Thailand Info Top 5 bugs you should eat in Thailand
Thailand Info Top 5 bugs you should eat in Thailand Bangkok Thailand Discover thailand with Thailand Discovery Thailand Info Top 5 bugs you should eat in Thailand. It might seem a little strange and even disgusting to eat insects but in Thailand it’s quite common. Thai locals eat bugs like Americans eat corn […]
Thailand Info Top 5 best theme parks in Thailand
Top 5 best theme parks in Thailand Author: Pen Drageon Discover Thailand with Thailand Discovery Thailand Info Top 5 best theme parks in Thailand 1 Vote Thailand has a diversity of theme parks that are entertaining not only to children but adults as well. While I find that writing about theme parks is a very standard […]
Thailand Info Officials Target Sham Marriages
Thailand Info Officials Target sham marriages of foreign men and Thai women Discover Thailand with Thailand Discovery Photo: Ben Stephenson/Flickr Thailand Info Officials Target Sham Marriages. For several months, the government has been trying to catch and prosecute foreigners and Thai women engaged in sham marriages that are in place to let the men, […]
From Ubon Ratchatani, Thailand to Venice Italy
Thailand Info From Ubon Ratchatani, Thailand to Venice Italy Author: Trevor Bide Discover Thailand with Thailand Discovery Introducing Today’s Guest From Ubon Ratchatani, Thailand to Venice Italy. My first guest on Thai women living abroad, moved from Ubon Ratchathani in the north – east of Thailand to Venice, Italy in 1998. Up until this point […]
August Festivals Across Thailand
August Festivals Across Thailand Author: Josh at Asia Backpackers. Discover Thailand with Thailand Discovery August Festivals Across Thailand. While July is undoubtedly the month of candles and Buddhist lent, August is the month for the deceased to return to this realm. Getting to the bottom of the actual dates of any event in the Kingdom is never easy, […]
The Akha Swing Festival Thailand
The Akha Swing Festival Thailand Author: Josh at Asia Backpackers Discover Thailand with Thailand Discovery The 80,000 or so Akha people who now reside in the mountains of northern Thailand and are now known colloquially as one of Thailand’s ‘Hill Tribes’ once had their own Kingdom in what is now China, but over centuries of […]
From Angthong, Thailand to Innsbruck, Austria
From Angthong, Thailand to Innsbruck, Austria Author: Trevor Bide Introduction of Today’s Guest on Thai Women Living Abroad From Angthong, Thailand to Innsbruck, Austria. Today’s guest was born in Bangkok, but raised in Angthong, Thailand. After masters graduation in London, she returned to Bangkok briefly before moving to Innsbruck in Austria. From the beautiful location of Innsbruck in […]
Phi Ta Khon or Ghost Festival
Phi Ta Khon or Ghost Festival Author: Josh @ Asia backpackers Discover Thailand with Thailand Discovery Phi Ta Khon or Ghost Festival. The Phi Ta Khon Festival (also spelled Pee Ta Khon (Thai: ผีตาโขน), sometimes known as the Ghost Festival) is the biggest attraction in this otherwise mainly farming community and while the days normally simply float past the sleepy […]
Chiang Mai and Bangkok make Travel list
Chiang Mai and Bangkok make Travel list of World’s 15 Best Cities for 2016 Chiang Mai’s Wat Phan Tao at sunset. Photo: Tetsushi Kimura/Flickr Chiang Mai and Bangkok make Travel list. U.S. magazine Travel + Leisure asked their jet-setting readers to rate the best urban centers in the world and Chiang Mai and Bangkok made […]
Festivals across Thailand in July
Festivals across Thailand in July Author: Josh@Asia Backpackers Discover Thailand with Thailand Discovery Festivals across Thailand in July, Here in the Land of Smiles, festivals are a way of life, with any number taking place at any one time all across the country. Getting to the bottom of the actual dates is never easy, with the events determined by […]
Thailand Royal Tonsure Ceremony
Thailand Royal Tonsure Ceremony Author: Josh @ Asia backpackers Discover Thailand with Amazing Thailand Tonsure is the practice of cutting or shaving some or all of the hair on the scalp, as a sign of religious devotion or humility. Many cultures through-out the world have their own Tonsure rituals, generally it marks the transition from infancy to adolescence and […]
Asanha Bucha Day
Asanha Bucha Day Author: Josh @ Asia backpackers Discover Thailand with Thailand Discovery A celebration of an event that took place over 2,500 years ago and has been celebrated by Buddhists ever since When: July 19th 2016 Where: Nationwide Asanha Bucha Day is an annual Theravada Buddhist festival, (sometimes referred to as “Buddha’s Birthday”), which takes place during […]