My Lucky Thai Car Accident:
I love the movie Run Lola Run. In the film, Lola runs through the same scenario over and over again
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Bangkok Birthday Bugs
I wait outside my wife’s office in the Bangkok heat and one of her coworkers, Six (6 of 9 I
Read MoreSaigon Ghosts
Can’t you just taste the history? An old hotel at the center of Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, that
Read MoreBangkok: She Cleans Up Nice
If there is anything good about tragedy – and often there’s right little – it’s the good that surfaces in
Read MoreBangkok Crackdown: It’s Over??
I was in a taxi at 7 a.m. taking the expressway right through the center of the city, passing over
Read MoreGet Out of the Way: Bangkok Boils Over
It’s 7:30 p.m. and the gunshots continue beneath our building in Bangkok. We are in a very nice neighborhood in
Read MoreBangkok Troubles at Thai-Belgium Bridge
Troops marching toward Thai-Belgian bridge. Notice the traffic jam monitor is red where the protests are. How appropriate. So the
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Bangkok Dangerous: Grenade Attacks Tonight
Tonight a few speakers were being hosted at the FCCT (Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand) downtown and a friend promised
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Bangkok: Last Photos from Silom Road Today
I returned to Silom Road in the afternoon and took a few more photos. A few small details had changed,
Read MoreSituation in Bangkok: Silom Road
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Thaksin on Their Minds: Bangkok Protests
It amazes me sometimes how easy it is to live in a bubble. Without the TV or internet it is
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Sneak Peak at Shanghai World Expo
The Shanghai World Expo 2010 will open in May but the grounds for the event are still a major construction
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War and Peace: Hiroshima’s Legacy
As I stand on the Aioi Bridge in Hiroshima, I look up at the cold gray sky. The rain and
Read MoreNagoya: Don’t Mess With the Viking
Back in Japan again a year later doing my annual Tokyo/Osaka/Nagoya rounds of marketing appointments and — horror of horrors
Read MoreThai-Laos Border Cross Part 2 (the other direction)
The Mekong River, border between Thailand and Laos My ride to the border fell through and I found out nearly
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An Evening in Vientiane… a la Turka
After closing up my balcony at the Avalon and spending about a half an hour clapping mosquitoes (about 32 last
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Arriving by land in Laos – The Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge
Need a Thai visa? A break from Thailand? A vacation in UNESCO-honored Luang Prabang? Getting across the border from Thailand
Read MoreChinese New Year in Bangkok: Photo Gallery
Happy Chinese New Year and welcome to the year of the Tiger. Apparently this doesn’t bode well for us Monkeys.
Read MoreSuper Seafood in Bangkok: Laem Cha-Reon
Last month I got sloppy with some chilli crab in Singapore after being told it was the signature dish. I
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Bali Fishermen at Sunrise
In the dark hours of the morning I could hear thumping like wooden drums and the scraping of wood across
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