yeah, just letting anyone open up a shop anywhere makes a place seem like it is druggy culture. There is some level of class to having these places be few and far between.

yeah for sure. Thailand seems to attract these sorts of people, this particular type of crime too and that kind of makes me feel a bit bad when I have to tell people where I live. Everyone kind of knows

I guess that makes sense. People often say that the rules are different here because of the large military bases on site.

Yep, I am definitely ready for November to get here. I have to ride a motorbike to school 3x a week and if it is in the rain it sucks a bit, but it is definitely better than sweating through my clothes

I've heard that for playtime ESL jobs that Korea or Japan are the places to go to. It is n't just because the pay is so much better, but being a full time drunk part time teacher doesn't really fly over

other than qualified teachers, like teachers who would be allowed by their certifications to teach in their home countries, i feel like almost all teachers over here are seriously wasting their time. The

Old people get let go too, even though they are likely the most qualified out of anyone there.

I suppose they could try to go up and over like they did at the airport. That would be a massive undertaking though and the buildings are likely in the way.

I was just talking about this in another comment. It is truly bewildering that someone who cannot swim would enter the ocean more than just their ankles. It's darwinism I guess.

well I would rather not have that but people need to heed at least a little bit of the warning

over here in Thailand we have an issue with people who can't swim at all not respecting the sea as well. It's dangerous out there folks!

she looks liek she doesn't mind the process all that much :)

This isn't super related to your post but I notice that everyone on a motorbike is wearing a helmet. Is that law enforced really strictly? It isn't here.

I don't know how it is possible, but we don't really have a massive stray dog problem in Chiang Mai. There are a few in my neighborhood but they are looked after by a lot of people including me. I put

We have a few board game places here in Chiang Mai as well. I went to one where the owner is super protective of his cards and board games. All the cards were in plastic and I wasn't allowed to have my

There are certainly a lot of children there. I guess most of the women in the picture are moms!

That is nice, and very clean too. Where are all the people? Do the Canadians have anything to do with this hill or is it just a name?

in order to report on that they would have to bust themselves and that is never going to happen. the corruption runs so deep here that there was the unveiling of an internal affairs of some sort, some

I don't know how people stick with that job especially the lower paying ones The only reason is the visa. Nobody with any actually worthwhile abilities is going to work a full time job over in Asia for

at least the ring road works pretty well... although I would say it is more like a crescent moon since it doesn't go all the way around