I have been back and forth since 1986.

I understand that finding the best pizza in Chiengmai, regardless if the 'Thai/ Anglo' pronunciation of the city comes closest is more important to you..

The pronunciation of the cities name is irrelevant to this topic.

Some of you older farts/gentlemen, as i am, please, remember Mr Suchinda....... do some research, if you do not know. where was he from? What did really happen ? I honestly, never understood this, I watched it on TV. He was a military dictator and agreed/forced to come before the King and ...he stepped down. He controlled the army, he killed many people and he voluntarily stepped down from absolute power to honour the King.

Suchinda Krapyoon is someone worth learning about. Certainly a 'bad guy', but, worth learning about. History repeats itself. We are not smart enough to remember...'we' should have learned the lessons taught to us from the Viet Nam war. Others should learn from Mr Suchinda....but, it won't happen, each generation lives within it's own vacuum.

Forget this cultural difference crap. we just do the same damned stuff over and over again......regardless of culture. We do not get smarter...we just become trickier monkeys.

my best regards ............Ken

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