Jungle Life
Full Moon Party Report
Wow, some really interesting statistics about the numbers of people killed at the party. Despite living here, I didn’t know most of these details. Very revealing. What the report, and the censorious vicar, fails to state is that full moon partygoers are acting of their own free will. Yes, it’s dangerous, yes there are people there [...]
Crab’s New Boyfriend Husband & The Lucky Penis…continued
A continuation of the story of Crab’s new boyfriend and a phallic phenomena. The first I knew of the relationship was when Crab sidled up to me and mimed, by banging her index fingers together, that she and Pi N were together. I was pleased for her, but a little surprised, having not had a [...]
Phallic Phenomena
This morning, there is a giant penis on top of the wine cabinet. There have been many things on top of the wine cabinet over the years: reptilian, amphibious, feline, and memorably, avian, in nature. But this definitely takes the biscuit, as the first occasion something phallic been perched atop the cabernets and merlots. I [...]
Sun is Shining Weather is Sweet
So after a crazy week of out of season storms, flooding, mudslides and the like across southern Thailand, here on the island the sun has got his hat on and he’s coming out to play. It’s unbelievable how quickly everything goes from disaster zone to business as usual. A few days ago we were washing [...]
Right Now…..Recovering from the Storms
This is what we woke up to at 4.30am on Sunday morning. Loud shouts in rapid fire Thai called us from our beds and into the storm-drenched night. The river was rising fast amid the torrential rain. In seconds Shrimp was up and wading thigh high in the flood torrents retrieving our belongings which were [...]
Things I’m Loving this Week
I’m going to try and make this a weekly thing: a round up of all the things I’ve enjoyed this week on the web and want to share with you. Enjoy! Fighting the tyranny of the urgent at home – ha ha ha ha, the urgent rules in our home! I’m hoping to learn to [...]
Returning To Thailand
Sunset, Westfield supermall, London Dawn 36 hours later on Songkhla Beach, Southern Thailand Returning to Thailand is always bittersweet. Saying goodbye to family in London always sad. But then there are dawns like this. Coming back to Jungle Town we are submerged in the damage and reconstruction after rainy season. And mourning the loss of [...]
My Jungle Life Mentioned by Time Magazine Online!
Exciting news here in Jungle Town. This little old blogette got a mention in a recent feature on Dengue Fever in Time magazine! The writer, Yenni Kwok, found my post on doing the dengue merengue and interviewed me about my experience. This year there are record levels of dengue fever, and more and more people [...]
Phangan’s Latest Commodity….Geckos
I woke up the other morning and heard Crab having a loud conversation outside my window. Poking my bleary-eyed self out of the window I was greeted by the sight of Crab weighing a large box using our kitchen scales. The box was a post office box, but something about her excited manner and the [...]
On Remembering to Keep Walking
I just read this post by Ama Reynolds, about her three year old self taking a walk alone and marvelling at life. A poignant reminder to stay in the moment and remember that three year old wonder at the little things, the tapestry of life. Here I’ve been taking time lately to get out and [...]
