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Thanks Peter looks easy on the way to Balcony.

Thanks Peter. It's just, in my innocence, I don't know what Senso is. Could it be a sour bread bakery? --- something else I'm looking for. I will go wandering.

Yes sorry Peter and others. In my initial message I should have specified that I was only talking about Thailand. I repeat -- do not carry your original passport. It is worth a fortune to pickpockets. We are always told that it is the law that you must carry your passport as Thais must carry their ID cards. At a time of some troubles (forget which) one of the more notorious police area chiefs produced a poster in English aimed at farang stating what to do if stopped by police. It included tips like -- insist, if being searched, or urine checked that it is done in in a well lighted area. You CAN take photos of the officer etc. About ten tips as I remember. And one that said that it is only necessary to carry a good copy of your passport and visa(?). I have lived and worked here in the centre of Bangkok, involving many night taxi trips etc, for 25 years plus and holidaymaking more than that, and although stopped and searched many times have NEVER been asked for my original passport, the copy sufficed. Well, those are MY experiences. I wonder if anyone else can recall the original police poster (as in 'poster' stuck on a wall). It could have been Thong Lor or Asoke police that issued it. And Peter, any idea of a print shop that laminates near to Silom or Phrom Pong? My big local one claimed not to do it.

If you carry your passport with you-- and you shouldn't-- it is your most precious thing when abroad, a nice plastic cover for it which kept my last one pristine for ten years is the bankbook cover. Just ask for them in your bank. At least it worked for my UK passport with SCB cover. You only need to carry a COPY of your documents whatever the money grabbing B.I.B. may tell you.

You probably don't !

I prefer reasonably modest sized frontal toilet parts that don't humiliate me.

As I said 'it was to get a mortgage'. I asked my doctor "what if it is positive?". His reply, "We'll try another mortgage company then!".

It is a couple of years since I was last there and the owner was talking of expanding into the floor above. God knows what the reaction of waitresses would be to being told what used to go on up there.

Peter, I think that should read 'quite far from Patpong" rather than 'quite far into the original Babylon sauna'. It is prominently on the corner of soi 1 with an outside dining area. Last time I was there they were doing reasonably priced set lunches. There were no veggie options on the set menu but the waiter came with lots of suggestions (NO, not 'go elsewhere'🤣).

O.K., I give in. What is an 'H Type Spa'?

Thanks Peter. Another old trick is to increase prices prior to the sales then can show a reduction at the sales time.

How about writers to this board who can write whole words?

Will there be genuine bargains to be had on Friday 28th in Bangkok? I'm thinking personally of a printer/scanner/copier. I'm not referring to boy prices but maybe something for enterprising boys.

Then you should know better.