kaunitz

Might be a bit hard to find after all this time! Good luck anyhow!

Not only in Bkk! Also in Isaan, a Ladyboy is a respected member of society! Maybe you won't find many (or any) of them in the villages - nobody is making bad remarks of them and if the topic is up, no negative quotes are heard.

It's not about the looks here, I guess!

Must have been some very brain-sick people who invented 50(!!!) genders....

What if I don't have a grandmother any more?

Well, Thailand may be 4th on hard liquor consumption, but if you go for the overall use of alcohol, it might not even be among the top ten, if you look at beer (Czech Republic, Austria and Germany on top) or wine (don't know the ranking, but Spain and especially France and Italy will be high up).

@drakin: An explosion here and there is not the big thing (well, maybe I have some other life experiences than you). Main thing is: Stay away from crowds. If you follow this, nothing will happen to you, so also Bangkok will be a pleasant stay for you!!

That's a great one! And it's also good to have you and your interesting blogs back on track!

Right now, I am not in Thailand but I was there when the big trouble happened in 2010. Generally, I assess the situation as ok for tourists as long as you follow some precautions. Stay away from crowded places, inform yourself (at the hotel reception, from TV...) what's going on and avoid the areas indicated. If you find yourself in a protest area (things like this can happen), don't be nosy and look what's going on - get away into a calm area. Outside Bangkok, you should (as per now) not have troubles but if you see some crowds - as I said before - go away. Up to today, I did not hear about any unrest in the North so far, so you should be safe there. Hope this helps! Thailand is a very beautiful country and if you manage to avoid the few hotspots (well, as I know from here, sightseeing places in Bangkok are not concerned by now) you should have a safe vacation there! Bonne chance - malheureusement mon francais n'est pas assez bon pour repondre à ta question en francais.

If you know what that means! :twisted:

Wrong corner of the world...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=pxci_JCmUus

A student asked his English professor, “What is the definition of a dilemma?" The professor said, “Well, there's nothing better than an example to illustrate that. Imagine that you are lying in bed with a beautiful naked young woman on one side and a gay man on the other ... who are you going to turn your back on?"

That's true! I'm very glad having kept all this stuff - it brings back loads of good memories!