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I still say it wasn't my fault. If she had told me that she had replaced the fake with a real bottle to make herself feel better then I would not have touched it.
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Living in San Francisco before she left the US, Nesbitt was privy to transformative epoch of the hippy movement. She recalls life around the Height Ashbury in those
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Some people talk a lot of green, but while some may scoff at green, there are a few some expats are taking making it a mission.
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People from all over the globe are signing up for, and opening up to, (the site tells us we are 'creating a better world' by opening up our doors to fellow surfers)
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James Austin Farrell interviews international journalist Richard Ehrlich about his life and work.
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Chiang Mai's fledgling music scene has suffered a setback of late due to the crackdown on foreign musicians playing live music in the city.
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They had a picture on the wall with three brains.Lee, who's spent much of his life working in South East Asia, explained of his experience in a boiler room.
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"The 200 Club takes our cue, not from the Maetang Elephant Park, but from qualified experts from independent or academic institutions," continued Ward.
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Major Roy Hudson reflects on his 65 years in Thailand, 50 years of them spent in Chiang Mai during which time he became a legend in the expat community.
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Located in the vast 350 rai of McKean hospital’s grounds, Dok Kaew Gardens offers first class retirement homes for expats and Thais.
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Doing the Mae Sai border run can be a bit of an ordeal crammed onto a local bus but Hakan Jakob Kosar has found a way of doing it with a bit more panache.
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Tom Clegg was curious about why Chiang Mai people are seemingly obsessed with all things Korean, so he decided to take a closer look.
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