Bangkok trip report: 10 Days of Bliss.

[vinapu]

5 hours ago, spoon said:

 

Went down full with anticipation, and as I came out of the lift, I saw him the bolt driver from last night, and on his hand, my phone!

that was true Bangkok happy ending , not some f....g sex

[floridarob]

On 12/26/2025 at 4:07 AM, floridarob said:

I have faith you'll get your phone back....use another phone to log into your Bolt account and go from there.

I might be one of the more sarcastic guys here..... but also know what is possible and probable 😁

[jimmie50]

5 hours ago, macaroni21 said:

my phone is always in one particular pocket

I do the same thing.  My phone is always in my front pocket.  I do not use it for financial transactions when I travel, so the only time it comes out of my pocket is for sending/receiving quick messages via text, LINE, WhatsApp, etc. or if I happen to be using the maps app trying to find a specific location.  I don't use it enough when out and about to worry about needing a battery pack.  

[jimmie50]

8 hours ago, spoon said:

Having my faith in humanity restored

Nice to know there are still some honest people in the world, isn't it.  So glad you were able to get your phone back and you avoided disaster.  

[hank75]

Very good to hear your phone was returned by honest Bolt driver, and good of you too to ensure he did not leave empty handed. 

[ichigo]

I'm so glad your phone story had a happy ending, but in the back of my mind I had a feeling you would get it back. ❤️

[jason1975]

9 hours ago, vinapu said:

that was true Bangkok happy ending , not some f....g sex

What's wrong with the second act? It's also a happy ending! 🤭

[hank75]

Random, but I am also enjoying the food and restaurant reviews so please keep them coming. Prime burger is now on my try list. 

[jason1975]

@spoon your title "10 days of bliss" is really appropriate. You were lucky to hook up with amazing guys and didn't lose your handphone. And of course, you got to enjoy great company with fellow forum members! 🤣

[floridarob]

17 hours ago, jason1975 said:

your handphone

is that what they call a cell phone on your side of the world?

[khaolakguy]

I think it was/is mainly only in the US that it was called a "cellphone" or "cell". I thought it was rather quaint when I first heard it called that! In the UK it was always a "mobile", even with the first ones which were more like a large brick!

[spoon]

On 12/27/2025 at 9:47 PM, macaroni21 said:

After a couple of near-misses regarding phones many years ago, I have determinedly made myself acquire some better habits. I choose trousers with pockets -- as many as possible -- and my habit now is that my phone is always in one particular pocket, unless I take it out to read/send messages. It goes back into the pocket immediately after. 

It's a front pocket, not a back pocket - which is possibly the worst place to put one's phone. Not only will the phone be easily lifted out by a thief, one needs to take it out of the back pocket each time one sits down... and leave it on a table, car seat or somewhere else.

In Thailand, an additional problem is the power bank. I find that I need to have one with me when I am out and about for most of the day (and maybe into the evening). Fortunately, I tend to go about with a backpack, so there's space for that too.

I do have a small backpack i used to carry umbrella, bottle water and powerbank. After that incident, Ive been very careful about whereabout of my phone and yes, i do put them in my front pocket. Usually when I misplace something, its probably due to me trying to quickly do few things at the same time. In this case, I was opening my wallet to pay the bolt driver, while forgetting that I had my phone on my hand prior to that. So I probably put down my phone on the seat while reaching my wallet. 

Looking back, Ive never lost my phone until this incident. I have lost my wallet once when I was a school kid, and once in college, and in both cases, manage to recover back both wallets. I have lost my passport once in my life during first day of travel and that was horrible. My most memorable incident was when I dropped my camera somewhere in the field back in college, and somehow recovered back a year later by junior colleague who went to the same trip and to our surprise that camera still work just fine. Thats how they know it is my camera. 

[spoon]

On 12/28/2025 at 12:19 AM, vinapu said:

that was true Bangkok happy ending , not some f....g sex

On 12/28/2025 at 2:30 AM, floridarob said:

I might be one of the more sarcastic guys here..... but also know what is possible and probable 😁

On 12/28/2025 at 3:23 AM, jimmie50 said:

Nice to know there are still some honest people in the world, isn't it.  So glad you were able to get your phone back and you avoided disaster.  

On 12/28/2025 at 4:32 AM, hank75 said:

Very good to hear your phone was returned by honest Bolt driver, and good of you too to ensure he did not leave empty handed. 

On 12/28/2025 at 7:14 AM, ichigo said:

I'm so glad your phone story had a happy ending, but in the back of my mind I had a feeling you would get it back. ❤️

23 hours ago, jason1975 said:

@spoon your title "10 days of bliss" is really appropriate. You were lucky to hook up with amazing guys and didn't lose your handphone. And of course, you got to enjoy great company with fellow forum members! 🤣

Thank you all! Yes, all ends well. Im still typing this report mainly using the recovered phone. 

[spoon]

On 12/27/2025 at 9:21 PM, khaolakguy said:

Very relieved for you that everyone was so helpful and you got your phone back. Restores faith etc

Whoops. Missed to quote yours as well

[jimmie50]

6 minutes ago, spoon said:

Ive never lost my phone until this incident. I have lost my wallet once when I was a school kid, and once in college, and in both cases, manage to recover back both wallets. I have lost my passport once in my life during first day of travel and that was horrible.

I have lost my phone twice over the years.  Both times it was because I had a bad habit of putting the phone in my lap while driving around town.  I would forget it was there, then get out of the car and the phone would fall onto the ground.  I wouldn't realize until some time later, but it was long gone by the time I discovered it was missing and returned to the car.  You would think after doing it the first time I would have learned my lesson.  Thankfully, I have never experienced the loss of wallet or passport (knock on wood).   

[macaroni21]

6 hours ago, floridarob said:

is that what they call a cell phone on your side of the world?

I am surprised that a well-travelled person like @floridarob is asking this question. Haven't you encountered the term "mobile phone" before?

"Cellphone" is used in the USA and, as I vaguely recall, Canada (perhaps a member from Canada can confirm?), but across Europe, Asia, Africa and Australasia, it is "mobile phone". In Spain it is "telefono movil", and I believe it is the same term used in Spanish-speaking Latin America (I may stand corrected). 

Google translate says it is "celular" in Brazil, but "telemovel" in Portugal.

The Japanese term 携帯電話 (Geitaidenwa) also translates literally to mobile phone

"Handphone" is a usage I have only ever encountered in Singapore and Malaysia, and it has struck me as a direct translation of the term I hear in China "手机" (shouji) which literally means "hand phone". However, I remember seeing on an Indonesian-language poster the term "telepon genggam", which is also a direct translation of "hand phone".

But surely, in this day and age when the landline telephone is virtually obsolete, the simpler term "phone" will do when referring to the hand-held device?

[floridarob]

1 minute ago, macaroni21 said:

the simpler term "phone" will do when referring to the hand-held device?

I was going to reply with this..... it's just called a phone in most places now, I've heard Mobile lots.... was the handphone that I never heard, not to be confused with a happy ending hand job.

[Enchanted_Elixir]

6 hours ago, khaolakguy said:

I think it was/is mainly only in the US that it was called a "cellphone" or "cell". I thought it was rather quaint when I first heard it called that! In the UK it was always a "mobile", even with the first ones which were more like a large brick!

In Iceland mobile phones are called «time thieves». Quite appropriate. 

[vinapu]

7 minutes ago, Enchanted_Elixir said:

In Iceland mobile phones are called «time thieves». Quite appropriate. 

there was time we said the same  about TV