Comments on: Accolades & Interviews

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:10:12 +0000

Congrats Talen. Being the blog of the month at Thailand Voice is a grand treat.
Catherine´s last blog ..Chris Pirazzi Updates Slice-of-Thai.com

By: Talen

Talen — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:45:15 +0000

Martyn, I don’t know where Richard finds the time to keep so many blogs going while starting new projects at the same time.

By: Talen

Talen — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:44:06 +0000

Thank you Sophie…You just made my day

By: Martyn

Martyn — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:37:36 +0000

Talen well done on your award and I have got to agree with your comments about Richard Barrow and Thailand Voice. Richard is a tireless worker who has built a great platform of information about Thailand through Paknam Web and Thailand Voice’s monthly blog award is a good idea and their site a massive help to most bloggers. Perhaps they are planning a Thai blog Oscar type ceremony.

The Thai blog community is wonderful and I know that without everyone’s support I’d have probably given up by now. Thankfully I received and still do get back up from everyone and I try to give as much back as I possibly can. Without doubt our Thai blogging scene has to be one of the friendliest communities out there (web).
Martyn´s last blog ..Thailand Blogs – May 2010 Review

By: Sophie

Sophie — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:08:01 +0000

Talen, You deserve the spotlight! I live in the states and when I feel the need of a quick trip to Thailand I go to your site. Between you and Cat at Women Learn Thai I can almost smell the fragrant scent of that wonderful place. I do appreciate all that you write and also the sense of community here. I will visit this site often. Thank you for taking the time and putting the effort into this.

By: Talen

Talen — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:37:45 +0000

Appreciate the kindness Rick…we really do have a great community and even though we all have our opinions everyone seems to get along fine and hopefully that continues well into the future.

By: Talen

Talen — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:36:09 +0000

Thai, Thanks for the kind words…Thailand Voice is definitely an added bonus to our community.

By: Talen

Talen — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:35:23 +0000

Jon, Thanks for having me do the interview, I can’t wait to read Martyn’s.

By: Talen

Talen — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:34:17 +0000

Mike, Richard was definitely the man on the ground during the recent troubles in Bangkok.

Jon definitely had an excellent idea …I’m hoping I can add to it as I make the move and afterwards.

By: Siam.Rick

Siam.Rick — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:18:42 +0000

Hear, hear! That goes to Talen for the obvious hard work and, it must be said, pure passion, that go into Thailand, Land of Smiles. It shows every time.

I just did an unexpected cleanup of my blog bookmarks. I visited dozens of blogs last night and found many hadn’t been updated in three or four weeks and some as long as a month and a half. A few even longer. I downgraded them into the farthest reaches of my bookmark file. I have about a dozen top must-sees and Thailand, Land of Smiles is one.

And cheers to Richard Barrow for the support he gives Thailand and fellow bloggers — and for those non-stop, informative and untainted Tweets during the recent unpleasantness.

Last, it’s a good, very supportive community. Let’s all continue to respect each other even if we may disagree a little bit from time to time — although I can’t remember much of anything at the moment.
Siam.Rick´s last blog ..Cheap to live in Bangkok? Not so much