On a Saturday night, when I really should have been watching football, I noticed Vanalli and thai101 discussing the Bangkok floods on Twitter…
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How Flooded Is Bangkok?
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Tag Archives: Thailand
Staying Dry
I spent this past weekend in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Not to get away from the floods here in Bangkok though – I’d booked it long ago after seeing a cheap deal on Air Asia. Although Cambodia has also suffered badly from floods this year, its capital remains unaffected for now.
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Water, water, every where
Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink
– The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
You may have noticed that Thailand is suffering its worst floods in fifty years.
If not, click on the picture above or follow this link to see some very powerful photos from The Atlantic.
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Five Years In Thailand
Well, that was a bit of a blur.
Five years ago today, I packed the unsold remains of my life into a suitcase, carefully rolling my trusty Mac Mini up in a beach towel, looked back one last time at the little Victorian two-up two-down mid-terrace that had been home, took a deep breath, then headed to Heathrow airport where I took a one-way flight to Bangkok, Thailand.
