After the enormous fun (I had) celebrity spotting in Bangkok, I’ve been scouring Phuket’s parties for other famous socialites to brighten this blog up with. I haven’t found many, but at a glitzy party on Sunday a few of my friends started squealing with delight after seeing one young Thai girl chatting casually with her friends. Everybody commented on how …

There are plenty of view points in Phuket. This photo was taken at Khao Rang not far from Yaowarat Road. The streets stretching off into the distance are part of Phuket Town. There’s a fitness park nearby if you’re keen on exercise, and a number of restaurants are quite popular with tourists. For another great view of the island, check …

Sick of stray dogs on the way to work? Fed up with roving mongrels barking at you on your way home? Be thankful for those dogs, because if they weren’t around, they’d be replaced by rats or cats… or pigs… or monkeys. An interesting report in the Gazette a couple of weeks back suggested that dogs in Thailand are an …

You know there’s something going on when it starts raining money, but that’s exactly what happened in Japan last Wednesday. Almost one million yen mysteriously floated down from the sky in front of a Tokyo convenience store. One crafty Japanese citizen phoned police to say that it was his daughter who had dropped the money from the top of the …

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