Car Brand Names in Thai: How to Read and Recognise Them
Learn how familiar car brand names appear in Thai script, why pronunciation can sound different and how to recognise models and dealer information.
Thai Culture
Loy Krathong Festival
It’s getting close to the Loy Krathong Festival which is held once a year on November in Thailand. This year, the festival is on 23rd November. The purpose of the festival is to pay the respect to the god of the river in order to say sorry in all what we did and think in…
Reading in Thailand: Libraries, Bookshops and Bangkok Book Fairs
Explore Thailand’s reading culture through libraries, book fairs, bookshops and digital borrowing—without outdated stereotypes about Thai readers.
Royal Barges in Bangkok: Wat Arun, Processions and the Museum
Learn when royal barges pass Wat Arun, how rehearsals differ from ceremonies and how to research a visit to Bangkok’s Royal Barges Museum.
Grand Palace Scams in Bangkok: How to Avoid Them
Updated 16 October 2026. The Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha are among Bangkok’s most memorable sights. They also attract people offering unsolicited transport, shopping trips and supposedly helpful information. The safest way to visit is straightforward: use the palace’s official information, go to the official entrance and pay only through an…
Thailand Blocks YOU TUBE
Thailand has in a surprise move blocked your TUBE and there was no warning to why they did it and no new agency in Thailand has told anybody about it. More news will come as we get it but right not they just blocked youtube.com and made a link to the government website. Turkey blocked…
A Spa wall in Phuket that was erected has been turned into a lotus flower
Phuket has a new tourist attraction and not the normal kind like a new Temple or Zoo no this is a Spa that not yet has been opened but already had more free media coverage then any Phuket spa ever did. So what did they Spa do to get so much attention? The spa has…
Suan Lum Night Bazaar: What Happened and What Replaced It in Bangkok
Remember Suan Lum Night Bazaar in Bangkok? Learn what happened to the former night market, what occupies the site and where to explore today.