Monthly Archives: July 2008

Pattani Truce Hoax?

July 18, 2008 – 12:17 pm

The killing and bombing in the South of Thailand have continued despite the call for a truce by the previously unknown Thailand United Southern Underground and former Thai military figures are doubting the group’s claim of leadership over the Muslim insurgents.

By Peter | Posted in peace, Thailand, War | Comments (0)

Thai Lent Booze Ban

July 18, 2008 – 10:50 am

Thai Lent or ‘Phansa’ coincides with the arrival of the monsoon rains. 25 years-old men shave their heads before entering the monastery for a three-month “rain retreat” for a rebirth of their soul or win-yann. Thais traditionally abstain from alcohol during Lent and every year farangs complain about the ban on beer and booze sales […]

By Peter | Posted in Drinking, religion, Thailand | Comments (0)

Thai Woman’s Lost Kidney Found

July 18, 2008 – 9:49 am

A popular traveler’s legend about a backpacker waking up after a night on the town in a foreign city. Only two days are missing from his calendar and a surgical scar marks where criminal doctors stole his kidney. This tale has been floating around the world since 1991. I’ve heard it in China, Thailand, Europe, […]

By Peter | Posted in Health, scam, Thailand, Travel | Comments (0)

Sweden No-Sex Future

July 18, 2008 – 8:55 am

When I was a young teenager, the first letter in Scandinavia stood for ‘sex’. Birth control pills freed women from the inhibition of pregnancy and Sweden raised the flag of sexual liberation with such crusading films as I AM CURIOUS YELLOW and 1973’s SWEDISH NYMPHET in which a hippie attempts to cure a nymphomaniac (this […]

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Pattaya Soi 6 Guide

July 17, 2008 – 11:11 am

Here’s a SOI 6 guide from http://www.pattayagogos.com/bars6.asp for those farangs fortunate to be traveling in these times of tight cash.3 Angels Bar Pattaya Soi 6 (Soi Yodsak) News from Pattaya Secrets, August 2006: Angel Showers After several weeks of renovations, 3 Angels has reopened on the site of the now defunct DMT’s on Soi 6. […]

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