Four-faced Brahma, Sanctuary of Truth, Thailand
Pic of the Week – 28 November 2005 by Kay McMahon © 2005 All images are digitally watermarked – please don’t infringe copyright! Kay adds: “After…
Buying property in Thailand: culture shock!
“Before I could see any groundwork laid on the site, I was greeted with the sight of the builders’ ramshackle housing made out of tin and used wood. My wife explained that they had to live on-site to keep guard on the materials. When I noticed that they also built a small pen and brought chickens, seeing my baffled face, she said, ‘Well, they do have to eat, don’t they?'” Henry Jiminez finds setting up home in the Land of Smiles is a whole new experience!
Back to Uni in Bangkok
“While no one confuses the universities in Thailand with Harvard, MIT, or Oxford you shouldn’t think of them as unaccredited diploma mills either. Most of the more prestigious universities in Thailand are recognised throughout Asia and many have exchange programs with universities throughout the world.” Scott Hipsher invites you to consider taking a postgraduate degree in Thailand.
Not the local police…
“I took this photo of our German pal Walter at our favourite beer shack. He’s quite a local sight, riding round on his purple LoveMobile and wearing his bobby’s hat instead of a proper crash-helmet!”
Serenity
A superbly serene wooden statue at the Sanctuary of Truth in Thailand
British Expat Newsletter:
22 September 2004
This week: Batman climbs up the front of Buckingham Palace; and scorpions in the toilets.