I am the infamous person cited by thujone. It is I, He, Me. The man they call "Epitromius."
I also went to Asia to escape the emptiness of Western life, and like thujone said, fear is not the right motivator to act on, in life. I ended up in a horrible job in China with no friends, strung out and took a one-way to ticket to Cambodia and nearly OD'd my first night there.
There is so much drugs and debauchery out there, if you have any hankering for opiates and want to keep your use minimal or quit, then DO NOT GO THERE. EVER. If you WANT to experience a psychotic frenzy of pleasure and self-destruction, and nedarly die or end up broke or in debt, or prison or worse, stabbed by a thug, then sure, go there.
The other person mentioned in the thread is happy there because he went there to GO there, not to LEAVE here. Big difference.
Now I'm clean or rather, on suboxone, in a much much better job teaching in CAnada, in a job that will actually be useful on my resume, and actually making a difference, not babysitting spoiled Asian kids.
Seriously though, Asia is very dangerous for people who like opiates.
And the hotties there indeed just want your passport. Ain't never nothin' been ever free in dis world, fien