Matt Owens Rees

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  • Murder Most Foul

    Behind the Bamboo Curtain. Another true story in this series. Our soi is a tight squeeze — just a single narrow track — so we couldn’t get the car out once the police parked their vehicle outside our neighbour’s house. And you never ask armed cops, anywhere on earth, to move their car. They park…

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  • Why Thais Get Moved

    You’ll see odd things sometimes Behind the Bamboo Curtain. You’ll notice businesses and government departments moving their employees around at short notice. The Thai élite are paranoid that their senior staff will find ways of cheating them. On the other hand, they can sometimes be very caring. Benjawan had been taking a lot of time…

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  • Excuses of a Thai Mamasan

    Beyond the Bamboo Curtain How the owner of a Thai massage parlour is dealing with a police raid on her bar—and the arrest of some of the girls. (The image above is a stock photo, not related to this news item)(A massage shop owner in Prachuap Khiri Khan has accused police officers of raping one…

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  • Do Monks Tell The Truth?

    What do readers think of today’s episode of Behind the Bamboo Curtain. We’d all like to know your views in the comment box below. Today, Sunantaa told me that Kitaloo, her one year old puppy, had been killed in a road accident. He had escaped from their fenced garden. Unusually for a Thai, she was…

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  • 2 Pattaya Foreigners Fighting get Distracted

    2 Pattaya Foreigners Fighting get Distracted

    2 Pattaya Foreigners Fighting While two farangs were brawling outside a bar in Pattaya, the girlfriend of one of the men tried to intervene and break up the fight. 2 Pattaya Foreigners fighting get distracted A couple of Thai women saw this, one seemed to be trying to separate the men while the other, dressed…

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  • Guarantees Can Be Worthless In Thailand

    Beyond the Bamboo Curtain: Quality and Cheating in Thailand. All these posts are true and verified. Collected my brush cutter from the repairer today. I’d returned it for an oil leak and starting issues three weeks ago. One week later, same problem. Today, they said they’d finally sorted out the issue. Still wouldn’t start. I…

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  • Today’s Latest Thai news

    Drunk BMW driver drives against traffic and causes 10 car pile-up Suspect dismisses collision as a minor incident despite the injuries of the pickup driver   A drunk Thai BMW driver drove against the traffic flow, causing a pile-up involving 10 vehicles on Ratchaphruek Road in the Nonthaburi province near Bangkok. Officers from Ratchaphruek Police Station arrived to find five…

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  • How Old Is Your Peacock?

    Beyond The Bamboo CurtainThis popular series often compares Thai with other cultures. I hope readers find this interesting. Thais enjoy many kinds of witty humour. Wordplay, clever turns, and playful tricks amuse them. They like subtle and deadpan humour. Sarcasm is best avoided — it’s too cutting for their taste. It’s the Greek word for…

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  • Your Neighbours in Thailand

    Behind the Bamboo Curtain: The Quiet Art of Thai Neighbourliness Being neighbourly—particularly towards foreigners—is different from what we have in the West, where we usually keep our neighbours at a distance, at arm’s length. We may help them if they are close friends. We’ll acknowledge them when we meet. We may like them, we may…

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  • Derek’s Escape to Thailand

    Derek’s true story of his time in Thailand is also recorded in more detail in my book Escape to Thailand, available at all on-line bookstores. If you want a discounted, or even a free copy, visit my website http://www.mattowensrees.com or drop me a line at mattowensrees@proton.me The book and this post, the last part of…

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