Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej (ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช) was born 5 December 1927. He was the ninth monarch of Thailand from the Chakri Dynasty. Coronated on 9 June 1946, he was, at the time of passing, the world’s longest-serving head of state, and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai… Read More

Beautiful beaches, great weather and easy-going people (mostly), who don’t mind you filming “on location”, makes Thailand the perfect country to shoot a music video. There’s been a few chart-toppers too. Digging through the archives,  I unearthed an eclectic list of 10 famous music videos you… Read More

From low hanging electricity cables to ancient ruins, street vendors with decrepit carts and old trucks pumping out fumes darker than burning coal, Thailand sometimes still feels like something out of the middle of the last century. That is until you see a Tesco or… Read More

It has been a while since I read a really good “life-story” book from a Thai author. In fact, the last would have been the heartfelt stories of celebrated Thai writer Pira Sudham. Not because I haven’t wanted to, mind, but because nothing has really… Read More

When it comes to tear-jerking adverts, Thailand takes the gold medal. Over the last 5 years, touching Thai TV commercials have been watched millions of times on YouTube and shared like crazy on Facebook. In this post I’ve compiled the cream of the crop, the top… Read More

I came across this documentary the other day and found it very interesting on a number of levels. Firstly, I didn’t realize just how badly human trafficking has taken a foothold on Bangkok and Pattaya. Of course, I’ve seen the African and Russian women on… Read More

As I read a news article about another foreigner “falling” from a Pattaya hotel balcony, I shake my head for the umpteenth time. A recent Thai TV news report put the suicide rate amongst foreigners living in Pattaya at an average of one per week. That’s known… Read More