Cultural

While chatting with our new friend Ethan, he mentioned a new project that involved reconstruction of old warehouses and a Chinese shrine dating back to King Rama IV. It sounded interesting, so we decided to meet up there and have dinner. The riverfront mixed-used project is a new destination for …

One Thai tradition I enjoy is their New Years Day merit making at Temple. Today we travel 2 hours east from our house and visit Wat Saman Rattanaram to welcome in the new year. Wat Saman Rattanaram is known as home to Thailand’s largest image of Ganesha, the elephant-headed deity …

The main reason we took the trip up to Sukhothai was to see Chanya’s Cousin get married. It was a 90-minute drive from our house in Si Samrong, but in true Thai tradition, it was a festive occasion. One thing that seemed to come across to me as a complete …

I caught an ad on Twitter advertising the Bangmod Festival which sounded interesting, so we took a drive into the inner suburbs to go check it out. The festival only runs for 2 days, so you won’t get a chance to see it this year. It is one of the …

The 5th of December was King Rama the 9th birthday and also celebrated as Fathers day in Thailand. I’m not at all sure whether it will stay as fathers day going forward, but nothing has changed this year. Of course, the father loves his seafood, so tonight we head back …