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Hi,

There are many men in Thailand (and plenty in Nong Khai area) who fit that description. It seems strange that the embassy doesn't want you to release any details. Including a name, nationality and/or photo along with the description is necessary if you actually hope to get any leads.

In any case, sorry to hear this.

Thanks DLuek and svendj. Yes, I don't know why they are so sensitive (my brother has been dealing with them) over at the embassy. We took up the photos and stuff when we were there, but when my brother told them down in BKK, they turned nasty on him. I'll go back soon, and will try to hook up then. Thanks again for getting back.

on my last trip to Nong Khai there was also a string of expat bars called Sunset Strip about two miles (three km) downriver from town that might be a good place to ask around too.

it seems odd that any western embassy would not assist one of their nationals abroad, so i wonder if there isn't more to this story than we've been told here. but if the embassy won't help, i might check in with the local police in nong khai too. they'd be in a good position to identify the person if they had come through town and if the person had been in any trouble.

for all the dedicated emb-scolders; Now explain then what an embassy COULD do at all. The only ''things'' Thai burocrazy MAY have is some reports of hotels of guesthss of their guests-nothing of that gets into any computer. But many of the cheapos do not even do that-fear of taxman coming. There is a duty of anyone on long-term stay to inform Thai immigration of adress at least every 3 month-but noone chases after those who do not. Even most land borders/entry/exit (the white forms) are not online or not at all easy to check-for just checking if this person has left TH to Laos-after all there are at least 12 possible crossings.
I once heard TH in its records have around 20.000+ foreign western persons entering and never left (acc. to the statistics).

Great fashion sense.

@MADMAC - in an offline message tipalia sent to me, he mentioned seeing someone similar during his recent visit to mukdahan. i wondered if it wasn't the same guy too. it would have been easy enough for the guy to drift down river from nong khai to mukdahan.

@Q&A - i can't see that it is fair for you to ask anyone to approach this person without you first providing a name and a photo at the very least. hopefully you can get in touch with MADMAC outside of the forum to provide this information. good luck. that would be something really special if it turned out to be your guy.

PS @exacto, exactly! I wasn't going to ask MADMAC to do anything without giving him more details, but I could not do that here, which is why I wondered how he could contact me, given that his messaging was not enabled. In any event, it's all theoretical now, as I've been grounded.