Things have been a little quiet here what with finishing uni and my exams. I spent the past couple of weeks pulling myself back together after studying day in, day out. I'm now going on holiday for about eight days, so things will be even more quiet than they were before. The plan is to get back and resume posting …

Regular readers of this blog may be aware that I usually take a very negative stance when it comes to “celebrity” or “high society” in Thailand. I tend to criticize anything involving Thailand's models or soap stars or hangers-on because the phenomenon is so surreal and superficial, more so than in any other country I have been to. When looking …

I watched the first three episodes of Bravo's Big Trouble in Tourist Thailand last night. Everyone's been talking about this series. It follows around the volunteer tourist police as they deal with foreigners getting into all sorts of bother. It's pure entertainment and not much more. Nothing covered in the show is new and you could make the same kind …

I've been following this story for a while now and it still has me scratching my head. From the Phuket Gazette: PHUKET CITY: After spending more than five months in a Phuket jail, the German teenager arrested along with 43-year-old Briton Dax Young on child sex abuse charges in March is set to fly home next month. The 18-year-old, who …

The ELT Communication Group is actively seeking backpackers and travellers to fill teaching positions at government high schools and language centres. There is no mention of qualifications or paperwork and neither is there any reference to the fact that it is illegal to work in Thailand without a work permit. Will ELT Communication Group provide work permits to get their …

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