Regarding returning back to 'civilisation' - during my time in the Army, I spent 6 months in a place that although we were in a building (with no glass in the windows), there was no running water, so no hot water, and frequent power cuts. Everything was bottled water. We even showered with a makeshift shower bag, suspended by a broom handle. I think it was about 3 or 4 months in that whilst on a patrol I came across a bakery that had just opened. Little to no businesses were open till then. I filled my patrol bag with fresh bread, and when I got back to the base, I handed them out. Every person just smelt it, and inhaled the aroma of fresh bread. When I got back home, the novelty of being able to turn just turn a tap on and get water was odd for quite a while.
I know all these lads, one shot himself at a shooting range in Pattaya, another one died last year in a Bali jail. But Steve is right, it was just lads trying to survive, glad I always turned it down.
I’d REALLY like to hear about his Cambodia stories 🇰🇭 since I’m planning to visit and possibly relocate or retire there. Definitely spend some time getting to know the country!! Great interview ❤ 👍
Hi Paul yeah I love it and will be going back to Koh Rong where I mainly lived but its not for everyone that's for shore. Kampot and Battambang are good for retirees
Cheers Peter. I know Steve a little and had been trying to see the episode of Banged Up Abroad he is in for over a year with no luck so good to finally hear the story. I’ve heard a sample of the audio book and I found it to be a good, easy and entertaining listen
This was a great listen. What an amazing story and I'd love to check out the book..I don't understand the complaints in the comments about the guest. People have zero attention spans these days
Hey Pete, I'm a regular follower of your channel and really appreciate your interviewing style and the concept of your show. I've noticed, however, that the quality of some recent interview guests doesn't quite match the standard you usually have. 😋 This is not a generalization, just something I observed. I hope you take this as the constructive criticism it’s intended to be. Aside from that, your work is outstanding, and I look forward to more great content. Hope to run into you in BKK city one day! 🤟 ขอบคุณและโชคดีนะครับ. Cheers from BKK!"
opinions always welcome here on Thairish Times. I've always said Thailand attracts people from all walks of life and that's something I've always incorporated into the channel. Purely going off the data the analytics show views in the last 60 days have increased compared to the previous 60days. That being said not everyone's going to like each interview or series of interviews i.e. a viewer interested in moving to Thailand may not find this video too appealing while I've always been fascinated by prison stories (I read Papillon as a kid and was hooked). I do have some great guests coming on in 2024 so hold tight!
Great listen. Fascinating story. Wasn't hard to follow at all. I thought Steven painted the picture very well. I think what people have to appreciate is that when you're recounting a situation that occurred over a huge part of your life, in front of a camera for an audience, is that you have to recall the information in real time while trying to filter what you think is most relevant, and explain it in a way that you think people will understand. Once you've done an interview for a media publication, you gain an appreciation of how difficult it can be when you're in the spotlight.
Great story & guest. I'm suprised some people struggled to follow along- just have to train your ear to the Lancashire accent, but he enunciated well & talked slowly. Maybe it was a shrewd marketing ploy to encourage people to buy the book 😁
You might be right about the marketing ploy, in fact you are lol my mate said "don't give to much away tell them to read the book" oh yes so the babbling wasn't my fault ha ha! as for people (Americans) not understanding my accent well I honestly think there just being dicks about it.
Whalley pal, I think you coming from Burnley should be ok with the accent ha ha I honestly think there just being internet knobeds saying they can't understand me @@BURNLEY87
I was shocked when he said he only did it for between 4-5 thousand pounds a trip that’s a pittance . They obviously seek out the most desperate people .
in the early 1990s i did a few stints on japanese fsihing boats,alot of what he said was similar to my experiences,the last trip i ever did 1 million dollar wasnt enough to get me back on board,the harsh discipline,the silence,the hard working conditions,it was to much ,most of the crew were born around the 1940s and there entire lives were spent mostly on the boats with one month per year back home,on the plus side i watched alot of japanese tv which was entertaining and educational and the food when we were catching fish was great
at what point did he ramble? I think the opposite, that he didn’t go into enough detail. The guy spent years in a Japanese prison, there are much longer podcasts concerning topics way less traumatic, like a 3 week vacation overseas etc
@user-kp7nn8xw1b Hello AI generated response.....How could I possibly wish him success? 1. Watched the video 2. Wished him success. So now you should see how I wished him success. If you require any more answers to straight forward questions then please don't hesitate to ask them :)
If this dude is happy to trade one and a half years of his life for £4k tells me everything I need to know about this numpty, just come home get a job and save up to go back 😂😂
I'll reply to the haters in one go. 1, I stand guilty of ballsing up a few times, reason being I was trying not to swear and its not bloody easy under pressure! 2, I was aware to tone my accent down but thats as good as you will get sorry me owed cocker, you should hear my mates 3 Okinowa, come on ffs think about it before you type! e.g. I once got a taxi to Ko Change and another time a I got a mini bus, one time I got the train down to Ko Samui from Bangkok. you sea were this is going? a little exert from my book might help out..."We spent a couple of days in Naha then we were off on the ferry again, a nice drama free 25 hours to kagoshima mainland Japan where we caught the Bullet train to Tokyo. This was our first experience of high Tec Japan .The Bullet train was amazing. It really felt futuristic. Our trip took us through Hiroshima and although there were no physical signs of the atomic bomb being dropped to be seen it still left me with an eerie feeling just knowing what had happened" Now I'm a big boy and can take all the slagging off with a wry smile, its good for the algorithm. Khap kun mak kap, and Domo arigatou gozaimasu !
Hello mate, I started to find it hard to belive your story after saying that the Yakuza cut there finger of for taking drugs... I'm here to respectfully inform you that is incorrect. They cut the finger to join. There is many videos about this ceremony on TH-cam. Upon reading your response to ballsing up parts of the video I'm more inclined to belive you. We are all humans and make mistakes.
@@Maluma777-yy3do sorry mate but I stand correct on that one, just goggle yubitsume. I probably only asked 2 or 3 and them but all their response's were the same , imitating injecting to their arm.
banned for life from Japan but maybe if the cannabis laws change you never know. I would love to go back, its an amazing country. I'm ok to go any other country as long as they except that on my record.
@@thestewozshow7042just mark “no” in the application cause 99.9% of countries can’t see your criminal background without a warrant. Just fyi. If it’s in japans system well 🤷♂️ but any other country can’t see it
You should do something on kanchaburi and tell about the things that happened that people haven't heard of, stories passed down through locals are usually the best
@@ThairishTimes thanks, sometimes talking to locals really pays off,my wife's Burmese and she had some stories about the Japs there from her grandmother, the mess they were in retreating, starving,full of lice, it's something you don't hear about from history books
Some stories require longer form content to develop context plus i’ve analyzed the stats and they point towards longer videos. There are chapters added to skip to specific parts
I want whatever this guy was on, would be perfect in an office environment just ramble then get no questions back as no one can follow. Seems like a decent bloke though as would be good to have a pint with, life experience...Priceless.
@@thestewozshow7042 not far from me - Burnley i knew a lad called craig bridges from chesterfield used to do drug runs from Thai to Japan he also was caught in Japan did you know him?
@@BURNLEY87 oh dear I was out of Japan in 2010, its very hard to get any info about people in prison there. The Banged up abroad program took ages to find confirmation about me. They got it from prisoners abroad in the end
OMG Pete - what a craic ! Yer man's a brilliant storyteller and you've outdone yourself again - it's like being back in some dive bar listening to one of Bangkok's immortal characters - brill job.
