Hello everyone:
I'm going back to South East Asia for the first time in over four years. The last time I was there I was a smoker. Now I'm a vaper, but I'm kind of worried about using my PV in South East Asia. I'm specifically traveling through Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, in that order.
One thing that worries me is the lack of knowledge that people have about e-cigs in the above mentioned countries. In Vietnam and Thailand, especially in smaller towns, a local may call the police because they see a foreigner doing something that they believe to be strange (i.e. using an e-cig which they might think is an illegal drug). Then the police show up. What worries me most is that the police, also not knowing anything about an e-cig, will have a reason to detain me and cause me delays. In another case scenario, especially anywhere in Cambodia, that the police will use this as an excuse to extort money from me. At least I could get out of this situation quickly. In Thailand and Vietnam, this could just equal unreasonable delays. Local police, especially in the provinces where there are no 'tourist police', will have to call the 'tourist police' (one from a bigger city who can speak English), to come and sort the confusion, which could equal a day or two of sitting in a jail cell and would essentially ruin the trip.
The only solution I can think of is to get a couple of smaller pvs, like an Ego, to take with me when I'm out and about, and only use big mods in the hotel rooms. That might help to minimize possibilities of issues. I don't think it will completely eliminate it because I'll still have to carry bottle of liquid around to fill a carto up, since my tank will be in a lock box in the hotel with the big mod.
I've seriously also considered giving up vaping all together. I originally started e-cigs to help me from smoking. Now I don't smoke any longer and it's been over three years. This might be a good opportunity for my to quit everything once and for all. But I don't know how well that will work out as I've never actively tried to stop vaping, let alone on a vacation when I'm trying to enjoy myself.
I can't think of any other solutions, nor do I have any experience with vaping in developing countries. Does anyone have any thoughts, ideas, comments, or suggestions?
~m00n
I'm going back to South East Asia for the first time in over four years. The last time I was there I was a smoker. Now I'm a vaper, but I'm kind of worried about using my PV in South East Asia. I'm specifically traveling through Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, in that order.
One thing that worries me is the lack of knowledge that people have about e-cigs in the above mentioned countries. In Vietnam and Thailand, especially in smaller towns, a local may call the police because they see a foreigner doing something that they believe to be strange (i.e. using an e-cig which they might think is an illegal drug). Then the police show up. What worries me most is that the police, also not knowing anything about an e-cig, will have a reason to detain me and cause me delays. In another case scenario, especially anywhere in Cambodia, that the police will use this as an excuse to extort money from me. At least I could get out of this situation quickly. In Thailand and Vietnam, this could just equal unreasonable delays. Local police, especially in the provinces where there are no 'tourist police', will have to call the 'tourist police' (one from a bigger city who can speak English), to come and sort the confusion, which could equal a day or two of sitting in a jail cell and would essentially ruin the trip.
The only solution I can think of is to get a couple of smaller pvs, like an Ego, to take with me when I'm out and about, and only use big mods in the hotel rooms. That might help to minimize possibilities of issues. I don't think it will completely eliminate it because I'll still have to carry bottle of liquid around to fill a carto up, since my tank will be in a lock box in the hotel with the big mod.
I've seriously also considered giving up vaping all together. I originally started e-cigs to help me from smoking. Now I don't smoke any longer and it's been over three years. This might be a good opportunity for my to quit everything once and for all. But I don't know how well that will work out as I've never actively tried to stop vaping, let alone on a vacation when I'm trying to enjoy myself.
I can't think of any other solutions, nor do I have any experience with vaping in developing countries. Does anyone have any thoughts, ideas, comments, or suggestions?
~m00n
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