# Ron's blog

> Ron's musings

## Pages
- [A Culture Blossoms](https://www.ronemmons.com/a-culture-blossoms)
- [A Hike up Chiang Dao Mountain](https://www.ronemmons.com/a-hike-up-chiang-dao-mountain)
- [Anatomy of a Wat](https://www.ronemmons.com/www.ronemmons.com/periodicals/anatomy-of-a-wat)
- [Article List](https://www.ronemmons.com/article-list)
- [As Dawn Breaks over Choroni](https://www.ronemmons.com/as-dawn-breaks-over-choroni)
- [Beyond the End of the Road](https://www.ronemmons.com/beyond-the-end-of-the-road)
- [Biography](https://www.ronemmons.com/biography): Biography of Henri Mouhot
- [Black, White and Blue](https://www.ronemmons.com/black-white-and-blue)
- [Blissful Bloom](https://www.ronemmons.com/blissful-bloom)
- [Book review: The Social Life of Teak](https://www.ronemmons.com/book-review-the-social-life-of-teak)
- [Books published by Ron Emmons](https://www.ronemmons.com/books): Brief descriptions of Ron's most recent books
- [Buddhism](https://www.ronemmons.com/buddhism): Article about Thai temples
- [Chocolate hits the spot](https://www.ronemmons.com/chocolate-hits-the-spot)
- [Conquering Doi Luang Chiang Dao](https://www.ronemmons.com/conquering-doi-luang-chiang-dao)
- [Deep in the Delta](https://www.ronemmons.com/deep-in-the-delta)
- [Delve into Thai rice culture](https://www.ronemmons.com/delve-into-thai-rice-culture): A look at the rituals involved in Thai rice culture
- [Description and buying options](https://www.ronemmons.com/description-and-buying-options)
- [Digital content](https://www.ronemmons.com/digital-content)
- [Eruption in Ethiopia](https://www.ronemmons.com/eruption-in-ethiopia)
- [Examples of Ron's articles](https://www.ronemmons.com/portfolio): Samples of Ron's articles on travel, culture, Nature, Buddhism and biography
- [Exploring Sabah](https://www.ronemmons.com/www.ronemmons.com/periodicals/exploring-sabah)
- [First Flight](https://www.ronemmons.com/first-flight)
- [In Mouhot's Footsteps](https://www.ronemmons.com/inmouhotsfootsteps): Biography of explorer Henri Mouhot, who brought Angkor Wat to the world's attention.
- [Koh Mak BBC](https://www.ronemmons.com/koh-mak-bbc)
- [Mekong Delta](https://www.ronemmons.com/mekongdelta): What to see and do in the watery world of the delta
- [Motoring by the Mekong](https://www.ronemmons.com/motoring-by-the-mekong)
- [My Life Anchalika Kijkanakorn](https://www.ronemmons.com/my-life-anchalika-kijkanakorn)
- [Nature](https://www.ronemmons.com/nature): Article about baobab trees
- [News of Teak Lord](https://www.ronemmons.com/news-of-teak-lord)
- [On Spirit Mountain](https://www.ronemmons.com/on-spirit-mountain)
- [On the road to hell](https://www.ronemmons.com/on-the-road-to-hell)
- [On the Road to Rio](https://www.ronemmons.com/on-the-road-to-rio)
- [On the trail of the White Rajahs](https://www.ronemmons.com/whiterajahs): Orangutans, giant caves and colonial history in Sarawak, Malaysia's largest province.
- [Photography](https://www.ronemmons.com/photography): Hints on taking abstract images
- [Quirky Chiang Mai](https://www.ronemmons.com/quirky-chiang-mai)
- [Reading the chicken bones](https://www.ronemmons.com/reading-the-chicken-bones)
- [Review of Teak Lord](https://www.ronemmons.com/review-of-teak-lord)
- [Ron Emmons' brief biography](https://www.ronemmons.com/biography1): Ron's life history in a nutshell and his resume
- [Ron Emmons' published work](https://www.ronemmons.com/publications): Books and periodicals published by Ron Emmons
- [Ron's blog](https://www.ronemmons.com/)
- [Ron's CV](https://www.ronemmons.com/rons-cv)
- [Samples of periodicals published by Ron Emmons](https://www.ronemmons.com/periodicals): Samples of Ron's feature articles and images
- [Searching for Shangri-La](https://www.ronemmons.com/searching-for-shangri-la)
- [Setting up a spirit house in Chiang Mai](https://www.ronemmons.com/spirithouseceremony): Inviting the Earth Spirit to protect a new home involves an elaborate process.
