Tonight the people of Thailand will be celebrating the Loy kratong festival; probably the most beautiful of all Thai festivals. We moved house a few…
Buddhadassa often claimed that the teaching of the Buddha could be reduced to the simple phrase; “do good, avoid bad, and purify your mind”. Buddhadassa…
a href=”https://paulgarrigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/S8000330.jpg”> A couple of weeks ago I mentioned some of the more supernatural aspects of Thai culture in my post ‘The Ghosts of Thailand…
If there was ever an award for the slowest Thai language learner I’m fairly confident that I’d be in with a shot of winnnig. My…
I have always had a special affinity with the forests. When I’m feeling fanciful I can imagine that this is due to my genes. I…
While growing up in Ireland I heard many stories of ghosts and ghouls. As I got older it was easy to dismiss these tales as…