Category — Thailand

Thailand’s Tharatip Sridee performs in the rhythmic gymnastics rope final at the SEA Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, on December 15, 2007.

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How’s this for an eye catcher - wander past this car at the Siam Ocean World in the Siam Paragon shopping center in Bangkok and all you’ll see inside are fish.

Yep - this car has been modified to be watertight, where apparently, the car doors are also welded shut - that’ll will stop the smart asses!

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Technorati Tags: fish tank car, ideas, Siam Ocean World, Thailand

A monkey licks a block of ice embedded with fruits and vegetables during the annual Monkey Buffet Festival, in front of the Pra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi province, 94 miles north of Bangkok, Thailand, on November 25, 2007.

The festival provides various types of food and drink to the local monkey population, which numbers more than 2,000.

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These guys continue tradition with pierced rods through their cheeks as they join a rally to mark the annual Phuket Vegetarian Festival, about 690 km (429 miles) southwest of Bangkok, October 16, 2007.

More photos below…

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Just when I thought London was crowded, check out this video which shows how a commuter train shares space with a marketplace in Bangkok. Watch until the end, where the stalls go back over the tracks!

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Technorati Tags: Bangkok, culture, market, Thailand

The AllThingsNice blog has the recipe and instructions for a really quick Thai dish, Gai Pad Grapow (or Chicken Basil).

Gai Pad Grapow is one of the easiest and tastiest Thai dishes you can make. The key ingredient in this dish is the Thai Basil, which has a stonger smell than most Sweet Basils. Its leaves are small and it has a purple stem with a faint licorice aroma.

Cook Gai Pad Grapow in under 10

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Technorati Tags: Chicken Basil, cuisine, Gai Pad Grapow, Thailand

“Dynamite Warrior” is a wacky new Thai action-comedy from the producers of “Ong Bak“, set in an America’s Old West style Siam in 1910. The action is a little different mixing a bit of Thai boxing with fire-cracking aerial stunts…

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WeirdAsiaNews reports that a Thai fisherman caught what is believed to be the largest carp in history.  It weights about 260 lbs, while the old record was only 88 lbs.

When I first saw the photo above, something didn’t quite seem right. I didn’t think it was a Photoshop job. But the fish did look a little “light” and maybe artificial. What do you think?

However, I dug around on the web and amongst the scepticism on various other blogs, found a couple of news sites that seemed to legitimise the catch.

Technorati Tags: Jean-Francois Helias’ Fishing Adventures, Thailand, World’s Largest Carp

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