He landed in Bangkok in April 1969, just three months after leaving on the much anticipated trip to the land Down Under. After a stint at teaching, he started working for the Bangkok Post newspaper where for the next couple of decades he wrote and edited for various sections and started his popular column Postscript. "It is important to accept you are in a different country with a very different culture and things are not going to be the same as in your homeland. The wai is another wonderful aspect of Thai culture. Sharing the highlights of his time with the Bangkok Post, Crutchley mused: "The Post felt almost like a family business when I arrived, even though it was soon to be taken over by press baron Lord Thomson of Fleet.

Source: Bangkok Post May 18, 2018 01:18 UTC