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Culture Clash: Appointments in Thailand – Thai Time
Another cultural insights post. This time it’s about Thai Time. I already talked about it briefly in another post stating that Thais are lazy and quite often come very late. This post now covers the background and shows how appointments in Thailand differ from what we are used to in the western world. Let’s start [...]
5 hot & spicy Thai foods that make every badass call his mommy
Yeah yeah. You tried everything. Even the effin mega spicy chilli sausage at WalMart. Nothing can shock you. And yeah, you’ve been to the local Thai restaurant and survived the ‘Green Curry’. Awesome and congratulations you still have no idea about REAL HOT (spicy) food. Real Thai food isn’t like the whinny whimpy green curry [...]
culture \ how i met your mother \ thailand
Ted Mosby, Thai architect – What How I Met Your Mother and Thailand have in commmon
I have waited long with this post but finally I found the time to finish it. Two of my favorite things combined. The monday night CBS TV Show ‘How I Met Your Mother’ (granted it was way better when it started a few years ago) and, the country I live in right now, Thailand (guess [...]
Thailand Visa Overview – Short List
Since I just talked with a friend who asked me about different Visa types and what you have to consider when coming here (she wants her boyfriend to come) I thought I’ll give it a try and assemble a list of what I know so far and what happened to me during my visa runs. [...]
bangkok \ Krung Thep Mahanakon
The full name of Bangkok is
Since Bangkok is in the guiness book of world records for the world’s longest city name, I thought it’s about time to present this name to you. Here it is: In Thai: กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุทธยา มหาดิลกภพ นพรัตนราชธานีบุรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยะวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์ Understand? Great! If not: Why? :p Well I’m a nice guy so here’s for the [...]
Pizza Challenge – Finding a decent Pizza Place in Bangkok
This is not a ‘real’ blog post or article but more like an announcement. A recent twitter discussion between me and a friend of mine ended with many people interacting and coming to one conclusion: There is NO decent Pizza Place in Bangkok. Seriously? The City of Angels. The Greatest City of all. Krung Thep [...]
Bangkok’s hidden beauty: Queen Sirikit Park
When thinking about Bangkok most people would automatically mention two or three things instantly. Temples, Skyline, Traffic Jam. If you give them more time to think about they would then come up with TukTuks, Chatuchak Market, Khaosan Road, the Zoo, Universities, the Chao Phraya river or the Siam shopping district. It is quite likely that [...]
When Thailand loses its Smile
Hello Thailand, This is me. The guy who came here in late 2010 with the aim to learn something about a new culture and to help educating students on college level. The first impression you made on me was pretty impressive. Bangkok and Koh Tao. Amazing, beautiful and stunning with nice and helpful people everywhere. [...]
Celebration \ festivals \ Songkran \ udon thani
Songkran 2012 recap
After talking about the background of Songkran, what you can expect and what I experienced last year in Chiang Mai now it’s time to recap Sogkran 2012 in Udon Thani. As already mentioned I stayed in Udon since chances are quite high I might leave here soon and I simply wanted to see some familiar [...]
Celebration \ festivals \ Songkran \ thai new year
Water War – Songkran Festival / Thai New Year
April 13th…that’s the time of the year everybody in Thailand is waiting for. The Thai New Year / Water Festival (Songkran festival) is officially celebrated from April 13th to April 15th. However, since it’s the main holiday season, celebrations usually last 5 days – in some main tourist party areas, like Pattaya, even longer. Photo [...]
