Fundamental Differences
Scandinavian and Thai people have many things in common, but also some that set us fundamentally apart. The typical European addiction to perfection is one. The equally deep rooted Thai …
Fundamental Differences Read MoreScandinavian and Thai people have many things in common, but also some that set us fundamentally apart. The typical European addiction to perfection is one. The equally deep rooted Thai …
Fundamental Differences Read MoreIt’s ten minutes to two on a grey afternoon in September 2011. From my seat in the little old fashioned café on Sukhumvit, I spot my appointment entering the main …
Kristian Bø: Steady As You Go Read MoreThe Danish-Thai archaeological work in Kanchanaburi Province 1960-1968. At five in the morning the valley around us is still in complete darkness and almost silent, even the Kwai River …
They excavated the Stone Age Read MoreDanish Naval Officer Walter Christmas’ sharp eye recorded a very candid picture of Bangkok in the early 1890’s. The year is 1894 and the place a sleepy Copenhagen inside the ramparts. In the provincial atmosphere of the tiny little country …
Walter Christmas – The Fox in the Hen House Read MoreMajor General Gustav Schau – known in Thailand as Phraya Vasuthep – started in 1897 building up the Royal Thai Provincial Gendarmerie – an elite military police force under Interior …
Phraya Vasuthep: The Good Danish Soldier of Fortune Read MoreNot many places in this city reach the distinguished age of 155 years. Let’s visit a place of both historical and religious interest and importance that must be protected. …
The Wet Graves in Bangkok Read MoreEAC obtained its second teak concession around year 1900, this time in and beyond Phrae Province, Northern Thailand. It was really in a big scale; the land, fully allocated, was …
The Hard Wood and Work Read MoreThe founder of ØK, (EAC), Hans Niels Andersen (1852-1937) is a fascinating and impressive figure in Danish and Siamese shipping and industrial history, but I have been hesitant writing about him. …
H.N. Andersen: Myths & Realities Read MoreHe was in a hurry; the too little portion of dynamite, pyroxilin-cotton gunpowder and waterproof cables had arrived only the day before and the French gunboats Comete and Inconstante could …
Aage Westenholz – the First Expert Read MoreAs children we knew about the Thai elephants; we visited the Zoo and they were important parts of a Danish child’s creativity and fantasies. I also came to admire these …
Elephants Are Elephants – and Symbols Read More