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Bizarre Thailand: Photo Blog on T-Shirts, Posters, Slogans, and Signs of the Strange Climes

Bizarre Thailand: Photo Blog on T-Shirts, Posters, Slogans, and Signs of the Strange Climes

by Jim Algie | May 31, 2016 | Travel Tales

When I first came to bizarre Thailand in 1992, strange uses and perversions of English were everywhere, from the S&M Bakery (later changed to S&P), to a bar in Chinatown called the OD Café. The signs also had their charm, though, seemingly satirizing and...
Christmas in Asia: Stuff to do, Shit to Avoid in Thailand, the Philippines and South Korea

Christmas in Asia: Stuff to do, Shit to Avoid in Thailand, the Philippines and South Korea

by Jim Algie | May 31, 2016 | Travel Tales

Beyond its glittering façade of rampant commercialism, Christmas in Asia is well feted in a spirit sometimes religious, sometimes distilled and often unintentionally satirical Nothing says Christmas quite like a shirtless male model in a Santa cap posing for beefcake...
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