Thai Cuisine, a Facinating Past
Sean Kjetil Nordbo If cuisine is about cooking style and food, then its features must be related to people, race, history, tradition, culture and science. In comparing cooking styles of the Thais (actually…
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A Useful Guide Before Buying in Pattaya
The aim of the article is to explain to readers the basic land and tax laws that affect all expatriates in the area of property ownership in the Kingdom of…
Marriages Made in Thailand
Maybe that should read ‘Marriages made in Heaven ? Before you start: Marriage in Thailand by non-Thai couples or a Thai National and foreigner couple is easy to arrange and…
More Money Than Sense in Thailand
After living in Pattaya for perhaps longer than is truly healthy I have come to the startling conclusion that a number of the foreign males who stumble into this place…
Thrills on 2 Wheels in Bangkok
Fancy seeing Bangkok, land of crazy traffic, on a bike by night? When I first heard that Grasshopper Adventures was running a Bangkok Bike Tour, I thought it was a…
Fried Drunken Noodles
How is it possible for noodles to get drunk, let alone really drunk as the Thai name ‘Phat Khi Mao’ implies? Well, I don’t know the answer, but I do…
What if She Goes First in Thailand?
Disclaimer: Statements within this article may not be totally accurate due to changing real estate laws and misinterpretation of current laws due to incorrect translation or misunderstanding. This article should…
Red Pork & Rice or Kao Moo Dang
Have you ever been wandering around the sois of Pattaya and seen hunks of bright red meat hanging inside the glass display cases of some of the street food vendors?…
From Bangkok to Manila
I’ve been on my holiday for five solid weeks now so I guess it is time to update my diary. Not everything has worked out as planned during my leave…
“They Really Don’t Want Us Here in Thailand”
Lots of expats in Thailand think that way … but are they right? Let’s start by stating the obvious: 1. Constantly changing, inconsistently enforced visa regulations are irritating, and not…