Monthly Archives: July 2018

Plastic Paradise

July 9, 2018 – 8:20 am

Pattaya now versus this scene in 1972 No jet skies, no beach chair mafia, no plastic bags. And I was 20 years old, so no grey hair or midriff spread either. Thirty years ago the Old Roue visited Jomtien for seaside romance with a bargirl from Walking Street. “It was sunrise. The sea was gin-clear […]

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Some Things Never Change

July 3, 2018 – 9:33 pm

This headline dates back to 1968 and comes to Mangozeen, thanks to the www.2bangkok.com It’s still as wild as ever. Remember NO LANDMINES OR GRENADES in the hotel rooms.

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Wonderful World of Yesteryear

July 3, 2018 – 11:20 am

www.2bangkok.com published this color photo on their website. The caption said ‘Chonburi’. I have pinpointed its location to Wongamat Beach in Naklua. If only it was like that now. The problem was only few people could foresee the future and one of them was Mr. McGuire in the film THE GRADUATE. Mr. McGuire: I just […]

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Groovy Thai-Farang Love Story

July 2, 2018 – 10:46 am

from http://www.idahostatesman.com/115/story/441154.html Doug Kimmel, a young man serving in the Air Force in Thailand during the Vietnam War, looked forward to his regular trips across the shared base to the office of a pretty young Thai girl named Kathy. She was suspicious of the handsome young American “because he was always trying to talk to […]

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Groovy Bangkok 1969

July 2, 2018 – 9:25 am

It must have been tres groovy.

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