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Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people

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  • Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    9 Butts 990 Baht

    Right on the heels of the Best Product Name of 2013 comes a damn fine contender for Best Marketing Campaign, but I forgot to take note of the brand of…

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  • Cars,  Japanese Society/Culture,  Photos

    jeebus, i miss my silvia ps-13

    He’s right, though… Street racing is a young man’s game.

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  • Food,  Thai Society/Culture

    Best Product Name 2013 – “I Like Vaggie”

    I’m going to declare this the automatic winner for 2013, even though it’s only January. I found it for sale in the canned goods isle of our new Tesco Lotus…

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  • Cars,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Three Generations, Four Riders

    I take quite a few photos of random riders; I can’t believe this is the first “generations” photo I’ve posted for seven years! The last one was in Vientiane.

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  • Japanese Society/Culture,  Videos

    Takushi Doraiba

    “Man sets out to make quick-draw iPhone holster, ends up with video masterpiece“

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  • Exploits,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    We are on a boat.

    The kids are having a blast. Incidentally,  we are on the mighty river separating Thai and Laos, and it ain’t the Mississippi. @Chiang Khan, Thailand

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  • Oh, baby!,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Temple at Ancient Khmer Ruins

    @ Surin Province, Thailand – New Year’s Eve  

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  • Food,  Japanese Society/Culture,  Photos

    Treasures from Japan – Part 2

    These will mostly, if not all, be consumed over the New Years break. Thank you, Dai!

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  • Food,  Japanese Society/Culture,  Photos

    Treasures from Japan – Part 1

    I hereby deem this the Ultimate Japanese New Years Variety Pack! From top left, clockwise: oshiruko (sweet red bean soup), shoga-yu (hot ginger drink), amazake (sweet sake w/curds), matsutake soup…

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  • Food,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Maeng Da – Giant Water Bug (Lethocerus indicus)

    This big guy was attracted to the lights we leave on at night in our pavilion. I found him in a weakened state under our Japanese-style table in the morning.…

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  • Thai Society/Culture

    Fish references for Thailand

    Fish and Fish Dishes of Laos is my go-to book on any freshwater creatures I see/catch/cook/eat here in SE Asia. It was written by famed British diplomat and historian, Alan…

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  • Oh, baby!,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    A Visit to Wat Nongwang

    For the past year, we’ve been relying on a Cefiro specialist in Khon Kaen for repair of our Cefiro A33 (Infiniti I30), and we had noticed a huge pagoda just…

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