then he kept going on about that i should come visit him in moscow and stay at his home as his guest, he said that he was gonna pay for tickets. Ofcourse i didnt want to go to russia and stay with the russian mafia so i said that i had business to take care of back home and that i didnt have time to go to Russia right now. Then after chatting for a while i finally realized what he meant with all that jumping thing, it took a LONG time for me to understand but apparantly he had his own parachute company in Moscow.
So i asked him if he works in tha bussiness, he said no, and that he had alot of restaurants in Moscow. Then he explain that he had jumped down into Thailand with a parachute, at this time i didnt know what to think. Why would anyone want to jump into Thailand with a parachute?

What do you think? was this the russian mob or just a rich and crazy Russian?

Oh and one thing he kept going on about was:
My blood your blood, i dont know what he meant with that.

aussie dollar · #2 01-02-2005, 03:28

I was involved in a company in sydney that had connnections with russian mafia.
we had somebody who wasnt paying us what they owed us.
we had a company meeting this russian guy had just got of the plane a few hours before.
after about 20 mins of debate on what to do,the russian pulled out a pistol and said "me handle this for you" scared the -hit out of us.
tried to explain not the way to do buisness in aus just didnt get it !!

geespot · #3 01-02-2005, 14:46

There are lots and lots of Russians coming to Phuket on holiday, no doubt some of them have shady connections, but you see plenty of guys who look really shady in Patong

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tintin · #4 01-02-2005, 16:03

I met some guys like that in Samui!

They think that they own the place, and give orders to everybody, including other tourists!

I was ones in the back of the local transport, they almost pushed me out to have a better view off the girls in the street, very agressive!

No, no don't say that they had better done it!

hugos · #5 01-02-2005, 16:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimholio

Then he explain that he had jumped down into Thailand with a parachute, at this time i didnt know what to think. Why would anyone want to jump into Thailand with a parachute?

What do you think? was this the russian mob or just a rich and crazy Russian?

Oh and one thing he kept going on about was:
My blood your blood, i dont know what he meant with that.

I know some people do parachuting in LOS. Thailand seems to be popular for these jumpers.

"My blood, your blood." Think it means same we are friends or something like this.

Think he was a drunken Russian.

jimholio · #6 01-02-2005, 22:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by hugos

I know some people do parachuting in LOS. Thailand seems to be popular for these jumpers.

"My blood, your blood." Think it means same we are friends or something like this.

Think he was a drunken Russian.

Well that was not what i meant, he came to Thailand by parachute, (didnt pass any border controls etc)

LivinLOS · #7 02-02-2005, 00:43

No chance of jumping from an international plane..

I used to skydive a bit and prop planes etc are great fun but an international border crossing jet (with its declarations and border / airspace control).. To then slow down to jump speed, depressurize... etc.. Not quite impossible but so expensive and unlikely that it would have to be a hijack situation to arrange...

jimholio · #8 02-02-2005, 02:45

well a propeller plane can fly over borders aswell, He didnt say what kind of plane it was or from which country he came, he may come from any of the country's close by, Cambodia, Malaysia etc

LivinLOS · #9 02-02-2005, 11:06

well sure in theory but lets just say extreemely unlikely and as there was a lot of language issues I suspect its was something else..

limonadovy_joe · #10 02-02-2005, 21:50

hey jimholio,
dont worry about your experience...
not all the russians r mafia men...
and even if they have some shady connections, they wouldnt shoot u while they r on the vacation...
in general russians r sincere people and like to host...
they like to socialize and drink a lot and eventhough they dont speak english, they try to make conversation...
they just like to make friends, especially with foreigners...
i met many russians especially on vacations in tunisia, turkey and other european destinations and they r just like that...