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I had heard many stories about Thailand from friends who had spent a holiday there & i was about to venture there myself,so before i went i found a few books to read on various aspects of Thai culture & experiences of the fellow traveller.I read five books about expats who had experienced a little more of Thailand than the usual tourists,it was Thailand-The Ups & Downs that had me reading until the early hours.The story is about a genuine guy from the UK who got caught up in the playgroud of Thailand,lost his heart to love with a sting in its tail but found himself again through pain & hope.Puts a very different slant onto the standard Expat memoires of Thailand.This book is a must for those of us who want to experience a 'little' more................