Archive for the 'TTT – Top Thai Things' Category
The Top 10 Things To Do In Bangkok
The Top 10 list of things to do for first time travellers to Bangkok. I have tried to cover just the most popular, however just being in Bangkok is an experience on it’s own, and you will know this the from the moment that you arrive at the airport. Top Ten Things to Do in
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International Cuisine Bangkok
Bangkok Cuisine -Like the French, it’s not uncommon to have long social sit-down dinners and to see everyone seemingly eat around the clock in Thailand without a national obesity problem. This foodie spirit along with the shared national centric mindset has rocketed Thailand and Bangkok to the top of every traveler’s “must-see” list and continues
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Apolitical Thai Hangover Causes & Cures
The real art these days in Thailand is to say something by not saying it. What cannot be said can still be said, just chose a careful wording. Some say though that some are still too cautious. As a trusted friend advised: “The boundaries have been stretched enough to allow you more space to roam.”
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Thai Cheese? You Bet
There is a limit to what the human mind can absorb. Especially in Thai politics. Hearing the names of Abhisit, Thaksin and the likes just gives me a bad mood these days. The latest newsletter by the one sent into exile a year ago on February 6th was a lonely bright light amid cheats and
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Beauty’s Moral Decay
Finally we see some focused government action in these trying times. Not only the Ministry of Information & Communication Technology is overly active these days to ensure a pure and prosperous society. We learn that the Ministry of Health “is considering action against alcohol beverage firms that distribute calendars clearly showing their brand names or
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The Ultimate Thai Ringtone
Thanks to good friend Andy who, while shooting a film upcountry, came across this so typical Thai sound. And caught it. He played around with it, cleaned up background noise, edited it – et voilà, here are the MP3 and MP4 ringtones for your phone. Says Andy that recently in a Bangkok taxi his phone
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Top Thai iPhone Apps
An Indian once told me with the cutest of accents: “Women. Who can live with them. Who can live without them.” Same applies to the iPhone. Who doesn’t have one yet. And if you don’t have one yet, how can you get along without. The phone’s complex simplicity is astonishing, not to mention the huge
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Thai Literature Made Easy
So you’re in Thailand maybe since years and you’re not able to speak a single coherent Thai sentence. Told me an Aussie friend here recently whose local business spiraled downwards that in a meeting with his Thai in-laws the long unsaid was finally said to him: “You don’t speak Thai, that’s why!” There’s a hidden
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Home Sweet Container
Dreaming of your own home in paradise? Your dream may come true. Thanks to ingenious Thai designer Chutayaves Sinthuphan of Site-Specific. Creator of small container homes that not only need hardly any land. Khun Chutayaves’ homes are small, mobile, minimalist, cheap – and best: fully functional and habitable. Just put some designer furniture in there
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$1,192 ++ The Celeb Night
“Remote Thai Getaway: Remote but accessible aptly describes the Thai island of Kood, on which Soneva Kiri is set amidst the lush tropical rainforest, off the south-east coast of the Gulf of Siam. International guests are personally met on arrival at Bangkok’s Suvarnabuhmi airport and transferred to the resort’s own airplane for the one-hour flight
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