Tales from the “Big Mango”
Before the loy kratong festival at the end of the rains when romantic floats of banana leaf called kratons are launched on rivers and waterways at night to carry away the past year’s sins, there always seems to be a media frenzy in the newspapers about teenage sex. For some obscure reason it’s become fashionable for young and very young lovers to surrender their virginity on festivals such as Valentine’s Day and loy kratong. As they can’t do it at home, the ‘love hotels’ you see everywhere in Thailand are booked solid during these festivals.
Some time ago, the newspapers reported a survey that on Valentine’s night in Bangkok, a hundred thousand youngsters from fifteen to twenty four would be at it like rabbits, quoting Bim and Noot (real names withheld) who say there’ll ...
This part is not really my own story, but it's picturing that also good girls can be turning to bad girls.
About 2 years ago, it happened that one of my friends accidentally met one girl from LOS when he visited me and my family at home in Farangland. This girl was manager from a wedding studio in BKK and she managed all the things which had to be done for preparing the traditional marriage for...
Je suis de retour à Phuket.
Nous sommes le 11 novembre. Ce matin le ciel est voilé, la température ne dépasse pas un très raisonnable 25°C et il y a une petite brise qui fait bruisser les palmes des cocotiers juste à côté.
La saison touristique commence tout juste et l’ambiance est bien plus détendue qu’en Mars. Les Thaïlandais qui travaillent ici savent qu’ils vont faire ...
Here I’m again on Phuket Island.
Today is November 11. This morning the sky is cloudy, the temperature doesn’t overstep a reasonable 25°C and there is a small breeze that rustles the fan shaped leaves of the nearby coconut palms.
It is just the beginning of the high season and the mood is far more laid-back than in March. The Thai people working there know that they will make their mo...
I have always joked that because Thais do not pronounce the...
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“i wanna no if my boyfreind will get a long timm in jail and...
i wanna no if my boyfreind will get a long timm in jail and...
"Modern Thais practice a form of Theravada Buddhism, also kn...
...So, after 36 years exposure to buddhism, you still unders...