Tag Archives: thailand

NO REST FOR THE WICKED – 2008 – Boston

March 18, 2024 – 4:23 am

Eleven years after leaving the USA for good I departed from Thailand in May of 2008. My internet business had been wiped out by the shrinking dollar. Being broke in New York was not fun and at the month’s end I bussed up to Boston to celebrate my birthday. Written 1/9/13 2:51 PM That night my […]

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A HERO OF THE ROAD by Peter Nolan Smith

March 12, 2024 – 3:52 am

A HERO OF THE ROAD by Peter Nolan Smith Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it. – Evel Knieval MANGOZEEN BOOKS 2022 CHAPTER 1 A lice infestation swept through southern Maine in the winter of 1958 and every school district mandated crew cuts for all the boys without […]

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Beyond The Border

February 26, 2024 – 6:48 am

Over the years my friends’ sons and daughters suspected that my travels were connected to the CIA or some criminal enterprise. My denials only confirmed their opinions, mostly because none of them wanted to become their parents, unless they were rich. Recently young man contacted me on Facebook and asked if I was in Thailand […]

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SKATING ON THIN ICE by peter nolan smith 2011

February 22, 2024 – 3:46 pm

Thailand’s monsoons arrived at the end of the Pattaya’s low season in April 2022, but none had ever been lower than this Covid season. Hotels offered special rates and the few working girls at the even fewer bars and go-gos called everyone ‘sexy’, but the global travel chaos due to the deadly pandemic has forced […]

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Chasing the Dragon by Cops 2009

February 12, 2024 – 5:20 am

Drugs are illegal in Thailand. The police have squads of officers scouting the slums, discos, and bars for offenders. Suspects are piss-tested for ‘ice’ and ‘ja-bah’, the two popular speed drugs in the orient. Any trace of purple means a lock-up for months. Actual possession could earn years, but smuggling drugs gets the most time […]

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