Ok so we got that shitty cliché out of the way nice and early. This week I’m Your Man in Vietnam as I take a break from Thailand.

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With a long weekend (gotta love that Buddha bloke) and time to kill in between various domestic chores and work, we decided to take (yes, another) shopping trip out in the city centre

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As regular readers are probably aware, things have been pretty quiet at Ranch-o Robbie or (Baan Lobbie for the Thai folks)

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“Pattaya…shit. I’m still only in Pattaya. All I wanted was a holiday, and for my sins they gave me one. And when it was over, I’d never want another.”

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Bangkok’s very own Chinatown (is there a Thaitown in Peking, or god forbid – an Aussietown in Shanghai?)

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Songkran. The word strikes fear in the heart of expats everywhere. Every year around mid April, Thai’s celebrate their new year with a water festival known as Songkran

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Further to YMOTG’s recent forays into Kanchanaburi Province, we also stopped to take a look at the (in)famous Bridge over the River Kwai.

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Back in Australia during the politically incorrect 80’s, people used to jokingly remark about how all Asians look the same.

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Yesterday I had the rarest of opportunities to make a lifetime dream come true. I’ve always been a cat person, and especially fascinated by big cats.

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Shit. Normally birthdays are just another day to me, nothing too special to get worked up about. But today, I am approximately Thirty Five of your human years old.

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