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From the Diplomatic Bag: Parting Shots at Thailand
British Ambassadors going out with a bang… Going around the Thai expat community this week are scans from Parting Shots, a collection of parting comments from British diplomats. Diplomatic opinions such as these were popular with expats when I lived on Borneo, and back even further, when I lived in France (only via snail mail, [...]
Picture Phrase Books: For When They Can’t Speak Thai
What to do with your guests, lah?… When guests arrive for a few days of sightseeing in Thailand, what do you do? Knowing that not everyone has been created equal in the foreign language department, do you… Shove them out the door and hope for the best. Send them off with an English speaking taxi [...]
