http://www.thai-eyes.com Thailand Lifestyle Blog Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:10:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/elections-2011-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/elections-2011-thailand/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:18:11 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=3673 At the 03.07.2011 elections for a new Thai parliament and so the prime minister (PM) will be held in Thailand. Some journalists call that election a fate election, which we agree. At the moment, if You look at the polls, it looks like, that the youngest sister of the former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Yingluck [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/elections-2011-thailand/feed/ 2 http://www.thai-eyes.com/nature-thailand/the-magic-red-indian-water-lily-nymphaea-rubra/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/nature-thailand/the-magic-red-indian-water-lily-nymphaea-rubra/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:29:03 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=3664 It needed a while, until we figured out, that the Red Indian Water Lily (Nymphaea rubra) is blooming just at night time. So we had to come back to this wonderful plant several times. One day, at early morning we´ve been lucky and photographer Nat caught this magic moment with his camera. We´ve all been [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/nature-thailand/the-magic-red-indian-water-lily-nymphaea-rubra/feed/ 1 http://www.thai-eyes.com/arts-crafts/ranad-xylophone-battle-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/arts-crafts/ranad-xylophone-battle-thailand/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:18:53 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=3643 While we did a bit of research about the well-known Thai Ranad Xylophone Artist Khun In, we´ve been amazed about a funny Ranad Thai Xylophone Battle live on stage. Enjoy 9 Minutes of Thai classical music with a humorous twist. Unfortunatly we don´t know the names of the two Ranad artists, but they did a [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/arts-crafts/ranad-xylophone-battle-thailand/feed/ 4 http://www.thai-eyes.com/arts-crafts/carry-the-burden/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/arts-crafts/carry-the-burden/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 02:08:11 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=3633 The sculpure of a buddhist monk is carrying the burden of the railing of a stairway in the Buddhist Shan (Thai Yai) temple Wat Koo Tao, Chiang Mai, North Thailand. The face of the sculputre looks like its a heavy burden, even if it wasn´t the stairway to heaven. © Thai Eyes Image: Carry the [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/arts-crafts/carry-the-burden/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/thai-good-luck-charm-ta-krut/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/thai-good-luck-charm-ta-krut/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:49:02 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=3623 Thai people believe in supernaturalism and animism, even if they are Buddhists, Christs or Moslems. Amulets and other items like the Ta krut are used as a good luck charm or for protection against evil or ghosts. The Ta Krut is an ornate plaited cord good luck charm and mostly worn by young boys around [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/thai-good-luck-charm-ta-krut/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/broken-heart-boy-in-the-rain-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/broken-heart-boy-in-the-rain-thailand/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:56:36 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=3603 Standing in the rain mostly means You´re not on the sunny side of life. The sad Thai song “Poo chai nai sai fon” by Ruj the Star inspired us to this photosession about a broken heart boy in the rain. The broken heart is one of the most used subjects in Thai songs. Thai people [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/broken-heart-boy-in-the-rain-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/lotus-nelumbo-seed-head/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/lotus-nelumbo-seed-head/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:51:31 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=3595 The Lotus (Nelumbo) isn´t just a beautiful flower, most parts of the Lotus plant, like the seeds are edible. Photographer Nat discovered the Lotus seed heads at a Thai market and couldn´t resist to make a few shots. Just another masterpiece of art in nature ! © Thai Eyes Image: Lotus (Nelumbo) Seed Head Photographer: [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/lotus-nelumbo-seed-head/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/still-life-with-bamboo-ladder/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/still-life-with-bamboo-ladder/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:54:40 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=3589 At was late afternoon, while we reached the mountain village Mae Salong (Santikhiri) in North Thailand at an altitude of more than 1800 meters. The construction workers finished there work already and there was just a guard left, sleeping at the bottom of a bamboo ladder. We thought, what an impressive still life and photographer [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/still-life-with-bamboo-ladder/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/nature-thailand/the-scary-monster-insect-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/nature-thailand/the-scary-monster-insect-thailand/#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:37:35 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=3581 During a morning walk in our tropical garden in Chiang Mai, North Thailand, I discovered that scary monster insect sitting on a branch of one of the trees. The insect looked frightful and I called our Thai photographer Nat to try to get a few macro shots of that monster. The scary monster made no [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/nature-thailand/the-scary-monster-insect-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/tattooed-thai-boy-saggers/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/tattooed-thai-boy-saggers/#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:29:47 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=3572 Since boxershorts became very popular in Thailand, most of the Thai boys are saggers and most of the Thai boys are tattooed as well. Most of the tattoos are done in a very bad quality by their friends and aren´t beautiful. Often they look just like scratchwork. The boy on the left side, name Boy, [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/tattooed-thai-boy-saggers/feed/ 0