‘Somewhere in this life there must be a place, an experience, an encounter, that changes everything!’ FLYING SPORRAN’S WEEKEND DIARY These are the opening titles to the film trailer for ‘The Beach’ from the novel by Alex Garland, at one time a backpacker’s bible. ‘The Beach’ in question chosen for the film was ‘Maya Beach’ in Koh Phi Phi Ley …
THAILAND MURDERS – TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF MURDER INVESTIGATIONS PART I
View PostBritish tourist shot dead on Full Moon Beach –
CAUGHT IN SOMEONE ELSE’S BATTLE- A 22-year-old British tourist was killed (today) in the cross fire when rivals gangs clashed on the Full Moon Party Island of Koh Phangan after the New Year countdown. Stephen Ashton was shot in the side apparently while dance on the sand on Haad Rin Beach on the island, just north of the tourist hotspot …
MERSEYSIDE MILLIONAIRE AWAITED HIS OWN FATE IN THAILAND
WIFE HAD GOT THREE HOUSES AND APARTMENT BLOCK – A RUBBER TREE PLANTATION – BUT SHE WANTED POOL VILLA TOO – CLAIM. A British self-made millionaire was found to have the equivalent of just £7.54 in his bank account when he was found murdered in his home in Thailand in July. But on top of the 370 Thai baht he still had a …
Network Rail Supervisor ‘Paid for His Own Execution'
‘WOUNDED BUFFALO’ CASE – THREE ARRESTED, TWO FLEE From ANDREW DRUMMOND, Bangkok, September 21 2012 The street execution of a retired Network Rail supervisor in rural Thailand was paid for by his Thai wife and her lover, police said today. Stephen Phillips – a photograph taken in Khon Kaen and titled by a close friend on his death Wilaiwan Phillips, …