Archive for the 'Health, Fitness, & Medical' Category

American deaths in Thailand over the last five years (2002 – 2007): Unatural American death fatalities

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Surfing the web, I happened upon yet another unsolved homicide-suicide-accidental death ??? case involving an American man in Pattaya a few months ago. As such deaths, particularly in Pattaya, are so common, usually I wouldn’t have given it any extra thought. However, in the following reports, the deceased man’s American passport was fully exposed–right next [...]

Cable Ski-Wake Board park in Ratchaburi

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

For this Sunday’s adventures, I took a mid-afternoon drive up to Dam nern district in Ratchaburi province. Roughly 30 kilometers from Samut Songkhram is Lake Point Sports club, featuring a resort, restaurant, jet ski and cable ski lakes. Previously, I had been to the cable park in Phuket to learn how to cable wake and [...]

Worried about mouth sores: Canker and Cold Sores

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

Mouth sores can be quite annoying–brushing your teeth, eating a meal, and even speaking can become irritating tasks when those dreaded mouth sores pop up unannounced. And so now, I’ve got one big one inside my lip. Should I worry about passing it on to my son, or is there serious risks or some cure [...]