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Yes, one would assume that if the phones were still working and in coverage, then someone would answer. Highly unlikely that possible terrorists are standing around letting phones ring and telling everyone, "Now no-one answer!"

I note that the Malaysians, Airline and Govt, are being very careful not to admit anything, from sightings to even the initial loss. Paranoia?

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"About the only report I've seen on TV recently that made Cambo seem like an attractive option was from the guy who handed his passport and 250USD to a Cambodian official and had a no-questions-asked 12-month business visa in said passport when it was delivered to his hotel the following day. One can only imagine how many retirees in Thailand would have looked at that in dumbstruck awe and thought 'Now that's my kind of country !' " Which is why I'm in Laos - no hoops to jump through. Oh and MLG of course….

Every night on Lao TV we see numerous accidents of the day where a motorcycle driver is dead because he doesn't have 'stop' or 'slow down' in his vocabulary. We also see great piles of plastic wrapped heroin that's been caught and the culprits who've been transporting it. Though sometimes I'm convinced that they're using the same pile they caught last week….

I blame the little prissy coffee table, I'm always tripping over furniture made for hobbits...

Not the usual candidate profile for the Bangkok Plunge...

This happened in Scotland in the past also.

You guys should step away from the fire a little. Relax, there's enough tension in the streets...

"so whats the price on his head dead or alive?" Thailand...

I thought they all got their news via the twitterbookosphere... or is it the googlefacerlog... anyway, you know, that interweb thing...

In case? Now none of us can go to 'merica again...

Well the Clark one is close to (next door) Angeles and Manilla is a 2 (?) hour drive - I'd opt for Clark if it was a direct flight. Unless your talking quality of airport, to which I'd just say, it's the Philippines…

When last there (10+ yrs ago) http://www.orchidinnresort.com was great - in the centre, arrange transport from Manila Airport http://www.orchidinn...facilities.html = painless. From memory, there's not a lot to do in the daylight hours so a good hotel is a must. Worth the slightly high prices.

Good man Nelson was, I was saddened to see him over the last year or so, propped up for the cameras, so his family and friends could get photo ops. But still a good man and if there is a heaven, he's got a 1st class ticket to it.

I always find 'horse back riding' incongruous. Most of the world just says 'horse riding'. Unless, it's to distinguish it from 'horse cock riding' in politer circles...

My point exactly.

Or in America, almost 4 big macs a day, that's nearly a whole meal!

I would, in Laos, assuming an 8 hr day, that's 8 good meals a day.

What annoys me, and it's not just the US, is when financial bodies, refuse you your own money, it's not your fault they've screwed up the mechanism whereby you use legal tender and they refuse it. This is one of the glaring faults of the financial world. You give them your worth, they give you paper, and then won't honour it. No wonder people buy gold and land.

I believe it, one of the fundamental flaws in Democracy, I believe, is that if the capacity of the masses to reason, sinks too low, then the reasoning capacity of their representatives sinks likewise. Or... Dumbasses are unlikely to elect clever people to represent them, they'll want one of them, a good 'ol boy, from round here! Also politicians... Do I need to complain about that profession?

No government = Anarchy

Very funny, spilt my coffee !

I used to think that business folk in NZ were by and large good people, who only made harmful decisions when circumstances backed them into a corner. My last corporate job as an Executive Manager made me believe that business folk get all their training for backstabbing, dishonesty, lying and cheating, from hollywood movies. A case of life imitating art. Lost a lot of faith in humanity in those 4 years.

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