Category Archives: Thailand

Songkran Driving

April 13, 2023 – 1:38 am

Nothing says Songkran better in Thailand than getting into an accident with a drunk, as revealed in this series of email dated from 2006. EMAIL from the Old Roue April 4 after I invited him to join me on a trip to Phnom Penh to escape the Songkran madness. His reply. No thanx, I’m driving […]

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The Missing Of Loy Krathong

November 8, 2022 – 1:18 am

The most beautiful holidays in the world are the Hindu Diwali and Thailand’s Loy Krathong. These festivals of light celebrate the full moon night of the twelfth lunar month. I have celebrated Diwali in Lhasa Tibet with the Indian cooks of the Snow Dragon Hotel and Loy Krathong with my wives and children. Sadly this […]

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Witch of Isaan

November 7, 2022 – 8:47 pm
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Rising Of The Gulf Of Siam – VDO

August 4, 2022 – 9:38 pm

Sri Racha pier – April 2022

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Thai No Nos

August 4, 2022 – 1:08 pm

Last night I left Chinatown and surveyed the skyline shimmering under a clear sky dotted by the few stars strong enough to pierce New York’s light umbrella. It was hot and sweat dripped from my hair and I thought that my last hair-cut had been in Thailand. Three months ago. I could trim my scalp […]

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