Category Archives: Thailand

Superman Of Mud

February 6, 2012 – 4:53 pm

Back in 1990 I traveled around the world on a circumnavigational ticket from New York to LA to Biak to Bali to Jakarta to Sumatra to Penang. From that old port I rode a train north to Surathani and then continued onto Bangkok and farther north to Chiang Mai. I stayed at the Top North [...]

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Thai No Nos

February 6, 2012 – 1:08 pm

Last night I walked across town heading for the Brooklyn Bridge. The Patriots had lost to the Giants in the Superbowl and I was in no mood for celebration. Approaching Chinatown I turned around to survey the city skyline shimmering under a clear sky dotted by the few stars strong enough to pierce New York’s [...]

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Thai Smile Onward

February 6, 2012 – 12:38 pm

Thailand is renowned as the Land of Smiles. Every year the country is host to millions of tourists. These visitors for the most part return home extolling the hospitality of the Thais. Few foreigners understand that the Thais have as many smiles as the Eskimos have names for snow and the nation has been showing [...]

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Gra-nam Gra-nam Gra-nam

January 19, 2012 – 9:41 am

Last week the Thai police arrested a suspect purportedly planning to bomb the Bangkok Habad center and Khao San restaurants popular with Americans and Israelis. The US embassy issued a heightened alert on its website. January 13, 2012 This message alerts U.S. citizens in Thailand that foreign terrorists may be currently looking to conduct attacks [...]

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Goodbye Old Tooth

January 12, 2012 – 4:47 am

West 4th Street’s basketball court on 6th Avenue attracted the best talent in the five boroughs in the late 70s. Passers-by clung to the chain link fence, as the players ran the short distance between the steel backboards. Most streetballers were devoted to offensive, but I was welcomed into games, because of my defense. My [...]

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