Thailand Stories

Designed for lovers of Thai Food, particularly for those travelling or living in Thailand.  You will be able to confidently order from non tourist restaurants that don’t have an english menu or any english speaking staff. Simply show the waiter the photo & name in…

The 29th July is observed every year in Thailand as National Thai Language Day. In celebration of this, Thailand Post have today released a set of 44 stamps, each with one letter of the alphabet. I have two sets of these stamps which I am giving away to two lucky winners on my Facebook public page. All you have to …

One of the biggest and most beautiful festivals in Thailand is the Candle Procession which marks the start of the Buddhist Lent. In Thai this is called Khao Phansa which is the day after the full moon in July.  Traditionally during this…

One of the most unique and colourful festivals in Thailand is Phi Ta Khon that takes place every year in Dansai in Loei Province. It is sometimes translated into English as the Ghost Festival as many people wear ghost masks during the processions. Really the festival is called Bun Luang which is a combination …

When I first came to Thailand it was very difficult to get much news about the country in the English language.  That all changed with the launch of Thailand Outlook Channel a few years back. For the first time we were getting English language …

Are you vacationing in Thailand? Do you love Thai food? If you answered, “yes”, to either questions, then this app is for you! The other day I was telling you about the Thai Food Flashcards that had recently been released for the iPhone. While I was busy doing a test run of that app on the street, another similar …

The Wan Lai Bangsaen Festival is taking place this weekend, 16th-17th April 2011, on Bangsaen Beach in Chonburi. This is the annual water flowing festival that takes place a few days after Songkran. People in this area of Chonburi Province are descendants of the Mon and they celebrate Songkran later than the rest of the country. I went down there…

If you missed out on the Songkran water fights last week or want a second round then head to Bangsaen in Chonburi for their Songkran Festival on the beach. As well ad the water fights, there are free concerts and fun & games on the beach. There is also a Sand Pagoda

Muay Thai is truly an international sport these days as people all around the world compete in this ancient form of boxing. However, the spiritual home is definitely here in Thailand with the home base being in the ancient capital of Ayutthaya. Yesterday, 350 boxers from 35 different countries came together at Wat Mahathat to take part in the Wai Khru …

Panya Renu is a comedy set in a Northeastern Thailand village. It tells the story of a schoolboy who forms a traditional pong lang band with his friends and aspires to win the coveted place in the provincial competition. Renu is a girl who has a crush on him, but she faces a complication when

Learn Thai is a free, easy to use mobile app to give visitors to Thailand a good start to learning the language. It is starting to be a crowded market for iPhone apps for learning the Thai language. So many have been released of varying quality. I must …

Paiboon Publishing’s new iPhone app makes it easy to study your Thai lessons wherever you go with your iPhone or iPod Touch. The Thai for Beginners app for the iPhone is aimed at people who are using the popular book of the same name written by Benjawan Poomsan Becker  (buy book online here ).  Benjawan has a …

HEdictionary English Thai HD for iPad The HEdictionary English Thai has separate versions for the iPhone and the iPad. It can be used by people learning Thai or for those learning English. I think really it is more set up for Thai people learning English. …

Use this iPhone app to listen to Thai Radio anywhere around the world. There are other radio apps out there but this is certainly one of the best. The ThaiRadio – Thailand Radio Lovers app has a number of features that makes it better than its …

In a Southern province in Thailand, a young boy lives with his uncle and a monkey called Kapi. When the uncle dies, the boy is threatened by a real estate tycoon who wants to buy their land and turn it into a resort

At school last week, we held our regular Thai Manners competition for the students. The students wore traditional Thai clothes and had to visit a number of different bases in order to show that they knew how to perform the proper respect in the…

These pictures were taken at Sriwittayapaknam School in Samut Prakan. The students were taking part in a competition for Thai Manners. In this first set of pictures, the students are demonstrating the proper way to show repsect to a Buddha image. This is done in three stages. In…

At Sriwittayapaknam School this morning, students from every grade took part in a competition for Thai manners. What they had to do was walk around the playground and then act in the correct manner for each situation. I am not sure about you, but I find in general that Thai people have very good manners. I am …

Members of the Thailand relay team, Laphassaporn Tawoncharoen, Neeranuch Klomdee, Nongnuch Sanrat and Phatsom Jaksuninkorn, celebrate their victory in the women’s 4×100 relay final in the athletics competition at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou on November 26, 2010. Thailand won gold. (Getty Images) More Thailand pictures can be found at www.ThaiPhotoBlogs

On the fourth day of the big Temple Fair in Samut Prakan, they always hold boat races on the Chao Phraya River in front of Phra Samut Chedi. They also hold other activities and competitions for the local people. This is a competition for thatching using leaves from the nipa palm tree. This…