Category: 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 […]

  As Thailand celebrates the Thai New Year (Songkran) and reaches the middle of the ‘seven dangerous days’ of Songkran 2013 today, Thai […]

  The Google Thai Songkran 2013 doodle has gone up on Google search and, this year, it shows two traditional Thai customs. In […]

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

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

If you have ever been to Thailand, you will know Thai girls use umbrellas when it rains to prevent themselves getting wet. Just […]

  Just in case you’re not aware, Thailand is currently in the middle of an horrendous heatwave. Sure, it’s always hot in Thailand […]

  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 […]

  People in Thailand are so clean: how many showers a day do Thais normally take? When many westerners come to Thailand, one […]

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 […]

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

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

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

  As someone who will be retiring in the next 20 years or so, I’ve often thought about aging in Thailand. Is it […]

    I love visiting Chinatown (known as Yaowarat by the Thais) as it’s so different than the rest of Bangkok. You know […]

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

  If you’d like to be able to do your evening make-up like Thai lakorn actress, Chompoo Araya, you have to watch this […]

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

  Conveniences in Thailand mean I don’t leave home often In recent months, I seem to spend less and less of my time […]

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

  Two British cyclists who were in the process of cycling around the world were killed on Friday in Thailand by a pickup […]

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

  While many thousands of foreigners come to Thailand every year to get married, not very many decide to get married underwater. A […]