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 My kids had a long summer break and tomorrow it is back to school for two of them. My oldest daughter finished school and has plans for this year. Two weeks we spent at the beach in Au Nang Krabi. A place we like as a family. Highlights were rock climbing at Railey, scuba diving,…
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Yesterday the gardener was cutting the lawn and some bushes in our front yard when I saw him hitting something with a long bamboo stick. I went out to asked him what he found. Somehow I knew it was probably a snake. He showed it to me and said it is a งูเห่า (Ngu Hau)…
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This Friday we are playing in the Irish Pub again. Our once a month gig. (Always last Friday in the month) We start after eight and play sometimes close to midnight. So if your are in Chiang Mai and you like Irish Folk and other folk music then come and listen and also enjoy original…
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We use the UBC true vision to get tv to our house. We have done so for years because there is no good alternative. Sure I am not really happy with the all of their service. Especially that UBC loves to move channels around, charge more money then Swiss providers would dare and the latest,…
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If you are in Thailand for a longer time it is worth to get a Thai drivers license. I know that many expats drive their cars with their their regular license and get away with it. If you get stopped you bribe the police man. Another group drives their international license. But Usually those are…
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This is a “Gänseblümchen” Bellis Perrenis in Latin, or kind of daisies in English. I found them only in one place in Thailand. High up in the mountains at Doi Angkharn in the North of Thailand. This photo though was taken last year in Switzerland in the alps. I know strangly this is one of my favorate flowers. Perhaps because it grows on any field in Switzerland. When I found one in Thailand my heart took a leap…
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Rainy season started in Chiang Mai. It has rained every day the last week. In the evening after the rain stops the flying ants come out for the "light party" looking for a girl. Yeah right they are all male. Then after a short time partying they drop to the floor and die of exhaustion.…
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It is Sunday. The kids are in a camp for three days and it is so quite around the house. I spent two days in the mountains. We had to drive pipes and building material to a remote area in the Hui Kau Laam valley. My truck suffered a little, got scratched up and the…
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I finished module six in my Thai studies and past the test with a mere 75%. I guess I could have done better. My problem is still the writing part. I just don't practice enough. I started with module 8 today. Module 8 is all about social problems in Thailand. It is quite a jump from module…
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Als ich Gestern ins Büro in die Stadt ging fand ich dieses Gebilde neben dem Eingang. Ich wusste sofort das da Jemand sein Leben verloren hat. Hier in Thailand sieht man des öftereren kleine Sandhaufen mit Fähnchen am Strassenrand. Ein Unfall mit tödlichem Ausgang. Ich ging zum Essensstand gegenüber der Strasse und fragte was passiert…