Homeward bound
About once a year it is strangely quiet in our household when the maid and her Yasothon mob take off for the home village on…
About once a year it is strangely quiet in our household when the maid and her Yasothon mob take off for the home village on…
Living in Thailand one can never be sure what you will be greeted with as each new day arrives. Take what happened to me one…
I have been in the fortunate position of having the same maid, Tong, better known as Ms Yasothon, for many years. It would be nice…
One morning I was in a bit of a rush to get to work and noticing my shoes were even more grubby than usual, asked…
Renting DVD’s in Thailand can sometimes lead to a few surprises. One festive season a friend rented a DVD of Alice in Wonderland to keep his children…
Bangkok’s gourmets really don’t know how spoiled they are with the marvelous food available to them. The following sample of mouth-watering dishes comes from a…
Anyone for ogsters? One of the most delightful aspects of living in Thailand is the food and the knowledge that there is always a chance…
Every now and then I notice little differences between the way the Thai people do things, and the way people do them in the West….
The name alone is a killer. Krungthepmahanakhonamornrattanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokpopnopparattanaratchathaniburiromudomratchaniwetmahasathanamornphimanawartansatitsakkatatiyavishnukamprasit. It means The City of Angels, the Great City, the Immortal Magnificent Jeweled City of Great Indra, the…
Chiang Mai is 700 kilometers (440 miles) north of Bangkok and is just beginning to sprawl across its own mountain valley. It is a day’s…