Tag 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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HEAD OUT ON THE HIGHWAY by Peter Nolan Smith

March 30, 2023 – 9:47 am

Throughout 2017 I worked in Greenwich, Connecticut on a $4 million house for Mumbles. The Washington DC native considered himself very smart in business. I would have felt the same, if I was living off a trust fund, but Foakley was too smart for his own good and the project languished with his every indecision. […]

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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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Seven Wonders of the World

August 1, 2022 – 2:44 am

The new Seven Wonders of the World were announced on 07/07/07 in Lisbon, Portugal. These modern marvels replaced the ancient septet via an internet poll managed by a filmmaker. The Bangkok Post later listed the modern Ancient Wonders. Millions of people were the jury as opposed to Philon of Byzantium choosing the ancient Seven Wonders. […]

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Mr. Happy Toilet

June 13, 2022 – 4:09 pm

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, “There are no second acts in American life.” It was a nice quote, but completely untrue. People re-invent themselves all the time; Richard Nixon, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and several years ago this phenomena has occurred in Thailand, as the 33 year old son of the Interior Minister has been charged with […]

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