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Review of the Grand Sea View Resotel in Nathon on tropical holiday destination Koh Samui in Thailand by long term Samui resident Camille Lemmens Read full story > > > Written by: camillelemmens. Discovered by: ThaiBlogSearch.com
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2004 2005 2007 2010     June 5  Election Day Thai food export to decline on higher costs Thailand may export record volume of sugar in 2012 April 2012: Earth’s 5th warmest April on record Thai Baht Set for Worst Week of 2012 on Outflows; Bonds Rise Thailand launches road safety pilot… Read...
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It is really hot out there ,but I did a bit of a recce in Buriram to include a loop around the bus station. TRUE 3G working so I could do a bit of twitcasting live. continued here: Visit to the Buriram, Thailand Bus Station 210512 Read full story > > > Written...
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Old style Samui; 1989, pictures from a long gone by area from tropical island destination Koh Samui in Thailand brought to you by long term resident Camille Lemmens Read full story > > > Written by: camillelemmens. Discovered by: ThaiBlogSearch.com
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As PPT readers know, the military spends a small fortune each year propagandizing on behalf of the monarchy. It is a full-time job, when they are not blasting away at civilian oppositions. At the Bangkok Post it is reported that the army will ask the British Broadcasting Corporation to allow the broadcasting of...
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As PPT readers know, the military spends a small fortune each year propagandizing on behalf of the monarchy. It is a full-time job, when they are not blasting away at civilian oppositions. At the Bangkok Post it is reported that the army will ask the British Broadcasting Corporation to allow the broadcasting of...
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Old style Samui; 1989 Thanks to Dawn Farrell who lives since 1987 on Phuket and runs a great blog there as well, was kind enough to provide me with a couple of Koh Samui pictures dating back to 1989! Lots of thanks for … Read full story > > > Written by: Camille...
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Prasat Sikhoraphum a Khmer edifice was recently mentioned by NNT The National News Bureau of Thailand on 20 May 2012. Since he knew I was heading toward the area and am interested in such things Larry of Khon Kaen Retirement fame sent me the story.Once again the story does not seem to fit...
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Daily weather updates for tropical island destination Koh Samui in Thailand by long term resident Camille Lemmens Read full story > > > Written by: camillelemmens. Discovered by: ThaiBlogSearch.com
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Today’s weather; For the second day running Koh Samui wakes up under a perfect blue sky. Current temp at 7am is 27.2C A massive jackfruit or kanun from our garden, this is about 5 or 6kg of jackfruit Yesterday saw pretty much all day long a blue sky around Koh Samui … Read...
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Brisbane to BKK, BKK to Nana, Nana to Big Dogs. First day, first cold frosty beer at 7pm, delivered by a 25yr old waitress in a red, tight, short skirt and tightly clinging white buttoned top. She walks away and I swear her long bronze legs have been buffed up with a grinder,...
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Now we travel to the North side of Prajaksinlapacom Road which sarts at the train station in a westerly direction. The area we first visited included a food court and a Tesco Lotus. continued here: More from near the Udon Thani Train Station Northeast Thailand Part 2 Incoming… Read full story > >...
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Here’s an article about rental properties and their ROI in BKK: Rental yields remained largely unchanged in the first quarter of this year in the downtown Bangkok condominium market, ranging from 3% to 9%, despite prices for new properties rising and no significant growth in the number of expatriate tenants. Gross yield is...
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PPT is sorry to see the (hopefully, temporary) end to The Isaan Record . We found it a refreshing take on the northeast and its people that was not found elsewhere. The two authors have a goodbye post that is well worth a read. This is the part that intrigued PPT: Lèse-Majesté The...
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Framework for 21st Century Learning – The Partnership for 21st Century Skills Read full story > > > Written by: Ajaan Rob Hatfield, M.Ed.. Discovered by: ThaiBlogSearch.com
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When the new Sofitel So Bangkok on Sathorn road opened, I thought this was just going to be another luxury hotel… great, but how original can it be? Sathorn Road is considered nice or even posh, but it mostly looks like a large avenue lined with tall and shiny skyscrapers. But well… Read...
