All Entries in the "Life in Thailand" Category
Thai funeral
Funeral rites are the most elaborate of all the life-cycle ceremonies and the ones entered into most fully by the monks.
Grunge in Phuket
The band Spiderpussy takes grunge to Phuket. At this moment things look really promising for the band
Thai beer
Brewing beer in Thailand began in 1934. (although the Singha label says “SINCE 1933″) Locally produced Thai beers face competition from major international brands, but have successfully found their own niche in the Thai market
Muay thai
Muay Thai (Thai: มวยไทย, : Muai Thai, is a hard martial art from Thailand. It is similar to other Indochinese styles of kickboxing, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and Muay Lao from Laos. Descended from muay boran, Muay Thai is Thailand’s national sport.
Thai food: Spicy Frog and curry dish
Making a spicy frog and curry dish isan style in Nang rong Buriram Thailand
Crickets and thai cricket farming
Crickets, family Gryllidae (also known as “true crickets”), are insects somewhat related to grasshoppers, and more closely related to katydids or bush crickets (family Tettigoniidae). They have somewhat flattened bodies and long antennae. There are about 900 species of crickets. They tend to be nocturnal and are often confused with grasshoppers because they have a similar body structure including jumping hind legs. Crickets [...]
Cassava farming (มันสัมปะหลัง)
Cassava Thai: มันสัมปะหลัง (Manihot esculenta), also called yuca or manioc, is a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) native to South America. Cassava is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source ofcarbohydrates. Nigeria is the world’s largest producer of cassava. Cassava is the third-largest source of carbohydrates for meals in the world. [...]
Hunting and eating rice field rat in Thailand (Rattus argentiventer)
The Rice-field Rat is a medium-sized rat with a grizzed yellow-brown and black pelage. Its belly is gray in the midline with whiter flanks. The tail is uniformly medium brown. They have chisel-like incisor. The Rice-fieldRat is between 304-400mm long with a tail length of 140-200mm and a skull length of 37-41mm. The average weight [...]
Pad prik king moo, isan style – ผัดพริกแกงหมู
Making Pad prik king moo, my favourite thai dish.. its easy to make and it only takes about 5 minutes..
Videos from a Thai style bar at tawanngam Nang rong Buriram Thailand
Thai band performs in a popular thai bar / restaurant in Nang rong Buriram
Classic Biker meeting soeng sang – Buriram Thailand
I went to Soeng sang on my at that time original Honda c 70, on the rural roads from Thung sang thong too Soeng sang.. Since my c70 at that time was stil original it was a pretty unpleasant ride.. My seat was in need of some padding and my engine in my mind too slow.. [...]
