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Last weekend I ventured to the Sunee Grand Hotel , which was hosting an English seminar thingy which Mr. Andrew Biggs was presenting and also there was a speech contest taking place. In the convention centre area there were various displays set up and some banners caught my eye.

Another shot of a small bee working one of the water plants in my Thai garden.

Thai markets are an important part of the local culture. They are social gathering points that also provide a huge range of the fresh ingredients that is the cornerstone of Thai cuisine. Whether its spices, aromatic herbs, vegetables, fruit, meat or fish you will find it in the market in all shapes and sizes.
Each village [...]

Thailand’s tourist industry is struggling. Last year we watched with astonishment as three months of protests and the unopposed occupation of Bangkok’s Goverment House culminated in a week-long siege of the country’s main airport, Suvarnabhumi, and the police stood by and did absolutely nothing. Tens of thousands of visitors were stranded by the yellow-shirt (then) [...]

Where we live in Paknam, it is close to the sea, so we have access to a large variety of seafood. Today we will show you how to cook “pla meuk tod”. Our version here is stuffed with minced pork. In the picture of the ingredients below, you can see the washed squid on the [...]

I have visited the Sunee Grand Hotel a few times; this is the newest hotel in Ubon Ratchathani and by far the best in terms of quality and also what it has to offer. I visited to the newly opened S Club Health and Spa a few weeks ago but I couldn’t take too many [...]

The birds of Thailand are numerous and often very colourful, they are also quite resourceful. I have noticed that a lot of the bird life here adapts itself well to the presence of man and other animals taking advantage of the different food sources sometimes inadvertently provided by the host, in fact you may well [...]

I am delighted to announce the publication of Tai Lands and Thailand: Community and State in Southeast Asia. It has been published by National University of Singapore Press,  NIAS Press, and University of Hawaii Press. The book is the result of research collaboration that has been going here at the Australian National University over the past six or so years. It features [...]

These two white vented mynah birds were getting a free meal of flies and insects from the back of my neighbours bull yesterday afternoon in Thailand.

Back home we peel our garlic clean before we eat them, that’s what our mothers taught us in the kitchen. The only time we leave the skin on is in certain dishes like Bak Kut Teh (pork bone soup) where we throw the whole glove intact to be boiled forever in the soup.
In Thailand, the [...]

When Wonderful Wi suggested we visit Nong Nooch Botanical and Tropical Gardens it took me by surprise. There I was in Pattaya the sex capital of the world, over 2000 bars, beautiful women and I was being asked to wade through pansies and pose with a rose and have it captured forever on film. So [...]