Monthly Archives: April 2007

Angkor Arms Hotel – Sihanoukville

April 14, 2007 – 8:37 am

After a three day stay in Sihanoukville Nick and I had enough of the sea, sand, and sun. We booked next morning’s bus to Phnom and checked out of the Angkor Arms. Upon hearing about our departure the hotel owner Roland wrote down the address of a salubrious hotel in Phnom Penh. It’s a good […]

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Songkran Asshole Alert Pattaya

April 12, 2007 – 5:57 am

I was just riding along Beach Road. The traffic slowed after Pattaya Klang. The bar girls and drunken lager louts were assailing passing motorcyclists with buckets of water. Got a Sikh full in the face. These lowlifes were sparing no mercy and I snuck behind a baht bus to avoid any wetness. Right next to the […]

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Nothing Sacred – Vandals down Saugus Dinosaur

April 11, 2007 – 5:01 am

For over fifty years motorists have been greeted to the traffic snarl north of the Tobin Bridge by an orange fiberglass T-Rex at the Saugus Mini-Golf. I had asked my father to stop for a quick 18-holes every time we passed the prehistoric icon on the way back from Maine. “Next time.” I told myself the same […]

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Goya’s Ghosts Movie

April 11, 2007 – 12:49 am

Back in 1958 America and France movie studios collaborated to film THE NAKED GOYA. Anthony Fransciosa starred as Goya painting the renowned nude of the Duchess of Alba played by Ava Gardner. I think I saw the movie at the drive-in and my mother covered my eyes, when the actress took off her clothes. Six was too young an […]

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Lollipops to fight Songkran Drunks

April 9, 2007 – 11:24 pm

Drunk driving during Songkran is a serious problem in Thailand. The government has announced harsh measures to combat this scourge. Unfortunately not in time for the upcoming 5-day holiday, so sweet sour lollipops will be distributed to motorists to keep them from falling asleep behind the wheel and driving off into the scenery. The police […]

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