khaolakguy

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I am bothered by blithe inaccuracies which undermine the narrative of historic events. Whatever you call it the operation to send US troops into Cambodia on a short term basis cannot be described as "secret". The "Fishhook" area was so named because of it's appearance on a map as it is part of Cambodia that protrudes into the land mass of Vietnam. It was just another incursion into a foreign country that ended badly. How little we learn from history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_campaign

The downgrade from "invasion", which I queried, to "incursion" is appropriate given it was a time(two months) and distance(30KM) limited operation for the Americans to remove North Vietnamese military bases from the Cambodian border area. Although the previous bombing of that area had been secret the incursion was certainly not as Nixon announced it on nationwide TV within a couple of hours of the US army crossing the border.

What invasion?

Hey Hey! I can't see the title of this thread without thinking of the Monkees and their first track. A bit of light relief.

Interesting that there was such a variance in attitudes between the two areas. Any thoughts as to the reason for that?

What is an illusion and what is reality.....It's just a sliding scale so enjoy it as you perceive it in the moment, and in in hindsight!

I am interested and respectful of all the positive reviews for Guido's. However my one visit, a couple of years ago was a disappointment, both from the quality of food and service perspective, not to mention the owner's tiresome "wit". Just for some balance. If I want that view I would rather enjoy it with a drink from the outside terrace of Banana Club opposite.

That's nothing to shout about, particularly as Irish Airline Pilots might just have a vested interest in the issue!

Jimmie you are singlehandedly making a regular visit to the Cambodia forum worthwhile. Bravo.

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Then it won't matter to him

Don't be so obtuse for the sake of scoring your political points. Privileged westerners do not personally have familiarity with crossing borders illegally. We would expect to follow due legal process ourselves and don't personally have experience of crossing borders at non regular crossings. Do you?

Although one can't always be certain that even a member here is always 100% truthful!

In fifty years of visiting I have never heard any confirmed reports of nudist beaches in Thailand, gay or straight. There are private gay hotel/club/saunas that "allow" nudity around their premises.

I would be anxious too! Not because I/you know anything about this process, but because you would hate anything negative to happen to him and this whole process is so alien to privileged western sensibility. We have to accept that Cam and others in his situation know better about these things than we do! Please let us know when he is safe in his own country.

A slightly bizarre situation whereby smugglers of cannabis, legal in Thailand, will only be fined if caught before departure from Thailand but will be imprisoned if caught on arrival in the destination country. The amount of smuggling to the UK perhaps partly explains why my Thai husband is regularly stopped for his bags to be searched at Heathrow. If we travel and walk together he tends not to be stopped. I am never stopped by Customs but am regularly summoned to have a conversation with an immigration official! I blame faulty chips in the new UK Passports. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx235xy2ky4o

Vic, note that the last report was from 2017.........

Thank you for all the updates. It is good to travel with you on your journey with Cam. I am pleased it is working out and wish you both well!

Very Irritating Person?

12 tote bags!! Just trying to quietly slip under the radar and not draw attention to herself. She wasn't also wearing a sign reading "Please Search Me" was she.

I think it's good for the Moderator to be alerted, to be aware. It just took me five minutes to log into the site and open this thread. Can't be very good for encouraging posters or readers, nor for encouraging visitors to click on the young men scrolling above each page. Isn't that how the site is paid for?

Shouldn't these two businesses, Golden Cock and Pancake Palace, have been combined to serve a truly tempting product?

Peter is a straw man specialist.

Very bad earlier. Even the nostalgia for dial-up is wearing off now!