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Fear and Loathing in Pattaya: The Novel – Erotica and Adventure in Thailand

Recent reports in a number of western newspapers – Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Canada – suggest that Thailand is one of the most dangerous countries in the world, for the aforementioned countries’ nationals, to either be living in or visiting. Based on recent statistics the newspapers reported that, in terms of serious …

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Fantasy and Reality

Reality, in Thailand, is often a like a counter punch. You know it’s out there. When it catches you it’s not entirely a surprise because, in the deep dark recesses of your mind, you’ve seen the peripheral signals. It’s just that you’ve been distracted by the façade of the fantasy world you’ve been living in …

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The Apartment

There’s something about the coolness of an early Bangkok morning, in January, which should be savored. It’s like a small oasis of respite away from the stifling heat and humidity which is encountered most of the time. It was just after six am. I looked out over the balcony of the apartment and took in …

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Whores with Attitude

A question was posed, recently, on one of Thailand’s most popular web forums. A popular author, to that forum, decided to engage us in a discussion about “Who’s a Whore.” The debate raged on for days and most of the protagonists voiced their opinions strongly about what, in their esteemed view, constitutes a woman being …

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Nights Like These

Nights like These By Mega Lower Sukhumvit was its’ usual night time crowded chaos of  sidewalk hawker’s stalls, street walkers, tuk tuk touts, and chuck-wagons as we made our way to our intended destination; the Indian Tailors situated up a side Soi, half way along Soi Eleven. We got there just in time; it was …

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ARAI NA?

By MEGA Hunter S. Thompson is/was probably my favorite author. He had an unusual knack for cutting through the gloss of the human experience and getting right to the heart, the very core, of the basic shit that motivates us. And that, unsurprisingly, is us. Yeah, that’s it, we’re essentially a self serving, what’s in …

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The Oil Patch

“Man down in the bell, man down in the bell, this is not a drill”. I was woken out of my early morning weariness by the supervisors’ voice coming down the paging comms system. I looked up at the monitor, which had a live picture of the bell, and could only the back of Shane, …

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