Alas, it’s that time again, Thai road joker time!
This Thai road joker was caught on………. you guessed it……. Highway 340!
On this occasion, the joker was luckily ’stopped’ in their tracks by a well placed tree, residing in the middle of the ‘joker trap’ (a.k.a the central reservation ‘ditch’).
Yesterday, being Monday I was invited to my mate’s house to attend his birthday and his daughter’s birthday, his birthday is the 3rd and his daughter’s is the 4th, so it was a double celebration.
He started the party for the kids at 4pm; he had a spare room in his apartments so made this a [...]
Driving in Thailand is not my favourite pastime. To be honest a lot of the pleasure I took from taking the car out for a spin in the UK has disappeared over the last year as I daily witness the chaotic scenes on the Thai roads. To date I have not been involved in [...]
Some of the local fishing fleet tied up against the jetty in Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand. Fresh fish is landed everyday making Prachuap market a great place to buy a variety of sea food. The boats also make a colourful shot I think.
This week I have been specifically targeting keywords in all my blogs while trying to keep posts topical. The idea behind this is to show up more in searches primarily on Google, but also on Yahoo as well, since these two search engines provide the most traffic to my blogs that is not [...]
The other day I went out and bought a new printer for school. I wanted to have my own printer as it is just so much easier and convenient. I bought a basic ink jet, a Canon Pixma iP 1980.
I had an ink tank installed; this saves a fortune on ink cartridge costs. The printer [...]
Mere was a bit unwell last week, she had a spell of flu which made her quite ill, so she booked herself into the local hospital in Suphanburi for a day or 2 just to get checked up.
The first evening the girls (and me) turned up en masse for a late night feast with Mare. [...]
Expats around the world are always faced with obstacles to overcome as they settle into their adopted country. Expats choosing to live in Thailand are no different. However a lot of these so called obstacles are more myth than fact. Here are five examples of such Thailand myths and my observations on them:
Visa and Immigration [...]
Like most countries in the world the cost of living in Thailand will be largely driven by your lifestyle choices. So my top ten tips on the cost of living savings for an expat living in Thailand are fairly general and cover basic necessities.
Renting property can be quite cheap in Thailand compared to [...]
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