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Temple Art in Kosum
Last week, we visited a temple in the neighboring district of Kosum Phisai (which I long ago dubbed Monkeytown; see here and here). Thai temple gable murals often depict the…
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Tam Sang – Made to Order
We are blessed to have a lunch place near our house that makes good, cheap eats. These tam sang (literally, “made to order”) restaurants basically cook any kind of popular…
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Songkran 2026
Songkran on the newly-designated fun road in Sarakham was really packed this year, as crowded as I’ve ever seen it. Tee and I hung out with the local District Chief…
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Last Day of Songkran
There’s a Thai New Year party at my house and I was making pizza all afternoon, but I needed my daily walk. The RMU campus was almost completely deserted, with…
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Minifigures
A nice spread at one of my university’s many outdoor shrines. You see a lot of these adorning spirit houses and holy trees as well. Thailand’s mixed religions and cultural…
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Why I Can’t Buy an FJ
There’s a lot of trucks parked under trees recently up here in Issan. There are numerous gas stations around our house, so we can usually find one with 91 gasohol…
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Spirit house
At the Faculty of Management Science, RMU.
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Jumbo Spaghetti Gummies
The best gummies in the world? NOW EVEN THICKER!! These are Max’s fav, and we are sending them back to him with a friend.
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Overheard at Big C
I picked up Mina at school a couple days ago and we stopped by (the about to die at any minute) Big C on the way home to do some…
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big load
On a windy day, you can see caravans of these bad boys shedding hay and weaving all over the highway.
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Thanon Tanao Entrance
The entrance to Khao San Road last August. Tee and I drove down from Sarakham to meet up with my cuz and his wife. Merriment ensued.
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Duck what?
So thicc.
