Secret Place, Doi Suthep

Dry season, but Teerak still could find a nice place in the jungle, Doi Suthep…

US Consular Alert for Northern Thailand – 2010-03-05

This message alerts U.S. citizens traveling to or residing in Northern Thailand to media reports that, following the recent Supreme Court verdict regarding the disposition of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s frozen assets, supporters of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (aka UDD or “red-shirts”) are planning a demonstration in Phrae on March [...]

March 5, 2010 • Tags: , • Posted in: travel • No Comments

Three Thailand Job Sites in English

For those who are seeking for employment or looking for new employees there are three job boards which are in English (though for the JobsDB site many of the jobs are for Thais or in Thai). Craigslist Bangkok – covers the entire country of Thailand, not only Bangkok The cesspool aka Thaivisa.com – the classifieds [...]

Chiang Mai Weather Forecast (Hint: It’s Hot…)

Weather Forecast (Hint: It’s Hot…), originally uploaded by jeffmcneill. Chiang Mai Weather on the Web Here are the magic Chiang Mai, Thailand weather links With a Google Map and weather locations The 5-day Forecast (not very accurate) Temperature Averages Rainfall Averages

April 24, 2009 • Tags: , , • Posted in: weather • No Comments

Chiang Mai, Thailand (compared with Honolulu, Hawaii)

Chiang Mai is an interesting city and province in Thailand. It has around 1 million people in the metro area and another 1 million in the rest of the province. While it is more spread out, it compares with Honolulu in terms of metro area population, and completely dwarfs it in terms of geographical area [...]

Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Vexillologically speaking Vexillologically speaking, George Vancouver gave King Kamehameha a British flag (a predecessor to the Union Jack). Vancouver and the Hawaiian Islands Captain James Cook was the first European to step foot on Vancouver Island in 1778, which was between his discovery and naming of the Sandwich Islands in 1778 (sailing into Waimea harbor, [...]

Happy Holidays from Thailand

Hello and aloha, This is a brief update and holiday wishes. I am in Thailand and have been since Nov 2. This followed on 3 months in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, which was nice and enjoyable. I am currently in Chiang Mai and have been here after a week in Bangkok. The Bangkok airport [...]

December 15, 2008 • Tags: , , • Posted in: flickr • No Comments