@misterkwai I love the countryside up here and cycling round, but it is very different to cycling round the canals in Bangkok and the suburbs. The lung of Bangkok and Samutprakarn helped keep me sane during hard times. Love the mix between nature and infrastructure/people.
@Baconsarni1@CleansedTweets I did that in the 80's but got 90 day double entry, so the second time just cross the border and return at Padang Besar or Sadao immigration.
@LiamMck89@Tim30do@RupertLowe10 Yes, the first wave of Pakistani immigrants was mainly for labour in the textile industry in Yorkshire and Lancashire due to labour shortages post war. So they weren't involved in infrastructure. But perhaps labour should have been sourced from countries with more common values.
@GroupHarding@Ajarncom That is something I've seen everywhere in Thailand. The balcony railings need to be high enough that you can't accidentally fall over them. Don't think they'd pass health and safety requirements of many other developed countries.
@chav_khun When I'm out on my pushbike, I make up songs as I ride along and often sing them quite loudly, despite being tone deaf and a hopeless singer. A true pressure release though. Used to do it to keep myself sane in troubled times. Now purely cos I enjoy it.
@Ajarncom@CookinAsia Likewise. I eat to live, not live to eat. And too much faffing around before you can get some food in your gob, means seafood is a waste of time, energy and money for me.
@Ajarncom I wish I was an expat. Would have been great to have all those benefits. Luckily, I got out of teaching and worked in a decent company for 30 odd years but as a local hire.
@paspell066@Ajarncom I must be the exception then. Have lived within walking distance of mother in law, and two sister in laws for 3 years so far, and not a spot of bother/drama at all.