- [Short Stories](https://www.ronemmons.com/short-stories)
- [Strange Town](https://www.ronemmons.com/strange-town)
- [Striking Signs](https://www.ronemmons.com/striking-signs)
- [Teak Lord audiobook launch](https://www.ronemmons.com/audiobook-launch)
- [Teak of the Town](https://www.ronemmons.com/teakofthetown): Teak history and architecture in North Thailand
- [Teak Talk](https://www.ronemmons.com/teaktalk): Half-hour slide show and talk on the wonders of teak
- [Teak Trails](https://www.ronemmons.com/teak-trails)
- [teaklord](https://www.ronemmons.com/teaklord): Description and links to buy or review historical novel Teak Lord
- [Teatime in Thailand](https://www.ronemmons.com/teatime-in-thailand)
- [Thai elephant camps](https://www.ronemmons.com/thai-elephant-camps)
- [Thailand's 'Lost Kingdom'](https://www.ronemmons.com/thailandslostkingdom): Review of the ancient city of Wiang Kum Kam
- [Thailand's Highway 101](https://www.ronemmons.com/thailands-highway-101)
- [Thailand's Loy Krathong Festival](https://www.ronemmons.com/thailandsfloatingfestivals): How and where to celebrate Loy Krathong and Yee Peng Festivals in Thailand
- [Thailand's wild west](https://www.ronemmons.com/thailands-wild-west)
- [Thailand's world heritage sites](https://www.ronemmons.com/thailands-world-heritage-sites)
- [The Green Monkey's Tale](https://www.ronemmons.com/the-green-monkeys-tale)
- [The Hungry Eye](https://www.ronemmons.com/the-hungry-eye)
- [The Making of a Book Cover](https://www.ronemmons.com/the-making-of-a-book-cover)
- [The Red Lion's Tale](https://www.ronemmons.com/the-red-lions-tale)
- [The Wonder of Water](https://www.ronemmons.com/the-wonder-of-water)
- [Tracking the Teak Lord 1](https://www.ronemmons.com/tracking-the-teak-lord-1)
- [Tracking the Teak Lord 2](https://www.ronemmons.com/tracking-the-teak-lord-2)
- [Tracking the Teak Lord 3](https://www.ronemmons.com/tracking-the-teak-lord-3): What's real and what's imaginary in the novel Teak Lord
- [Trailblazer](https://www.ronemmons.com/trailblazer)
- [Travel](https://www.ronemmons.com/travel): Travel story about Avebury
- [Vietnam Central Highlands houses](https://www.ronemmons.com/centralhighlandshouses): A visit to the tall houses (rong), long houses and dead houses of ethnic groups in Vietnam's Central Highlands.
- [Vietnam war sites](https://www.ronemmons.com/vietnam-war-sites)
- [Vietnam's World Heritage Sites](https://www.ronemmons.com/vietnams-world-heritage-sites)
- [Website intro](https://www.ronemmons.com/introduction): Audio slideshow introduction

## Blog Posts
- [The British Monarchy Schizoid Syndrome](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/the-british-monarchy-schizoid-syndrome)
- [Searching for Shangri La](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/searching-for-shangri-la)
- [On Top of Doi Mon Chong](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/on-top-of-doi-mon-chong)
- [I wanna go like Mo](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/i-wanna-go-like-mo)
- [So what year is this?](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/so-what-year-is-this)
- [Welcome to twenty thirteen!](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/welcome-to-twenty-thirteen)
- [Can you trust tripadvisor?](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/can-you-trust-tripadvisor)
- [Google kills Frommer's kills me](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/google-kills-frommers-kills-me)
- [I can feel the future trembling: RIP Richie Havens](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/i-can-feel-the-future-trembling-rip-richie-havens)
- [On Blamming and Spogging](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/on-blamming-and-spogging)
- [Water Summit Sunk by Hot Air](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/water-summit-sunk-by-hot-air)
- [When I next set foot in Britain](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/when-i-next-set-foot-in-britain)
- [An Ambition Realized](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/an-ambition-realized)
- [Let's Play Extinctathon!](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/lets-play-extinctathon)
- [Hoa's Place](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/hoas-place)
- [What's New in North Vietnam 2014](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/whats-new-in-north-vietnam-2014)
- [Streamlining my life](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/streamlining-my-life)
- [Ebola Revisited: The Green Monkey's Tale](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/ebola-revisited-the-green-monkeys-tale)
- [Unsung Isaan](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/unsung-isaan)
- [Ten Days in Barmy Burma](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/ten-days-in-barmy-burma)
- [Messed up in Mae Sot](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/messed-up-in-mae-sot)
- [Of Book Lists and Bucket Lists: Musings on Mortality](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/of-book-lists-and-bucket-lists-musings-on-mortality)
- [Adios Hola!](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/adios-hola)
- [Cruising the Red River Delta](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/cruising-the-red-river-delta)
- [If you can't beat them,...](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/if-you-cant-beat-them)
- [Journey through Vietnam](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/journey-through-vietnam)
- [Dunkirk: Birth of a Writer](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/dunkirk-birth-of-a-writer)
- [Wicked Wikipedia](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/wicked-wikipedia)
- [On the Trail of...](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/on-the-trail-of)
- [2017 update](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/2017-update)
- [From Muddy Confluence to Cool KL](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/from-muddy-confluence-to-cool-kl)
- [Look on the Bright Side...](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/look-on-the-bright-side)
- [The Beach Blog](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/the-beach-blog)
- [The Royal Wedding and Windsor](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/the-royal-wedding-and-windsor)
