Monthly Archives: December 2007

BOXING DAY Pattaya 2007

Boxing Day is a strictly English holiday dating back to the Middle Ages when the lower class received hand-outs from their feudal overlords. In early capitalist times the box was clay pot containing the year’s tips. December 26 the year’s bonus would be doled out to the workers, however whenever I ask Brits about Boxing [...]

Merry Christmas 2007 Pattaya

Could someone please arrest this man for something? And as a sox-stuffer incarcerate Dick Cheney too

Traffic Genius Governor Closes Beach Road

In 2001 my father and I drove around Utah. No cars. No traffic signals. No cops. Driving Paradise. But not Pattaya, for Beach Road is a snake fuck-cluster most evenings. Traffic is backed up from walking Street to Pattaya Tai with baht buses, Chinese tourists buses, and over-sized jeeps driven by drunken Russians. This congestion [...]

Surprise Visit

Smiling faces – Thai elections 2007

The Election Commission has issued a letter warning the public that serving alcohol during the election weekend is punishable by law. Notices have been sent out to business operators that they are to refrain from selling alcoholic beverages between 18.00 hrs on December 22 until 24.00 hrs on December 23. This ban includes sales, distribution [...]