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Dasa Book Café – Bangkok’s favorite second-hand bookstore

by thaistory July 16, 2009 Expat Life

Posted by Voicu Mihnea Simandan New location Bangkok is a good place to shop for books. Although there are many good bookstores that sell English-language books, my favourite second-hand bookstore is Dasa Book Café. I know I’m not the only one who buys books at this friendly store, so, for those who haven’t found out [...]

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Bang Pa-In Palace in Ayutthaya Province

by thaistory June 25, 2009 Expat Life

Photos and text by Voicu Mihnea Simandan Ayutthaya is one of my favorite places in Thailand, located about 70 km north of Bangkok. I have been there on several occasions and I never get bored of it. On a very recent day-trip to Ayutthaya, I stopped at Bang Pa-In Palace, located in Bang Pa-In District, [...]

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Photo of the Day – Thailand National Flag

by Admin April 25, 2009 Thai Culture

photo by Dennis Wong

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Photo of the Day: Thai Dancers

by Admin April 21, 2009 Thai Culture

photo by Alaskan Dude

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Photo of the Day: Lanterns in Chaing Mai

by Admin April 20, 2009 Thai Culture

I love lighting these and sending them up.  When I was in Chiang Mai over the new year the sky was full of them every night.  It was amazing to watch. photo by Alaskan Dude

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Thy to Thailand

by Admin April 5, 2009 People

Sorry if people have seen this before but I just ran across this series of YouTube videos that I found to be extremely interesting. It really gives an interesting look at what life is like for rural Thai people, why they end up dating farangs, and why the decision for them to go work in [...]

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How to Learn Thai Like a 4 Year Old Kid

by DougBangkok January 17, 2009 Thai Culture

How does a child learn a language? They are born unable to speak, and for the first 12 months, just make noises. But after 12 months, words come. Single words initially, but by 24 months, most children are speaking in simple sentences and have a vocabulary of several hundred words. By the age of 5, [...]

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Thai People and Common Sense

by DougBangkok January 17, 2009 Hazards

Having lived in Thailand for a number of years, I am convinced that Thai people lack the common sense gene. I love them, I love living here, but every farang here has seen many examples of seemingly stupid behaviour, ranging from sidewalks that are broken and barely usable to the recent tragedy at the Santika [...]

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Bangkok’s Unknown Fertility Shrine

by DougBangkok January 16, 2009 Thai Culture

A small shrine, hidden away on a hotel’s grounds, contains hundreds of wooden models of a penis, placed there by women wanting to become pregnant. Almost unknown by tourists and undocumented in most tourist guidebooks, it is easy to find and worth visiting. Located on the grounds of the Nai Lert Park Hotel, a five [...]

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The old man and the fortuneteller

by Giacomo July 21, 2008 Thai Culture

Sometime ago I went to a complex of temples in Bangkok. There was a religious festival going on. After having seen the sights, I went to an outdoors restaurant right outside one of the temples. I ended up chatting with two Thais who spoke some English. During the conversation they suddenly noticed a woman fortune-teller [...]

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