r/ThailandStreetScenes

This market is huge and very busy and is very much a working market. It’s not a place to really be a tourist per se but it’s wonderful for finding ingredients for cooking and for seeing what’s currently in season.

At the beginning of the rainy season, the fields are filled with a huge variety of mushrooms.

Bit of an interesting update on this case... According to prison staff at Pattaya Remand Prison, Simon Peter Carman has shown pretty much zero emotion since being locked up. No crying... no looking upset... no visible concern about what's happened... and no visible concern about the situation he's now in. One prison commander reportedly said, "He does not cry. He does not look sad." They then added, "He is normal. Just normal. Not even a little bit. Nothing. He is fine." Apparently he's not even being held in the normal prison cells. He's been placed in the hospital wing... not because he's sick, but because prison officials believe it'd be way too dangerous to house him with the general Thai prison population. The commander reportedly explained, "He is not sick, but we keep him there because he is a hard prisoner." That doesn't mean "hard" as in a hardened criminal. It's apparently a translation issue. They seem to mean he's hard to accommodate safely, because of the danger he'd face from other inmates. The commander then made that pretty clear, saying, "He is not a problem prisoner for us, but he cannot be in a cell because it would be very dangerous for him if he was inside with Thai inmates." So basically... he's in protective custody, just being housed in the hospital wing because it's considered the safest place to keep him. Reports also say he hasn't received any visitors since entering prison. For anyone who's missed the story... Thai police allege CCTV captured Carman entering his apartment with 17-year-old Tunchanok Donhomla before later leaving alone carrying a large suitcase. Police allege her body was later found inside that suitcase near railway tracks in Pattaya. Carman was arrested at Bangkok's airport while allegedly trying to board a flight back to Perth. He's been charged with murder, concealing and moving a body, and taking a minor for sexual purposes. He has pleaded not guilty and claims he acted in self-defence. Those allegations haven't been tested in court. If he's convicted under Thai law, he could face life imprisonment or even the death penalty. Pretty wild hearing prison staff describe him as showing absolutely no visible emotion... no tears... no sadness... no visible distress... despite facing one of the most serious criminal cases imaginable in a Thai prison.