Thailand Stories

(The backpacker capital of Southeast Asia – Khao Sarn Road) Well, it was that time of the year again to say good-riddance to my work-desk, dusty computer, English students, wife (ok…only temporarily like..), and iron out a few groovy shirts, pack me backpack, gel me hair and head for The City of Noodle Soups & Nose-jobs…

When foreign tourists mark Chiang Mai on their Thailand itinerary, they conjour up ideas of riding elephants, shopping at night bazaars, enjoying colourful northern dances or soaking in the morning mist on top of Doi Suthep. As for local tourists from the urban jungle of Bangkok, they look forward instead (besides the …

(Photo courtesy of www.2bangkok.com ) According to half the nation recently and the political fiasco going on, it seems that Thailand is about as democratic as you are martian. We have one ‘middle-class’ side claiming that everyone from the countryside is about as intelligent as a mangosteen and the other (the folk from the countryside that is) claiming that…

This is the continuation of the interview with the PAD. Click here to see Part 1. Scroll to the bottom for a competition to win PAD memorabilia! How come the PAD has been so reluctant to join a negotiation table? How can you expect us to talk or negotiate with a bunch of thieves? Imagine this, you…

Hailing from Suphanburi Province, Ajarn Nimit Somboonwit a former Marxist, originally got involved in politics during the turbulent 1970s when he was Vice President of the Srinakharinwirot Student Movement at Thammasart University. For the following 20 years, he concentrated instead on his chosen fields of employment, which including teaching and printing. After learning from the Asian Economic Collapse of 1997, he once again decided…