Why is it always Iranians' in Thailand? I have heard so many stories linked to this country. Taiwan and Nepal are the big hubs - well they were 15 years ago. Nice edit at 16 minutes when he started giving out names 555
@@thestewozshow7042 i was locked up when i got drunk due to issues with a former jap. fiancée and ended up head butting a manager in a jap. restaurant. i was only locked up for 2 days in a cop shop and 10 days in a detention facility. i cut my head open, and apparently broke 3 of the jap. guys false teeth implants, i paid 65000 yen compo, and a conviction wasnt recorded. whilst locked up a fat yakuza type tried to pick a fight with me ( we were allowed 30 mins exercise on the encaged roof every 3 days) . i had my own cell. i think they were pretty lenient on me as i was fairly young. for tenko, every morning at 6;30 we were supposed to face the barred window of our cell, off an internal corridor, sitting in the seiza position and shout out our number... then we were supposed to exercise to a 30 minute radio program, which in our western culture was something which we,d broadcast to 3 years olds, hence because of the infantile nature i almost never participated, i also usually lent/slumped against the wall during the day, several times the guards came in threatening a lightish sort violence to coerce me, they hit my legs, n i staired them down fiercely with a challenge/threat of violent response. i couldn't believe how harshly i was being treated, the jap. manager guy technically assaulted me first, in my drunken state i believed i was being attacked. i tried to do a hunger strike as a protest for the 1st 4 days of my detainment. but 12 days being locked up DOESNT COMPARE to what you went thru. upon release the greatest impact was the blueness and greatness and wonder of the sky, and being able to move freely, maybe slightly like getting off a boat nd rediscovering your land legs. after this event i spent another 13 years in japan. ALL THE BEST STEVE.
Got a mate John Irvine who was locked up in Japan around the same time. He was into the same shit smuggling. He did 5 years in Japan. I wonder if you know him? He is still here in Thailand.
@@iknowaiofficial use you brain bro honestly, maybe this was years ago, maybe it was just a random example of a country. Thinking way too deep into something so minuscule.
5 years sentence for £5,000 & played russian roulette with life on the chance to get away with the deed cos many did 😮 he can make more money than that in 5 years, not to mention the lives destroyed through the drugs sold. Hard to feel sorry but still pity these men for being so foolish 😳
This isn't passing judgement but I ABSOLUTELY have no f-ing sympathy for smart people who make the calculated decision to smuggle drugs in SEA. GO POUND SAND!!!
I have zero sympathy for drug smugglers. That this man did this repeatedly proves he has no right to complain and was not held accountable enough. He deserves 20 years in prison, no parole.
Oh. The guy comes from Lancashire. Nice country up there, apparently. And, what is a bricky? A bricky is someone who is tough. Or, according to Jethro Tull, maybe ... Thick as a Brick. (He said one needs balls and stupidity to smuggle drugs.)
@@thestewozshow7042 Thanks for your reply, Man! You have a great sense of humor.... And, your interview was super interesting...too. I have spent most of my life in East Asia. And, I always wondered what it might be like to be locked up in Japan, not that I have ever thought about breaking the law, mind you!
Regarding the accent: Where was this guy born? I always want to know the language accent, and which region or area. Some words he speaks are unintelligible. Even Google Translate is having trouble.
My comment has nothing to with pros and cons of marijuana. The fact is this guy is a criminal an broke the law. You glorify him by giving him air time and thus legitimizing him. No more views for me
Link to Ste's TH-cam channel: th-cam.com/channels/TS90CPY2Hk5p7H9aSvyQgA.html
I hope his book is easier to read than following his conversation.
ha ha true that
exactly Ramble blah blah blah
Well…….he wasn’t allowed to speak for 5 years so he’s still getting used to talking …? 🤷♀️
ha ha I'll go with that @@pAuL-nb2ud
the book is very well written. I've read a few chapters. it's on youtube as an audio book.
Regarding returning back to 'civilisation' - during my time in the Army, I spent 6 months in a place that although we were in a building (with no glass in the windows), there was no running water, so no hot water, and frequent power cuts. Everything was bottled water. We even showered with a makeshift shower bag, suspended by a broom handle. I think it was about 3 or 4 months in that whilst on a patrol I came across a bakery that had just opened. Little to no businesses were open till then. I filled my patrol bag with fresh bread, and when I got back to the base, I handed them out. Every person just smelt it, and inhaled the aroma of fresh bread.
When I got back home, the novelty of being able to turn just turn a tap on and get water was odd for quite a while.
Really cool thanks for sharing, I'm sure that experience made you appreciate the little things in life that we all take for granted
@@ThairishTimes it's very easy to take the most simple things for granted, until you don't have them.
