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May 13

May 13, 2012 – 8:09 PM |
May 13

A bit of a belated update partly because it is the start of Low Rainy Green Season, and so there’s not a lot happening here and partly because I decided to do a quick trip to Cambodia as the last time I visited Siem Reap was about 15 years ago …

April 23

April 23, 2012 – 12:59 PM |
April 23

Plenty of joyous New Year spirit in this update.  Songkran has been and gone, but ‘Songkran 2′ is just around the corner. The main days for water throwing were the 13,14,15 April but on 27 & 28 April Koh Chang will have its own celebration.  The build up to this …

April 9

April 9, 2012 – 11:26 AM | 3 Comments
April 9

Koh Chang was the busiest I have seen it for a long time this past weekend.  A perfect storm of Easter holiday plus a 4 day long weekend holiday here in Thailand.  The result was a 4Km traffic jam yesterday afternoon as all the Thai visitors decided to check out …

March 26

March 26, 2012 – 3:28 PM | One Comment
March 26

Last update I mentioned I’d seen dolphins off Koh Mak & Koh Rayang and it seems that there are definitely more in the area at the moment as a couple of dead ones were found in Klong Son and others, still alive, spotted very close to Centrepoint Ferry pier on …

March 9

March 9, 2012 – 11:45 AM | 2 Comments
March 9

Modern Dog will play a concert at The Hut, Klong Prao on March 31.  If you aren’t appear particularly overwhelmed by that it is understandable as they aren’t that big outside Thailand – although they have toured in the US and Europe.  But here it is the equivalent of having, …

February 26

February 26, 2012 – 12:25 PM | 3 Comments
February 26

Usually the slideshow at the top of the irregular update is a selection of photos from around the island.  This week, in  a break from tradition, the photos above are all from shops on the pier in Bangbao, and highlight the wide variety of gifts and souvenirs that are on …

February 11

February 11, 2012 – 4:38 PM | 3 Comments
February 11

After a couple of months of having nothing but a large open ditch by the side of the road, work has restarted on the White Sand beach drainage project. For 6 weeks or so it was just a 80cm wide gap between pavement and road, with nothing to stop people …

January 27

January 27, 2012 – 10:36 AM |
January 27

The Souk.  I was round on the east coast the other day and realised I hadn’t been in to see Ed, the Thai owner of The Souk for a long time. He’s a nice guy and runs a very good value small resort that has been in business for years. …

January 11

January 11, 2012 – 7:38 PM |
January 11

Children’s Day & Relationship Day on Koh Mak.  If you happen to be down on Koh Mak this Saturday the island is holding it’s annual Children’s Day festivities plus a new even for friends of the island. Unless you have young children in tow, you’ll probably want to skip the …

January 2

January 2, 2012 – 11:32 AM |
January 2

I had planned an update prior to New Year but was too busy (and another couple of days back on Koh Kood just prior to a hectic New Year didn’t add to my productivity at all.)  So Happy New Year everyone and many thanks to the numerous people who have …

December 20

December 20, 2011 – 9:05 PM | One Comment
December 20

Quite a few photos and not a lot of informative, yet witty, prose in this update as spending a couple of hours a day pretty much every day this month answering emails from people looking for places to stay over New Year has slowly been sapping my will to live …

December 1

November 30, 2011 – 4:04 PM | One Comment
December 1

The big event of the coming week is the ‘Muay Thai Flood Fight’, which , as the name suggests is some Muay Thai stuff in aid of victims of the recent floods in central Thailand.  There will be various activities, a concert and a chance to meet some of Thailand’s …