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The FLiRT variety is taking off over here in Australia too, luckily most that I know that caught this one haven't been too badly affected by it. I am partially immunocompromised due to effects of pneumonia when I was a child and will wear a mask in higher risk situations like crowded trains etc but most people now seem to not care at all. I do hope that with each new variant that it gets weaker or at the very least doesn't get any stronger, it has stuffed us all around for far to long now.

The new tax and lack of credible information from the government / tax office is one of the things that's turning me off moving to Thailand for now. My retirement income fund (not a state pension) in Australia is now tax free and has been for 5 years but from what I have read (right or wrong) is that if I were living there and transferred that money into a Thai bank for living expenses, fun etc it would then be taxed. I also think there may well be a lot of expats just hanging on for clarification of the new tax rules and if not favourable will be inclined to move to other Asian countries, the Philippines is what I am thinking would be a reasonable alternative. The problem I see with the Philippines is that the infrastructure is not as good as Thailand, healthcare for those that can afford private health insurance is ok as there are some quality private hospitals in Manila (if you can get to them in time). A positive for the Philippines is the retirement visa (SRRV) to me is so much easier and less mucking around than the Thai one, or do what a lot of expats do and just live on a tourist visa and keep extending it for up to 36 months then slip out to another country and start all over again on return. A down side for me is the city I would like to live there hasn't got much of a gay scene at all and neither has the Philippines in comparison with Thailand for that matter. Hmmn food for thought for when it becomes decision time.

Just my thoughts but I don't think the government is giving many answers because they don't know the details yet themselves and are just stumbling from day to day on this. Ahh yes, of course they need to pay for the "give" us your vote scheme some how ⤵️

Another tip when the massage boy showers after you at the start, if he walks out with a hard on forget the massage (massage would most likely be ordinary anyway) and just dive in and enjoy the fun.

That would be brilliant and I can see this happening more and more around the world but sadly I think places like Thailand and the Philippines will be left way behind everyone else, we can only live and hope though.

All this happened under the previous CEO who has been dodging a Senate enquiry for some time now, he did manage to get a very healthy golden handshake when he left and I believe he ran that airline down. I have not liked Qantas for many years now and would refuse to fly internationally (even domestic now) with them as long as there is an alternative airline, I would even pay extra just to avoid them as they well and truly screwed up a holiday many years ago and treated me like a piece of dirt. Living and working in the country and having to rely on their domestic flights also left bad taste in my mouth, delayed flight after delayed flight seemed to be their theme as was the price of their flights. One other thing I hate with airlines in general is the practice of over booking flights, been screwed around by that one before despite booking months in advance. Sorry, rant over.

Now that my passport is renewed it's time to start contemplating my next holiday and a long overdue one at that, it will most likely just be a short reacquainting trip split between a couple of destinations of a week in each. Keeping in mind plans can and sometimes do change. The simple plan to date with Bangkok the first destination Figure out trip dates and book flights and accommodation Arrival, check into hotel then go and change money Explore massage options (early afternoon) and enjoy a massage and some cock Shopping to stock up the room Evening massage and some more cock Not into bars so a quiet meal and a drink or two then retire for the night Day 2 onwards, anything goes but some more shopping, a good walk around and more massages with that bit of cock afterwards

Condom size

I find anything by the Spice Girls to be the most annoying

Some of my go to places, not in any order of preference G's Bangkok Soi 4, nice place, good food and cold beer, nice place to sit and watch the Soi 4 world go by Roadhouse Barbecue corner Rama IV and Surawong, good food and cold beer, a little pricey but still good and the lunch specials are reasonably priced Mango Tree (my favourite) as Daddy415 said delicious food, nice atmosphere, I can't resist eating there several times per trip. Such a pity that the Mango Tree on Yodpiman Riverwalk closed, I used to enjoy a leisurely evening meal and drink there and sit back watching the river traffic flow by Happy Beer Garden across from the Raya on Surawong, cheaper eats than others but still good food and drinks and generally a happy atmosphere

Thanks for that, that one will be on my avoid list when I head over later this year

Even the Philippines is melting, travelled many times to the Philippines and never seen the temps so high and that have persisted for so long, at least in my favoured part it's still quite nice (up in the mountains in and around Baguio). Link below shows the 5 day highest heat index and it looks damn hot and to quote Robin Williams in Good Morning Vietnam "It's hot! Damn hot! Real hot! Hot as it is, is my shorts I can cook things in it, a little crotch-pot cookin". Philippine heat index

Having lived for more than half my life in the middle of nowhere in Western Australia the heat never bothered me that much (humidity is a killer though and I never got used to it) but a couple of trips to the Philippines and Vietnam at the wrong time of year I just about melted it was that hot. Next trip to Thailand is coming soon and it will be in the wet season and humidity 🙃

Blast, I was considering a Japan trip next year and Kyoto was on my short list of places to visit.

I do love the old photos of places and those old ones of Asian cities the 👌

I usually do Roadhouse at least twice each trip, some things on the menu can be overpriced but I have never had any complaints with their food quality and yes they serve nice cold beer at a reasonable price to go with it.

Geez that must have been one mighty big operation.

From my own perspective, being cut I can say my cock is very sensitive, sometimes I wish it wasn't quite so sensitive even when wrapped in a condom.

Yes quite a few times but for me they were relatively short flights compared to what most take, flying back to Australia from either the Philippines or Vietnam via Singapore I opted for a few nights stop over rather than connecting flights and spending hours in transit at the airport. Mind you a few hours transit at Changi isn't too bad a thing even way back then but looking at some flight options now that transit is down to under 1 hour which doesn't leave much room if the first flight is late even by a short time.

Nice speech by the politicians but odds are they won't do anything - they really do need to get some non corrupted people in there to empty the rotten nest...

Loving your reports vinapu. Yes I agree on the animal concentration camps and I too avoid them. With my only trip to the cashew farm I walked out with so many cashews it wasn't funny, my 2 favoured flavours were the chocolate and the chilli, took a long time to eat them all

Not a fan of songkran but I don't hate it, what I do hate is when you get dressed up nicely to go out at night (cabaret, show etc) and some twit thinks it's funny to throw a bucket of ice cold water over you. If you plan on wanting to go out and stay dry then I suggest you get a taxi to come to the hotels front door or you will get soaked.

Wow now that alone may well screw with some retired expats, I think this could well get ugly

Forgot my full packet of BP meds and arrived with only a few days worth once but got them in the small pharmacy just near Chula (I think AP Medical), no problems at all, just showed them the empty packet with my info on the label and they were happy to sell me some. I do like that one and Chula, if one doesn't have what I need the other most likely will.

They really are some lowlife scumbags that do this shit and they would be close to if not the lowest of the scum. And I would say they are most likely in countries where it would be very hard if not near impossible to get to them.