Andrew65

Maybe he didn't have a licence? Maybe he didn't want to risk getting beaten-up by bystanders?

Hope it works out for him as well as can be expected. In my 20 years there I always avoided riding on motorbikes (either as a driver or passenger), the roads are just too dangerous to be exposed, and on 2 wheels. (IMHO).

Near to where I lived in Bangkok there was a very nice German bar/restaurant. Most days it was full of mainly German people. It isn't just British people who look for home cooking when overseas (it's sometimes made out to be a peculiarly British thing, when it isn't really).

An old friend from California lived in Bangkok. He thought that the best thing that could happen would be for Louisiana to be handed back to France.

Maybe they would have anyway, but Leicester City seem to have gone down the tubes since their original Thai owner was killed in a helicopter crash (the father of the current owner).

When Mr Trump was talking about building a wall along America's southern border there was already 1200km of border fences in S E Europe to keep out illegal migrants.

About 10 years ago a friend and myself decided to find what we thought was the best full-english breakfast, mainly in the lower Sukhumvit area of Bangkok. The Chequers Bar in Soi Nana came out top, and what was the Queen Victoria pub in Soi 23 came a close second, I think we sampled 10 places.

Yes I haven't lived there for quite a while so I don't still keep up with the news. 20'ish years ago they had a big dispute over the Preah Vihear Temple area.

Did this kick-off because of a dispute over Thai companies wanting to build casinos in Cambodia?

Ketamine was always meant to be used under medical supervision though? (Horses) Using it in a recreational way is very different, dosage control etc. But then again opium/heroin & cocaine are the same.

Ketamine bladder appears to be a serious health problem associated with the use of "Special-K"?

I knew an American 'acquaintance' whom I suspected could have been dealing drugs, but he was 'caucasian'. He used to talk about 'slinging dope' in Philadelphia, and was a heroin addict. He worked as an English teacher. He once asked a mutual friend if he would receive some personal items being sent over from America, which the mutual friend declined. Maybe obviously, but I long suspected that people caught in the drugs trade in Thailand were also involved in it wherever they came from.

An anomaly in the Epstein case, a girl (young woman) was of-age in the UK (17), but not in America, where 18 is the minimum age.

I lived in Bangkok for 20 years. In the early years I was doing the bar girl thing all the time. However, during the last 5 years I hardly bothered at all. I became very cynical about that stuff, my thoughts: It's too 'easy' to do, there's no 'value' to it. Very often it was evident from her demeanour that she wasn't really 'into' what she was doing. I would rather keep 3,000 Baht in my pocket. Over the years I had a few Thai ladies who had ordinary jobs as girlfriends.I believe that many people who haven't spent much time in Thailand aren't aware that this is possible, partly because all they ever see is touristy-Thailand, where bar girls are 'everywhere'.

I knew a similar Thai lady. It can sometimes be hard to tell how old Thai people are.