A group of Thailand’s gemology elite spent a full day out on the outskirts of Bangkok at a fishing lake. This lake is man-made and is full of catfish. This was the second occasion I’ve been fishing – the first was a year ago in Koh Si Chang. This time we had [...]

Sadly another Thai language lesson I’ve discovered from experience.
The phrase “add more milk”  and “shake your boobs” are deceptively similar.
“Sai nom”   = Pour in some milk
“Saai nom” = Shake your boobs
… fortunately Tik was with me to persuade the waitress my intentions were honorable.

A group of Thailand’s gemology elite spent a full day out on the outskirts of Bangkok at a fishing lake.  This lake is man-made and is full of catfish.  This was the second occasion I’ve been fishing – the first was a year ago in Koh Si Chang.  This time we had two private fishing [...]

Curiosity got the better of Barry and I today. After a nostalgic visit to Nana Plaza and finding ourselves extremely unimpressed with the quality of the eye-candy, we took an adventurous mosey into the ladyboy bar in the back corner of the building.
The contrast here was markedly different from the girly bars and I’m [...]

The downside to being in a relationship with Tik is that her birthday is in January, Valentines day is February and our anniversary is in March.  For Valentines day this year we went out to a riverside restaurant for dinner and I bought her a new diamond necklace as a combined gift for all three [...]

Tik and I had the pleassure of Barry’s company between the 4th February and the 18th. This was Barry’s third trip over her now so We’ve obviously done something right to atract him back.
I let Barry take the initiative in compiling a travel diary this year and took the easy option to just piggy-back [...]