It had been two years since I’d last journeyed to Thailand’s wild child resort Pattaya. I’d heard the girl had changed. Pattaya still sits seductively on the Gulf of Thailand’s east coast with her micro skirt billowing in the sea breeze. Her muscular, deep-tanned thighs and cheap market underwear exposed...
The last post on Beyond the Mango Juice was a long way back. August 9, 2020 to be exact. This entry is not a lengthy one, more so, the post is purely to oil the cogs, get myself back on the bike, and get the wheels revolving once more. Walking...
August 2020 The story so far: I retired during 2004 & subsequently found myself in Udon Thani to meet a member of the opposite sex, as one does. It was a pity that the individual was not all she was cracked up to be, possibly a little cracked as...
Thai lao khao rice whiskey doesn’t tend to get showcased in a drinks cabinet. That’d be like a red-nosed clown turning up at a funeral and asking to help carry the coffin. It wouldn’t seem right. Lao khao is much more liable to be found in a rural village on...
I’ve spent a large part of the past week editing some of my earlier posts. While reading one, I noticed it had promised an update about Wilai’s business selling Thai market flowers. That sent me scurrying to this site’s Category Index to search for the last relevant post indexed there....
I wish I had a pound for every yard I have walked through Thai markets. I’d be a millionaire. Once in a while, you’ve got to do things that are hard yards and can question your patience but keep your loved-one content. I love going to a Thai market, but...
Wat Neramit Vipassana in Dan Sai District, Loei Province, got the better of me. No matter how many times I tried, I could not get a full-on photograph of the impressive-looking Ordination Hall (Ubosot). The hall is the largest of its kind in Thailand at 80 metres long by 40...
Over the past 15 years or so, I have been collecting a few ornaments, pictures, wood carvings etc. from all manner of places. I call them my favourite things. The all manner of places being; markets, junk shops, souvenir stalls and even supermarkets. You get the picture. Anything, anywhere, whatever...
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