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/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/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 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/akha-tribe-boy-in-a-well/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/akha-tribe-boy-in-a-well/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 03:30:34 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=3476 Young Akha Hill Tribe Thai boy Jonny is a funny and crazy kid and never misses a trick. While his friends been waiting on him, he was hidding himself in a well. As our photographer discovered him, he took his chance for a snapshot. © Thai Eyes Image: Akha Tribe Boy in a well Photographer: [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/akha-tribe-boy-in-a-well/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/insect-eater-thai-boy-jonny/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/insect-eater-thai-boy-jonny/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:30:30 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=3034 Many Thai people and also the young, cute Thai Akha Hill Tribe boy Jonny are insect eaters. We met a lot of people in Thailand, who are really crazy for fried insects. It was a nice and sunny day and we decided to go to the Huay Tung Tao Lake, near Chiang Mai, North Thailand [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/insect-eater-thai-boy-jonny/feed/ 1 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/green-fanta-thai-boy/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/green-fanta-thai-boy/#comments Sat, 05 Feb 2011 02:44:30 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=3016 As we published our crazy red Fanta Thai boys yesterday, we got remembered that we planed a green Fanta Thai boy as well. Fortunatly our Lisu Hilltribe friend, Thai boy M came to visit us in our office yesterday and agreed to drink that green stuff. Also the green, chemicaly tasting fruit mixture is a [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/green-fanta-thai-boy/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/personal-body-hygiene-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/personal-body-hygiene-thailand/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:17:13 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=2915 One of the most important things for Thai people is the personal body hygiene. As Thailand is a tropical country with a mostly very hot climate, Thai people like to take a shower several times a day. They don´t hate anything more than a smelly, sweaty body. So we seized up that issue and arranged [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/personal-body-hygiene-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/but-always-cute-and-lovely/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/but-always-cute-and-lovely/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:29:04 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=2794 Just a few days ago one of our beloved Hill Tribe boys came back to Chiang Mai from his Akha village near Mae Ai in far north of Thailand. Boy is one of the most faithful boys we ever met and we´ve been very amused about the t-shirt he was wearing. It needed a bit [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/but-always-cute-and-lovely/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/cute-thai-boy-faces/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/cute-thai-boy-faces/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:45:51 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=2318 Over the years we´ve got a quite big collection of cute Thai boy faces. We frequently get visitors, mostly young Thai boys from North Thailand, to just say hello or help in our house and garden. We never miss a chance to take pictures of them and the boys also enjoy to work with our [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/cute-thai-boy-faces/feed/ 2 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/what-day-is-today/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/what-day-is-today/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:30:07 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=2327 What day is today ? That simple question mostly causes big confusion in Thailand. In Thai: Wan Nee Wan Arai ?, what day is today is the start of a crossfire. Most people in Thailand have to work everyday, no rest, no Saturday or Sunday, so it´s not that important to know, what day is [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/what-day-is-today/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/a-rural-thai-road-adventure/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/a-rural-thai-road-adventure/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 06:28:14 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=1256 To drive a car on rural Thai roads is a real adventure. You will stumble upon a lot of unusual things, like water buffaloes, overflooded roads and potholes, which are sometimes very big and deep as well...]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/a-rural-thai-road-adventure/feed/ 1