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The Beauty of Lao Khao

June 22, 2012 – 7:15 pm

Many western tourists to Thailand have been exposed to Mekhong Whiskey. The inexpensive golden rumlike liquor capably produces historic hang-overs for farangs and Thais. The blame for this morning-after hell lays not the 35% alcohol content, but the combination of distilled from 95% sugar cane/molasses and 5% rice, especially when mixed with Coke for a […]

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Insect A La Carte Cart Crash

June 22, 2012 – 12:43 am

My greatest fear in my years in Pattaya was having a motorcycle accident with a scooter sidecar selling insects. The collision would send me flying into the slop of fried fly grubs, cockroaches, scorpions, and crickets. Of course Fenway’s mom as all Thais wife loves eating these exoskeletal delicacies. I don’t mind the grubs. They’re […]

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Ear Nest For Insects

June 22, 2012 – 12:34 am

Earwigs exist in almost every part of the world and the myth of their laying eggs in a human ear has survived all explanations to the contrary, although my most recent ear infection had my Thai neighbors telling stories about up-country relatives going to the hospital to discover a nest of insects gnawing at their […]

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MIA in Thailand

June 16, 2012 – 11:39 pm

Last week I purchased a ticket for a flight to Bangkok. Flights were ridiculously expensive, since the airlines fatten their profits on the summer traffic. My itinerary had two stops. Tokyo was two hours, but Delta had scheduled a fifteen hours lay-over at SFO. I was cool with that length of time. My cousin Ty […]

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President Nixon 1969 Thailand

June 12, 2012 – 9:38 am

After a five and a half hour stop-over in Vietnam President Nixon landed in Thailand on 7/30/69 to speak with the King. The Thai military were a strongest allies in the fight against communism. The president was escorted to the airport by Thailand’s King Phumiphol prior to his departure for New Delhi, India. A crowd […]

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