Hi all.  It's been a while since I've posted but this topic is too good to pass up.....   I don't know what the international media has been reporting but there has been a bit of a massive protest going on in Bangkok for over a month now.  I'll try and give a bit of background first before I go on to my experience of it all:   Firstly, there are two sides: the yelloow...

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This year is the first time I’ve not been at home for Christmas.  It was a certainly a strange feeling not being with the family, doing the things we always do and Christmas Eve and Christmas Day but I still had fun nonetheless.As you may know, Thailand is a predominantly Buddhist country.  For this reason I didn’t really expect much in terms of Christmas celebrations.  I couldn’t have been more wrong!  They do have Christmas...

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It’s 7pm on a Sunday evening in Bangkok.  I’ve had quite possibly the easiest week of my entire working life, I’m about to pour myself a nice whiskey and coke and I’m going to and sit on my balcony trying my best to write something interesting that will hopefully stir up some interest in you about this amazing place.  So here goes, welcome to the first post for the official blog for Thailand!!!!   Since...

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