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Buy This Apartment – Get A Free Blow Job March 30, 2009

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Perhaps the credit crisis is also hitting Thailand too as this advert below might suggest.

2.9 million baht is a pretty high price for what she’s selling so perhaps the extra service might be a deal-breaker.

I doubt it’ll be snapped up by any newlyweds though.

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Tik Find Her First Willing Photo Model March 28, 2009

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If you have a cute baby and want to give yourself some free time for a few hours then Tik will happy take care of them for the chance at taking some photos of them.

Modeling her lovely red dress is Jessica, the 2-year old daughter of our friends David and Anna.

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Phil Returns to Bangkok March 28, 2009

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It’s been 2 years since I last saw Phil. We used to meet weekdays at Lumphini park to play tennis until he returned back to the UK.

He came back to Bangkok with his friends Lee and Mark and we were lucky enough to host them for the day before they head to Samui.

They had a really long day with us, arriving from the airport about 9am. We took them and our current Couchsurfing guest Pascal to Molly Malones for a cheap Irish fry-up then gave them a few hours by the pool to relax.

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Couchsurfing Picnic in the Park March 27, 2009

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We attended an organized Couchsurfing event in Lumphini park.

There were about 50 people there and although we met some great people it wasn’t as friendly as our new years eve party.

I was really delighted to have reunited with May – an old colleague of mine from my teaching days.

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Tik Gets Her Camera March 27, 2009

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After 3 months of meticulous planning Tik finally gets the Canon 450D DSLR camera she’s set her heart on.

Expect lots of photos to follow, especially once we get to Japan. Many of them may be of me looking decidedly pissed off from having a wife follow me round like paparazzi.

The first day she bought it I picked up a water gun and threatened to wet her if she kept following me around so she’s resigned herself to taking photos of teddy bears and of herself in the mirror.

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Tik’s Morning Tattoo March 23, 2009

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The perils of falling asleep on your stomach!

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Tiki Tour Thai Travel Tips: Non-Touristy Bangkok Attractions March 10, 2009

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We received an email today from a fellow Couchsurfer asking for our advice about the non-touristy things to do in Bangkok.

Tik and I have been discussing writing up some tourist guides of our own so that we don’t need to expend the same small-talk with every person we host so … for the benefit of anybody traveling to Thailand, here is the first of many Tiki-Tour Travel Tips in Thailand.

Today I’ll be answering Jacqueline’s question of what to do in Bangkok away from the traditional tourist things. I’ve taken a bit of artistic license here and have listed a few things that are, in most peoples minds tourist attractions, but I’ve included them where think that tourists might not know about them.

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Summer Time March 8, 2009

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It only hit me that we’re in the throes of summer when I looked out of the window to see our pool full of kids.

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It’s been getting gradually hotter here but today was the first day I actually noticed the heat becoming uncomfortable. Thank god we’ll be in Japan during the hottest part of the season.

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Tik Falls Asleep March 6, 2009

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I love to tease Tik on her ability to fall asleep nearly instantly. Today I managed to catch her asleep after about 10 minutes on the computer.

when she awoke about 5 minutes later her fingers twitched first as if she was still typing.

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Some More Tinglish March 3, 2009

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A sign in Barry’s apartment from a Thai translation company.

This doesn’t inspire me with confidence.

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An Open Letter To Barry March 3, 2009

Posted by Martin in : Creative / Humour, Friends , 1 comment so far

Dear Barry,

You’re a single 30-year old western male in Bangkok. You live alone, you’ve recently upgraded your apartment to something much nicer than before.

Why Barry is there a pink stuffed doll in your bed?

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Best wishes,

Martin