You just described how 1/4 of the worlds population lives. But unlike you they can't go back to civilization
The first time I experienced the novelty of having a tap with water was after 2 weeks of winter camping in the Canadian arctic lol
@@TLK22 2 weeks bro ! What lmao you were gone for 5 god damn minutes you are already used to it 😂😂
I know all these lads, one shot himself at a shooting range in Pattaya, another one died last year in a Bali jail. But Steve is right, it was just lads trying to survive, glad I always turned it down.
ooh I would love to know who this is 55
Great story, I look forward to the book. Good luck for the future both of you.
Thanks John
Ty Pete I enjoy your stories!!! 😊😊😊😊😊
Thanks Joann, I hope you’re doing well
Protip: *Don't smuggle drugs into Japan*
why didn't you tell me before!
Or anywhere.
@@thestewozshow7042 Lacking common sense are you?
@@Mark-gg6iy yes x
Lol yeah what an absolute joke of a person
I’d REALLY like to hear about his Cambodia stories 🇰🇭 since I’m planning to visit and possibly relocate or retire there. Definitely spend some time getting to know the country!! Great interview ❤ 👍
Hi Paul yeah I love it and will be going back to Koh Rong where I mainly lived but its not for everyone that's for shore. Kampot and Battambang are good for retirees
Cheers Peter. I know Steve a little and had been trying to see the episode of Banged Up Abroad he is in for over a year with no luck so good to finally hear the story. I’ve heard a sample of the audio book and I found it to be a good, easy and entertaining listen
Cheers Karl, glad you enjoyed it mate
Thanks mate much apreciated
That was it banged up abroad !!! It was bugging me where I saw Steve before . Interesting vlogs both of them .
This was a great listen. What an amazing story and I'd love to check out the book..I don't understand the complaints in the comments about the guest. People have zero attention spans these days
well said mate, cheers! The book is still in edit btw
Hey Pete, I'm a regular follower of your channel and really appreciate your interviewing style and the concept of your show. I've noticed, however, that the quality of some recent interview guests doesn't quite match the standard you usually have. 😋 This is not a generalization, just something I observed. I hope you take this as the constructive criticism it’s intended to be. Aside from that, your work is outstanding, and I look forward to more great content. Hope to run into you in BKK city one day! 🤟 ขอบคุณและโชคดีนะครับ. Cheers from BKK!"
opinions always welcome here on Thairish Times. I've always said Thailand attracts people from all walks of life and that's something I've always incorporated into the channel. Purely going off the data the analytics show views in the last 60 days have increased compared to the previous 60days. That being said not everyone's going to like each interview or series of interviews i.e. a viewer interested in moving to Thailand may not find this video too appealing while I've always been fascinated by prison stories (I read Papillon as a kid and was hooked). I do have some great guests coming on in 2024 so hold tight!
I love Banged Up Abroad
Great listen. Fascinating story. Wasn't hard to follow at all. I thought Steven painted the picture very well. I think what people have to appreciate is that when you're recounting a situation that occurred over a huge part of your life, in front of a camera for an audience, is that you have to recall the information in real time while trying to filter what you think is most relevant, and explain it in a way that you think people will understand. Once you've done an interview for a media publication, you gain an appreciation of how difficult it can be when you're in the spotlight.
I could not say it better, thank you!
Great story & guest. I'm suprised some people struggled to follow along- just have to train your ear to the Lancashire accent, but he enunciated well & talked slowly. Maybe it was a shrewd marketing ploy to encourage people to buy the book 😁
You might be right about the marketing ploy, in fact you are lol my mate said "don't give to much away tell them to read the book" oh yes so the babbling wasn't my fault ha ha! as for people (Americans) not understanding my accent well I honestly think there just being dicks about it.
@@thestewozshow7042where in Lancashire you from?
Whalley pal, I think you coming from Burnley should be ok with the accent ha ha I honestly think there just being internet knobeds saying they can't understand me @@BURNLEY87
The accent is as clear as day to me. My hometown is not too far from his though. I've lost a lot of the accent myself. Enjoyed the story.
cheers John
Lancashire accent right?
