I’ve always been a poor correspondent and an even lousier diary or note taker. Due to that I quite often find that the best memory prompts are photographs. In the new era of digital photography, photo storage is simple and my computer hard drive is now cluttered with thousands of images. Somehow though, opening...
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First I would like to wish Her Majesty the Queen a happy birthday! As she is regarded as a mother to all Thais, we also celebrate 12th August as National Mother’s Day. At school yesterday, the students took part in a special ceremony to honour Her Majesty. But, also to pay homage to their...
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Hi. Yesterday I needed to cross the border and have my visa renewed. I decided to drive myself this time as it is not far from Bangkok to the Cambodian border at Arunyaprathet. I live in an area where it is easy to get out of Bangkok in that direction and so I left...
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(Photo: Courtesy of The Daily News) Stories From The Thai Press: From The Thai Language ‘Daily News’ 10-8-06 ‘Nong Deow’, just 5 years of age, has won the jackpot of 4,000,000 Baht on the popular TV game show ‘Game Thotsakan Dek’. This quiz show, in which contenders have to name the famous person in...
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Recently I saw the photographs of Bangkok in the Thailand forum of Scyscrapercity. It seems, very highly qualified engineers, architects and photographers are running the site. There are outstanding drawings and photographs at different stages of construction. I could see the drawing of the Future Park coming up in Chaengwattana Road. Lets take the...
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Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai Year of the Dragon: Probably the most visited temple in Chiang Mai is Wat Phra Singh. When I was there earlier in the year it was under renovation. The outside of the beautiful Lanna style Wihan Lai Kham had already been completed as you can see in this photograph....
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(Pic from the Thai Press, the Chiang Mai wolf….after a month on the run) Classic story from last week just had to be horrifying news of the Canadian Chiang Mai imported wolf loose on the prowl after legging it from its home – the Night Safari. To the fear of every local chicken, the...
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Sorry it has been so long since I have written an installment about my Peace Corps service back in the seventies. When I was in training in Thailand, we were told that we should each get and carry a pakhoma whenever we were out in the rural areas. For those who don’t know, a...
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Phra That Chae Haeng, Phu Phiang, Nan Province Year of the Rabbit: The province of Nan is just one of those places that don’t and won’t get many visitors. Mainly because it is tucked away along the border with Laos but also because it isn’t on the route to anywhere. We had driven down from...
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This week has been the “Thai Whores” week for me. First, I was watching “The Matador”, a movie about a hitman (Pierce Brosnan) who has a meltdown. And then there were these: “I look like a Bangkok hooker on a Sunday morning, after the navy’s left town.” Haha. Somehow I knew that was going...
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Phra That Choe Hae, Phrae Year of the Tiger: If you are exploring Northern Thailand then the city of Phrae is worth a visit. The old city, surrounded by a wall and moat, still retains many of its original buildings and temples. However, the highlight of any trip to Phrae is Phra That Choe Hae....
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Last December out and about doing my Christmas shopping I purchased a copy of the Lonely Planet Guide to Turkey for my daughter Natalie as she was planning a trip there in 2006. Together with the Turkey Guide, as part of a promotion for Lonely Planet publications, I was also given a free copy...
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A Directory of the Best Blogs from Thailand The website thai-blogs.com has been online now for two years. We will be celebrating our second birthday later this month. In that time we have established ourselves as the leading blog in Thailand. According to the statistics, we are syndicated to an average of 3,500 readers...
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Phra That Lampang Luang, Ko Kha, Lampang Province Year of the Ox: One of my favourite temples in Northern Thailand is Phra That Lampang Luang. If you are driving to Chiang Mai from Bangkok then this is an easy temple to visit. The temple is about 20 kms southwest of Lampang and off Highway...
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At the weekend I finally managed to find time to visit the Or Tor Kor Market which is opposite the southern entrance to Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok. I had heard some good things about this market and wanted to go and see for myself. I also wanted to get some more pictures for...
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