Sakon Nakhon

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

I see a pattern developing

Backpackers' 'pier paradise' lost Bangkok Post

Thai government bans beach parties in Surat Thani

Surat Thani’s tourism operators disagree with ban on beach parties Thai PBS English

I won't need to water my garden

Not much visible on weather maps, but most weather services are predicting another shower today.
As for yesterday's heavy evening shower, I had not mentioned it since I had to tear myself away from my desk and spend the day at the hospital

60-year-old performing like a 30-year-old

Cocoa May Help With Memory Loss... TIME

Recovery expected

Thai shrimp export volumes down 32% Undercurrent News

Disease still plaguing Thai shrimp exporters Bangkok Post

Too Many Airlines

Thai Airways International Passenger down 23% in Sep-2014, cargo down 11% CAPA - Centre for Aviation

Last month this article indicated "...but there are indications market conditions will start to improve..."

Southeast Asian airlines: 80% were unprofitable in 1H2014 CAPA - Centre for Aviation

This Thai culture

vetoed by modern day moral values.

I'd been at the Tuptim Phallic Temple in Bangkok over a decade ago (1995 Album).

Just like Buddhism, the shrine has it's roots from India's ancient Hinduism. Believers worship at such places when they want to have children (vertility).

I had written about such rituals some six years ago Phallic Brouhaha

In the latest episode Temples in Krabi-Phi Phi island have been raided as the phallus "result in a bad image."

Some people are referring to these objects as sex toys. Sex toys are illegal in Thailand. You have to be extremely perverted to use these monstrous sized phallus as sex toys, unless you are a giant.
Thailand has always preserved it's old traditions, but this one is just too embarrasing

Post by Best radio 89.00 Khonkaen.

also read:
Thai shrine cleared of sex toys Sowetan LIVE