Northern Thailand

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Shocking Pink

Home for the next six months in Chiang Mai, although I have some misgivings about the colour. My first thought was that I hope it doesn’t give the local katoeys (ladyboys) the wrong idea… but then, perhaps the Thais don’t have the same colour stereotypes as we Westerners? After all, his Majesty was photographed leaving [...]

Hill Tribe Trek Northern Thailand

Holidays to Thailand are full of different opportunities. Part of one of the best holidays I have ever had was when I went on a hill tribe trek in Northern Thailand.
The hill tribes are fascinating and friendly people who each wear a distinct tribal costume. The seven main groups of hill tribe people are [...]

Khao Soi - Northern Thailand Noodle Soup

Khao SoiMany travellers to Thailand’s Northern Provinces aquire a taste for the seemingly defty thick noodle soup known as “Khao Soi“. Khao Soi is a thick, reddish-orange opaque soup with noodles and chicken. It has an extremely tangy zing to it, and one of the high points is the sprinkling of additional fresh raw vegetables, [...]

Thai Culture and Democracy

The battle lines are drawn, in the ongoing fight over Thailand’s grotesque lèse majesté laws. It’s “Western” democracy versus “Thai” culture. In contemporary political discourse, after all, ”culture” is just about the only word whose international currency rivals democracy’s. To be sure, culture commands more respect than the “dictatorship” and “oppression” it is frequently invoked to mask. As [...]

Lantern Festival in Hat Yai

One of the most colourful festivals taking place at the moment in Thailand is the Lantern Festival in Hat Yai. The Thai slogan translates as “colours of the south”. It is running between 14th and 28th February 2009. This is the third time that they have organized the festival at the Hat Yai Municipality Park. [...]

Thai Style House

The characteristics of Thai houses in the Central Plain are as follows: High floor level allowing an average height man to walk with clearance above his head and another floor of about forty centimetres below the main floor as to allow free ventilation and sitters on the main floor to hang their legs in comfort. [...]