How to Stage a Coup 101

As I mentioned in a previous post, Thailand had their first elections since the military took control about a year ago. Now I don’t want to be critical but I think one of the things you should learn in military academy is how to properly execute a coup. Thailand’s big dog in the military obviously …

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Christmas in Phuket

Caught the Air Asia flight from BKK to Phuket on Christmas morning. Can’t really recommend Air Asia though. I had a 10:50am flight that took off sometime around 12:30. I got the impression that they consolidated two flights as some people had been waiting a long time for the flight and the flight was 100% …

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Tragedy Strikes

On Dec 23rd the fine folks of Thailand will be electing a new government. Seems in Sept of 2006 the military didn’t like the way billionaire Prime Minister Mr. Thaksin was running the joint and decided to stage a bit of a coup. So Mr. Thaksin went on the lamb and ended up buying the …

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The Art of the Scam

I’ve always told people that I never worried about getting mugged in Thailand because if the Thai’s want to rip you off they’ll do it with a smile and have you thanking them for doing it. Case in point, last trip to Thailand I walked out of the arrivals terminal and was greeted by the …

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People Who Annoy Me

Perhaps that title is misleading because if I were to do a complete list Google might choke on the amount of content. 🙂 I flew out of Hyderabad on Friday night and encountered two total tools. First is smelly guy sitting next to me. Hey, far be it from me to dictate other people’s bathing …

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