This is NOT the post I had planned for today, Sunday the 16th of October 2022. In Phuket Town, Sunday evenings are reserved for the popular Walking Street known locally as Lard Yai. I highly doubt that tonight's event will go ahead, however. It has been raining here for weeks. It is the Monsoon Season, … Continue reading The Great Phuket Town Flood of 2022
Phang Nga Road
Daily Phuket #105: 26 December 2021 – Caught by the Rain
I ventured out to the Sunday evening Walking Street (local name: Lard Yai) on Thanon Thalang for the first time in months tonight. In fact, I first circled the Old Town area snapping photos of the always lovely Kasikorn Bank building and historic On-On Hotel on Thanon Phang Nga and a few festive buildings along … Continue reading Daily Phuket #105: 26 December 2021 – Caught by the Rain
Daily Phuket #97: 15 December 2021 – Students Spelling
In preparation for their weekly spelling test, the girls reviewed their words and had to draw a picture of each one. It is students such as this trio that make these hour-long classes a real joy. They are always enthusiastic and love to learn. I wish all of my students were this well-behaved. I look … Continue reading Daily Phuket #97: 15 December 2021 – Students Spelling
Daily Phuket #24: 21 March 2021 – Chinese Post Box
Saturdays have become my stay-at-home and work-on-stamps day now that my weekend classes have all been shifted to Sundays. This week was no different as I got an early start scanning recent arrivals (mostly classic stamps from Austria and Norway) and then adding many of them to my albums later in the day. In between, … Continue reading Daily Phuket #24: 21 March 2021 – Chinese Post Box
Phuket’s Provincial Hall
Yesterday was a rather rainy holiday in Phuket – the 64th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit. A mid-afternoon break in the rain gave me the chance to take a short walk up the tree-lined Narisorn Road in northeastern Phuket Town. This is where most of the province’s government buildings are located and so is … Continue reading Phuket’s Provincial Hall
Sunday Salon for 31st July 2011 (#56)
This edition of Sunday Salon will be rather brief as I really did nothing worth writing about other than my mid-week visa run to Penang. I've been writing about that trip in installments, accompanied by photo galleries, but two out of the three segments thus far have only been published on the "local" version of … Continue reading Sunday Salon for 31st July 2011 (#56)
My Neighborhood: A Phuket Town Photo Gallery
In this gallery I present most of the photos I took last week while walking around Phuket Town's historic center area as I was moving from my temporary lodgings at Thalang Guest House into a new apartment about five minutes north of Thalang Road. Thus, this truly is my "neighborhood." That neighborhood extends quite a … Continue reading My Neighborhood: A Phuket Town Photo Gallery
Walking Around, Moving In & Teaching While Sweating
I've certainly gotten a lot of exercise over the past few days. It's been extremely hot so I've been sweating no matter what I've been doing (even laying around doing nothing). But mostly I've been doing things. I don't have any lessons at my school on Wednesdays so I taught two private lessons yesterday -- … Continue reading Walking Around, Moving In & Teaching While Sweating
Mark Joseph Jochim 