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My Bangkok Day Trip for this week is to Bangsaen Beach in Chonburi Province . This is the closest seaside resort to Bangkok which has sand and water clean enough for you to swim. Chonburi City is just over 60 minutes from Bangkok and you can get there by using … |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: Bangkok Day Trips: Bangsaen Beach at www.thai-blogs.com
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Probably one of the most amazing festivals in Thailand has to be the Buffalo Racing in Chonburi. It is also one of the oldest running festivals as the banners in Chonburi City proclaimed it… |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: Water Buffalo Festival in Chonburi 2009 at www.thai-blogs.com
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The Wan Lai Bangsaen Festival took place on 16th-17th April 2009 on Bangsaen Beach. This is the annual water flowing festival that takes place a few days after Songkran. People in this area of Chonburi Province are descendent of Mon and they celebrate Songkran … |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: Songkran on Bangsaen Beach at www.thai-blogs.com
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The Songkran Festival in Thailand is not all about water splashing and having fun. Thai people also take time out to visit their local temples to make merit and also to pour rose scented… |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: Sand Pagodas at Songkran at www.thai-blogs.com
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Today we went back to Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi Province. I was there last year with Nong Grace (click here for pictures ) and as she liked it so much she kept asking me to go again. It is the … |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: Journey to the Jungle at www.thai-blogs.com
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The other day I went for a drive down the Old Sukhumwit Road. In the past, people had to drive down the coast road in Samut Prakan and Chachoengsao Provinces on their way to the beaches in Chonburi and Pattaya… |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: The Golden Swan Temple at www.thai-blogs.com
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I’d been thinking for a long time, whether or not, as there are hundreds on online already, if writing a blog about Pattaya was a good idea. I mean there is nothing unseen in this seaside town vicinity anymore. … |
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Written by: Charlie No
Read more: Biking to Pattaya at www.thai-blogs.com
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The annual Buffalo Racing Festival recently took place in Chonburi City. I have been going to this event for a few years now to watch the spectacle of buffaloes racing down a track with riders perched precariously on their backs. This is now … |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: Water Buffalo Racing at www.thai-blogs.com
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One of the major rivers in the eastern part of Thailand is the Bang Pakong River which drains into the Gulf of Thailand. At the estuary, you can go on boat … |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: Bang Pakong River Tour at www.thai-blogs.com
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There are a number of zoos in and around Bangkok that are ideal destinations for people on holiday in Thailand with their children. One of the better zoos is Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi Province. It is about half way … |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: Khao Kheow Open Zoo at www.thai-blogs.com
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Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year. The true dates vary every year as they are set by the movement of the stars but are usually between 13th and 16th April. However, the Thai government have now fixed the start of Songkran as 13th … |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: Songkran Pictures at Phra Pradaeng at www.thai-blogs.com
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People often ask us for family friendly tourist attractions in Thailand where they can take their kids to have some fun. Sriracha Tiger Zoo is a great place for kids on holiday in Thailand. It can be done as either a day trip from Bangkok or as an excursion from … |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: Sriracha Tiger Zoo at www.thai-blogs.com
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Chang Erawan alongside the Outer Ring Road in Samut Prakan It has been about three years in the making, but the southern stretch of the Kanchanapisek Outer Ring Road was finally opened on Thursday 15th November 2007. We have been waiting for this for years as the rest of the ring… |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: Kanchanapisek Outer Ring Road at www.thai-blogs.com
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I have always had a fascination with maps. I can sit for hours flipping through map books and atlases. Either planning trips or reminiscing where I have been. Whenever I go anyway, I always want to be able to locate it on a map. Even when I am not… |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: Digital Maps of Thailand at www.thai-blogs.com
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The other day I was in Chonburi for the Buffalo Racing. This is an annual event that happens at the end of the Buddhist Lent in October. Also at this fair is this event I want to show you today. It is climbing the greasy pole competition. The … |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: Climbing the Greasy Pole at www.thai-blogs.com
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Towards the end of the Buddhist Lent, the farmers of Chonburi came together to race their buffaloes. A sign at the event proudly announced that this was the 135th year of the… |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: Buffalo Races in Thailand at www.thai-blogs.com
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One of the famous festivals in Thailand marking the end of the Rains Retreat is the “Rub Bua Festival” in Bang Phli in Samut Prakan. This means “to receive lotus flower” but it is … |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: The Lotus Throwing Festival at www.thai-blogs.com
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Making Pottery on Koh Kret On our ThailandQA.com forums and in the Thai Chat Box we often receive questions from people who want to use Bangkok as a base to explore the surrounding area. Every time … |
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Written by: Richard Barrow
Read more: Day Trips from Bangkok at www.thai-blogs.com
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The Beaches of Rayong Posted on
May 13, 2006
Written by: Richard Barrow
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