Tag Archives: Pattaya

The Scream

March 9, 2016 – 7:38 pm

My 1st Thai wife or mia luang and I haven’t shared intimacy since before the birth of our daughter. Six years without a kiss or a gesture of affection. The whys are many and the state of abstinence is two-sided. Being Thailand I wandered from our bed to the arms of other women, finally settling […]

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Loi Krathong Buzzkill in Pattaya

November 21, 2015 – 4:41 am

The Thai Festival of Loi Krathong is celebrated every year on the full moon of the 12th lunar month. Millions of Thais flock to rivers, canals, lakes, reservoirs, and the sea to launch a Krathong as a sign of respect to Ganga, the river goddess. Up north in Chiang Mai Khon loi or fire lanterns […]

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Loy Krathong the Day After

November 21, 2015 – 3:49 am

Loi Krathong has long been Thailand’s most beautiful festival. Not anymore in Pattaya. Few girls and women were dressed in the traditional costume. The police banned fireworks. Their marine patrols gathered the krathong offerings less than 20 meters from shore. No one was allowed to light a fire balloon, perhaps the most exotic image to […]

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EVOLUTION OF MAN by Peter Nolan Smith

September 7, 2015 – 11:08 am

Last month Jamie Parker and I were sitting on Pattaya Beach. We hadn’t seen each other in five months. “Do you miss living here?” Jamie had been trying to open another go-go bar. The owner of the Carousel off Walking Street was dead broke. The go-go bar sounded like a good investment, except neither of […]

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Pattaya Always Pattaya

July 11, 2015 – 7:24 pm

Back in the 1970s Miami Beach was a neglected beach resort populated by ancient retirees in moldy art-deco apartment buildings. Elderly snowbird males dine at Wolfie’s Deli sporting Sta-press shirts, plaid trousers, and gleaming white shoes. Attired in their polyester finery these septuagenarians trolled Miami Beach for blue-haired widows with a little extra income. The […]

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