On motorbikes, motorcars, mosquitoes and mangy dogs. And magnificent mangoes too. First of all, mangos.[…]
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Category: Thailand
Wat a Wat
On monsoons, monks, manky meals, mediocre meals and magnificent meals, mangy mongrels, mosquitos, motorbikes and[…]
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Brian Brain Strain
On a level road now in Chiang Mai. Getting to know the ropes in the[…]
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To the North…
Sun 19 July 10:30am In Bangkok Airways, “The Boutique Airline” lounge. Quite posh, free grub,[…]
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Earwig Oh, Again
What I meant to say was ‘Here we go again’ and talk about Hong Kong.[…]
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On a slow road to China (and back via Holyhead)
I spent a long while, years, decades, arranging to come back home to Ireland. I[…]
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The Last Post…
Today is my last day in Bangkok and SE Asia. I fly out late tonight[…]
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Wat’s it all about..
I had a few hours to kill yesterday morning. My train from Laos arrived early[…]
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Messages, Smessages
Returning home.
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All good things, etc. etc.
Well, all good things come to an end. Today is my last official day at[…]
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Best near death experience I’ve had all week
Life here in Koh Chang is assuming a rhythm all of its own. The days[…]
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Growing Old Disgracefully
I generally wake up early and spend the hour before breakfast in silence. The other[…]
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Scaling the heights and plumbing the depths…
Weather here has changed a lot since I last wrote (where do the days and[…]
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I ran over a tarantula on the way to the shops the other day.
With rare sartorial wisdom I went to Uniqlo the day before I left for Thailand[…]
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Why has that Indian guy got his hands in my lap???
Took me longer than I expected to get this Blog out. First, we had an[…]
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On mad dogs and Englishmen. And Irishmen too.
Yesterday was my first proper day off. I went “downtown” to White Sands, one of[…]
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Brian’s Other Island
The wheels of the car rumbled across the steel deck of the ferry and finally[…]
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Kool Koh Chang
Whatever else Koh Chang is, it’s not cool. Kool maybe but never cool. Scorching is[…]
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in Transit
Well, I made it. I have finally arrived in Thailand. Who would have guessed this[…]
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