Thailand Stories

A boy named Tok is the prospective inheritor of his family that has been working as comedians for generations. But something goes wrong as Tok seems not to inherit any hilarity from his family: he can make no one laugh. When Tok meets Namkaeng, the only woman who does laugh at his jokes, their…

A traffic policeman walks past a group of Bangladeshi Jumma Buddhist student monks and novices during a rally outside the United Nations building in Bangkok March 5, 2010. The monks urged the Bangladesh military and Bengali Muslim settlers to stop attacks on the Jumma indigenous people in Chittagong Hill Tracts …

Bangkok has many museums, many of them state run, but many of the better ones are privately owned like this one called House of Museums on the Western outskirts of Bangkok. The museum details the life in Thailand over 50 years ago through the private collection of Anake Nawigamune. There are toy…

A year and a half ago, I bought a pineapple from Foodland Supermarket, ripped off the stalk at the top, and then stuck it into a pot of earth. I didn’t seriously think that it would grow. But it has as you can see by this photo! - Posted from my iPhone

Just outside of Nakhon Pathom, to the West of Bangkok, there is a popular wax museum called Thai Human Imagery Museum. Though, to be precise, they are fibre glass models as I guess wax ones would melt in this heat. There are various rooms with different themes. This one shows the Kings of the Chakri Dynasty. Many of the…

A few days ago, a user called “musicxpresso” put up for sale on ebay a wanted poster for Thaksin and his wife for a mere 99 cents. The photo showed the massive banner used as the backdrop for one of the yellow shirts stages while they occupied the Government House area. However, if you read the badly worded description (obviously …

Photo provided by the Melbourne Zoo, Mali, a baby Thai elephant, walks from beneath her mother Dokkoon after a naming ceremony performed by Buddhist monks in Melbourne, Australia. Mali is Thai for jasmine and was chosen out of five possibilities derived…

Khan Kluay was a smash hit Thai cartoon when it was first released in Thailand in May 2006. It was the first Thai cartoon made at international standard and did very well in the domestic market. The little blue elephant, called Khan Kluay, was very popular with Thai children of all ages. I know Nong Grace has watched her…

I went to eat at Tesco Lotsus on Srinakarin Road in Samut Prakan. I saw this interesting dish which is like an egg noodle combined with Chinese Chicken Rice. - Posted from my iPhone

Thai tennis player Paradon Srichaphan poses next to a cutout of himself in “Bang Rajan 2″, a new historical movie at the opening ceremony of the movie in Bangkok March 3, 2010. (Reuters) More Thailand pictures can be found at www.ThaiPhotoBlogs.com .

Parachutists from the Thai Air Force board a U.S. aircraft, the C-17 Globemaster III, during a parachute jumping training session as part of the “Cope Tiger 2010″ joint Air Force exercise at Royal Thai Air Force headquarters in Bangkok March 3, 2010. …

In Tak, in northern Thailand, there is a shrine and statue for King Taksin the Great (1734-1782). He is not only the most famous native of this province, but he is heroically known for expelling the Burmese from Thailand after the defeat and subsequent destruction of Ayutthaya in 1767. He later moved the…

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) poses with a boxing champion belt upon receiving it from World Boxing Council (WBC) President Jose Sulaiman during their meeting at Parliament House in Bangkok March 3, 2010. (Reuters) President of the World Boxing Council Jose Sulaiman, left, presents a champion belt to Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva during …

Nakhon Sawan Province, also known as Pak Nam Pho is where the rivers of Ping, Wang, Yom, and Nan converge and form the Chao Phraya River, the most important waterway of Thailand. It then flows from north to south for 372 kilometres from the central plains to Bangkok and the…

Thai security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack in front of the Government Saving Bank in Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok March 2, 2010. Series of bomb attacks in Thailand’s rebellious Muslim-majority far south of Narathiwat, injuring two people, police said. (Reuters) More Thailand pictures can be found at www.ThaiPhotoBlogs.com .

This is a rare family photo for Grace as she still lives with her grandparents. I cannot remember the last time her mother came to visit. They went to do a passport for Grace this morning. - Posted from my iPhone

A woman holds up figurines in the shape of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra at her shop in Bangkok February 24, 2010. Each figurine sells for 100 baht ($3.02). (Reuters) More Thailand pictures can be found at www.ThaiPhotoBlogs.com .

I consider myself very lucky to be living in Thailand. Not only is the weather great but we also have plenty of delicious fruit. This is the real thing that you can buy at markets throughout Thailand. Rambutan, lychees, longan, papaya, pineapple, sapodilla, durian and watermelon are some …

One of the most beautiful and also important temples in Lamphun Province in Northern Thailand is Wat Phrathat Hariphunchai. According to legend, the Lord Buddha himself once came to this area to collect alms. A local Lua tribesman offered him some “samor”, a kind of fruit. The Buddha predicted that a man would later erect a …

This is the monument that they are building in Paknam to commemorate the first railway line in Thailand. I am not sure if I like the design. - Posted from my iPhone