Thailand Stories

Listen to your favorite Thailand Radio stations on your iPhone & iPad with the “Thailand Radio Player”!The full price is 99 Cents but it is free today so be quick! Download on iTunes Thailand Store > > > > Stations Included: 95.5 Virgin HITZ (95.5 FM), Fat Radio (104.5 FM), Eazy FM 105.5 (105.5 FM), COOL 93 Fahrenheit (93.0 FM), FM One (103.5 …

Learn Thai Pro is an easy to use mobile Thai Phrase Book that will give visitors to Thailand and those who are interested in learning Thai a good start in the language. A  month or so ago I reviewed an excellent Thai phrasebook for the iPhone called Learn Thai (see review ). I noted at the …

In less than two weeks we will be celebrating the biggest Thai Festival called Songkran 2011 . This takes place all over Thailand in mid-April. The date used to vary but it is now fixed and takes place on 13-15 April every year. Although these are…

This week in Bangkok, there are two opportunities to watch the highly anticipated documentary “Living with the Tiger” which explores the lives of a group of Thai children affected by the HIV virus. The two screenings this week are free and are sponsored by the…

Laksana Tiranarat, right, and husband Ekkachai pose with a certificate after winning the World’s Longest Continuous Kiss contest and set a new record at 46.24.09 hours in Pattaya, southeastern Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. Seven determined couples locked lips for more than 36 hours to celebrate Valentine’s Day in this southeastern Thai beach resort town, a landmark “kissathon” that organizers claim marked the …

The most popular floating market in Thailand for tourists is undoubtedly at Damnoen Saduak. However, if you want to avoid the bus loads of tourists on a very well worn trail then I suggest that you head out to Tha …

There are now two floating markets in the old city of Ayutthaya which make a nice change from just visiting old temple ruins all day. Now you can break up your time to make a more balanced day trip from Bangkok. Earlier I visited Ayutthaya …

Madame Tussaud's in Bangkok The latest world-class tourist attraction to open in Bangkok is Madame Tussaud’s. They already have one in Hong Kong and Shanghai but this is the first Madame Tussaud’s to open in South East Asia. I think it is also the first branch to open …

Boat Ride to the Seaside in Bangkok People often ask where is the nearest beach to Bangkok. Usually I reply Bangsaen and Pattaya to the East or Cha-am and Hua Hin to the South. However, the answer is nearer than expected as Bangkok …

Tourists arriving in Bangkok usually have the choice of two beach resorts less than two hours from the capital. On the Western peninsular there is the seaside resort of Hua Hin. On the Eastern seaboard is Pattaya. You would normally have to choose between the two as it is quite time-consuming to drive back up…

Tourists in Bangkok have the Rose Garden while Pattaya tourists have Nong Nooch, a short distance to the south of the city. The tropical gardens are set in 652 acres and have literally thousands of different species of plants. With the orchids alone there are 670 different species. There is a lot to see and take in…

During the evening of the first day of our media trip to Pattaya we were invited to see a performance at the Tuxedo Magic Theatre. It was billed as “the first magic theater of Thailand that presents world-standard magic shows”. I was of course a bit skeptical about that and also at…

One of the latest tourist attractions in Pattaya is the Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks. It can be found in the Royal Garden Plaza on Beach Road. You may already be familiar with “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” which is owned by the …

At the moment I am in Pattaya on a 3 day media trip with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). We are product testing some new attractions as well as some places that won the Thailand Tourism Awards this year. The hotel where we are staying is the Pattaya Marriott Resort & Spa. It is on Beach Road. This is …

Thailand is starting to be world famous for it’s spas which are being promoted as “wellness tourism”. The number of hotels and resorts with spa packages are increasing all the time. On the second day of our TAT media trip in Chiang Mai we were brought to The Oasis …

“He fought like a man so he could become a woman” – Still from the Thai movie Beautiful Boxer Thailand here has many-a glorious site to feast ones eyes on, besides just a million temples, two million taxis and three million noodle soup stalls we have…

Farang (foreigner) Friendly is the definitive list of Thai and foreign owned companies in Thailand that focus on selling to expats and tourists. One of the difficult things about coming to live in a new country is finding local businesses that can …

This is a review of what happened in Thailand during the last week based on topics that I tweeted. You can follow me live for latest news about Thailand @RichardBarrow . I have also started a new version of my Bangkok Dangerous Map as…

Thailand’s Nalada Thamthanakom smiles after winning the annual Miss Tiffany’s Universe 2010 transvestite contest in the beach resort town of Pattaya, nearly 150 km (90 miles) southeast of Bangkok late May 7, 2010. The contest aims to promote a positive image of transvestites. Picture taken May 7, 2010. (Reuters) Thailand’s Nalada Thamthanakom is flanked by runners-up…

This evening we checked in at the beautiful beachside resort called Bundhaya. It is on the island of Koh Lipe in the Tarutao National Marine Park in Satun. Koh Lipe is one of the few islands that has hotels and resorts. There is an old fishing village here too…