Escape to Thailand
He left England with little more than a suitcase and a plane ticket. He hadn’t planned to move to Thailand — he planned to survive….
Month: May 2026
A Blind Date
A Divorced English man on a Blind Date. Derek’s First Hours in Chiang Mai A Blind Date A Blind Date The sky was bright and…
How Thais Keep Cool
Fans, Malls and Frozen Corpses: How Thais Beat the Heat How Thais keep cool. In Thailand, keeping warm is not the problem — keeping cool…
How to Wai in Thailand
The different types of wai and the rules when waiing the royal family, monks, superiors, serving staff, and children How to wai in Thailand. The…
Thais obey people not rules
Love, Drugs, and a Mother’s Three-Rai Farm Thais obey people not rules. In Thailand, authority flows through people, not rules. A look at how hierarchy,…
Dangerous Driving in Thailand
Why is Driving in Thailand so dangerous? Some observational snippets of driving in Thailand, and comparisons with other countries. Written in a crisp style. Motorists,…
A Ghost and a Guitar
A ghost, a guitar, and a life cut short at 42. The story of Chai — a friend, a colleague, a father playing with his…
The End of Dta Sompet’s Life
While the West shrouds death in denial and hushed voices, Thais embrace it as a natural part of life — as Dta Sompet’s move to…
What Happened to Kitaloo?
How the death of a puppy in a Thai village exposed a clash between a husband’s suspicions, (he knows hill-tribe workers eat dog flesh), a…
The Godfather of Ogmore-by-Sea
How John Oswald Williams of Ogmore-by-Sea built a mafia empire stretching from South Wales to Newfoundland, and outmaneuvered two national governments. Johnny Illsley and I…