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Feature From Cowboy Hats to Neon Lights: The Evolution of Bangkok's Soi Cowboy
If you want to go to a place that is similar to what Cowboy was in the 80s, go to Ban Chang. -
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Feature From Cowboy Hats to Neon Lights: The Evolution of Bangkok's Soi Cowboy
The last time it and most other red light areas were fun was during the period at the end of COVID when bars were allowed to reopen, ostensibly as restaurants for a while (some put up price lists of hamburgers and hot dogs), but they were still not letting in tourists, except that many of the old haunts didn't survive and had closed down. When the tourists came back, it seemed they were determined to make up lost income by fleecing tourists and anyone else who walked into their cross hairs. -
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US Greenlights $50 Million in Military Aid to Ukraine Following Landmark Minerals Agreement
So what are you suggesting? That Russia walks away scot free and Ukraine bears the cost of Russia's actions? -
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The downhill trajectory of Chiang Mai immigration
I was watching a video on YouTube of a guy in Khon Kaen and he showed the new immigration building. Huge building and large open parking lot. Looked pretty much empty. How nice that would be. This made me reflect on the Chiang Mai immigration office. First time I went was in 2006 but Google only has images going back to 2011 but I don't think much changed by then. Back then I only used the small building on the right and even if it got full it didn't feel crowded or hectic. Parking was trivial but I only had a motorbike back then and cars seemed to find places within the grounds proper. I forget but I think they had a simple queue number and just came up and handed over the papers then came back when it was done. Fast forward to today and the old building is now dedicated to solely for Burmese and the rest of the people go to the new building on the left (see second picture). Parking is a non-option now and you need to park across the street and pay 20 baht then cross over the busy road (at least they made a cross walk with a light). During the peak season unless you get there before they open you're probably going to have to come back after their lunch break and there is a pre-scanning process outside before you even go inside. Seating is often so full you need to wait outside. Very hectic and stressful now. They had to add a drive-thru line for 90 day reports and the copy/scanner building is located around the back where before it was right next to the main building (where the coffee shop is now I think, under that large tree). It's a ticking time bomb. It gets worse every year and eventually the outside parking is going to be filled too. Hectic and slow as to be expected given the volume of people. Even so they seem dedicated to this location probably because it's so close to the airport and easy for tourists. 2024. Look at those wires now too. The median in the road (behind the picture) which had nice trees is all concrete now too. Uglier and top of it, except that tree has gotten much bigger but you know they're going to cut that down eventually too. -
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Economy Thai Motorcycle Production Target Faces Downgrade Amid Economic Challenges
With the increase in car numbers, riding a motorcycle in Thailand has become a very, very dangerous way of getting about. -
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Tell us all about the "interesting" youtube channels that you watch (2025 version)
Midwest Safety is another good channel for police body cam videos. Here's a seriously intended question for BMs from Europe: Do the police in Finland, Italy or the Netherlands- or any other European country for that matter- ever have to deal with drunks like this? What are the chances a female in a European city would be carrying a handgun in her pocket? Do any of you believe the police in the vid could have handled the situation in a better manner? Here's an example of how they deal with an argumentative but non-violent guy from Serbia. What is the major difference between these two videos?
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