Thailand
Almost Getting Beaten Up Over a Girl in Pai, Thailand
“There are a hundred guys around that corner and they coming to fuck you up!”
There turned out to be about ten guys, small Thai fellows loaded up on three bicycles ...
Consumer Travel in Thailand and Laos
One of the great things about being on the road is the adventure, the uncertainty, the independence you learn from standing on your own two feet, traveling the world and ...
Death and Self Loathing in Ma Sariang, Thailand
I had just come down from the mountains of NW Thailand that afternoon in mid February. I had been in the beautiful town of Mae Hong Son for over a ...
Bangkok Bar Girls and Farang Tourists
I met Derek at the Bangkok train station and it emerged we’d be catching the same train up north. He was getting off before me, though, in a little out ...
Bangkok, Thailand - Sleazy, hot and courteous
I stepped out of the Bangkok airport at 6 in the morning and it was already 29 degrees outside. It’s like you’ve never been hot before, not really and I ...
Immigration Jail in Bangkok, Thailand
A few years ago I visited Thailand on a brief holiday and liked it so much I immediately made plans to return for a much longer trip.
In September 2004 I ...
Khao San Road Patpong Thailand Travel Story
Khaosan Road
What infamy a road can bear. A Disney Land for backpackers, the strip for bar goers, a long brothel for whores. Lady-boys cat-call, preachers scream, drug dealers whisper, ...
Bangkok Travel Thailand
Friends of mine in their 50’s spoke of the early 70’s in Thailand like some lost paradise. Maybe everyone feels like that about their early days but still I wished ...
Bangkok Canal Communities, Thailand
“To the front of the boat, to the front of the boat” Joop, the captain, gestured vigorously as we approached a low bridge. I scrambled out of the seat next ...
Nana plaza, the go-go bar scene in Bangkok
The older I get the more I tend to sit outside go go bars and watch the action rather than inside and watch the girls dance. Because over the decades ...
