My mom asked me how to catch a cab at Bangkok International Airport and I am reprinting my advice here. ///// The best way to catch a taxi from BKK airport is to go up to the Departures level (second floor) and catch one that’s dropping off somebody or is driving by. The second best way is to go to the taxi stand out on the curb on the Arrivals level (first floor) and get a slip of paper that ensures you will get a metered taxi (although I haven’t seen an unmetered taxi for years). It will automatically cost 50 baht more to do this, and even though that’s…

Just got an e-mail back from Barry, who I’ve been talking to about the boat charter: Our normal trip leaves our pontoon at 9 a.m. and returns around 5 – 5.30 p.m. – however, as you will be chartering the boat for your group only, we can be flexible on this at either end. We normally catch snapper, seabass, catfish, sweetlip. The fish are not all that big because we won’t be that far off the coast and the water is still fairly shallow. The boat was out last Sunday and they caught over 80 fish with the biggest (a snapper) just over 12 inches long. There’s plenty of discovering…

I hereby declare February 21 Pirate Talking Day in Thailand. That’s right, the Peacock is ours, maties! Details to follow.

On my very first trip to Thailand, I rented a Jeep, a speedboat, a dirtbike, and a SPAS-12, so it only follows that we must try and do one better this time around. Well, with a real live elephant who apparently likes to dance to drums reserved and ready to carry my fat ass into holy matrimony, it is time to turn my attention to another area: The big blue. And no, this is not to say I am investing in a ChinkPad. I am thinking of chartering a 70-foot boat for a day-long fishing/diving cruise: Check it out! The naked mermaid graphic on that page shows some real class,…