@@gashscumkar6909 Bangladeshi
I was shocked when he said he only did it for between 4-5 thousand pounds a trip that’s a pittance . They obviously seek out the most desperate people .
in the early 1990s i did a few stints on japanese fsihing boats,alot of what he said was similar to my experiences,the last trip i ever did 1 million dollar wasnt enough to get me back on board,the harsh discipline,the silence,the hard working conditions,it was to much ,most of the crew were born around the 1940s and there entire lives were spent mostly on the boats with one month per year back home,on the plus side i watched alot of japanese tv which was entertaining and educational and the food when we were catching fish was great
I do still love em but bloody strange lot. Its a fascinating system they have
A bullet train from Okinawa to Tokyo? Must be like the time I took a train from Bali to Bangkok.
Ferry's. planes, trains and automobile's
I think he confused Okinawa with Osaka
I really enjoyed this one Pete. I guess the ones that find it hard to understand his accent are Americans lol
Thank you Mr Wonka
This was a brutal watch Pete, he just rambles on and on but then some people just love talking about themselves and listening to their own voice.
well, it is his story. That's the whole point of the video.
Horses for courses I guess. I enjoyed the whole interview & all the little details that helped add colour to the story
at what point did he ramble? I think the opposite, that he didn’t go into enough detail. The guy spent years in a Japanese prison, there are much longer podcasts concerning topics way less traumatic, like a 3 week vacation overseas etc
It's an interview about his story ! Was he supposed to talk about you ?
Nah I enjoyed the embellishments and his humour . Other stories on the channel barely scratch the surface
The man is a character alright.
Wish him success in his ventures. He's done the time.
cheers, live n learn
@user-kp7nn8xw1b Hello AI generated response.....How could I possibly wish him success?
1. Watched the video
2. Wished him success.
So now you should see how I wished him success.
If you require any more answers to straight forward questions then please don't hesitate to ask them :)
If this dude is happy to trade one and a half years of his life for £4k tells me everything I need to know about this numpty, just come home get a job and save up to go back 😂😂
Ok, so everyone has to do what you want Mr policeman?
@@graerindley6312 😂😂😂
agreed x
Correct and show a bit of respect for the country
I have a lot of respect for both Countrys @@davidjackson7715
I'll reply to the haters in one go. 1, I stand guilty of ballsing up a few times, reason being I was trying not to swear and its not bloody easy under pressure! 2, I was aware to tone my accent down but thats as good as you will get sorry me owed cocker, you should hear my mates 3 Okinowa, come on ffs think about it before you type! e.g. I once got a taxi to Ko Change and another time a I got a mini bus, one time I got the train down to Ko Samui from Bangkok. you sea were this is going? a little exert from my book might help out..."We spent a couple of days in Naha then we were off on the ferry again, a nice drama free 25 hours to kagoshima mainland Japan where we caught the Bullet train to Tokyo. This was our first experience of high Tec Japan .The Bullet train was amazing. It really felt futuristic. Our trip took us through Hiroshima and although there were no physical signs of the atomic bomb being dropped to be seen it still left me with an eerie feeling just knowing what had happened" Now I'm a big boy and can take all the slagging off with a wry smile, its good for the algorithm. Khap kun mak kap, and Domo arigatou gozaimasu !
Stay Humble.
Good luck to you
I try and thanks@@JourneyinThailand
loved the banged up abroad episode! so smuggling hash into japan is a nono? 😁
Hello mate, I started to find it hard to belive your story after saying that the Yakuza cut there finger of for taking drugs... I'm here to respectfully inform you that is incorrect. They cut the finger to join. There is many videos about this ceremony on TH-cam. Upon reading your response to ballsing up parts of the video I'm more inclined to belive you. We are all humans and make mistakes.
@@Maluma777-yy3do sorry mate but I stand correct on that one, just goggle yubitsume. I probably only asked 2 or 3 and them but all their response's were the same , imitating injecting to their arm.
