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Our friend Sonya told us of a live music festival just a short distance up the road so we met up with her and her new boyfriend to go check it out. I still love the fact that I get an ID check when I go to these venues as …

One of the positives of the Songkran holidays is that the roads in Bangkok are free of traffic jams because most people leave the city to visit family in rural areas. I am certainly not complaining, but as it’s a holiday, I’m also taking the day off as the designated …

Chanya picked out a wonderful little restaurant out along the nowhere near our house to spend the first day of the Songkran holidays. If only these places could get the exposure, they would really be a hit with travellers. I really can’t believe the great job they have done building …

It’s the eve before Songkran so it seemed like a good subject to start on. Mind you, the top story around the globe today is the arrest of Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy. This was probably his own fault given that he’s been a prisoner inside the Embassy for …

As we’ve been saying in the commentary on our channel, I’m doing my best to show travellers and potential expats what the real Thailand is all about as I discover it. I asked Chanya where the water fights will be on at this year for Songkran and she said that …