Meet the young and beautiful Julia
Where were you born, got your education, brought up? When did you decide that you wanted to be a ballet dancer? What age did you start? Who was your first teacher? What was your favourite role? How many years have you been performing? So many things I wanted to know about this fascinating woman. “I […]
Sheer Italian style
by Agneta de Bekassy Who goes to go to work in a Maserati, James Bond? Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible? No, the new Italian Ambassador to Thailand! Italy has a new Ambassador in Thailand, Signor Lorenzo Galanti has arrived in Bangkok. On a November afternoon, photographer Daniel Herron and I went to meet the new […]
How We All Can Contribute To Keeping Children Safe
Take the right actions to help children at risk. While travelling in Asia, you frequently face children begging, sometimes alone and sometimes in an elderly persons company, you see children selling fruit, postcards, or even asking to shine your shoes, these children need your protection. It’s up to you to take the right actions. Here […]
The New Zealand Ambassador to Thailand
Before I met the Ambassador and his lovely wife Chrissy, my knowledge of New Zealand was quite scant. I had heard about the breathtaking scenery – being one of the most beautiful countries in the world with its wild coastlines, agricultural regions, the sea and its lakes. That it is 4,155kms/2,587 miles from Australia and […]
Meet Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Thailand and learn more about her and her country
On a Friday afternoon in October, I took the Chatrium shuttle boat from Saphan Taksin to the Chatrium Residences, to pay a visit to H.E. Ambassador Mrs Raushan Yesbulatova and her thirteen year old son Ryan. I enjoy being on the busy Chao Phraya River and it was the nicest way for me to go […]
Meet the Peruvian Ambassador to Thailand and His Wife
It’s mid September and photographer Daniel Herron and I were on another mission in Bangkok. We were going to meet with the Ambassador H.E. Mr Fernando Quiros and his charming wife Ximena. Fernando is Peru’s Ambassador to Thailand and he, and his spouse, arrived in Bangkok just last year. We had met briefly at National […]
A Visit to the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
After a long summer break, it was time to interview another Ambassador to Thailand again. Daniel Herron our photographer and I packed pen, paper and camera and went to pay the Netherland’s Ambassador H.E. Mr Kees Rade a visit. This embassy and its residence are located next to the American Ambassador’s residence on Wireless Road. […]
A little piece of Sweden in Bangkok
On October the 12th I had the pleasure to spend the afternoon with the Swedish Ambassador H.E. Mr Staffan Herrström and his sparkling wife Karin. To enter their residence on Sathorn, is like stepping into a classic/contemporary Swedish Östermalm’s apartment. The apartment is huge and light with windows from floor to ceiling. Karin has chosen […]
Summer Holidays in Europe
This summer I decided to stay as long as two months in Europe. Normally I plan for just six weeks, but I had a feeling this summer was going to become totally different and how right I was. I have never, ever experienced a summer like this year and they say, that it has been […]
When Beauty and Intelligence Walk Hand in Hand!
With only a few months left as Miss Universe Thailand, Maria Lynn Ehren took time to get together with me for a little talk. Years ago I had met this beautiful, humble, young woman and already, by that time, she impressed me. I asked Maria, who I know has been modelling since a young age, […]