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UPDATE INFO

Last updated May 2, 2008

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I have the "The Rounds" for May 2, 2008 edition online.

Rice -- What Else?

The Rainy Season Appears to Be Settling in, at Least in Bangkok

Get Ready for More Air Security Hassles in Rome

Are Your a Candidate for Lasik Surgery?  Maybe Read This First

Returning to the Notion of Micro Loans in Thailand

Another Really Good Samaritan Taxi Driver

When Are You Innocently Bringing in Too Much Alcohol or Too
Many Cigarettes -- and When Are You Smuggling?

Economic Outlook for Thailand and Its Impact on Tourists

Bangkok to Get Tallest Observation Tower in the World

Want a Smaller Car?  Get Ready for a Bigger Bite!

Great News about Squaronian Marc Askew!

The "New Math" and Washington Square

Washington Square Odd Incident News

Sequel to Skytrain to Murder Due Later This Year

Ongoing Confusion Over Wat Preah Vihear

Oddities of "Newspeople English"

Riding Water Taxis: A Risky Proposition

Roger C. ,a.k.a. "The World's Cleverest Travel Planner"!

-... -.-- . -....- -... -.-- . / - --- / - .... . / - . .-.. . --. .-. .- .--. .... / .. -. / - .... .- .. .-.. .- -. -.. ? ? ?  [That's Morse Code for "Bye-Bye to the Telegraph in Thailand!!!"]

Diagnosing Long-Distance Using a Cell Phone

A One-Wheeled Electric Motorcylce?  Segway Meets the Two-Wheeler

Minimum Wage of 195 Baht per Day in Bangkok?  Where?

US$200 Oil per Barrel?  Some Say "Maybe"

Koh Kong, Cambodia to Become "Hongkong, Cambodia"? -- Maybe

Smoking Ban Reportedly Getting Downright Serious

Cheap Massage School

About Time!  Changing the Color of the Two-Baht Coin (Which Looks Practically Identical to Its Half-Value One Baht Coin Brother)

Washington Square News

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* See the instructive new Travelers' Tale "A Winning Smile . . ."  It's short and to the point, and well worth the read.

* The Aom & Her Angels Photo Galleries are back online!

* I've just uploaded a small photo gallery of people in the Moonshine Restaurant in Queen's Park Plaza on Sukhumvit Soi 22 taken December 17, 2001, soon after the Plaza opened.  See it here.

* It's with great delight I bring you a miniature photo gallery of my friend Khun Jan.  Though this gallery has only 3 pictures, I promise you they are well worth taking the time to view! -- Jan is extraordinarily photogenic.  (But, then, all the BangkokAtoZ.com models are, in my opinion!!!)  See the voluptuous Khun Jan.

* I'm starting a new service for U.S. military veterans in Thailand -- reporting activities of the VFW Post 9951 (links to the post's unofficial web site) when I know about them.  See upcoming activities of VFW Post 9951.

* See the BangkokAtoZ.com page with links to tributes to Pope John Paul II.

* Richard K. Diran has pleasantly shocked me by giving me a THIRD story in a week's time!  "The Diamond Deal," a true story set in Rangoon, is gripping as it unfolds.  Richard especially likes this adventure of his himself, and has been anxious for me to get it online -- and here it is.  I'm leaving the links for his 2nd- and 3rd-most recent stories here as well for any of you who may have missed seeing them last week.

"The Diamond Deal"

* Khun Aom and Her Angels have graciously provided professional photos for another gallery -- see it here!

* BangkokAtoZ.com is fortunate indeed to have the stunning Khun Pat's inaugural photo gallery for you.  See it here!

* I have a stunning NEW photo gallery of another Khun Ae here -- half a dozen stunning pictures of one of the most beautiful women in the world.  Two are facial shots taken by renowned professional photographer Richard K. Diran, and the other 4 were taken in a studio with Ae dressed in traditional central Thai dress.  Just click here!  Ae has agreed to have a full series of photos taken at a professional studio, and I'll be posting those soon.

* See the splendid new photo galleries of Khun Aom and her friends -- 3 new galleries in all, plus the long-present stunning collection of photographs of Aom by herself dressed in traditional northern Thai formal wear.  The new galleries are of Aom and her friends, one presenting them in chic informal street clothes, the second showing them in a mix of the same clothes and formal evening wear in sepia-tone photographs, and the third offering a dazzling array of photos of the girls wearing formal evening wear in a series of delightful color photographs.  I've reorganized a little so that any gallery including my lovely daughter, Aom, can be reached from a single page -- just click here to go to it.  And enjoy viewing the Lovely Ladies of Thailand in these luscious photographs.

* Mekhong Kurt has posted the e-mail he sent to The Bangkok Post protesting the cancellation of Harold Stephens' online travel column, along with the rather encouraging reply he received the 27th.  Click here to read the exchange.

*  BangkokAtoZ.com now links to a great page listing links to various American military radio services over the Internet.  Click here.

*  More books available for purchase online from THREE of our contributing writers -- Dean Barrett, Christopher G. Moore, and Richard K. Diran.  Just click on the writer's name to go to the page where his works are available!

*  Now you can order the fabulous Hello My Big Big Honey! through the good offices of the folks at Amazon.com, who've allowed me to put an order link on BangkokAtoZ.com.  Just click here!

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