Maverick! We’re in a nose dive! PULL UP! PULL UP! Bonus tailspin: Dollar version Jesus, Thaksin is kicking my ass.

My research into this subject consists only of an hour-long web search. That is all I needed to determine that the first person to establish a Mexican restaurant in Bangkok with excellent food will probably become rich. I hope somebody steps up to this role soon, so I don’t have to do it myself (in general, I hate living in big cities). There are a few reviews of Mexican food in Bangkok, to be sure, but I really don’t trust the reviewers. Why? Well, for instance, anybody who even sets foot into a Mexican restaurant named “Charley Brown’s” is not qualified to judge, in my book. Similarly, a “fairly decent…

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,…

One thing that has become apparent with this overseas wedding is simply an old truth – it’s just best to ignore the big mouths. Nam and I have been planning to get married for years; we just never got around to it. Over those long years, I remember each and every person who urged us to have the wedding in Thailand so they could take a vacation there. They promised to attend, of course, like it was no big thing. “For you guys, OF COURSE I’ll be there, you’re family/good friends/important to me…” Well, invitations were sent long ago and the requested RSVP date was the first of December. Guess…

In order to better facilitate planning for the wedding, we are using a free site called AirSet that provides calendars, etc., as well as flexible security settings. I need to send an invitation via e-mail and you need to register at the site in order for you to get into our group. I sent out a bunch of invites today, but if I forgot you, please drop me a line (cosmicbuddha at gmail dot com).

Note: Sorry if I’m boring the hell out of you with wedding stuff, but I only intend to get married once, and I want to document the entire process. Plus, it’ll be all over in a couple months. Yesterday, spurred by my incessant urging, Nam called the pachyderm rental company. The closest one is apparently located in Surin province, an hour or so from Nam’s house in Mahasarakham. A while ago, I wrote that it only costs thirty bucks or so to rent an elephant for a day, so I had intended to rent several of the peanut-sniffing louts – Small, Medium, and Large, at least. Indeed this would have…

For those of you mainly coming here for news on our upcoming wedding, I’ve consolidated all relevant posts into a single category: Our Wedding in Thailand Just bookmark that link and visit it for the latest wedding info…