Gay Boy Thailand

The “Air Force Cousin” was here a few days ago. Yesterday he found his mother in their garden in Chalerm’s village in Lopburi province.

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Off with the wigs

In tsk tsk news, a report in Pattaya Mail that these two ladies of the second category were caught trying to steal a gold necklace from a Russian man.

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This is a website dedicated to the cheaters, liars and frauds that wait for unsuspecting tourists in Thailand. It covers the gem trick, the upstairs bar extortion, the fake boy scouts and more. If you are new to Thailand this is essential reading. If you are an old hand you can read it for the entertainment.

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I had been to Bangkok Bank on Silom road in the afternoon and was walking up the street. I passed soi 3 and the Pilot pen shop on the corner. I saw one beggar person sitting on the left side of the pavement, and a woman and a child selling lottery tickets on the right side.

As I walked past the beggar I saw him wave his arms and say something. I was looking and walking straight ahead and didn’t turn or look at him. But I followed him from the corner of my eye and saw that he was on his feet, talking and waving and walking in my direction.

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Jakarta by night

I was pondering if to book a visa run to Jakarta, Indonesia and looked up travel advice:

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I saw two white-haired farangs sit by a table and talk to a young man in Silom Complex the other day. I can’t be 100% sure but this person of Indian appearance reminded me of the infamous date robber moneyboy that has operated in Bangkok earlier. See older post with photos >>

I went for a walk in Sandakan city as the sun set. I took pictures by the harbour and said hello to people.

I bought a water bottle and sat down to rest and drink. Families were nearby, some selling food, some selling smuggled cigarettes. The young ones came to me and practiced their simple English on me. It was usually only “What is your name?” and “Where are you from?

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Canadian, American charged over obscene website
Boonlua Chatree
Pattaya Mail April 2007

A Canadian and an American have been arrested on charges of producing materials for a p*rn*graphic website from an address in Pattaya, and bringing disrepute upon the Kingdom of Thailand.

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This is the full report after the taxi driver fight in the soi last Friday night. Our maid (aka the gossip central) knew which of my neighbours was involved, and I spoke to him.
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My boyfriend “Chalerm” met a thief yesterday. He had gone to a video rental shop to return some movies he had rented – nowadays he is into soppy Japanese dramas. When standing on the pavement speaking in his mobile phone, a Thai guy came by, snatched the phone from Chalerm’s hand and ran off with it. This happened at 11.30 pm.

Chalerm went to the police. They wanted the thief’s name and address. Chalerm didn’t know that, but witnesses to the crime said they knew the guy’s face and what soi he lived in. The police told Chalem to go and ask neighbours for the name.

Chalerm was weary of doing this as word of his snooping might get back to the thief. I agreed. Walking around in the soi asking questions is the job of the police. We don’t know what kind of person this thief is but presumably he is bad news. If the police won’t investigate it isn’t worth the risk for Chalerm to do it.

This marks our 3rd stolen mobile phone. The first was my own phone, which I had given to the grandparents in the village once Chalerm had moved to Bangkok. They had no landline and were hard to reach. Someone walked in and stole the phone from the house one day and Chalerm gave them his own as replacement, which again meant that I (after a suitable waiting period to mark my dissatisfaction that I had not been consulted about any of this) bought Chalerm a new one.

Next someone stole Chalerm’s phone from out of his bag at Freeman disco. I am not sure if the replacement was the same phone that was snatched yesterday or not, as Chalerm keeps changing the handset every six months by trading it in for a newer model. I make up for this consumerism by using my worn Nokia as long as it works. It is now five years old.

Chalerm is in Maboonkrong to buy yet another phone. I didn’t give him any money when he went to MBK this morning, he will pay for it out of his allowance. Luckily I haven’t spoiled him with 40 000 baht phones. He buys them 2nd hand for a couple of thousand baht.

Chalerm was told to go back to the police station Monday morning but I don’t see much point in doing that. I think he has seen too many Thai soap operas on television. In those programs the police will come in force at any hint of a crime and catch the bad guy. Reality is not like that.