http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye An Outsider Inside Thailand Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:37:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2010/09/confusion-surrounds-new-thai-visa-overstay-policy-reports/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2010/09/confusion-surrounds-new-thai-visa-overstay-policy-reports/#comments Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:50:26 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=817 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2010/09/confusion-surrounds-new-thai-visa-overstay-policy-reports/feed/ 4 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2010/09/stay-too-long-in-thailand-and-you-go-to-jail-new-rules/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2010/09/stay-too-long-in-thailand-and-you-go-to-jail-new-rules/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:44:20 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=787 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2010/09/stay-too-long-in-thailand-and-you-go-to-jail-new-rules/feed/ 1 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/12/back-to-my-future-duty-free-dilemma/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/12/back-to-my-future-duty-free-dilemma/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:30:58 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=125 A little out of sequence for this series, and because it was introduced yesterday, today I'm returning to the question of duty-free products.]]> http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/12/back-to-my-future-duty-free-dilemma/feed/ 1 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/12/international-airlift-begins-for-stranded-in-thailand/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/12/international-airlift-begins-for-stranded-in-thailand/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:16:13 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=152 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/12/international-airlift-begins-for-stranded-in-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2002/11/moving-about-in-a-home-away-from-home/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2002/11/moving-about-in-a-home-away-from-home/#comments Wed, 27 Nov 2002 02:00:48 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=82 Abridged & Published in Chiang Mai CityLife Magazine - January 2003 A Level Playing Field - Part 1 CHIANG MAI, Thailand - 27 June 2002 I’d been almost 24 hours on the move. I’d decided to travel from the airport to the hotel by air-con taxi. After agreeing the price to Pattaya (Baht 1,000), and loading the baggage, I was starting to believe I was in the correct country, when my first experience of Thai driving skills - between the Domestic terminal and the expressway on-ramp, convinced me of it. The idiocy of the truck that carved us up made the taxi driver ask me for a cigarette – something no other taxi driver has done since; ergo, it was a seriously close shave. It set my opinion of Thai driving logic (and skills) from that moment on. An opinion that has never changed, and maybe never will ...]]> http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2002/11/moving-about-in-a-home-away-from-home/feed/ 1 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2002/05/i-remember-it-well-the-strengths-of-the-animals/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2002/05/i-remember-it-well-the-strengths-of-the-animals/#comments Tue, 07 May 2002 02:00:16 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=9 I Remember it Well .... The Strengths of the Animals It's strange the conversations that one gets into when sitting in an expatriate watering hole. CHIANG MAI, Thailand - 7 May 2002 - Not so long ago a bunch of us were sitting around glugging our favourite nectars (Diet Coke with lots of ice for the teetotal in 2002 me), when the subject turned to the comments that tourists make when visiting our adopted home city. Lots of anecdotes came forward, many unprintable here, but also some wisdoms of the aged, imparted with the best of intentions, and which remain salutary lessons to us all. Here is one of my favourites.... A long, long time ago, in a restaurant not far, far away (apologies to Star Wars) a small group of British backpackers were in conversation with the owner of the hostelry. This was just before the (first) end of the last Millennium and a new beer had arrived on the market. ]]> http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2002/05/i-remember-it-well-the-strengths-of-the-animals/feed/ 0