Travelingguy

How is the Welcome Wagon group in Pattaya? I understand that it is not gay, per se, but as long as it is not homophobic, I think that it could be quite useful. I also think that having non-gay expat friends (both male and female) could be less complicated. This would be true in Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines.

Would far prefer to deal with Conan than the Khmer Rouge.

I wonder if these sorts of incidents result in people being declared personal non grata and banned from the country.

I just eloped.

When I was in Vietnam, our guide was very clear that that was the building in the famous picture and that it obviously wasn’t the US Embassy, which was a much larger structure that is still there. The classic perspective of the building in the picture is from in front of the post office. If you’re looking at the post office, you would look right and up and that would be the building. He also did say that the US Embassy had underground connections to other buildings. I think they were mostly important south Vietnamese buildings. I don’t know if there was actually a tunnel that went to the USAID/CIA building .

Hmm. Now I have to wonder if off fees are accounted for by the bars for tax purposes. On the one hand, I doubt it, but on the other hand, everyone knows that bars charge off fees. Maybe a don’t ask, don’t tell situation.

A 787 can fly BKK to west coast of USA

The anatomy lesson of Dr.Nicholas Tulp

I wonder how many people have off’d both brothers

The most dangerous part of sky diving is the takeoff in the airplane.

Finnair has a very nice business class with direct flights to BKK from Helsinki with Avios with much lower fees than BA. Just always set your location to Finland before looking for availability on Finnair.

Of those 3, EVA might be the best because you can use other Star Alliance airlines points to book with but either almost a year out or less than 2 weeks. Etihad and Emirates are hard to get points on and Emirates charges $800 plus fees on long haul points flights, making them more expensive than other options for award travel

Being present in the moment (a Buddhist concept) is not the same as “eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die.” One can strive to be present in the moment while still making plans and preparations for the future. The two activities are not mutually exclusive

So, perhaps the Gogo boys should ditch the briefs and g strings. They could wear loose boxers instead. Make the customers use their imagination

I think that you should plan a trip to visit Thailand. Maybe a few trips at different times of the year. Do the tourist things. Do the gay things. But also go the the markets. Take the bus/train/subway. Take a cooking class. Go to the temples. Read up about Buddhism and the history of Thailand. Try to get a feel of the place and then think about whether you want to retire there. Thailand is a great place to visit. It might not be your cup of tea for retirement. You may figure that out during these visits, but I would bet that you will enjoy the visits even if you decide that you don’t want to retire in Thailand. I have no intention of living in Thailand myself, but I would not pass up an opportunity to go back.