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Tokay partner for the win
Since we moved to our new house on New Years day, 2008, I haven’t seen any Tokay geckos – there just aren’t any in the neighborhood (I used to hear…
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Phuket Butterfly Garden & Insect World
One of the places we took the kids last week: http://www.phuketbutterfly.com/home.htm
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Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket
We have a room near the kiddie pool. Which means we also have a room near 3 adult pools, the inner tube river, the diving pool, five or six waterslides,…
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Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket
This place is awesome. Definitely the nicest place we’ve ever paid for by ourselves. And this has got to be the best time to visit Phuket, right at the end…
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Flaming Morning Glory
This is the best Thai street food video I’ve ever seen.
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Khon Kaen Immigration
So the most heinous task of renewing our non-immigrant Type B working visas and work permits fell on this very day and to my great surprise, was quite painless, if…
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Flooding in Sarakham
Today we were hit by a sudden storm that dumped a whole lot of water on us, very quickly. This year’s weather has been very wet and relatively cool for…
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Thai-specific perk
This week there are girls from the Science Faculty coming around to our offices every afternoon to practice foot massage on anyone willing… and who am I to deny their…
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Dog Show at Central Plaza, Khon Kaen
And when they say, “show,” it’s like a spectacle for people who have never seen dogs before and might mistake them for food or something. The only other time I’ve…
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Aegle marmelos
This is a bael or bael fruit AKA Bengal quince, wood apple, stone apple or seer phael (head-fruit). In Thai it’s known as matum. In Thailand, bael is usually found…
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Prime Harshness
From my student’s essay on problems in Thailand: “If I were Prime Minister, the first thing I would do is help beggars in Thailand, because the beggars are pathetic. They…
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Thai Ghost Busker
