The house in Yasothon is finished now. This has got to be the most painless property transaction that I have ever been involved in! Right from the start, Nang took control of the whole operation and she did all the dealings with the builder, land office, registrations, contractors etc etc. […]
After years eating in restaurants all over the world I decided to open up one of my own in Bangkok, Thailand Appropriately I named it CONFUSION. The menu was based on a fusion of Thai and European recipes and it made for some interesting combinations. […]
After my experiences over the last few months and the recent decisions by the government I start to believe that there is a genuine push to reduce the number of farangs living in Thailand […]
On my travels around the world, I once jumped out of a plane (with a parachute) near Fraser Island in Australia. There were a few of us out on the tear and we had consumed a few beers and one or two Tequilas when some bright spark suggested that we all go for a Skydive the next day. […]
Doing nothing on a Saturday afternoon in Dublin I jumped off a crane in the RDS….. I think it was the Horse Show. Some clever fella decided to make some extra money from his crane by tieing strangers to the end of it with some elastic rope and making them jump! I thought it would be fun to try. […]
I resigned from my job in the Bank and headed off around the world for a year – on my own! The trip went like this: Dublin – Los Angeles – Fiji – Australia – Philippines – Australia – Indonesia – Singapore – Malaysia – Thailand – Laos – Vietnam – Laos – Thailand – India – Dublin. […]
Well I have started to move a lot of my stuff from Cha-am to Hua Hin. From the 3rd December I will be based permanently in Hua Hin. […]
I made it back to Thailand as part of my trip around the world. This time I was on my own and this time I was more “wordly wise”………with some interesting experiences. In 1999, I crossed over the border from Malaysia. Just as we were about to cross the border we stopped for a bite to eat. One of the backpackers decided to open his rucksack to get his toothbrush and toothpaste. When he opened it he saw a huge stash of drugs. Planted!!! So he just dumped them immediately, told the rest of us without informing the guides or driver. We passed through the border OK but on the other side about 5km down the road we were stopped by police. The dragged us all outside and then went to search our bags. They took a real interest in one bag in particular. Yes, the one with the stash. When they found nothing they didnt know what to do. Panic set in and we were all worried that we would get into trouble – maybe they would think that we nicked all their gear. Fortunately we made it through without any problems. My guess is that they searched the toilet on the Malaysian side and found their drugs. Basically it was a complete setup. First they get their drugs safely over the border and secondly they manage to blackmail a foreigner into paying huge money to get off a drug rap! […]
Well I managed to get a 60 day visa from the Thai embassy in Vientiane, Laos……. […]
Im in Lao PDR (Please Dont Rush) at the moment and am falling asleep standing up…….. […]
