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อ่าวนาง, Ao Nang & ไร่เลย์, Railay Beach

อ่าวนาง, Ao Nang & ไร่เลย์, Railay Beach

Ao translates as bay and Nang, princess. Railay comes from a Malay word meaning rice-producing. Exploring the environs, forgoing the fondue, sitting beach-side into the sunset: then electricity: 0:00 /0:24 1× 0:00 /0:43 1× snaps of ventilated cars and obligatory cats: the loudest longtail

Stuart Cooke reads Sergio Pitol's El arte de la fuga

Stuart Cooke reads Sergio Pitol's El arte de la fuga

1996 in Spanish 2015 in English George Henson's translation although, the following is Stuart Cooke's translation: ... a simple description, without additions, without delays, echoes or shadows, fatally reduces the power of the story, converts it into a mere anecdote—something vulgar, basically. Always, from the very

เกาะลันตา, Koh Lanta

เกาะลันตา, Koh Lanta

Am I using my website as a sort of intellectual Instagram? A friend wrote and told me this was what I seemed to be doing. He added that he disliked social media and would not be looking at what I posted in future. I regret the latter, not the former,

กระบี่, Krabi

กระบี่, Krabi

Good morning! Walked down to the Krabi River ... along the boardwalk riverside, looking at the longtails, when accosted by a guy offering a river trip on his. Reflex was to respond no. We did but toed and froed with looks, like, and yes then perhaps but why not? He named

เชียงใหม่, Chiang Mai

เชียงใหม่, Chiang Mai

Founded 1296, meaning New City, capital of Lanna Kingdom and largest city in Northern Thailand, Chiang Mai is surrounded by a moat, which remains and, unfortunately for us, afraid less of the water than what is in the water, a major player in Songkran. The four gates into the moated

กรุงเทพฯ, Krung Thep (City of Angels), Bangkok, 1 night in

กรุงเทพฯ, Krung Thep (City of Angels), Bangkok, 1 night in

Our flight delayed in Berlin, we received a voucher. The pizza guy had vouchers piling in and was becoming exasperated from their holders by expectation that €10 would cover anything more than a slice of margherita. Drink? No, are you kidding! 0:00 /0:32 1× 0:00 /0:30

Berlin Revisited

Berlin Revisited

(was going to call it Berlin do your Wurst. Although the temperature plummeted immediately on our arrival, it never does.) The History of Berlin I have written before about my father receiving a DAAD scholarship which provided the excuse for my mother, Ianthe (extraordinary that my granny and grandpa, if