Foreign embassies have been issuing warnings to their nationals about possible upheaval sparked by the demi-seizure of ex-PM Thaksin’s wealth. Last night Mem asked if I wanted the airport closed by the yellow shirts.
“No.” I had plans to visit or possibly stay in Thailand. EDT – march 2010.
“If airport how you come see Fenway?” Mem’s question was a good one.
“I’ll take a boat.” My family had clipper-shipped to Thailand in the 19th Century. Aunt Bert said the women were beautiful, but had black teeth from chewing betel. Mem’s teeth were hurting. I needed to send her money for a dentist. I liked her smile, especially the yim tang nam dtah or truly happy smile. I had seen it a few times and the Thai smile is one of the country’s greatest tourist attractions.
Over 20 million tourists last year alone.
14 million, but another 6 million were illegal and this concern of bad tourists has infected Sweden’s opinion on the travel of Thai girls to the Nordic country. Visa standards for Thai nationals is fairly liberal compared to other Western nations and the police have been complaining about the some of their visitors.
“We know that some people are lying to us and going to Sweden with the wrong purposes. But we really try to stop them. We do a lot to avoid sending people with the wrong purpose going to Sweden. But I am also sure that we can not get 100 percent right.”
5000 Thais are issued visas to Sweden per annum.
400,000 Swede visit Thailand without any requirement of a visa.
I met a Swedish girl in Beijing Aeroport. She was drunk. Tattoos and heading for the Full-Moon festival. I know several Swedish bikers in Pattaya. Nice guys to have your back in a fight. They were all criminals. Druggies on elephants treks. Naked girls on Koh Samui. Heavy drinking Vikings glad to be far away from the Lutheran buzzkill of their Scandinavian nation.
Berserk in behavior.
And the Thais are coming to Sweden for bad reasons.
The word in Thai is pôo-lòk-luang
Hypocrite.
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