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Nan to Luang Prabang by local bus

There are two ways to travel by road from Nan to Luang Prabang, the easy way and the hard way: Easy Way: Take the daily 08:00 direct bus to Luang Prabang arriving at 17:00. Hard [Read more…]

Did someone simply forget that they owned this boat?

Rubbish in Thailand

Thailand is a great place, however, its full of rubbish and I am not talking about the low quality fake products you can buy in markets here, or indeed even the unpleasant unwanted unregistered and [Read more…]

The Real Full Moon Party

Tonight 10,000 to 20,000 mostly foreign visitors will go to Sunrise Beach in Haad Rin on the island of Koh Phangan for the famous monthly Full Moon Party to dance the night away drinking and, [Read more…]

Making Merit by killing goldfish

Life and culture in Thailand never ceases to amaze. When you think you have seen it all in Thailand, something new comes along and surprises you all over again. Rather like this handsome fella I [Read more…]

2nd Class sleeper seats on Thai train convert into beds at night

The Great Thailand Transport Conundrum

The plane journey from your home country to Bangkok is likely to be hard going. Unless you already in Asia it is going to be a long flight. No avoiding it and you have no [Read more…]

Yaowaratkrungthep Gold Shop in Koh Samui

Gold (not diamonds) is a Thai girl’s best friend

Gold in Thai Culture Thai people absolutely adore gold. It is an important part of their culture both symbolically and financially. They wear it, they use it religiously (Thai temples are covered in the stuff), [Read more…]

Getting Drunk in Thailand

I read a particularly sad story today in one of Thailand’s newspapers, and this got me thinking about taking the time to discuss with our readers the dangers of getting really drunk, and in particular [Read more…]

Our Thai baby is very very ugly

Bringing Home a Newborn Baby in Thailand We have recently brought our new baby home from the hospital. The first thing my wife did was stock up on food and drink in large quantities. Things [Read more…]

My Thai mother-in-law has come to stay: day 1

I get on OK with my Thai mother in law, and I think I am the only ‘farang’ in Thailand I know that does. We cannot communicate very well. Communicating with My Thai Mother in [Read more…]

Songkran 2016 (Koh Samui)

It’s the 13th April and that means one thing in Thailand: Songkran. Songkran is New Year in the Thai calendar, which coincides with the ‘rising’ of Aries on the astrological chart, and the celebration in [Read more…]