Steven W. Palmer

We are here today speaking with Steven W. Palmer, a noted regional author and “bon vivant”. His literary output includes The Angkor Series (Angkor Away, Angkor Tears and Angkor Cloth, Angkor Gold). ‘Turning the Tables – A Love Story for the Chemical Generation,’ ‘The Electric Irn-Bru Acid Test (The Glas Vegas Chronicles Book 1)’ In […]

Regents School Pattaya

Year after year Regents celebrates high academic results far above the world average in the prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBDP) and International GCSE (IGCSE). This enables our students to gain places at the worlds top international universities. Top performing students win Pearson Exam Board Awards for the best IGCSE marks in Thailand Sofiya received the award for the highest mark in Thailand in IGCSE English Literature. Sofiya first came to Regents […]

Mexican Ambassador to thailand H.E. Mr. Bernardo Cordova Tello

Expat Life had the opportunity to interview the Mexican Ambassador to Thailand H.E. Mr. Jaime Nualart and find out more about his life as a diplomat and his post to Thailand. How long have you been the Ambassador to Thailand? I arrived to Thailand on October 26th 2019. This means I have been in Thailand […]

Heavenly Hell

I feel empty. when the day comes, there is no light. there is a gaping wound in my chest being slowly carved into a second face. the demonic hand grips me with its talons and pushes everything inside me all at once. overwhelming, it makes me feel. yet at once a smile appears on my […]

Heavenly Hell Pottery by Shruti Dubey

Heavenly Hell I feel empty. when the day comes, there is no light. there is a gaping wound in my chest being slowly carved into a second face. the demonic hand grips me with its talons and pushes everything inside me all at once. overwhelming, it makes me feel. yet at once a smile appears […]

Bangkok Knights – In love, and worse, in the City of Angels

DCO Books, 2001, 3rd edition, 216 pages. www.dco.co.th Anyone who comes to Thailand that does not first and firmly owns a very well developed sense of humour (of any type) will not be in for a very good time here, especially all the fun seekers in the numerous entertainment districts of Thailand. Fortunately for us, […]

Rails of the Kingdom: The history of Thai railways

by Ichiro Kakizaki. White Lotus Press, 2012, 228 pages. www.seateservices.online For well over a millennium in Thailand goods and people simply moved at the speed of a cart, human foot power or boat. Railroads changed everything here. Finally there was a transportation system that united the whole country with rails of steel.  Rails of the […]

The New Normal at Phyathai 1 Hospital

     “Safe & Clean Hospital” During this new normal, Phyathai 1 Hospital has enhanced its preventive measures and upgraded standard guidelines to maintain a sterilized & infection controlled environment through proper air ventilation & water purification system, Air Disinfection    Producing clean air with the use of the HEPA FILTER air purification system that eliminates bacteria through […]

Covid tests negative for 1,603 people in Rayong, Bangkok

There was no infection found among the 1,603 people tested for Covid-19 after being in places visited by an infected Egyptian soldier in Rayong and the infected young daughter of a diplomat in Bangkok. In Rayong, 1,336 people underwent coronavirus tests on Tuesday. They had been at the hotel where the infected Egyptian stayed, or at one […]

Capoeira in my life

Capoeira is an expression that mixes Afro and Brazilian cultures. It works in different instances of art and body, such as music, dance and sport. Despite the fact that it doesn’t have a single concept. It could be considered a sport, a fight or a cultural manifestation. However, the benefits that the practice has for […]