Monthly Archives: October 2007

Pattaya Beach Ratings – Lighthouse Beach

October 16, 2007 – 11:55 pm

Pattaya had been a beach destination since the 1950s. families would drive 4-5 hours from Bangkok to spend the weekend in the quiet fishing village. The town hit the bigtime thanks to vacationing GIs from various bases around Thailand. Their departure after the 1975 defeat in Viet-Nam temporaily doomed Pattaya to the backwater of tourism. Thais [...]

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Opium Dens in Rangoon

October 12, 2007 – 10:49 pm
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Ocean 1 / Jomtien – the new Tower of Babel

October 11, 2007 – 10:07 am

Real estate speculation is never based on the the present situation but future expectations. London’s Canary Row was initially a failure. Now a success thanks to the vision of the developers and the minds behind Ocean One project are dedicated to rewriting the future of Jomtien. The tallest beachfront residential skyscraper in Asia. 5 years [...]

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Siam Expats – Internet Forum

October 10, 2007 – 11:02 pm

My friends and I have started a new forum firmly entrenched in the world of free speech as opposed to various other forums (you know who they are) land of no. Can’t say this. Can’t say that. Worse than being in the backseat of the family car with my father pissed at your mother. “Shut [...]

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Che Guevera RIP 40 Years Later

October 9, 2007 – 3:12 am

40 years ago Che Guevara was surrounded by Bolivian Special Forces in a remote corner of the Andean nation.   “Do not shoot! I am Che Guevara and worth more to you alive than dead.” The CIA coordinator of his captors relayed the information to CIA headquarters at Langley, Virginia and was given the green light [...]

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