Updates March 27, 2011

I´ve been working night and day here trying to make the best of a bad situation, and have made a little progress. The lack of sleep is getting to me a bit, but I am getting by alright. I want to thank all of you who have offered me so much support in this very difficult time. Please keep passing on the message. Your messages and kindness keep me going through all this. Here are the updates for the day. I still don have much of any specifics on how this may play out, but I´m making a little progress.

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It looks like I may have found a local attorney who can possibly represent me on my case. A little digging and research found a similar case about 3 years ago with a somewhat positive outcome. That same attorney is still here in Chiang Mai and has contacted a friend of mine asking if he could help when he heard about the case. I may get a chance to meet wth him on Monday.I´ve still been unable to get in touch with the US Consulate here in Chiang Mai. They do have an emergency contact phone number, but it´s ¨no longer in service¨. Why am I not suprised? Interestingly enough, I had a meeting today with the Australian Consulate General who offered me some good advice and a little inside information that he found from his contacts in the immigration and police departments. It´s been my experience around the world that if you want red tape and alot of hassles, you visit a US government office. If you want to get something done, you go to an Australian. Today´s events just reinforced that notion. I have alot of respect for Ozzies in all my dealings with them.

That´s all for now, I´ve still got a ton of emails and phone calls to take care of. I hope you are all doing well, and thank you all for your support so far.