The Bangkok Burger Challenge
Two brothers Frank and Charles Menches from Akron, Ohio are accredited with having invented the hamburger back in the early 1880’s; more to do with fate rather than culinary creativity on their part. It was during the Erie County Fair in Hamburg, New York in 1885 that the brothers ran out of pork ...

10 Tips for Top Form
If you have never exercised before, or it has been a significant amount of time since you have attempted any strenuous physical activity, there are some tips by Personal Trainer, John Hataisuwan of California Wow Xperience fitness center to ensure a healthy introduction to working out...YOU ARE LAZY ABOUT WARMING UP. No matter what form of exercise you choose, you will benefit from adding stretching...

Bottled Purity
Thailand is a major consumer of bottled water. According to the 2007 Water Marketing Corporation, as a country we drank 5,803.8 million litres and as a bottled water consumer Thailand is ranked 9th worldwide and 3rd in Asia behind China and Indonesia. Per capita last year we consumed 89.33 litres of bottled water.
With these sort of numbers it is hardly surprising that there is such a wide selection of different waters available; so how do you decide which one is right for you. ..

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Happy Birthday Pattaya, 40 Years Young!
Four decades ago, a sleepy fishing village slumbered in the tropical heat, blissfully unaware that events unfolding in neighboring lands would forever alter its future, landscape and reputation for years to come. War raging in Vietnam and spilling over into the adjoining territories of Laos and Cambodia had necessitated the need for US military chiefs to locate suitable sites for friendly air bases to accommodate the fleet of massive B-52 bombers thought to be able to pound the enemy into submission. One such site on the Thai Eastern seaboard near the Naval Port of Sattahip was selected and U-Tapao Air force base was established. As an ideal transit point, U-Tapao and the nearby villages of Baan Saray and Pattaya could also be utilized for war weary GI’s on R&R, another acronym that actually entailed more Rockin’ and Rollin’ than rest and recreation. This was the year 1968 (with some researchers claiming the exact date to be the 29th of June) when the first men arrived, and have since ...

Here’s To Your Health :Balance and the Inner Self
In past newsletters I have talked a lot about instincts, inner guidance, the infinite wisdom of our subconscious and about tools that get us more in tune with these aspects of ourselves such as breathing techniques, yoga or meditation. My greatest teachers in this area are children. They are so much more in tune with their subconscious selves than most adults are and they are natural meditators and yogis. If we allow them to, children can be fabulous reminders and teachers to the rest of us.
It is always with amazement and awe that I watch children as they go about their moments and recently I have been blessed with the opportunity to interact more closely with some good friends of mine that are visiting, two of which are young children. During their visit my thoughts have been pondering on the integration of the conscious and the subconscious aspects of ourselves ...

Motorcycle Story June 2008
I was coming around the bend at about 1 MPH, doing my jogging and workout routine at the park on the hill next to the T.A.T. office and the Tourist Police office when I heard the sound of a motorcycle driving at what would be considered an excessive speed coming down the mountain. He barely made the first turn and I watched as he disappeared around the second. Then, that all too familiar sound of a machine hitting the pavement. Because he was going down the hill, the bike made several flips before it finally came to its resting place. The Driver, who was obviously inebriated, must have fell almost immediately after losing control as he was close to the bend. When I ran up to him he was ...

Confessions of a Go-go Girl.
I have lived a rather strange existence of late, a platonic m?nage’ au trois that was both frustrating, in a cold shower sort of way, and yet at the same time very interesting. Sound strange? It sure was!
You see, with the full consent of my wife, I had a Go-go dancer move in for 2 very sensual and mind blowing weeks. In between cleaning the apartment’s tiles with my lolling tongue, I also had the opportunity to have many frank conversations with GG Girl (Gigi sounds good, let’s call her that) who isn’t the least bit coy about who she is and what she does to earn her pound of flesh (pun intended). It’s given me invaluable insight into her life,...

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Phuket Traveller Dining Out:
Contemporary Elegance at White Box on Kalim Beach
You'll need more than one baht for every year in the life of Jesus to party at White Box restaurant, but...

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Star Club
Many of you people, whether you come from Europe, Australia or the US, are familiar with going to a theater for a play, opera or musical. The place in Thailand to attend an evening in the Theatre is Bangkok. But Thailand has another phenomenal if it comes to entertainment; The Cabaret Show. Most of these cabaret shows are different from what most people know, their performers are a mix of boys (performing as boys, girls or drag queens)and lady boys (whether half or fully gender re-assigned), in Thailand called khatoeys. This month we visited Samui’s Leading Cabaret Show ‘Star Club’ ...

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