Phuket Rescue! An Ornate Paradise Tree Snake – Chrysopelea ornata!

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Phuket, Thailand:

A quick walk to the local shop suddenly became an adventure when I spotted an Ornate Paradise Tree Snake, sometimes called a Golden Tree Snake, Ornate Flying Snake or Golden Flying Snake.

Some might say they are one of the most beautiful snakes in the world with amazing colours and amazing science. These little snakes can “fly” from the trees – although actually they just compress their bodies and then glide to the ground to escape any dangers.

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Video: Thai Military APC In Yala Province

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

A jittery short video from a while back of a Thai army APC in Yala…

Road Trip From Kuala Lumpur To Betong, Yala, Pattani And Hat Yai – Thailand

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Bored with the usual border crossing at Bukit Kayu Hitam, Malaysia and Sadao, Thailand and with the crossing at Padang Besar (Padang Basar to Thais) I decided to go for a more adventurous route!

There are a few main border crossing points betwen Malaysia and Thailand. The most popular is Bukit Kayu Hitam – and it is normally very busy and can be stressful. There are also crossing points in Kelantan at Jeli (very small) and near Kota Bahru.

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Developing A Thai Text Sanitizer For Web Development

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

This blog post details the nature of problems when working with Thai text.

Anyone that has ever worked with the Thai language in web development surely encountered problems entering Thai text into webpages – HTML, XHTML and even XML. The main problem is that the Thai language does often not use spaces between characters / words and without spaces, web browsers and other document viewers may have no idea how to wrap text. Furthermore, Thai language is written in an LTR manner – meaning “Left To Right” alike many languages such as English and is not RTL as many non Thai speakers may think. For more information on script directions you should read the detailed article by the W3C.

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Chumphon, Thailand

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

I cut my trip to Cambodia short – in Chumphon, Thailand! I found what was just the perfect place to let the ashes go into the sea. Chumphon is about half way to Cambodia from Kuala Lumpur.

One of the islands off the coast of Chumphon.

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On The Road To Cambodia

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

I’m on my way up to Cambodia to disperse Lennox’s ashes at either of these two places -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Wat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonle_Sap

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Thai Search Engine De-Optimization (SEDO)

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

I came accross a great Thai website which shows what developers should not do when trying to optimize for search engines. Also by chance this website has the longest title I have ever seen on a web page! Check it out…
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Kuala Lumpur To Koh Samui & Phuket Road Trip

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

Many people are surprised to hear about our long distance road trips – especially at the mention of a Perodua Kancil! What? Kuala Lumpur to Samui and Phuket in a Kancil!? Well, just to inspire some readers here are some short videos from our first road trip to Koh Samui & Phuket Islands in Thailand.

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Road Trip – Driving From Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia To Bangkok, Thailand By Road

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

Quick Facts & Stats
Here are some quick facts and statistics you should know if planning this trip. It might be a good idea to print this page and keep it with your road maps!
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Baby Water Monitor Lizard, Bangkok

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

Here is a quite detailed video we took in Dusit Zoo, Bangkok a couple of months back. It is a baby Water Monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) that is living free, dashing around the Zoo and park area. We caught this little fella checking out some chewing gum wrappers near a path.
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