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They are also known as the Samurai Gang because of their use of Samurai-type weapons.
Can anyone shed more light on this?
My estranged stepson is a full member of the Samurai gang c/w full samurai tattoo down his back and other tattoos visible on the back of his neck. He's been in jail for one year on a four year term.
He went in at age 18 yrs.. .
I was trying to get him to operate a 'kabohk' for/with me....saying that if he wants to be a professional gangster he better get some muscle on him. "Ahhhh, Leung Ken....please, just buy me a gun." was his response. Poor lad ended up with blisters instead.
The 'strikers' are still fairly young, mid to late teens and still not organized/competant enough to be a real threat, except to other teenagers. Classic 'gai chon' behaviour that attracts young girls and instills fear in rival teenagers.
I doubt that there is any threat to Fallang unless they are obviously in need of a cultural tune up.
They are just teenagers with teenage passions/frustrations....but with back up.
...Ken
You've got it all wrong Ken....
As Maejo Man says, these gangs were killing people around Chiang Mai some years ago. There were a number of beheadings by these teenage gangs, some members were as young 16 - 17. The victims were not just other tennagers, they were all ages.
I remember as recently as 8 years ago a Thai friend in his 40's lost most of his right ear to a sword attack, he was able to avoid the full blow that was aimed at his throat.
The average age of US soldiers in Vietnam was 19 years, they were trained to kill at 17 - 18 in the "civilized" 1st world. The guys on the other side were a lot younger in many instances and more than capable of killing their enemies.
These gangs are not an idle threat and their teenage passions/frustrations, as you put it Ken, do not give them the right to go around beating and killing people. In gang mentality the killing of a foreigner would surely earn them an extra feather in their cap and respect from their peers.
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They are also known as the Samurai Gang because of their use of Samurai-type weapons.
Can anyone shed more light on this?
Gangs are not new to Chiangmai. There was a self styled "Samurai" gang operating here about fifteen years ago, and several people were killed with swords. They were eventually caught. Let's hope that this is the case here!
A number of those caught were the sons of high ranking military and police officers.
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.............and look for another woman motorcyclist to follow and copy her moves. As she turns off from where you are comfortable look for another to follow. The Thais have their own accepted rules of the road for motorcycles and they are realatively easy to learn, if you are observant.................
What? Helmet in the basket, mirrors directed so as they check their make-up and mobile phone up to the ear in the left hand? Better ways to learn I would imagine.
Yeah right.....another condescending Farrang applying stereotypical crap.
Do I think Thais act hazardous to my health on the roads in Thailand ? Yes....but it is the system THEY have developed for themselves. If you want to play the game learn their rules.
...Ken
So Ken, you are suggesting that Emily teaches herself to ride in a hazardous manner........very dangerous indeed and very fatal for many.
I and a number of farang friends have been riding motorcycles both big and small (and driving cars) throughout Thailand for more than 20 years and clocked up 100's of thousands of kilometres without any serious incident. The way that I have survived is by not driving in the manner that the majority of the locals do. Situational awareness is a rather important factor here and sadly a lot of locals don't seem to possess this faculty.
The screaming sirens and roaring engines of the various rescue foundation pickups that you hear on such a regular basis around the cities of Thailand are most of the time on their way to yet another vehicular accident. What is the daily road toll in Chiang Mai? I'm not sure of the figures these days but surely at least a couple of motorcyclists are killed everyday not to mention those that are seriously injured. If you need an eye opener pay a visit to the ICU or the orthopaedic ward at Suandok hospital.
BB
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.............and look for another woman motorcyclist to follow and copy her moves. As she turns off from where you are comfortable look for another to follow. The Thais have their own accepted rules of the road for motorcycles and they are realatively easy to learn, if you are observant.................
What? Helmet in the basket, mirrors directed so as they check their make-up and mobile phone up to the ear in the left hand? Better ways to learn I would imagine.
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Some pretty ordinary responses to this guys death so far.
A bit of respect, one day it will be you.
Quite rightfully said! No one knows anything about this poor bloke - despite all these presumptions!
What presumptions? There is no mention of the presumed cause of death.
So a foreign guy dies. It happens all the time. Why all the symapthy for the deceased or their family when you don't even know them? Hotels have guests die in their rooms every now and again but they prefer not to make the news public as it could effect the business. This guy decided to die in a public place so it becomes news.
What about the locals that die everyday? Often innocent victims of road accidents, murder through domestic violence, business disputes, drugs or any number of other causes? Why don't you such sympathetic folks offer your condolences to their families? Is it because they're not foreigners that you don't care?
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Some pretty ordinary responses to this guys death so far.
A bit of respect, one day it will be you.
Might be smeared all over the road one day but I certainly won't be found dead in a Karaoke bar.
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Reminds me of Mad Mike who was kicked to death in a crowded out of town Karaoke Bar about
8-10 years back. His singing was in desperate need of some training.
