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Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 01:22 in thailand tourism, chiang mai, buddha day
The girls at Yin Yang massage in Loi Kroh, Chiang Mai. No customers, but still smiling!After such a long break away from Thailand, I was feeling naively cheerful. The Thai Air flight from Zurich was two-thirds empty so we could stretch out in comfort...
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Posted on Wednesday June 17th, 2009 at 13:37 in thai news, thaivisa, thai blogs, thailand forum
Thaivisa is far and away the biggest web-based forum catering for expats in Thailand, and Thaiophiles abroad. As with every successful and expanding enterprise, it has its promoters and detractors; it is loved and hated, envied and dismissed, praised...
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Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 15:09 in social issues, thailand's media
Media priorities have been under the spotlight in recent weeks. The blood and gore in Thai Rath-style tabloids never fail to catch the eye. Sex scandals with a hint of perversion are always good for a scoop; or failing that how about some cute photos...
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Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 14:23 in thailand tourism, thai politics
Thailand's tourist industry is struggling. Last year we watched with astonishment as three months of protests and the unopposed occupation of Bangkok's Government House culminated in a week-long siege of the country's main airport, Suvarnabhumi, as t...
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Posted on Sunday June 7th, 2009 at 23:32 in david carradine, thai rath, david carradine's death photo, thai tabloids, thailand's media
The Thais seem to have a ghoulish liking for explicitly gory photos; or at least, Thailand’s media does. The latest example is ‘Grasshopper’ David Carradine’s death photo, published by one of Thailand’s tabloid newspapers, Thai Rath.Those ...
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Posted on Thursday June 4th, 2009 at 07:05 in Pattaya, bangkok, isaan, chiang mai, chiang rai, kanchanaburi, surin, living in thailand, ubon ratchathani, udon thani, land of smiles, suphanburi
Wherever you go in Thailand, fitting in anonymously isn’t an option. In European countries, if we keep our mouths shut and our gestures to a minimum, remove the Hawaiian shirts and don’t wear socks with shorts, Westerners abroad can just about pa...
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