rascott.com – Page 64 – 24 years of news, views and things that interest me

Confessions of a bridge criminal

If you have been following the laughable detention, in Pattaya, of thirty-two not-so-sprightly bridge playing foreigners than this disarmingly...

Pattaya is Thailand’s cess-pool of vice. Parts are a grim town of prostitution and drugs. It can also be...

Pictures: Emirates Catching everyone by surprise last week Emirates announced that it will launch the first non-stop flights...

A week traveling Thailand – too many hotel rooms and cold showers and not enough decent internet access. We...

There are some new videos on YouTube promoted by Emirates and Boeing under the project title ‘View from Above.’...

China’s promise of autonomy for Hong Kong is ringing hollow – from the Economist The lugubrious Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong’s...

It was our second annual four day tour of remoter parts of Northern Thailand. My travel partner was Dennis – my...

Strawberry Feels Forever for Taiwan Generation Galvanized by China 17 January 2015 Note: this is an article from the...

The man who fell to earth left our planet today and we are a worse place for his early...

Dubai once again caught the attention of the world at the new year but not in the way that...