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Wats are full of turkeys and frogs, and sometimes storks too…
If you are an animal lover, one of the first things you notice in Thailand are the decaying dogs laying around scenic Wats.
Their scabby bodies make my heart hurt. Yours too?
Disregarding the sickly canine and healthy cats – why is that? – Wats are [...]

David does the Tiger Temple…
I could start this post off with something all dramatic like, ‘Temple Tiger Eats East End Expat!’.
But I’m lazy. And lying is such a bother. So this is what you get instead…
When the Tiger Temple appeared in the news this week, I wrote: Thailand’s Tiger Temple Sues Conservationists.
The court case [...]

Sloppy love overcomes the rain…
Rak Bpon Bpon is a sweet love song about a guy living on the street. He dreams of finding love, but from experience he knows that pretty women will not give him the time of day. Finally, he finds someone closer to his heart. A woman just like him.
Note: This is [...]

Prudential is all ears in Bangkok…
In your taxi treks around Bangkok, have you come across the Prudential ears marketing campaign? Ever?
I have (obviously).
And before this goes any further, I have a confession to make.
Not knowing how to tackle the mystery, but still wanting to know why, I sent the photo (left) to a guy [...]

The Loi Krathong song in Thai…
My Thai teacher just loves to sing. And sometimes, right there in the middle of a lesson, she will stand up and belt out a Thai song.
Often, she will drag me up too. Then, swinging her arms like a conductor, we prance around my sofa. In unison. Singing loud.
What [...]

Anthony Bourdain makes it to YouTube…
Exactly one week ago I wrote the post, Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations: Thai Episode, lamenting that his cooking show wasn’t going to be viewed on available channels in Thailand. Available to me anyway.
But here we are already… on YouTube…

Enjoy…

Anthony Bourdain has no reservations…
Yesterday, America’s Travel Channel kindly contacted me about Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations episode shot here in Thailand.
The culture of Thailand incorporates a great deal of influence from India, China, Cambodia, and the rest of Southeast Asia, and Thai cuisine blends five fundamental flavors: sweet, spicy, sour, bitter and salty.
In an [...]

Learn Thai with YouTube…
While my server stats and alexa.com stats do not agree, it is apparent that a large percentage of my readers do not live in Thailand full-time.
This means that they need to be creative if they aim to surround themselves with the Thai language.
YouTube is great place to find Thai language videos, [...]

The I Love Thailand website launches…
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva recently launched a website to unite the Thai people: ilovethailand.org.
The site is not only in Thai, so if your Thai is not up to it but your English is, you should find something of interest.
The Lands of Thailand video…
Included in the video section is a [...]

While I am waiting for the Myke Hawke’s Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast files to be checked over, I thought that I would share a hilarious Tylenol ad that touches on tones.
The importance of tones…
Some of us (most of us?) who are learning Thai are afraid of saying the wrong word. It’s [...]