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My Thailand Blog
Time has gone quickly since last summer. I still remember my summer holidays last year like it was yesterday. But really it’s one year ago already. Now, I have to open a map of Thailand and plan my photo trip for this summer. We have a web site called www.thailandguidebook.com and I am one...
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Although the Thai Zodiac is similar to what we use in the West, you will see from the following chart that the Thai version is off by about 23 days. According to “Thai Ways” (Denis Segaller p.205), this is because the Western version takes the sun as its reference point. While in the Thai...
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These old black and white photos of Bangkok in 1950 were taken by Dmitri Kessel for Life magazine. This one is labelled as “traffic jam in Bangkok”. It is interesting to look at these old photos. I think it helps you to understand Thai culture better if you can see what life was like...
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The date of the “new year” in Thailand has moved around a few times over the years. It started as a movable festival called Songkran that followed the dates of the lunar months. In 1889, it was fixed to be held on the 1st of April. This continued until 1941 when 1st of January...
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Richard Barrow is a prolific writer and ardent photographer. He first came to Thailand in the early 1990's. For 15 years he worked at a primary school in Samut Prakan. Now, he is the managing director of his own company.
Stephen Cleary has been a resident of Thailand for many years. He has done every job possible from acting in Thai soap operas to working undercover for the Thai police. Steve is now a freelance travel writer and translator. He lives with his wife in Suphanburi province.
Panrit "Gor" Daoruang was, in his youth, Thailand's most famous Internet teenager. He is still well-known around the world as he has been blogging about his life since the age of twelve. He now has a daughter called Nong Grace who already has her own website.
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