How it is to live here in Thailand many we discuss many diffrent subjects.
ECPAT the anti pedophile organization is telling the Swedish travel operators off according to Expressen. They want them to warn more about child prostitution in Thailand and Cambodia. Don’t get me wrong here I am all for what ECPAT is doing but in my over 10 years here in Thailand I never seen child prostitution…
I got a little surprised when my article on where to find cheap medicine in Thailand was suddenly listed on Digg.com. I was even more surprised when I saw that the people who Digg and comment the post was talking about all the fake medicine in Thailand. Sure there is fake medicine in Thailand but…
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