2011-09-05 17:21
In search of a more 'luxuriant' quality of life, à la française
Over more than a couple of decades of living in France, I've regularly come across an assortment of visitors f… Read More
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Travel blog & quality photos from the French Alps snow in winter, Provence in spring, Chiang Mai Thailand late May to December
2011-07-07 03:15
Take your pick... 'CouchSurfing', 'HelpXing', 'WWOOFing'; three web-based cheap travel networks, rapidly gaining in popularity. Three systems, broadly similar principles - two key parts of t… Read More
2009-12-22 21:16
Girls wanted... by expat. Well that's a pretty familiar theme in Thailand of course, but one apparently bewildered farang is in need of a whole bundle of Thai girls; at least according to th… Read More
2009-11-13 11:44
Following a recent blog comment about the benefits of positive thinking, just to get the ball rolling again I'm publishing a circular email that I've just received in Thai and English...Apol… Read More
2009-07-07 12:58
The girls at Yin Yang massage in Loi Kroh, Chiang Mai. No customers, but still smiling!After such a long break away from Thailand, I was feeling naively cheerful. The Thai Air flight from Zu… Read More
2009-06-18 07:40
Thaivisa is far and away the biggest web-based forum catering for expats in Thailand, and Thaiophiles abroad. As with every successful and expanding enterprise, it has its promoters and detr… Read More
2009-06-16 05:00
Media priorities have been under the spotlight in recent weeks. The blood and gore in Thai Rath-style tabloids never fail to catch the eye. Sex scandals with a hint of perversion are always… Read More
2009-06-13 13:29
Thailand's tourist industry is struggling. Last year we watched with astonishment as three months of protests and the unopposed occupation of Bangkok's Government House culminated in a week… Read More
2009-06-10 07:54
The Thais seem to have a ghoulish liking for explicitly gory photos; or at least, Thailand’s media does. The latest example is ‘Grasshopper’ David Carradine’s death… Read More
2009-06-04 18:12
Wherever you go in Thailand, fitting in anonymously isn’t an option. In European countries, if we keep our mouths shut and our gestures to a minimum, remove the Hawaiian shirts and don… Read More
2009-06-01 13:44
How many times have I sat in a bar and listened in on loud farangs, a couple of drinks worse for the wear, ranting on about everything that is bad about Thailand, and Thai girls in particula… Read More
2009-05-31 21:25
A sudden crackdown on farang residents has seen unannounced police visits to addresses previously provided by foreign residents to Thai immigration. The officers handed over forms for comple… Read More
2009-05-31 18:30
"Hold the line please, I'm meditating"Spirituality meets technology..."Fancy going a round with me, tiger?"They say the most beautiful women in Thailand are men, but some of the katoeys are… Read More
2009-05-30 13:06
In that unbiased oracle of Thai wisdom The Nation, a poll of 484 single young Isaan women this week has revealed that it pays to be male, English, ugly, and of an indeterminate age, if you a… Read More
2009-05-30 13:03
When trying to communicate in Thailand, smiles help; but as everywhere else in the world, it seems to be money that does most of the talking. More often that we might like, it talks a little… Read More
2009-05-27 11:49
It seems that wherever you look in town and country, Thais of all ages are busy creating. Using mundane, everyday materials, works of art are crafted. From the silversmith to the motorcycle… Read More
2009-05-19 12:34
Different cultures, different attitudes, a very different sense of humour... or is it? British irony, sarcasm will go straight over the head of the average Thai. Most Thais seem to love visu… Read More
2009-05-12 11:21
... are men.Or so it is claimed...Of course, there are always the exceptions that prove the rule!The above snapped at the Yasothon rocket festival this past week, where cross-dressing is de… Read More
2009-05-12 06:16
Home for the next six months in Chiang Mai, although I have some misgivings about the colour. My first thought was that I hope it doesn't give the local katoeys (ladyboys) the wrong idea… Read More
2009-05-09 08:03
It's going to a quiet little affair, nothing special... or words to that effect. So I have been regularly informed about the forthcoming marriage ceremony this coming August in Yasothon, som… Read More
2009-01-22 07:22
Getting into Cambodia costs you a 20 dollar visa fee. Well it should. I’d forgotten to bring any of the world's preferred currency, so an eagle-eyed airport official waiting to pounce… Read More
2009-01-20 22:13
A sober mood this morning. It's just a couple of days since half jokingly I'd blogged about a friend dicing with death - luckily escaping relatively unscathed from the mangled remains of my… Read More
2009-01-19 18:33
Back in the Land of Smiles (only in spirit, unfortunately), I've been browsing through a few of my favourite blogs. There are plenty more quality writers where these came from, but here are… Read More
2009-01-18 19:13
Speaking the lingo is a definite plus sometimes. Visiting friends in Apt, an hour's drive away, pre-Sunday lunch aperitifs were taken in the PMU bistrot. Pastis got tongues wagging furiously… Read More
2009-01-16 22:42
In a nutshell, if you value your life and are attached to your car not only via the safety belt, don't pick an argument with a wild boar - even a smallish one of some 75 kilos. Although the… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
First tracks La Plagne, Paradiski Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Mother and son from Surin province, Thailand
Living in a shack on the building site where the parents were employed in Chiang Mai, mother and baby watch husband at work for his couple of dol… Read More
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