Category: Village life

Thailand Brooms and Brushes

Thailand Brooms and Brushes

Thailand brooms and brushes are a subject that has intrigued me for a long time. Weird? Not really. I like the simple and efficient way they complete most tasks taken on. It’s also intriguing to think their design and materials have probably changed little since their first use. Thailand Brooms...

Udon Thani and Loei in Pictures – Christmas and New Year 2015

Udon Thani and Loei in Pictures – Christmas and New Year 2015

  My annual Christmas pilgrimage to Thailand got off to a great start once again. For many years now Etihad Airways have upgraded me to Business Class for the Heathrow to Abu Dhabi leg of my Christmas flight. That was the case again and the ‘golden parachute’ continued for the second...

Thai Village Food – Cuisine Crimes

Thai Village Food – Cuisine Crimes

The idea for this post, Thai Village Food – Cuisine Crimes, came about from a tongue-in-cheek post I made on Facebook group Thailand Wine & Dine. My contribution to the Pattaya based group, which gives reviews of members dining experiences in Thailand, was well received but did however question my skills...

Thai Village Life – Som Tum Spicy Thai Salad

Early this year my Thai partner Wonderful Wi set up shop in our village garden selling som tum (spicy papaya salad). A Thai style thatch roof kitchen was built, and the village’s newest snack service rolled out. It wasn’t by any means an innovative business idea, but there was a hungry market out there willing...

Does Ant Chalk Really Work?

Does ant chalk work? I decided to find out by holding a couple of basic experiments in our Thai village garden to see if the Chinese made, ‘Miraculous Insecticide Chalk’, would get right up an ant’s nose and send it packing to pastures new. Ants can be a real pest (pun...

Thai Village Life – Morning Has Woken

Thai Village Life – Morning Has Woken

For many westerners Thai village life is a chore to be endured when visiting their partner’s family and friends. Many expats and seasoned tourists find rural life in Thailand as dull as dishwater and extremely old hat. Then again, there are people like me who find Thai village life has a laid-back...

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