Wonder if he's been banned from returning to Japan or Thailand for any period of time ?
banned for life from Japan but maybe if the cannabis laws change you never know. I would love to go back, its an amazing country. I'm ok to go any other country as long as they except that on my record.
@@thestewozshow7042 Guess you get closer inspections after that.
I just did a full passport in 6 years and never got stopped once at custom's! mad eh@@Wilko11
@@thestewozshow7042just mark “no” in the application cause 99.9% of countries can’t see your criminal background without a warrant. Just fyi. If it’s in japans system well 🤷♂️ but any other country can’t see it
no I went through a full passport without one stop@@Wilko11
You should do something on kanchaburi and tell about the things that happened that people haven't heard of, stories passed down through locals are usually the best
I went to the museum there and the only people there were Japanese, it's great if you want to spoil your day but you still have to go
Here’s one I made about that bud th-cam.com/video/XvkTPyHXFno/w-d-xo.htmlsi=gncGwx8Nf3Gpw7ot
@@ThairishTimes thanks, sometimes talking to locals really pays off,my wife's Burmese and she had some stories about the Japs there from her grandmother, the mess they were in retreating, starving,full of lice, it's something you don't hear about from history books
I love your channel but I don’t have 40-50 minutes to spend. It would be better if you could edit down your videos to less than 20 minutes
Some stories require longer form content to develop context plus i’ve analyzed the stats and they point towards longer videos. There are chapters added to skip to specific parts
Yeah, make this guy like a friend of the show ;)
I want whatever this guy was on, would be perfect in an office environment just ramble then get no questions back as no one can follow. Seems like a decent bloke though as would be good to have a pint with, life experience...Priceless.
Summed it up pretty well there David ha ha
Was great story tell ya truth Pete . Seems like good character. Big Tits 😂😂🤦♂️ brilliant and him try say sorry gas craic
Cheers bud
where in Lancashire you from?
Whalley, replied below pal
@@thestewozshow7042 not far from me - Burnley i knew a lad called craig bridges from chesterfield used to do drug runs from Thai to Japan he also was caught in Japan did you know him?
@@BURNLEY87 no mate, what year?
@@thestewozshow7042 2012 i think he was caught
@@BURNLEY87 oh dear I was out of Japan in 2010, its very hard to get any info about people in prison there. The Banged up abroad program took ages to find confirmation about me. They got it from prisoners abroad in the end
OMG Pete - what a craic ! Yer man's a brilliant storyteller and you've outdone yourself again - it's like being back in some dive bar listening to one of Bangkok's immortal characters - brill job.
Cheers Paul 🍺🍺
Thanks Paul
Why is it always Iranians' in Thailand? I have heard so many stories linked to this country. Taiwan and Nepal are the big hubs - well they were 15 years ago. Nice edit at 16 minutes when he started giving out names 555
😉😬
A slight hierarchy in Japan???? You clearly didn't understand. There definitely was a strict hierarchy you just were unaware mate
goodonya pete, otsukarasamdesu steve san, A QUESTION FOR STEVE, do you still remember your prison number for TENKO ??
The book is called TENKEN BANGO my bang was Jong sen behaque nee jew hatchi ban 4328
Domo
@@thestewozshow7042 mine was 53. i was locked in the fukuoka area, in 1993
@@homebrandrules how long for and was it a similer expieriance to mine as I think its the same everywhere?
@@thestewozshow7042 i was locked up when i got drunk due to issues with a former jap. fiancée and ended up head butting a manager in a jap. restaurant. i was only locked up for 2 days in a cop shop and 10 days in a detention facility. i cut my head open, and apparently broke 3 of the jap. guys false teeth implants, i paid 65000 yen compo, and a conviction wasnt recorded. whilst locked up a fat yakuza type tried to pick a fight with me ( we were allowed 30 mins exercise on the encaged roof every 3 days) . i had my own cell. i think they were pretty lenient on me as i was fairly young. for tenko, every morning at 6;30 we were supposed to face the barred window of our cell, off an internal corridor, sitting in the seiza position and shout out our number... then we were supposed to exercise to a 30 minute radio program, which in our western culture was something which we,d broadcast to 3 years olds, hence because of the infantile nature i almost never participated, i also usually lent/slumped against the wall during the day, several times the guards came in threatening a lightish sort violence to coerce me, they hit my legs, n i staired them down fiercely with a challenge/threat of violent response. i couldn't believe how harshly i was being treated, the jap. manager guy technically assaulted me first, in my drunken state i believed i was being attacked. i tried to do a hunger strike as a protest for the 1st 4 days of my detainment. but 12 days being locked up DOESNT COMPARE to what you went thru. upon release the greatest impact was the blueness and greatness and wonder of the sky, and being able to move freely, maybe slightly like getting off a boat nd rediscovering your land legs. after this event i spent another 13 years in japan. ALL THE BEST STEVE.
