thailand

Hiro arrived by chance into the North Gate Jazz Co-op, which is situated quite obviously... at the north gate (chang puak). The band playing on Mondays and Wednesdays needed a guitarist... and there he is. I accompanied Hiro 3-4 times to the Bar, just...

On the 1st table, a Japanese, a Chilean, a French and a Slovenian ^^ This is my home, our GH. People come and go slowly, it's not the rush like in some other places. For 2 weeks, we had this core of 5-6 ppl. What is really cool is that Hiro (my favourite...

Yep, I am almost one month late. But better late than never, he ? ^^ So, hum... Happy New Year ! It's the 4th in 6 months, crazy.... So it was the Buddhist New Year, on April 13th, celebrated in Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Laos and the Yunnan province...

I just got a phone call saying "Hey, we saw the pics on your French blog but... couldn't understand a thing !" Here's the translation. Yeah, all of it... I wish I didn't say one of the sentence, though ^^ Buddhist live according to the Lunar Calendar....

I'm spending so much time with them that I take for granted so many details that you are not aware of... I'm gonna try to share them a little. Story number 1 : monks give without thinking twice They live from donations, from the alms offering, from the...

Among the Buddhist traditions, one of them is about "spiritualizing" the Buddha statues, putting a spirit in it. For this, a ceremony is held during which they open his eyes. They were covered by wax beforehand, and the head was covered by a white cloth,...

At the back of the pick-up, some glances at the roads of Thailand. And a Hello from Boi. In the refugee camp, at the wat, children at school and then just before the candy distribution

So here's a map of the area. Laos in the north-east, Burma in the north-west, Thailand in the South. You have Mae Sai at the northern part of Thailand, the border town, twinned with Tachilek. It's 4 hours away from Chiang Mai. But on Wednesday, we went...

Hello hello. I know I spoke quite a lot about Burma but I could not help it. I took it at heart and I pray that it will never fades. I will do what I can to help this country. You have so many causes all over the world, so many things worth fighting for....

So, know that we're here, let's update you to my current situation. Still in Chiang Mai (northern Thailand) for tonight, but I'm heading to Mae Sariang tomorrow afternoon. I wasn't really supposed to go there at first, but I saw that the only real Thai...