Thai W.C.’s
Thai W.C.’s have come on in leaps and bounds since I first arrived in the village in 2004. I haven’t seen a squat toilet for many years
Thailand
King Bhumipol Adulyadej of Thailand R.I.P.
King Bhumipol Adulyadej of Thailand was revered by most of his subjects. In fact, King Bhumipol Adulyadej is still remembered very fondly
Roaming Hotspots, Batman!
I love Roaming Hotspots! Do you know what they are? Roaming Hotspots are Wi-Fi outlets around the city, and are listed on your browser
Back to Square One
We tried to move to Spain for a few years, but were let down by the Spanish embassy in Bangkok. So, it’s Back to Square One… 🙁
Thai Television
I can’t profess to be an expert on Thai television. I don’t speak Thai well enough to understand it, but it looks as bad as our daytime TV
Swan Inn II, Bangkok
We stayed in the Swan Inn II, Soi Nana in the heart of what many consider to be Bangkok’s red light district, but it’s near the embassy
Moving On
Moving On The time has come for us to be moving on. As many of you will already know, I have been living in Thailand with my Thai wife, Neem, for twelve years, and so now we would like to have a look elsewhere. However, I want to emphasise that our decision to be moving …
Observations From Thailand
Observations From Thailand Today’s piece is more a series of observations, a sort of diary entry, I suppose. The first of the observations will be obvious to anyone in Thailand at the moment and that is the heat. The months of March and April are Thailand’s hottest. Even the schools have to shut down. It …
Being Ill in Thailand
Being Ill in Thailand I cannot speak for what it is like being ill in other countries except the UK, so you will have to draw your own conclusions. In the UK, I lived in Barry, a town of then 65,000, situated ten miles from Wales’ capital. In Thailand, I live in a small village …
Chase Me, Chase Me!
Chase Me, Chase Me! This is a difficult article to write because it is fraught with dangerous traps for me. You will soon see what I mean. First of all, I want to make it clear that I am not homophobic, although I am aware that saying that will make some people automatically assume that …
Free Wi-Fi Internet Access
Free Wi-Fi Internet Access I live in Northern Thailand; many of you know that already and I would like to tell you something about it, and hopefully shame my own country, if not yours. When you hear the word ‘Thailand’, what springs to mind? Buddhism and Buddhist Temples? Stunning landscapes, seascapes and beautiful beaches? Beautiful …
Happy New Year
Happy New Year This is the last day of Christmas, so the trimmings will be coming down all over the Western World this evening. Along with the rain and the snow, so I have heard. Here in Thailand, it is a sunny, but cool evening of 31c and very nice it is too in the …
Christmas 2015 in a Thai Village
Christmas 2015 in a Thai Village The first thing to say is that Christmas 2015 in a Thai Village is nothing like any Brit would recognize as Christmas. Not even in the slightest now. However, when I first arrived here, eleven years ago, some families with kids did put up some decorations, although ninety-odd percent …
Holiday Season
The Holiday Season I am not talking about what some people in America and Britain erroneously call the holiday season, because that is Christmas and New Year, and I am sure that no-one who in not a Christian minds us calling it that. It’s only the misguided white Americans and Brits who think they have …
Internet Access
Internet Access I don’t know what Internet access is like where you live, or even where you live, but I come from the UK and live in northern Thailand. Internet access has come on in leaps and bounds since I first moved to this remote rice-growing village ten years ago. In those days, I had …
Loy Krathong 2015
Loy Krathong 2015 Loy Krathong is usually described as the Thai equivalent of Saint Valentine’s Day, which is true in that it is the day of lovers. Loy Krathong in 2015 was yesterday, November 25th. I say that, because it is always in November, but it is moveable, like Easter, depending on the full moon. …
Smoked Salmon
Smoked Salmon I wish that I could say ‘Thank God it’s Friday!’ with some conviction, but the truth of the matter is that all the days are the same where I live. Most of them anyway. I had a rare visit from one of my oldest friends yesterday, a Canadian by the name of Murray …
Village Life
Village Life This is becoming monotonous, sorry. It’s been a week now… up and down more often than knickers in a city’s public toilets. I’m sick to death of the crappy Internet ‘Service’ in this village. I don’t want to take part in village life here any longer. I mean that, nobody complains about anything, …