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Jul 18, 2011, 7:52 am
In search of a more 'luxuriant' quality of life, à la française
Over more than a couple of decades of living in France, I've regularly come across an assortment of visitors from overseas, seemingly secure in their professional and family lives back home, yet who continually daydrea... Comment - Like
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Apr 7, 2011, 5:22 am
Mother and son from Surin province, Thailand
Living in a shack on the building site where the parents were employed in Chiang Mai, mother and baby watch husband at work for his couple of dollars a day. Comment - Like
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Mar 31, 2011, 8:32 pm
The Petit Saint Bernard mountain pass straddles the border between La Rosière in France, and La Thuile in Italy. Closed from the autumn until late spring (May/June), as soon as the pass opens skiers and boarders appear for a last slide before the snow disappears. 'Gap-jumping' involvves finding a s... Comment - Like
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Mar 30, 2011, 1:02 am
Take your pick... 'CouchSurfing', 'HelpXing', 'WWOOFing'; three web-based cheap travel networks, rapidly gaining in popularity. Three systems, broadly similar principles - two key parts of the operation. The traveller.... and the new ingredient, the non-commercial host. And no financial payment invo... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
"Hold the line please, I'm meditating"
Spirituality meets technology...
"Fancy going a round with me, tiger?"
They say the most beautiful women in Thailand are men, but some of the katoeys are hardly knock-outs...
Maybe "satisfactory workmanship" wasn't the best way of advertising our wares in the... Comment - Like
Garwood Peter posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Girls wanted... by expat. Well that's a pretty familiar theme in Thailand of course, but one apparently bewildered farang is in need of a whole bundle of Thai girls; at least according to this appeal he's placed on the internet:
"Could anybody give me any pointers of how to recruit Bar Staff from Is... Comment - Like
Garwood Peter posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Following a recent blog comment about the benefits of positive thinking, just to get the ball rolling again I'm publishing a circular email that I've just received in Thai and English...
Apologies to those who have missed my blogs, and thanks for the messages of support... I'm now back in France, to... Comment - Like
Garwood Peter posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
The girls at Yin Yang massage in Loi Kroh, Chiang Mai. No customers, but still smiling!
After such a long break away from Thailand, I was feeling naively cheerful. The Thai Air flight from Zurich was two-thirds empty so we could stretch out in comfort. Arrived in Bangkok bang on time. The taxi tout... Comment - Like
Garwood Peter posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Thaivisa is far and away the biggest web-based forum catering for expats in Thailand, and Thaiophiles abroad. As with every successful and expanding enterprise, it has its promoters and detractors; it is loved and hated, envied and dismissed, praised and sneered at. No one is indifferent. Virtually ... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Media priorities have been under the spotlight in recent weeks. The blood and gore in Thai Rath-style tabloids never fail to catch the eye. Sex scandals with a hint of perversion are always good for a scoop; or failing that how about some cute photos of a panda cub to divert the masses.
The proud Ch... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Thailand's tourist industry is struggling. Last year we watched with astonishment as three months of protests and the unopposed occupation of Bangkok's Government House culminated in a week-long siege of the country's main airport, Suvarnabhumi, as the police stood by and did absolutely nothing. Ten... Comment - Like
Garwood Peter posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
The Thais seem to have a ghoulish liking for explicitly gory photos; or at least, Thailand’s media does. The latest example is ‘Grasshopper’ David Carradine’s death photo, published by one of Thailand’s tabloid newspapers, Thai Rath.
Those living in Thailand are used to this from all side... Comment - Like
Garwood Peter posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Wherever you go in Thailand, fitting in anonymously isn’t an option. In European countries, if we keep our mouths shut and our gestures to a minimum, remove the Hawaiian shirts and don’t wear socks with shorts, Westerners abroad can just about pass for locals. However in Asia we stand out like b... Comment - Like
Garwood Peter posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
A sudden crackdown on farang residents has seen unannounced police visits to addresses previously provided by foreign residents to Thai immigration. The officers handed over forms for completion, with a list of questions asking for detailed personal information to be provided.
The forms, in Thai on... Comment - Like
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