Archive for the 'Driving' Category
Sukhumvit or Route 3 stretches from Bangkok to Trat. This road serves as the main conduit south to the Cambodian border and its lanes cut through a series of coastal cities and town. In Pattaya Sukhumvit is more highway than road, although drivers speed over its asphalt with an abandonment of regard for life and […]
Posted on February 26th, 2010 in Pattaya, Driving, Drinking by Peter | leave a comment
Yesterday’s blizzard knocked New York off its track. Snow accumulation outside of Manhattan was John Holmes in depth. 12 inches and white. Few commuters risked the journey into the city. Richie Boy and I were the only ones at work in the diamond exchange. He supposed to be leaving for Palm Beach that evening. His […]
Posted on February 11th, 2010 in Driving, america, Bet On Crazy by Peter | leave a comment
Back in 90. I was driving in the north of Thailand. Pre-Asia tiger. 250cc Honda dirt bike. Arrive at a mud puddle on the road to Mae Hong Song. three buses waiting. All the Thais sitting on the side of the road. Waiting for the road to dry out. I rev up the bike. They […]
Posted on February 9th, 2010 in Driving, Thailand by Peter | leave a comment
The Catholic Church promoted sex for procreation instead of recreation in hopes that those of the faith would overwhelm the other religions. My mother was a devout Catholic. She gave birth to six children through the 1950s. Our family car was a Ford station wagon and my father child-proofed the spacious car by affixing aluminum […]
Posted on January 26th, 2010 in Driving, Liberty, youth by Peter | leave a comment
Several years ago my wife’s brother-in-law received a phone call from his brother. His favorite buffalo was sick and needed Bok’s expert attention. It was 8pm. Starlight cannot pierce the black night west of the Chao Phra River and Bok’s eyes aren’t so good, so he enlisted his 16 year-old son, Beer, to chauffeur him […]
Posted on January 21st, 2010 in Driving, Drinking, Thailand, animals by Peter | leave a comment
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