Annual Festivals

Christmas & New Year Wishes to you all

By Garry | December 25th, 2008 | Category: Christmas | No Comments »

Wishing each and every one of you, the very best for Christmas day and beyond.
I hope you’ll return to the Eye regularly and I look forward to reading your comments on my scribblings throughout the New Year.
Raise your glass, and join with me in hoping the current global economic situation can be improved and that [...]


OK, who flicked the winter switch?

By Garry | November 7th, 2008 | Category: Expat Life, Loy Kratong, Weather | No Comments »

CHIANG MAI, 7 Nov 2008 – Twice a year, Thailand manages to amaze me. It’s the same event every year and that it still manages to grab my attention, in my tenth year of living here, is testimony to how dramatic it is.

Those events are what I call the “winter switch” nights. Let me explain …