BlogHide Resteemsjack.russelle (76)in thailand • 3 days agoMistake? ? ? Thai police put offender's real passport information on public forumI don't know how private you are about your sensitive documents but I am really private about my own. There is a lot of bad stuff that someone can do to your identity if they have your passport…jack.russelle (76)in travel • 9 days agoCorruption exposed in Pattaya, police do nothing about itI don't spend a lot of time in Pattaya because I think it is an exhibition of all the bad things about this country. People that don't live here have this impression that this entire country is…jack.russelle (76)in travel • 19 days agoForeigners behaving badly in Pattaya... A new low for my memoryThis country is wonderful but if you have never been here before to see what Thailand has to offer it wouldn't surprise me if you had the impression that this country is a place for drunken…jack.russelle (76)in thailand • 24 days agoForeigners behaving badly: It's all too common over here in ThailandWhen reading the English language news in Thailand we frequently come across stories about foreigners doing really terrible things in public, normally they are foreign men, and normally they are…jack.russelle (76)in thailand • last monthPeople drown an awful lot in Thailand...or maybe they do everywhere but it just doesn't make the news the way that it does here. While Thailand tries really hard to keep these sorts of things under wraps due to the very popular beach…jack.russelle (76)in thailand • last monthA funny sign that seems like a bad translation, until you look deeperA friend of mine found this sign in his neighborhood recently and at first glance we thought that it was an Engrish translation. I then went around my own neighborhood and discovered that we had…jack.russelle (76)in books • last monthMy favorite books: Fahrenheit 451If you are from the USA, there is a good chance that this book was basically forced on you in high school. I had been told by people that went to school a decade or so before me that something by…jack.russelle (76)in thailand • last monthThais using the police to eliminate tourism competitionThailand isn't a very obtrusive place when it comes to living your life provided that you cause no harm to others. I say this in the way that a lot of people that I know before it was legalized…jack.russelle (76)in youtube • last monthSome good creators that I pass the time with on YouTubeLike most people, I spend a lot of time on YouTube. I have tried to get involved with the alternatives but unfortunately there just isn't much good content there. There are niche categories…jack.russelle (76)in driving • 2 months agoRoad safety and 125CC scootersThailand has by far the most dangerous roads I have ever encountered anywhere in the world. Now, I haven't exactly been to a ton of different places but when I first got here I found the traffic…jack.russelle (76)in music • 2 months agoLet's talk about how great Ghost, the band, isI normally write about things that are Thailand specific but the other day I came across a musical film of sorts that really resonated with me. It was a live show in Los Angeles combined with some…jack.russelle (76)in teaching • 2 months agoA word to TEFL teachers in Asia: It gets easierThe main thing I have learned from being an English teacher in TEFL programs for about 5 years is that at the very beginning it can be a very overwhelming experience and a lot of people drop out…jack.russelle (76)in thailand • 2 months agoLadyboy home invasion in Phuket!I don't really have anything to do with the transgender conversation that is taking place in the United States or UK or wherever else. I am quite happy to sit that play out. Here in Thailand…jack.russelle (76)in travel • 3 months agoA few scams in Thailand that are easy to avoid for travelersI don't know why these scams still exist because they can't have a very high success rate. They never worked on me but I came over here with my guard up pretty tight to the point where I may have…jack.russelle (76)in life • 3 months agoDigital Nomad visa in Thailand has much more reasonable requirements as of this yearIn the past Thailand has toyed around with digital nomad visa schemes but the conditions were crazy to the point that it begged the question of whether or not Thailand government actually…jack.russelle (76)in thailand • 3 months agoThailand's new Prime Minister was not elected by the peopleIf you ever feel as though the politics in your country are a bit corrupt just take a look at Thailand. They had a new party that won the popular vote and honestly, should have had the candidate…jack.russelle (76)in retirement • 3 months agoThailand facing tough competition in retirement visa "race." But does it matter?Thailand has a lot of retired people in it from other countries. This is something you will quickly notice when you stick around here for just a little while. Most of the people that hang out at…jack.russelle (76)in funny • 3 months agoHilarious police training intended to capture drunk foreignersThere are a couple of things that you should know about the police in Thailand: They take themselves very seriously and you better not criticize them in the press or you are going to get some…jack.russelle (76)in thailand • 4 months agoPolitical corruption: Rising political party dissolved by rival, well-established political partyThailand has a complicated political system that is filled with deeply entrenched parties, primarily two of them in a similar way to Democrats and Republicans. They end up having similar results…jack.russelle (76)in thailand • 4 months agoHas Thailand become more expensive in the past 5 years? AbsolutelyAlthough I have not been here a tremendous amount of time, I hear it regularly said by people that pop-in and pop-out of this country regularly rather than live here full time: Thailand has become…
