More Tales from Driving in Thailand That You Won’t Believe
If you thought “My Top Tips” covered everything, think again. Thai roads are a never-ending source of true stories: a monk stopping traffic, fishing in…
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My Top Tips Can Help You Survive Driving in Thailand
Slow inattentive drivers holding up traffic, boy racers overtaking on blind bends, a culture of ignoring regulations and road signs, the elite drivers who are…
Progress at Khun Yai’s Home
How Thai villagers rebuilt Yai’s fire-destroyed home. Men, including the village headman, formed a human chain passing cement buckets. Women performed light tasks and kept…
Fire Destroys Village Home
Faulty wiring razed Khun Yai’s home to its concrete base. But within hours, the village headman rallied the community. Neighbours and friends brought gifts, food,…
Thai Smile — More Examples
For many cultural issues in Thailand, the farang Westerner needs to suspend his disbelief on what he sees and hears. You cannot change the Thai way of…
The Thai Smile
The English have their stiff upper lip; the Thais have the smile. In The End of a Life, we see that smiles do not have the…
Thai Journalism, Police Activity
A deadly shooting in Buriram raises more questions than the news report answers. This piece examines what Thai journalists don’t tell us, why police actions…
Police Re-enactments in Thailand
In Thailand, the police force crime suspects to go through all the motions of their alleged crimes — robberies, murders, even rapes —while the cameras…
You Marry Family in Thailand
Bunkhun, blood ties, and why your Thai partner will always put family first You Marry Family in Thailand Introduction I’ve lived in Thailand for twenty…
Toy Stormed Upstairs
A man, a marriage, and many clues hidden in his own words Thai stormed upstairs Derek speaks his mind about their relationship, then doubts himself….