Category — Thailand

You may have fantasised about doing this after watching Jean-Claude Van Damme‘s Kickboxer, but this Muay Thai boxer does it for real. Watch as he takes down a defenceless tree with his shins (and a few punches for good measure)…

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We just watched this commercial but entertaining short film meant to portray the beginnings of Panyee FC, one of the most successful youth soccer clubs in Southern Thailand.

What makes their story unusual is that the club started in a fishing village on stilts meaning the pitch had to be created to float on water. Apparently, the children were inspired by the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

So the next time you’d want a kick about, just thank someone that you might not actually have to build the pitch yourself. What we will say however, is that regularly jumping in the water for the ball has got to be refreshing or a pain in the ass.

Via

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We know what Thailand has. And we know the talent show. Just that this is the first time we’ve seen this combo on such a popular platform.. Thailand’s got Double the Talent…

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Photographer Thomas Kalak wrote to let us know about his new exhibition “Bangkok Cable Ways” in the museum “Pablo Picasso” in Münster, Germany. The book to the exhibition will be released at the same time.

If you’ve ever been to Bangkok or in fact to any of the major towns in nearby Vietnam, the sight depicted in Kalak’s photos won’t surprise you, though might still derive a small sense of awe in the complexity of wires shown. Tough job for the guy who has to locate a fault.

Thomas Kalak’s takes a photographic view of supposedly meaningless details in the urban context that only become valuable as the subject of an image by the fact that they are constantly in the urban panorama. His latest series “bangkok cable ways” is dedicated to the electricity and telecommunications cables omnipresent in Bangkok that seems to carry on their own lives above the heads of passers-by – unplanned, uncontrolled and just plain chaotic.

Thomas Kalak’s “Bangkok Cable Ways”, at Museum Picasso, Münster Germany
From 19.3.11 to 3.7.11.
Find out more on www.thomaskalak.com

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Despite the tilt-shift effect being put to good use already elsewhere, perhaps you’d enjoy another example with this one featuring scenes from Bangkok, Phuket and Railay. We miss Thailand!

Via CNNGo

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Chiang Rai’s Wat Rong Khun Buddhist temple apparently has Superman, Neo, Bumblebee and other heroes from popular movies depicted in paintings inside the assembly hall….

Read more on io9

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Sai Mai, a 26-month-old female tiger, plays with baby pigs at a zoo in Thailand‘s Chonburi province, 50 miles east of Bangkok, on May 7, 2004. The Royal Bengali tigress was born in captivity and breast-fed by a female pig for four months after her birth.

This happened awhile ago but has been making the net rounds recently. I wouldn’t be surprised if those piglets disappeared shortly afterwards.

More here via Neatorama

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Lost At E Minor posted a few interesting photos of bug fighting held in a cemetery about half an hour outside of Chiang Mai.

The bug fights apparently happen late in the year when the stags are at their randiest, and they’re pitted against each other with the winner throwing their opponent off the revolving log they’re placed on.

From LostAtEMinor

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Korean photographer Yoonki Kim has a photographic series of Klongtoey slum – one of the largest slums in Thailand. Smiles and radiance despite surroundings that would make many of us want to hide in a hole.

See more here

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Blogsite, The Art of Manliness takes a look at Thailand’s national sport, Muay Thai. Whilst there’s no doubt a commonality between the toughness of Muay Thai and the nature of manliness (ok, we know ladies get involved too!), there’s a gentlemen-ly side to the sport too, with fighters paying respect to each other’s camp and to their heritage.

Read more on A Primer on Thailand’s National Sport

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