Thai Village Life – Bargain Buckets and Broad Smiles The guy definitely had that look about him. Broad smile, confident stride and rapid-fire sales pitch. The type who could sell tulips to Amsterdam and tea bags to Starbucks. Wonderful Wi was in big trouble. My wide-eyed, trusting and take-the-bait partner was about...
For many westerners Thai village life is a chore to be endured when visiting their partner’s family and friends. Many expats and seasoned tourists find rural life in Thailand as dull as dishwater and extremely old hat. Then again, there are people like me who find Thai village life has a laid-back...
Some of you may think I’ve got a lot of cheek writing a post about Thai village life which includes a picture of mashed potatoes, super-sized baked beans and a meat pie. Trust me… that line-up of great British grub is just a lead up to my story about Aloe...
I’m not sure if I’ve been lucky or unlucky with the weather since my arrival in Udon Thani last weekend. It’s been hot, hot, hot. The Bangkok Post has put the temperature at around 34 degrees Celsius each day but you can add a good four to five degrees to...
Pepsi is the second youngest of Wonderful Wi’s four dogs and by far the most mischievous of the quartet. Pepsi is also the star of one of my older posts written in May 2010 titled It Started With a Kiss. That post shows with the support of the photographs above...
A Thai Rural Village in Pictures is my latest pictorial post which has spawned a new category in my sidebar titled Thailand in Pictures. Previous pictorial posts have included Udon Thani in Pictures and My First Time in Chiang Mai in Pictures which have proven to be very popular. The photographs in this...
Thailand’s New Year Songkran Festival is celebrated each year from April 13-15 and today the three-day festival draws to a close in most parts of the country. Unfortunately for myself I will not be in Thailand until early next month and therefore I have once again missed the Land of Smiles amazing New Year water celebrations.
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