thailand

Buying mates in Cambodia from letterfromthailand 137 days old

With Songkran quickly fading to a blurry memory I had two weeks in Southeast Asia to kill before I was due to arrive in Australia as an immigrant. Naturally, ...

A spot of bother from letterfromthailand 146 days old

Hangovers and boats are uneasy bedfellows but the wedding I had travelled to the isolated island of Koh Lipe in Thailand's southern-most province for ...

Multi culties from letterfromthailand 153 days old

[ ... ] a foreigner in Thailand with no money. However, while on the ferry he had met two individuals who might well turn what was looking like a quiet ...

Denis, you're a mong from letterfromthailand 161 days old

My travel companion on my trip to my sister's wedding had inexplicably failed to meet me on a connection flight from Bangkok too the southern Thai city ...

Good to be home from letterfromthailand 292 days old

My homebound flight cut into Dublin at an angle which gave me a great view of the city below. It looked as grey, damp and low-key as ever but I couldn’t ...

Getting the hang of the place in time to leave from letterfromthailand 303 days old

[ ... ] the beaches on Thailand’s south islands and the capital. As such, I tended to wander around the city and even into bars and nightclubs wearing the ...

You gonna shoot me bud or what's the story? from letterfromthailand 360 days old

It was another one of those moments when you stop, exhale deeply and wonder how in the name of sweet suffering Jaysus you manage to land yourself into ...

How to buy a gun in Cambodia from letterfromthailand 365 days old

Research for the article I wanted to right about the proliferation of arms in Cambodia was going well. Weapons, it appeared, were everywhere. Signs on ...

Pub tales from letterfromthailand 368 days old

[ ... ] on holiday to Thailand were he met, fell in love with and then married literally the first Thai woman he spoke to. With her encouragement, he ...

Shoot to Thrill from letterfromthailand 372 days old

I originally decided to leave Thailand for Cambodia in the hunt for a story when a fellow Irish expat casually mentioned that the country was so awash ...