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Postcard from Thailand Part V

13th August 2025 Going Postal 0

Final days นสุดท้าย 16-18 January Souvenir Shopping *   ช้อปปิ้งของที่ระลึก * Yes, I know… but we like holiday tat. Our plans for some further sight-seeing in Bangkok on the day of our return from Sakon Nakhon [more…]

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Postcard from Thailand Part IV

6th August 2025 Going Postal 0

12th January Laos *      ປະເທດລາວ   *…well, almost Mrs ABS’s father needs a new visa every few years to live in Thailand and, rather than fly to Bangkok, it is easier and cheaper for him to [more…]

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Postcard from Thailand Part III

30th July 2025 Going Postal 0

SAKON NAKHON – สกลนคร A one-hour flight from Bangkok saw us arrive at Udon Thani airport in the North East of Thailand. Mrs ABS’ stepmum, Nin, (NHRN) was waiting for us along with her son, Ning, [more…]

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Postcard from Thailand Part II

23rd July 2025 Going Postal 0

04-05 January We had left Heathrow on 2nd January, arriving in Bangkok in the afternoon of the 3rd – our first full day in Thailand would therefore be the 4th which just so happened to [more…]

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Postcard from Thailand Part I

16th July 2025 Going Postal 0

Planning   การวางแผน Neither the wife or I have ever been to Thailand, and it was one of our ‘bucket list’ of countries we’d like to go to; a visit to which was more likely to [more…]

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The Death Railway, Part Five

1st May 2024 Going Postal 0

David Lean’s 1957 film depicted the bridge as a significant timber structure located in the deep jungle, spanning a narrow river featuring rocks and rapids. This is of course a work of fiction and was [more…]

20th Century

The Death Railway, Part Four

24th April 2024 Going Postal 0

Step forward to the present day; SWMBO and I have been visiting Thailand for many years and decided it was time to head out to the Death Railway as Grandad Humbug had been in Burma [more…]

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The Death Railway, Part Three

17th April 2024 Going Postal 0

Railway Construction Initially, the railway construction schedule allowed reasonable working conditions to be imposed on the POWs who, at that time, formed the majority of the skilled workforce. This combined with the fact that the [more…]

20th Century

The Death Railway, Part Two

10th April 2024 Going Postal 0

The preparatory work was completed by early September 1942 and construction began both in Burma and Thailand on the 16th of that month. Many of the Japanese engineers had attended British universities before heading back [more…]

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