Must be the vegemite those whores are weaned on.
Seriously, when I was in hospital 1988 in the next bed was a mid-30s who told me about his experiences in some Thai backwater after a nasty UK divorce, where he ran out of money and was adopted by a family/village, known to all including the keystones, and where he stayed and worked (less than the natives) for 8 years; apparently he even had one of the local girlies as a life partner and the reason for his leaving was that they didn't hit it off and it got messy.
That said, and though I'm not suggesting it happened in this case, if Gary turned up at the airport penniless and with a serious overstay, they'd prolly be happy to be rid of him.