Thailand
Thailand: Internet Usage Tax
Stuart Towns comments on the recently announced Internet usage tax in Thailand. “And it only gets worse: “In addition to the bandwidth tax, an extra usage tax of 490 Baht (US$14)will be levied on those using Bittorrents and surfing foreign language internet forums.” Unbelievable!” Read more
Thailand: Pro-Democracy Protests
Publiuspundit has a post on pro-democracy protest in Thailand and the military appointed prime minister’s reluctance to declare a state of emergency in Thailand. Read more
Suwan Golf and Country Club, Bangkok Thailand
Everyone that plays golf in Bangkok knows nearly all Bangkok golf courses are basically flat with lots of water due to Bangkok being a vast river plain. Golf course construction budgets are not normally large enough to include large scale... Read more
Thailand: An Unique Thai Tourist Attraction
Richard’s Life in Thailand takes to an unusual tourist attraction that has not yet made it to the guidebooks. Read more
Best 20 Shot Golf Drill To Score Well in Thailand
Sometimes, like me, I am sure your work, family, budget, or the weather prevents you from taking a Thailand golf vacation or just playing golf as often as you like. We either play infrequently, or worse, need to take long... Read more
Thailand: Celebrity Life
Gnarlykitty in Thailand witnesses her celebrity cousin with her fans and muses on celebrity lives. “I don’t admire celebrities for being famous but I admire them for their abilities to be able to put up with all these uncanny things attached to fame. Criticism, lack of privacy, being under media watchful eyes everywhere they go [...] Read more
Happier Family Life and Better Golf In and Out of Thailand
One of my pet dislikes is when money is spent on so-called research by scientists, only for them to come up with what was already blindingly obvious, or if in Thailand the not so obvious. You may have come across... Read more
China: Animal-dropping paper
Will blogs about the recent suggestion to turn Panda poop into wrapping paper, following Thailand’s example in using elephant dropping. He drew some associations from the news. Read more
Thailand: Farang Beggars in Bangkok
Metroblogging Bangkok points to a video interview with a professional foreign beggar in Bangkok. “You know those farang who sit on the overpasses with signs begging for Baht to help them buy a plane ticket or something? They usually look like backpackers, and honestly they usually make me pretty sick. I guess more and more [...] Read more
Eagle Par Birdie Welcome From Thailand
To start the week off on a high note I thought I would let you know about the great golf site which I came across the other day. Eagle Par Birdie is a multi-media blog site devoted to amateur golfers.... Read more