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/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 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/bombs-and-protests-warden-message-for-chiang-mai/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/bombs-and-protests-warden-message-for-chiang-mai/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:51:58 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=741 As we published an article yesterday, named Travel Warning Thailand 2010 Bangkok and North Thailand we´ve been informed that it wasn´t a travel warning, but rather a warden message by the American Consulate. While the polluted air, the Chiang Mai Smog was a bit better today, we received the next warden message this morning, about [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/bombs-and-protests-warden-message-for-chiang-mai/feed/ 3 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/travel-warning-thailand-2010-bangkok-and-north-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/travel-warning-thailand-2010-bangkok-and-north-thailand/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:05:36 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=731 More than 30 countries worldwide, like USA, Japan, China, Germany and other Europian Countries and also Laos has been issued a travel warning for Bangkok and neighboring provinces, because of the Red Shirt protests.]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/travel-warning-thailand-2010-bangkok-and-north-thailand/feed/ 1 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/jungle-food-jungle-eggs-ancient-cooking/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/jungle-food-jungle-eggs-ancient-cooking/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:31:40 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=660 Food, like the jungle eggs, which is prepared with an ancient cooking technique in the wilderness, is in common parlance called jungle food...]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/jungle-food-jungle-eggs-ancient-cooking/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/no-more-available-thai-term-mot-leaw/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/no-more-available-thai-term-mot-leaw/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:03:16 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/no-more-available-thai-term-mot-leaw/ The Thai term Mot leaw is maybe the most annoying term, which people have to face, while they visit the tropical country of Thailand. Mot Leaw, means no more available or out of stock. This Thai term will teach You about Murphy´s law. A few examples: * You get up in the morning and go [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/no-more-available-thai-term-mot-leaw/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/hong-nam-thai-for-beginners/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/hong-nam-thai-for-beginners/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:25:24 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/hong-nam-thai-for-beginners/ One of the most important words in Thailand is Hong Nam because everybody will use the Hong Nam . Hong Nam is the Thai word for toilet or bathroom, so You see how important this word could be for some reasons. Hong Nam is a compound word, consisting of Hong means room and Nam means [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thai-for-beginners/hong-nam-thai-for-beginners/feed/ 2 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/its-hot-in-north-of-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/its-hot-in-north-of-thailand/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:05:27 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/its-hot-in-north-of-thailand/ At this time of the year, after Songkran (middle of April), it´s very hot in North of Thailand. It´s the beginning of the hot season and temperatures are raising to over 40° Celsius. For man and beast the steaming hot climate is a sheer torture and to cool down a bit, You have to take [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/its-hot-in-north-of-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/thailand-region/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/thailand-region/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:53:45 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/thailand-region/ Thailand (Prathet Thai, Muang Thai) is divided in 6 regions and 76 administrative divisions, called Changwat (Provinces) The regions in Thailand with some important cities: 1. North Thailand (Pak Nuea) Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lamphun, Lampang… 2. West Thailand (Pak Tawan Tok) Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi, Tak… 3. Central Thailand (Pak Klang) Bangkok, Lopburi, Sukhothai, Ayutthaya… 4. [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/thailand-region/feed/ 2 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/dangerous-traffic-car-crash-in-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/dangerous-traffic-car-crash-in-thailand/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:02:42 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/dangerous-traffic-car-crash-in-thailand/ Driving a car or even a motorbike in Thailand is a big challenge. The road traffic is very dangerous! Many Thai people do not have a driving license and do not have any idea how to drive a car in a safe way. Additionally there are a lot of drunk and very drunk people driving [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/dangerous-traffic-car-crash-in-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/where-is-the-golden-triangle-sign/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/where-is-the-golden-triangle-sign/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:06:27 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/where-is-the-golden-triangle-sign/ The Golden Triangle is the name for an area of 350.000 square kilometres, where Thailand be conterminous with Laos and Burma (Myanmar). For centuries the golden triangle was one of Asia´s main illegal opium producing areas. Foto: Sign at the burmese border in Mae Sai – North Thailand 1998 In the Year 1998 we went [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/where-is-the-golden-triangle-sign/feed/ 0