Strangely enough there were no witnesses.
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I am writing an article on Chiang Mai and a 100 mule caravan that was supposed to have arrived here in 1967 and was guarded by KMT soldiers. Does anyone know any Farang who lived here that long ago. I was here in 1968 briefly and only heard rumors about it.
Try Roy Hudson. I think he is still with us. British Consul should have his contact details.
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Hi
Can anyone give me any info on next years Chiang Mai Sixes Tournament.
Dates, entry price, organisers contact details etc.
Thanks
Chas
Why don't you make the effort to type "Chiang Mai sixes" on Google. All you need to know will magically appear before your eyes.
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And your just a berk in this one, right?
/quote]
Crikey Tee Pee
I had to look that one up.........
berk
n : a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
Nah not a berk. Just like taking the pi_ss out of a few individuals at times. And some of 'em bite as well.
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Well here's the rub.....we "sold " our restaurant to our Manager...but she never came up withe the money.
She never paid the staff so they have now got new jobs..so now the restaurant is closed. The restaurant for those that do not know is in Hang Dong
This is without doubt a pisser.....however if any of you guys are interested in pusrchasing it, it will be sold as an "asset only" business. The price will be cheap now ..but if I put it with agents it will go up 10% for their cut
The potential is enourmous ..but I really cant be arsed with it.
The place has pretty decent living accomadation... and the rent is also reasonable considering the ammount of space you have to trade in. Resatuarnt has 7 salas plus 6 inside air con tables.
So if anyone is looking for an absolute bargain...............PM me..... Somebody can make a lot of money out of this place, there is ongoing construction work all around it..somebody younger than me could make a real go of this.
Opportunities like this seldom come up....................so UP2U
TP
PS 1 week from now it will go with an agency
Hey Thai Poorly,
You must have been a used car salesman or Real Estate agent in your former life.
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I met a fella a few years ago who reckoned he could get from the centre of chiangers to mae sai. Old immigration office in two and half hours. Which I think is <deleted>.
Any other takers......... vehicle and time.
Open invitation miserymateasia to come along for a free ride on the 23rd
Oh, and bring a stop watch Want to try to catch me on the bike? We'll get the crazy kiwi out as well.
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A few years back we would do the run up and back from Kaew Narawat in my Toyota pick-up including a return walk over the bridge in just on 5 hours, had Eddie Greer (Escape) on board once or twice. Steady but not slow driving with no stops. More than once on my 1100 cc bike whilst chasing my little kiwi mate on his Ducati we have done Mai Sai to Chiang Mai in well under 2 hours each way. No fuel stop required!!
Was that the pick up that couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding? My mate Unko is here and he said that you never had the balls to go that fast anyway. You even used to fall off on the Ivanhoe Boulevard
Hey MJM,
The old pick-up used to maintain a good speed once you wound it up........
I reckon the red wine has got to Unko, aka Fearless Leader and more appropriately Fuc**ng Lunatic. It wasn't the Boulevard where the old '76 Ducati SS came to grief but Upper Heidelberg Rd. The Boulevard claimed my XY falcon, booze and youth......and still alive. Bloody hel_l that was a long time ago.
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A few years back we would do the run up and back from Kaew Narawat in my Toyota pick-up including a return walk over the bridge in just on 5 hours, had Eddie Greer (Escape) on board once or twice. Steady but not slow driving with no stops. More than once on my 1100 cc bike whilst chasing my little kiwi mate on his Ducati we have done Mai Sai to Chiang Mai in well under 2 hours each way. No fuel stop required!!
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The only times I use O'Malleys was when we would come into town to eat at the seafood restaurant in Anusarn market, the one that was immediately opposite their front door, however that place has been sold up. It looks like I will not be venturing in there for a while.
I can fully understand the posters opinions of the staff there, though saying that I feel that the owner/manager should be able to see whats happening and how the staff talk/treat the customers, surely it is down to him to sort them out if he wants a successful buisness, (personally I would be down there making sure the customers were happy).
Perhaps the staff at O'Malley's learnt the fine art of being little turds from their Canadian boss Scott.
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Hmm yeah us young guys are horrible. But I am making sure to grow that farang gut and if I don't go bald I will shave it off. I gotta get fat bald and old fast so I can go to spicey and pick up a girl 20 years younger than me and is way outta my league, but hey I offer $ and maybe a greencard!
(this post is in total jest to the young people comment)
Not all of us are complete idiots, and I used the same baton on bargirls as i do the soi dogs
Screwing dogs is illegal in some countries. I'm not sure about the rules on bestiality in Thailand but each to their own BA.
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There was talk a few years back about a Frankfurt/CNX flight. A good idea but haven't heard anything since.
A good idea? A direct injection of more Germans into CNX? Not necessary. Thankfully it hasn't happened and hopefully never will.
