Monthly Archives: July 2018

Some Things Never Change

This headline dates back to 1968 and comes to Mangozeen, thanks to the www.2bangkok.com It’s still as wild as ever. Remember NO LANDMINES OR GRENADES in the hotel rooms.

Wonderful World of Yesteryear

www.2bangkok.com published this color photo on their website. The caption said ‘Chonburi’. I have pinpointed its location to Wongamat Beach in Naklua. If only it was like that now. The problem was only few people could foresee the future and one of them was Mr. McGuire in the film THE GRADUATE. Mr. McGuire: I just […]

Groovy Thai-Farang Love Story

from http://www.idahostatesman.com/115/story/441154.html Doug Kimmel, a young man serving in the Air Force in Thailand during the Vietnam War, looked forward to his regular trips across the shared base to the office of a pretty young Thai girl named Kathy. She was suspicious of the handsome young American “because he was always trying to talk to […]

Groovy Bangkok 1969

It must have been tres groovy.

Bangkok’s Most Elegant Hotel

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