tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post1718084818951301275..comments2024-03-19T05:44:58.424+00:00Comments on Sean Linnane: SIAMESE DREAMSTORMBRINGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18405613458419510116noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-8932403165756098052013-09-30T04:00:29.763+01:002013-09-30T04:00:29.763+01:00Thai workers are extremely esteemed by Israeli far...Thai workers are extremely esteemed by Israeli farmers. The Thais are mostly your backwoods province boys. The one thing I was told was: just keep your companion-animals INDOORS when it's the Kings Birthday. Lest you end up enjoying them as part of the buffet that the Thais have put together.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-49766255337768860802013-09-26T21:07:54.691+01:002013-09-26T21:07:54.691+01:00umm... we rode elephants, rather than "road e...umm... we rode elephants, rather than "road elephants". Yeesh.Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09245646229814895145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-40276055578748520782013-09-26T21:06:13.202+01:002013-09-26T21:06:13.202+01:00I had the great good fortune to have visited Thail...I had the great good fortune to have visited Thailand just a few years back. My youngest was with Princeton in Asia teaching English at a school in Nan for a school year. We took the opportunity to visit her. Loved every second (well, except the INCREDIBLE heat). <br /><br />Foreigners were so unusual in Nan that children would run along the street pointing and giggling as we walked. People could not have been more friendly.<br /><br />Wonderful place. The marketplaces were an education. The food was fun althought there was an extremely pungent dish that some locals ate. As it passed our table it reminded me of the tear gas chamber in basic training. <br /><br />It was the time of the year when they were working on their boats and training for the boat race. Very colorful and a thing to behold from the bridge.<br /><br />We hired a driver and guide with a jeep and they took us all over and we had a great time. Road elephants. I was flabbergasted, and saddened, to learn that many teak farms were being converted to grow corn for ethanol. Our guide seemed to think that was a good idea but I let him know I thought it was foolish and shortshighted. <br /><br />We spent a bit of time in Bangkok. Got "kidnapped" by the tuk-tuks while attempting to visit the Grand Palace. Tuktucked me off the time but was darned fun in retrospect. <br /><br />This was not long before the "riots." Discontent was simmering and there were some demonstrations but I couldn't imagine those gentle people getting that agitated. <br /><br />I'd gladly go back. <br /><br />Lovely place.Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09245646229814895145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-3741308195041859542013-09-26T10:44:33.303+01:002013-09-26T10:44:33.303+01:00Thanks for the geography lesson. Getting someone ...Thanks for the geography lesson. Getting someone else's perspective & knowledge is much appreciated. I never quit learning.Woodrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236561631565245830noreply@blogger.com