Category Archives: Thailand

Chili Chili Bang Bang

May 7, 2012 – 9:17 am

Several years ago the City of London was thrown into a panic by a eye-searing cloud. Police swept the streets for the source of the potential killer only to discover a Thai chef preparing his monthly supply of chilly sauce “nam prik pao”.> Firefighters in bio-hazard suits removed the cooking pot to the protests of the chef. “I [...]

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You Bet I Would 44

May 2, 2012 – 4:55 pm

Amazing that she’s not really naked.

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Noblesse Ne’er-Do-Wells

May 2, 2012 – 11:26 am

Two years ago the red shirts targeted the shopping malls of their political rivals, the yellow shirts. The drama between the classes was a mystery to most foreigners and a widely accepted way of life to the majority of Thais. I googled ‘thailand five families rule’ and the search engine offered thousands of five-star hotel [...]

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May Day Thailand

May 1, 2012 – 8:33 am

Thailand has an amazing galaxy on public holidays, mostly religious or honoring the royal family history. Many farangs are befuddled by this unexplained cosmos, especially since the nation celebrates three different New Year’s Days. Western, Chinese, and Thai. Today is a bank holiday in Thailand, but few Thais or westerners know the origin of this [...]

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HOT AS BLAZES by Peter Nolan Smith

April 30, 2012 – 9:46 pm

Last year I flew from JFK to Haneda in Japan. The segment of my trip lasted 14 hours. The lay-over in Japan was two hours and the final hop to Bangkok took 6 hours followed by a 90-minute taxi ride to Sriracha. Sitting for twenty-six hours straight had flattened my ass, so my coccyx felt [...]

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