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FROM BANGKOK TO PHUKET AND BACK TO BANGKOK WITH A BIT OF MORAL HAZARD THROWN IN

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My stepson only has one day to go before he flies back home from Thailand after nearly three weeks away. Since my last update here, he had a big row with his friends in Bangkok after the third day of their holiday. It seemed they wanted to spend loads of money getting drunk and going off with prostitutes. My stepson, concerned that the prostitutes looked very young, was concerned that his limited budget wouldn't last the holiday. Though he though about curtailing his holiday and flying back home, he decided to make his own way without his friends from Bangkok to Phuket. On balance, I (but not my wife) thought he would get in less trouble being a beach bum without his friends in Phuket than with his friends in Bangkok full of temptation. My calculation was based on a balance of probabilities though. In Phuket my stepson befriended a few fellow tourists, sampled Thai food and even visited a Buddhist temple. He said he was having a good time. Two weeks into his holiday, my stepson pho...