Category: 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 […]

In my 15-plus years living in Thailand, I have met several Thais that will fearlessly catch snakes with a net or a stick. […]

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

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

A few months ago, I attended my first Buddhist monk ordination ceremony in Thailand. A Thai friend’s cousin was being ordained and she […]

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

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

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

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

Living in Bangkok, Thailand, one of the things that has always bothered me is the pollution. Bangkok has some of the world’s worst […]

  As someone who has lived in Thailand for almost two decades, I take it for granted that most people I speak to […]

Having lived in Bangkok, Thailand for 17 years, I rarely click on YouTube videos from short-term travelers to the country. After all, so […]

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 […]

In the last few years, Thailand has become increasingly strict about smoking laws as successive Thai governments have instituted new laws in an […]

When you spend as much time in Thailand as I do, you often forget just how beautiful Thai women really are as you […]

If you plan on having sex in Thailand, or think there is even a remote chance you might then, yes, bring your own […]

Education in Thailand is in serious trouble I taught in the Thai education system for more than 10 years and, during this time, […]

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 […]

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

Yes, writing graffiti in Thailand on public property could put you in a Thai prison As a westerner who has lived in Thailand […]

Is health care in Thailand free? There are two things I notice about many westerners living in Thailand or who visit often. First, […]

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