Culture and Facts

A great way to improve your Thai or to even begin to learn Thai is to use some of the best learning Thai language websites out there. If…

In my 15-plus years living in Thailand, I have met several Thais that will fearlessly catch snakes with a net or a stick. 50-year-old Thai firefighter Pinyo Pukpinyo,…

Since moving to Thailand over 17 years ago, I have only been familiar with the Thai martial art Krabi Krabong for two reasons. I knew the royal bodyguard…

Living in Thailand, I sometimes forget people don’t always know what I am talking about when I mention common Thai things. For instance, on the phone the other…

On any visit to Thailand, you will notice quickly how much gold Thais have and how much of it they wear. Purchased by Thais, rich and poor, and…

A few months ago, I attended my first Buddhist monk ordination ceremony in Thailand. A Thai friend’s cousin was being ordained and she invited me to go with…

Emergency snake catcher and Thai snake charmer Jirawat Iamlamay was asked to help capture a deadly cobra in Ang Thong, Thailand late last month, after the snake showed…

What is the best way to ship packages from Thailand to the U.S.? One of the questions I have been asked by tourists coming to Thailand more times…

Want to avoid being bitten by a snake in Thailand? Watch how this guy does it A wonderful video surfaced on YouTube a few months ago of a…

When I first moved to Bangkok, Thailand, having a maid was a strange thing. Growing up in the west, my family had never had maids so, when I…

Living in Bangkok, Thailand, one of the things that has always bothered me is the pollution. Bangkok has some of the world’s worst pollution and avoiding it can…

  As someone who has lived in Thailand for almost two decades, I take it for granted that most people I speak to online know what ‘55555’ means…

Having lived in Bangkok, Thailand for 17 years, I rarely click on YouTube videos from short-term travelers to the country. After all, so many think they ‘know’ the…

According to a news story from the South China Morning Post today, more than 50,000 Russians currently live in Pattaya, Thailand. Considering Pattaya’s last census in 2010 had…

In the last few years, Thailand has become increasingly strict about smoking laws as successive Thai governments have instituted new laws in an attempt to stop the nation’s…

When you spend as much time in Thailand as I do, you often forget just how beautiful Thai women really are as you become so used to seeing…

If you plan on having sex in Thailand, or think there is even a remote chance you might then, yes, bring your own condoms. Of course, Thailand isn’t…

Education in Thailand is in serious trouble I taught in the Thai education system for more than 10 years and, during this time, learned quickly how bad the…

Jai Thep Music Festival 2019 lineup has almost 100 artists The fourth annual three-day Jai Thep Music Festival in Chiang Mai announced its lineup yesterday, and it is massive….

For western men dating a Thai girl, some things are easy to figure out and some are not. Particularly if the man isn’t too familiar with Thai culture,…

Yes, writing graffiti in Thailand on public property could put you in a Thai prison As a westerner who has lived in Thailand for the best part of…

Is health care in Thailand free? There are two things I notice about many westerners living in Thailand or who visit often. First, they often do not speak…

If you are into electronic dance music, and in Bangkok, Thailand on July 29th, you should not miss the Heineken Sensation ‘RISE’ Thailand 2018 electronic dance music festival….