Bangkok MRT Subway Fare May Be Increased in 2012
The Bangkok Metro may be raising MRT subway fares next year. In July, 2012 to be precise. The increase the Bangkok Metro […]
Read moreThe Bangkok Metro may be raising MRT subway fares next year. In July, 2012 to be precise. The increase the Bangkok Metro […]
Read moreIn response to Friday’s photograph of a monk ‘planking’, a new Facebook page has popped up promoting the Thai way of sitting known […]
Read moreLiving in Thailand, you get used to the Ministry of Culture of Whatever and Ever being outraged about something. Not liking the […]
Read moreIn the last five years, Bangkok, Thailand has seen so many political demonstrations it’s sometimes hard to keep track. Unfortunately too, many […]
Read moreThe Nation newspaper is reporting the World Bank is worried about Thailand’s political and economic stability, due to not only the upcoming […]
Read moreIf you’re one of the millions of people who love Thailand, you can’t miss watching the new short film “Hearing the Sunshine“. […]
Read moreAccording to a new cost of living survey by the Economist Magazine, Bangkok is now the second most expensive city to live […]
Read moreThe Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has been getting more and more creative with promotions, in an attempt to persuade yet more tourists […]
Read moreIn good news for Thailand’s tourist industry, a new study by MasterCard shows Bangkok is still Asia’s top city destination for travelers. […]
Read moreThe Gold Traders Association announced the latest buying price of gold in Thailand this morning – 21,587.84 baht per baht-weight for gold […]
Read moreThere are so many reasons why Thai authorities need to hire a farang (westerner) to look into things Thais don’t understand about […]
Read moreI loved walking around my Bangkok neighborhood this weekend already being able to see the new Pheu Thai posters up everywhere, featuring huge […]
Read moreAccording to Thai Commerce Minister Porntiva Nakasai exports in the first four months of 2011 are up 17.7%. Unbelievable, eh? Thailand […]
Read moreA decision has just been handed down by Thailand’s Election Commission that Yingluck Shinawatra, sister of evicted-as-PM-by-military-coup former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, […]
Read moreWe managed to spend a few minutes at the Rajprasong intersection this afternoon, talking to red shirt protesters gathered for the one […]
Read moreAn interesting psychological advantage went to the Pheu Thai party today for Thailand’s general election in July. All political parties and their […]
Read moreYingluck Shinawatra is having a good week and, looking at the number of people who’ve come to Tasty Thailand by searching for […]
Read moreWhen I took one of my usual twice-weekly trips to the Big C supermarket on Ladprao yesterday (the one that used to […]
Read moreImagine my surprise when I walked past Bangkok’s Elephant Building (Tuk Chang or Dtuk Chang in Thai) today, to see a huge banner […]
Read moreFascinating news out of Bangkok today. Yingluck Shinawatra, sister of exiled former-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has said she will be running for […]
Read moreAfter yesterday’s announcement that the US government had killed Osama bin Laden, Thailand’s prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced increased security measures would […]
Read moreThai friends and I were happy to see Princess Sirindhorn at Westminster Abbey in London yesterday for the wedding of Prince William […]
Read moreThere’s a reason Thai ladyboys, or katoeys as they’re known here in Thailand, are so popular. They’re fun, fun, fun, and often […]
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