After Lockdown, Get out into the Thai countryside

Buddhist Temples are rarely if ever the same, but often hold a really quite genuine aura about them. I have often tried to identify what this aura is; is it a real spiritual presence or just the effect of the chimes in the wind and the peaceful tranquillity of such places; places where you can […]

A day out searching for bears at Namtok National Park

A new place too many, including us, found tucked away in the south east corner of Thailand in the Chanthaburi province. It was around 190 KM from where we stay in Pattaya; a drive that took around 3 hours as not all the roads are so great, and a bit slower than some of the […]

Off the beaten Bangkok track, with Burgers hard to beat.

While living at SS Condo in Sukhumvit 101/1 (between Punnawithi & Udomsuk BTS station), I walked past this bar quite a few times with my lady on my way to the market. We resisted the temptation to go in, thinking perhaps it would be a bit clique. Eventually we took the plunge, and man were […]

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