Watawattana

An additional point on this. I saw a post on Facebook that I thought is relevant. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AdaEpk3Qt/?mibextid=wwXIfr

I've been to the Philippines 5 times. Never had a second's trouble, suffered any criminal act nor have I seen any. Places I've been to include Manila, Taal, Cebu, Kalibo and Palawan, and not in the safety of a tourist hotel in a secured compound. I felt significantly less safe in my 3 times visiting South Africa and my once to Brazil. But it's obvious from being to the Philippines, compared to Thailand, that security is taken far more seriously by locals in terms of locking things, fencing, secured windows, guards at shops with guns etc. That's obviously all done for a reason and not for fun. Regarding your 2nd paragraph, I can corroborate that.

I don't think I'll bother trying to find his channel.

Nice story! And great to see Russians smiling too; not the most common of occurrences.

Obviously good news, but I'm not quite sure if this'll stop the boats...

Paris has been a dangerous 💩hole for years. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand really ought to be heightening the alert level for France and make it clear about the risks of robbery with violence, pickpocketing and other crimes against the person. Ditto UK.

Yup! There shall be a resolution by the end of next week. Resolution to 'what' is the question of course, maybe where the next batch of brown envelopes can be stored?

I really wish this turns out to be true. Think we might all doubt it of course, but here's wishing.

Yeah, the last episode of Band of Brothers alludes to this crazy loss of young lives at the end of WWII too.

Is there an empty brown envelope at the bottom of the pothole?

Sad. RIP.

Maybe this is part of that £22b back hole that Rachel 'found'. No idea why is cost so much of course, perhaps a whiff of corruption...

Has general fire safety improved since 1997?

What are you suggesting? That there's a 2-tier criminal justice system in the UK? How can you say that! Hehehehehehehe...

Yeah. I also read somewhere that there'll be one of these flying Hua Hin to U-Tapao. Presumably replacing the ferry... 😆