Thai Tour Guide Team The National Museum in Bangkok is actually a really interesting place to visit if you have any interest whatsoever in Thai history and culture. It is located where previously the palace of the Prince Successor was. It is divided into different compartments. You can learn about the ancient history of the region, early settlers and … Read more
The vegetarian festival in Phuket is a special event that takes place every year and attracts visitors from all over the world. If you think a vegetarian festival sounds like a pretty boring idea, you’re completely wrong on this one. It’s not just a vegetarian festival – it’s so much more and is a tradition … Read more
The Jim Thompson House is a actually not one house – it’s several connected houses on a compound that once belonged to Thai silk magnate Jim Thompson. He was quite an interesting character – he worked for the CIA and mysteriosly disappeared in the Malaysian highlands, leaving behind a sizeable business involved in the Thai … Read more
Wat Pra Chetuphon is a popular temple in Bangkok, also known as Wat Po. One of the main attractions here is the giant reclining Buddha image. Every day people from all over the world come here. Most Buddhists also make merit by taking a small bowl of coins that you can get for a donation … Read more
The Grand Palace of Bangkok is a place that every visitor to Bangkok should see – at least if you have any interest in Thai culture. The construction of this palace started in the same year when Bangkok was made into the capital of Thailand, 1782. Back then, Chinese immigrants lived here, and they moved … Read more
Anchalee Saengtai is a Thai woman who started a small business a couple of years ago in her garage. She made science-fiction sculptures from scrap metal – mainly inspired by movies like Aliens, Predator, Transformers, Star Wars, Spiderman and so on. Now, she has created six meter high Transformer statues from old car parts. One … Read more
If you want to see sharks, stingrays and other creatures of the sea – it’s all there in Bangkok, in South East Asias biggest aquarium. They have a 270 degree Ocean Tunnel – basically a tube out of glass leading through the water, and fish, sharks and stringrays will look at you through the clear … Read more
There obviously is a big difference between being in Thailand as a Thai or as a foreigner. Even if we take away all cultural and language differences (which only works in a hypothetical world) there still is another huge difference: a Thai, on average, earns around 8000 baht (depending upon which part of Thailand they … Read more
Hangover 2 is a hugely successful movies that’s showing in cinemas all over the world these days. And it certainly gives Bangkok a… well, “image”. (Or maybe reputation is a better word). In Hangover 2, “the wolfpack” travel to Thailand to celebrate the wedding of one of their members, the dentist, with his beautiful Thai … Read more
The Royal Dragon Restaurant once was the world’s largest restaurant. And it’s located in Bangkok. Now, another restaurant in another country has taken that place (we won’t mention them here… after all, they took our title) 😉 But dining here is nonetheless an experience. More than 1000 people work here and will take care of … Read more