tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492829.post111350281465490500..comments2009-07-14T02:03:57.862+07:00elocinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14399416198260200287noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492829.post-1114531718473254722005-04-26T23:08:00.000+07:002005-04-26T23:08:00.000+07:00omg u really need to stop with the europe thing and expand your horizons Mary Jane. have u even been to thailand??;-)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02460985877818217139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492829.post-1113648366852850622005-04-16T17:46:00.000+07:002005-04-16T17:46:00.000+07:00Just be careful.<BR/><BR/>A country where someone can be kicked to death in front of a crowd during a so-called festival while the police do nothing is hardly the kind of place any rational person would want to be.<BR/><BR/>Try Europe for a change. It's pretty civilised i hear.MaryJaneRottencrotchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01683847349214807472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492829.post-1113647773538331972005-04-16T17:36:00.000+07:002005-04-16T17:36:00.000+07:00yes dearie i am well aware of the dangers in thailand from past experience... however NYC is not especially safe either now is it. <BR/><BR/>(love elocin)elocin xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14399416198260200287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492829.post-1113647480798481002005-04-16T17:31:00.000+07:002005-04-16T17:31:00.000+07:00quote from ThaiVisa.com:<BR/><BR/>"it was a great days water throwing down the cowboy yesterday , a great atmosphere of laughter , the whole street singing along to isaan songs blasting out of loudspeakers , kids playing , pick-ups coming through loaded with people all getting into the fun.<BR/><BR/>although there was a lot of drinking and most of the girls were legless there was none of the menace you can get in crowds such as you do at english soccer matches or rowdy concerts , no hint that violence might make an appearance.<BR/><BR/>suddenly from out of nowhere a group of about 6 drunk thai youths jumped down off the pickup that was passing just where i was stood and laid into a thai youth.<BR/><BR/>punching him and hitting him with beer bottles , soon he was down and then they really got going on him , kicking him very hard in the face and head. looked like a rag doll being kicked around . it was relentless ultra - violence. they were on him like a pack of wild dogs. others joined in either to stop the assault or attack the downed mans friends.<BR/>a big falang went ballistic too and had to be held back by thais after he punched a thai man in the face.<BR/><BR/><BR/>by now a policeman had arrived and within a couple of minutes a police pickup was on the scene , the guy was still on the ground. the police didnt so much as look at him or offer any assistance in getting him into their vehicle to take him to hospital.<BR/><BR/>he was being given mouth to mouth and chest thumping by some thais.he was unconscious with wide staring eyes.<BR/><BR/>eventually a car pulled into the soi and he was bundled in and the car drove off.<BR/><BR/>the pickup containing the gang was still down the other end of soi cowboy when the police arrived and it was pointed out to them but they didnt seem to want to know.<BR/><BR/>within 10 minutes the police had left.<BR/><BR/>i heard today that the man died later in hospital , he never regained consciousness , and he was part of a crew delivering beer to the bars.<BR/><BR/>nobody seemed to know what sparked it off."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Seriously, go home. Thailand not nice place. Unless you have a death wish. Do you?MaryJaneRottencrotchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01683847349214807472noreply@blogger.com