Very interesting once the video got to the Japanese jail section.
I knew a couple of guys who did the Japan run.
ye dodgy git ha ha
God Bless uou and your sweet wife Nune. 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤ Jo Ann Age 65 North Florida....Lake City Florida
Got a mate John Irvine who was locked up in Japan around the same time. He was into the same shit smuggling. He did 5 years in Japan. I wonder if you know him? He is still here in Thailand.
No mate, but its very hard to meet others in the the Prison, outside of the factory we worked in. Was he based in Thailand before the arrest?
@@thestewozshow7042 yes he was based here before he went to Japan! Glad you made it out mate!
@@speksone jeez Can't believe I've only just herd about this. Is there anyway I could get in contact with him?
where is he from?
No regrets? None at all? You wouldn’t change any jail time for the amount of money you can make teaching English in Japan for 2 months?
It was the life experience I gained that makes me say "I don't regret what happened" but don't get me wrong I have regrets
@@thestewozshow7042 Ah! Gotcha!
Ugh,..Holy smoke,..smuggling into Japan while being a Western,..I‘ve done a lot of crazy shit,..but that’s just wayy out there,...
Stupid is word your looking for
this is the best youtube channel in the world
I’m honored thank you 🙏🙏🙏
Okinawa is an island - I don't think there is a train to the mainland of Japan
Yes, so he ferried where applicable
thank god some one can work it out lol @@graerindley6312
Thanks Pete. Does he know Thailand grows marijuana?
not the good stuff lol
Killing Joke shirt. Nice!
cheers, Geordie r.i.p
You'd definitely make a great private investigator as there's no way anyone could follow you 🙄
ha ha good one, now get back to ye misses before you get told off
Lmao of all places on the list he took drugs to, Japan.. matee boy was outta his mind
agreed
imagine 5 yrs in prison for weed yet the Canadian Gvt sells it in their own weed stores in every town
the whole weed thing is hypocritical mate.
Pete finds some of the most interesting people:)
Did he do this interview in Japanese?
Hi Domo
I was stupid and had massive balls, yet got away with it..
Very good . Character.
thank you sir
you should have just posted it and not put yourself on offer
This one was hard to follow
🖖
He has no regrets about smuggling so please go to Bangkok Hilton and write the book about it if you come out alive!
Interesting story, but super hard to understand that fellow 😂
He should have said how many uk nationals are serving a stretch in japan. What they are usually in for etc
Not many I think he said there were 3 in the whole prison
They would never tell you but I new of 2 others and the Embassey hinted at that also
Interesting guy, would love to have few pints with him🍻
Back in Thailand in 3 weeks, see you there, I'll get the first beers in 55
Why would anyone want to smuggle weed to the Netherlands?
because they don't grow it there
@@thestewozshow7042 They definitely do. I'm a Dutch national. Maybe it was a specific hash.
@@iknowaiofficial yeah Nepalese black mate
@@iknowaiofficial use you brain bro honestly, maybe this was years ago, maybe it was just a random example of a country. Thinking way too deep into something so minuscule.
5 years sentence for £5,000 & played russian roulette with life on the chance to get away with the deed cos many did 😮 he can make more money than that in 5 years, not to mention the lives destroyed through the drugs sold. Hard to feel sorry but still pity these men for being so foolish 😳
and yet cannabis is legal or tolerated in almost every country and Cigarette's and alcohol are fine with you?
