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Tongsai Beach, Phi Phi Island So I left Zeavola and the whole experience behind me, hoping to have participated with my best intentions. I moved down the beach to neighboring Tonsai Beach and signed up for a Dive Masters course. You might remember this tragic part of Phi Phi Island, the precise spot where the…

My adventures on Phi Phi Island have come to an end. It was incredible, and I grew a whole inch during the last four months. I experienced working with an incredibly talented kitchen team and enjoyed many good laughs and, foremost, the world-famous Thai hospitality. The few ugly moments with HR are soon forgotten, and…

I miss the celebrations of Good ol’ America. This is the day I usually enjoy the most of all the US festivities and celebrations we have nowadays. But here in Thailand, living a Buddhist life, it feels like any other day. Half around the world, most people here don’t even know it’s Independence Day. I…

There is a little orphan school between two hotels – one not so well groomed; our neighbors. Their sewage system is bordering the main class house. Every Friday, we cook a lunch meal for the kids there and bring it to 35+ school children. Most of them are between the ages of 6 and 12….

Most all my friends. French President Jaques Chirac, Betty Estevez, Romeo Gigli, Sandra Bullock, President of the Senate Gabon (Africa), Princess Yasmine Aga Khan,  Faye Dunnaway, Muhammad Ali, Davis Gaines, Mirelle Mathieu, Lorna Luft, Royal Family of Saudi Arabia, Maurice Andre, Helmut Berger, Eileen Ford, Bruce Webber, His Majesty King Baudouin of Belgium, Mr. Paul Mrs….

Dear Susan Thank you for the postcard you sent me from Argentina three weeks ago. Yes, it took a while to arrive on my little Island here. If one looks closely at such mail received, one discovers that the few letters we nowadays write each other often make a more extensive journey than most people…

With the beginning of the rainy season, I am now fully aware of the nutritious variety of insects available to my staff as snacks. I usually ignore this reality. This morning, however, I found two large dung beetles in the fryer-basket and, after a little inquiry, found out that some of my staff is regularly…

What would a good blog be without a villain? HR is bugging me all week, I try being professional about it and be of help to all departments involved for the busy preparations for the upcoming opening party on May 19. Considering this is an event for about 70, the debate and amok planning (or…

Malaria and Dengue fever are similar. Both are a symptom of early tropical rain and the bothersome mosquitoes biting by the dozens whenever you step from under protection without protection. I sleep under the mosquito net in my dandy chamber, preferably with my open window. Still, these days, I hide in the air-conditioned safety of…

This morning, the rain pouring out of the purple skies in tropical fat drops woke me up. Lightning and thunder were shaking the cabin at the same time, a fantastic spectacle. I hurried into the shower, a semi-outside facility, and stood in warm shower-water under the open sky. My days are long in the kitchen;…