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This book is unique for 2 of the largest categories of people thinking about going to Thailand. Many books list all of the gorgeous touristy, places, but for the thoughtful people who want to have the safest, most carefree, happiest and intellectually fulfilling experience on their holiday, this is the only book extant, which will assure these things. This is not a Travelogue as such. Instead, it is shall we say a travel enhancer and enabler - one that will insure happy times while insulating from grief and costly misfortune. The wonderful, gentle, smiling, respectful, soft-spoken, tolerant, and happy fun-loving Thai people live the safest and most free and independent lives than any other on the planet- and you can as well, providing you take the time to understand and implement enough of their culture and life to do so. And if this is true for vacationers, it is exponentially true in spades for the potential Expatriate thinking of finding the safest place in the world to retire and/or just to live a happy life, find a loving dedicated wife, or companionship and romance with the most beautiful, sweet hearted women and girls in the world - providing you have the knowledge to do so that this book provides, and within the this happy mix, an easy, laid back lifestyle can be found and enjoyed. There is no better place than Thailand for all these things - providing you come armed with full knowledge of all the many cultural dangers and pitfalls that exist for the ignorant and uniformed. The many aspects of of Thai culture are difficult (to say the least) for a Westerner (or any foreigner) to understand without benefit of the experiences and advice of those who have lived all over that country for years, amongst average Thai people - even at times with them in their homes as a family member, for the express purpose of learning the Thai cultrue ...as has the author of this book. I will say straight out that there is no other book which will address all the compelling and necessary questions which Visitors and Expats need to have answered, so they can come, live, and be happy and secure in Thailand. Even long-term current Expats in Thailand will find this book amazing, enlightening and informative. You will keep it handy, and refer to it often as you pursue your dreams in The Land of Smiles . ...ETM

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As an Expat who has lived in Thailand for many years, I can say that this book, though not meant to be a complete history of Thailand, contains much of it, and in addition has the most thorough presentation of cultural information as needed by first time visitors as well as long term Expatriates in particular. Everyday village life and the cultural explanation / application and understanding of it and the Thai thought process is found here in depth - all as needed in the cities, tourist havens or wherever one lives. Sadly have not acquired this knowledge because I have, like most Expats, lived the touristy Hi-So lifestyle - i.e., near golf courses, a beach, and the girlie bars, etc. Even though I have a Thai wife and children, I have not acquired the knowledge I need to really live good in Thailand, and this book has enlightened me in so many ways. ... Joachim L. Koenig, Retired Research Analyst Having been given the priviledge of co-editing this treasure of a book, I can say that it armed me with facts about Thailand to the extent that my extended happy holiday in this country was begun, pursued and ended with such a confidence in so many ways that my time spent there was unbelievably enjoyable and satisfying. I plan to come back to this beautiful and mysterous part of the world next year, and I find myself considering other long range plans as well. ... Samuel Barton, Editor and Literary Agent at Large

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Of Irish descent, Tony was born in a little cabin in the rural piney woods of Carroll County in the state of Georgia, attended public schools in Carrollton and Stone Mountain, and attended West Georgia College. Striking out alone for Texas and arriving out of gas but with $7.50 still in his pocket, he has since made his own way in life. He has lived and worked in five states and South America (and is currently living in Southeast Asia). He has traveled extensively in the West and Southwest, in Mexico and Canada, hunting, exploring, and researching historical Courthouse records. Early in life he sacked groceries as most young men do, served honorably in the U. S. Army, was an auxiliary police officer in Houston, and a wiper on an ocean-going freighter. He has worked in a printing office, an aircraft factory, managed a large motel with an exclusive nightclub, and was a heavy equipment operator as well as a journeyman tradesman and foreman who worked his way up in every trade involved in heavy engineering, petro-chemical, and multi-story high-rise building construction projects in Texas and South America. At Austin Tony married a Texas girl, and together they raised three children. He was elected to the Austin, Texas Water District Board of Directors and was asked to serve three terms as president of the Optimist Club as he concurrently was a Little League baseball coach and player agent for three leagues. He became a Southern Baptist and served as a Deacon, Sunday School Superintendent, Teacher, and Youth Director. Tony rose to construction Project Superintendent, to tenure as Vice President of a large company. with projects also in South America where he was also an undercover Government Operative and unlicensed pilot during the time Castro's man Che Guevarra was agitating for the Communists. Later with the Texas State Building Commission, he was the Chief Construction Estimator and Legislative Advisor, co-authored the Texas Handicapped Accessibility law, was the Governor's State Coordinator and Team Leader for all declared disasters occurring in Texas and otherwise worked as an Architect/Engineer designing State buildings and facilities. Tony has been a partner in a construction inspection/estimating service, a real estate appraiser, bank Loan Officer, private construction consultant, developer of residential subdivisions, and built homes in his spare time. He has owned and operated a department store with auto repair and body shop, a sawmill, a suntan/fitness studio, two restaurants, an over-the-road trucking company, a snowmobile rental/touring business, a food catering business, and was a rancher/hunting guide/outfitter while living in Colorado. Tony has written engineering periodicals, constitutional Conservative political discourse in the form of guest editorials, op-ed articles, and has ghosted articles for notable columnists in national newspapers and written a memoir and five novels in the Historical Fiction/Adventure category. BY BRYAN MALOTT. [Bryan passed away, so I continue]]: For the last 15 years I lived in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Viet Nam. I dived into a culture diametrically opposed to my own to learn all about it, and poked my nose into remote places forbidden to such as I, with reckless abandon. Activities included helping Hmong refugees escape the communist regimes of Cambodia and Laos, and doing missionary work repairing remote Thai and Hill Tribe schools in the mountainous regions of northern Thailand. I have helped small group[s of Hmong refugees (our valued allies during the VN war, still fighting for their freedom) carry their equipment and belongings as they fled the pursuit of the Cambodian Army, at one time with mortar and artillery shells landing nearby. During this time I broke my leg while living among them. I helped established a Christian Boarding School for Hmong Children in Chaingkhum, and a Christian Church in Chaing Rai.

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