Deserted

I know that road. Many drive fast on it.

Not the first time that's happened.

I bet earlier in the day she smoked drugs.

Yes helmetless riders put others at risk. Yes I agree, I've always thought girls who ride bikes are more of a danger than men. And as we know, every man has a helmet!

We've known each other for almost 20 years and worked together a few times. It's the first time I've seen him lose control of his own situation before and he seems to think it's no big issue. It helps if I know how things stand myself in case this comes up in conversation again.

15-20 years ago there were even makeshift offices in Aranyaprathet that offered such services. Many did it back then, I am not so sure now though. It used to be on the Khmer side they would just check for exit stamp before stamping you in, it was a lot more open than it is now.

Frankly, I rather think his wife will be glad to see the back of him for a while.

Yeah thanks, it was my feeling that he is in much more trouble than he thinks. I can put all this to him but whether he will listen I don't know. I don't really know what's going on inside his head tbh.

Yeah but that's a different story. They can't prove you use it or even have it still.

I've told him already he may be able to sneak out with fake stamps and whatnot but won't be able to sneak back in. I thought that was the case all along but never really said anything until he started telling me all he has to do is pay a 20k fine and that's it

I suspect that is the case yes.

I told him that but because he has a wife here he kinda sees Bangkok as home. There must be ways to get out of the country, fake stamps at the border and so on. I think he could get out if he put his mind to it but I am not sure he could get back in though.

Oh yes, fingerprints, forgot that. Oh dear, he is in trouble then.

That's what I thought all along. He stopped trying when Covid came and hasn't attended to it since. But how they gonna know if he reports his passport as lost and gets a new one. They won't have the new one in the system and he should be okay right?

Thank you for this, so I was right then? I thought so, now I need to work out how to brake it to him. I guess applying for a new passport because he lost his old one doesn't work right?

I have a friend who has overstayed by three years now. He tells me all he has to do is book a flight out, pay a 20,000 baht fine and then come back, is this correct? He has never been in trouble before for anything but I told him I don't think its so simple. Who is right, me or him?

Nice to see they got caught.

lol

Poor soul

That's not actually too far from the truth. There are documentaries on what's happened to Sihanoukville as a result. It's not pleasant viewing, especially the DW one.

So where are they going then?

In broad terms, the thais see this as a teenage thing. That's what they do when they start out, often in their teens or when at school even. They usually move into smoking because its more controllable and you don't stay high for as long. It's less intense you could say. But as it so happens, ice has taken over from yaba anyway, and most do ice now.

Or possibly manslaughter.

If they smoke it between 5-10 I would say. They are sold in packets of ten usually.

Someone has taken it or someone has given it to the wrong person. Since ID and codes are required, I suspect the latter. If so you should report it because that is theft.