Andrew65

Back when Bangkok was known as The Venice of the East did it actually have a proper sewage system? Although I suppose the population would've been massively smaller in those days.

Brings to mind people bathing in the Ganges river in India, and even drinking the water, horrifying!

This guy's worth around $70 million.

When I was there in March it's no longer there as it was. It's been broken up into smaller bars.

My late, and very wealthy Swedish friend had the same Thai girlfriend for about 20 years. He said that the difference between her and a Thai lady was that Nah would get up early every morning to make his breakfast, whereas a Swedish lady would never (or be unlikely to) do that. Unlike in the West, Thai ladies haven't been raised to believe that they should be the same as men, so more 'traditional' roles of man and wife are more possible?

I knew of 3 wealthy men who never married, during my 20 years living in Thailand. One of my old mates is worth $XX million. He had a child (whose now 16) with a lady in Canada, but never married her. He once told me that he sends her US$7,000 per month to 'keep' her and the kid. (The kid is looking at attending Harvard in the next few years).

So, they're never going to deport you or free you from prison until the fine has been paid in full?

It reduces by a certain amount for every day that one spends in the immigration monkey-house.

I think that when your in immigration prison your fine defrays at a rate of 100 or 200 Baht per day, I think 200.

Lost!? Never been stupid enough to leave it in the (unattended) car either!😕

On the same day as I read a report saying "the UK government has confirmed that effective immediately Colombian nationals will need a visa to visit the UK"

According to my old mate a large camel-toe is a 'moose-knuckle' 😁

He's probably done every drug known to man. I think his first drug exploits were at Venice Beach Cal in the late 60's. Probably knows more about illicit drugs than anyone I've ever met. He knows who the movers & shakers are there. He's lived in Goa for about 15 years, and used to frequently visit Thailand, during the monsoon season.

According to an old Brit friend whose lived there for many years the Israelis really like Goa, and some of them are heavily involved in the illicit drugs trade there.

I wasn't 'bashing' Thailand or Bangkok, it's just that with airlines it's about cold-hard-cash, and 'bums on seats'.