Monthly Archives: August 2007

Heaven Above Shut for 60 Days

August 24, 2007 – 11:32 pm

Last night the local police visited Pattaya’s #1 Go-Go to enforce a 60 Day shutdown thanks to a third black eye for onstage impropriety. Heaven Above will be dark for the following two months. No more white on white couches or crazed go-go nudity.     The owners are taking a much needed rest, while the [...]

By Peter | Posted in Nightlife, Pattaya | Comments (0)

Con Letter From PI

August 24, 2007 – 12:41 am

I’ve never received one of these letters and was so excited that I might be $8.3 million richer soon that I had to share my roller coaster ride to fame and fortune with you. _____________________________________________ Dear Sir. I am Madam Laarni Enriqez, a native of Philippine nationality, and a divorcee. I would like to have [...]

By Peter | Posted in Letters | Comments (0)

Dildo Gun Robbery

August 22, 2007 – 11:36 pm

A German friend here used to enter a bank with a shotgun, blow a hole in the ceiling, and 60 seconds later drive away on a stolen motorcycle 30,000 Deutschmarks richer. Most robberies are acts of desperate men or women as opposed to bank robbers. Somehow they get it in their head that armed theft has [...]

By Peter | Posted in Crime | Comments (0)

Prison Prettier In Pink

August 22, 2007 – 11:31 pm

Bangkok Police are world-renowned for their steadfast vigilance against crime, however every police department has their rotten mangos. Most are investigated by Internal Affairs and exiled from the force. Rather than dispose of highly-trained officers, the Crime Suppression Division had decided to humiliate errant tam-ruat or cops by having them wearing pink ‘Hello Kitty’ armbands as a clear indication [...]

By Peter | Posted in Crime | Comments (0)

Elephants Go Home

August 22, 2007 – 10:43 pm

FROM THE BANGKOK POST Sampran, a five-year-old bull elephant from Khao Ang Rua Nai Wildlife Sanctuary, found himself with nowhere to go. He was chased away from his herd last year. However, he discovered the buffer zone of the wildlife sanctuary was paradise – he could feed on the crops grown by villagers there.   [...]

By Peter | Posted in Nature | Comments (0)