Dying Solo Ala Pattaya

Back in 2007 a local Pattaya paper reported on a desolate death as follows;

Residents of Nongprue municipality, near Pattaya, reported to the police that a man had sighed his last next to a wooden bench in a built-up area. Arriving at the scene, police found the corpse of Mr Jamreon Racha, aged 55 and originally from Nacho Paton province, wearing only underpants and flip-flops. Mrs Thaweeporn, who owns a house near to the expiration spot, said Mr Jamroen had been a homeless vagrant for many years but did sometimes bed down in her residence. Her son informed her that the guy was lying on the ground and was seemingly devoid of life. The investigation covered that Mr Jamroen’s only interest was drinking whiskey – a lot! Police surmise that this habit directly or indirectly was the cause of his demise, but there would be a check on the cause of mortality at Banglamung mortuary.

I like their pontificatit thousands of farangs shared Mr Jamroen’s predilection for the bottle. It was the only thing he could trust and whiskey held his hand till the end like the American poet Dylan Thomas who ODed from alcohol at the White Horse Tavern.

Thomas departed from the bar after a last shot of whiskey. The 39 year-old poet staggered outside to collapse on the sidewalk later and later die at St. Vincent's Hospital. This macabre coda to his life has famousized the White Horse tavern forever.

"Do not go gently into the night."

I doubt Mr. Jamreon Racha's bench in Pattaya will ever gain such notoriety, but what do I know?

Nothing.