Thai Festivals & Events Thai Photo Blogs by Richard Barrow
During a press conference this afternoon, the Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Google announced a partnership for “Promoting Thai Tourism through the use of Google Street View”. Street View in Google Maps lets you explore places through 360-degree street-level imagery, whether you’re looking at locations in your town or across the globe. With Street View, you can check out a restaurant before going there, find beautiful places around the world to visit on your next...
It is still the first weekend for the Hollywood movie The Hangover Part 2 but there has already been some good reactions on Twitter from people who now want to visit Bangkok during their next holiday. Here are some examples from the last few hours: There were also a few tweets suggesting that they didn’t want to visit Bangkok after watching the movie. However, I think it is more likely that they were tweeting that as a joke.
When I set out to explore Isan I looked for a guide book, but found none. The few mainstream ones had a remarkably short section on the place, missing out half the provinces and barely covering the others. It was as if they were acknowledging that it wasn’t a place for tourists. After a month here I’m convinced of that too, it’s a place for people that want to visit Thailand. Part 1 – Templed out in Khorat (Nakhon...
Temples on Khao Wang, Phetchaburi We have another public holiday coming up and I was browsing through my guidebooks this evening trying to find somewhere new to visit. I cannot go too far as it is only a short holiday. Anyway, I will tell you about my destination when I return after the weekend. What I want to blog about today is a “41 Things Not to be Missed” list I discovered in the Rough Guide to Thailand guidebook....
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