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Ao Nang’s Long-tail Boats
Rockhounds have fun on Buddhist holidays too… Friday the 18th to Sunday the 20th was a religious holiday in Thailand – มาฆบูชา /maa-ká-boo-chaa/. It’s where Buddhists go in for merit-making in a big...
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Thai Language Thai Culture: How Many Rainy Seasons are You?
How many rainy seasons are you?… I was watching TV the other day and the announcer came on and told us that His Majesty the King was 83 พรรษา /pan-sǎa/. I did a little guessing as we all need to do...
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Please Lend Your Support: Living with the Tiger
Living with the Tiger… Yesterday I received an email from my buddy Talen, who blogs at Thailand Land of Smiles: Baan Gerda and “Living with the Tiger” need your help. Living with the Tiger is a full...
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Motorcycle Safety Campaign in Thailand
A motorcycle safety campaign in Thailand?… Another campaign for motorcycle safety is being launched in Thailand. And while this campaign is not the first, with the graves mounting up the motorcycle...
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Luke with Farang Pok Pok: Episode 1
The first episode of the Thai TV show that I co-host, ฝรั่ง ป๊อก ป๊อก (Farang Pok Pok), aired in January 2011. In this episode I traveled to Samut Sonkram to live with clam farmers. Filming the first...
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Interview: Talen is Getting by With Learning Thai
Interview: Talen is getting by with learning Thai… Name: Timothy Bull ( Talen ) Nationality: American Age range: 45-45 soon to be 46-46 Sex: I like …Oh… errr… Male Location: Chonburi, Thailand (...
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Expat Living: Brother Dan is Still Sailing Away
Photo credits: Daniel Anderson (Dan the Younger) Expat living on the high seas… This post has nothing to do with learning Thai or Thailand. It’s about expat living. And since I haven’t written an...
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Thai Language School Review: Jentana & Associates
Thai Language School Review: Jentana & Associates… Review: Jentana & Associates Website: Thai Lessons by Jentana Telephone Number: 02-260-6139 Address: 5/8 Sukhumvit Road Soi 31, Khlongtoei...
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How Do You Declutter Your Language Learning Focus?
How do you focus on learning Thai?.. During the past week my Internet connection has been getting weaker, to the point that I could no longer code. And I had a big, fat, overdue post to finish this...
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Successful Thai Language Learner: Fabian Blandford
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Fabian Blandford (Phra Piyadhammo) Nationality: British/English Age range: 60 next year Sex: Male Location: Wat SriBunRuang, Fang, Chiangmai...
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Increase Your Thai Vocabulary: Word Brain & ClickThai Vocabulary Trainer
Word Brain & ClickThai Vocabulary Trainer… I just can’t get enough of free stuff. There’s a lot out there but not all free stuff is good stuff (if you know what I mean). I also have an addiction...
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Luke with Farang Pok Pok: Episode 2
Luke with Farang Pok Pok: Episode 2… Thanks to everyone for taking the time to watch the first episode of Farang Pok Pok and to leave comments. One comment, from Emil, stands out in that he asked if...
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February: Who’s Talking About Learning Thai
Who’s talking about learning Thai… Gawd, am I late with this post, or what? I have no real excuse except for a back-to-back life, and playing catchup to that back-to-back life. How’s that? Weak… I...
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Take Your Pick: The Peace and Quiet of the Countryside OR the Chainsaw...
Loving the sounds of Thailand… For the past four days I’ve been driving in and around the freezing Thai countryside as far as Khon Kaen and then back to the noisy city of Bangkok again. After leaving...
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Successful Thai Language Learner: Adam Bradshaw
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Adam Bradshaw Nationality: American Age: 25 Sex: Male Location: Bangkok Profession: English Teacher, entrepreneur Web: YouTube: jadambrad and...
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Copyblogger: How to Show Up and Study Thai
How to show up and study Thai… Taylor Lindstrom has a Copyblogger post that could work equally well for learning Thai: How to show up and write. Only, put successful language learner instead of...
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Teaser: The Interpreter’s Journal: How it Started
Teaser: The Interpreter’s Journal… Most people know me as an author of Thai and Lao language learning products. But in the United States I also have a flourishing career as a legal and medical Thai...
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Teaser: The Interpreter’s Journal: Mistakes and Misinterpretations
Teaser: The Interpreter’s Journal… In the first installment you read about my beginnings: The Interpreter’s Journal: How it Started. And now I’ll share a window into what it’s like to be an...
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Teaser: The Interpreter’s Journal: Studying Foreign Languages
The Interpreter’s Journal: Studying Foreign Languages… In the hopes that my journey will help those of you learning Thai, I’m sharing tips on studying foreign languages. Btw – If you’ve missed the...
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Thai News Site 2Bangkok.com Moves to WordPress
2Bangkok.com Moves to WordPress… After long last, 2Bangkok.com is making the transition from a bog-standard website platform, to WordPress. I’m a huge supporter of WP due to the ease of the CMS, so...
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