Mai is a wannabe rock star who runs the smallest bar in Prachuap Khiri Khan, “possibly in the whole of Thailand” he tells me proudly. The Small World Bar, opposite the night market in this sleepy coastal town has only been open five nights but it’s already a favourite with the town’s few ferangs.
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Entries Tagged as ‘Pubs and clubs’
January 7, 2010
Snapshots of Prachuap
November 3, 2009
Karaokism
Vietnam has several main religions: Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Catholicism and, most importantly, Karaoke. You can find temples to the last of these on every street corner and adherants of the faith don’t just visit on Sundays but pretty much every day of the week.
Who would we be to snub the local culture? I decided [...]
September 13, 2009
Luang Prabang: The good, the cheap and the ugly
A few days in Luang Prabang will doubtless be one of the highlights of any trip to Indo-china. A couple of weeks there allows you to sample most of what the city has to offer in terms of sights, excursions, food and drink, accommodation and activities. So Jamie and I – having been here for [...]
April 21, 2009
A life less drunkenly
Just before Lent my mum, sister, boyfriend and I made a pact – no booze before Easter. In Ireland this is called taking the Pledge and it keeps beer-soaked hoary old Irish men off the sauce for a bit. We hoped it would do the same for us.
I had an ulterior motive. Not being [...]
