Jeremy50

'Hara kiri'  He stabbed and slashed himself in the abdomen with a kitchen knife, no evidence at all that he was a Samurai  warrior, seeking an honourable death with his own sword.

4 hours ago, lvr181 said:

Yup, fall off your pushbike at 10kph without a suitable crash helmet and hit your head (temple) on solid concrete e.g. guttering and your gone!

Is this your clever theory? If you are to be believed, most children of the 1970's would never have made it to their teens. Your head is a lot tougher than you think, and can take some very hard knocks. A crash helmet should always be worn of course. 

What's this? If they cared about the river, they wouldn't be concreting over the river banks, following the disastrous Japanese model of concrete and rock embankments and walkways along whole stretches of river. Most of the Thai side of the Mekong is a big building site at the moment. Most of the Laos side, is as it should be, grass sloping down to the water's edge, abundant large trees lend shade and prevent any erosion. The colour of these huge escarpments is skeletal white, which is appropriate, as it is now dead land.  The corrupt greedy maniacs driving this wanton desecration, will be cursed for thousands of years.

Did he keep his shirts in the safe too? I know he lost some valuables, but there is no need to lose your dignity also. Parading around in front of the natives in his underpants. 

Couldn't find the bit where they start winking at each other, it must have been off camera. How threatening and boisterous. But at least things didn't progress onto heavy winking. 

Hilarious, and very healthy to poke fun at your own culture and human nature  in general. Tour groups are often derided throughout the world, they do after all represent the most unimaginative and mundane cheapskate class of traveller. Travel alone with a varied itinerary that takes you well off the beaten track, and you will garner plenty of genuine smiles and more besides.

I bet there've been a few wanting to do that over the years. Both these people look like ex-serbian militia on the run. Or Borislav the gulag guard. 

Probably driving with his big monied balls. 

5 hours ago, Anythingleft? said:

I feel sorry for the pick up driver, he has to live with this for the rest if his life when it appears he was at no fault...

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I doubt he is in the slightest bit affected. The other day I told my handyman that two kids had been killed crashing their motorbike just down the road, he just laughed.

 His main concern will be fixing up his battered truck.

I bet the guy is just a fat slob, why couldn't he do some cleaning? Most of the time these people just deserve each other, uneducated, drinking, loser, westerner, meets ex-hooker lazy peasant;  congrats, and enjoy the cockroaches. 

Often, the Thais idea of gardens, and parks are patches of grass with ugly blue water pipes sticking up all over the place, and concrete walkways. If you  want to see beautiful gardens and parks go to England or Italy. I left Bangkok because of the pollution, traffic and overcrowding 15 years ago, and I'm very glad I made that decision. It's not a healthy place to live and/or especially to bring up children.

 I love durian, but I'm not buying it at 400baht per reasonable sized pack. Nor are many people, walked past three durian stalls at the market yesterday, not a single buyer. Most of it just gets thrown away after a day or two, durian doesn't keep well after being shelled, and overripe durian really is disgusting.

Seriously, when was the last time you saw a Thai person reading a book?  Or anyone else for that matter.

So what constitutes an international school in Thailand? An over-priced pretentious establishment, often hiding behind prestigious names such as Harrow or Rugby etc. The students dress in Australian style school uniforms, and everyone speaks English with an annoying antipodean rising inflection, that makes every sentence sound like a question. The parents are usually a particularly irritating type of ex-pat who spend their time golfing and sailing, and attending sweaty gala dinners in Bangkok in aid of some worthless charity.  

58 minutes ago, kentrot said:

The picture does not show the shoes.

But if they are the kind that have a toe that locks into the pedals,

I have to say they are very dangerous in the kind of traffic we have in this part of the world.

 

Rest In Peace

Mmm, don't know much about cycling do you? It's the bottom of the shoe, not the toe that clips onto the pedal. The foot can be instantly taken off the pedal with a simple twist.

40+ degrees in the sun, body temp 37, one will rise to match the other, go figure.  If you are cycling in this weather, you need to make careful preparations, over hydrate, plan a course with no hills, cycle only in the early morning or evening to avoid direct sunlight, make stops every 40 minutes to pour cold water over yourself.  Personally I don't cycle when the temp is over 34, it's dangerous, stressful, and not very enjoyable. 

This guy clearly has nothing to do in his riverside hotel room. Get, and drink some beer Lao, then at about 7pm, go into the street and tell a tuk tuk driver you want to 'meet' young lady. Enjoy the 'adventure', then later 8 or 9pm find a nice riverside restaurant serving delicious French or Italian cuisine, there are so many to choose from.