we will soon get the "Turn" as far as the heat is concerned as well. I say bring on the rain as well. I don't mind it, I own an unbrella and a rain jacket.

well that looks damn near professional to me. I think you did fine. She doesn't look so happy though :)

someone said something about the Yen not doing well in financial markets and this is part of the reason why things are cheap there for once.

yeah. There are really crowded places for sure. So many people in Tokyo. But one thing that helps a lot is the polite nature of everyone and how everyone queues up for lines in an organized and unselfish

I haven't spent much time around them but will reveal that all the times I have been around Japanese people they have been good experiences. Just a fantastic and respectful culture.

I have also heard things like this. Tour busses where nobody ventures outside of their carefully controlled finiancial circles. The thing is, all the other nationalities do this as well, why focus on the

yeah. It's called money

I think there is a reason why the construction sites in Thailand, the big ones anyway, are surrounded by tall fences that you can't see through. The sign advertising the safety is on the outside. Who knows

It's a nice joke. When the government just gets out of the way things normally will run fine. The overpopulation of weed dispensaries would have sorted itself out through simple supply and demand. There

The war on weed is a particularly stupid one but just like all things I am sure it all boils down to greed. Those generals want their kickbacks and legalizing something like this was always going to cut

I think that Thailand has a lot of freedom... but much of this freedom that the government promises is idle, it's only freedom until the people use it too much, then they take it back so they can have

Been to Mexico and enjoyed it. I didn't find it to be a tremendous value though. I was only in tourist areas though and they seemed about the same price as USA beach areas. The difference was that it was

I had a job in the states where they went too far with the PPE. We also had daily safety meetings that nobody listened to. This was required by an organization called OSHA and it was overkill to the point

I spent most of my life thinking that picture was faked, but no it is real

yes, several times. In Thailand it has only been on my face by the small microscopic sea lice while snorkeling and scuba diving. It's not a nice experience but not at all life-threatening

as strange as it seems to say, I think you were lucky in that mirror incident. So many people have been horribly injured or made dead by people driving like loons over that mountain pass. Phuket's roads

I was once snorkelling and was really enjoying it just looking down but then looked around me and realized that I was basically surrounded by jellyfish. I had to get out of there fast and was lucky to

it takes a lot of stings from a normal jelly to kill someone unless they are allergic to things like that. It certainly does hurt a lot though.

were they the really dangerous kind? Normal jellyfish are more dangerous than they are deadly. It doesn't mean I am happy they are here. Some people eat them, and I can't even imagine how difficult that

oh I wasn't trying to suggest that Holland was only popular because of weed. There's also world-class prostitution. lol. Just kidding. I know there is a lot of amazing architecture and some amazing sites