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Conservation activists urge post-pandemic tourism reset in Thailand in The Nikkei Asian Review

August 8, 2020tomLeave a Comment

My latest article with Laure Siegel on conservation initiatives in the Gulf of Thailand is out in The Nikkei Asian Review. “There are kids in Thailand who cannot identify a coconut. And if people don’t learn to appreciate what their country has, they will only think about how to make money out of our natural […]

Dead Sea, the new thriller from Crime Wave Press free on amazon!!!

December 22, 2012December 22, 2012tomLeave a Comment

Hold your breath! Mark down the dates! Crime Wave Press will offer the high seas thriller Dead Sea by Sam Lopez for FREE as an e-book download from amazon on December 22,23 and 24! Check out this new fantastic review of the book on amazon by Sandeman: It’s been said that the start and end-points […]

New Crime Wave Press title: Dead Sea by Sam Lopez

September 26, 2012September 26, 2012tomLeave a Comment

The third title by Crime Wave Press, Asia’s only crime fiction imprint (correct me if I’m wrong), is out now. Dead Sea by Sam Lopez is available from amazon. Down and out Luke and high-class Tara, linked intimately by a violent incident in London’s seedy King’s Cross, run away to the Philippines to escape their […]

Troubled Waters – Sharks at risk off Ko Tao, Thailand

April 20, 2010February 9, 2011tomLeave a Comment

7am, Sai Daeng Beach, Ko Tao, Thailand. The tourists are still slumbering peacefully in their bungalows and the reef in front of the beach lies placid. It’s not much of a reef, most of the coral has died – blame unregulated tourism and global warming. But here I am, quietly swimming out into the warm, […]