Bizarre After Dark Thailand

Chiang Mai’s premier English language lifestyle magazine, Citylife, reviews such a bizarre array of options under their ‘Clubs and Bars‘ section that it makes a night out in Las Vegas seem prudish and pase.
This is no joke. I lifted all the following reviews directly from the Citylife website, that is, after I picked myself and [...]

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Thai DYI Rescue

Occasionally in the Developing World there is the need to do, how shall I say it, more practical ministry.
One of the Pioneers team members, Dan, recently had some local builders erect him a new car port without too much attention to detail. Soon all the lateral beams were buckling under weight and the whole roof [...]

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Bring Back God

So sayeth the shopping centre t-shirt.

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No Fresh in Chiang Mai

I have no idea why but I have the only Yahama Fresh II in all of Chiang Mai. Even though the streets are saturated with scooters (according to the Bangkok Post there is now one for every three Thais), I seem to be driving the only Fresh II.
I’ve been making a meticulous study of all [...]

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Burma’s Big Brother is Watching

I am currently ploughing through Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin.
It is a little known fact that Orwell had a strong connection with Burma. His mother was born in Burma and as a young man Eric Arthur Blair (Orwell’s real name) spend many years posted there in the British Imperial Police Force.
According to [...]

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Best Bank Account for Travellers

If you are a fellow travelling Australian who is trying to cut through the spin to find the best bank account for overseas assess, you’re in luck! You’ve stumbled across the website I wished existed when I was faced with the same dilemma earlier this year.
Before leaving for Thailand I did hours of research into [...]

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David Hasselhoff, Are You Out There?

I love this man too much not to come out and publicly acknowledge him for the world to see on my bloggie.
I stopped denying that I was a Hoff fan once I started receiving a small but significant collection of memorabilia as gifts from people – including a Hoff tea towel and a black Night [...]

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Second Load of Medicines Ordered

Because on our last visit we essentially bought out the university’s low-cost pharmacy out of many essential medicines, this time we have pre-ordered ‘the motherload’.
Russell happens to be the next-door neighbour with the pharmacist, and he’s given us an additional handy 5% off the price.
This time we have really bought up big:
4000 Packs of Oral [...]

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New Footage from Inside Burma

We have just received this VCD of new footage taken by Burmese Christians inside the Laputta Region.
The footage was filmed very recently and this is the first time it has been seen outside of Burma.
Please be aware this footage contains graphic images.

Clearly, absolutely nothing is being done by the Burmese Government, other than attempting to control the [...]

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The Wierdest Markets I’ve Ever Seen

On the seven hour trip back from Uthai Thani the Thai girls insisted we stop to shop eight times.
It kind of reminded me of how when Brisbane people used to visit Sydney they would stock up on those multiple boxes of Krispy Kremes at the airport to take to home the donut wasteland up north.
One of those stops however, [...]

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