Archive for the 'Food, Eating, & Dining' Category

Virtual Samui: Holiday Planning in the Post-Modern World

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Koh Samui, one of Thailand’s most popular island destinations, maintains a ‘must go’ status for some, while for others is still one of those places at the bottom of the list. Considering its collage of aqua marine waters, white sand beaches, pristine tropical landscapes, cultural spice, and modern infrastructure, one has to wonder […]

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Thailand Rule of Law: Praised Taxi Driver gets light Murder Sentence

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

As my 30 baht plate of Grapow Basil Stir fry was being cooked at the neighborhood eatery, I did what I and most Thais typically do while waiting–I grabbed the latest copy of Thai Rath newspaper to catch up on the latest action. Indifferent to the featured political headline giving hype to Thailand’s current Prime […]

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Loi Kratong (Loy Krathong) Thai holiday: Respecting the Water spirits in Phetchaburi province at Thailand’s rivers and oceans

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

With the passing of last Saturday came the full moon of the 12th Thai lunar month (usually in November) which marks one of Thailand’s most popular traditional holidays–Loy Kratong (also spelt Loi Kratong), where in the moonlit hours, after the sun has gone down until the peak of midnight, couples, families, and friends head […]

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Mushroom growing in Central and Northeastern Thailand: Fungi Farms

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

One of the primary schools I am teaching at (Wat Kan Jan Jarern) has a little mushroom house โรงเรือนเพาะเห็ด that the students grow and sell oyster เห็ดนางฟ้า and white fungi เห็ดหูหนู mushrooms. I had a look inside and took 5 pics with my mobile phone before my bat ran out.
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Laxing and Leisure in Phuket’s tourism epicenter: Patong beach town by night and day

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Last week, my Finnish buddy, an international student based in Bangkok, came down to Phuket for the first time in his four years living/studying in Thailand. The Siamerican Wanderer took this as his final opportunity to relax and get a change of scenery from being cooped up in the Inlaws’ house on Phuket’s east side. […]

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Phuket Vegan Festival 2007 Finale Images-Pictures

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Last night (Friday October 20) hosted the intense final hours of one of Phuket’s prime Chinese heritage festivals. The Siamerican and some friends headed downtown at/around the main Chinese temple-shrine to join in the masses for the final procession in the waning hours of this year’s festivities–an expected loud and hazy closure. Are […]

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Phuket Vegetarian (Vegan) Festival 2007 images: Mutilation Parade

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Following are a few pics of the Sunday parade several days into the Vegan festivities– finally get to see all that famous mutilation Phuket is famed for. Heard it’s all real blood and balls…seen a tid bid last year during the evening time…but today’s sky is clear with bright sunlight to see it all clearly.

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Phuket Vegan Fest: Known popularly as the Vegetarian Festival

Friday, October 12th, 2007

It’s that time of year again, where the Chinese Thais in the south go 9 days and 9 nights of avoiding meat or any animal products, being possessed by what they would have you believe sacred spirits–though I say they’re just hungry and delirous . Not sure if I’m going to do the whole 9 […]

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Weekend roadtrip through southern Thailand: Phuket–Pataloong–Hat Yai

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

My son’s mother’s relatives invited me to accompany them to a distant relative’s funeral in Pataloong, southern Thailand’s smallest and poorest province, followed by an overnighter in southern Thailand’s most thriving city, Hat Yai of Sonkla province. Figuring that I had no plans for the weekend and had never been to any of these provinces […]

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Siamerican Wanderer’s blog: Back Road Bike Venture in Samut Songkhram & Phetchaburi

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Expecting to go wake boarding this Sunday, the Wanderer found himself spontaneously changing the plan when all his friends ended up backing out at the last moment. After doing some work on the computer all Sunday morning, the Wanderer finally got himself together, showered, packed a bag and set out by 4 pm.
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