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Thai man walks 1500km to spread g/f ashes

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Post by Drunk Monkey » August 25, 2018, 2:51 pm

Well done that man !!.. hope he encounters good fortune and happier times lay ahead for him .
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Post by stattointhailand » August 25, 2018, 4:07 pm

Story seems to sum up much of Thailand ......... Wierd/Crazy/Daft/Wonderful/Lovely/Heartwarming

Wonder how many times he has sung a certain "Proclaimers" record? :lol:

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Post by Natas » August 25, 2018, 4:12 pm

This topic came up recently in a conversation. Thailand is not the only country with laws for cremated remains.
A quick google and http://www.perfectmemorials.com/guides/ ... ing-ashes/
I am guessing they are a but more relaxed here then the Western World.

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Post by stattointhailand » August 25, 2018, 5:09 pm

Short of someone taking a video of the act, who the hell can prove that you have scattered someones ashes somewhere that "Big Brother" has defined as illegal? and what are they going to do about it anyway .... pick them all up one by one [-X

Stupid bureaucracy strikes again :roll:

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Post by parrot » August 25, 2018, 5:20 pm

When one of my older brothers died a few years ago, I told the funeral home he wanted to have some of his ashes spread on the Mekong......he told me that when he had visited a few years prior. At the cemetery in the US, the funeral director discretely handed me an envelope with a generous amount of his ashes. I took those ashes to Texas where he had many friends of our daughter who wanted to pay their last respects. So we had a very informal ceremony in Texas.....incense, candles and generous amounts of Johnnie Walker to see him off. I spread a bit of his remaining ashes there......then the rest in a ceremony out in the middle of the Mekong for his Thai friends. I did do some thinking about where all those Mekong ashes end up.......probably dredged up with sand and built into homes or big buildings.....here in Thailand, maybe in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam as well. Even my oldest brother, a Catholic deacon, approved of how it was all handled.

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Post by Natas » August 25, 2018, 5:21 pm

You got me. I read this in regards to spreading family members ashes... Also if you are cremated here in Thailand it could be very tricky to get your ashes into your home country.. I wish I was making this up

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Post by parrot » August 25, 2018, 6:20 pm

Natas wrote:
August 25, 2018, 5:21 pm
You got me. I read this in regards to spreading family members ashes... Also if you are cremated here in Thailand it could be very tricky to get your ashes into your home country.. I wish I was making this up
I believe you can bring ashes to the US....but not in your checked-in baggage.

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Post by Natas » August 25, 2018, 8:23 pm

Taking them out is easy.. Bring back there has to be IS paperwork for sure stating who it is. The do not want illegals in any shape. I do know Canada border security is wierd about this. I am guessing the USA and the UK more so.

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Re: Thai man walks 1500km to spread g/f ashes

Post by neeemu » August 26, 2018, 2:55 am

stattointhailand wrote:
August 25, 2018, 4:07 pm

Wonder how many times he has sung a certain "Proclaimers" record? :lol:
1 and a half at a guess!

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