I only wish we had gone before they got rid of the elephants. Yes they have big malls in Bangkok but we can still eat pizza and ice cream. They even have Carl's Jr in Cambodia. It's gone from Thailand
but you could come and cruise around Asia for 3 or 4 months in and out of Cambodia Thailand Malaysia Indonesia take a cruise and come back in 6 months and do it again.
It was heartbreaking. They said he might try to stay and take advantage of the medical system. He said but I have a return ticket I have already paid for my stay. I can put a deposit. They cleaned him up and sent him back home
that's the part that doesn't make sense. If you are traveling in this part of the world going back and forth across Thailand should be easy. They should want you to come in and out. Trying to stay should be the red flag. This stance forces people to skip Thailand