Thai Tea Stall Goes Viral for Questionable Packaging Choice
Cha Deen, a small tea stall in Lam Phlai, Thailand’s Songkhla Province, recently made national news for its unconventional choice of tea packaging. In Thailand and other Asian countries, chai is usually sold in clear plastic bags. It looks a bit weird to most of us foreigners, but it’s apparently pretty standard there. Be that […]
Hooked on a Color – Thai Woman Surrounds Herself With the Neon Pink
A young woman in Nonthaburi, Central Thailand is so obsessed with the color pink that she has painted her entire house neon pink and has been surrounding herself with pink accessories. The pink house of Nonthaburi first went viral in August of 2019, when Facebook user “หนูเล็ก ลูกสาวคนเล็ก” uploaded dozens of them on the popular […]
Thai Man Lives in Perfect Harmony With Eight Young Wives
A tattoo artist in Thailand has been getting a lot of attention online after it was revealed that he shares his home with eight young wives, all of whom get along great with each other. Ong Dam Sorot, a young tattoo artist specializing in the traditional yantra style, recently sat down with a popular Thai […]
Thai Dog Shelter Gives Paralyzed Strays a Second Chance at Life
The Man That Rescues Dogs, an animal shelter in Chonburi, Thailand, cares for over a thousand stray dogs, including a few paralyzed animals that get to run with the pack again, thanks to the care and attention of the staff. Michael J. Baines is the man behind The Man That Rescues Dogs. The Swedish national moved […]
Sweet Fishs Café – Thailand’s Crazy Koi Fish Café
Imagine a place where you can enjoy your favorite cup of coffee in the company of dozens of koi fish as they swim through ankle-deep water that covers the entire floor. That’s Thailand’s koi fish café in a nutshell. Remember Amix Coffee, the “flooded café” of Ho Chi Minh City, where hundreds of decorative fish […]
Man Sees Injured Cockroach on the Street, Takes It to the Vet for Emergency Treatment
A Thai doctor recently took to Facebook to share photos of a rather unusual patient – a cockroach that someone spotted on the side of the road after being stepped on. Last week, Thanu Limpapattanawanich, a veterinarian from Krathum Baen, in Thailand, found himself having to save the life of a very special patient. A […]
Teen Buys Cheap iPhone Online, Gets iPhone-Shaped Coffee Table Instead
A Thai teenager recently got his five minutes of internet fame, after going online to buy a cheap iPhone, only to receive a coffee table shaped like the Apple smartphone. Usually, when a luxury product is being sold for much cheaper than its market price, you owe it to yourself to check that everything is […]
Bua Thong Sticky Waterfalls – A Waterfall You Can Climb With Your Bare Feet
Waterfalls are notoriously slippery, so trying to climb them without specialized gear is usually a bad idea, but at the Bua Thong Waterfalls in Thailand’s Chiang Mai province visitors can climb almost vertical falls using only their hands and feet. The so-called Sticky Waterfalls get their name from the incredibly grippy limestone rocks that the […]
You Can Now Tattoo Your Palm Lines to Alter Your Destiny
Palmistry, or the art of palm reading, is very popular in Thailand, so one entrepreneur has founded a business that specializes in tattooing people’s palm lines to allegedly change their fortunes for the better. They say you make “your own luck” and if you believe in palmistry there is now a very simple way to […]
Thailand’s ‘Pesticide Ducks’ Clean Rice Fields of Pests and Stubble
Every year, flocks of thousands of hungry ducks are released into vast rice paddies to clean the fields of unwanted pests and rice stubble left over from last harvest. Humanity has witnessed unprecedented technological advancements over the last few decades, but in Thailand, the world’s second largest rice exporter, farmers still use a centuries old […]
Thai Family Buy Stomach-Churning Glow-in-the-Dark Pieces of Sushi
A Thai family got the shock of their lives when they took home a box of sushi to eat only to see it glow bright blue in the dark after allegedly becoming infected with fluorescent bacteria. Last Tuesday, Arun Yolpaiboon, 58, and her son, 21-year-old Natthanai Kanchanawasa, had just returned home with some boxes of […]
Woman Cosplays as Zombie to Sell Dead People’s Clothes Online
A 40-year-old Thai woman has been getting attention on Asian social media for her ingenious strategy of selling second-hand clothes online. Since most of her garments come from dead people, she decided to cosplay as a zombie during online livestreams. 40-year-old Kanittha Thongnak, had been selling second-hand clothes on the streets of Chon Daen, in […]
Thai Restaurant Relies on Hunky Deliverymen to Fight Covid-19 Crisis
Restaurants have been among the most hard-hit businesses by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, but one venue in Bangkok, Thailand has come up with an ingenious way to stay afloat in these troubled times – using hunky models as food deliverymen. 76 Garage, a restaurant in Bangkok’s Lat Phrao District, was known for its attractive and […]
Thai School Comes Under Fire for Using Decibel Meter to Punish Students Who Don’t Sing National Anthem Loud Enough
The Thammasat Khlongluang Wittayakom School, in Pathum Thani, Thailand was forced to stop using decibel meters to measure students’ loudness while singing the national anthem, after getting some serious backlash online. Singing the national anthem as loudly as possible in front of the flagpole every morning is apparently a big deal at Thai schools, so […]
This Whimsical Unicorn Cafe Is Probably the World’s Most Colorful Place
If you’re ever in Bangkok, Thailand, and you;re a fan of unicorns, ponies or just colors in general, there’s a place you simply must visit. It’s called “Unicorn Cafe” and, just like you’d expect, it’s full of plush unicorns, rainbows and lots of other colorful treats. To say Unicorn Cafe is a colorful place would […]