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does Leffe already sell in thai supermarkets i.e. Central?

Yes.

I buy mine in Villa for 121b (though may have recently gone up in tax?).

Hoegaarten the same.

I just buy 4 or 5 btls now and again, buying a case at 2,500+ wouldn't interest me, I'm afraid.

But good luck with it!

Good for you!

Don't know Kalasin at all, but I suspect it's much the same as many other places.

It is. I used to live in a neighbouring province. Poverty brings out both the best and worst of humanity and Thai culture.

It's Flat. HOT. Don't go stealing any motosai's.

A case which vividly illustrates the climate of fear in which Thai

witnesses live is that of Kalasin Province, in North Eastern Thailand.

Kalasin is particularly sinister for its sheer scope: the Asian Human

Rights Commission alone has identified some 24 killings between 2004 and

2006. The true number is thought to be far higher - some bodies have

never been found; others have been reduced to ashes before proper

identification. In many of the cases, victims were young or underage

individuals accused of motorbike theft, drug dealing or other small

crimes. Add to this the cruelty of the methods employed (many of the

victims were tortured to death, and had their testicles burned, crushed

or electrocuted) and things start to look very ugly indeed.

When Kietisak was 16 years old, he was charged with motorcycle theft,

and despite his claims that he had been tortured and his confession

forced, was sentenced to one year in jail. After serving his time, he

returned to Kalasin and went to live with his grandmother, Sa, not far

from the local police station. On 16th July 2004, when he didn't come

home, a neighbour told Sa that he had again been arrested for motorcycle

theft. The next day, the police took her to watch Kietisak being

interrogated at the public prosecutor's office. That was the last time

she saw Kietisak alive. The next day, the police called her to say that

his bail had been posted by a municipal official. She went to wait at

the police station for her grandson's release, but at around 5 p.m. the

police told her to go home and that they would contact her when he was

free to go. Roughly an hour later, Kietisak called her and told her in a

trembling voice: "They didn't tell the truth to you Grandma. They are

going to take me away and kill me. Hurry come and help me, I'm on the

second floor." After that the line went dead.

At the police

station, Sa was told by a high ranking police officer that Kietisak had

already been released. She could hear her grandson crying out from

above, but the police refused to allow her up to the second floor.

A

few days later, on July 26, a police officer came to tell Sa that

Kietisak's body had been found some 30 kilometres away. Witnesses who

had seen his body being recovered said that the boy's feet were not

dirty, despite the fact that the surrounding area was muddy due to the

monsoon weather. Sa took the body to the Central Institute of Forensic

Science in Bangkok, who told her that Kietisak had been tortured to

death. His body appeared to have been dragged along the ground by the

neck and by handcuffs, causing deep cuts on his wrists. His body was

covered with wounds and his testicles had been crushed.

On 29th

July, the police phoned the witness whose phone Kietisak had borrowed to

call his grandmother. They told her that the phone was police property

and that she was to tell that to anyone who asked her about it. When she

replied, "I'll say whatever I saw," she was told "Go ahead. If you

talk, you'll hang like that kid."

http://www.chiangmainews.com/ecmn/viewfa.php?id=2121

Hopefully one of the silly ones will go overboard with a Thai and will recieve a beating.

That's the spirit.

I want to drive my children to school on it. Is there a gas tank seat mod out yet? Perhaps use the frame sliders, one standing on each side?

I have already.

His 23 yr old Chula grad wife has already picked him up.

The one from that Hi So Chinese family yeah ?

Tittiporn Na Ayuthaya. You know her?

If you were worried why didn't you point him out to one of the traffic police?

Many just don't care enough to even do that.

Last night saw a Double Cab ON TOP of a sedan - facing opposite directions (literally like something in the movies) in Prachuap. Seems like the driver was travelling at some speed when he hit the raised tarmac of the intersection which gave him just enough lift to mount the bonnet of the smaller car. Weirdest crash I've ever witnessed.

No deaths - thank God!

I saw a pick-up lodged into the corner of an upstairs bedroom and balcony of a townhouse. front half of the pick up gone or into the house.

.Sadly in Chiang Mai it is the drunken farangs that do not resect the spirit of this festival. Even though there is a ban on alcohol around the moat it doesn't stop em drinking!

How would 95% of them (short term tourists) have any idea of the 'spirit of the festival', all they do is copy the Thais without the cultural knowledge of where certain lines are.

They can hardly be blamed for any of it, can they?

Wonder if he's gotten used to his new way of life.

From Pattaya bar owner, with girls and everything else on tap, to a death row cell in Malaysia for the rest of his life....

Oh well, you win some lose some.

That room looks ok, ok, death awaits, but death awaits everyone, no matter where we live.

It does, but living until then as a pimp bar owner in sleazysexcity Pattaya is different to being locked into a small, blank, empty room for 23 hrs a day, every day, until you die.

I would imagine.

Wonder if he's gotten used to his new way of life.

From Pattaya bar owner, with girls and everything else on tap, to a death row cell in Malaysia for the rest of his life....

Oh well, you win some lose some.

Thinking of heading to the area. Anyone know the name of a cheap hotel or guesthouse in the area of Soi 22? 1000b or under.

Tough with Songkran, but ya never know.

Cheers.

Well, apparently this Swede, like some others here, didn't understand the meaning of "illegal" OR "death penalty."

He was flat-out stupid.

He's only a swede by legalities, he's Iranian.

Actually he's Xxxxx.

It's a small Persian province.

^ Let me spend 10 minutes scrolling across to 'like' that.

So the two boys sexually assaulted in Phuket last year.... once the investigation is done and they want to lay charges.

Is he going to be locked up for years in the UK while they try to extradite him back??

Good lord Thaivisa. Turn on automatic image resize.

I'm wondering. Do people actually use water from the moat in theire buckets and waterguns?

I always have one loaded with vinegar.

Man the response makes me laugh.

I think you would find sulphuric acid even more entertaining.

Tried, but it eats through the rubber seals in the gun too fast.

I think the market is full nowadays for big bikes.

I'm wondering. Do people actually use water from the moat in theire buckets and waterguns?

I always have one loaded with vinegar.

Man the response makes me laugh.

and do you remember her from up to you bar ?

I do! I remember aiming the first shot to go along that hair parting! Missed.

all the new honda 500's are available now......

475lbs/215kg and 45HP? No thanks. ~60k more and you can get a Ninja 650 with 27 more ponies and 15 less kg's..

Yes, but the CBR looks like a race bike. So is cheaper and adds more make-believe inches in the pants of many.

What's the redline on it again?

What would you prefer?

1 A typical 45-50 kg Thai girl with "B"?

2 A typical 100 kg Russian or Scandinavian lady with "D" or "DD"?

8am-9am with No. 1.

9am-10am with No. 2.

Then repeat.

Combine for sandwiching from 2pm-5pm.