February 14, 2005
When India seems like a Larium dream
We are back in Bangkok - just briefly, mind you - where we will attend to some mind-numbingly boring 'housekeeping tasks' before heading to Singapore, Indonesia and then China. Amazing how when you ostensibly shed your 'house' for the year,...Read this update
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Valentine's Day - Now with extra pom-poms!
Just more fuel for the fire that is my Bangkok addiction: we were stuck in gridlock today during a long cab-ride across town, only to discover that a partial reason for the hold-up was a Valentine's Day Parade wending its...Read this update
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January 08, 2005
But EVERY day is Children's Day ...
Never again will parents in the west be able to say, 'But every day is Children's Day ...' when their ankle-biters demand to know why there's a Mother's Day and a Father's Day, but no Children's day. Courtesy of this...Read this update
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January 07, 2005
Farang is a state of being
It is entirely possible to visit Thailand and to learn only one word - farang. Farang can be used perjoratively ('birdshit farang' is a popular colloquialism for backpackers), or as a neutral description, but it usually refers to Caucasian foreigners....Read this update
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January 06, 2005
Air Chicken
We have to make a decision, Andrew and I. How the heck are we gonna get to Calcutta from Bangkok? The choice should be simple, really: Thai Airways costs about $60 AUD more per ticket than does Druk Air. But...Read this update
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Elephants and Bacardi don't mix
Last night was a fabulous Bangkok evening, mainly because of great company and good conversation. Adding to the evening's impact, though, was the fact that we saw a fully-grown elephant making a left-hand turn in hardcore city traffic....Read this update
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January 02, 2005
In which I rail against our hotel
Okay, I am irritated. More than that, I have a bad, bad taste in my mouth that won't go away. Following close on the heels of the great food poisoning incident of 2004, we now have its evil twin: the...Read this update
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December 31, 2004
The glamour, the glamour
'Travel is glamorous only in retrospect,' says Paul Theroux. I liked this sentiment when I first happened across it, but two nights ago it took on a whole new significance....Read this update
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December 29, 2004
When too many tourists are barely enough
When we arrived here on Sunday morning, and everything seemed lacklustre, I was willing to accept that the fault was probably ours and not Chiang Mai's....Read this update
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December 28, 2004
Tsunami after-effects
Life even as far north as Chiang Mai is strange after Sunday's string of disasters. Things seem to veer from hyper-consciousness of the destruction to a kind of surreal did-that-really-happen? kind of attitude....Read this update
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December 27, 2004
News filters through
Hi friends - thanks for your emails asking if we're okay. We are both completely fine, having travelled up to Chiang Mai (in the north of Thailand) the night before the tsunamis arrived....Read this update
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December 25, 2004
And visions of sugarplums danced in their heads
I promised myself that I would leave well enough alone and not touch the Christmas theme again. 'Enough has been said about Christmas in Asia, Tiffany,' I told myself - 'just leave it be.' Then everything went pear-shaped and fell...Read this update
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December 23, 2004
It's Christmas, so crack out the styrofoam
In Australia of late, when Christmas time rolls around, there has been a kind of sceptical murmuring going on. It runs a little like this: it's 35c outside, so why in the hell are we steaming plum puddings, roasting gargantuan...Read this update
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Hidden Bangkok: a walk through Banglamphu
I don’t quite know what the stereotyped view of Bangkok looks like. I’d hazard a guess that it’s something to do with rushing traffic and neon lights at one extreme and ornate, gilded wats at the other....Read this update
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December 22, 2004
Thai Street Snacks
One of Andrew's and my major preoccupations when we travel is eating. If it's weird, we like it, but if it's weird and tasty we like it more....Read this update
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December 21, 2004
The Arcane & Beautiful Language of Pirate DVDs
Does the following statement - a must-miss of snoringly mediocre proportions - make you want to buy or not buy a copy of a movie? Discuss....Read this update
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December 20, 2004
BKK, How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ...
Any recounting of the whys and wherefores of my love for Bangkok could run on and on ad nauseam. For the sake of conciseness, I will restrict myself to mentioning the latest reason for my crush: namely, a group of...Read this update
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Chatuchak Weekend Madness
I'm assuming it's not just me, and that anyone who's been to Chatuchak weekend Market in Bangkok will agree that there is only one word for this place and that word is 'delightfulinsanity'. The place is a sprawling mass of...Read this update
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November 29, 2004
Close Encounters of the Hairdressing Kind
My first thought when I see the extent of the hair horror is: my God, I look like a Republican. My hair’s been blowdried within an inch of its life, but then again, so has Andrew’s. Come to think of...Read this update
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