A Letter From W.
W. just spent a few days in Thailand – her first since many years. After the half business, half leisure trip, she sent us this letter. Some serious food for thought: “Dear BangkokDan My stay in Thailand, especially Hua Hin, was very nice. Back home it’s foggy. But I still do carry the sun in
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The Clown Of Clowns
This is not your average adult topic: Clown Eckie, a Bangkok institution by now. Not that Clown Eckie is a clown for youngsters and birthday parties only. He had joked at the wedding party of David Beckham and Posh Spice, he performed with Robin Williams and Meat Loaf. Eddie Haworth alias Clown Eckie is Bangkok’s
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D’oh! How To Avoid Christmas In Bangkok
Luckily Thailand has never been colonized. Take the christianized Philippines, where each Good Friday they nail their own Jesusses to the cross. Because in the Christian Philippines, they celebrate Christian holidays with fervor. Nevertheless even in flexible Buddhist Thailand Christian holidays are cherished. With the dire consequence that the very time of the year lies
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The Princess’s Fashion Royale
She’s bright, she’s beautiful – and she is royal. According to Forbes even one of the world’s most eligible young royals. Meet Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana – a fashion designer who just created her debut collection. A collection teetering between two contradictory worlds: One bound by ancient royal rituals and ceremonies. The other
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Lady Diana & Bangkok’s Gorgeous Hats
Not that BangkokDan ever had a weakness for Lady Diana. Not that he ever cared about any British royalty – once called a “geriatric circus” by a wise man. “Who cares,” my son would say. But somehow Colin McDowell changed all that. Colin was in Bangkok the other day to present his Book “Diana Style”
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Thaksin’s Double Eriksson
It was an unavoidable event, the return of Thaksin to Thailand. Well, he sent his ambassador Sven-Göran Eriksson first. But Thakins’s nominees of the People Power Party PPP have already made clear: Their main aim is not politics per se. But to bring back the old demagogue. The recent Bangkok visit of Eriksson was a
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The Thailand Taboos
// Cruising through Thailand’s current expat blog world one becomes aware of certain difficulties. Some respected bloggers are suggesting they’re the victim of censorship and intimidation. Some respected blogger got a strange phone call asking him to remove a certain post. No, I am not talking about some intervention of higher-ups against uncovered nipples. I
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Stay Healthy With BangkokDan
absolutelyBangkok.com cares about your well-being and health. That is why we present you some simple remedy against morning stiffness and other pains. Simply copy those moves, get that great flow and fun. And yes, Thai can be a freaky language.
The Female Sex Tourist
Call it hypocrisy: How the Bangkok Post dropped the Nite Owl a few years ago, but enjoys good business with classifieds such as “Barbar – Fetish Experience,” “V.I.P. Models – Business Men Choice” – or “Body Club – Oil Massage by Men.” Massage by men. Not only for men. There’s quite a trade in town
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Meet Khun Prachai – The Anti-Thaksin?
Apologies beforehand. This topic is a kind of hard to digest. But it contains a story for the history books: Somebody calling Thaksin to be more intelligent than Hitler. But first meet Khun Prachai Leophairatana, former CEO of Thai Petrochemical Industry (TPI, now IRPC) and leader of Matchima Tipatai, party of the Middle Path Democracy,
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