66-year-old Irishman has spent at least a part of every year in Laos for 20 years. During Covid lockdown, he was stuck in Laos for two years and three months. He used to work in the Middle East and has a two bedroom house in Sweden that's empty right now. Will try to sell it this year.

He has also spent a lot of time in Thailand. Once when the police did an immigration check at his hotel, they arrested five whites who had overstayed their visas for years. Since they couldn't pay the huge fines, they were locked up for two months, before their embassies intervened to send them home.

Hearing this, I said their embassies ignored them for two months to send a message. He agreed.