Category Archives: Thailand

Thai Tattoos Too -2007

February 28, 2025 – 4:45 am

Pattaya must be the per capita capitol of farangs with tattoos. Shirtless westerners parade the streets to exhibit the beauty of their body art, despite the collateral damage to the colored flesh from the tropical sun. Most tattoos are eagles, dragons, and declarations of never-ending love to go-go girls festooned with vows of fidelity to […]

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Come all ye Faithful to Sodom and Gomorrah – 2008

February 28, 2025 – 1:35 am

Pattaya is a city not well-known for monogamy. Promises of fidelity last until you leave the short-time room, because this city has temptations by the thousands and those temptations rarely say no. Bar girls, rent boys, ka-toeys, booze, and drugs add up to damnation according to Reverend Joe Stannis of the Holy Revival Church located […]

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Paradise Now 1990

February 16, 2025 – 5:30 am

In 1990 I got on the Bangkok train and caught a midnight cargo barge from Surathani to Koh Samui. The rising moon reflected a shining path to the warm horizon and dolphins sang a swimming song in our wake. At dawn the ferry docked on the palm-covered island. I rented a motorcycle and rode through […]

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Toujours Siam

February 16, 2025 – 2:45 am

From 2011 Thirty-five years ago I sold a 5-FSI1 Round Brilliant Diamond to a woman from Florida. She was purchasing the ring for her mother. When asked to ship the present to Miami Beach via Fedex, my boss refused to accommodate the woman’s request, fearing the diamond might get lost in transit. The customer was […]

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Valentine Day ala Thai

February 14, 2025 – 7:49 am

Valentine’s Day has been globalized around the world, although few people know the exact origins of why we send hearts to loved ones. The tradition has been attributed to a Roman priest Valentine who performed marriages against the wishes of the Roman Emperor. His punishment was execution, but not before supposedly addressing a farewell note […]

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