Unspeakable acts of sexual perversion! The kind of love that shrieks its name from the second floor of the Nana Plaza! Beware the temptations of Ladyboy Lust!

"Girls? Liquor? Money? Sex? Drugs? Chopsticks? Buddhism? Camaraderie?" They ask, trying to figure out why you have chosen to live in Southeast Asia. Usually, they try the vice angle first. You must be here to partake in everything that would be seen as taboo at home.

If you spend even a little time in Thailand you will notice that a lot of men are adorned with tattoos, some may have only a single small tattoo, while others seem to be virtually covered in them.

The second part in this series explains how to tell her fortune (and much more) with just an ordinary deck of cards.

This four-part series offers some ideas about how to use your Thai girl’s interest in the supernatural to get the most out of your relationship (or barfine) - Part 1, Palmistry.

A report on two nights exploring the gogo bars of Makati, Manila.

Back in the 60's, when the sex trade was starting to ramp up the action....

I love fishing. Anywhere, anytime. I've done it my whole life actually, since I was about four or five years old. I remember when I was a kid living in southern New Jersey fishing in the old mud hole pond with my Dad and younger brother. ... Read more.

On a trip to the Si Saket area by the Cambodian border with my family to go to the many waterfalls in that area I was told by my wife's sister about this funny Wat (temple) in the city of Khun Han about 15 kilometers from the waterfalls we were visiting. She told me about this monk who was sick of all the bottles littering the nearby countryside and his ingenious way of getting the locals to clean up the litter they made. What he did was decide to build a temple with the old bottles. ... Read more.

But is it a viable alternative to Bangkok?