Bring back Paul!
I’m not going to listen to this as the comments are pretty negative.
Don't rely on them comments. I enjoyed
Appeal
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This isn't passing judgement but I ABSOLUTELY have no f-ing sympathy for smart people who make the calculated decision to smuggle drugs in SEA.
GO POUND SAND!!!
same same x
Lol omg this was brutal 1million dollar flight costs 1800 and early stages of the end of my book in 6month😅 man
I hope Ste can get the book published sooner
Surprised on the comments about his accent ,ur a dub they can understand u not prob?
Luck of the Irish again ..its "story" not "shstory" 55
also quite a few sensitive Septic Tanks in the chat
They probably don’t understand me either😂
Ima canuck and no problem with the accent at all....now try to listen to some south africans
This was hard to follow. Listening to him was difficult.
Wtf we need weed for in amsterdam ffs 😂😂.. must have been that nepalese hashish.. black like tar.. we used to call it temple ^^
correct and it all came from else where back in the day Afghan, Morocco etc
Nepalese temple balls, Afghany black,morrocan double zero, and red leb the good old days
Don't do drugs nor associate with those who do.
correct
Cuppa Tea ? The poke ? Suger etc
I have zero sympathy for drug smugglers. That this man did this repeatedly proves he has no right to complain and was not held accountable enough. He deserves 20 years in prison, no parole.
Well thank fook you wasn't the judge x ps I don't have any complaints.
That’s why you ain’t a judge you let your emotions dictate peoples sentences 😂 you little baby
Oh. The guy comes from Lancashire. Nice country up there, apparently. And, what is a bricky? A bricky is someone who is tough. Or, according to Jethro Tull, maybe ... Thick as a Brick. (He said one needs balls and stupidity to smuggle drugs.)
Bricklayer and thick as a brick 55
@@thestewozshow7042 Thanks for your reply, Man! You have a great sense of humor.... And, your interview was super interesting...too. I have spent most of my life in East Asia. And, I always wondered what it might be like to be locked up in Japan, not that I have ever thought about breaking the law, mind you!
12 more minutes.....
Thanks DESPERADO, Now I don't feel so ALONE suffering my own disfunctional neurotic ticks😢 JUST SAY NO TO SILICIPHEN👀👁️🍄
Brits and Bogans are u surprised???
no
Lol..4oz weed , not a fkn cartel 😂
Pat, after a few minutes in can’t watch him. Sorry mate.
So I live in Okinawa. Curious how you get a bullet train from here to Tokyo?😂
well think about it, maybe I miss said what happened and simply got that long ferry to Kagoshima first?
Had to speed this guy up x1.5 otherwise its too slow and longwinded to listen to. Even then it was a tediously long ramble.
Regarding the accent: Where was this guy born? I always want to know the language accent, and which region or area. Some words he speaks are unintelligible. Even Google Translate is having trouble.
Its east Lancashire and turned down a bit, you should hear my mates lol
@@thestewozshow7042 Maybe...I would rather not... Or, I might.... Who knows....
I came to the comments after 5 minutes of trying to listen to his waffle, sounds like an englishman struggling with his own language...
that's because your a hater x
Iranians? It was the Israelis in the 90`s.
trust me it was them bloody Iranians
Cant listen to any more of this guy
My comment has nothing to with pros and cons of marijuana. The fact is this guy is a criminal an broke the law. You glorify him by giving him air time and thus legitimizing him. No more views for me
so by giving someone airtime you believe that legitimises them? How so? I mean with that logic you'd never even watch the news or read a newspaper
its just a little life story mate, chill
I call bullshit
not guilty x
i think its improbable that this man wrote a book. It is hard to listen to him trying to recall his story, i could not listen to the end.
well I did x
Them Lancashire lads are wrong uns
correct x
Hmmm sounds a lot of BS here,speaking Thai in a Japanese court hmm
sorry I think you have miss herd here
Bullit train from okinawa to Tokyo?????
you still came for the next one ha ha x
He should have gotten even more time! Don’t feel sorry for his sorry ass