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97 - Looking forward - 2024

97 - Looking forward - 2024

🇹🇭 There were plenty of fireworks here to bring in the new year. V and I enjoyed the view from our terrace - we did not feel the need to go down to one of the main venues - an advantage of living on a high floor in the center. The

37 - After the eclipse

37 - After the eclipse

🇹🇭 This week we had Loy Kratong Festival. This is celebrated every year here in Thailand on the evening of the Full Moon. Many of the other Southeast Asian countries celebrate it too. The name could be translated as "to float ritual vessel or lamp," and comes from the

35 - Another week in Phuket

35 - Another week in Phuket

🇹🇭 We are into the second week of our stay here - resting and recuperating in Southern Phuket. Weather has improved and whilst there is still rain most days at least it falls as showers in the afternoon instead of relentlessly! We are taking maximum advantage from our sojourn here. Among

08 - How fed up are you?

08 - How fed up are you?

Let's start with some important foundational thinking - based on natural law. Money should be separate from the State - if not history shows that governments and human greed will always take over and manipulate the system in their favour and the expense of their populations. For extensive