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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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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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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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Culinary Constant
I had these photos up on Facebook, but wanted them here as well.
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Khon Kaen to Sarakham
We came back from KK yesterday after staying at the Rachawadee Resort near the airport for one night. We had stuff to do on Saturday (power steering line replacement) and…
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petrified gecko
In the taillight of my coworker’s Ford Focus.
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Folding Lotus Blossoms
I never knew lotus flowers didn’t just look like that when they opened naturally…
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Elephant Delivery Service
These guys are from one of the ethnic villages in Surin where the government has granted them license to keep elephants. As elephants can eat hundreds of kilos of food…
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Thai Basil Stir Fry – Ground Pork with Fried Egg Edition
I can’t remember where this was, but damn they had nice silverware. The food must have been below the memorable line of greatness, but I’d go there again just to…
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Innovative Product Names (Bad Asian Edition)
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Egg noodles with braised pork leg
Nirvana: Achieved. (@ Nong Khai, a couple forgotten streets down from the unremarkable riverside marketplace, across from a nondescript temple in a truly magical noodle shop)
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Nok Krata (Thai Jungle Quail)
Note: The words “Thai” and “Jungle” were included as descriptors in the title and are probably not part of their real name (which eludes my lazy Googling at this point…
