A first win of the season for the Lanna Tigers
The vast concrete cavern of the 700th Anniversary stadium in Chiang Mai is the home ground of both of...
Category: asia
Absolute unchallenged power
The news broke at three minutes to four on a chilly winter’s afternoon in a two-sentence bulletin. “The Communist...
Parade season in Chiang Mai
The cooler February weather heralds parade season in Chiang Mai and the surrounding area. The flower festival is the...
Temple dance off
Wat Chang Kam hosted a party last night for local villagers and representatives from nearby temples in Chiang...
Falling out of love with Hong Kong
Falling in love is easy. Falling out of love is much harder. It is not as though I have...
Noise – Thai style
Thais like noise. This is different from Dubai – in Dubai the sounds are of 24/7 construction, overlaid with...
Suvannakhet – the failure of communism
A visit to Suvannakhet in Laos shows everything that is wrong with a communist regime. This is the second...
“I have no enemies and no hatred” Liu Xiaobo – Nobel Laureate
Liu Xiaobo died yesterday; held captive by a nation that refused to allow him to obtain medical help offered...
Hackmasters and DXB – where ambition and reality have not yet connected
So I landed back at DXB on Tuesday as I walked into the arrivals area a company called Hackmasters had...
#HK20 – marching for the future of Hong Kong
Every 1 July there is a march in Hong Kong; an expression of hope for the future of Hong...