Thai Travel Blogs

Every year, there is a moment when the city pauses for a last glance before the heat unleashes its fury and the smoke rolls in from the mountains. These are the last few days when colours still vibrate alive, before…

Koh Phayam - Ranong Falling victim to Thailand’s latest anti-tourist law, I found myself in the completely absurd position of having to make two visa runs in four days. Planning to spend my final month in SE Asia in Thailand…

The Suphannahongse Royal State Barge cruises past the Grand Palace on the Chao Phraya river, Monday, June 12, 2006, in the celebration, marking Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 60th year on the throne. (AP Photo/Sakchai …

In this photo released by the Thailand Public Relations Department, Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej offers a candle during a Buddhist ceremony at the Audience Hall of Amarindra Vinitchai to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the king’s accession to the throne in Bangkok Saturday, June 10, 2006. The world’s longest-serving monarch …

Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej with Queen Sirikit waves after his address in Bangkok. Nearly one million Thais wearing yellow shirts flocked into central Bangkok for the king’s first public audience in six years, marking his 60th anniversary on …

His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej was crowned as Rama IX, the 9th king of the Chakri dynasty, on 5th May 1950. The anniversary of this day has been observed as a public holiday ever since. In former times, the accession to the throne of a Siamese sovereign was not celebrated …

Taking a break from the hectic Songkran celebrations, I went this afternoon to one of my local temples here in Paknam. It was like an oasis in the middle of a war zone. In the surrounding area, roaming pickup trucks, packed with people …

Around the country, the start of Songkran is marked with a Miss Songkran beauty pageant and a parade. We had our parade today in Samut Prakan. It wasn’t quite …

Today I went to visit my school to take some pictures of a merit making ceremony for Songkran. Summer School is open at the moment and so the students are not wearing their normal uniform. Set up near the gate was a Buddha image and…

A Thai worker feeds stray dogs at the Home for Handicapped Animals Foundation in Bangkok. The foundation’s president, Sataporn Deepa, said Thai people have donated more money to the foundation for the strays hoping it would bring them good …

Last night I went to watch some Chinese Opera down by the City Pillar. They had built the stage right in the middle of one of the side streets blocking all the traffic. It was an amazing site and extremely …

I woke up this morning to the sound of firecrackers. Very loud firecrackers. Dreary eyed I struggled out of bed and peeped through my blinds. The people next door were crouching down in front of their car with a tray of food and some incense sticks. They seemed to be making…

The other day I was showing some people around the school. They were visiting from Australia. They made a good point that some of the teachers were a bit slow taking the “Happy New Year” banners down from the classrooms. I said that …