How to tell the time in Thailand

Telling the time in Thailand, or to be more precise, understanding the intricacies of the Thai 6 hour clock is probably one of the hardest Thai lessons to grasp. The Thai time system has without doubt been the source of…

The Songkran Festival

The Thai New Year, ‘Songkran’ originally derived from Sanskrit, “astrological passage”, “move” or “change place”. It is the day the sun changes its position to Aries in the zodiac. The date of the Songkran festival also known as the ‘water…

a krathong ready to floated out to sea during the Thai Loy Krathong festival

Loy Krathong Thailand Event

Loy Krathong, (sometimes spelt ‘loi Krathong’, ‘Loi Grathong’ ‘Loy Kratong, ‘Loy Katong’ ) is an annual event in Thailand. Loy Krathong takes place on the full moon of the 12th lunar month of the Thai lunar calendar (November), it is…