Thailand Voice

The Thailand Voice Award for “Blog of the Month” goes to Mike Ross for his impressive collection of blogs about Thailand and his dedication in promoting Thailand to the World. The award principally  goes to Thailand Blogs but Mike also has other blogs such as My Thai Photo Blog and Temples of Thailand. Ross is also a finalist in the Thailand Medical Tourism and Travel Blogs.

THAILAND VOICE BLOG OF THE MONTH: Thailand Blogs
URL: http://www.thailand-blogs.com
TWITTER: @thetefldon
DESCRIPTION: Mike Rose is a retired teacher from the UK. He lives on the Gulf coast of Thailand near Prachuap Khiri Khan. In his blog he says that he is one of only a few foreigners that live in his area. Michael blogs on a variety of subjects that should be of interest to anyone coming to Thailand on holiday or are living here as an expat. His untiring work in maintaining his network of blogs should be admired and he is certainly an inspiration to many of us.

The Thailand Voice Award for “Blog of the Month” goes to Ben Shingleton for his blog called The Thai Pirate which is about the life of a British expat and his family in Thailand

THAILAND VOICE BLOG OF THE MONTH: The Thai Pirate
URL: http://www.TheThaiPirate.com
TWITTER: N/A
DESCRIPTION: The best blogs about Thailand are from people who live outside the main cities and tell us about their daily life. The Thai Pirate is such a blog. It is written by Ben Shingleton who, in his own words, is a “drunken English bum, wandering the streets of London and the South East. Incredibly, he managed to meet a fine young lass who whisked him away to Thailand, where he is now living and working.” Since he started his blog, Ben has seen the birth of his baby son Aiden. Ben also has a blog on landscape gardening, which is his profession, and it is worth checking out to see what is achievable for your garden in Thailand.

The Thailand Voice Award for “Blog of the Month” goes to Mark Wiens, Bo Kiattiyoscharoen and Dwight Turner for their collaborative blog called Eating Thai Food which helps feed the world’s obsession with Thai food.

THAILAND VOICE BLOG OF THE MONTH: Eating Thai Food
URL: http://www.eatingthaifood.com
TWITTER: @EatingThaiFood, @migrationology, @bo_ho, @dwightturner
DESCRIPTION: The Internet is full of websites and blogs giving you the same recipes of Thai food. Many of them copied from each other or from books. The relatively new Eating Thai Food blog is refreshingly different in that it brings you hundreds of food pictures often shot live by the contributors using their digital cameras or mobile phones. Although you won’t find detailed recipes here, you will be told the main ingredients of what you are eating. The blog is split into different categories such as noodles and curries and also a mouth-watering section of pictures of  Thai desserts. Also useful is their Bangkok Food Map. Eating Thai Food is highly recommended to anyone addicted to Thai food and need a daily fix.

The Thailand Voice Award for “Blog of the Month” goes to Paul Garrigan for his blog called Addiction and Recovery for his honesty and dedication in writing about his recovery from addicition.

THAILAND VOICE BLOG OF THE MONTH: Paul Garrigan Addiction and Recovery
URL: http://www.paulgarrigan.com/
TWITTER: @paulgarrigan
DESCRIPTION: Paul Garrigan is a full-time freelance writer living in Thailand with his wife and son. He first came to our attention with his book “Last Escape” which details his escape from alcoholism at a temple in Thailand. His follow up book, Dead Drunk, was recently published by Maverick House. Paul’s blog and podcast details his journey since that time and is aimed to help other people who are facing the same hurdles as he did. Paul also writes about his life living in Thailand which should be of interest to many people. Paul has only been writing his blog since June but he has already written enough quality articles to convince us that he is someone worth following.

The Thailand Voice Award for “Blog of the Month” goes to Andy for his blog called Changwat, Amphoe, Tambon for his untiring dedication in bringing us everything that we could possibly ever need about the administrative process of Thailand.

