Papaya salad is almost as much a staple part of my diet as rice is. For sure if I eat out and am not given any som tam, I will soon after be found at a roadside food vendor, correcting the deficiency. If you lived on a diet of som tam and not much else, …
About Thai Traditional Massage If you are walking around the paved streets of Thailand, you’ll be amazed at the number of thai massage parlors all around the country. In most of these massage parlors, it costs just few dollars for 2 hour session, but if you are getting thai massage from 4-5 star hotels, this …
Thai women are very beautiful and, unlike many Asian women, they usually don’t gain much weight as they age. They are delightful companions. Thailand’s economy is booming, but there is still a wide gap between rich and poor. Many people in Bangkok live in slums and many people in the North and Northeast are poor …
If you visit any destination in South East Asia, it may be imperative that you pass through Bangkok. Bangkok has a strange nature of evoking extreme sense of likes and dislikes amongst visitors. A few seem to loathe it while many others swear that it is the most wonderful, fascinating and exciting places on earth. …
I have been living in Bangkok for about 3 months now. I am still exploring the city and learning about all it has to offer. Of course, one of the main attractions is the excellent and economical dining that is available here. Recently, there was a thread on a Thai message board about the hygiene …
After visiting a fair share of “Thailand Forums” one notices that newbies will often ask if they should go to Bangkok, Pattaya or both. They also usually want to know how long they should stay at each place – if they go to both. As a seasoned traveler to Thailand for over 30 years, I …
If you mentioned Thailand to a westerner say 30 years or so ago, more than likely they would confuse the country with the Chinese Republic on Taiwan. Or, if they even knew the name at all, all it was probably through Hollywood’s slightly libelous version of Thai “history” as portrayed in Anna and the King …
A Thai family can place enormous pressure on their children. This is a fact of life, but it can have a serious impact on any relationship the girl has. I’m sure I am not alone in noticing this. Most of this pressure has to do with saving “Face”, but it can lead to untold stress …
As anyone who has tried learning Thai knows, it is a very difficult language, the basics are easy enough but the tones are the real killer. Thai is a tonal language, the same word can have up to 5 meanings depending on the tone used. Tones are a completely foreign concept to westerners, we simply …
I consider Tuk-Tuks to be one of the worst aspects of Thailand. The drivers are often rude, they are noisy, they think they own the road and they try to rip you off for everything you have. Most foreign ex-pats in Bangkok will tell you the same thing, yet the Tuk-Tuk remains a symbol of …