I am in Aranya on the Thai side of the border to Cambodia. Waiting in Cambodia is Poipet, the armpit of Asia.
I am here on a visa run. Don’t even ask. My visas are messed up. I am down to 30 days on arrival stamps.
Here in small town Thailand I have witnessed traditional Buddhist peacful behaviour, such as a fistfight involving three men outside the 7-Eleven yesterday evening. Actually it was more of a beating-up, with two of them against a third. The Thai sense of fair play?
The gay life consists of a waiter at a restaurant, who smiled hopefully when I walked by. A ladyboy hairdresser also lives here, but she had closed by the time I arrived. I had planned to ask her for local gossip.
I am pleased to report that the stinky Internet cafe has competition now from a place with no urine pools on the floor. Progress has come to Aranya.
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August 15th, 2006 at 5:09 pm
Hehe… 30 days on arrival is the same style I have to “live” now. Quite annoying when one had before a one-year-Visa with 3monthly visits to the Immigration Office. Its all about the money I guess.
August 15th, 2006 at 6:49 pm
I don’t doubt the fist fight you describe took place, but why must you stereotype this as “Thai fair play” or “traditional Budhist peaceful behaviour”? Do such things not happen all over the planet? I am not aware of this being “typical Thai behaviour” in daily life! Please go back to Sam Rong and take in more of that interesting part of Bkk. Cheers, someone who sees Thailand differently.
August 15th, 2006 at 10:28 pm
Dear Mr. Real Thailand
The queen’s birthday is only once a year.
August 15th, 2006 at 10:39 pm
But Sam Rong is fascinating every day of the year…….