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Songkran Sanuk – 2000

April 13, 2025 – 3:31 am

The Songkran celebration ushers in the Thai New Year as well as the coming of the rains to endy the hot season. The 2000 festival has been focused on Wan Parg-bpee April 14, when homage was to be paid to ancestors, elders and other persons deserving respect, because of age or position. Traditionally younger people […]

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Allergy to Silence 2004

April 13, 2025 – 2:16 am

2004 Pattaya It’s the start of the Songkran festival and the temple across the our house on Moo 9 in Pattaya has set up loudspeakers to harangue the city dwellers into not drinking too much during the holidays. Debicel level 110. 24 hours a day. Thankfully I can’t understand a word they are saying and […]

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Lightning Strike More Than Once 2008

April 13, 2025 – 1:45 am

Songkran signals the approach of the rainy season. The collision of wet warm fronts with hot dry fronts stimulate epic lightning storms. My girlfriend always insisted on shutting off every electrical device in the house other than the fans. Thais shiver in fear of a lightning strike with good reason. Everyone knew someone who had […]

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Angkor Arms Hotel – Sihanoukville – 2007

April 12, 2025 – 8:37 am

“Fun.” “I know fun.” “Where you want go tonight?” “Sophie’s, Martini’s, and Sharkey’s,” answered Nik. “Pheap sabbayrikreay.” I was broken-hearted and not after any girls. “Drink was my fun.” “Now many girls go home for new year.” He veered onto 51 street. The public sanitation squad were still recovering from the Khmer Rouge purges and […]

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VDO Imbiss Cambodia 2007

April 14, 2024 – 10:46 am

During Songkran 2009 Nik Reiter and I overlanded across Cambodia from Pattaya to Sihanoukville. Someplace betwixt point A and point B we had to stop for a river ferry in the middle of nowhere. Upstream the Preak Piphot disappeared into the jungle. A small stall on the muddy bank sold frikadeller, a German delight. a […]

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