Bjarne Madsen
Biographical Info:
Bjarne Madsen is a Danish journalist, born in 1952. After 30 years work at Danish newspapers as a journalist, sub-editor, chief sub-editor and sports-editor, he decided to move to Thailand to live. He settled down on Phuket, the biggest island of Thailand. Before the decision to move permanently, he had visited Thailand several times and had fallen in love with the country and its people. Bjarne Madsen has been travelling a lot in many parts of the World in his career as a journalist in Denmark. He has written several articles for Danish newspapers, magazines and the Danish press agency The Liberal Press. Now he works as a freelance journalist and makes articles - text and photos - from Thailand to Denmark. [Danish] Bjarne Madsen er dansk journalist, født i 1952. Efter 30 år på danske aviser som journalist, redaktionssekretær, redaktionschef og sportsredaktør, valgte han at flytte til Thailand for at bosætte sig på landets største ø, Phuket. Forinden havde han været i Thailand en række gange og fået stor kærlighed til både landet og thailænderne. I sin journalistiske karriere i Danmark har Bjarne Madsen rejst meget i store dele af verden. Han har også skrevet adskillige rejseartikler til både danske aviser, magasiner og det danske pressebureau Den Liberale Presse. Bjarne Madsen virker nu som freelance journalist og leverer artikler - både tekst og fotos - fra Thailand til Danmark.
Bjarne Madsen 's Recent Contributions
Market Scenes: Phuket Town, Thailand.
Bjarne Madsen - bmadsen [817]
A story told with photos.
Destinations:
Phuket |
Thailand
Topics:
Travel |
Photography |
People
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da [dansk]
Bjarne Madsen - bmadsen [817]
[Read the English version] Den alderstegne Beatles-sang om Desmond og hans trækvogn på en markedsplads toner frem for det indre øre en tidlig morgen på et thailandsk marked - men Desmond er der ikke...
Destinations:
Phuket |
Thailand
Topics:
Food |
Travel
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da
Bjarne Madsen - bmadsen [817]
Translated from Danish by Andrew Huddleston [Read the Danish version] That good old Beatles song about Desmond and his barrow in a marketplace seems to sing in my ears on this early morning in a Thai...
Destinations:
Phuket |
Thailand
Topics:
Food |
Travel |
People |
Shopping
Der er liv på dødens jernbane
Bjarne Madsen - bmadsen [817]
[Read the English version] 16.000 allierede krigsfanger mistede livet her - og flere end 100.000 andre, man ikke taler så meget om. I dag er "Dødens Jernbane" og Broen over floden Kwai to af Thailands...
Destinations:
Burma |
Thailand |
Kanchanaburi province |
River Kwai
Topics:
Travel |
People
There's life on the railway of death
Bjarne Madsen - bmadsen [817]
Translated from Danish by Andrew Huddleston [Read the Danish version] 16,000 allied prisoners of war lost their lives here - and more than 100,000 others who aren't mentioned all that often. Today the...

