Easter Monday
Easter Monday Today is Easier Monday, not in Buddhist Thailand, but there is still something going on and there seems to be every year at Easter. I suspect that it is because Easter is a moveable feast which has something…
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Marketing Books
Marketing Books As you may be aware, I am working on a sequel to a novel I wrote about a year ago called ‘Dead Centre’ about a new type of terrorist organisation. This one is proving to be more difficult…
Khao Chae
Khao Chae – Thailand’s Special Dish for Songkhran Songkhran is the old Thai New Year. It is a special time of the year for Thais. Nevertheless, it is often trivialised by Westerners, calling it such things as a ‘Water Festival’.…
Party Season in Thailand
Party Season in Thailand There is a definite period in the year that most people would recognize as the party season in Thailand. The casual observer may say that party season in Thailand is March and April and it is…
Pattaya Beach by John Elray
Pattaya Beach By John Elray A Common Tale of Woe Told in an Uncommon Way Review by Owen Jones When I was given this book by it’s author because he had heard that I lived in Pattaya, it was two…
Diary – Monday 23 June 2014
I don't keep a diary as such, but I do like to record special days. June 23rd, 2014 is one such day for several reasons. Please read on...
Bpom’s 100 Days
Bpom’s 100 Days Seven years ago, a neighbour’s dog, that we used to feed sometimes, got pregnant and so we started to feed her more as her owners were often at work. One day, Da, the dog, disappeared and it…
Touching Thai Women
Touching Thai Women Most people who travel to Thailand (and that is men) only visit the large cities and tourist islands, and only meet girls in bars. There is nothing wrong with that, but it does lead them to think…
The Disallowed Giveaway
The Disallowed Giveaway Chupacabras on Backpacker Blood Milkshake a Rafflecopter giveaway Heng Lee is a goatherd in the remote mountains north-east of Chiang Rai in northern Thailand, very close to the border with Laos. It is a tight-knit community where…
Backpacking in Thailand
Backpacking in Thailand I lived in Europe in the Sixties and Seventies, the hay days of backpacking, although in those days, I called it hitchhiking. I’m not really sure if backpacking is the same thing. I used to wear a…
Daddy’s Hobby Half-Price
Behind The Smile: Daddy’s Hobby Half-Price Owen here, I hope that you are doing well. I have great news for you – Daddy’s Hobby Half-Price ! I have lowered the price of ‘Daddy’s Hobby’, the first in the series of…
Laos for a Thai Visa
Laos for a Thai Visa On Wednesday this week, my wife and I had to make our quarterly journey to Laos for a Thai visa. We both hope that it will be our last, because, well, we’ve made the trip…
Falang Where I Live in Thailand
Falang Where I Live in Thailand There are two things that I will need to explain about that title to most people reading this article. First is that ‘falang’ means Caucasian in Thai and second is that I live…