Chronicles | Page 3

Thai People and Cleanliness | Appearance and Reality
One of the things that struck me when I first visited Thailand is how sort of clean and orderly it actually is if you look a bit further than the Thai [ ... ]

Budget Travels in Thailand | Times of Yore
Between 2009 and 2018 I always traveled low budget across Thailand. I simply didn’t have much to spend, and moreover, I would often stay several mon [ ... ]

Humming Bird Experience while Watering the Plants
Humming birds, also called Kolibris, have always fascinated me. I grew up with them in South America. They have such beautiful colors, there are so ma [ ... ]

Reflections on Zen Master Jinen | Zazen Sitting Meditation
In 2014, I stumbled upon a short video titled A Teaching From Zen Master Jinen posted on YouTube by El-Branden Brazil. It’s a little questions a [ ... ]

Leaving Thailand – Tears in the Land of Smiles
Once again I’m about to leave Thailand. I depart in a couple of hours. And departure always gives me these awkward sensations — my chest feels [ ... ]

Christmas in Thailand With the Thai Santa Claus
I’ve spent many Christmases in Thailand and I was always happy with it. I suppose it is that I don’t like Christmas so much, basically because the [ ... ]

Bangsaenity Beach | Littering Bang Saen
Bang Saen Town, with the Bang Saen Beach connected to it, is situated in the Chonburi Province, in eastern Thailand, about 108 km southeast of Thailan [ ... ]

Bangkok Makes a Hard Man Humble
Bangkok is a city that definitely deserves more than one or two days of visiting. In my opinion — one or two weeks sounds more like it. There’ [ ... ]

Thailand Coup D’État – June, 2014
June 19, 2014. It’s now about a month ago the military took control in Thailand. I’ve been following developments closely because they remind me o [ ... ]

Flooding in Bangkok – Thailand’s Resilience, Force, and Calm
Bangkok – September 22, 2013. After the big floods in Thailand in 2011, Bangkok included, the Thai Government said they would do everything in t [ ... ]