Yearly Archives: 2011
What did we learn from the Monaco Grand Prix?
Well, we learned that the track is an anachronism with today’s Formula 1 cars, they really did have a smashing time. ...
Green Engine of the Year award
Awards are big business, don’t forget it. Every week there’s some award somewhere for something. And most of them are quite fatuous, but...
Romance is dead
It’s enough to put the brakes on any relationship - five percent of married men say they spent longer looking for a new...
Autotrivia Quiz – Friday 3 June – 9 June 2011
Last week, still hoping to confound the ‘Googlers’ I asked what is this car and what is its year? It was a 1941...
Chinese property developers struggle as gov’t cools market
With the government’s ongoing and persistent efforts to cool the red-hot property market, Chinese property developers are struggling to sell properties while becoming...
A Secret History of the Bangkok Hilton
The publishers Maverick House, though based in Ireland, have had a very fruitful cooperation with authors in Thailand. These have included the Pattaya...
Bangkok Symphony Orchestra Quintet live in concert at Mantra
Enjoy a live musical spectacular at Mantra Restaurant and Bar with the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra Quintet concert on Saturday June 11. ...
Guess who’s not coming to dinner?
The Pattaya Players will showcase their 2011 season show-stopper on June 10 & 11 with “Rumors,” an uproarious comedy by Neil Simon. ...
Latest Stories
Thailand’s 300 baht tourist fee: clarity, revenue, and the question of purpose
PATTAYA, Thailand - Thailand’s proposed 300-baht tourist entry fee has once again entered public discussion, not because the amount is controversial, but because the...
Brazen Pattaya kidnapping leaves Chinese real estate agent bound in luxury car, rescued by...
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 35-year-old Chinese real estate agent narrowly escaped a violent kidnapping and robbery attempt in Pattaya after a supposed client turned...
Foreign paraglider snared on high-voltage power pole, knocks out electricity across Koh Larn near...
PATTAYA, Thailand – A dramatic rescue unfolded on Koh Larn, the popular island destination off Pattaya, after a foreign paraglider lost control and became...
Drunk foreign tourist found sleeping on Pattaya roadside as officials vow continued patrols
PATTAYA, Thailand – Municipal officers and police in Pattaya intervened after discovering a foreign tourist in an intoxicated state sleeping on the roadside in...
Pickup truck loses control, knocks down three power poles in Pattaya, paralyzing traffic
PATTAYA, Thailand – Traffic was brought to a standstill late Saturday night after a pickup truck lost control on a curve and crashed into...