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Silliness - slice-of-thai.com
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A ridiculous clock only nerds can read visits a place where time doesnt matter. Burning man loy kratong. Thai tradition meets pagan silliness with the debut of Burning Man Loy Kratong. Thailand can amaze us. By the simple act of how they handle a train passing by. Says a thousand words about living in Thailand. Dont buy the cheap chinese one. A typical hardware buying experience. Safe crossing with flags. Road safety, Thailand style. Its amazing what crawls up to your front porch. In the Thai countryside.
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Rental Contract - slice-of-thai.com
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On this page, you can download a free. Multilingual housing/shop rental contract that you can use to rent from a Thai landlord. You can choose from a bilingual English-Thai contract and a trilingual German-English-Thai contract (many thanks to Andreas Lemke for the translation and improvements)! More than 1000 hours of work have gone into making this site. Please support my work and ongoing site improvements in one of these ways:. Use your credit card or PayPal. To donate in support of the site. Nearly e...
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Journal - slice-of-thai.com
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Since 1999, I have traveled quite a bit in Thailand. On this page you can check out my travel journals, which focus on people and customs that I found interesting. Some entries include pictures too. If you want to get any sort of general overview of the countries, read the Lonely Planet or a coffee table book. 2/15/99: Bangkok and Ayuthaya. Grand Palace, Wat Po. Markets and Tuk Tuks. AUA Thai Language Course. Kao Yai National Forest. Cool Guesthouse in Nang Rong. Phanom Rung Khmer Ruins. Kanchanaburi: Ri...
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Transport - allaboutpai.com
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Heres the skinny on how to get between Pai and Chiang Mai. Last updated in May 2015. Would you like to spend 4 hours pancaked between a smiling old Thai Yai geezer and a toothless Lisu woman with a half-naked crying baby, who, every time you look away, shifts ever closer and knocks what small fraction of your remaining single buttock is still resting on the seat? Then you better read the advice. Section below to avoid that situation, and many others like it. Use your credit card or PayPal. The buses are ...
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Hilltribes - allaboutpai.com
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The Hill Tribes of Pai and Northern Thailand, by Thomas Kasper. Heres some information about the hill tribes found around Pai and in Northern Thailand, written by local historian Thomas Kasper, excerpted with permission from his local guidebook. You can purchase his book at shops all over Pai. During the high season, you can generally find Thomas himself at Pai Corner Restaurant. This page is part of allaboutpai.com. Which has lots of information about Pai, a town in the mountains of Northern Thailand.
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History - allaboutpai.com
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Pai History by Thomas Kasper. Here is a fascinating history of Pai, written by local historian Thomas Kasper, excerpted with permission from his local guidebook. You can purchase his book at shops all over Pai and several large bookstores in Chiang Mai such as Suriwong Book Center. This page is part of allaboutpai.com. Which has lots of information about Pai, a town in the mountains of Northern Thailand. Use your credit card or PayPal. To donate in support of the site. App for iOS, Android, Windows.
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Thai Language - slice-of-thai.com
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Thai consonant / vowel flashcards. For the Thai consonants and vowels. Consonant shape learning aid. A handy chart of the 44 Thai consonants arranged by similar shape. Voice viewer: see yourself talk! Tool to visualize your own voice. When learning the sounds and tones of Thai. The five tones of thai. How the heck do I say and recognize those five tones. Of the Thai language? The consonant sounds of thai. Learn to say and recognize the consonant sounds. The vowel sounds of thai. Into emails, Word, etc.
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Floods of '05 - allaboutpai.com
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Pai Floods of 2005. Normally, the residents of Pai expect some small amount of flooding to occur each rainy season. Some guesthouse owners even purposely build their bamboo huts in the 1-year flood plain and close for business during each rainy season, knowing that occasionally the flood will come and knock away a hut or two (at a cost of about 15,000 B or $375 each) but the tradeoff—a quiet, lovely riverside location—is well worth it. Use your credit card or PayPal. To donate in support of the site.
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Loy Kratong - slice-of-thai.com
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Loy Kratong (Thai ลอยกระทง. Lɔɔi-grà-tong. Lɔɔi-grà-tong. XE25;อย. XE01;ฺระ. X2C8;lɔɔy ˈkrà ˈthoŋ. X2C8;lɔːj ˈkrà ˈtʰoŋ. X2C8;loi ˈgrà ˈtong. Other spellings: Loy Krathong, Loi Kratong) is a Thai festival that takes place every year on the full moon of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar. Typically November in the Western calendar). During this festival, Thai people build and decorate small rafts called kratong. Use your credit card or PayPal. To donate in support of the site.