A writer, restaurateur and jungle mama blogging about life in Thailand
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
After fifteen years under house arrest, Burma’s first lady of democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi walks free. The grace and beauty of the moment are both moving and momentous on a world scale to witness.
As October makes its thundery and grey way in we are packing to return to England for the two month wet season. Leaving the business, the building the family always makes me anxious and the weeks before we leave are consumed with making everything shipshape and water tight. That means this year ripping off the [...]
“Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been clear Here comes the rain, here comes the rain, and I say it’s all right It’s all right” ( Beatles-esque humming optional) Here in Jungle Town, the monsoon is fast approaching, its arrival heralded by darkening afternoon skies and thunderous early evening tropical downpours. The approaching [...]
Amazing dynamic artwork by Thai artist Kung Mana Tongmee, otherwise known as Shrimp. Kung's vibrant Asian art is part of a new wave of contemporary Asian art which is finding enormous popularity across … [Read More...]