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Driving a motorcycle in Thailand: a law of nature


MotorfietsIn Thailand going from one place to another is done by motorcycle. That is a law of nature from which you don’t deviate or it could be detrimental to your health. So if your motorcycle is broken or a motorcycle is not available to you for whatever reason, you are really bound hands and feet. Last Sunday this crystal clear truth became very clear to me.

We were going to visit a lady with the three of us, Wongduan, Mali and me. Since a couple of weeks both Wongduan and Mali are totally immobilized because neither one of them has a motorcycle at the moment. Now they cannot go any place, life is very tiresome and inconvenient. Unfortunately, (more…)


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Westerners are softies


There has been a time that I wanted nothing else but pack my suitcases and hop on a plane back to the Netherlands. That was when we were still living in Bangkok. I hated everything there, from the oppressive weather to the narrow (more…)