AMAZING THAILAND

Car penis massage service busted

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:42:00 -0500

Police arrested a 33-year-old man in Bangkok last Thursday for allegedly providing “penis enlargement massage” services in his own car.

False prophecy causes $13 million loss in Thailand

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:16:00 -0500

Thongbai Khamsa, 73, is under investigation by Thai police for allegedly circulating a prophecy over the Internet that one of the largest dams in Thailand would have collapsed on New Year's Eve.

The airline that's very politically correct: Thai carrier PC Air takes to the skies with 'ladyboy' flight attendants

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:28:00 -0500

Fasten your seatbelts! A Thai airline that hired transsexuals as flight attendants to set itself apart from competitors has taken to the skies.

Thailand's Dummy Cops Are Really Watching Now

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:25:00 -0500

Who’s the dummy now? After Bangkok’s city leaders deployed decoy surveillance cameras across Bangkok to save money, Thai law enforcers are now sending out a squad of dummy policemen with real video cameras fitted to their heads to scare people into complying with the law—and to make them realize that the city’s battery of closed-circuit television cameras aren’t just empty boxes.

Receding floods reveal crocs in Bangkok

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:07:00 -0500

Murky floodwaters are receding from Bangkok's inundated outskirts to reveal some scary swamp dwellers who moved in while flooded residents were moving out — including crocodiles and some of the world's most poisonous snakes.

Thai veterinarian teams search for escaped mambas in floodwaters

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:47:00 -0400

Thai veterinarians were hunting Thursday for 15 venomous African mamba snakes that had reportedly escaped from a flooded building in Nonthaburi province, neighbouring Bangkok.

As Floodwaters Rise, So Do Thais' Crocodile Fears

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:25:00 -0400

The best way to catch a crocodile, says Praiphan Thienthong, is with patience and electric shock. Mr. Praiphan, a crocodile catcher at Thailand's Department of Fisheries, is working overtime to help chase down more than 100 of the reptiles believed to have escaped from crocodile farms as Thailand's worst floods in half a century washed over their pens and swept them downstream to Bangkok's northern suburbs.

Thousands of crocs roam Bangkok floodwaters

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:02:00 -0400

Thai authorities are warning that thousands of crocodiles are roaming floodwaters on the outskirts of Bangkok, where residents have been told to prepare for four to six weeks of flooding.

Bounty for crocs on the loose in Thailand

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:14:00 -0400

Thai authorities have put a bounty on the heads of more than 300 crocodiles that escaped when floods swamped their enclosures on farms around the ancient temple city of Ayyuthaya.

Baby Shower in Thailand

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:48:00 -0400

As Thailand continues to deal with record flooding, officials there are also worried about a flood of babies in maternity wards.

Thai culture: Bizarre Phuket customs...

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:45:00 -0400

You could be forgiven for thinking some of the culture and customs here in Phuket, Thailand are a bit bizarre.

Thailand property: Bullshit, claptrap and other lies

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:00:00 -0400

Despite being in the business for 20 years – I’m still surprised by the rubbish put out by real estate agents, developers and even lawyers. But I was amazed an agent actually put this in writing...

Thailand: Famous for beaches, cuisine and ... robots?

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:02:00 -0400

Meet Dr. Thavida Maneewarn, the woman leading Thailand's rise to global robotic domination

7 of Thailand's strangest magazines

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:32:00 -0400

A glance along the shelves of any Thai bookshop is an experience in itself. Titles appear and disappear almost weekly, and while there are no official numbers of exactly how many magazines are being published at any one time in Thailand, I’d estimate the number to be close to 800.

Thai massage hits new heights in Phuket - Bangkok to see climax

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:17:00 -0400

More than five hundred Thai massage therapists descended on Kata Beach in Phuket, Thailand for an un-official attempt at setting a new world record for simultaneous massage.

Weird Thai nicknames

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:54:00 -0400

I’m sure many others have written about this. The topic is just so hard to resist. I have wanted to write about Thai nicknames for a long time but never got around to… until now. I kept hearing weirder and weirder nicknames bestowed on the poor Thai kids—well, perhaps not all ‘poor’ in the sense they will hate their nicknames five years from now but I bet many will wish their parents were less into fads and had a little more foresight.

To start life afresh, Thais "practice" death

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:14:00 -0400

For those facing a run of bad luck and wanting to start things over, one Thai temple has an unusual solution: "rehearse" death with a mock funeral, including lying down in a coffin.

Adorable odd couple: Chimp's maternal instincts awakened as she feeds milk to a baby tiger

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:20:00 -0400

They are humans' closest relative, sharing a similar genetic make-up and displaying behaviour not unlike our own. Now this little chimpanzee is showing off a motherly instinct to rival even the most maternal of mankind.These adorable images reveal the close bond that has formed between a two-year-old chimpanzee called Do Do and a two-month-old tiger cub called Aorn.

Thailand cracks down on beastly "no vote" billboards

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:16:00 -0400

Thai election authorities Thursday ordered the removal of 'no vote' posters in Bangkok depicting politicians as monkeys, buffaloes, dogs, tigers and crocodiles.

Thailand aims to set a new world record in massage

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:05:00 -0400

Thailand is aiming to break the Guinness World Records' largest ever simultaneous massage.