Regarding the article on the "Jurisdictional Prison" of America, I noted with interest the most recent addendum : "Since this article was written the US Government has made 'agreements' with numerous foreign nations regarding Americans seeking residency in those nations. The US Government has 'obligated' many nations to force those Americans seeking residency to send an Interpol generated letter to the FBI stating that they are seeking residency in a foreign nation." Setting aside the fact that this sounds like an "agreement" made under threat of force, How can I find a list of what nations are included in those "agreements"? Several readers have written in stating that they've been obligated to report to the FBI that they were seeking residency in a foreign nation. We asked officials of several nations why they were agreeing to this invasion into to their private affairs. One official summed it up by saying, "...we are more or less obligated to comply, even though it is not on our law books, we have to do what the US Government requests." ...now you know. You have to do what the US Government requests wherever you are, even though the President of the USA has a 91 IQ and has committed crimes against humanity. What an irony - - it would be funny if it wasn't so tragic.

Jennifer W

As a farang who was married in Udon Thani to woman from Udon Thani, I take great exception to Laure Pitchard's characterisation of that city as an armpit. Her complaint concerning the guesthouse may have been warranted but she could have stayed at the quite clean & pleasant Ban Chiang Hotel for a little over $20 a night. Every room has its own bathroom which is scrupulously cleaned daily. My wife & I thoroughly enjoy staying there when we visit Udon Thani. I've NEVER seen a cockroach in the hotel. Her experience with the traffic circle park was a result of her ignoance. First, why would you want to subject yourself to the traffic noise if you want a quiet picnic. There is a very nice quiet, expansive park at the western end of Udon Thani. No need to risk life & limb crossing a busy street that was never meant for pedestrians. There no good reason that she could not find the movie theatre. It is located in a very large shopping mall next to Udon's major 4 star hotel. I cou ld keep pointing out the other inaccuracies in her review but why whip a dead horse? Her negative view of Udon Thani is based on ignorance and failure to exert enough effort to find the real Udon Thani. At the very least she should have visited the local TOT office whose friendly staff would provided her a map that would solved all selfinflicted problems.

Thom Peppel

I found your site via ixquick.com and really enjoyed your article on Costa Rica/Panama. We currently live in GA and, because our businesses will both soon be home-base, we are looking for other places to live ~ Hawaii, Continental America, or an island. Thanks for a great job! It's very helpful.

Rebecca Koos

Congratulations on the new design, almost a year in the making! One minor problem... There are absolutely no photos accompanying the articles! To escape, mentally and physically from ones current boring life, requires determination and imagination. Without photos accompanying articles on escaping... its kind of like reading Playboy magazine without the Bunnies. With no photos of these exotic locales, then EscapeArtist becomes a simple monthly newsletter, full of people trying to sell you stuff. I hope it has not come to this.

Travis

Wherever possible we try to include photos in our articles. Some financial articles and so on do not warrant them; we do have to be careful not to include too many otherwise it makes the article pages very slow to load, but I will take heed of your comments! The Editor