Culture and Facts

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

  As Thailand celebrates the Thai New Year (Songkran) and reaches the middle of the ‘seven dangerous days’ of Songkran 2013 today, Thai news media is reporting Songkran…

  The Google Thai Songkran 2013 doodle has gone up on Google search and, this year, it shows two traditional Thai customs. In it, you can see the…

  Songkran is Thailand’s New Year and the official five days of Songkran 2013 festivities began today. That means, if you’re anywhere in Thailand, you’re likely to be…

  If you’re thinking of taking a trip to the Land of Smiles, one of the things you may be wondering about is when is the worst time…

If you have ever been to Thailand, you will know Thai girls use umbrellas when it rains to prevent themselves getting wet. Just like anywhere else in the…

  Just in case you’re not aware, Thailand is currently in the middle of an horrendous heatwave. Sure, it’s always hot in Thailand but, if you’ve lived here…

  As if it’s not hot enough for humans in Thailand right now, it’s even hotter if you’re a Thai rabbit. At least according to my two bunnies….

  People in Thailand are so clean: how many showers a day do Thais normally take? When many westerners come to Thailand, one of the first things they…

I was talking to a Thai friend a couple of weeks ago about Thailand’s first-car scheme. Even though she had bought a car through the scheme, she was…

  Thailand’s ‘Elephant Day’ was on Wednesday, March 13th and even Siam Paragon, one of Bangkok’s top luxury malls is helping to celebrate. I was shopping at Siam…

  Thai girls are the world’s sweetest women Every time I meet a new Thai woman, I always think how Thai girls are the world’s sweetest women. Now,…

  Marucho peanuts are a Thai brand I bought for the first time this week. Usually a purchaser of the Koh Kae brand of coated peanuts, I decided…

  As someone who will be retiring in the next 20 years or so, I’ve often thought about aging in Thailand. Is it a good place for an…

    I love visiting Chinatown (known as Yaowarat by the Thais) as it’s so different than the rest of Bangkok. You know you’re away from the usual…

I came across this video today on ‘Dos and Don’ts for Traveling in Chiang Mai, Thailand‘ and just had to put it up on my site as it’s…

  If you’d like to be able to do your evening make-up like Thai lakorn actress, Chompoo Araya, you have to watch this video. Created by a Thai-American…

  Projects like Logos Hope, ‘the world’s largest floating bookstore’ that’s currently docked in Bangkok, Thailand just annoy me. Couched as a way to provide inexpensive books, educate…

  Conveniences in Thailand mean I don’t leave home often In recent months, I seem to spend less and less of my time outside my Bangkok apartment. Let’s…

What does the Thai flag look like? I’ve had a couple of people asking me lately what the Thai flag looks like. I even had one who had…

  Two British cyclists who were in the process of cycling around the world were killed on Friday in Thailand by a pickup truck driver. The two, Peter…

You certainly cannot say Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra refuses to join the 21st century. She has already had Twitter and Facebook accounts for a couple of years…

  While many thousands of foreigners come to Thailand every year to get married, not very many decide to get married underwater. A couple of thousand, however, in…