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October 2010

My Love Affair With Thailand Part IV by Inspector Cowboy

by Inspector Cowboy October 29, 2010 Bangkok Nightlife

I love the smells and sounds of Thailand. There is an ever present aroma of cooking, ginger, chilli, garlic and other exotic herbs and spices along with grilling meat and fish and the sounds made by the constant drumming of the som tam pot. I find it mesmerising and fascinating in equal measure. Soi Cowboy [...]

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My Love Affair With Thailand Part III by Inspector Cowboy

by Admin October 23, 2010 Bangkok Nightlife

Nok left in the morning after listening to me snore for 8 hours. I decided to have a lie in and go for a late lunch. I had noticed a very attractive lady working at the tourism and excursion desk in the hotel lobby. She always smiled when I passed and as I had now [...]

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My Love Affair With Thailand Part II by Inspector Cowboy

by Anonymous October 23, 2010 Bangkok Nightlife

The things regular travellers to Thailand take for granted were all new to me. One thing that struck me was the ever present “condom” provided with my Heineken. Not having encountered one before I was unsure whether to keep my bottle within the receptacle, take it out when drinking from the bottle or leave the [...]

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My Love Affair With Thailand by Inspector Cowboy

by Anonymous October 19, 2010 Bangkok Nightlife

My love affair with Thailand started a decade ago, I had recently finished university as a mature student and was trying to put off for as long as possible the inevitable return to work. For many years I had listened with envy to friends and work colleagues regaling me with tales of their trips to [...]

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English Teachers needed to support English as a second language in Thailand

by Sarayuth Chotechompupong October 7, 2010 Expat Life

If you’ve always dreamed about living in Thailand, you may want to sit up and take notice of this announcement from the government reported in today’s Bangkok Post: http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/200241/english-to-be-made-2nd-language-in-schools English to be made 2nd language in schools * Published: 7/10/2010 at 06:50 PM * Online news: Local News The Education Ministry plans to declare English [...]

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Trapped by cobras

by Fiedee October 7, 2010 General

Have you ever been bitten by a cobra? One tried to bite me a few minutes ago and has been trying repeatedly ever since. It keeps hitting its head against the window. It doesn’t seem to know there’s a glass window between me and it. I can see its fangs. Its mouth is open wide. [...]

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