Khao San? More Like Con San Road

Watch your wallet in Khao San cuz the locals sure are! Yankee, Go Home! Now… give me all your money The best in tourist pricing Just for the Americans There really isn’t any other place I’ve been that’s like Khao San road in Bangkok. Filled with backpackers from end to…

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Beach Living is Tough!

Thai beach living takes years off your life! My current briar patch Remember, the LEFT side! No! Not another sunset! I sleep in the red. I know ya’ll are thinking that after two weeks on the tropical Thai island of Koh Samui, I’d be the most relaxed person in the…

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There is Style in a Thai Train

I like getting romantic on a Thai train Cold, clean, and comfortable The Trains of Thailand rank somewhere just below Chinese and Russian trains. They are not as nice as either, being much older than Chinese trains, and more basic than the Russian ones, though there are good points. First,…

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When is a New Day a New Year?

I don’t really care if its December 31 or January 1. Is it the year of the Ox? Yankee, Go Home! This way to the hotel? New Year’s celebrations have always escaped me. I cannot fathom why we put so much emphasis on a mechanical function of a man-made chronology,…

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Bangkok Traffic is Insane!

How odd, roads full of idiling cars going nowhere fast. Red lights to the horizon! The downtown parking lot Each morning it wakes me up, as its foul smell penetrates the hotel I’m staying in. I don’t really know how the street-side vendors survive, for the carbon monoxide fumes from…

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