Category: Culture and Facts

Rainy Season begins in Thailand Thailand’s official ‘rainy season’ is May to October but tends to start in vengeance in June. So it’s […]

Recently a woman asked me a simple question about living in Thailand, “Are Thais honest people?”. She is coming to Thailand to teach […]

  You wouldn’t think cycling in Bangkok, Thailand would ever become popular. Not when Bangkok is one of the world’s most congested and […]

  When someone asks me about the standard of Thai workmanship when it comes to having house repairs done in Thailand, honestly, I […]

  Thai baht falls to four-month low in May Good news for tourists and expats in Thailand this week as the Thai baht […]

  Someone asked me a Thailand visa question this week, and I thought it was worth talking about here as, if they didn’t […]

  If you’re looking for recent Bangkok pictures and aren’t sure where to start to find them, check out our Daily Photo section. […]

  If you are one of those people for whom riding motorcycles in Thailand is a way of life, you won’t be too […]

 Are Thai police bad? I don’t think so As anyone who has lived in Thailand for a while knows, Thai police have a […]

  While, normally, there’s at least one Thai movie being entered in the Cannes Film Festival each year, this year there are none. […]

If you’re relatively new in Thailand, or just visiting for a short-time, one thing you may be confused about is when can you […]

  One interesting thing I’ve noticed lately is Buddhist books hanging on the back of bus seats in Bangkok. The books have been […]

Are you asking why is Bangkok traffic so bad? One thing many westerners ask when they first come to Thailand is “Why is […]

You know you have been too long in Thailand when you are sitting side saddle on a motorbike, wearing heels and a skirt, […]

When you live in Thailand long enough, you eventually hear about black market money lenders. These are people or companies, otherwise known as […]

  Thailand, like most other countries, has a plethora of beauty contests. One of them, Miss Grand Thailand 2013, is currently in the […]

A Thai friend recently asked me “Why are there so many loser farang men in Thailand?”, something she had noticed as she went […]

  Coco Ice Cream in Bangkok, Thailand is one of the newest players in the massive Thai ice cream market. But, I doubt […]

  No matter what country I’m in, I love looking at old postcards as they give you a look back in time to […]

  One thing that sometimes drives me nuts about living in Thailand is the high number of low-class ‘farangs’ (Caucasian non-Thais) who come […]

One thing I and many other non-Thais currently living in Thailand find annoying is the number of times a month Thai English-language newspapers […]

  I was at a Bangkok shopping mall on Friday and trying to explain to a Thai friend why I think Thailand is […]

  If you’ve ever wondered what Thailand was like in the 1960s, wonder no longer. This fascinating Pan Am promotional video was made […]