Pattaya’s Tourist Drugging Epidemic
Naivety, over-confidence, chauvinism, as well as a lack of care and plain and simple drunkenness all contribute to... Read More »
Pete’s Peregrinations
Pattaya’s Tourist Drugging Epidemic
4 days ago | Opinion - Opinion Articles - Pete’s PeregrinationsNaivety, over-confidence, chauvinism, as well as a lack of care and plain and simple drunkenness all contribute to the epidemic of tourist druggings in Pattaya. The recent murder of a Bangladeshi tourist by a drug-dishing whore reminds me that over the past 18 months I have been collecting stories about the drugging and robbing of tourists in the city. Unfortunately, crime statistics in Pattaya are a joke, and even if ... Read More
Jet Ski Scammers Arrested (but probably not for long)
I am delighted to highlight and applaud a rare case of bravery in Pattaya, a commodity in very... Read More »
Pattaya’s Violent Songkran
With the usual press and police wind-down for Songkran, reports, both official (usually only the tip of the... Read More »
Going down – fast – in Pattaya
Over the past year or so, Pattaya has attracted considerable adverse publicity for itself and its poorly maintained... Read More »
Getting a Songkran-sized soaking in The Philippines
EDITED: I just received this news item from a reader, from three years ago, where a similar boat... Read More »
Isaan Relief
Often accused of having a lavatorial sense of humour, I was intrigued to recently see these toilets in... Read More »
Man attacked by sweat-sucking parasite in Isaan
Well, that’s one way of putting it. Another is to say that for the first time in my... Read More »
A Surprising English Lesson
My wife recently wanted to improve her written English, so she bought herself an English grammar book (note... Read More »
Pattaya – God’s Creation?
“Pattaya was a popular Thai resort, with white sand and blue water. We slept on the sand….we tried... Read More »
Traffic Madness
A little indistinct as I was photographing it from a moving car (no, I was the passenger), I... Read More »
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