Dexi

Nice pics ....always amuses me when the ladies put on thick jumpers and balaclavas/large hats when working outside.Must get very hot

Quite fitting,in a way,because once the Israelis have finished building their settlements on Palestinian land,any state which is formed will be about the same size as the Vatican City

Some people may suspect you are not really what you claim to be ie. Thai ,because your English is virtually perfect

The Royals are like CHAVS....they live on an estate and are funded by the tax payer ( except Charles,of course,who gets his income from the Duchy of Cornwall and seems like a good sort - I even met him once ,many years ago ).

Yes,last time I flew Nok to CM the air hostess`s English was perfect.....although maybe they just learn certain phrases and their general language skills are not as good

" Nightlife gets boring "......2 words sum up the entertainment industry - " Pooying ha ngern " (sorry about the transliteration but don`t have a Thai keyboard at the moment ).If you don`t splash the cash you become invisible,or worse,resented for taking up space that better paying customers could occupy.Buying friends through " Lady drinks ".In the past I`m sure it was more fun,but now its just about the $,or maybe I`m getting old

Only a week to go now and we should know just how much support Nigel Farage and UKIP get at the polls.My guess is that they will attract a decent percentage ( c.10 % ) of the vote but maybe get no MPs in parliament,because of our " first past the post " voting system.Proportional representation would be much fairer.

Amazing how many Burmese are now working in Thailand - 4000 on Ko Tao alone if the article can be believed.Was on a bus from CM to BKK recently and there were loads of foreign ( Asian ) speakers on board ( can`t speak a word of Burmese myself but fairly sure they were from there ).All the hotel cleaning staff seem to be from there now.

I remember from my youth some familly games of Monopoly went on for days and resulted in major arguments about who owed what to who...maybe we didn't read the rules properly.

Not for me-I mean,what sort of people frequent hostels? a). Down and out homeless guys addicted to meths . backpackers who havnt showered for 2 weeks. c)battered 'wimmin' d) some combination of the above.

There are people who will come and collect snakes from the house-dont know if they are connected to the police or other emergency services-saw on tv afew weeks ago,guy came home to find a 10 ft snake in the house,some agency turned up and caught it,bagged it and took it away,presumably to be released into the wild,however,TIT,so it may have ended up in a curry.

maybe thats the reason behind the new SIM registration > to stamp out this dangerous boob selfie menace,

Hey,not all bad news though,look at US stocks --reaching all-time highs and one of the best performing markets globally.

Its probably miles away by now,or,if you live in an urban area,run over by a car -so no worries in either case.

Interesting that the act of filming or taking a photo should provoke such a reaction.AFAIK its not illegal to photo a person or group,even if they object.

'' finally found a tunnel in Nana ''...I heard those BGs were gold diggers but Ididn't think they mean't it literally !

gives you an erection for 4hours but you only have 2 hrs to make use of it ...!

looked at a Merc Slk last year c. 5 years old ,price 3 x the UK price.Also nearly new BMW at c.10 million ( nothing special either )....someone " have money too mutt ".

Lower rates should stimulate economic activity ,might also weaken the Baht slightly against the $ where rates are expected to rise later this year.

Why just read about it > come and spend a few weeks in Pattaya and experience it first hand !

A bit like the Nazis burning books.

If the Saudis deployed some of their military power they could easily reduce the IS presence,maybe the latest offensive by the combined forces of the Iraqi army and Sunni malitias + backing from Iran will push them back.

Lucifers is still open,although it was almost empty when I walked past.

Via ATM ,most Thai debit cards work abroad,there will be a fee,of course.

The more I see of the roads here,the more carefull I become.The strange thing is,that many of the main roads look as if they should be safe ie.straight and wide.However it only takes a moment of driver error/carelessness to end a life.Something I find particularly dangerous here is motorcys racing along narrow sois with no regard for people walking at the side .