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The red shirt protests have been going on in Bangkok for 4-5 days now. Countless thousands of protesters have been camped out along the Royal Avenue. The news hasn’t received that much attention yet in the international press, mainly because there hasn’t been any violence. Thailand is not like other countries …

When we talk of cowboys, we don’t really think of Thailand and the Thai people. However, in the north-east region of the country, there are a number of farms where there are indeed cowboys. Though, admittedly, they are mainly there for the tourists. I took this picture at Farm…

A member of staff demonstrates to tourists how to catch a Yellow-striped Rat snake at the snake farm in Thailand’s Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute in Bangkok. The farm serves as an educational organisation to provide better understanding about snakes, according to its official website. (Reuters) A member of …

Mahouts steady their elephants as they ask tourists to donate money to a relief fund created by a local hotel owner to help earthquake victims in Haiti, Bangkok, Thailand. (AP) Thai people donate money to a relief fund created by a local hotel owner to help earthquake victims …

TOUR2 : Bang Nampheung Floating Market, The Erawan Museum, Reclining Buddha at Bang Phli and finishing with a meal at sunset at the Bang Pu Seaside Resort. Samut Prakan Province is sandwiched between Bangkok and the Gulf of Thailand. As it is so close to the …

I was driving through the countryside in Lopburi Province last year when I came across this amazing sight. An elephant walking through a sunflower field. These sites are a popular attraction for Thai tourists who drive hundreds of kilometres to have their pictures taken with sunflowers. For them, the elephant …

Tourists play volleyball on Khao Lak beach in Thailand’s Phang Nga province, about 110 km (68 miles) north of the resort island of Phuket, December 25, 2009. Five years after a cataclysmic earthquake spawned the worst known tsunami known to mankind, the region has been rebuilt, thanks to more…

One of the better preserved traditional markets in Thailand can be found in Suphanburi Province. It is called Sam Chuk 100 Year Market and it still has its original wooden shophouses that date back to the reign of King Rama V…

Long-tailed macaque monkeys are offered food during the annual Monkey Buffet Festival, in front of the Pra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi, 150km (94 miles) north of Bangkok November 29, 2009. The festival provides various types of food and drink to the local…

Buddhist monks collect bat guano swept up from a cave near Wat Khao Chong Pran Temple in Ratchaburi province, 130 km (81 miles) west of Bangkok, September 14, 2009. Bats bring the temple a monthly income of $4,800 from the sale of almost 7 tonne of their guano and from tourists visiting…

One of the oldest markets in Thailand that is still operating is the Bang Phli Riverside Market in Samut Prakan. It was first started by Chinese traders back in the 1850’s. This now makes it older than 150 years. The original name for the market is “Talad Siri …

In an old guidebook to Bangkok, dating back about 150 years, the writer mentioned a “Red House” on the East bank of the Chao Phraya River exactly 2.3 miles south of Paknam. I have read quite a few contemporary accounts by travellers from the 19th Century that described their first …

A Thai man (C) sits behind mannequins decorated with condoms for an anti-AIDS campaign, displayed at Condom & Cabbages restaurants in Bangkok. (Getty Images) Tourists look at mannequins decorated with condoms for an anti-AIDS campaign, displayed at Condom & Cabbages restaurants in Bangkok. (Getty Images) More …

The largest network of English language websites about Thailand is our very own Paknam Web Network . We have been making websites since 1997 and twelve years later we are still going strong. What amazes many people is that we are still very much family friendly. We don’t talk about the …

Actor William Shatner will be among the guests at the World Comedy Film Festival , which is set for Bangkok from June 10 to 16. Shatner’s gift for comedy can be seen in such Star Trek episodes as “The Trouble With Tribbles” . He’s never shied away from making fun of his own persona as well as … Read full story >>>

It could have been how I swaggered up to the Costa Coffee Bar outside Terminal 3 at Heathrow airport that finished my hopes. I was squinting into a promising early English morning like a western gunslinger looking for the Texan rustlers … Read full story >>>

I personally only have distaste for Henry Miller. A former girlfriend, the love of my life, was once presented a Henry Miller book by her secret lover. That book seemed to have made up her mind. Soon after she vanished. Leaving much behind. But not the Henry Miller. Maybe… Read full story >>>

A couple tourists have died from something on Phi Phi island in Krabi province – more possibly than are being publicized according to one commenter on the story at ThaiVisa forum. Mystery illness kills foreign tourists on Phi Phi Thursday, May 7, 2009 KRABI: Two foreign tourists have mysteriously died and two others are seriously Read full story >>>

Two female tourists have died after suddenly falling ill during a stay at Phi Phi Islands the last few days. Both may have been staying in the same bungalows at the islands. Julie Michelle Bergheim, a 22 year old woman from Norway, died on Monday after falling ill at Phi Phi…

The Grand Palace, Bangkok , Thai . (Credit: Telegraph Colour Library—FPG International). homeimage30. Floating market, Ratchaburi, Thai . (Credit: Jeremy Horner/Corbis). Then it’s a 13-hour overnight train journey to Surat Thani. … Read full story >>>

Rivers and canals have traditionally been the lifeline of Thai people since ancient times. Today, they present a fun and exciting way of seeing Bangkok rather than usual traffic-congested, chaotic channels normally presented to tourists … Read full story >>>

As I am often checking Google for the keyword ” tambon “, and thanks to the ” search wiki ” easily filtering out all those Wikipedia clones and hotel adverts, at about 40th position the first websites of Tambon administrative organizations (TAO) and subdistrict municipalities ( thesaban tambon… Read full story >>>