The One Small Change Challenge

January 6, 2010

This is one of the most beautiful places in the entire world. This island, with its powerful jungle landscapes, cascading waterfalls and stunning beaches can take your breath away with its startling beauty.
I’m honoured to live here, I try to appreciate the beauty of nature that surrounds me here, and I try to respect it. [...]

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Night Fishing, deserves a quiet night

January 6, 2010

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 be [...]

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Somedays…..

January 2, 2010

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.
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Thailand’s Hidden Traveller Trail

December 4, 2009

The best bits of Thailand that aren’t in any guidebooks, and are passed on by word of mouth alone; discover the secret hotspots no one wants you [...]

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You Make Me Brave

November 4, 2009

For you am I brave.
For you I walk where I would not walk before.
The scary shadows matter not, because you are mine.
The fears that languish, I will banish for you.
What I would not do for myself, I will fight boldly for you.
To show you I will step forward into all that I can be, [...]

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Wedding Wednesday

October 26, 2009

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 [...]

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Three Years On……

September 1, 2009

Three years later, a prayer for those still there…….
Three years ago today a young boy, my friend, lost his life in the skies above Afghanistan, fighting for our freedom.
Three years tick-tock tick-tock. Time marches on and surprises us only with its lack of care for those who want to hang on a minute, wait [...]

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The Village’s Newest Prostitute

August 20, 2009

I came down yesterday morning to find Shrimp, Crab and Golf all a twitter, two of golf’s teenage pals who had left with their family had returned, shacked up at the Karaoke cum brothel and begun what is sure to be an illustrious career of selling sex.
This was shocking and twitter-inducing to the assembled gossipers [...]

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High Speed Trains Crash Faster

August 13, 2009

{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 there are [...]

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My niece Golf loses her toe

July 17, 2009

{UPDATE: Golf is doing really well, her foot is healing well though she is now feeling sad at the loss of her toe. We’re hoping that she will still do really well on her exams and can try to get into medical school next year. Thanks everybody for the kind words and support.}
On Saturday Golf [...]

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