The sheer amount of green going on in Thailand is immense. Green is all over the place, in-front, behind, above. There is an argument for the national colour of Thailand being green, because most of Thailand IS green.
With this kind of tropical climate, the keen eye will notice that available food is growing EVERYWHERE.
I’ve always [...]
Yesterday I wrote a post on My Thai Friend about making merit to the spirits of the land. This is another shot of the offering my Thai partner prepared for the ritual.
Thai Culture, religion and superstition continue to provide opportunities to make my life in Thailand more enjoyable and rich. True it can be frustrating at times particularly if you cannot communicate effectively with your Thai partner or her niece in either English or Thai, but along the way you do get a few funny [...]
Khao San Road is probably the unlikeliest place in Bangkok you’d expect to find an authentic Thai cooking school. But the people behind Khao Cooking School have heaps of experience and have put together an institution that feels both professional and homey, despite the incongrous location.
You will find large bells at temples throughout Thailand. This set are pictured at a temple near Khao Sam Roi Yot.
Also at Huay Yang Waterfall National Park Thailand I found this Thai spirit house.
The Day of Vesak, or Visakha Puja, falls on the full moon day of the sixth lunar month, coinciding with May 8 this year. About 2,000 Buddhist leaders from all over the world have joined an International Buddhist Conference on the United Nations Day of Vesak in Thailand, scheduled for May 4-6.
Visakha Puja commemorates the [...]
Imagine the situation. You’re hungry and you find yourself in a real Thai diner (one that doesn’t serve farang dishes).
You can’t understand the menu, and the chef looks blankly when you ask for a ‘green curry ta kub’ or ‘chicken with cashews please guv ‘. Alas, these Thai eateries will not serve food that [...]
Visakha Bucha Day is the most important day in the Buddhist calendar. It marks the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha which all happened on the full moon of the sixth lunar month. All around Thailand, Buddhists will be going to their local temple tomorrow to mark this important event by making merit and [...]
The words festival and Thailand really do go hand in hand, scarcely a week goes by without some Thai festival being celebrated. Songkarn has only just finished but already we have a festival in Prachuap Khiri Khan.
MTF and I went to check out the latest Thai festival yesterday afternoon. Now it was supposed [...]
Khoa Chong Krajok, which means something like mirror mountain in Thai is located at the North end of the town of Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand. It affords good views of the coast, with the three bays of Ao Noi, Prachuap and Ao Manoa to the north and south, while the Myanmar border can be seen [...]
Many Thai children spent their summer holidays either at summer school or, if they were a boy, ordained as novice monks at their local temple. In Samut Prakan, a number of our temples offered the youngsters a chance to ordain for about a month. I took the pictures on this page at Wat Chai Mongkhol [...]
Hindsight is 20/20. I could have happily called my blog ‘The Fat Farang’ and posted all about Thai food, I like it so much.
Nevertheless, it’s always nice to eat the things you’ve been brought up on back in the old South end of the Sea. In Thai towns and built up areas, its not [...]
A little while ago I wrote about how a Tokay gecko had helped My Thai Friend win the Thai lottery.
Now in my opinion MTF used a somewhat unscientific approach in enlisting the geckos help, so I decided without telling her, to apply some Western logic to the process.
I have therefore been secretly listening [...]
I really felt sorry for this poor guy. He must have been at it for 4 hours today and never caught a fish. He caught my attention though and there was something relaxing in the rythm of his casts. As you can probably tell I wasn’t up to much today other than eating and relaxing.
Then [...]
TC Kitchen, Ubon Ratchathani Thailand
Bangkok on the Fly, Thailand.
A New Door, A New Journey, Isaan Style.
49 Years of Marriage for John and Nancy.
Nong Ja and Magha Puja Day Thailand 2012
Morning Alms Offering to 8,000 Monks in Bangkok
