How do you fancy arriving in Thailand and having someone meet you at the airport, waiting to hand you your mobile SIM card, paid for and ready to insert in your phone. It’s easy enough to purchase a tourist SIM card when you arrive at the airport in Bangkok. When you collect your baggage and […]
Thai Knowledge and Trivia
Ya Dong
Homemade Thai Ya Dong My earliest memory of Ya Dong (also spelled yadong, and yaa dong) dates back to my first visit to Pattaya. A bar crawl around Pattaya was coming to an end on Soi 7. Now, I honestly can’t remember if it was ya dong or not, but the idea was to finish […]
Train 13 Bangkok to Chiang Mai
If you want to take the overnight sleeper train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, train number 13 is the one you want. This is the most popular choice for foreign tourists, and after we returned to Bangkok from Chiang Mai on train number 52 I can understand why. Train 13 departs from Bangkok Hua Lamphong […]
Travel Around Thailand Easily
Find and Buy Thailand Bus and Train Tickets Online Getting around Thailand just got easy. Traveling around Thailand by bus, coach, train/railway, taxi and ferry has always been cheap but many foreigners and tourists simply don’t know where to start. So I’m going to introduce you to some resources which make bus and train ticket […]
Thailand Deities: Phra Rahu
Phra Rahu is worshiped at many temples throughout Thailand, the most famous of which is Wat Srisathhong in Nakhon Pathom Province. Phra Rahu was formerly a Demon God who the Thais believe took the form of a serpent, these days at temples he takes a more demonic human form. Colored black, with only an upper […]