- [Chiang Mai - Festival City](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/chiang-mai-festival-city)
- [The Magical Myeik Archipelago](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/the-magical-myeik-archipelago)
- [Tripping on Acid, Mushrooms and Toad Venom:      A Book Review](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/tripping-on-acid-mushrooms-and-toad-venom-a-book-review)
- [Fantasy Football Transfers](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/fantasy-football-transfers)
- [A Rough Deal](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/a-rough-deal)
- [The Waterfall Walk](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/the-waterfall-walk)
- [The 5-star impostor](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/the-5-star-impostor)
- [Back when I was a bus driver](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/back-when-i-was-a-bus-driver)
- [Before the Deluge](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/before-the-deluge)
- [The Sudanese Shuffle](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/the-sudanese-shuffle)
- [Back to Basics](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/back-to-basics)
- [That Blissful Smile](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/that-blissful-smile)
- [In Transit](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/in-transit)
- [More stories from the Seventies](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/more-stories-from-the-seventies)
- [Your Best Guide to Bangkok](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/your-best-guide-to-bangkok)
- [Losing Win Win](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/losing-win-win)
- [Tribute to Keith Mundy](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/tribute-to-keith-mundy)
- [In Search of Chiang Mai's Past](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/in-search-of-chiang-mais-past): Chiang Mai history
- [Thailand's cannabis conundrum](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/thailands-cannabis-conundrum)
- [Spirit of rice dance](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/spirit-of-rice-dance)
- [TEAK LORD takes off!](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/teak-lord-takes-off)
- [Best Books on Colonialism in Southeast Asia](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/best-books-on-colonialism-in-southeast-asia)
- [UK Government Chaos!](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/uk-government-chaos)
- [Christmas Book Bonanza!](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/christmas-book-bonanza)
- [Tracking the Teak Lord](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/tracking-the-teak-lord)
- [It's Teak Talk Time!](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/its-teak-talk-time)
- [Teak Talk for all](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/teak-talk-for-all)
- [Lessons (we never learn)](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/lessons-we-never-learn)
- [Rain season sky in Chiang Mai](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/rain-season-sky-in-chiang-mai)
- [The Bobby Blog](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/the-bobby-blog)
- [TEAK LORD goes audio! Get a FREE copy now!](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/teak-lord-goes-audio-get-a-free-copy-now)
- [Meeting the Book Sisters](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/meeting-the-book-sisters)
- [Picking up the Pieces](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/picking-up-the-pieces)
- [Want a Better Book Experience? Try Whispersync, with Teak Lord!](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/want-a-better-book-experience-try-whispersync-with-teak-lord)
- [Still searching...](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/still-searching)
- [It never rains...](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/it-never-rains)
- [It's Floating Festival Time!](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/its-floating-festival-time)
- [The Power of Friendship](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/the-power-of-friendship)
- [Teak Treat for Christmas](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/teak-treat-for-christmas)
- [An ambition realized](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/an-ambition-realized-noHbd)
- [Homage to Uncle Ho](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/homage-to-uncle-ho)
- [On a roll...](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/on-a-roll)
- [Thai Tea Takes Off](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/thai-tea-takes-off)
- [Thailand's ancient trees](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/thailands-ancient-trees)
- [Heritage sites, hell and the great grain](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/heritage-sites-hell-and-the-great-grain)
- [Retreating to advance](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/retreating-to-advance)
- [Walking with Nature](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/walking-with-nature)
- [The Scamming Era](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/the-scamming-era): scam, deceive, cheat, era, self-destruct, extinction
- [My traffic-island haven](https://www.ronemmons.com/p/my-traffic-island-haven): Traffic island which acts as a refreshing retreat.

## Products
- [Teak Lord](https://www.ronemmons.com/c/products/teak-lord): A tale of piety, greed, debauchery and equanimity in a remote Asian kingdom It’s the late 19th century and Chiang Mai, capital of Lanna, is a cultural crossroads of Buddhist monks and Christian missionaries, of spirit doctors and opium vendors, of seductive dancers and Western adventurers. A sharp rise in teak prices triggers a mad rush for logging concessions, and the forests of Lanna resound to the thwack of axes and the trumpeting of elephants as the mighty trees are felled. Enter Doctor Marion Cheek, a medical missionary turned teak tycoon, whose escapades in this far-off land – saving the life of the ruler’s wife, rebranding teak logs as his own and establishing a harem of local beauties – make him a legend in his lifetime. Cheek prevails in a struggle for supremacy of the teak trade, but when he surveys the destruction he has inflicted on the planet, he contemplates yet another radical change of lifestyle.