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Plundering Farang Pockets

by Andrew Hicks December 8, 2007 Hazards

One of the good things about living as a foreigner in Thailand is that you’re very rarely overcharged. Tourists may be more vulnerable than me, but I find that in the markets or even in a touristy place, the locals usually give me the proper price. They don’t seem to mark up the price for [...]

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Of Walls, Wives, Caves and Gates

by Andrew Hicks September 14, 2007 Rural Life

So what’s the deal, this funny experience of ending up happily entangled with a Thai ‘girl’ young enough to be your daughter? How does it work exactly? First of all she clubs you down with her consummate charm, then she grabs you by what remains of your greying hair and she drags you off to [...]

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Losing My Religion

by Andrew Hicks August 15, 2007 Religion

There have been some horrific bus crashes in the news in Thailand recently which is hardly something new, though the death toll of thirty one dead in one accident near Korat was exceptional. What did catch my eye though, following this accident, was a headline in the Bangkok Post… ‘Bus drivers swear oath to drive [...]

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Why are Thai woman so explosive?

by Andrew Hicks August 13, 2007 Thai Girls

Somebody has asked me why ‘Thai girls’ are so explosive. Are they really? The archetypal ‘Thai girl’ is sweet-natured, even-tempered, passive and gentle, a petite, purring pussy cat whose only pleasure is in pleasing her man. True or false? So who’s kidding who? Like hell she is! All the most powerful and fiery qualities are [...]

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Thai Morality – The Hole in the Dyke

by Andrew Hicks August 10, 2007 Thai Politics

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 [...]

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