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Easiest Thai Green Curry Recipe

March 11th, 2012 · No Comments · Thai Food, Thailand Information

Not much else to say except go to this site. Curry Simple I haven’t used any of their products and frankly I’m pretty jealous of their site. It’s pretty slick with tons of pics and videos that show a ton of curry recipes. I found this while searching for a homemade green curry paste. I [...]

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Muay Thai Training Guide

June 2nd, 2011 · 24 Comments · Thailand Information

Muay Thai Training Guide If you’re thinking about coming to Thailand and looking for a muay thai training guide to help you out then I’ve got the perfect product for ya. Click Here for the Thailand Training Guide The author of this guide has already done the exact same thing you’re trying to do. Inside [...]

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Dental Holiday – Thailand Medical Tourism

June 2nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Thailand Information

Dental Holiday Thailand medical tourism is currently experiencing a huge growth at the moment. With the current world financial situation everybody is trying to save as much as they can. Unfortunately people still have to take care of medical and dental needs which often times are grossly overpriced. Cue the Thailand dental holiday. More and [...]

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Thai Alphabet – Learn The Thai Alphabet in Minutes

June 2nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Pattaya Info, Thailand Information

Thai Alphabet The Thai Alphabet probably scares the crap out of most people when they think about what it would take to learn it, but it’s not nearly as bad as people might believe. Here’s a really cool way to learn the Thai alphabet in minutes. (of course to master it will take longer, but [...]

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Thailand Novels Recommendation

February 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Thailand Information, Thailand Stuff

Real quick, I just finished up a review of Cafe Le Mar on my Pattaya restaurants review site. It’s a pizza place in Jomtien…check it out. Ok…so, I’m about half way through one of John Burdett’s crime thrillers based in Bangkok. Now I’m reading Bangkok Tattoo. So far I’ve read Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Haunts. [...]

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Should I Tip While I’m In Thailand?

February 11th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Pattaya Info, Thailand Information

To tip or not to tip. That is the question in Thailand. As for the answer, it’s the same answer to many questions a foreigner might have while in Thailand. “Up to you” Traditionally, there is no tipping. Western tourists have brought the custom to Thailand with them. Now the Thais, enterprising bunch that they [...]

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Loi Krathong

December 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Pattaya Info, pattaya pics, Thailand Information, Trip Report, Trip Report 9

What is Loi Krathong? According to wikipedia: Loi Krathong (or Loy Krathong) is a festival celebrated annually throughout Thailand and certain parts of Laos. Fireworks and large rafts on the Chao Phraya River, Loi Krathong Festival of Light, Bangkok, November 2004 Loi Krathong takes place on the evening of the full moon of the 12th [...]

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Why Does Thai Customer Service Suck?

December 6th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Pattaya Info, Thailand Information, Trip Report, Trip Report 9

Bit of a rant, but my biggest pet peeve while staying here. So today I go to Fuji inside BigC because I fancy a bit of Japanese. Show up, no one to seat me (plenty of tables available), so I find my own seat. Before I did though I actually went right up to a [...]

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Ayutthaya Trip

October 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Thailand Information, Trip Report, Trip Report 9

Well…it’s been a while since I’ve posted. Just been being really lazy lately. I’m currently looking at some flights to Preveza for a change of pace and realized I could do this update here. So, a few weeks ago a friend took me up to Ayutthaya to check it out since I’ve never gone before. [...]

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Rayong

October 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Thailand Information, Trip Report, Trip Report 9

Took an overnight trip with some friends to Rayong about 2 weeks ago. Stayed in a little Thai place right on the beach with little bungalow type rooms. No English channels on the TV Had some seafood and did some snorkeling. Also rented a motorbike and drove around a bit to check the place out. [...]

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