Spice! Back Issue # 47
Koh Samui Highlights
Unique Scuba Diving opportunity to Koh Losin and Koh KraCome and enjoy a unique 2 day live-aboard scuba diving opportunity from Rainbow-Scuba.com Koh Losin and Koh Kra are some of the most remote and unspoiled islands it is possible to find in Th...
The Gay Scene in the City of Angels (and Little Devils!)
The “City of Angels” is the Thai translation of the name “Bangkok” westerners’ use for the city known in Thai as Krung Thep Mahanakhon, or Krung Thep for short. The city of Bangkok is the capital, largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. ...
Emergency health care not mandated in Thailand
I did believe that private hospitals are required to accept all patients, with or without insurance, but only in life-threatening emergencies. However, they do not always treat them. On occasion, you read horror stories in the press about private ...
Big Brother is watching the internet in Thailand
Website and blog owners are subject to censorship and those using the internet in Thailand to view pornography have someone looking over their shoulder. The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) has already blocked 18,390 web...
Jomtien: Jewel By The Sea
Pattaya offers a plethora of daytime and evening dining and entertainment options sure to keep any man busy and satisfied for days and nights on end. While there, make sure you don’t miss all that the Jomtien area has to offer. By day it is well...
“Meet & Greet” for SPICE!
Dateline Chiang Mai September 2009 Spice! endeavors to get around to all the major cities and go to new places to keep our readers informed. Since our merger, Drew Noyes, the MD of Pattaya Times Media Group and myself decided to head up to our ...
Your SPICE! reviewers were eagerly anticipating an evening of epicurean delights aside from the usual Thai and tourist fare when we took a short taxi ride heading from the Paradise area to just north of Patong Beach on the way to Kalim. Our review...
Hits, Misses & Hot News
Two-thirds into a trip to the USA that has taken me out of Thailand for the first time in over three years, I find myself longing for the Kingdom and for the things I have taken for granted as an expatriate living there (by the time you read this ...
SPICE! Dos & Don’ts
Many Thai people are among the most caring and hospitable people in the world. Thailand is diff erent from home…that’s why we are all here, and there are important things you need to know and understand so no one says you are “mai supap” (not po...