Thailand Stories

Thai buffalo racers compete in an annual water buffalo race in Chonburi Province, 110 kilometers (68 miles) south of Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. The annual race was held as a celebration among rice farmers before the rice harvest. ( Richard Barrow /ThaiPhotoBlogs.com) More Thailand pictures can be found

Thousands of people at Wat Bang Phli Yai Nai, Bang Phli, attended the “Lotus Throwing” festival to mark the end of the Buddhist Retreat on Saturday. A Buddha image on a boat, made its way down the canal, while worshippers on both banks threw lotus flowers at it. After one hour, the mound of lotus flowers had…

Villagers look as a rocket is successfully launched during the rocket festival also known as “Bun Bangfai” in Yasothon, 531 kms (435 miles) northeast of Bangkok, May 10, 2009. The festival marks the start of the rainy season when farmers are about to …

A rocket mounted on a decorated float is paraded during the Rocket Festival, also known as Bun Bang Fai, in Yasothon, 531 kms (330 miles) northeast of Bangkok May 9, 2009. The festival marks the start of the rainy season when farmers are about to plant rice. (Reuters) Women perform a traditional dance during the Rocket Festival, also…

Supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra leave the Government House area while soldiers watch in Bangkok April 14, 2009. Anti-government protesters began streaming out of the grounds of Government House in Bangkok on Tuesday, ending a siege of the Thai prime minister’s office that had lasted almost three weeks. (Reuters) A security officer takes pictures of Thai protesters showing their ID cards before they leave the site of…

Thai soldiers watch for anti-government demonstrators as they clear an intersection early Monday, April 13, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai soldiers unleashed hundreds of rounds of automatic weapons fire to clear rock-throwing anti-government protesters from a major intersection in the capital in the pre-dawn darkness Monday. (AP) Thai soldiers charge and fire gun shots in the air to disperse Thai supporters of exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at Ding Daeng…

(I do feel ashamed of having disappeared, and not writing anything about Chiang Mai’s spectacular, colourful festivals (and everydays!) for such a long time. I have been encouraged to return, so now I’ll give a try to remote linking to my blog gallery at least.) Poi Sang Long was celebrated by Chiang Mai’s Shan (Tai Yai) community at Wat Pa Pao from 4 to 6 April this year. 86 boys dressed up in…

I’ve been having the writer’s block for a few weeks now. So many things to blog about, no idea where to start…. so now I’ve decided to plunge in, still no idea where this blog is going to end up…. but hey, that’s exciting! This November was exactly about that: plunging in, having no idea where I would end up. So, here I am, having moved…