The three weekends before last, I was in Koh Sichang (again), Chiang Mai and Nong Khai.
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A day trip to Samut Songhram (Thai: สมุทรสงคราม) began with a shrieking alarm clock at 7am. Then another at 7.30am. It was, it appeared, time to get up. Not my favourite activity, and certainly not my favourite time at which to perform it. Continue reading ‘Samut Songkhram’
I meant to write something up on Friday May 1, to mark 3 years to the day living in Thailand. I got there in the end.
There’s always something happening in this huge, sprawling city, and life is such a contrast these days to the last (and quietest) place I lived in the UK, Stony Stratford.
There, we used to joke that the town gates were closed nightly at 10pm. They might as well have been. Here, it couldn’t be more different with 24 hour eating, drinking and partying. There are nightclubs a mere stagger from my home that are still going past 10am the following morning. Not that I stay up anywhere near that late these days – age (30 now) takes its toll…
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Thailand anti-government protests escalate.
All thankfully happening a long way from my place, but I think it might be wise to stay home for a while…
