Prubangboy

New law enforcement in Nimman: -Grab drivers asking you to buckle up your seat belt -Pot places asking you to smoke pot out back (whities not allowed in the front, as per police). How many days (or hours) will these crackdowns persist?

I don't think there's enough people left here to put any on ignore.

Any place in Nimman asking 150 baht for Khao Soi Noodles is packed. That aint locals.

I changed it to arthouse. Your gift here is the writing the same travel review over and over again: "Nowheresville - they had a temple at the top of a hill. Then me and Honey had a coffee. Later on, we saw a band at the night market. Then had a beer".

Have you ever bought a mama-san a drink? Is there any advantage to doing so?

Late 90's, Prime Lonely Planet-era, J-Salarymen wouldn't let you buy your own beer. Like a 3 to 1 ratio. 'Can't tell one from another, nor can from tap; which in Europe, you most def can.

I agree, he's no Bob Smith. That's like Fredo compared to Michael Corleone.

I have a notebook that I put people down in to think about when I'm doing a full metta meditation (the neutral object of contemplation -people you don't know, but wish well). I'll toss you a vibe or two up the road. Stay safe, help those good people.

Beer Lao is basically a Heineken. I like Asahi, which pops up on a lot of pub happy hours. I'm only good for maybe 10 beers a year. It's for Mex food or BBQ. With Thai food, a beer is very dissonant due to the bitterness. Which is why I like Asahi. It's Asian Corona, just barely a beer.

I had a meaningful back and forth with Gamma about which character best represented him in Waiting For Godot. With BigNock, he just kept interrupting a thread where people talked about art house films, because he never saw one. But he wanted to remind people that he was here. With the nutters, you gotta pick your lane. Gamma = egghead laughs. BigNock = Bogan bohomie.

I'm all about putting a laugh or two out there. Or possibly being informational. But who am I kidding? What do I, a recent transplant, really have to tell some old guy who repeatedly dodged balcony-pushes from demented hookers in Pattaya? Or a grizzled old guy in Buriram making a go of it with a tilapia farm? So really, I'm here to learn from them, never diss them.

Def worth the Google. I love it when they say, "If there's a problem, the Mama-san will straighten it out" Has anyone ever put this to the test? I have to believe the Mama-san is more on the side of the earner she sees every day instead of the white ape. Porno in NYC was about money laundering. But then it became a gold mine. Video cassettes of Deep Throat flew out the door. They cost about $2 to make, sold for $79.99. That's $354 in today's $$$. Porn launched the videocassette, and cable TV. People thought that this new technology would be used to help people learn to speak French. It's just great to shoot the breeze in a thread where retards are just absolutely flailing.

I was the day manager of a famous porno theatre in New York circa '76. Show World. Possibly worth a wiki. Still a few hanging on in Japan. I saw a whole film about women in white panties sliding up and down banisters. If I saw a still-existent porn theatre, I might pop in for a half an hour to soak up the sleaze.

Mae Sai Khao Soi is the undisputed, Youtube'd to death option. Go at 11:30. At noon, there's a line. I also like Khao Soi Nimman, which has the full Lanna menu, done very well. Tons of Japanese Instagrammers at this very pretty, fern-drenched place (with a/c). For Vegan Khao Soi, Goodsouls in the old city -actually, that's my face Khao Soi of any description in CM.

'Finally tried out the legendary Vegan place, Aum, down a deep alley just outside of CM Old City. Old wood house, totally packed out. 100% tourists. Def in my top 3 Vegan CM places to date. Had: Tempura pumpkin Burmese tea leaf salad Tofu Jungle Curry Green Curry fried purple rice MInt Lassi (so hard to find) Watermelon Shake (520 baht all in)

You want to go to Nan, so there. Now wait, Siem Reap would be your funniest, stupidest posts since you refuse to go to Angkor Wat. Luang Prubang is still Covid-dead. Prob the best collection of temple murals in the smallest space in Asia. I'll go there again this year ($380 RT flight from CM), but you're not into it enough to make the trek. Mai Sariang is the underachieving Mai of the three Mai's.

There aren't enough people left here to have entertaining feuds.

I don't get why a guy who posts a lot on the internet is endlessly shaming people who are posting on the internet. He's like a guy in a porno theatre who keeps interrupting the movie to call other audience members perverts.

What year did this grappling out in the car park take place? Try that today.

Bob, ever had a Guiness at the Irish Pub in Old Chiang Mai? Where do you recco a properly drawn pint? The Robin Hood soi 33 is good one.

Bob, ever had a Guiness at the Irish Pub in Old Chiang Mai? Where do you recco a properly drawn pint? The Robin Hood soi 33 is a good one. Another one by Silom (in a basement) gets you one for 250. At the Robin Hood, the have a cheapie brownie for 150. Not bad. My wife loves Irish pubs. Growing up in the south, she never encountered one. Deserves its own thread.

Mini Siam. Very cab-able. Water park next door.

-If you own a vineyard. Or to be fair, a dairy farm. * Link to the Bangkok Post removed * Romance scam promising dates with rich white men has scammed 10 women. 881M baht gone. All they got was celeb pics and nothing. Who are these women who have this much income? Have you ever encountered a rich whitie hunter at this level? This is like water buffalo in reverse. Has anyone here encountered an outright scam? Mere opportunistic greed is diff.

Have you considered posting within an Amish community?

Long on my list, due to the Bourdain episode. Poss on tour. Did you do a longhouse stay?