Bangkok Superlatives: Stories From Decades in a Crazy City [S7.E18]

Greg and Ed try a new type of show in which they troll their
memories for extreme experiences, something that expats in
Thailand seem to have a lot of. Greg begins with his scariest
experience in Thailand. As a relative noobie, he engaged the
services of a shady visa firm and was later called out on it by
the Canadian Embassy. At the time, he didn't know if a heavy
fine, deportation, or even jail was in order, but luckily he got
away with a much smaller punishment. Ed follows with a different
type of scare, when his then fiancee was in a horrible motorbike
accident, and he didn't know the extent of her injuries. They
were severe, but luckily not life threatening or disfiguring.


Greg follows with his lowest point ever as an expat, when he lost
his job in Bangkok just one week after his grandfather passed
away. Ed then relates his weirdest memory ever as an expat, when
government officials showed up at his house to verify that he was
really married to his wife. Not only did the officials ask to see
Ed and his wife's bedroom closets, they also asked the couple to
lie in bed next to each other, fully clothed, but holding hands!
So strange! But it happened. 


Last, Greg tells his most extreme, throw caution to the wind
story: when he was getting married, he at first was pinching
pennies, worried about saving money for the future, but
eventually he just realized, !#@% it! You only get married once
and after splurging and having a great wedding, he realized it
was worth it. Ed then tells of his wildest night in Thailand,
which involved an outing on Koh Samed that turned violent and
required a hasty retreat in the wee hours of the morning to find
a safe place from local thugs. 


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