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A community portal about Thailand with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Kingdom of Thailand lies in Southeast Asia, with Laos and Cambodia to its east, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia to its south, and the... [more]
A community portal about Thailand with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Kingdom of Thailand lies in Southeast Asia, with Laos and Cambodia to its east, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia to its south, and the Andaman Sea and Myanmar to its west. The country's official name was Siam, until 24 June 1939. The word Thai means "freedom" in the Thai language and is also the name of the majority ethnic group.
Above is a big earthenware pot filled with water that has a small pot floating inside it. This can be found everywhere outside the tourist areas but it is only half the picture…it goes with something else. What is it?
If you’ve been to Thailand or South East Asia for that matter you know exactly what it is so give the ones that haven’t a chance.
First one with the right answer will get a little link love and possibly more.
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Songkran, the Thai New Year, is celebrated in Chiang Mai/North Thailand,
not just with the biggest waterbattle on earth,
there are also lots of other events.
At 15.04.2008, the last day of Songkran 2008 festival,
Da Endorphine came to Chiang Mai to give a free concert.
Da Endorphine is the most famous and successful female Thai singer nowadays.
A big audience is waiting for Da Endorphine and her band
in front of Kad Suan Kaew Department Store in Chiang Mai - North Thailand
Da...
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"A day in Chiang Mai is long enough" affirms the travel agent, and the client nods, alas, knowing no better. "Enough to see the main sights, and do the Night Bazaar" he adds confidently, as the computer screen confirms a one night hotel booking in Thailand's oldest continually inhabited city, thus depriving the tourist of some of the most interesting travelling experiences in Asia. For years, the travel industry has mistakenly considered Thailand's northern capital to be a side...
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In November 2002, Thailand passed a smoke free law that banned smoking inside all air-conditioned buildings. Thailand has one of the lowest smoking rates in all of Asia with only 23% of the poulation being smokers and of them only 2.4% are women. As of February 2008 smoking is now banned in all air conditioned bars and nightclubs as well, although it is still allowed in outside beer bars.
If you are a smoker planning a trip to Thailand keep this in mind as there are stiff fines for non...
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Som Tam is staple among the Thai people and a dish all tourists hear about and want to try. If you truly like spicy food then you’ll love Som Tam if you think you like spicy food then be forewarned that som tam could be classified as a class A incendiary device.
The dish is served cold and starts off with an unripened papaya, which by itself is pretty good. Then add in five or so Birdseye peppers (hot), a lime, palm sugar, fish sauce, tamarind juice, some tomatoes, and if you’re feeling up...
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The two countries are to hold talks today in Thailand aimed at resolving the dispute, but a Cambodian general said he had little hope they would succeed.
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BANGKOK, Thailand : Thailand's Cabinet unveiled a 46-billion baht package of tax cuts and waivers for the poor Tuesday in a bid to bolster the struggling economy and boost the embattled government's popularity.
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A 900-year-old Khmer temple on the Thai and Cambodian border has taken center stage in efforts to oust Thailand's prime minister.
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Thailand Trip: Chiang Mai We then stopped at another village. We had to walk along a hot dusty road to get there as the coach couldn't drive along the narrow track.
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There is no disputing the ownership of the ancient Preah Vihear temple on the Cambodia-Thailand border: The International Court of Justice awarded it to Cambodia in 1962.
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THAILAND'S cabinet on Tuesday agreed to extend emergency rule in Muslim-majority southern provinces for three more months to combat a bloody separatist insurgency, a government spokesman said.
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Thai Paraxylene plans to shutdown the mixed-xylenes unit of its aromatics plant at Sri Racha, Thailand from August 1-10, due to mechanical issues, a source close to the company said Tuesday.
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More legal cases loom in the weeks and months ahead for Samak's People Power Party and two other ruling parties, charged with vote-buying in a December poll.
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Bangkok, July 8 Thailand's Supreme Court Tuesday convicted the former speaker and deputy leader of the country's ruling People Power Party , Yongyuth Tiyapairat, of bribing officials during the last general ...
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Not only Britain and Canada demonstrate where moonbattery is taking us. Time glowingly reports on Thailand's progressive polysexual enlightenment.
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