Noise – Thai style
Thais like noise. This is different from Dubai – in Dubai the sounds are of 24/7 construction, overlaid with...
Category: Thailand
Farewell to a King
After one year of mourning Thailand today says goodbye to the only King that almost all Thais have ever...
CNX – 2.
I am trying to understand the debate over the future of Chiang Mai’s airport. I think this is where...
Suvannakhet – the failure of communism
A visit to Suvannakhet in Laos shows everything that is wrong with a communist regime. This is the second...
Another Thai airline – another non-starter?
Another unlikely Thai airline start-up. Thai Platinum Airlines. Here is their art-worked airplane – with a website on the...
Trip Advisor’s airline awards throw up some unlikely results
Picture: Emirates Press release So TripAdvisor has gone into the awards business and has made Emirates very happy with...
Dusit Hotel under threat
BK magazine is reporting that Bangkok may be about to witness the demise of the old Dusit Thani hotel...
Thailand’s constitutional confusion
Constitutional confusion is not new to Thailand. There have been some twenty constitutions since 1932. The 1997 people’s constitution...
Goodbye 2016 – you will be remembered but not missed
In international affairs it was a strange and alarming year. For me, as the picture shows, I traveled, I...
Thailand’s long awaited succession
Thailand’s royal succession was finally completed on 1 December The Kingdom has a new King after His Royal Highness...