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A curious place to find 'Lady Liberty'
Roger Crutchley, Published on 09/07/2023
» A headline which caught my eye in last Sunday's Post was "Highway 12 to economic heaven" with a report concerning the rich potential of this route which stretches west to east from Tak on the Myanmar border to Mukdahan, just this side of the Mekong River from Laos.
Gardening best left to green fingers
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/12/2021
» I am fortunate in having a small garden and even more blessed to have Khun Noi look after it. Noi was the husband of my late maid who long-time readers knew as Ms Yasothon who regularly appeared in PostScript.
Full of beans, but feeling a bit guilty
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/03/2021
» With all the tasty food available in Thailand it might seem to be sacrilege that on occasions I am partial to tucking into a bland plate of baked beans on toast. If I haven't tried it for a while it almost feels like a treat. It must be something to do with my heritage, because in Britain more than two million cans of baked beans are consumed every day. That's quite scary.
Thailand will always remain amazing
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 30/06/2019
» I must admit to thinking that the "Amazing Thailand" slogan was a bit over the top when it was first introduced by the tourism authorities about two decades ago. But over the years I have grown quite fond of it in a funny sort of way, probably because it is more or less accurate.
Sandcastles, seafood, but sorry, no sex
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/03/2017
» In a week that began with a senior Pattaya policeman denying the existence of any prostitution in the resort, it was hard to take any news too seriously. Surprisingly, he didn't mention the highly acclaimed police swoop last year which netted 32 elderly expats in Pattaya for the heinous crime of playing bridge.
Which street is the Gettysburg Address?
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 30/10/2016
» Most Americans are aware of the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous speeches ever given in American history, delivered by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 at the height of the civil war.
A grand old station with tales to tell
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/06/2016
» Bangkok's Hua Lamphong railway station is marking its 100th anniversary this weekend and if you have a whistle handy it deserves a celebratory fanfare.
Waterloo — song, station or battleground?
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/06/2015
» There have been impressive ceremonies in Belgium marking the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, when Napoleon Bonaparte suffered a decisive defeat at the hands of British and Prussian forces in 1815.
Full steam ahead for the Isan choo-choo
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/02/2012
» Earlier this week the cabinet agreed ''in principle'' to a 145 billion baht ''high-speed'' rail project between Bangkok and Nong Khai and another link in the Northeast from Khon Kaen to Nakhon Phanom via Roi Et.