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Just arrived in Chiang Mai and need to find a place to watch the Pats game (8am on Sun.). A friendly "early opening" Sports Bar? Just got to my new condo, no UBC. Have "WETV", doesn't seem to have ESPN or the like.
The Maddog restaurant on Moonmuang Rd (approx. 300 metres south of Thapae gate) opens at about that time. Shouldn't be too many guests then so the staff should allow you watch American Football.
Why is it call football when the ball is hardly ever kicked? Should be called throwball. Now Australian rules football is real football (soccer is too), they actually kick the ball and don't have to wear all that poofy plastic body protection and it is a full-contact hard fast game.
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Have any of you with naturally curly hair found a barber or hairstylist in Chiangmai that has expertise in cutting naturally curly hair? If so, I'd love some recommendations. Thank You
I am amazed at some of the really dumb threads on this forum.
Seems that so many people just don't have a life.
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What exactly is "Fantasia Radar"? My guess is that it's the radar station on the summit that a lot of people like to photograph (only because all the signs near it declare it's illegal to do so.) But do you have any more information about it, such as when it was built and how it got the colorful non-Thai name? Does this installation engage only in military operations, or do they service commercial traffic going into Chiang Mai as well?
Fantasia (Fan-ta-seea) radar is the name of the facility and manned by the Thai Air Force. It was built by the US Air Force in the sixties and was used as a fighter and bomber control for the multitude of US (and others) military aircraft that were used in the Vietnam conflict in the 60' and 70's.
It is one of numerous US built radar facilities around the kingdom now manned by the Thai Air Force. They have some other cute names such as "Dressy Lady". Fantasia and the others still monitor all air traffic, both civilian and military.
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Well let's make the peak of Doi Intanon 14.83 degrees celsius cooler than CM City then.
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This does not surprise me at all.
I was there 6 weeks ago when the weather in CM was hot and it was flipping freezing , so it most be REALLY COLD up there now
The peak of Doi Intanon, where Fantasia Radar is located is just over 9,000 feet above sea level which makes it 8,000 feet higher than Chiang Mai city. Normally the temperature will decrease by 2 degress celsius per 1,000 foot increase in altitude. This will make it approx. 16 degrees cooler than CM city. Doi Intanon often ascends into the clouds and depending on what the surroundin cloud base is determines where you will encounter it. Driving in clouds has the same appearance as driving in fog.
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What ever happened to the Las Vegas, around the back corner from the Prince? Now that was one seedy establishment.
Still there I think. We drove on that road not too long ago but that was in the daytime. Looked like it was still active (not in disuse). My understanding is that the Las Vegas was the first "go-go" place in Chinag Mai, conviently located near the U.S. consulate and the military types. Just as the Prince Hotel was once one of the "best" hotels in Chiang Mai.
It was real seedy, old and rundown in the early eighties. Still going last time I went past. Probably still got the original go-go dancers on stage as well as their grand-daughters.
The security boys there didn't like The Escape (original in the E & I days) customers parking in front of the shop-houses alongside, got real nasty at times.
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...If you search for "population" you'll see figures quoted for a specific area: Chiang Mai municipality.
That search yields:
CM province 1,603,220
Chiangmai Muang District 248,340
I'd guess the figures represent the number of Thais who - according to their tabien bahn - are registered in Chiang Mai province/city?
Taking into consideration that few Thais bother to change their tabien bahn (unless they buy a condo) together with the circumstance that much more migration goes towards CM than away - the actual number of inhabitants must be much higher.
The number of people you'd meet in Muang CM , within peak hours and peak season would be even higher.
Fascinating.
Miyo Gang - Terrorizing Chiangmai Residents
in Chiang Mai
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I stand corrected. But still these teenage gangs are a major threat to all.
Here are statistics from the Combat Area Casualty File (CACF) as of November 1993. The CACF is the basis for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall):
Average age of 58,148 killed in Vietnam was 23.11 years. (Although 58,169 names are in the Nov. 93 database, only 58,148 have both event date and birth date. Event date is used instead of declared dead date for some of those who were listed as missing in action) [CACF]
Deaths Average Age
Total 58,148 23.11 years
Enlisted 50,274 22.37 years
Officers 6,598 28.43 years
Warrants 1,276 24.73 years
E1 525 20.34 years
11B MOS 18,465 22.55 years
Five men killed in Vietnam were only 16 years old. [CACF]
The oldest man killed was 62 years old. [CACF]
11,465 KIAs were less than 20 years old. [CACF]
Myth: The average age of an infantryman fighting in Vietnam was 19.
Assuming KIAs accurately represented age groups serving in Vietnam, the average age of an infantryman (MOS 11B) serving in Vietnam to be 19 years old is a myth, it is actually 22. None of the enlisted grades have an average age of less than 20. [CACF] The average man who fought in World War II was 26 years of age. [Westmoreland]