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Who Owns Victory Monument?
The district where this most famous of Bangkok landmarks (created to mark conquest over territories in Indochina that have since been returned ) proposed building a museum and pedestrian tunnels…
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Kasahou – Osaka?
Just a placeholder for something I’ve been looking into… What the hell is Kasahou?
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Cholos in Din Daeng
This is still my favorite Coconuts video of all time: Thai cholos? Bangkok bangers? Siam-esés? Odelay.
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You are legend?
It’s the Friday night before a four day weekend, and the streets of Bangkok are uncrowded. It feels like a dream. I’ve come back from our trip to Pattaya with…
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Exhaustion vs Expiry
We had cool weather during our entire trip back home to Southern California. Coming back to Thailand was like waking up every day in a slow cooker. During the hot…
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Tam Lao Papayaless Variant
Excellent balance of flavors and clever use of banana leaf on flat plate instead of bowl. Sometimes the classics need a reboot.
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Auto-parking Slipper Resort in Japan
Alternate usages: Segways for cats (light load bearing) Go Go Gadget Rollerslips (heavy load bearing) Tech-enabled procreation aid for rapidly aging population (G Parking) Ad-hoc conveyor sushi party set I…
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Giant Thai Lemon
My mother-in-law gave this to us last week, and this is the first time I’ve ever seen one. The flavor is 90% lemon and 10% pomelo (grapefruity), which is surprising…
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Katakana English Song
Japan started a visa exemption program for Thais a few years ago, which successfully created a huge tourism boom. Japan is an ideal destination for Thais that have the money…
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Easter Eggs at Big C?
Nothing to do with Easter, actually. Just some colorful century eggs AKA thousand year old eggs. They usually only come in pink, but it looks like this company’s trying to…
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Avocado toast and eggs
Is Northeast Thailand ready for an avotoast cafe? I’m sure not gonna find out! Our town must have the highest turnover for coffee-related businesses in the world.
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Finnish Polka Idoru – A Video Chronology of Loituma (from 17th Century Scandinavia to Modern Day Japan)
Disclaimer: The following is an approximate timeline; mistakes are inevitable. This is more of a way for me to record a collection of nodal points in case I want to…
