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All Things Asian and Dasa Bookstore

Posted by Stuart at 09:44 PM on February 02, 2007

I might have mentioned a while back that I was asked to contribute an essay or two about my trip to Burma for an upcoming book from "All Things Asian". The editor of the book, a fellow named Don Gilliland, found my site through Google and asked me if I wanted to participate. I immediately agreed. Now I just have to actually write something and send it to him!

I enjoy reading books about Thailand and about Southeast Asia, and it looks like this book about Burma will be a good one. Several months ago, I visited the Dasa Bookstore on Bangkok's Sukumvit Road and picked up a couple of interesting books on Buddha images and Thai history. I haven't been back in a while, because unfortunately book stores always sucker me in to buying more books than I have time to read.

I do love reading, however, and I try to read a few web blogs from people living in Thailand. Most of them are not very interesting to me, but a couple of months ago, I found a great one called Bangkok Dazed. It is one of the best-written and most interesting blogs about Thailand, at least from a farang perspective.

You might wonder where I am going with this post, so let me get to the point. I finally put it all together and realized that Don is not only the editor of the upcoming book on Burma, but also the author of the Bangkok Dazed weblog and the owner of Dasa Bookstore!

I stopped by the bookstore to meet him in person the other night, and really enjoyed our short chat. A couple of days later I received the Dasa Bookstore newsletter and he had kindly directed his readers to my site. So thanks, Don! I heartily recommend your site and your store as well. (And I promise I will get you an essay on Burma soon!)