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Will The Real Chiang Rai Please Stand Up?

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Eddie

[dc]A[/dc]s of Friday night, my first day in Chiang Rai, I was of the belief that I had unwittingly stumbled into an yet-undiscovered durianopolistic paradise. For, it had been on that night that I had eaten the very greatest Durian … Continue reading →

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The White And The Black

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Eddie

Part I: Cobra-Snake For A Necktie [dc]W[/dc]oke the dimpled ass up early on Saturday, my first morning in Chiang Rai, to get a bicycle and wheel it up to the tantalisingly-monikered “Black Temple”. If one would recall my having, whilst … Continue reading →

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Temptress Of The North

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Eddie

[dc]A[/dc]lready at my fourth different guest house since arriving in Chiang Mai! Told before now of the first night’s debacle. Although the staff at the next seemed fairly aloof, I liked the space quite a bit; and ended up serving … Continue reading →

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Okay, These Are Good Points, But…

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Eddie

Gleen Greenwald, writing for Salon: Virtually every time the U.S. fires a missile from a drone and ends the lives of Muslims, American media outlets dutifully trumpet in headlines that the dead were ”militants” – even though those media outlets … Continue reading →

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Rashomonic Pretensions

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Eddie

[dc]O[/dc]h boy, this could be very interesting! But it’s gonna require your help… Commenter Lindsay asks: Would you mind sharing with me a few of your most killer durian experiences? Lindsay and her partner Rob maintain the Year Of The … Continue reading →

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