Greetings from Thailand

**SpankMe** · 11th April 2005, 00:01

First chance I've had to sit down at an Internet cafe for any length of time.

I've attached just a couple of images from Bangkok where I was for three days. Bloody hot

, busy, noisy and really smelly in places. Only worth staying for a couple of days. Local carnival was good. Shooting galleries run by the army so no ball bearing/slug rifles. Everything was .22. Converted M16's, ruger revolvers and bolt actions.

Only half decent bike riding around is the Honda Phantom, a 200cc single. Local laws prohibited anything over 250cc being made locally.

Notice I have alot of PMs/emails. Sorry, no time to deal with them. Wari is always ready to help.

**crashe** · 11th April 2005, 08:52

Looks like you are having heaps of fun....
Looking forward to your next lot of pic's.....

**Deano** · 11th April 2005, 09:08

Hey Spank. Have fun in Thailand - check out some kickboxing if you have time. Don't eat or drink anything from the roadside stalls.

**wari** · 11th April 2005, 10:26

Originally Posted by SpankMe

... Wari is always ready to help.

THey seek'im herre dey seek'im therre ...

**bugjuice** · 11th April 2005, 10:51

caption for the second shooting pic - "Now, see that traffic warden...."
gotta wonder how many people took up the offer on the back of the tshirt too

nice pics, glad you're havin fun spank

**Drunken Monkey** · 11th April 2005, 11:26

Originally Posted by Deano

... Don't eat or drink anything from the roadside stalls.

Bah, that's where the best food is...

**inlinefour** · 11th April 2005, 12:35

We will all be here when you return

**SpankMe** · 11th April 2005, 15:07

Well it's my last day of three in Pattaya. Today I go to Udon Thani. Pattaya is a real tourist town and I'm looking forward to the quiet of Udon which you are not unlikey to see many non Thais there.

I've attached photos of one of the many, many places you can hire every kind of jappa inline four & cruiser. I hired a fireblade for 1000 baht for the day. Iffy brakes and chained rattled a bit but went fine. Got clamped (well, a chain and padlock) for parking in a no parking zone that day. Sore the copper doing it, but he just said "no parking" and walked off. My girlfriend (Thai) said to slip him 200 baht which I did and he came back and removed the chain.

Just after I hired the fireblade I spotted at another bike hire what is probably the only sport v-twin in Pattaya. A Honda SP-2 which I hired the next day for 1500 baht and it was mint. It's cheaper if you hire for a longer period, but I was only here for three days. Got the 400 baht ticket for dangerous driving on the SP-2.

**bugjuice** · 11th April 2005, 15:15

wow, that pic of the building is amazing
no pt
cool bikes too, for a hire place

**Two Smoker** · 11th April 2005, 17:31

Good shit Spank, glad your having a blast... Keep the photos flowing

**aff-man** · 11th April 2005, 17:58

hell $52.6691 nz dollars to hire an sp1 for a day... thailand here i come....

Looks like your having a blast

**SPman** · 11th April 2005, 21:28

Originally Posted by aff-man

Looks like your having a blast

I see no Buells in the pix......

**SpankMe** · 11th April 2005, 21:31

Waiting at Bangkok airport for the flight to Udon. Got three hours to kill.

Originally Posted by bugjuice

wow, that pic of the building is amazing

Forget the name of it but it is totaly made of wood and they have been building it for 25 years by hand and they have 15 more years before completion.