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Festival of Lights and Darkness (Thailand Diary #30)

Some loud explosions were coming from outside. They were fireworks. The Thai were gearing up three days early for the Festival of Lights in Chiang Mai and were doing test runs. You don’t usually see the stars in such a city, but large lanterns assumed the role as they soared

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Crab Man in Krabi (Thailand Travel Diary #10)

Being in/on/under the water, is my happy place. As a child I used to lay facedown in the bath and use plastic cups to breathe underwater without surfacing. Krabi is way down south and by the ocean, but before getting there, there were some observations that are interesting enough to

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Island Hopping (Thailand Travel Diary #11)

I watched a group boarding a longtail boat while eating banana pancakes. It was windy and overcast and the surf was choppy. I could sense their disappointment. I had hoped to scuba dive as a birthday treat, so I rented a scooter and took a ride along the coastline to

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A Scoot and a Dip (Thailand Travel Diary #12)

I turned 50 shades of human (mostly reds and browns) while in Krabi. Got bliksem’d by the sun during a long scooter ride to a protected forest that has three natural pools. Thailand weather is so unpredictable… Samsung predicted thunder showers every day, but when the sun peaked out, I

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I Would Walk 1,260 Steps (Thailand Diary #13)

I mostly hid from the midday sun nursing my biker’s burn with aloe vera lotion and the aid of aircon. Slipped out late afternoon for a swim and beach walk. I followed my ears to find a cute trio playing happy pop songs. I took a front-row seat. The venue

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Out With a Bang at Soi Cowboy (Thailand Diary #31)

Pattaya is a coastal town in Thailand (and not far from Bangkok) which can be said to have accelerated the now booming SE Asian sex industry. Once a peaceful fishing village, American servicemen decided that they needed a place to “relax” and get servicing of their own during their war

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Phi Phi Island (Thailand Travel Diary #14)

God must have been watering his garden above Ao Nang because it BUCKETED down with rain! I could barely walk with my concrete calves after the sky temple pilgrimage, so I was more than happy to order food and chill. I wrote a quick review for the Krabi Forest Homestay: