How come, with the age of the Internet with all that info available on places to go in Thailand, that us folk, when choosing a holiday destination, always select the same old places? And especially, when it’s a tropical beach we are after. So, if you’re bored of well-trodden tourist haunts and their endless...
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Our Thai dish today is called “buap pat moo” or Stir-fried pork and angled sponge gourd. It is also commonly cooked with prawns or chicken. The sponge gourd can grow up to three feet in length. However, you need to choose one that is young and still soft to the touch. As it grows...
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Rattana Rangsarn Throne Room Falling victim to Thailand’s latest anti-tourist law, I found myself in the completely absurd position of having to make two visa runs in four days. Planning to spend my final month in SE Asia in Thailand, I arrived at Chiang Khong 34 days before my flight was due. I could...
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One of the best agro-tourism projects in Thailand is undoubtedly Farm Chokchai in Nakhon Ratchasima Province. In fact it has won many awards. Farm Chokchai is situated on the Friendship Highway in cowboy country and is only 159 km from Bangkok. You can either come here as a day trip from Bangkok or as...
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(The following is a rough/brief translation of the leading article in the Thai Raj newspaper, 31 Jan) (Example edited pic on www.hi5.com) No pimps, no mamasangs – Thai university students, office women and highschool girls sell their bodies directly on the Internet on two of Thailand’s most popular websites www.mthai.com and especially the social...
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This month marks 15 years since I started teaching at Sriwittayapaknam School in Samut Prakan, Thailand. In my wildest dreams, I never thought that I would still be at the same school fifteen years later. In fact, I didn’t think at the time that I would be staying longer than one week. It was...
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