A writer, restaurateur and jungle mama blogging about life in Thailand
Exciting news here in Jungle Town. This little old blogette got a mention in a r ecent 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Here is the continuation of the story of my foolish efforts to stop our neighbour, Aunty Face, burning plastic. If you want to know the background to this story, read it here . As I approach Aunty Face’s shop cum restaurant cum beauty salon cum shack, she is nowhere to be seen. Her niece calls [...]
There’s been a new face hanging around the restaurant for a few days. She is a tiny young girl of about twelve, who looks like a puff of wind would sweep her away. She has a beautiful face and smiles huge crinkly-eyed smiles whenever I pass her. Being used to the ebb and flow of people [...]
A few days ago I started running up the mountain. With it being so hot it’s difficult to find time that’s cool enough to run, so when it started pouring rain I threw on my shoes and headed off, confirming for the whole village that, yes, I am totally barking. My comeuppance was quick to appear, [...]
The front page of Thai Rath newspaper today. Not something you ever want to see in beautiful Thailand….. Thanks @RichardBarrow for the incredible reportage, bangkok dangerous map, and up to the minute tweeting from the front line. For incredible images of what’s happening right now in Bangkok please go to The Nation’s State Tweet This [...]
I’ve spent the last two days in Bangkok with Golf sorting out her university. Golf is one of the brightest kids I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. She is so switched on and diligent, more so than most of the adults I know. If you give Golf a task, despite the language barrier, she [...]
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...]
