Buenos Aires is notable for its wall graffiti and subway art, but unless you’re in the San Telmo neighborhood or taking the subte, you may miss the best examples. Not so the street murals, which grace much of the city, in particular the Microcentro area in the heart of the city. These murals are lovingly […]
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WoWasis art review: Buenos Aires graffiti wall art
Buenos Aires is notable for its street murals and subway art, and this artistic consciousness has spread to her graffiti-covered walls, especially in the streets of the San Telmo neighborhood, south of Avenida de Mayo. This ad hoc art is not always welcomed, but every blank wall is fodder for artists and amateurs alike. What’s […]
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WoWasis correspondent Khun Lee on the honesty of selected Thai bar girls: I don’t know about how other guys feel, but I have always thought that sex should be fun and reduce stress instead of increasing your stress level. Heck, it is the one activity I normally enjoy that takes me away from all the […]
Read the rest of this entry »The buxom ghost ‘La Fantasma Pechona,’ Argentina’s vengeful femme-fatale
Argentina’s most famous ghost (fantasma) isn’t talked about much in public, but she’s feared everywhere in that South American nation. She is the ghost most likely to cause a marriage to fail. The act of merely mentioning her name is said to be fraught with the prospect of connubial disaster. She’s also the reason Argentine […]
Read the rest of this entry »Thai tattoos, WoWasis book review: ‘Thai Magic Tattoos: the Art and Influence of Sak Yant’
Three books on Thai sak yant tattoos have recently been published, but Thai Magic Tattoos: the Art and Influence of Sak Yant (2013, ISBN-13: 978-616-7339-21-4) by Isabel Azevedo Drouyer is the finest among them, due in no small part through the photographs of René Drouyer. Two other books, written by veteran authors Joe Cummings and […]
Read the rest of this entry »Foul Play Suspected in disappearance of journalist Dave Walker in Cambodia
As was reported in the Phnom Penh Post this week, noted Canadian journalist and filmmmaker Dave Walker has been reported missing from his Siem Reap guest house for five days. His passport, telephone, computer, and possessions were all left behind, and foul play is suspected. Walker reportedly left the Green Village Angkor guesthouse on February […]
Read the rest of this entry »How can I stop my Thai wife from gambling? An answer from Pa Farang
The Good Manner: Advice on Thailand from WoWasis’ Pa Farang This week’s dilemma: How can I stop my Thai wife from gambling? Dear Pa Farang, I’ve been married to my 23 year old Thai wife for about a year now. I’m a farang guy that retired to Thailand, living comfortably. We bought some land near […]
Read the rest of this entry »Touring Bangkok’s Klong Toey slums: an experience you can’t afford to miss
Book the Explore! Klong Toey Slums of Bangkok tour here. Bangkok is a city of 13 million people, and a significant part of her labor pool lives in the slum neighborhood of Klong Toey. In the West, we tend to see the word “slum” in pejorative terms, but here, its encoded into the Thai language […]
Read the rest of this entry »Bachelor in Bangkok: Khun Lee on why you should NOT sleep with Thai women
Bachelor in Bangkok: Khun Lee on why you should NOT sleep with Thai women When I first lived in Paradise 8 years ago I made a lot of mistakes, the most noteworthy of these was exhibiting a total lack of discipline when it came to sleeping around. Now, I know my nickname is Khun Nana […]
Read the rest of this entry »Dunkin’ Donuts blackface poster in Thailand raises ire with NGO Human Rights Watch
Dunkin’ Donuts Thailand is being called on the carpet by the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) for creating an advertising poster showing the CEO’s daughter in blackface, advertising a “charcoal donut.” Blackface comedy has been a staple in Morlam shows all over Thailand for decades, but it seems that the venerable doughnut institution crossed the […]
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