Day: April 13, 2014

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What is Songkran?

Have a great holiday, we’ll be back on Wednesday 🙂 The Songkran festival (Thai: สงกรานต์, pronounced [sǒŋ.krāːn], listen; from the Sanskrit word saṃkrānti,[1] or literally “astrological passage”) is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year’s Day from 13 to 15 April. It coincides with the New Year of many calendars of South and Southeast […]

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Stop doom mongering, this country is doing just fine

I have to keep reminding myself this time and time again about Thailand, since I’ve lived here I’ve seen bird flu, pig flu, tsunami, yellow/red/black/blue – basically every rainbow coloured shirt protest, coup d’etats, global financial crisis, capital controls, etc etc and yet this country still recovers, and going forward I still expect for Thailand […]

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