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Red shirt leader and Puea Thai Party MP Jatuporn Promphan has been thrown out of his parliamentary seat by the Constitutional Court. The verdict was leaked several days ago, but PPT decided to wait for the official verdict prior to posting. That it was leaked in extensive detail is revealing of the way...
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PPT has never been particularly supportive of the Democrat Party. It is a party that has never really deserved its own name, for it was a royalist party when first established and has always been a conservative party. More recently, with its love affair for the activist People’s Alliance for Democracy and other...
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Wetsandon Chadok Park Roi-Et, The Vessantara Jataka tells the story of one of one of the Buddha’s Past lifes and is popular in Isaan. Unfortunately this park has not drawn the interst one would hope as the statues are falling apart and unfortunately the park not… Read full story > > > Written...
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Yes, the often recognized name for Thailand’s neighbor is Myanmar, but there are some that still refer to it as Burma.  The people are still called Burmese, but the name of the country was changed in 1989 by the ruling Junta a … Read full story > > > Written by: Greg. Discovered...
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Daily weather updates for tropical island destination Koh Samui in Thailand by long term resident Camille Lemmens Read full story > > > Written by: camillelemmens. Discovered by: ThaiBlogSearch.com
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Today’s weather; A bit late today but I just ran 18km this morning in preparation of the Laguna Phuket International marathon to be held 10th June. Koh Samui has beautiful blue skies this morning! Current temp at 7am is 26.3C Big Buddha a few days ago Yesterday saw a mixed bag around Koh...
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The entire Rajprasong Intersection turned red Saturday afternoon with thousands of red-shirt people occupying the roads to commemorate two years after the killings of their peers by troops. The red-shirt people started blocking the Rajprasong Intersection since 5 am to set up a stage facing the Rajdamri Road towards Pratunam area. By 9...
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I went to the Bangkok Pet Expo today. It's been running for most of the week and it finishes tomorrow. It was pretty cool. As you can probably imagine, there were loads of cute animals. There were big dogs, small dogs, dogs that looked like Lassie, dogs that looked like Beethoven; there were...
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Grinch:   a person who ruins the pleasure of others.    ??????:    ??????????????????????????????????????   Sakon Nakhon FC is experiencing one of their worst season since their inception in 2005.   12 games, 10 losses and 2 draws.  Attendance to some games is less… Read full story > > > Written by: noreply@blogger.com...
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I just returned from a trip to Japan. In Tokyo, many of the taxi drivers wear formal white driving gloves. Our cabbies in Bangkok sometimes wear gloves, too: old shabby knit ones that look like they haven't been washed in ages.  Read full story > > > Written by: Dale. Discovered by: ThaiBlogSearch.com...
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Today is the second anniversary of the May 19, 2010 army crackdown on red shirt protesters in central Bangkok. As I mentioned earlier, red shirts and others are gathering at Rajaprasong today to mark the occasion. This AP piece provides some context. Here’s an AFP story about today’s rally. And here’s a post...
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I have been visiting Udon Thani for more than 16 years now and the changes to the town slap me in the face everytime I visit. To say it has become Pattaya without the sea is no understatement, but the changes in the Isaan folks attitude and lifestyle … Read full story >...
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Not related in anyway to the blog… (except it reminds me of my ex-gf)  I just had to share this wonderful picture. “Tong, a seven-year-old chimpanzee, drinks water from a pipe that an official sprayed to cool him off as temperatures rose to nearly 40c at Dusit Zoo.” This isn't Leo beer
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As the anniversary of the violent 2010 military crackdown against red shirts is observed, it is worth recalling that the current Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha was mostly responsible for the military strategy used. Those tactics included the use of live fire zones and very deadly force. But they also involved a longer...
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