Living in Thailand – Life and Death on the Farm
This story was related to me recently by a waitress who normally works in Bangkok, but goes back to her
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Mee and My Dad
A really interesting documentary by a filmmaker who’s 60 year old father decided to marry a bar girl only two
Read moreThy to Thailand
Sorry if people have seen this before but I just ran across this series of YouTube videos that I found
Read moreJust Another Day in Isaan
It is a good thing that I love hot weather. It doesn’t get much hotter than this. The thermometer caresses
Read moreOne of These Days Boy…
‘Mickey, what you do?’ says Sis coming into my bedroom and flopping onto the corner of my bed. ‘Eh? What’s
Read moreA Crazy Week in the Isaan – Part 1
The sun in the weeks before Songkran is the worst up in the Isaan. It scorches the earth; it empties
Read moreOf Walls, Wives, Caves and Gates
So what’s the deal, this funny experience of ending up happily entangled with a Thai ‘girl’ young enough to be
Read moreIsan – Northeast of Thailand
Isan, the Northeast of Thailand, is the driest and most seasonal area in Thailand, thus the geographical features of the
Read moreVillage Of The Sun
“Cocka-fucking-doodle-doo my fucking ass!” I mutter to myself, upon being awakened by the mellifluous tones of the next door neighbor’s
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