"...charging a staggering 2% per day."
Seems generous compared to the daily rate here in the village. Varies between 30% and 50% a day. Borrow 100 bht today payback between 130 and 150 bht tomorrow.....madness.
Suphanburi....hub of exploding fireworks factories. This has happened several times in that area and almost always by an illegal operation. The locals know what is going on yet nothing is done about it, madness.
"The detained soldiers include 1 Second Lieutenant, 2 Sergeants, 12 Corporals, 2 lance corporals, and 1 Private..."
Cambodian army seems very top heavy on the officer side.
Cambodian passing on GPS coordinates what a <deleted> joke. He was a Thai using his satnav for navigation. Paranoid paramilitaries running around like headless chickens. Would have been laughable if there weren't those who wanted to immediately string the poor guy up for espionage.
Been down this hill several times in my years here. If you follow trucks down the smell of overheating brakes is ever present. I prefer to follow them down as this type of accident is always going to happen considering drivers use of brakes rather than a lower gear.