THAILAND VOICE BLOG OF THE MONTH: Changwat, Amphoe, Tambon
URL: http://tambon.blogspot.com
TWITTER: @MaewNam
DESCRIPTION: This blog gives us everything about the administrative subdivisions of Thailand – history, current news, little known facts, reviews of corresponding books and a lot more. There is very little in the English language about the running of the country at a local level and so this website is very invaluable to many people. Even Thai people could learn something as often their provincial or district run websites are hardly ever updated.

The Thailand Voice Award for “Blog of the Month” goes to Florian Witulski’s Vaitor for his dedication to not only being a good student of journalism, but also a master of his craft at the same time. Thanks for taking us along for the ride during your travels of discovery.

THAILAND VOICE BLOG OF THE MONTH: Vaitor
URL: http://www.vaitorcom
TWITTER: @Vaitor
DESCRIPTION: Flo is only 23 years but it would seem that he has already lived a full life and experienced many adventures that we could only dream about. Although he bills himself as only a journalism student, he is in fact a freelance journalist in his own right. His style of  reporting and dedication to getting the job done during the red shirt protests, marked him as a veteran journalist to many of us. Flo has been living in Bangkok for the past two years and blogs about his many adventures and things he experiences in the land of smiles.

The Thailand Voice Award for “Thai Blog of the Month” goes to Tony Joh’s Thai-FAQ for his tireless effort in making his video blog which answers frequently asked questions about living and working in Bangkok.

THAILAND VOICE BLOG OF THE MONTH: Thai FAQ
URL: http://www.ThaiFAQ.com
TWITTER: @ThaiFAQ
DESCRIPTION: Tony first came to our attention during the red shirt protests with some excellent video footage right in the thick of things. However, he is as much at home making videos about apartment hunting, buying a mobile phone and out and about exploring Bangkok. His videos and commentary are often informative and nearly always funny. If you haven’t seen any of them already then this site is definitely worth bookmarking.

The Thailand Voice award for “Blog of the Month” goes to Talen’s Thailand, Land of Smiles for his contribution over the last few years in promoting Thailand as not only a tourist destination but also a place that you can come and retire. His passion and enthusiasm for the country is obvious in his numerous and varied posts.

THAILAND VOICE BLOG OF THE MONTH: Thailand, Land of Smiles
URL: http://thailandlandofsmiles.com
TWITTER: @landofsmiles
DESCRIPTION: Talen started Thailand, Land of Smiles in 2007 with the intent to share his experiences through stories and pictures and in the hopes that someone planning their first trip to Thailand or their 20th could find some useful information and tips in his writings and maybe get a better insight into the great mystery that is the Thai culture.

The Thailand Voice Award for “Blog of the Month” goes to Catherine Wentworth’s Women Learning Thai… and some men too for her contribution to learners of the Thai language by providing them with numerous resources and moral support over the past few years.

THAILAND VOICE BLOG OF THE MONTH: Women Learning Thai
URL: http://www.womenlearnthai.com
TWITTER: @WomenLearnThai
DESCRIPTION: Women Learning Thai is an expat making her way through Thai language and culture. By her own confession, she is not a teacher nor is she a fluent Thai speaker. In fact, she says, “I’m pretty cacca at languages”. So WLT is a student struggling with all things Thai language learning, with a bit of expat living thrown in. When she finds something that works, or that might work, she shares it on her site.

The Thailand Voice award for “Blog of the Month” goes to Wise Kwai’s Thai Film Journal for his contribution over the years to the promotion of the Thai film industry to English language speakers around the world. The blog is not only regularly updated, but sets a high standard for all the other movie blogs on the Internet.

.THAILAND VOICE BLOG OF THE MONTH: Wise Kwai’s Thai Film Journal
URL: http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.com
TWITTER: @WiseKwai
DESCRIPTION: Wise Kwai’s Thai Film Journal is a regularly updated weblog on news and reviews of the cinema of Thailand and Southeast Asia, as well as Thai art, entertainment and culture.