A writer, restaurateur and jungle mama blogging about life in Thailand
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, [...]
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 [...]
Some of you might know I write for travel magazine Unearthing Asia , a great online magazine all about the delights of Southeast Asia. I’m really pleased to let you all know that the first print edition, featuring an article by yours truly, is now out. For those of you in Asia you can grab [...]
Today is kids day. All the kids in Thailand are puffed-up-proud of themselves on this; their own shiny day. Mail, Pha Ngan and Mai come around, a raggle taggle procession of differently sized stompy feet. Proud in their proper baseball shoes, rather than customary dirty barefoot. Raucous on this the day no grown up can [...]
All is quiet in Jungle Town, after the raucous New Year celebrations. We have settled into some kind of rhythm of life again after the busy busy days surrounding the holidays. An exciting new project has come up for me, and this week I will be off to experience the joys of night fishing. I’ll [...]
Some days I feel like my relationship with this place is crazy-making. I lose perspective when embroiled in all the crazy drama of this little jungle town. And then there’s this….. Incandescent dawn on this crazy little beach I love, by Russell Gordon – Check out his beautiful Flickr stream here. Tweet This Post
Today we went to a wedding. All of Shrimp’s family arrived last night in pick-up trucks for the festivities, a home town boy made good, one of the massive extended Songkhla family is marrying a local island girl. Shrimp’s family can’t believe their luck with one of their family members marrying so well. The night [...]
{Just reading back on my life before Joe and Egger arrived. I had been so scared to hire anyone to help, for so long because of cost. But actually it was a false economy, I was working non-stop and getting NOTHING done to forward our business.} High Speed Trains Crash Faster The main problem is [...]
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...]