From where I sit, in my comfortable arm chair in Blighty, Rhenos comments are racist, perhaps not so much his observations but the way he expresses them.

If someone was to ask me the same question about America and I were to answer that they we all over-weight, narrow-minded, ignorant rednecks then my observations would be equally racist.

Yes, I have visited Thailand twice beautiful country and I cant wait to go back. Wouldnt want to work there though and the same can be for most of Asia and the Middle East. But I didnt need a volley of racist postings on a website to work that out for myself.

I prefer to work in places which have a culture more similar to my own this way I dont have to deal with things that are a little too alien for me and dont end up forming opinions that cloud my true judgement and then expressing them in a public forum.

Much of what Rheno says I can agree with I just take umbrage with his unnecessary attacks on what is a culture a little too alien to his own. My best advice to him would be to leave Thailand as soon as possible. He will then paint a much more objective and valuable opinion of working in Thailand with out letting his personal grievances taint it.